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Old 19-05-2016, 10:55
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I thought Weird People would be better. It has a bit of a Prince feel about it.
This would have made this track topical. I think the record company had already decided on Hair before Prince died. I saw a clip of it (I mean a clip of the video to Hair, not a hair clip ) on Lorraine in March and am now hearing the song played on Imagine FM. It reminds me a bit of the song No Air from about 5 years ago.
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Old 19-05-2016, 11:06
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I saw a list of the best-selling singles of 2015, and Black Magic came in at a respectable no 27. Not quite top 20, but their best-selling single so far, and still in the lower reaches of the charts for a few months into this year.

At first I was dismayed by the song title Love Me Like You copying the Magic Numbers' hit from 10 years earlier. However, I knew instantly that it had a good melody. It was of course the follow-up to Black Magic, therefore a rare example of my noticing and liking 2 successive singles by any act. Finally, once Love Me Like You went on to push me off the fence in favour of accepting Jade as my favourite Little Mixer, LMLY has become my favourite Little Mix song yet!
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Old 19-05-2016, 15:57
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I've always liked that Wall of Sound so I really liked LM's vocals paired with a "big" sound like they did for LMLY. It sounds much fuller to me than most current pop music. Thats why I'd like to hear more instruments or orchestration in their songs.

Their A&R had a guy who does movie scores do early submissions for the third album but I guess it didnt work out. He was excited at the time too.
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Old 19-05-2016, 17:43
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I liked the Wall of Sound thing the first time around. And the bigger, dramatic sound would suit Little Mix. I thought LMLY showed that whilst LM are a modern day girl group they could acknowledge that they are part of an older tradition. I can imagine them doing The Crystals or The Ronettes at some stage.
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Old 20-05-2016, 00:36
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Although, as stated before, 80s and 80s-inspired music makes up a large proportion of my music selection, I do also have a taste for sixtiesish stuff like the Pipettes, Candie Payne, Those Dancing Days, and The Montrose Avenue, so if LM were to continue to build retro influences into their music I'll continue to take an interest. Certainly the fact that Get Weird has such a spread of themes - from 50s/60s diner pop (LMLY), through 80s-tinged synthy bop, to whatever 'trap' is (Lightning), is perhaps why I like it so much - I like it when artists push the boundaries and try different things (Mansun are a good example of this, actually - their three albums are quite different from each other...)

I'm looking forward to what LM do next (and admit I never thought I'd say that!) Hopefully they'll take note of the reception GW has had and continue to push the boundaries - I'm not exactly expecting the girls to turn round and say the new tracks are inspired by Terris and Electrasy, much as I'd adore that, but if the writing and performance stays as strong as GW's proved to be, then I'll carry on looking in. Maybe some new collaborations will bring a mix of Influences to the table, too...
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Old 20-05-2016, 00:53
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I wouldn't disagree with any of the above. I'm genuinely interested in what these 4 girls do next, three albums in and they are still with plenty of potential. I favour a great deal of 70s music so I hope they listen to some Philly Sound, dub reggae, even a little glam rock!
Little Mix do T.Rex.'s 'Hot Love' or 'I Love to Boogie'
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Old 20-05-2016, 19:48
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Sales

1 Drake feat. Wizkid & Kyla 104,998 29,501 75,497
2 Justin Timberlake 98,982 67,277 31,705
3 Calvin Harris feat. Rihanna 91,140
4 Sia feat. Sean Paul 54,553
5 Mike Posner 45,382
6 Galantis 44,921
7 Desiigner 38,782
8 Drake feat. Rihanna 37,012
9 DNCE 36,741
10 Fifth Harmony feat. Ty Dolla $ign 36,692

11 DJ Snake feat. Bipolar Sunshine 32,290
12 Little Mix Hair
13 Zara Larsson 31,935
14 Tinie Tempah Ft Zara Larsson 30,903
17 The Stone Roses 27,323
19 Drake [Contolla] 24,634
21 will.i.am feat. Pia Mia 24,268
25 Meghan Trainor 22,778
26 Reggie 'N' Bollie 21,064 17,726 3,338
29 The Choir for the Invictus Games & Gareth Malone feat. Laura Wright 20,433
30 Cheat Codes x Kris Kross Amsterdam 19,735
31 Nick Jonas feat. Tove Lo 19,536
33 Gnash feat. Olivia O'Brien 18,935
35 Sean Mendes 17,648 (1,035,882, 387,294 in paid for sales)

46 Chainsmokers feat. Daya 13,749
53 David Guetta feat. Zara Larsson 12,782
55 Drake feat. Partynextdoor 12,449
56 Nathan Sykes feat. G-Eazy 11,917 (1,802 on CD)
60 OneRepublic 10,326
61 Frans 10,131
62 Drake [Feel No Ways] 9,844
64 Little Mix Secret Love Song
68 Drake feat. Future 9,327
70 Drake [Hype] 9,294
72 Drake [U With Me] 9,004
74 MK feat. Becky Hill 8,846
81 Joe & Jake 8,216

