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Post by tekkenguy on Sept 2, 2014 13:50:55 GMT -5
What UK artists tried to break through in America but failed?
Take That - Had a huge hit with "Back For Good" but broke up immediately afterwards.
Robbie Williams
Blur - Always stuck in Oasis' shadow. Nowadays, most Americans remember them only for "Song 2."
Five
David Gray
The Darkness
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2014 14:47:27 GMT -5
Westlife (only one Top 20 hit)
Sugababes
Though he had two big hits, Daniel Bedingfield's career didn't take off as much as sister Natasha's
Samantha Mumba
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Post by Green Baron on Sept 2, 2014 14:48:22 GMT -5
Travis
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Post by Lahey's Lucky Star on Sept 2, 2014 16:00:38 GMT -5
Sadly...
Which sucks because "Animal" and "R U Crazy" could have SLAYED HARD here :'( :'( :'(
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Post by leonagwen on Sept 2, 2014 17:13:52 GMT -5
Cheryl Cole.
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Post by Green Baron on Sept 2, 2014 17:16:03 GMT -5
Maynard James Keenan >
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2014 17:33:14 GMT -5
Misteeq
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Post by Envoirment on Sept 2, 2014 17:41:50 GMT -5
Rita Ora kinda. She's tried and it just hasn't worked out for her (I feel like that "Black Widow" might be her only hit in the US).
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Post by Luckie Starchild on Sept 2, 2014 18:04:22 GMT -5
Steps
Alison Moyet
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2014 18:15:52 GMT -5
Also, S Club 7 only had a Hot 100 hit, the #10-peaking "Never Had A Dream Come True"
Sinitta also didn't have luck crossing over.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2014 18:28:22 GMT -5
She's never released anything here. She could do it if they tried. |
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Post by surfy on Sept 2, 2014 18:33:20 GMT -5
Does Cher Lloyd count? She's a one hit wonder (Lead singer wise)
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Post by Lahey's Lucky Star on Sept 2, 2014 19:03:01 GMT -5
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Post by tekkenguy on Sept 3, 2014 0:46:03 GMT -5
A few more recent examples:
Olly Murs - He had that minor hit Troublemaker in the U.S. and nothing else.
Emeli Sande - The UK's biggest success story of 2012 did not pull an Adele.
Labrinth - Hit with Beneath Your Beautiful and faded quicker than Olly.
Ellie Goulding - Borderline example; she had a few big hits in America but hasn't established herself as a superstar.
Jay Sean and Taio Cruz - Had two big hits (and a flop album) before falling off the face of the earth.
JLS - Made barely a blip on the radar.
LaRoux - Had Bulletproof and never hit the charts again.
Tinie Tempah - Had one U.S. hit and nothing else.
The Wanted - Hit with Glad You Came, then 1D came and washed their momentum away.
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Post by think pink. on Sept 3, 2014 23:56:12 GMT -5
The Saturdays
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Post by JOJO SIWA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME on Sept 4, 2014 0:45:11 GMT -5
All Saints ("I Know Where It's At" and "Never Ever" were their only hits here) Gary Barlow ("Love Won't Wait" was to be released in the U.S. but nothing happened) Geri Halliwell ("Mi Chico Latino" was a moderate success as was "Look At Me") Hazell Dean (her hits were limited to the club charts) Jimmy Ray (one top 20 hit called "Are You Jimmy Ray?" Mandy Smith Mel & Kim Richard Traviss (he was to be marketed in the U.S. after he left the group Bad Boys Inc. but nothing happened here) Rick Astley (one big hit in the form of "Never Gonna Give You Up") Sonia (moderate club success) Union J Victoria Beckham (limited radio airplay of "Not Such An Innocent Girl") Take That - Had a huge hit with "Back For Good" but broke up immediately afterwards. Their cover of "It Only Takes A Minute" was remixed for the U.S. market in the hopes of it crossing over, but nothing came of it. Blur - Always stuck in Oasis' shadow. Nowadays, most Americans remember them only for "Song 2." "Girls And Boys" also was a moderate hit. Sinitta also didn't have luck crossing over. Technically she was born here but all of her mainstream success was over in the UK. She had a couple of moderate club hits in the U.S. though. |
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Post by Verisimilitude on Sept 4, 2014 0:55:28 GMT -5
Rick Astley (one big hit in the form of "Never Gonna Give You Up")
But "Together Forever" also hit #1 and I hear it more often than "Never Gonna...".
