How will One Direction do compared to JLS?
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JLS first album had 1.2 mil sales, after 4 weeks their second album has 300k sales (not bad for a second album), sell out arena tour, 4 top 10 singles, number 1 and 2 album constantly labelled as a huge boyband ect ect the list goes on (I think every single one of their singles has got over 200k sales, even One Shot which was released after their album was released).
After X Factor you couldn't go anywhere without seeing a JLS hoody, even now I still see them on a regular basis, they got their own show, DVD, books, always on the telly doing shows, gigs, interviews, adverts I could go on forever
But how will 1D do, and will they match up to the bar JLS has set as a boyband from X Factor, how will their albums and singles do, will they pack out tours ect.. I'm genuinely intrigued as to what people think. (I'm also a big JLS fan
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After X Factor you couldn't go anywhere without seeing a JLS hoody, even now I still see them on a regular basis, they got their own show, DVD, books, always on the telly doing shows, gigs, interviews, adverts I could go on forever
But how will 1D do, and will they match up to the bar JLS has set as a boyband from X Factor, how will their albums and singles do, will they pack out tours ect.. I'm genuinely intrigued as to what people think. (I'm also a big JLS fan
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I will be amazed if they do half as well as JLS.
They may have to take a crash course in dancing though and try to move a bit instead of standing still and flapping their arms.
They are pretty limited too....okayish vocals but no better,and they can't move or dance.
You cant really compare 1D and JLS just because they were both on the Xfactor.JLS had been together for 4 yrs BEFORE the show.1D have known each other for 4 months,they formed on the show,they are not experienced.The nearest you can compare 1D with is Girls Aloud and they lasted years.CC always says they took time to gel.For what 1D has acheived in a short space of time is the main indicator of their potential.This forum can slagg them off all they want.Simon is not blind signing them today before they snatch them,they will do better than Matt,he has 17 years of music to win a show and they have 0 years to come third.If you know about correlations,1D have the strongest correlation in the competetion and potential to develop.Matt is at peak with no room for development,even Rebbecca is more likely to grow more than him.
Dancing lessons?? Er Girls Aloud were 5 girls who auditioned for a TV show:rolleyes:
JLS can harmonise well... 1D can at best sing in a bland unison, what was Louis on about last night praising their harmonies when the most harmonic they got was singing an octave apart because one of the "group"'s balls have dropped
JLS can dance... 1D Can't
JLS have chemistry as a group... 1D really don't have any chemistry at all, they're a bunch of apparent soloists who were put together by Simon because they were too crap to go through individually
So yeah... 1D will only be a fad, for the tweens who think Justine bieber is great... so basically the tone deaf 12 year olds of the country
This (and I'm no JLS fan)
Girls Aloud were far better from the word go than 1D have ever been.Their voices blended well together and at least three of them were strong singers.
JLS release condoms and I imagine One Direction will release pencil cases
I BET VIBRATORS.
S**t post of the day!! Absolute rubbish.
The five girls in GA were at least voted through by the public as proven solo singers before forming the band, so their talent was obvious. Wand Erection... Not so much.
Besides, their 'deal' is not confirmed yet and I would think that not finishing top 2 in the voting EVER may be a bad indication...
I don't even know what you mean by this:
I am an A-level maths student and I know what correlation is... But it is something that can usually be mathematically measured. What you have said has nothing to do with correlation, they were consistantly s**t te entire way through the competition and showed very little potential to dance or harmonise. Matt has plenty more to give. Not once did they let us see him sing a song he wrote himself, which would showcase his true talent.
With regards the original question: no.
JLS have a more widespread appeal. I cannot stand them, but they are talented guys. I see Wand going the same way as Justin Bieber in the UK (who isn't particularly successful here): a couple of top 10/20 singles and an album which might sell 200,000-300,000 copies, but nothing spectacular.
If you watch youtube clips of the show, their talent was anything but obvious, with the exception of Nicola and Nadine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p29ZEsIWacw&feature=related
Painful.
Sarah was decent enough as well.Cheryl of course was the least talented one of the five.
that doesn't mean they won't do well though, manufactured groups are a bit hit and miss so who knows. given the right songs they have potential to succeed i guess.
Not really. It's all about perception rather than reality which is why the raised the age range of the "boys" category to accommodate Matt and ensure that he got the support of girls as well as women.
As for JLS, a large part of their fanbase has already moved onto One Direction and, even before that, to The Wanted.
That's a good theory.
I've always thought that they redrew the age boundaries because they were scared of an act from the Overs category winning, as 27 year old Matt was really from that category.
I bet Louis is gutted!!!:D
If 1D had come in off the street as a group and Louis had the groups category,Cowell would be describing them as mediocre.