Becoming A Pop Star With Zero Experience

Re:Becoming A Pop Star With Zero Experience by k-mcgrady on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @09:01AM (#5485728)

Something not mentioned in the article which I think is important to note is that the song "dropped to number 112 the following week, setting a record for the biggest drop in UK Singles Chart history, falling 108 places". It seems like he used his online fan base to push the single that one week and it gained zero traction with the general public once it got there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Yours_(Alex_Day_song)

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Re:Becoming A Pop Star With Zero Experience by andyking on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @09:13AM (#5485781)

I was working as a radio presenter at the time this song was around, and I remember it getting on our playlist - I played it a few times. I remember it being trailed as a "YouTube sensation" on the little cheat sheet of artist notes that accompanies the new music playlist.

Next time the playlist was issued by our Head of Music, it had disappeared. Usually, we kept a current song on the playlist for 3-4 weeks at least. It was highly unusual for a track to disappear after a week! The only other songs I can remember with such a short shelf life were novelty / charity / Christmas type records which lasted a fortnight or so before dropping off as public attention drifted elsewhere.

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Re:Becoming A Pop Star With Zero Experience by bitwize on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @01:16PM (#5487414)

That's good because the song itself sounds like an unholy mix of Katy Perry and William Topaz McGonagall; if that annoying shit had gotten any sort of traction I might be prone to snap and smash every piece of audio-playing electronics I owned...

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