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Post by neally on Jul 21, 2009 9:50:07 GMT -5
'VH1 Divas' Returns After a Four-Year Hiatus With Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Leona Lewis, and Miley Cyrus Today's Hottest Young International Singing Sensations Will Come Together On One Stage For An Incredible Live Concert
"VH1 Divas" Will Air Live On Thursday, September 17 At 9:00 PM* On VH1After a four-year hiatus, VH1 will bring back the legendary live concert event "VH1 Divas" by featuring some of pop music's most talented female artists - Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Leona Lewis and Miley Cyrus. The "VH1 Divas" concert will be televised live on VH1 on Thursday, September 17 at 9:00pm.* For the first time ever, these leading ladies at the top of their musical game will perform together live at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn, New York. Continuing in true "Divas" tradition, the evening will feature a night of unforgettable performances from various performers, presenters and special guests. Additional performers and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks. Fans can go now to Divas.VH1.com to submit a "Diva Stories" text or video testimonial that tells the world how their favorite diva has influenced their life. VH1 wants to hear from all Divas' fans - favorite songs, favorite moments and the craziest things they've done to show their diva how they feel. Select testimonials may be featured online and on-air leading up to this year's live telecast. Users will also be able to browse and view other's testimonials as well as receive news and updates on "VH1 Divas." In mid-August, VH1 will launch additional online elements including past performances and Divas-inspired music video playlists. Users can also follow all show-related news and details, as well as thoughts on this year's show from other fans by following the "VH1 Divas" twitter account at twitter.com/vh1divas. "An amazingly talented group of young women have successfully launched themselves into the global music scene since our last VH1 Divas show. We're very excited to have so many of them join us at this year's momentous event," said Lee Rolontz, EVP, Original Music Production & Development VH1, and VH1 Classic. "Adele, Kelly, Leona and Miley have all captured the world's attention with their talent and have earned their designation as VH1 Divas this year. Don't let some of their young ages fool you - these women are among the best entertainers in the world and will continue to thrill music fans for a long time to come." Premiering on VH1 in 1998, "VH1 Divas" became synonymous with some of the most memorable live female vocal performances in television history. The show quickly became a highly anticipated annual phenomenon, generating speculation among music fans and industry executives on who would be part of that year's telecast. Previous featured performers over the years included Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Cher, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Aretha Franklin, Mary J. Blige, Shania Twain, Faith Hill, Whitney Houston, Beyonce, Chaka Khan and many more. www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-21-2009/0005063454&EDATE
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Post by ©!nful on Jul 21, 2009 10:00:07 GMT -5
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Post by ©!nful on Jul 21, 2009 10:01:44 GMT -5
BLOG Jul 21 2009 - More from the studio! Hey guys I’m currently in the US finishing up my album, not long now! I wanted to share with all of you a day in the life of me at the studio creating! I’ve met truly inspiring people during this process and I wanted to share a few personal snapshots with you all. You guys are the reason I’m able to make this record and I am thankful every day for that and want you to feel a part of this special process with me! This is me and Steve Frampton at the piano, I’m concentrating hard, not sleeping…honest!!!  Ha ha me and Julian Bunetta messing about at the desk! I’ve had so much fun working him, I can’t even put into words how talented he is!!!  Me and Savan Kotecha - he’d just got back from his honeymoon in Thailand and India (congrats Savan and Anna!). Savan has written a lot with me on this record - we found each other through ilovestrawhats.com!!!!  |
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Post by Jack on Jul 21, 2009 13:46:11 GMT -5
She needed a push in the US because the US are only interested in Americans. You're borderline obsessed on trashing Americans and American interests. I've seen it all around the UK (my old man's family are from there)...it became very 'trendy' in the late 90's and in this decade for 'good old blighty' to trash those 'big brash Americans' but in reality it's just a tacky, inaccurate and short-sighted. Sure, their are 'some' big headed annoying Americans. But the same can be said for any country in the world. Speaking as someone who has spent a lot of time in both places, you're waging differences and mindsets where there really aren't any. The reason American charts consists are solely of American artists is because it's fourty times bigger than England...that's dozens of states and millions more people to include, not to mention the artists. In terms of artists played on US radio, the breath in distance of people played is every bit as diverse as UK radio and their charts. And whilst we're on that subject, let's give up the act of the UK charts being some mecca of pop genius and sonic sophistication. Sure it features about 25% innovative, original and diverse artists, but the rest of the charts is made up of about 25% garbage soporific boybands 10% Non-Descript indie artists 10% Idiotic dance song slayers lead by the likes of Cascada and the rest is three month old songs from America that finally make their way over there. And since when does a strict diet of Pop, Indie and Dance make a varied buffet of genres? In the 'single-minded' America there's a mix of Pop, Rock, Country, Dance, R&B, Hip Hop (No, those last two aren't the same) etc. etc.? Finally. Leona has a fantastic voice, no doubt. But it's this air of superiority and arrogance about her handlers and her fans (not her, she's seems humble as anything) that's very off-putting and not all that warranted considering she got one of the biggest worldwide launches for a new artists in history (All this GaGa comparison doesn't count...she snowballed for years and gained momentum as opposed to Leona who got millions of pounds, hours of worldwide media coverage, and hundreds of column inches of hype before anyone heard her first single). She's a pretty girl with a great voice. But even from the UK, I can think of a handful of ladies that can out sing her (Adele, Beverly Knight) and dozens more from the rest of the world. |
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Post by ©!nful on Jul 21, 2009 14:11:31 GMT -5
Adele and Beverly Knight are completely different types of singers. And at the end of the day, it's all subjective. Saying stuff like that is just encouraging arguments.
