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Madonna too old, too white and too English for US radios
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Madonna too old, too white and too English for US radios
Madonna Too old, too white and too English For US Radios.
Filed: 26/03/2006) Daily Telegraph
With a country estate in Wiltshire, a love for shooting and even a taste for Timothy Taylor's real ale, Madonna has become the epitome of the English lady of the manor.
But the Queen of Pop's reincarnation as Middle England's favourite mum is alienating her American fan base and hindering chart success in her homeland.
Many leading radio stations in the United States now regard the 47-year-old Anglophile as passée and are refusing to give her the airtime she once enjoyed.
Her new single Sorry, which topped the charts in Britain, last week stalled at number 58 on the US Billboard Hot 100, which takes into account both airplay and sales. Now in its fourth week of release, the single languishes at number 77.
Madonna has not had a top five hit in the US singles chart for more than five years. Even Hung Up, which reached number one in 41 countries, peaked at number seven in America.
Music critics and fans cite her attachment to England - she once said: ''I love England and I want to be here and not in America'' - as one of the reasons for her dwindling chart success back home.
Gareth Grundy, the deputy editor of Q magazine, one of Britain's most prestigious music publications, said Madonna's move across the Atlantic had changed the perception of the American audience.
"I think the key reason why she is more popular in Britain and Europe than she is in America is that she lives here now," he said.
"A lot of Americans now think of her as an expat. She is no longer the American girl next door who turned herself into the greatest-ever pop star."
Clare Parmenter, who runs the British-based Madonnalicious website, said: "Fans in America who have tried to request Sorry on some American radio stations have found that stations are just not interested any more. They say she does not fit their demographics.
Even a commercial pop song like Hung Up, which is one of her biggest hits ever, is not considered suitable. American radio is only interested in R n B and rap these days."
Gary Blake, the corporate programme director of the American station Electric 94.9, admitted that Madonna's "Britishness" could be a factor.
He said: "I really liked Sorry and we did get some good requests on it but we're just not seeing the response we used to. It may be because of her new-found Britishness, but sometimes it's just the song."
After the comparative failure of her 2003 album, American Life, millions was spent promoting Madonna's latest album, Confessions On A Dancefloor, last November. Despite this, it has sold only 1.3 million copies in the US, less than a third of the sales of her 2000 album Music, released before she moved to Britain.
Perhaps betraying concern about how she is now perceived in America, one track on the new album was entitled I love New York and included the line: "Paris and London baby you can keep. . . no other city made me glad except New York."
Elsewhere, however, Confessions On A Dancefloor has been a runaway success, topping the album charts in 40 countries and spawning two number one singles in this country.
Despite the slump in the US, Geoff Mayfield, the chart editor of Billboard, said he believed that Madonna could overcome American radio's lack of support. "I think Madonna is very much her own person and does what she wants to do. The album is a triumph when compared to American Life and she will be pleased with that."
Madonna's spokesman, Liz Rosenberg, said yesterday: "Dance music isn't getting the recognition that it deserves on radio stations in America right now, but Madonna really doesn't evaluate the success of a record by its chart position. She likes to come out of a studio feeling she has done the very best work she can and earning the respect of her peers.
"She would love American radio to come on board in that way and show the same sort of commitment that European radio has done, but that is not a decision for her. She is about to go on tour and when radio stations are reminded that she is the most phenomenal performer of our time, I am sure they will tune into her again."
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America is so selfish...
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Could it really be because of her not living in america anymore????
That isn't sensible at all, but apparently a fact
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Tell me something i dont already know. She's not big in the US, her album has done 1.3 million and that's decent but i'm sure she was projected to sell more but her sales will be stuck at where it is now. And disco is not big in the US, countries like the UK and such love disco so she'll be big elsewhere. Sad that we live in a world that has to have some kinda of R&B or rap.
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Member Since: 5/3/2003
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She just needs another album like BEDTIME STORIES. She'll be back
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Even without a blockbuster album and huge radio hits, her tour will still sell out in the US.
That's where the money is anyways.
Not to mention, being the #1 artist everywhere else in the world isn't too shabby either.
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Member Since: 1/22/2005
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I miss the crazy "Erotica" Madonna, or even the "Like A Prayer" would be nice to have back.
I think "Sorry" at least deserved top 20 in the US, but that looks pretty unlikely now.
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This is a STUPID REASON!!
They just rather listen to rap and r&b than some GREAT dance music!
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The article is completely incorrect. Her age, the fact that she lives in England, or the fact that she's not "R&B or rap" has NOTHING to do with why her U.S. radio success is lacking.
Her age is irrelevant to us seeing as she still looks so young. In response to the fact that she lives in England and doesn't make urban music (the supposed favored genre in the states), look at James Blunt and Natasha Bedingfield with their latest hits. You can also take a look at the success of Cascada with their DANCE hit, "Everytime We Touch". How do you explain all that ?
Concerning "Sorry": It was pretty obvious it wouldn't do as well as "Hung Up" did in the U.S. It sounds too similar too "Hung Up" for listeners, it's quite repetitive, and the success of both singles was mostly due to downloads and most potential buyers have the album already.
Though it may be a good album, COADF lacks many U.S. radio friendly tracks. "Jump" and "Push" are probably the only two (maybe "Get Together" as well). If she was to release one of those singles, I'm pretty sure she can find singles chart success again and then release whatever the hell she wanted to release after that.
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When she did stuff like Secret, Human Nature and Take A Bow she was sooo awesome. She needs to go back to that stuff
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She has an old vagina ,She's doing ****** music and reveals too much botoxed body ,plus a fake british accent .You gotta pay the price.
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Originally posted by MazEN
She has an old vagina ,She's doing ****** music and reveals too much botoxed body ,plus a fake british accent .You gotta pay the price.
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LMAO
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Quote:
Originally posted by MazEN
She has an old vagina ,She's doing ****** music and reveals too much botoxed body ,plus a fake british accent .You gotta pay the price.
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How immature can you get?? What are you, 10??
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Originally posted by ADRIAN
America is so selfish...
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we already know
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I want the ROL Madonna back. But I guess that's impossible, unfortunately.
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she need to do something!!
work hard
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Originally posted by Sexified.
Tell me something i dont already know. She's not big in the US, her album has done 1.3 million and that's decent but i'm sure she was projected to sell more but her sales will be stuck at where it is now. And disco is not big in the US, countries like the UK and such love disco so she'll be big elsewhere. Sad that we live in a world that has to have some kinda of R&B or rap.
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and thank GOD for that... just listen to International Hit radio... pop and rock rules big time.
glad to see America is still under the urban spell.
as far as Madonna is concerned she shouldn't worry - being a huge success internationally is pretty amazing. but i guess only die hard fans will remember that. have a hit in the States and anyone who's everyone remembers it... period.
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Originally posted by MazEN
She has an old vagina ,She's doing ****** music and reveals too much botoxed body ,plus a fake british accent .You gotta pay the price.
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don't be so rough with madonna i bet that your mom has an old vagina too.
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Member Since: 4/16/2005
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Originally posted by bmx321nc
but i guess only die hard fans will remember that. have a hit in the States and anyone who's everyone remembers it... period.
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Not if you don't live in the US, idiot.
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