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Old 05-11-2014, 22:24
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I'm no Cheryl hater and I have liked a couple of her songs but it is a sad day in British music history if she is going to become the first British female artist to achieve 5 #1 singles especially with great artists like Adele etc. She is currently tied with Geri Halliwell and Rita Ora for 4 #1 singles, which is a sad fact alone.

She has been very lucky with a great PR machine, divorced from a footballer, judge on a talent show and good looks. Without half of those things I doubt she would have been as successful as she has.
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Old 05-11-2014, 22:46
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That saddens me as well. Especially with people like, as you say, Adele and Paloma Faith not having the kind of success. Now, they're musically talented.
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Old 05-11-2014, 23:10
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Well done Cheryl. Great achievement .
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Old 05-11-2014, 23:47
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That saddens me as well. Especially with people like, as you say, Adele and Paloma Faith not having the kind of success. Now, they're musically talented.
I don't know about you, but I consider Adele much more successful than Cheryl will ever even dream of being.

Well done to her
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Old 06-11-2014, 00:10
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What a nightmare
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Old 06-11-2014, 00:13
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A number 1 doesn't mean anything anymore. Means absolutely nothing. I'll give you an example...Drunk In Love by Beyonce got to number 9 in the charts...it never reached number 1. Songs around that time which did hit number 1, were out of the top 40 a couple of weeks later, yet Drunk In Love remained in the top 25 for nearly 3 months...it outsold those tracks that went to number 1. The real money is in albums and that's what artists really want to do well.
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Old 06-11-2014, 00:23
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A number 1 doesn't mean anything anymore. Means absolutely nothing. I'll give you an example...Drunk In Love by Beyonce got to number 9 in the charts...it never reached number 1. Songs around that time which did hit number 1, were out of the top 40 a couple of weeks later, yet Drunk In Love remained in the top 25 for nearly 3 months...it outsold those tracks that went to number 1. The real money is in albums and that's what artists really want to do well.
No-one remembers how long a song was in the top 40 for though. They remember number 1's and they remember when someone breaks a record.
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Old 06-11-2014, 01:00
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No-one remembers how long a song was in the top 40 for though. They remember number 1's and they remember when someone breaks a record.

i agree!!
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Old 06-11-2014, 01:05
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No-one remembers how long a song was in the top 40 for though. They remember number 1's and they remember when someone breaks a record.
and they also remember that these days few people even care who is number one in the charts.. And precious few remember the tracks that get there. Cheryl Cole and her 5 number ones. Stop people on the street and they won't be able to name any of them no let alone in 15 years time.
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Old 06-11-2014, 07:14
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It makes me want to go back to the days when there was huge excitement when The Jam went straight to number 1 and it was the first time since Slade had done it in the early 70s. And we are talking about CLASSIC number 1s. Still, if that is the biggest selling single this week then it deserves to be there.
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Old 06-11-2014, 07:29
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her career is an illusion, she isn't in the music industry
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Old 06-11-2014, 07:43
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Well done Cheryl. Great achievement .
Really it isn't.
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Old 06-11-2014, 09:23
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Proves to me what I have said all along and that Cheryl needs x factor to sell. another sad day for music!
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Old 06-11-2014, 09:40
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Proves to me what I have said all along and that Cheryl needs x factor to sell. another sad day for music!
I'm her defence, Call My Name and Crazy Stupid Love didn't have Xf promo and this track shot straight to number 1 before the performance..
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Old 06-11-2014, 09:45
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That saddens me as well. Especially with people like, as you say, Adele and Paloma Faith not having the kind of success. Now, they're musically talented.
But they have had success. Both Adele and Paloma sell more albums then singles. Number 1 singles really isn't everything and it isn't a defining moment of any artist's career. It just sounds impressive and looks impressive on a bit of paper.

A lack of number 1 singles never did Kate Bush or Annie Lennox any harm.

More people will be talking about adele, listening to adele and still buying her albums in another 10 years time. I doubt the same will be happening with Cheryl. She will likely have been dropped by then and having a career resurgence in whatever big reality show she is apart of at that time.
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Old 06-11-2014, 09:54
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It's only the UK which laps up Cheryls music though isn't it ? Do correct me if I'm wrong.

She's very hit and miss for me.
I loved her first album.
I also think a miillion lights was a good album.
The rest of what she has released is dirge
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Old 06-11-2014, 10:06
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It's only the UK which laps up Cheryls music though isn't it ? Do correct me if I'm wrong.

She's very hit and miss for me.
I loved her first album.
I also think a miillion lights was a good album.
The rest of what she has released is dirge
Pretty much, 3 Words the song was a hit in Australia and some of her other singles have done well in some European countries but thats about it.
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Old 06-11-2014, 10:20
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What an absolutely pathetic thread this is, full of negativity.
I for one am happy for Cheryl, it's nice to see someone who has worked really hard for years and years still do really well years later. Fanbases can be so fickle these days.
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Old 06-11-2014, 10:50
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Is far rather Cheryl than Rita Ora! Plus I Don't Care is a great pop song.
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Old 06-11-2014, 10:51
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No-one remembers how long a song was in the top 40 for though. They remember number 1's and they remember when someone breaks a record.
If people think that getting a number 1 is the measure of success then that's dillusion on their part. It's sales that matter, not number 1's. Yes people might remember that Cheryl has got 5 number 1's and yes she has broken a record, but when it comes down to it, it's sales that are the real sign of success...not the fact that you sold the most songs in your week of release. You don't have to sell hardly anything to get a number 1 these days.
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Old 06-11-2014, 11:12
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If people think that getting a number 1 is the measure of success then that's dillusion on their part. It's sales that matter, not number 1's. Yes people might remember that Cheryl has got 5 number 1's and yes she has broken a record, but when it comes down to it, it's sales that are the real sign of success...not the fact that you sold the most songs in your week of release. You don't have to sell hardly anything to get a number 1 these days.
Whilst i agree on the sales being important - single sales are at an all time high so I would disagree about you having to sell 'hardly anything'
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Old 06-11-2014, 11:15
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5 cracking pop songs though.
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Old 06-11-2014, 11:18
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What an absolutely pathetic thread this is, full of negativity.
I for one am happy for Cheryl, it's nice to see someone who has worked really hard for years and years still do really well years later. Fanbases can be so fickle these days.
Worked hard? She got lucky by auditioning for a talent show and got a place in a girlband. She then got signed for a solo deal by the same label who managed the girlband she was in. But saw even bigger success by sitting behind a desk telling people who are more talented then her that they are not talented

That isn't working hard. That's just pure luck

People who work hard are people like Ed Sheeran, who spent years busking on the street, doing hundreds of gigs, distributing his own self made Ep's and then attracting a record label. That's working hard.
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Old 06-11-2014, 11:21
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No-one remembers how long a song was in the top 40 for though. They remember number 1's and they remember when someone breaks a record.
People will remember Drunk In Love more than I Don't Care in years to come.
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Old 06-11-2014, 11:24
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Worked hard? She got lucky by auditioning for a talent show and got a place in a girlband. She then got signed for a solo deal by the same label who managed the girlband she was in. But saw even bigger success by sitting behind a desk telling people who are more talented then her that they are not talented

That isn't working hard. That's just pure luck

People who work hard are people like Ed Sheeran, who spent years busking on the street, doing hundreds of gigs, distributing his own self made Ep's and then attracting a record label. That's working hard.
It's both working hard. Just some music snobs seem to think there is easy ways to do it. Cheryl works hard, it's obvious. As does just about everyone in the music industry.
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