160 Dami Im 4,664
200 Poli Genova 3,765

1 Drake 23,846 11,105 12,741
2 Beyonce 23,085 21,626 1,459
3 Kygo 13,570
4 Radiohead 12,048
5 Meghan Trainor 11,061
6 Skepta 9,354
7 Prince 8,906
8 Gregory Porter 8,478
9 Billy Ocean 8,059
10 Jess Glynne 7,189

12 Justin Bieber 6,219
14 Corinne Bailey Rae 5,470
15 LM Get Weird
17 Pierce The Veil 5,323
28 Foy Vance 2,832
30 Kanye West 2,722
32 New Order 2,505

I included up to #200 because Black Magic must still be within the T200. Not sure about LMLY. GW continues its Top 20 run!

I am going to project SLS going Platinum in Sept., and GW 2x Platinum in Oct.
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Old 22-05-2016, 23:04
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I wouldn't disagree with any of the above. I'm genuinely interested in what these 4 girls do next, three albums in and they are still with plenty of potential. I favour a great deal of 70s music so I hope they listen to some Philly Sound, dub reggae, even a little glam rock!
Little Mix do T.Rex.'s 'Hot Love' or 'I Love to Boogie'
That would be cool
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Old 23-05-2016, 17:24
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Although, as stated before, 80s and 80s-inspired music makes up a large proportion of my music selection, I do also have a taste for sixtiesish stuff like the Pipettes, Candie Payne, Those Dancing Days, and The Montrose Avenue, so if LM were to continue to build retro influences into their music I'll continue to take an interest. Certainly the fact that Get Weird has such a spread of themes - from 50s/60s diner pop (LMLY), through 80s-tinged synthy bop, to whatever 'trap' is (Lightning), is perhaps why I like it so much
There's a real divide by age in their fans about what fans want in the sound. The 30 and overs including myself like what you said, but their 15-25 yr old fans want the current Top 40 radio club banger sound. They hate the Pop influences on Get Weird. Its going to be interesting to see how Team LM handle this because let's be real, the GW songs got them a bigger sales and radio audience. The songs are not strong on streaming though, which also leads me to believe the 15-25 yr olds want that current RnB / Hip Hop sound.
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Old 23-05-2016, 23:08
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Little Mix could make a double album next?
One CD of pop and one of R&B.
Just an idea.
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Old 24-05-2016, 21:18
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Little Mix could make a double album next?
One CD of pop and one of R&B.
Just an idea.
mgvsmith I really don't get your obsession with Little Mix. You act like they are the second coming.

Anyone would think they were the next Foals or something.
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Old 25-05-2016, 01:00
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mgvsmith I really don't get your obsession with Little Mix. You act like they are the second coming.

Anyone would think they were the next Foals or something.
I quite like Foals, although I'm more an Angels and Airwaves and 1975 person as I like epic rock and melody. That's probably personal taste. And Foals are definitely not the new Slint or My Bloody Valentine...my indie favs.

I don't get your dislike of Beyonce...quid pro quo.
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Old 25-05-2016, 21:56
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I quite like Foals, although I'm more an Angels and Airwaves and 1975 person as I like epic rock and melody. That's probably personal taste. And Foals are definitely not the new Slint or My Bloody Valentine...my indie favs.

I don't get your dislike of Beyonce...quid pro quo.
Ok so you have some good taste so I'll allow you your guilty pleasure of LM, although you clearly don't feel very guilty about it

Beyonce, overblown and overexposed. Just like Kanye, the music doesn't match the hype.
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Old 26-05-2016, 17:01
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http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news...-on-the-cards/

I suppose this should be under an album 4 topic but somebody else can start one if they want. These are the 2 quotes making the rounds. Now I'm a little confused because a week before this interview came out the girls said they would record the album by year's end, but here Jade says "soon". My guess would be a rerelease in Q4 with the tour DVD and the next album following the GW schedule. Syco always wants Q4 album releases so I think 2017.

