3 years ago? In 2009? Hottest Girl in the World would've flopped. It's not dance-y enough for 2009, and also UK artists were hardly successful in the US, it's different now, but back before Adele it was very difficult.
There was an influx of UK artists in the US around 2009 including Jay Sean and Taio Cruz, there aren't many UK artists smashing in the US right now tbh.
What a mess, oh well they stopped being good after the first album (Love You More and She Makes Me Wanna aside) and turned to **** so I'll welcome their demise which is inevitable after this sure to be awful cover.... Leona's version is in my top 20 songs ever and Snow Patrol's is amazing too, but this is really not a JLS kind of song.
I doubt they'll make it to the next album. This could of been prevented, its only been one year since they had the biggest hit of their career with "She Makes Me Wanna", and lets not forget this masterpiece.