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Post by SHOOTER on May 11, 2010 16:24:02 GMT -5
Priceless needs a video as well.
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Post by Rich on May 11, 2010 16:41:48 GMT -5
She needs another hit to carry her over to gold status.
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Post by #LisaRinna on May 13, 2010 17:02:37 GMT -5
About time this thread was bumped!
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Post by fire on May 14, 2010 8:33:23 GMT -5
She opened for Alicia Keys last night here in Germany and everyone was beyond impressed I guess...she got standing ovations and people around us were immediately googling her with their phones. She almost stole the show from Alicia!
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Post by Kishi KCM on May 18, 2010 10:19:27 GMT -5
Aww, I miss Melanie!!
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Post by #LisaRinna on May 20, 2010 3:40:35 GMT -5
On the Wal-Mart Soundcheck link it says that she's releasing a Live EP from those performances...
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Post by #LisaRinna on May 21, 2010 8:14:24 GMT -5
From the 05/29 BB200: 155 FIONA*MELANIE BRIDGE 3,692 3,299 12 304,887 Get it Mel! If only her new singles were doing as good as IKM at radio! :'(
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Post by marcjm on May 23, 2010 0:12:32 GMT -5
Her CD has sold more than many would have thought. It has been so much under the radar.
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Post by beach1 on May 23, 2010 0:16:04 GMT -5
She's got a great voice and can really sing. I'm glad she's getting some recognition.
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Post by Kishi KCM on May 23, 2010 6:07:04 GMT -5
From the 05/29 BB200: 155 FIONA*MELANIE BRIDGE 3,692 3,299 12 304,887 Get it Mel! If only her new singles were doing as good as IKM at radio! :'( I know how you feel. But the right single at the right time would click and she'd be rising up the charts again. Right now, she has 'Ay Yo' and 'Priceless' in the UAC top 30 and 'Monday Morning' reached the AC top 40 last week. These three tracks IMO are underwhelming and don't scream "I GOTTA GET THIS ALBUM!!", but that doesn't take away from Melanie's talent.
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Post by strawberries on May 24, 2010 7:05:06 GMT -5
Good to see that people know how good her album is despite the underwhelming success of her singles after IKM. I still think they should have gone with either Bang, bang and or definitely You stop my heart, why are they holding unto that one for?
She's now in the public conscious, her label hopefully knows what works with her. She's off to a great start just needs to comeback with a great second album.
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Post by Kishi KCM on May 24, 2010 9:50:46 GMT -5
Just because an artist has one hit doesn't mean the success is going to be duplicated. Realistic expectations! Single will always do better or worse than the next one.
"Bang Bang" and "You Stop My Heart" should for sure be released. We'll see what happens in the next few months, she's already started recording her second studio album.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Jun 14, 2010 8:16:00 GMT -5
R&B Albums:
41 39 FIONA*MELANIE BRIDGE 2,168 2,242 -3 311,884
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Post by reidster on Jun 14, 2010 21:54:01 GMT -5
I feel bad or her. She hardly gets any recognition here in Canada. Heck if this was Keshia Chante or Jully Black getting success stateside, Canadian media would be all over that shit. I don't get why she isn't doing well in her native land.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Jul 27, 2010 7:52:20 GMT -5
Melanie is already working on a new album called The MF Life. In different interviews she has described the sound of the album as "stadium soul", meaning the vibe of live music played in stadiums during concert. She said "it's like when you have a great bass player, keybord player, drums and they just rock out in a big arena". It's going to be less retro but definitely still soulful and big/organic
In the mean time she said she intends to keep promoting The Bridge as she did with a live performance of 'Bang Bang' at the Live With Regis & Kelly Show recently as well as her participation at the Essence Music Festival.
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Post by SHOOTER on Jul 27, 2010 20:07:38 GMT -5
I like the title.
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Post by marcjm on Jul 27, 2010 20:44:29 GMT -5
I think the concept of "stadium soul" is interesting. It seems to take R&B in more of an organic, rootsy approach.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Jul 28, 2010 6:59:26 GMT -5
I think the concept of "stadium soul" is interesting. It seems to take R&B in more of an organic, rootsy approach. She also said "the soul on the new album is like a graduation from the soul of The Bridge" and that "the album is meant to have fun with it and it's going to show a more cheeky side of Melanie".
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Post by Kishi KCM on Aug 27, 2010 23:53:58 GMT -5
I heard "Bang Bang" on a car commercial or something.
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Post by SHOOTER on Aug 28, 2010 0:34:44 GMT -5
It's a shame her album couldn't make it to Gold. SRC really dropped the ball after It Kills Me.
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Post by twilight on Aug 29, 2010 4:31:10 GMT -5
How much did her album sale? It is pitiful that this album did'nt reach gold status. With the momentum It Kills Me ' had u would have thought that her label would have kept the ball going, and it's terrible that they did'nt.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Aug 29, 2010 7:22:16 GMT -5
The Bridge has sold about 320k in the US. Could be more though..
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Post by #LisaRinna on Dec 15, 2010 6:02:19 GMT -5
The new song is amazing!!
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Post by hidizzyguy on Dec 15, 2010 14:36:18 GMT -5
She's the last of my current favorites to announce a new album release date.
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