Best Girl Group Ever? - Adele, Kate Nash, Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, Katie Melua
March 10, 2008 by Dave Parrack
Adele is a new British singer that I would put money on making it big around the world.
Her début single, Chasing Pavements, is outstanding, and her album 19 went to number one in the British charts last month. But it seems it’s not just solo success that this girl is after.
According to The Sun newspaper, Adele has indicated her desire to be in an all female super group, and the line-up is pretty damn impressive: Adele, Amy Winehouse, Kate Nash, Lily Allen & Katie Melua.
Please make it happen, as I think this would be the best girl group ever, and with The Spice Girls now no more, and a lot of the other British girl groups splitting up, the UK is in desperate need of one. Girls Aloud are okay in small doses, but this group would kick their asses.
Leon Jackson Is British Number One - ‘The X Factor’ Dominates Christmas Charts
December 23, 2007 by Dave Parrack
Leon Jackson has made it to the top of the charts, and thus continued the trend for X Factor winners grabbing the Christmas number one.
Leona Lewis is still sitting at number one in the album charts, making it a clean sweep for the ITV music reality television show.
Leon won The X Factor last Saturday, overcoming the odds, and the will of a huge swathe of the British public. Now, just 8 days later, his debut single is number one in the official UK single charts.
Having a Christmas number one is quite an honour in the UK, or at least it used to be before The X Factor came along, and in a moment of brilliance, decided to announce the winner the week before Christmas every year, thus ensuring the millions of people who have watched the contestant on the TV every week for months, rush out and buy their single at the earliest opportunity.
It means that normal singers and bands, who may have dreamed of one day having a Christmas number one, now haven’t got a hope in hell. Which is a shame. The only good outcome of it is that Cliff Richard now can’t get to number one at Christmas again… cheers all around.
British Artists Selling Big In Europe | Coldplay, Katie Melua, Robbie Williams All Favourites
August 14, 2007 by Dave Parrack
According to The BPI (British Phonographic Industry), artists from the UK are dominating album sales in both France and Germany. These 2 countries make up the 4th and 5th largest markets for recorded music, and British artists such as Coldplay, Katie Melua and Robbie Williams are selling huge amounts in both countries.
The BPI claim that “the UK’s share of recorded music market in both countries hit a four-year high last year.” Katie Melua’s ‘Piece by Piece’ was the 2nd best selling album in Germany in 2006, a fact which may have swayed her decision to play at Live Earth Germany.
23 of the 100 top selling albums in Germany were by UK acts, with bands such as Coldplay and Depeche Mode also featuring strongly. The debut albums from both Corinne Bailey-Rae and James Morrison also came in the Top 100.