Hashtag: Failed Artists

analogharbor442 said:Just look at the numbers... in a single year, you've got 4.5 songs hitting number one on the Billboard Hot 100...

And what about 2006, when they had 18 tracks and were still counting?🙂

analogharbor442 said:Can you people just chill out? Do I really need to provide physical evidence here?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_100...2005_%28USA%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_100...2004_%28USA%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_100...2003_%28USA%29

There you go... take a look... in a single year, about four or five different songs rotate through that number one spot on the charts...

Okay, but those are just numbers from a single Billboard Hot 100 chart. You have to consider rock charts and everything else, not to mention the best-selling album lists. For instance, Evanescence sold five times more albums than 50 Cent, even though they never actually hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

I'm not quite sure what you're trying to get at—are you suggesting that hits don't cycle through the charts as frequently today as they used to?

Evanescence is one thing, but a Cent is another altogether....

Ethan Perez28 said:Evanescence is one thing, but a Cent is something else entirely...

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Xena2000 said:Look, those are just numbers from a single Billboard Hot 100 chart... there are rock charts, other genre charts, and even the top album sales lists. For example, Evanescence sold five times more albums than 50 Cent, even though they never actually hit number one on the Hot 100.

I'm not sure what you're getting at—are you trying to say songs don't get played on the radio as much as they used to?

Yeah.

Back in 1970, the absolute definitive anthem was Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel... and I think it held onto that number one spot for about two months straight. I don't know... maybe nowadays hits just cycle through the top of the charts every couple of days because we live in this weird, synthetic era, but I can't help but wonder—where did all the actual artists go, the ones this whole discussion is supposed to be about? 😁

Xena2000 said:The absolute anthem of 1970 was Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel... it sat at the top of the charts for two full months. I suppose nowadays hits cycle through the top spots much faster—perhaps we are living in an era defined by such fleeting, synthetic trends—but if that's the case, where have all the true artists gone, the ones this discussion is actually about? 😁

If you actually knew who they were, wouldn't you agree they aren't exactly "washed up"? 😁

In America, the big radio hits are always some Nelly or 50 Cent garbage, while over in England, they’re still obsessed with Bryan Adams' "Everything I Do" 👍 sitting at number one for 14 weeks straight.

I’ve always had a certain fascination with the tragic tale of those washed-up rockers known as Stretch. Back in the early seventies, this guy Elmer Gantry gets a call from Mick Fleetwood, inviting him to bring his musicians over to the States to embark on an American tour under the banner of Fleetwood Mac. Once they arrived in America, however, the trio realized they had been completely played by Fleetwood. In a desperate move to reclaim their dignity, they decided to run their own tour using the Fleetwood Mac name, nearly losing their lives in the process due to the sheer chaos of the deception. Upon returning to England, they recorded "Why did you do IT," a track dedicated to Fleetwood—you know, the man who essentially swindled them. That song ended up becoming the ultimate disco-funk anthem of the seventies, seeing endless remixes well into the eighties. Ultimately, Stretch only managed to put out three albums before fading into complete obscurity. Even Elmer went on to provide backing vocals for the Alan Parsons Project, after which he vanished from the industry entirely.