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Originally posted by Duca
"Get Over Yourself" barely went top 10 and didn't do anything for the group, which didn't even last a whole year. They allegedly became the first female group to debut at number one on the sales chart with their first single: it was one record (never confirmed by Billboard.)
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It was #1 for multiple weeks on the Hot Single Sales chart which evaluated the physical sales of singles in the US with Billboard. It debuted at #1 the first week the single was made release, which in any way you like to spin it is impressive.
http://www.timewarner.com/newsroom/p...03-28-2001.php
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And wouldn't have Cheryl been a better addition to the crew, since she is not that acquainted with the American music industry? She would have added more diversity.
I've seen Nicole live with her dancers in 2009. She truly is a captivating performer and can put on a show. But Cheryl's performing skills are immense:
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Diversity I can definitely give you. I don't ever believe I said Cheryl wasn't an immense performer, I just think that Nicole is a better performer with her voice and dancing.
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Pussycat Dolls were burlesque dancers formed into a girl group. Critics always slammed them. It is a insult to compare them to a real group like Girls Aloud, one of the most critically girl groups of all time, with many critics crediting them for reinventing pop, and being ahead of their time. Girls Aloud were never promoted worldwide, their target countries were strictly UK and Ireland. Their albums were released in about two countries next to those.
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So being critically acclaimed in some European countries is the end all when it comes to what makes a good group? PCD may not have been embraced by tons of critics, but they still pushed out hits and seen plenty of success and praise in their own right. Again, no one is knocking Cheryl and her musical background.
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Nicole is doing well in Europe? Those are the chart positions for her biggest hit yet, "Don't Hold Your Breath:"
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I said, "Nicole isn't doing too bad in the European market, not great or amazing, but not too bad." No one said she killing the charts in Europe. She got some top 10/20/30 hits in a continent that isn't her own, that isn't to be pushed to the side as nothing.
#1 UK
#4 Ireland
#8 Bulgaria
#15 Netherlands
#45 France
#62 Switzerland
#65 Austria
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"Poison"
#3 UK
#7 Ireland
#11 Slovakia
#15 Belgium (Wallonia)
"Don't Hold Your Breath"
#1 UK
#2 Belgium (Flanders)
#4 Ireland
#8 Bulgaria
#11 Slovakia
#15 Netherlands
#17 Australia
#45 France
#62 Switzerland
#65 Austria
"Right There"
#7 Ireland
#7 New Zealand
#8 Australia
#21 Finland
#27 Slovakia
#30 Norway
Again, those aren't great, but they aren't bad peaks either for an international artist. (Yes, I included peaks from countries outside of Europe as well).
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And how exactly has Cheryl been unable to break the American market? She started recording the material for her US debut this summer and has yet to release anything in the US. It’s more likely that she'll make it rather than Nicole.
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Does she she not have a single released out on iTunes? The song has been mad for digital release in the US already for almost two months now. These things take time when breaking out. Hell it took Gaga months to get Just Dance to explode like it did.
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Nicole's "debut" album materialized after six years, with the original material and the original title being long abandoned, after every single she released failed to chart despite the many, many attempts (at one point, it was pushed back in favor of a second PCD album.) She's obviously not interesting enough on her own, so she's just throwing everything she has against the charts to see if anything would stick. But it never does.
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We've already established that Nicole has flopped when it comes to her solo career in the US. No one will argue that.