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 4, 2014 15:09:54 GMT -5
Doesn't technically apply, but Nicole Scherzinger couldn't make it here (as a solo act) so she went to Britain. I wish she'd come back (and to have some hits would be nice). I love her. :(
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Post by Ky on Sept 4, 2014 15:59:48 GMT -5
Doesn't technically apply, but Nicole Scherzinger couldn't make it here (as a solo act) so she went to Britain. I wish she'd come back (and to have some hits would be nice). I love her. :( Along those lines, Kelly Rowland made quite a name for herself over there but hasn't been able to crack the US in the same way. |
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Post by allow that on Sept 4, 2014 18:52:00 GMT -5
Some of the names mentioned above didn't "break" Britain past one or two hits either, so it's not really an example of a failure to make it in America. It's just a failure to make it.
Robbie Williams is a classic example. He was an absolute superstar in Europe, scoring hit after hit, album after album for a good decade. He TRIED to break the US, but we weren't feeling him here. He made it known that it was an intention of his and promoted singles here, but nope.
Rita Ora is a current example of this. Four UK #1's and only flops on her US resume (and one feature hit carried by Iggy's hot streak). No one can say she isn't hustling for a US breakthrough though- it's starting to reek of desperation.
Emeli Sande is another great example. Perhaps John Newman as well. Both had minor hits in the US with a worldwide smash and fell away.
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Post by Bluemargay on Sept 4, 2014 19:32:51 GMT -5
Rick Astley was actually very popular in his day.
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Post by Hefty Hanna on Sept 4, 2014 20:31:22 GMT -5
She's never released anything here. She could do it if they tried. YES you tell him boo. |
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Post by Luckie Starchild on Sept 30, 2019 21:41:49 GMT -5
Westlife (only one Top 20 hit) Samantha Mumba You know Ireland is a different country, right? |
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Post by garrettlen on Sept 30, 2019 22:30:37 GMT -5
The granddaddy of them all: Cliff Richard
Numerous hits in the U.K. but only a couple of minor top 40 hits in the U.S. in his over 60 year career.
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Post by leonagwen on Sept 30, 2019 22:44:13 GMT -5
Little Mix.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2019 1:14:28 GMT -5
Literally every grime rapper (Dave, AJ Tracey, Stormzy, Aitch, etc). I guess Skepta has had some success making it onto the likes of Playboi Carti’s and A$AP Rocky’s albums, but he hasn’t had any real chart success.
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Post by mkarns on Oct 1, 2019 11:23:03 GMT -5
The granddaddy of them all: Cliff Richard Numerous hits in the U.K. but only a couple of minor top 40 hits in the U.S. in his over 60 year career. He actually made the US top 40 eight times, first doing so as early as 1959 but mostly in the late 70s and early 80s. But the only songs from him that seem to get any American replay now are "Devil Woman" and "We Don't Talk Anymore". |
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Post by ry4n on Oct 1, 2019 12:02:35 GMT -5
The early to mid 2000s were pretty notable for this - Sugababes, Girls Aloud, Atomic Kitten, Steps, S Club 7 to an extent, Blue, Five beyond a couple songs, Will Young, Gareth Gates, solo Spice Girls singles, Robbie Williams, Busted, McFly.. and later JLS, Alexandra Burke, Cheryl, The Saturdays. Such a disconnected decade.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2019 12:22:06 GMT -5
Take That - huge in the UK and one forgotten hit in the US
Travis
Suede
Stereophonics
Shakin Stephens
Cliff Richard - a few US Top 10s early in his career but never broke through anywhere near the way he did in the UK
The Jam
Adam & The Ants
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Post by Choco on Oct 1, 2019 13:19:30 GMT -5
Little Mix, Rita Ora and Jess Glynne all deserved better.
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