Can we get back to Leona? All this talk about other artists is getting annoying now.
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Post by BrokenArrow on Jul 21, 2009 14:57:10 GMT -5
She needed a push in the US because the US are only interested in Americans. You're borderline obsessed on trashing Americans and American interests. I've seen it all around the UK (my old man's family are from there)...it became very 'trendy' in the late 90's and in this decade for 'good old blighty' to trash those 'big brash Americans' but in reality it's just a tacky, inaccurate and short-sighted. Sure, their are 'some' big headed annoying Americans. But the same can be said for any country in the world. Speaking as someone who has spent a lot of time in both places, you're waging differences and mindsets where there really aren't any. The reason American charts consists are solely of American artists is because it's fourty times bigger than England...that's dozens of states and millions more people to include, not to mention the artists. In terms of artists played on US radio, the breath in distance of people played is every bit as diverse as UK radio and their charts. And whilst we're on that subject, let's give up the act of the UK charts being some mecca of pop genius and sonic sophistication. Sure it features about 25% innovative, original and diverse artists, but the rest of the charts is made up of about 25% garbage soporific boybands 10% Non-Descript indie artists 10% Idiotic dance song slayers lead by the likes of Cascada and the rest is three month old songs from America that finally make their way over there. And since when does a strict diet of Pop, Indie and Dance make a varied buffet of genres? In the 'single-minded' America there's a mix of Pop, Rock, Country, Dance, R&B, Hip Hop (No, those last two aren't the same) etc. etc.? Finally. Leona has a fantastic voice, no doubt. But it's this air of superiority and arrogance about her handlers and her fans (not her, she's seems humble as anything) that's very off-putting and not all that warranted considering she got one of the biggest worldwide launches for a new artists in history (All this GaGa comparison doesn't count...she snowballed for years and gained momentum as opposed to Leona who got millions of pounds, hours of worldwide media coverage, and hundreds of column inches of hype before anyone heard her first single). She's a pretty girl with a great voice. But even from the UK, I can think of a handful of ladies that can out sing her (Adele, Beverly Knight) and dozens more from the rest of the world. Yes the US is 40 times bigger than the UK. But the world is 40 times bigger than the US, yet they have a tiny representation in the charts or on radio. I gave you an example of 2 Aussie artists who can hit big round the world and in the UK yet could do nothing in the US, not because they are inferior, American ears are no different to anybody elses, but you have to get that music into those ears and when radio blatantly shuts them out it is no wonder fans like me get irritated. Yes the UK has a percentage of crap in the charts but the US also has crap (I'm looking at you Soulja boy) and probably more of it. I'm totally pissed about the big US labels buying up the big UK labels in the late 80's shutting down all the production facilities here and shipping them over to the US, thus crippling the UK music business. Its no coincidence that the UK music which was thrashing all comers at the time suddenly stopped in the early 90's. So excuse me if it appears I have a chip on my shoulder, I have a big one and I'm going to let everybody know it. |
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Post by Flare on Jul 21, 2009 17:23:54 GMT -5
3) Hang out with black people and make some black friends *So sick of her hanging out with only Caucasian people. She is mixed and needs to embrace her other half. Also, she stood up Obama earlier this year to promote her flop single I WILL FLOP. HOW DARE SHE!!! Are you actually serious? Hanging out with people just because they are black is also discriminating. People should hang out with people because they enjoy their company, not because of the colour of their skin. It shouldn't even be an issue in 2009 and I'm shocked you've brought it up. Grow up, seriously. |
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Post by S_Bunny on Jul 21, 2009 17:31:33 GMT -5
