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Old 05-02-2006, 16:16
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...This deserves it's own thread don't you think

It's official...G4 have now sold over a million albums!

...A link provided to Global's website, which has a flashing announcement at the top announcing the news!
http://www.globaltalentgroup.com/Home_Page_MAIN.htm

...It's fantastic news! Congratulations to them...How proud their family & friends must be!...And their fans of course



...Isn't it just brilliant?
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Old 05-02-2006, 16:24
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Excellent news for them, they really deserve this for all their hard work! What a lovely bunch of genuine lads!
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Old 05-02-2006, 16:41
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It's brilliant news, Lola!!

Congratulations G4 on selling a million albums
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Old 05-02-2006, 16:55
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Originally Posted by Jen-B
It's brilliant news, Lola!!

Congratulations G4 on selling a million albums

WELL DONE!

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Old 05-02-2006, 18:45
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G4 really are brilliant! Their albums sales prove this!
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Old 05-02-2006, 19:00
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Congratulations to G4.

Two brilliant albums - so pleased they have now sold over 1 million. Good for them.

Roll on album No 3!
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Old 05-02-2006, 19:18
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WELL done to G4 great news for them. Seems like this management company have a lot of trumpets to blow, all good ones I may add.

Great to see G4 really do so well, and now another tour and hopefully another album.

Really nice to see the X produce such a fine bunch of young artists who have excelled in all they do.
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Old 05-02-2006, 19:46
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Their second album may have made no.1 but it managed to stay around in the chart around 5 minutes and was never seen again, and was with the help of their "friends". Also their friends probably wanted a fair cut of the money and then what was left after the record company, etc. took their cut, had to be split between the four of them, so I doubt they made much money out of the 2nd album.

I'm not convinced they'll get a third album.
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Old 05-02-2006, 20:23
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Your real name wouldn't be 'Doubting Thomas' by any chance?

They don't only earn money for their management through albums - they have had a great first tour and a second coming up plus numerous appearances on TV, Proms in Hyde Park and other events, presenting their own hour long programmes on ClassicFM, two appearances at the Royal Albert Hall this April alone and lots more.
Try looking at the list in the heading of the X-Factor column -and that doesn't include corporate events!
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Old 05-02-2006, 20:35
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Originally Posted by Yma
Your real name wouldn't be 'Doubting Thomas' by any chance?

They don't only earn money for their management through albums - they have had a great first tour and a second coming up plus numerous appearances on TV, Proms in Hyde Park and other events, presenting their own hour long programmes on ClassicFM, two appearances at the Royal Albert Hall this April alone and lots more.
Try looking at the list in the heading of the X-Factor column -and that doesn't include corporate events!
Haha

Maybe, but I heard a while back that concerts often don't make money for artists that can't get away with charging a fortune, and are therefore used to promote album sales.

G4's second album had alot in common with Steve Brookstein's first, both got to no.1, but both dropped out of the charts at a rate of knots and they probably ended up selling about the same amount. And he got dropped.

Although maybe there are other factors to consider, such as they tryed to sell two albums in one year, which perhaps was alittle greedy, so I'm not writing them off just yet, the record company might give them a third album, but they're probably running out of stuff to cover and interest might well be waining, excluding their hardcore fans, such as yourself.

I remember a while back hardcore Gareth Gates fans saying similar things on here, "he'll stay around, he's big in Asia" etc. All to no avail.
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Old 05-02-2006, 22:34
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Chunes your argument might have carried a bit more weight if you'd got your facts right. G4's second album did not make No 1. It did, however, manage to sell well over 300k copies.

Nice one G4.
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Old 05-02-2006, 22:39
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Their second album only sold about half that of their first. They managed to lose over 50% of their fans in a matter of months. It would be interesting to see how much an album of original material not released at Christmas or in time for mother's day would sell. They won't be troubling the charts for much longer.
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Old 06-02-2006, 00:22
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Il Divo sold 5 million in under a year
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Old 06-02-2006, 01:07
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Il Divo sales are international whereas G4 are yet to be launched outside the UK.
Il Divo are in their third year as performers whereas G4 released their first album just under a year ago.
In line with many people I don't see that the two groups have that much in common and have quite different fan bases.
I would prefer it if they leaned more towards Classical music and in common with many fans I am not in the least bothered where they appear in the 'Top Twenty' especially as they rarely have airplay in Radio One or Two who push a very limited play list.

They did very well in the Classical crossover chart for their first year and are very well supported by ClassicFM which is fine by me!



Classical Crossover - 2005

01 (14) 840,000 - Il Divo - Ancora
02 (26) 573,000 - G4 - G4
03 (47) 373,000 - Katherine Jenkins - Living A Dream
04 (49) 371,000 - Il Divo - Il Divo
05 (53) 350,000 - G4 - G4 & Friends
06 (92) 197,000 - Choirboys - The Choirboys
07 (97) 190,000 - Bryn Terfel - Simple Gifts
08 (150)128,000 - Katherine Jenkins - Second Nature
09 (166)108,000 - Andrea Bocelli - Aria, The Opera Album
10 (192) 94,000 - Hayley Westenra - Odyssey
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Old 06-02-2006, 11:20
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I can't see the news on that website (what a dire website btw, my first effort looked far more professional and easier to navigate than that and I knew/know nothing!.......doesn't bode well for the artists they represent), is it sold or shipped records?
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Old 06-02-2006, 12:21
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Sold - but it's over the million now. Figures came from Haven. Not keen on the G4site.com site myself and they are very slow updating. Good job there are other and better ones for G4 fans like G4-online.co.uk.
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Old 06-02-2006, 15:47
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Originally Posted by Yma
Il Divo sales are international whereas G4 are yet to be launched outside the UK.
Il Divo are in their third year as performers whereas G4 released their first album just under a year ago.
In line with many people I don't see that the two groups have that much in common and have quite different fan bases.
I would prefer it if they leaned more towards Classical music and in common with many fans I am not in the least bothered where they appear in the 'Top Twenty' especially as they rarely have airplay in Radio One or Two who push a very limited play list.

