Mark Owen Stars - flopping why!???
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bOAg1ToDcY
What an amazing song!:D
Why the heck is it flopping, he's in Take that they are mega popular surely that must help?
Low views on youtube, single/album poor in charts.
What an amazing song!:D
Why the heck is it flopping, he's in Take that they are mega popular surely that must help?
Low views on youtube, single/album poor in charts.
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Mark Owen on Twitter 44,000 followers
Gary Barlow on Twitter 2,800,000 followers
Robbie Williams on Twitter 1,900,000 followers
Howard Donald on Twitter 58,000 followers
Jason Orange not on twitter but fan account 5,800 followers
So the success of Take that is mainly due to gary and robbie? wow.
Why is it not storming it on radio!?
I always thought that was obvious myself. Those three are clearly there for their looks.
Boybands are always stronger and more popular as a collective unit rather than as individuals. The fascination when they split is because realistically only one member will have an amazing solo career. So it became a joust between Gary and Robbie total opposites which fuelled the media. Same as Ronan and Steven from Boyzone, Justin and JC (who is by far the best singer in NSYNC), the 3 members of Blue but Simon Webbe sold most but still not amazingly.
Mark has always been on the outside of all that right from his first solo album he has gone in an alternative indie direction very different to TT and Robbie/Gary solo.
To his credit he has learnt about songwriting and musicianship instead of just playing the part of teen idol and taking all the money and has released the albums he's wanted to despite limited success because he loves music. He always made a point from the first album his albums are a different audience to TT and he's doing promotion because he's still an artist despite his amazing success with TT and wants those persons who like what he does to know a new Mark Owen record is out. For his efforts he's gathered a small fanbase of his own due to his much different style to Take That he knows he won't sell loads but that's not the point for him.
In Take That he's had two European hit singles in Babe and Shine on lead vocals and his first solo single Child went top ten across Europe and #1 in Spain and 3 top 5 UK solo singles so for a solo career in some respects he hasn't done too badly.
This album will perform the same as the other Mark Owen albums that was always going to be the case. However I will agree the single is great and think that should be doing better.
The shocker is
The video and single is better than anything he's done before.
It's his best artwork for a campaign too
Album title is amazing!
It's all about Barlow now.
I do like the song, it's one of the best he's done and, like I said earlier, I think his voice sounds better on it then on many songs in the past.
I want Mark back. The Mark who I saw on tour with HTMF, excellent songs and small venues. The new album is every bit as amazing as HTMF and Stars is great, but I think he aimed a bit too big with venues and hopes for the record.
The big post above is right, he has a loyal fanbase who will buy his music and attend his gigs and he will always have a career if thats what he wants.
But putting it out there in the way he has is just asking for disappointment, as some people will never like him or his voice.
Mark also only joined twitter a month ago.
I'm off to see Mark tonight & can't wait
Because he has a squeaky voice.
'Stars' is a good song and the video is brilliant.