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The Wanted's Glad you came goes Platinum (1,000,000 copies) in the U.S |
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The Wanted's Glad you came goes Platinum (1,000,000 copies) in the U.S
Well done to them!
Bet they are well jel of One Direction's success though. |
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That's good for a British boyband but nothing that amazing, US platinum is roughly equivalent to UK silver though.
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That is very good, and tbh lately a lot of songs that have reached the US Top 10 haven't even been certified platinum so that#s very good.
Also on the Hot 100 this week it has stayed at #4. It is hanging around for a while. |
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Well done to The Wanted!
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Bet they are well jel of One Direction's success though.
Second single is vital now though. Not sure what it should be, as I don't like GYC and look how well that's done... just hopefully not Heart Vacancy. That's the very very worst of a mostly bad bunch ![]() Apparently they're doing that whole one promotional song a week leading up to their album release, starting next week with Gold Forever, so I'm awaiting a lot of misinformed people saying they're flopping starting from then. Feel a bit bad for them that the UK press is all over how well 1D are doing and barely giving their success a mention. |
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From the looks of things they don't have any need to be.
Second single is vital now though. Not sure what it should be, as I don't like GYC and look how well that's done... just hopefully not Heart Vacancy. That's the very very worst of a mostly bad bunch ![]() Apparently they're doing that whole one promotional song a week leading up to their album release, starting next week with Gold Forever, so I'm awaiting a lot of misinformed people saying they're flopping starting from then. Feel a bit bad for them that the UK press is all over how well 1D are doing and barely giving their success a mention. |
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I don't get the last line of your post unless you're being sarcastic OP
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You're right, Glad You Came has being doing well on itunes/radio for weeks now and the press haven't made it BIG news. They are just focusing on their comments on 1D.
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Saw one of them say on Twitter actually how they'd been waiting for some recognition for ages and once they got it, it was just a slight mention in a completely made up story about them slating 1D.
But fantastic sales and I am really pleased for them. To be fair it was probably them that helped 1D make it out there too. |
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actually i saw their tweets and they were a bit sly about 1D so they can't back track from a tweet
But fantastic sales and I am really pleased for them. To be fair it was probably them that helped 1D make it out there too. Even so, the articles I saw didn't even mention that, it was saying 1D are for kids and they don't speak to them and stuff - things which completely contradicted stuff they'd said in videoed interviews. |
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IMO I think Warzone would work best as the next single. I know it didn't do too well here, but in the US tour they did, the fans seem to love the song.
The song reminds me of Backstreet Boys Incomplete |
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From the looks of things they don't have any need to be.
Second single is vital now though. Not sure what it should be, as I don't like GYC and look how well that's done... just hopefully not Heart Vacancy. That's the very very worst of a mostly bad bunch ![]() Apparently they're doing that whole one promotional song a week leading up to their album release, starting next week with Gold Forever, so I'm awaiting a lot of misinformed people saying they're flopping starting from then. Feel a bit bad for them that the UK press is all over how well 1D are doing and barely giving their success a mention. |
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That's good for a British boyband but nothing that amazing, US platinum is roughly equivalent to UK silver though.
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I think i remember hearing that their next single is "Invincible".
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Invincible's pretty good. I think it's different enough from GYC to avoid sounding like a copy, but it's in the similar vein of avoiding being too 'boyband'. If they release something too much in that territory, 1D will trample all over them imo.
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I think their next single will be a new song, they have been in the studio recently judging by their tweets.
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Well done to them
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The Wanted stated that "One Direction will not be competition until they receive a top 10 single" in my opinion that is very sly since One Direction will unquestionably be the first UK group to debut at number one on the Billboard 200!
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That's good
But i doubt they will get another hit and I can't see their album sell well at all. It's all well the press and fans getting excited but One direction have done a lot better, even if their single hasn't done amazingly as well as this. |
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We cant compare both bands just yet ... we have to wait till both of them release their albums and maybe a second single. I have a feeling that 1D however have more fans judging by how many people turned up at their album signings and also the today show.
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That's good for a British boyband but nothing that amazing, US platinum is roughly equivalent to UK silver though.
Isn't US platinum 1 million, and UK silver 100,000 ![]() Not having a go at you, just dont know what you mean by your post |
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I am confused by this statement.
Isn't US platinum 1 million, and UK silver 100,000 ![]() Not having a go at you, just dont know what you mean by your post There are roughly 300 000 000 people in US (correct me if wrong). There are roughly 60 000 000 people in UK (correct me if wrong). A bit of maths here... 300 000 000 / 60 000 000 = 5 200 000 x 5 = 1 000 000 - UK Silver and US Platinum 400 000 x 5 = 2 000 000 - UK Gold and US x2 Platinum 600 000 x 5 = 3 000 000 - UK Platinum and US x3 Platinum So basically all it is the converted UK certifications into US certifications. |
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They are 71 on itunes with Gold Forever and they are performing it on Jay Leno tonight.
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UK Silver is 200 000
There are roughly 300 000 000 people in US (correct me if wrong). There are roughly 60 000 000 people in UK (correct me if wrong). A bit of maths here... 300 000 000 / 60 000 000 = 5 200 000 x 5 = 1 000 000 - UK Silver and US Platinum 400 000 x 5 = 2 000 000 - UK Gold and US x2 Platinum 600 000 x 5 = 3 000 000 - UK Platinum and US x3 Platinum So basically all it is the converted UK certifications into US certifications. |
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They are 71 on itunes with Gold Forever and they are performing it on Jay Leno tonight.
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