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Best "manufactured" group/singer of the noughties? |
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Of course you can manufacture a solo artist. You take them and tell them what you want them to do... that's manufactured. They have no free will in their job.
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Guardian's reality stars of the decade are Girls Aloud.. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009...loud-interview
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Except some people still consider him manufactured because he made his name through a talent show. I never said they had to have all the points I listed to be considered manufactured. Suppose it depends who you talk to.
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They have no free will in their job.
What rubbish!
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So by that criterion you are saying that Victoria Wood, Lenny Henry, Les Dennis, Lena Zavaroni are all manufactured! The mind boggles.
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It's not rubbish at all. Most of them do what the label tell them to do; they have to. They are nothing but money making machines (there's obviously going to be exceptions; there is with everything in the entertainment world).
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Will Young
![]() I'm not sure, but I think he has sold more albums than Girls Aloud. He has fought big battles to be taken seriously as an artist, and he's not totally won the war, but hats off to him for his 5 platinum albums to date. I don't think he gets enough credit for his achievements. I think there's a lot more to come from him too. I'm not sure how long GA have as a girlband, it will be interesting to see what happens next for them. |
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Did you just name some stand-up comedians in a discussion about why people find music manufactured?
![]() And I still say that solo singers such as Will, Lemar and possibly Leona are not manufactured. This argument has been going on for at least eight years! |
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'Manufactured' is a ridiculous tag that's spouted around far too readily.
There are artists who have a strong identity of their own, who make their own decisions and have a hand in writing their own material. Will is an obvious example because he totally broke away from Simon Cowell (who really had no interest in him anyway at the time ).But he said something interesting in an interview recently, which was it's a myth that people like Leona Lewis have no control over their output and their careers, in that you can't be successful unless you have strength and opinions. I assume he's talking from insider experience there. I'm sure successful artists like Will,Lemar, Leona etc are guided and listen to advice by their record companies (as are all artists anyway because any release has to be approved by the record company first), but ultimately that have to have their own strength of character to survive in the cut throat business they've chosen. In answer to the original question though -Will undoubtedly. If you see him on Tour he is unlike anyone else on the scene atm, a totally individual act. |
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Besides there are probably plenty of other manufactured groups/solo artists around. The OP seems to base it on tv shows.
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Ok, then, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and the afore-mentioned Lena Zavaroni all won talent shows.
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Besides there are probably plenty of other manufactured groups/solo artists around. The OP seems to base it on tv shows.
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Exactly. There are plenty of groups put together by managers/producers - Take That, Boyzone, Westlife, the Spice Girls, the Saturdays, the Backstreet Boys, NSync, the list goes on ............... and likewise plenty of solo singers "discovered" doing something bearing no relation to singing by managers/producers, but they don't seem to be seen as "manufactured" because they didn't come from a reality TV show. Yet, these reality TV shows have discovered a few of the best voices of recent years.
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Michelle McManus hands down.
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Destiny's Child were a vastly superior girl band to Girls Aloud.
Do Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake count as "manufactured"? If not, then Britney Spears. If it's got to be someone British, how about Robbie Williams. |
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Actually, looking at the production credits, how about Gwen Stefani's solo career? Or Kylie Minogue. Or Madonna.
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Destiny's Child were a vastly superior girl band to Girls Aloud.
Do Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake count as "manufactured"? If not, then Britney Spears. If it's got to be someone British, how about Robbie Williams.
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Does JLS count as being manufactured?
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Does JLS count as being manufactured?
They put the band together themselves.. Well Oritse did & then decided to audition for x factor its not as if the x factor producers had picked 4 boys and put them together |
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Some people consider other factors, aside from simply putting a group together, as manufactured. Things like [...] having their image all too meticulously crafted to make sure they target a particular market...
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Do Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake count as "manufactured"?
I think my definition of manufactured is better. |
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Surprised by the lack of love for Sugababes. Or maybe people don't consider them manufactured?
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girls aloud hands down , been going for 7 years and i actually like some of their songs
it took alot for me to type that
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Does JLS count as being manufactured?
so it show the evidence that the judges speak to them before they pretend to speak to them for the 1st time |
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Surprised by the lack of love for Sugababes. Or maybe people don't consider them manufactured?
I do like some sugababes stuff though so they are a decent shout. |
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EON your definition is spot on. Therefore, Will doesn't count! No-one would tell him to wear something he didn't like or, since his first year under contract to Pop Idol, tell him what to sing!
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