Also

Chart News ‏@chartnews 15h
WW sales: @LittleMix, Get Weird 8,000 (734,000 total).
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Old 27-05-2016, 12:30
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Ok so you have some good taste so I'll allow you your guilty pleasure of LM, although you clearly don't feel very guilty about it

Beyonce, overblown and overexposed. Just like Kanye, the music doesn't match the hype.
Let's face it LM like the Sugababes and Girls Aloud before them are manufactured pop fluff who sing songs written by producers. They will be forgotten about in 5 years time.
No one I know takes them seriously.
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Old 27-05-2016, 18:17
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Let's face it LM like the Sugababes and Girls Aloud before them are manufactured pop fluff who sing songs written by producers. They will be forgotten about in 5 years time.
No one I know takes them seriously.
The only place you'll see Little Mix performing in 5 years time is fat camp, and then they'll only be doing it for the exercise.
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Old 27-05-2016, 22:36
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Sales

1 Drake feat. Wizkid & Kyla 92,593 25,811 66,782
2 Justin Timberlake 86,210 51,883 34,327
3 Calvin Harris feat. Rihanna 75,668
4 Sia feat. Sean Paul 49,131
5 Galantis 46,599
6 Drake feat. Rihanna 42,434
7 Mike Posner 41,378
8 Desiigner 37,457
9 DNCE 35,680
10 Fifth Harmony feat. Ty Dolla $ign 33,316

12 gnash feat. olivia o'brien 30,628
13 Little Mix Feat. Sean Paul - Hair (-1)
18 Drake [Controlla] 25,877
19 Ariana Grande 25,007
20 Cheat Codes x Kris Kross Amsterdam 24,110
21 Sigma feat. Take That 23,682
24 Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners 18,625
25 Nick Jonas feat. Tove Lo 19,601
30 Craig David 18,017

44 The Chainsmokers feat. Daya 15,246
46 One Republic 13,448
49 Jason Derulo 12,466
54 Ariana Grande [Into You] 11,976
62 MK & Becky Hill 8,977
64 Adele 8,830
66 Ariana Grande feat. Nicki Minaj 8,447
68 LM Secret Love Song (-4)
75 Tom Odell 7,934

1 Ariana Grande 19,582 14,278 5,304
2 Drake 18,970
3 Richard Ashcroft 17,969
4 Beyonce 17,805
5 Bob Dylan 9,455
6 Eric Clapton 9,031
7 Prince 7,428
8 Coldplay 7,386
9 Adele 7,386
10 Justin Bieber 6,171

11 Gregory Porter 6,129
12 Skepta 5,954
13 Billy Ocean 5,947
14 Jess Glynne 5,917 (807,669)
15 Kygo 5,290
16 Little Mix (-1)
18 Radiohead 4,609
22 Meghan Trainor 4,007
28 Against The Current 3,348
31 Bruce Foxton 2,969
32 David Bowie [ChangesoneBowie] 2,841
33 Manic Street Preachers 2,730
34 Bob Dylan [The Very Best of] 2,689
35 Lonely The Brave 2,678

What longevity. The album must be around 553,000 now, only a few months before it goes 2x Platinum. Supposedly HMV has the album on sale over the holiday weekend along and with the iTunes discount going on it should get a little boost in sales.
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Old 28-05-2016, 20:43
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...p-scandal.html

Op block on Little Mix hit

AFTER spying this picture of LEIGH-ANNE PINNOCK at Thursday’s Maserati bash at London’s Royal Horticultural Halls, Meghan revealed she was supposed to duet with LITTLE MIX on their current single Hair before they roped in SEAN PAUL.

She said: “Leigh-Anne is so perfect, I love her.

“Little Mix wanted me to feature on one of their songs.

“I couldn’t do it though – the timing didn’t work out.

“It was Hair, their new one. I heard that a long time ago and I was like, ‘I love this song so much’.

“But I was in getting vocal surgery.”



Interesting label idea there.
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Old 02-06-2016, 21:47
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This probably isnt related to the album (but who knows?) but LM posted a hint in their Spotify playlist saying a new "special song" is coming out next week. Speculation is that it could be connected to their Cornetto ad campaign.
http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news...for-next-week/

The girl group revealed plans for a "special" release next week in a secret message on their Spotify playlist.

"So we have an extra special song coming for you next week," Jesy Nelson said on the track listed as 'Excited?!'. "I bet you can't wait to hear it!"


It probably isnt about the album because wouldnt she have said "single"?
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Old 04-06-2016, 16:50
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Sales

1 Drake feat. Wizkid & Kyla 84,742 23,224 61,518
2 Justin Timberlake 74,828
3 Calvin Harris feat. Rihanna 69,986
4 Galantis 46,846
5 Sia feat. Sean Paul 46,011
6 Clean Bandit feat. Louisa Johnson 45,836
7 Drake feat. Rihanna 44,556
8 gnash feat. olivia o'brien 41,413
9 Mike Posner 39,532
10 Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners 38,936
11 Desiigner 37,658
12 Fifth Harmony feat. Ty Dolla $ign 37,546 (645,899)
13 DNCE 33,723
14 Cheat Codes x Kris Kross Amsterdam 31,924
15 Little Mix Hair
22 P!nk 23,816
33 The Chainsmokers feat. Daya 16,476
34 Adele 16,438
37 Reggie N Bollie 15,930
40 OneRepublic 16,244

