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Old 30-12-2016, 22:11
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So Honey G has completely missed the top 100 in the singles chart and charted at #149 and I can't say I'm surprised.
There is a difference between good TV (subjective of course) and someone making an impression on the mainstream music charts.
I'm glad she didn't chart as although rap doesn't have to be serious there is a difference between those who can rap and people (like Honey G) who enjoy the music as fans. That said underneath her act she appears to be a regular nice person.

Is she Simon Cowell's biggest music flop? He used to say Girl Thing but at least they went in at #8 with their first song.
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Old 30-12-2016, 22:45
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I'm so relieved it has completely flopped. Hopefully she gets dropped soon and disappears
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Old 30-12-2016, 23:34
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I'm surprised itemised the top 40 as it was top 8 on iTunes for 4 days. The song is dreadful. But what were digital and physical sales like?
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Old 31-12-2016, 06:14
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Who on earth is Honey G?!
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Old 31-12-2016, 08:07
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I'm surprised itemised the top 40 as it was top 8 on iTunes for 4 days. The song is dreadful. But what were digital and physical sales like?
It peaked at number 8 on the iTunes chart and then dropped like a stone. It was outside the top 100 at least 48 hours before the official chart was announced.

The last figure I saw for streaming was around 16k streams on Spotify which is rather pitiful.

They quite deliberately released her single on the 23rd because the first qualifying chart is traditionally the "dead" chart where the christmas sales are usually quite flat and a lot of the old christmas songs remain in the chart because people have been streaming them a lot for christmas parties e.t.c..

For her to tank so badly in this chart in particular really could represent Cowell's biggest ever failure.
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Old 31-12-2016, 08:16
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But did anyone seriously expect any different? (apart from Cowell obviously)? Even as a novelty act, the joke had worn more than thin and as for anything else....

I genuinely couldn't tell which market she was aimed at? I don't actually mean this as a righteous dig but really who was supposed to buy her 'music'?

Cowell's finger has truly slipped from the general public's pulse.
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Old 31-12-2016, 08:27
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I think the general record buying public at large probably didn't expect any different, but Cowell completely misjudged this.

I think the approach to her 'career' is interesting, for me at least

Was it either a case of him seeing her come through the pre-auditions in front of the producers and deciding he could launch her as a novelty act for the younger music market, so he consequently decided that she'd be given preferential treatment in production and a standing ovation each week ?

Or was it more of an opportunistic approach where she was put through as nothing more than cannon fodder but she started to generate serious column inches so he went with it and gave her a one-off deal just to see if she "took" with the public ?
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Old 31-12-2016, 08:29
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Who on earth is Honey G?!
Oh do keep up.
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Old 31-12-2016, 15:43
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I'm so relieved it has completely flopped. Hopefully she gets dropped soon and disappears
after the performance on this morning last Friday, I can't say I am too surprised by that
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Old 31-12-2016, 16:39
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Is she Simon Cowell's biggest music flop? He used to say Girl Thing but at least they went in at #8 with their first song.
Honey G is a novelty act he'll lose no sleep over, whereas millions were poured into Girl Thing to become the next Spice Girls which never happened.
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Old 31-12-2016, 17:18
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F to the L to the O to the P - that's Honey G!
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Old 01-01-2017, 17:51
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time for her to come clean then and stop pretending and admit it was all a big joke.
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Old 01-01-2017, 17:54
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I'm surprised itemised the top 40 as it was top 8 on iTunes for 4 days. The song is dreadful. But what were digital and physical sales like?
She is #35 in the sales chart, purely streaming that has caused her to miss. And being as 50% of streaming is controlled by 14-16 year old it is no wonder they aren't streaming her also the fact that who would want to play the song more than once anyway
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Old 02-01-2017, 11:51
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Who on earth is Honey G?!


