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Old 27-12-2016, 16:58
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Yay another Your Love fan! That song is turning out to be my ADIDAS of this album, my surprise favorite outside of the lead single. Fans rave about No More Sad Songs but it hasnt stood out for me yet.

The other one surprising me is Freak. The tune is eh but its more interesting lyrically and in the phrasing than a lot of the main album for me. In a way it reminds me of Madhouse from the DNA album.
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Old 27-12-2016, 17:09
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And the verdict? "Nothing Else Matters" is cracking, the sort of tune that, if I didn't already know what it was, I'd have to hurriedly find out so as to add it to the collection, it's right up there with some of the edgy pop I've loved in prior years. "Your Love" is another early favourite. Bronze medal? Early days, but maybe "Private Show" just now...

And the acoustic "Touch" is nice to have, I'm pleased to see something less 'produced' show off the ladies' vocal abilities a little more - though in fairness I am able tto remember back in the days of CD singles when acoustic/live performances would've been chucked on a B-side somewhere (Mansun, among others, did exactly that on occasion)

Overall though, a fine pop LP: if you liked GW, get this on too. (I'll get the DVD a watch once the telly schedule's calmed down from its Christmas clutter...)
Yay another Your Love fan! That song is turning out to be my ADIDAS of this album, my surprise favorite outside of the lead single. Fans rave about No More Sad Songs but it hasnt stood out for me yet.

The other one surprising me is Freak. The tune is eh but its more interesting lyrically and in the phrasing than a lot of the main album for me. In a way it reminds me of Madhouse from the DNA album.
There isn't really a weak track on GD, including the deluxe version, 'Nothing Else Matters' is my favorite because it is epic and electropop (or the closest LM have got to that) but 'Your Love', 'Beep Beep' and 'Freak' are all great.

Mansun to get a mention on this thread....a bit unexpected.
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Old 27-12-2016, 17:11
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Check out these acoustic performances

PAPER Penthouse: Little Mix (Touch + SOTMX acoustics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV8Q8whdFBQ

MTV acoustic performances
Touch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NBOHsCm2Po
SOTMX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkn4TZUqNrY
Black Magic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swhk9LjX_9w
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Old 27-12-2016, 17:43
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According to Buzzjack SOTMX was on 599,000 as of this past Friday, so a nice Platinum single to end the year on.
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Old 27-12-2016, 21:33
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Mansun to get a mention on this thread....a bit unexpected.
I did manage to get a tip of the Mansun hat into the Get Weird thread as I recall - they were one of my favourite bands and Attack of the Grey Lantern is still the torch to which I hold all other albums up!
There's quite a few parallels between AOTGL and GD actually - went straight to number one, predominantly purple artwork...
2017's the 20th anniversary of AOTGL and the year we're expecting Paul Draper's solo album Spooky Action, though I can just listen to GD until that drops!
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Old 27-12-2016, 22:39
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I did manage to get a tip of the Mansun hat into the Get Weird thread as I recall - they were one of my favourite bands and Attack of the Grey Lantern is still the torch to which I hold all other albums up!
There's quite a few parallels between AOTGL and GD actually - went straight to number one, predominantly purple artwork...
2017's the 20th anniversary of AOTGL and the year we're expecting Paul Draper's solo album Spooky Action, though I can just listen to GD until that drops!
Funny I thought you were going to say Little Kix!
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Old 28-12-2016, 22:19
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My best friend is a militant Little Mix fan and she made me listen to Power the other day.

What a racket.
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Old 30-12-2016, 16:30
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Little Mix’s Glory Days has reclaimed pole position on the final Official Albums Chart of 2016.

The group’s fourth studio collection returns to Number 1 today (December 30) for a third non-consecutive week. The album, Little Mix’s first chart-topping album, hasn’t left the Top 5 since its release in November.

Glory Days, which includes the chart topping single Shout Out To My Ex, last month became the fastest-selling album by a British girl group since The Spice Girls’ Spiceworld (1997).

Glory Days is also the first girl group album to log more than one week at Number 1 in the UK since Destiny’s Child’s Survivor, which logged four non-consecutive stints at the top across 2001/2002.


