Be Somebody

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That band from Nashville just topped the album and singles charts in the UK for the week of September 28. Only By The Night sold 220,000 copies, second to Coldplay's release in first week sales of the year. I love the Kings of Leon, and they will never break through the market in the United States. The Followills are not Urban or Wannabe Country. Britney Spears and the divas debut dreadful dance diasters at Number One but it's a limited exhibition. Their records won't go diamond or even double platinum. Radio in the United States has no enthusiasm and the UK still has a cohesive market. If you can get airtime, congradulations you've made it. The Kings of Leon have suave energy that's perfect for the UK market, as well as discerning audiance. They make great music and they will never make it here in the United States. 

The music here is mostly cut and dry, garagebanded and ghostwritten by the same usual suspects that are so far behind on the times. I love the Kings of Leon.

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This ingrained culture sway poisons elsewhere as well. M.I.A's album Kala was released in August 2007 to widespread acclaim, finishing on many of the year's Best Albums list including the Number One slot in Rolling Stone and Blender magazine. But the highest place the lead single "Paper Planes" received worldwide was #18 in the Belgian singles chart. That was until the trailer for Pineapple Express debuted in July 2008 which incorporated the song. "Paper Planes" soon shot up to #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and a parking space on TRL (RIP). 

Where have yall been?

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M.I.A.-Paper Planes (DFA Remix)