Who is this About? (1 Viewer)

[Lili Marlene]

http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3808&Itemid=206

"Sometimes the music industry would be better all round if instead of spending years building up to a massive disaster people took a moment at the very beginning of the project, put all their money in the middle of a field and set fire to it.

A few years ago a UK singer with a few hits and a reasonably successful debut album under their belt was recording their second album with a view to breaking big in America. So they spent over a year flying backwards and forwards across the Atlantic recording this album with people in places like 'LA'. By the time the album was ready everyone had forgotten about the singer and attempts to raise the US profile had come to nothing. Even worse, someone realised (rather late in the day) that in order for the label to make their money back on the album's exorbitant recording costs, this singer who'd faded from public memory and whose new album was pretty good but hardly amazing, would need to sell almost a million albums. So rather than go through the demeaning and thankless task of throwing even more money at the project, they cut their losses, dropped the singer and moved on.

Points to ponder:

1. Would the artist still be signed to that label now, and a huge UK success, if they hadn't aimed at breaking the US market?

2. Is it worth this sort of thing happening (and failing) every now and again if, every now and again, this sort of thing also happens but actually works? And if the latter cancels out the former, then doesn't that leave everyone where they were in the first place?

3. Is it better to think small and avoid risk, or is pop all about risk? Is it a myth that pop is about risk? Is there in fact a formula to pop - just a tough one which after 60 years has yet to be cracked?

Papers in by 5pm on Monday please."

obviously it's a pop act and it's sort of predicting what might happen to Little Boots but I can't figure who it is

 

[cpr]

http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3808&Itemid=206



obviously it's a pop act and it's sort of predicting what might happen to Little Boots but I can't figure who it is

Leona Lewis no?

 

[Lili Marlene]

don't think so, she hasn't been dropped and her second album appears to be going ahead later in the year.

maybe Samantha Mumba but it seems a bit long ago and she's not technically UK...... I had a look at her wikipedia and she said she never had any plans for a second album

 

[nooleen]

didn't the yanks go mad for leona lewis?

 

[Kermit McDermott]

James Blunt?

 

[Lili Marlene]

nah, he had a pretty successfuly second album. It had an award winning but really badly made cover

No attempt was made to find photos that fit together to make his face, they just made them darker or lighter accordingly



anyway, to the thread at hand I don't know actually know the answer

 

[Kermit McDermott]

Shane Ward?

 

[Lili Marlene]

was not dropped just prior to release of his second album.

 

[Jelly_Block]

Lilly Allen?

 

[Lili Marlene]

shut up. I'm gonna find out and not tell any of you.

 

[lympog]

http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3808&Itemid=206



obviously it's a pop act and it's sort of predicting what might happen to Little Boots but I can't figure who it is

unfortunately for little boots, her debut has already done very badly - stone, sank... you get the general idea

is it sophie ellis bextor? (or baxtor or however it's spelt...)

 

[sweetoblivion]

Little Boots' first few songs were great - but her two latest singles are absolutely terrible. Girls Aloud by numbers. Really disappointing.

Don't think Bextor got dropped from her label!

 

[Lili Marlene]

yeah Little Boots album is pretty awful, shiny, stuff. I think I like 2 and a half songs on it

 

[taubstumm]

Little Boots' first few songs were great - but her two latest singles are absolutely terrible. Girls Aloud by numbers. Really disappointing.

yeah, the album really didn't cut it

'new in town' is still great though

 

[Lili Marlene]

so what's la roux's album like?


NOTE: I don't hate her voice

 

[ann post]

been planning to swipe that album, i sorta think it might be good for about an hour.

 

[Unicron]

yeah Little Boots album is pretty awful, shiny, stuff. I think I like 2 and a half songs on it

I saw her on the repeat of Jonathan Ross this week. Awful stuff. She seems to keep the Tenori-on around with her even when she's not using it.

 

[HMD]

so what's la roux's album like?


NOTE: I don't hate her voice

It's not bad, reminds me of someone else but i don't know who?

 

[ann post]

the knife??

 

[Lili Marlene]

It's not bad, reminds me of someone else but i don't know who?

yazoo?