#4 Touch
#6 SOTMX

bpi music ‏@bpi_music
The #Mixers have made sure that @LittleMix's year has ended on a high - 'Shout Out To My Ex' is now a Platinum single! #bpiAwards


A #1 album and 2 singles in the Top 10 and another Platinum single. What a way to cap off the year.
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Old 30-12-2016, 17:33
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I can confirm that Little Mix album sales received a boost this week. On my way home from work tonight I had my annual sniff around in the sales at HMV and Head. Amongst a rock-heavy haul (Don Broco, Shura, Viola Beach and gannin' back later for Bastille and Twin Atlantic), I clocked DNA in the three-for-ten at Head (HMV had it in two-for-ten so at Head it was essentially free) and whilst Head had no Salute left whatsoever, HMV were knocking it out at a discount, four quid to you squire. The upshot: I've completed my LM archive! Years behind the curve, I know, but at the very start of 2016 I owned no Little Mix CDs at all, so the girls really have done well - the Wembley DVD underlining that the Mix can really kick it! It's taken longer than it should, but I can at last say it: today, I am a Mixer.
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Old 30-12-2016, 22:41
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I can confirm that Little Mix album sales received a boost this week. On my way home from work tonight I had my annual sniff around in the sales at HMV and Head. Amongst a rock-heavy haul (Don Broco, Shura, Viola Beach and gannin' back later for Bastille and Twin Atlantic), I clocked DNA in the three-for-ten at Head (HMV had it in two-for-ten so at Head it was essentially free) and whilst Head had no Salute left whatsoever, HMV were knocking it out at a discount, four quid to you squire. The upshot: I've completed my LM archive! Years behind the curve, I know, but at the very start of 2016 I owned no Little Mix CDs at all, so the girls really have done well - the Wembley DVD underlining that the Mix can really kick it! It's taken longer than it should, but I can at last say it: today, I am a Mixer.
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Old 30-12-2016, 22:42
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While latest single Touch holding at No.4 (44,348 sales), Little Mix have simultaneous Top 10 hits for the first time in their career with Shout Out To My Ex - which spent three weeks at No.1 in October/November- rebounding 13-6 (41,751 sales).

1 Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie 78,255 44,265 33,990
2 Zara Larsson 53,471
3 Rag'N'Bone Man 49,258
4 Little Mix [Touch] 44,348
5 Mariah Carey 43,418
6 Little Mix [Shout Out To My Ex] 41,751
7 Wham! [Last Christmas] 41,660
8 The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk [Starboy] 41,221
9 James Arthur 41,118
10 Bruno Mars 39,921

44 George Michael [Careless Whisper] 17,166
63 Eartha Kitt 13,212
64 George Michael [Faith] 12,931
68 The Ronnets 12,293
70 LM Oops
71 Bobby Helms 12,137
72 Kylie Minogue 11,979
74 Darlene Love 10,730

With two simultaneous Top 10 singles for the first time in their career - Touch holds at No.4 while Shout Out To My Ex revives 13-6 - Little Mix seize control of the artist album chart with their fourth album Glory Days rising a notch to secure its third week at No.1 on its sixth week of release.

With sales last week of 53,157 copies (including 2,407 from streams), Glory Days is now the quartet's second biggest selling album, trailing only immediate predecessor Get Weird, which has sold 675,838 copies since its November 2015 release and itself remains in the Top 40, shifting 37-36 (6,908 sales).


1 Little Mix 53,157 50,750 2,407
2 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe 45,509
3 Elvis Presley & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 35,915
4 Olly Murs 31,977
5 The Rolling Stones 28,183
6 Bruno Mars 27,797
7 Robbie Williams 26,528
8 George Michael [Ladies & Gentlemen] 24,847 (2,527,137)
9 Michael Buble [Christmas] 21,722
10 Emeli Sande 21,033

13 Rick Astley 17,088
14 Adele 16,818 (Total: 2,495,899, 2016 Sales: 753,194)
15 James Arthur 16,277
26 Shawn Mendes 8,511
27 The 1975 7,979
28 Twentyone Pilots 7,953
31 Drake 7,504
36 Little Mix [Get Weird] 6,908 (675,838)
40 Wham! [The Final] 6,282
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Old 30-12-2016, 23:29
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What will be really interesting to see is what positions in the chart of the year Shout Out to My Ex and Glory Days are.
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Old 30-12-2016, 23:35
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What will be really interesting to see is what positions in the chart of the year Shout Out to My Ex and Glory Days are.
Already announced!

Glory Days is #7 and Get Weird is #15 on the 2016 album chart!

