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Your Favourite "Not So Successful Acts" Thread
Not every act out there is successful of course.
Do any of you have any acts who you like a lot but are not mainstream or haven't had the commericial success? |
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Little Boots is one of my favourites, I loved her album and I think it had a few potential singles. Shame she only had the one hit with Remedy.
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Seth Lakeman. Have all 5 of his albums. I know he was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize for Kitty Jay and I know he's lost his way a little but I still love his music
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She & Him
The Like The Pretty Reckless |
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Hurts (although i know they are pretty successful in some European countries)
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Annie
Roisin Murphy Dubstar should have been bigger, along with Saint Etienne |
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Mini Viva
Nadine Coyle Yasmin Bat For Lashes |
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The Veronicas
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She & Him
The Like The Pretty Reckless ![]() The Pretty Reckless Surfer Blood (have they had success? I'm not sure) Best Coast Lykke Li I would add Paramore, but I know that they have had some chart success so I'm going to leave them off of the list. |
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Trey Songz
Jazmine Sullivan Melanie Fiona They've all done quite well in the US,but they haven't done that great in the UK. |
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VV Brown was a fave in 2009 as was Little Boots that same year, still blast their debut albums a lot!
In terms of "commercially successful" - Robyn Kelis & Janelle Monae But they are successful names for critical acclaim, named artists and also fantastic at touring just wish they were more well established and known
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Goldheart Assembly
The Leisure Society Avi Buffalo Detroit Social Club |
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Britney Spears could fit in to that category at the moment.
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I know most of these have had moderate success, but they deserved to be a lot bigger:
Annie Rachel Stevens Roisin Murphy Mini Viva Kelis Robyn Sophie Ellis-Bextor Alesha Dixon Gabriella Cilmi Frank Girlicious Girls Can't Catch Nadine Coyle Little Boots Siobhan Donaghy And its too soon to tell on Nicola Roberts, SoundGirl and Florrie, but I think they'll end up in this category too
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Alesha Dixon!
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Hurts
Laura Izibor Clare Maguire VV Brown Band Of Skulls Nabiha Grace Potter & The Nocturnals |
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Bevis Frond
Boards Of Canada Ladyhawke Debbie Duveen & The Millbanks |
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A few but the biggest for me is Mystery Jets. Think they're amazing.
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I never thought I'd find another person on DS who likes She & Him
![]() The Pretty Reckless Surfer Blood (have they had success? I'm not sure) Best Coast Lykke Li I would add Paramore, but I know that they have had some chart success so I'm going to leave them off of the list. Quote:
A few but the biggest for me is Mystery Jets. Think they're amazing.
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Natalia Kills
Skylar Grey Although I'm pretty sure they're both about to explode onto the scene very soon. |
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Anna Abreu
Carrie Underwood (HUGE in the US, not done a thing over here bar a number 93 album - and she's my 2nd fave singer of all time!) Charice Demi Lovato Jennifer Hudson Jessica Mauboy Jordin Sparks Kat DeLuna Katharine McPhee Lykke Li Mini Viva Miranda Lambert Mylene Farmer (the French Madonna, HUGE in France but hasn't even had much material released here) Robyn (since With Every Heartbeat she's really not done much commercially )Sia Simon Curtis Sky Ferreria Solange Tone Damli Vanessa Amorosi (one hit wonder from 2000/1 (?) - Absolutely Everybody! Huge in Australia since then, never seen anymore UK sucsess though )Wynter Gordon (she still has time to go big though I guess) |
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Fefe Dobson
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Nicole Roberts.
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Nicole Roberts.
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Britney Spears could fit in to that category at the moment.
I think that defeats the point of "Not so successful" Mimicole, nice to know you like She & Him and Pretty reckless too
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