If you don't know who Honey G is, then count yourself very lucky.
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Old 02-01-2017, 11:53
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She is #35 in the sales chart, purely streaming that has caused her to miss. And being as 50% of streaming is controlled by 14-16 year old it is no wonder they aren't streaming her also the fact that who would want to play the song more than once anyway
...but if 14-16 year olds aren't streaming Honey G, then who is her target audience?

Very few people 18+ wont be listening and children under 10 probably don't have Spotify accounts, and their parents won't want to listen to the same song 30 times a day just because their son or daughter likes it.

The whole "act" is flawed.
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Old 02-01-2017, 11:58
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So Honey G has completely missed the top 100 in the singles chart and charted at #149 and I can't say I'm surprised.
There is a difference between good TV (subjective of course) and someone making an impression on the mainstream music charts.
I'm glad she didn't chart as although rap doesn't have to be serious there is a difference between those who can rap and people (like Honey G) who enjoy the music as fans. That said underneath her act she appears to be a regular nice person.

Is she Simon Cowell's biggest music flop? He used to say Girl Thing but at least they went in at #8 with their first song.
BIB - That's generous. I wouldn't even give her that. She has none of the charm and good nature of previous similar acts like Jedward and Rylan, even Katie Weasel seemed apologetic sometimes. This one is either a very good actress that the mask never drops, or genuinely deluded, or possibly troubled/not all there.
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Old 02-01-2017, 12:21
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time for her to come clean then and stop pretending and admit it was all a big joke.
and when she doesn't ?

will people then finally accept that she genuinely does think of herself as a serious artist and that she isn't "mentally ill" ??
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Old 02-01-2017, 12:21
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Honey who?
How ironic that this was posted under 'Music'.
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Old 02-01-2017, 12:25
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time for her to come clean then and stop pretending and admit it was all a big joke.
Sadly I don't think she does think it's a joke. I genuinely believe she thinks she's a great talent who deserves to be taken seriously. Simon Cowell giving her fake standing ovations and now signing her has given her validation to her delusions and I think she'll be rather shocked at her flop
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Old 02-01-2017, 12:29
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So Honey G has completely missed the top 100 in the singles chart and charted at #149 and I can't say I'm surprised.
I read this as the top 100,000
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Old 02-01-2017, 12:37
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Cowell will just be on to the next cheap moneyspinner.serves them both right though.a joke that went on for months too long.
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Old 02-01-2017, 13:16
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...but if 14-16 year olds aren't streaming Honey G, then who is her target audience?

Very few people 18+ wont be listening and children under 10 probably don't have Spotify accounts, and their parents won't want to listen to the same song 30 times a day just because their son or daughter likes it.

The whole "act" is flawed.
well exactly, she is too uncool for teenagers
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Old 02-01-2017, 13:34
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well exactly, she is too uncool for teenagers
Her only market, apart from the deaf, must be 8 and under surely?
I know cowell lives a novelty act but this was a joke that wasn't funny to start with and I can't believe he genuinely thought she could sell music
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Old 02-01-2017, 21:34
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Her only market, apart from the deaf, must be 8 and under surely?
I know cowell lives a novelty act but this was a joke that wasn't funny to start with and I can't believe he genuinely thought she could sell music
Simon Cowell hasn't had a clue ever since he stood down as a judge on X Factor UK. When he returned he successfully turned Fleur East into a one hit wonder even though she stood out to me from early on that series as someone who had potential to have a decent career. Not just famous for one song.

He owes Louisa Johnson's success to Clean Bandit. I doubt So Good would've done well had it not been for Tears doing well beforehand. As for James Arthur, he only resigned him when he realised the public liked his single Say You Won't Let Go. Cowell's money is more likely the reason why James Arthur did well on Spotify in the US. He probably paid them handsomely to put his single high up all the American major playlists.

It's funny to see the man who made Leona an international star now a crumbling mess promoting Honey G. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. He only seems to put money and effort into past X Factor acts who are now more established.
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Old 04-01-2017, 00:25
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...but if 14-16 year olds aren't streaming Honey G, then who is her target audience?
an audience of 10 in an holiday camp.
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