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-...f-2016__17580/
SOTMX is #39
http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-...f-2016__17517/

Secret Love Song just missed out at #41
http://www.officialcharts.com/charts...singles-chart/
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Old 01-01-2017, 21:05
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Good news. Thank you for letting me know and enabling me to see these year-end charts in full.
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Old 01-01-2017, 23:17
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Now the big question is the Brits. I think they announce nominees mid January?

LM are on tour with Ariana the day before and the day after at Madison Square Garden. I dont want them to cancel because its a life goal of theirs to perform there, plus that wouldnt look good to disappoint their American fans twice after the botched Salute tour in probably the most high profile shows.

Fans want them to hop on a private jet but what kind of performance could they do being on tour in another country?
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Old 02-01-2017, 00:05
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Now the big question is the Brits. I think they announce nominees mid January?

LM are on tour with Ariana the day before and the day after at Madison Square Garden. I dont want them to cancel because its a life goal of theirs to perform there, plus that wouldnt look good to disappoint their American fans twice after the botched Salute tour in probably the most high profile shows.

Fans want them to hop on a private jet but what kind of performance could they do being on tour in another country?
Broadcast something from the US? Acoustic version of 'Touch'?

Will they be up for a prize at this year's Brits? It's about time LM won something.
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Old 02-01-2017, 02:33
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Broadcast something from the US? Acoustic version of 'Touch'?

Will they be up for a prize at this year's Brits? It's about time LM won something.
Depending on which categories the Brits arbitrarily assign and delete, Best Video for sure, maybe Single but not sure. They should be nominated for Group in a just world but we all know how Pop groups are routinely snubbed.
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Old 02-01-2017, 11:36
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My issue with The Brit Awards 2017 is that they're going to go OTT with the praise of UK Grime noise...I mean "music" because of the backlash a year ago.

That is, after all, the main reason why Skepta won the Mercury Music Prize. I don't care what anyone defending that award has to say. To me, it was clearly done to try and rectify a situation that didn't need to be rectified in the first place. When a grime artist does something of merit then I will give credit where credit is due. Rant over!!!

Little Mix definitely deserve to win a Brit Award when you consider just how successful they are now. With One Direction on hiatus, maybe 2017 will be the year they win Best British Group, and maybe Best Single and Best Video.
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Old 02-01-2017, 15:46
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1D never won it either did they? Were they nominated?
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:30
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1D never won it either did they? Were they nominated?
They never won British Group - nominated 4 times. LM deserve a nomination given their success this year but I don't see them winning it - I don't think any talent show artist has won a BRIT award that isn't publicly voted for apart from maybe Will Young. I could be wrong on that one though.

A bit late to the album discussion talk but Glory Days just edges Get Weird for me as my favourite LM album. There isn't a track on the album that I skip, whereas there's usually 1/2 on the others. It's been great to see their progress vocally over the course of the albums. LA has come on massively!

Favourites for me (apart from the 2 singles) are Private Show, Nothing Else Matters and Power. As Oops is very likely the 3rd single, I'd go with NMSS as the 4th summer single. I'd also like Power to get a release - it's a bit thrown together and a marmite track but completely fits their personalities. For me, it'll go in a group with Nothing Feels Like You and Weird People as album tracks that should have been singles.

Do you guys think SOTME will outsell Black Magic? Will either get to 1 million sales? I think Black Magic is on about 935k, so it's not that far away.
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Old 03-01-2017, 21:20
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Columbia moved back the US radio impact date by a week. Avoidance of a big star? Ed?

Per Buzzjack's LM sales thread
UK Sales
965,000 Black Magic
653,500 Secret Love Song
640,703 SOTMX

Looks like it will overtake everything eventually? Its still early in its lifecycle yet. Will it be slowed down now by the new 150:1 streaming ratio?
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Old 04-01-2017, 19:01
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When is the Video to Touch due to drop?
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Old 04-01-2017, 23:46
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Can you say FOUR weeks at #1?

1 Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie - Rockabye (33.9k)
2 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (27.5k)
3 Zara Larsson - I Would Like (25.1k)
4 Little Mix - Touch (21.7k)
5 Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (17.7k)

8 SOTMX

1 Little Mix - Glory Days (18.3k)
2 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together (15.7k)
3 Pete Tong, The Heritage Orchesta & Jules Buckley - Classic House (15.4k)
4 Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You (11.7k)
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