Adorable blog. Julian Bunetta produced Hilar Duffs Getaway so I think Leona's still heading into the pop/rock direction and Savan Kotecha produced for the likes of Delta Goodrem, Carrie Underwood, Britney Spears and fellow Xfactor contestants such as Shayne Ward, Leon Jackson and Same Difference. He seems pretty versatile, dunno what him and Leona have produced. I cant wait for the Diva show as it's in September I hope Leona performs her new single :) |
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Post by clarksodi on Jul 21, 2009 17:56:46 GMT -5
As regards promo, Leona went #1 in just about every country in the world, places that never heard of her before, places she never visited. She needed a push in the US because the US are only interested in Americans. Bleeding Love was totally ignored by US radio despite being #1 round the world, they only started responding to it when it became obvious the label was going to shove it down their throats by introducing her in a big way. Its very difficult for any foreign artists to make a impact in the US, I feel sorry for Gabriel Climi, Sam Sparrow etc, Aussie artists who had big hits with great songs but won't get a look in on US radio. Leona is in a unique position of having Simon Cowell as a champion, his sole interest. If US radio don't respond then he will bypass them again, take her to Oprah, Idol etc again. Shakira (Colombia), Ricky Martin (Puerto Rico), Enrique Iglesias (Spain), TATU (Russia), Charice (Philippines), Avril (Canada) and Leona (UK) all would disagree with your statements (and I'm just naming a few). If you're talented and make yourself crossover / market yourself to the American Market, you can be very successful. It's beyond ridiculous that just because a song is number #1 in the rest of the world, American Radio will play it. An average person has to hear the music somehow, hear about the artist from somewhere, which he/she cannot do if the singer is not promoted here / his music has not formally been added to radio stations, etc. People have to request the song for it to play on radio. If you're a new artist, you have to be promoted everywhere to get your name heard for the first time. It's not easy, but the rewards for being successful in the US outweigh almost the entire rest of the world. I'm willing to bet those two Aussies are very successful in Australia because they promote heavily there and have built themselves a nice fan base, who in turn requests their songs. However, if they want to be heard in America, they're going to need to crossover. If anything, Aussies have accents most Americans consider sexy and that alone would get them heard. But they have to take the first step to be known / heard in America. This is a typical business approach to entering a new / foreign market. You cannot do it without proper marketing, regardless of how great your product (in this case music) is. |
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Post by S_Bunny on Jul 23, 2009 14:39:52 GMT -5
According to Amazon UK Leona's new album will be out on October 15... one problem though that's a Thursday and albums are released on Monday in the UK but this could still be an indication on when the album will be released.
I'd prefer an October release over November.
Also isn't £11.69 a bit much for a standard edition ??? This could all change in the future though.
Also Leona has a new rabbit, Melrose.
Cute! :)
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Post by LeonaLewis on Jul 23, 2009 16:28:45 GMT -5
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Post by LeonaLewis on Jul 23, 2009 16:47:30 GMT -5
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Post by S_Bunny on Jul 23, 2009 16:49:38 GMT -5
^Just posted before you  lol The 15th a Thursday so I think it's wrong. Oooh interesting I've never heard of anyone of those titles before, must be new. I Want To Move My Body HAS to be a uptempo! |
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Post by LeonaLewis on Jul 23, 2009 16:56:05 GMT -5
Yeah, probably.
It's interesting that the book and the sophomore album had the same date set. Good marketing plan.
It's also interesting that Amazon has Alexandra Burke's CD due for release on the 26th October 2009. One week after Leona's supposed date.
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Post by LeonaLewis on Jul 23, 2009 16:58:09 GMT -5
I Want To Move My Body HAS to be a uptempo! Yes, please be the Don't Stop The Music dance-track we've all been waiting for!! |
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Post by eon on Jul 23, 2009 17:18:38 GMT -5
According to Amazon UK Leona's new album will be out on October 15... November, according to her management team. |
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Post by S_Bunny on Jul 23, 2009 17:26:58 GMT -5
^^Aww thats more reliable.