41 The Chainsmokers feat. ROZES
67 Little Mix SLS
69 Tom Odell 7,898
76 DJ Kenno 7,387

1 Catfish & The Bottlemen 38,103 35,978 2,125
2 Drake 16,506
3 Beyoncé 14,785
4 Coldplay 14,136
5 ABC 10,984
6 Fifth Harmony 10,687
7 Jess Glynne 8,633
8 Ariana Grande 6,940
9 Little Mix 6,896
10 Adele 6,508

11 Justin Bieber 6,013
12 Prince 5,830
14 Richard Ashcroft 5,305
15 Architects 4,271
16 twenty one pilots 4,692 (113,779)
25 Flume 3,696
31 Eric Clapton 3,189
32 Panic! At The Disco 3,186
34 Catfish & The Bottlemen [The Balcony] 3,092 (246,704)
40 Beth Orton 2,646

Thanks to a holiday iTunes sale and a week long sale at HMV and Amazon, Get Weird re entered the Top 10. This now makes the 20th week in the Top 10 out of the 30 weeks in the Top 20 (lowest position at #18 so far). LM was above Adele this week.

I believe this brings the album up to 561k sales.
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Old 05-06-2016, 19:50
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Get Weird continuing to sell well each week proving that if you release a really good album, people will buy it.

Has there been any more news about this special release on Spotify? I've only just read about it here so if they've recorded a new song for an advert, it could work as a one off single that won't appear on an album.
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Old 08-06-2016, 06:54
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^^They did another audio teaser on Monday and said it was a remix of a song from the album.
https://twitter.com/perriedactyle/st...29344273125376

Start guessing!

Also we've been following the trail of Secret Love Song in the Philippines. 2 weeks ago, it ascended to #1 on Spotify there (in a country that mostly streams) and has only increased its lead over #2. People from there say "its everywhere" and one of their big popstars performed an uptempo version with a dance break on prime time tv. A family posted a cover on FB and it went viral with 2.5 million views, and landed them a tv spot. Its also catching on in other South East Asian countries. Someone from Australia even used it in a gaming parody about
Call of Duty.
Its a big hit.
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Old 15-06-2016, 12:43
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Does anyone follow Little Mix and Perrie on Snapchat? I've noticed lately that you often see Perrie, Jade and Leigh Ann having banter with each other and acting stupid, but very rarely would you see Jesy. Even last night at her birthday celebration you only saw a few clips of her then the rest were the other 3.

Do you think she doesn't get on with the others as much? Or perhaps she just enjoys the quieter life. Who knows!
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Old 16-07-2016, 05:24
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This is the 1 year anniversary of when Black Magic, the lead single of the Get Weird album, first charted and began its 3 week #1 run. In that year, LM was in the Top 40 for 51 weeks. Hair just missed making it an entire year by leaving the T40 this week.

Here's the stats.

Get Weird is #17 this week, making it 34/36 weeks charting its been in the Top 20. It only missed out at #21 and #23 on two weeks. It currently stands at 579k.

Black Magic went Platinum and has 870k combined sales, and spent 41 weeks charting Top 100, making it the second longest running song by a girl group behind the Pussycat Dolls. Its still getting usage like in this trailer for a German vampire movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFQzXSVftX0

Love Me Like You went Gold with 430k sales.

Secret Love Song is now LM's second biggest selling single at 560k sales and Gold. Its topped the Spotify chart in the Philippines for 56 days and counting, currently the fourth longest running Spotify #1. They are crazy for this song and their local pop artists have even covered it on television.

Hair is at 373k sales and will probably go Gold soon. The video has become one of their most watched and is only a little way off 100 million views. Its one of the most liked, it just hit 1 million likes.

The Get Weird Tour was very successful. On the UK/IRE leg, there were over 300k audience (est. 325k) and with 29/34 shows reporting Billboard has the gross at over $15 million so far. There were also Australasian and European legs.

Not a bad album campaign after coming off some uncertainty making the album. LM have started Album 4 so hopefully they continue their climb.
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Old 16-07-2016, 05:36
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But wait, there's more. The Salute album is getting some good play too.

Competition is being used in the WW trailers for Bridget Jones's Baby.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJsvmscPY9w

And the US broadcaster for the Rio Olympics, NBC, aired a segment on primetime last Sunday during the Women's Gymnastic trials about the US Women's Team and used the song Salute as the score. Its gotten just under 2 million views, and NBC posted it on their Facebook (twice), their Olympic website (where its the top trending video) and on YouTube and Twitter. Their song has better comments than the Katy Perry NBC Olympic theme just released.

Last year, A Different Beat was in the soundtrack for Pitch Perfect 2.
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