They did very well in the Classical crossover chart for their first year and are very well supported by ClassicFM which is fine by me!



Classical Crossover - 2005

01 (14) 840,000 - Il Divo - Ancora
02 (26) 573,000 - G4 - G4
03 (47) 373,000 - Katherine Jenkins - Living A Dream
04 (49) 371,000 - Il Divo - Il Divo
05 (53) 350,000 - G4 - G4 & Friends
06 (92) 197,000 - Choirboys - The Choirboys
07 (97) 190,000 - Bryn Terfel - Simple Gifts
08 (150)128,000 - Katherine Jenkins - Second Nature
09 (166)108,000 - Andrea Bocelli - Aria, The Opera Album
10 (192) 94,000 - Hayley Westenra - Odyssey
Il Divo released their first album in early 2005 not three years ago their second was released late last year

the 5 million figure is from their first album only, Ancora was their second album
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Old 06-02-2006, 16:27
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The figures quoted -as it says - are for 2005. Il Divo started out in - (quoted from biography) ' Il Divo finally came together in December 2003 after a worldwide search with rehearsals and recording sessions taking place immediately after.' As I said before their sales include overseas.

Also as I said before - I really don't know why there is this pre-occupation with comparing them to G4 - neither do G4 for that matter. I like classical music but not in the style of Il Divo - they are bland to me and seem to think that turning up the volume to maximum is all they need to do but that is my choice and I don't begrudge those who like them.
G4 are already becoming known in some overseas countries even though they haven't been there so I hope they do well.

They will probably never reach the sales of the first week of their first album again - the hype of X-factor does the same to all the winners - or in this case runners up.

As long as they enjoy what they are doing and continue with their first class live performances that is fine by me.
They are all trained in music so even if they go their separate ways eventually they can all count on a good career in their chosen field.
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Old 06-02-2006, 17:52
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I dont understand why everything on here has to decend into arguments and comparisons. This thread was set up to congratulate G4 on their wonderful achievement of selling over 1 million albums in 10 months.

Who cares what other artists have sold - this is all about G4!

They are doing really well. They've sold over 1 million albums (sold not shipped!) and have had one sold out tour and another coming up - a big selling DVD and book, two classical concerts ahead - a big radio show ahead and who knows what else in the coming months.

They have plans to branch out to Europe and beyond and will be starting work on their third album later this year.

For a group who were unknowns just over a year ago they are doing wonderfully well.

Good on them. And long may they continue.

And if anyone wants all the news on just how well they are doing then come join us on G4-online.co.uk
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Old 06-02-2006, 20:42
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Originally Posted by zelana
Chunes your argument might have carried a bit more weight if you'd got your facts right. G4's second album did not make No 1. It did, however, manage to sell well over 300k copies.

Nice one G4.
Well, ok, I guess the enthusiam for G4 on here, made me think they'd got another number one album, so I'll hold my hands up to that one. But I wouldn't say may argument was totally destroyed, afterall their peak chart position was actually worse than I said. But I was right on the more significant point of how long it stook around in the chart, though.

It's final sales were also quite a bit lower than the first, inspite of the help of their "friends" and the usual pre christmas CD buying boom. The trend is downwards.
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Old 06-02-2006, 20:52
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The second album reached, number 5 in the charts. In the Britannia music club chart, it's at number 2.

Westlife is No 1. `
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Old 06-02-2006, 21:36
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Originally Posted by media
The second album reached, number 5 in the charts. In the Britannia music club chart, it's at number 2.

Westlife is No 1. `
I guess Britannia music club members have no interest in original material then.
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Old 06-02-2006, 22:09
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Originally Posted by Chunes
I guess Britannia music club members have no interest in original material then.
I don't get the big obsession with original material. Personally I love hearing G4's 'take' on the covers that they do... I think it's their forte.

It's all well and good for acts to say they're writing their own material... but it'll only work if it's GOOD. I'd love to see G4 write their own material at some point but at the moment they are doing fine as they are. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

Oh and by the way, there is an original song on their new album called "Another Day"... They didn't write it themselves but it's not a cover.
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Old 06-02-2006, 22:16
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....wow....fantastic....best news ever!!!! xxx .....

Nah seriously, well done to them. They worked hard before X Factor and have successfully used the show as a platform to greater success. Perhaps others should have taken a leaf out of their book as it looks as though they could be here for the long haul. Selling over a million albums is a fantastic achievement. I can honestly say I dont know anyone who has the album or indeed I havent listened to it myself, but that doesnt take away from what they have achieved. Obviously their real fans have went out and supported them-put their money where their mouths are after the X Factor final last year.
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Old 06-02-2006, 22:20
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Originally Posted by xCherylx
I don't get the big obsession with original material. Personally I love hearing G4's 'take' on the covers that they do... I think it's their forte.
Covers are a lazy and more or less risk free way of getting a hit, and usually they're done in a risk free and blandified way, hence Westlife's reliance on them and money that follows. I'm not against covers if they're creatively and originally done, but I am against what Louis Walsh and Simon Cowell class as a cover, i.e. What a Big Mac and fries is to the food world.
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