I wanted an October release :(
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Post by LeonaLewis on Jul 23, 2009 17:37:11 GMT -5
October would have been nice for more sales, but November worked perfectly in 2007 and last year. I have full faith they know exactly how to make Leona's second album as successful as her first.
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Post by S_Bunny on Jul 23, 2009 17:42:04 GMT -5
UK wise I dont mind but she has alot of competition in the US for a November release, there's Carrie and rumoured Rihanna and Christina who Leona can't stand against imo.
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Post by BrokenArrow on Jul 23, 2009 17:55:41 GMT -5
Snipped: This is a typical business approach to entering a new / foreign market. You cannot do it without proper marketing, regardless of how great your product (in this case music) is. I have posted a poll in the polling section asking if people thought Lady GaGa would have been successful in the US if she wasn't American with some interesting comments. We shouldn't further clog up a LeLe thread with such discussion. |
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Post by BrokenArrow on Jul 23, 2009 18:00:25 GMT -5
Do people think the Jordin numbers are going to have a knock on affect with Leona?
I think shes Luckier in that she will get big numbers in the UK anyway.
I'm rooting for a Nov release. She released Spirit in the UK in Nov and it posted huge numbers every week right up to Xmas eve, 1.5 Million in just 8 weeks if I remember rightly.
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Post by BrokenArrow on Jul 23, 2009 18:04:48 GMT -5
These are all Spirit era. New songs won't be registered yet. |
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Post by S_Bunny on Jul 23, 2009 18:22:34 GMT -5
Do people think the Jordin numbers are going to have a knock on affect with Leona?I think shes Luckier in that she will get big numbers in the UK anyway. I'm rooting for a Nov release. She released Spirit in the UK in Nov and it posted huge numbers every week right up to Xmas eve, 1.5 Million in just 8 weeks if I remember rightly. I was wonderring the same thing. Leona doesnt have a massive US fanbase or that much hype around her this time. She needs a massive 1st single, or else. I'm not too worried about the UK, I dont expect Leona to do as good as the Spirit era but she should do ok atleast. |
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Post by picklerclarkson on Jul 23, 2009 20:30:15 GMT -5
BIT really killed the hype she had then IWB destroyed it. This first single better be different for her or it may not debut that high.
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Post by K. on Jul 23, 2009 20:56:35 GMT -5
Despite her high sales, I don't think Leona was ever really that big here. Everybody knows the song, but I don't get the sense people know who Leona is. She's still "that girl who sang Bleeding Love". Mostly because she never seemed to really have any high profile promotion here. I don't know, I may be off.
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Post by Alex on Jul 23, 2009 21:31:52 GMT -5
She definitely had high profile promo: she performed "Bleeding Love" on every damn primetime and talk show. Just no one really paid any attention. While she's pretty, she's also pretty boring. No one really cares.
UK loves people who speak a British accent, even if its real or fake (That's you, Madge!) so that's why she's big over there. America wants singers with personality.
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Jul 23, 2009 22:00:36 GMT -5
I really think a better 3rd single would have helped her. Bleeding Love and even Better In Time worked, but she needed a massive third single that was DIFFERENT from those two songs. That would have helped her become a bigger US star. THat being said, I am definitely not going to declare her over in the US before I even hear the singles.
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Post by BrokenArrow on Jul 24, 2009 2:22:11 GMT -5
BIT really killed the hype she had then IWB destroyed it. This first single better be different for her or it may not debut that high. BIT was huge ! It crossed from CHR to HOTAC then to AC, It's only recently dropped out of the AC top10. Something like 64 weeks on one top10 billboard chart or another. I'm not sure of overall sales but it was platinum when it was on CHR. More importantly. It was the reason the album sales kept so consistent for months on end, pushing it to 1.5 million. As for lead singles, remind me again which massive hit it was that pushed the Maxwell sales so high last week ? |
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Post by LeonaLewis on Jul 24, 2009 7:45:01 GMT -5
UK loves people who speak a British accent, even if its real or fake (That's you, Madge!) so that's why she's big over there. America wants singers with personality. Do you live in the UK? That's totally untrue! Mariah tries British accents all the time. Do the UK love her? Not at all. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2009 10:21:21 GMT -5
As for lead singles, remind me again which massive hit it was that pushed the Maxwell sales so high last week ? "Pretty Wings". It is currently #2 R&B. |
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