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Old 29-12-2011, 15:03
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I understand that it's the biggest market and that if you hit it big in the States you'd sell more records naturally, however what is the big attraction? Status? There is a whole world out there and being succesfull just in that one country shouldn't define an artist or there achievements.
A lot of British artists want to 'crack'/'break' the US and fair enough you'd have to give it a try to at least see if you'd sell in that territory. It's just American artists aren't desperate to be successfull here in the UK apart from the fact it's the biggest music market in Europe or the fact they may like Britain and British culture so want to do well here. There isn't the same urgency.
Some artists like Natasha Bedingfield and The Script do well with there first album in the UK/Europe then just decamp to the US and release only there or rather promote heavily there, losing out on money from the rest of the World just to sell less than they could in the UK and do only moderatly well in America. I don't get it! There are also a lot of artists going to America early in 2012 1D,The Wanted,Pixie Lott etc (not the greatest exports i know) who haven't had consistent success in Europe, surely that should be the main priority not just chasing the potential big bucks.
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Old 29-12-2011, 16:48
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money and acclaim. if the US sees you so does the world. your success there contributes to your home market seeing you more favourably ie adele this year and leona lewis in 2008, same for amy winehouse and the beatles. big success there sort of proves that youre not just a one hit wonder.
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Old 29-12-2011, 17:20
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Because America is vast and opens a lot of doors and a lot of opportunities. It's the biggest music market in the world with a lot of money to be made from success there. It's seen by many as the place to break if you really want to be a global star and achieve status.

From what I've read, Robbie Williams has never been bothered about breaking the US but probably said that because he failed to make it over there. Kate Bush never achieved major success in the US despite gaining a lot of critical acclaim, though her reluctancy to tour and promote over there didn't help. Abba were never as big there as everywhere else in the world during the 1970s and early 1980s which, like Kate Bush, was probably down to their reluctancy to tour and promote on a big scale. I know their short US leg of their 1979 tour was sold out and won them great reviews. Still, they're one of the biggest selling bands of all time without having huge success in the US on their side. Kylie's sold over 70 million records despite only having a couple of top 10 hits and a top 3 album there. So there are examples of high selling acts that have never been as big in the US as they are in a lot of other places in the world.

The success of Adele over there hasn't been seen by a British act for years now and that's why she's so focused on right now. Amy Winehouse did great over there and Leona Lewis did well there with "Spirit" a few years ago but nowhere near the level that Adele has achieved with "21". Florence and the Machine and Corinne Bailey Rae seem to be doing OK over there at the moment, while James Blunt and Duffy did well with their debut albums and La Roux had a top 10 hit.

The US is so vast that to break it and substain the success are both big things to undertake and achieve.

I personally can't see Pixie Lott taking off over there. Thing is, she's barely achieved any success outside of the UK and Ireland yet let alone the US. She'll be lucky if she has a record deal in the UK by the end of next year since her second album flopped. Is there a successful boy band in the US right now? They're kind of passé over there at the moment which might cut The Wanted's chances.

big success there sort of proves that youre not just a one hit wonder.
Not necessarily.
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Old 29-12-2011, 17:31
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Because America is vast and opens a lot of doors and a lot of opportunities. It's the biggest music market in the world with a lot of money to be made from success there. It's seen by many as the place to break if you really want to be a global star and achieve status.

From what I've read, Robbie Williams has never been bothered about breaking the US but probably said that because he failed to make it over there. Abba were never as big there as everywhere else in the world during the 1970s and early 1980s, though I think their reluctancy to tour very much didn't help. I know their 1979 tour in the US was sold out and won them great reviews. Still, they're one of the biggest selling bands of all time without having huge success in the US on their side.

The success of Adele over there hasn't been seen by a British act for years now. Amy Winehouse did great over there and Leona Lewis did well there with "Spirit", Florence and the Machine and Corinne Bailey Rae seem to be doing OK over there, while James Blunt and Duffy did well with their debut albums and La Roux had a top 10 hit.

It's so vast that to break it and substain the success are both big things to undertake and achieve.

I can't see Pixie Lott taking off over there, she's barely had any success outside of the UK and Ireland yet. She'll be lucky if she has a record deal here by the end of next year since her second album flopped. Is there a successful boy band in the US right now? Their kind of passé at the moment which might cut their chances.



Not necessarily.
I meant it in the case of pop acts such as the wanted, the saturdays and 1direction and cher lloyd. on talent alone, they arent the best but breaking america and being successful there for many years would change people's opinions of them. the wanted have had good airplay there and are set to release next year. pixie lott wont be big there, as her material is naff. also she's not that good a singer and that counts in the US. adeles had major success there, but on her album reign alone, the sales werent that good. good in the sense that 4m + albums sold is good when overall in music history its barely standard, whitney's debut sold over 13m copies and was at the top of the charts for one week longer.
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