looney
Banned
- Jul 7, 2003
- 15,652
Your half right, found this article...................
http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901030224-423478-2,00.html
but they appear to be the cream of the crap,time will tell if they can sustain success.
http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901030224-423478-2,00.html
Of course, not all the Brit nominees are on the cutting edge. One of the few Brit bands to achieve international success — including a Billboard Top 5 album — is Coldplay, who are bookmakers' favorites for Best British Group and Best Album with A Rush of Blood to the Head. But they're selling radio-friendly ballads. The U.S. music market (worth $13.4 billion in 2001) remains the most useful barometer of international success. And though Robbie Williams can sing when he's winning all the awards, America just isn't interested in him. Many Brit bands that have captured America's cold heart — such as Oasis — have found its affections fickle. Says a gloomy Peter Jamieson, chairman of the British Phonographic Industry, which organizes the Brits: "Last year in terms of chart placings [in the U.S.] was one of the least successful in U.K. recording history."
but they appear to be the cream of the crap,time will tell if they can sustain success.