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This article has been a problem for several years now. I suggest that it be split into seperate articles;
To me, the term "British Invasion" seems parochial and unnecessarily biased towards America. I would suggest renaming the article "British beat boom".
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.253.36.50 ( talk) 19:41, 7 December 2006 (UTC).
While it undoubtedly WAS parochial - or perhaps more accurately "America-centric" - it became an expression that has stuck. So it is valid as an article. But in that sense the article should make clear that it was a colloquial phrase used (almost exclusively) in the USA. And that was in part because of its history with the British. eg - I'm not sure that Australians referred to that music as "British Invasion" We should also check whether it was described that way by the Canadians - a nation that had a different colonial experience with the British! Davidpatrick 20:49, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
It's an article about British bands written primarily from an American perspective. Seems pretty parochial to me. Perhaps we could have two articles: one about the British beat boom, with the early paragraphs about the history and roots of those bands, and a second called British Invasion, specifically about their impact on the American charts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.255.116.13 ( talk • contribs)
I can't speak for the time period in question, but it is called "The British Invasion' in Canada as well, if only to describe the group of artists during that period. It's an historical term now and is pretty much fixed in popular culture. Freshacconci 18:55, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
So shall we rename rock and roll with Bill Haley and Elvis as "American Invasion"? After all, that's what it was known as in Britain. Jatrius ( talk) 15:08, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
The term "British Invasion" was widely used for British-sourced theater productions which dominated Broadway before the Beatles music reached America [1] , [2] and for cultural imports throughout the 20th century. There was nothing really new, original, or unique about applying it to rock music 1964-1967, Just more of the same. Edison ( talk) 02:51, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Quoted from near the start of the page:
"The British Invasion began in 1964, and peaked in 1965. Two decades following the first invasion, the UK based punk movement....... As in 1963, the mainstream music market of 1975 had ....... the punk movement was a ...."
I'd hardly call from 1964/5 to 1975 two decades now. I've fixed this. I know the author meant to say that the "2nd Invasion" didn't occur till 2 decades on, however they don't mention it, instead they go on about punk and the 70's, whereas the 2nd invasion by name isn't mentioned for another 2 paragraphs! It just didn't make much sense.
But then again the author of the list left out the Kinks, tut tut. 81.158.160.129 19:54, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
I recently posted on my blog about this subject and think I came up with a decent way of breaking up the various groupings. I think there were also a couple later acts like Queen and Def Leppard that made my list but did not show up here when later acts are discussed: http://ironcity.blogspot.com/2006/07/thank-you-great-britain-had-occasion.html
ya wat about thin lizzy
This talks about the main British invasion, rightly credited as being the mid-60's but the first artists we are told about are the Sex Pistols and The Clash? Will fix when I have the time, this thing needs a whole revamp. -- Zoso Jade 13:26, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Cilla Black, a British Invader??? Did she even release a single in the US?-- Zoso Jade 13:29, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
See also: McFly??
How can the Sex Pistols and Amy Winehouse both be "Late British Invaders" They are a good 30 years apart? By that definition every british band to play a show in america after 1970 should be the second list. 199.72.142.58 14:05, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Clapton left the group before they achieved success in the United States; Jeff Beck was the lead guitarist. Eric Clapton would become famous in the U.S. as a member of Cream.
"Some girls have stinky vaginas and should be avoided at all costs." I don't feel this is entirely accurate; some men seek out odious vaginas. Furthermore, "stinky" is somewhat of a weasel word. I think this entire comment is irrelevant and should be moved inside the entry on vaginas. 134.225.163.107 21:46, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
This page has no citations at all. Does anyone have a book or an internet connection? andreasegde 06:55, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
This article has absolutely no sources, and contains large sections of what is quite possibly speculative nonsence. VFD or cleanup? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.42.252.254 ( talk) 22:43, 5 March 2007 (UTC).
The British Invasion as a phrase really applies just to the era 1964-1966. There were certainly further periods of British music incursion into the US - but only one other period generated significant media coverage as a "second" musical British Invasion - and that was the early 1980s.
There were significant successes by British acts in the US between 1966 and 1983 - but they were not conflated together and described as a further "British Invasion" by any credible media.
The punk and New Wave period (1977-1980) generated underground media coverage but not major mainstream coverage describing it as another British Invasion.
Chronology of British music success in USA (1964-1986)
1964-1966 - Beat groups - first British Invasion
1967-1971 - influx of progressive rock, blues and blues-rock artists.
1971-1976 - various pop and rock acts (Bowie/T. Rex/Sweet/Bay City Rollers etc)
1977-1980 - punk and new wave
1983-1986 - synth-pop/new romantics/MTV pop acts - US media called this a second British Invasion
We really need to change this article to reflect this.
If we wish to keep the British Invasion article accurate - there should then be a separate article about the impact of British music in the US 1966 onwards... Davidpatrick 06:51, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
In general, this article is really poorly written. I don't know how to summarise my feelings toward it, but it's just a mess. - Matt 23:43, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
He was US-born and went to the UK to have his first success. Afterwards rock would enter a different era. Whatever you want to call it, it was different than 1964-67. There was more emphasis on instrumental skill, electronics and "innovation" and less on songcraft and simple "having a good time"
was the gene vincent/eddie cochran british tour (where eddie perished) an initiator of british bands' interest in american rock & roll or was it capitalizing on a previous interest? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.110.223 ( talk) 20:01, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Just thought I'd add some evidence that could be backed up with a CREDIBLE source. Also thought that Beatles' overall legacy should be mentioned as a result of the British Invasion... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Feliciajar ( talk • contribs) 06:35, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
... deserves a mention somewhere in the article. He was a one-man invasion in the mid 70s with the Young Americans album and it's successors. SmokeyTheCat •TALK• 21:19, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
I think we should move the page to something like British Invasion (culture) and have this redirect to the disambiguation. Yay/Ney? -- mboverload @ 09:57, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
While I have done some editing to improve the article but frankly we still have a disaster and I do not hyperlink to this article. This article needs to be split as the three "invasions" are separate phenomenons. The others invasions should be dealt with and one or two sentences prequel or sequel type things. The whole drought years section is unsourced and Original Research. This should be one or two sentences or a paragraph at most. I see no need for a whole section about something that did not happen.
I do think we enough sourcing to claim has been a British Invasion of sorts in the last two years. I did not call it that in the title of that section just for cautionary purposes. This section will be difficult to write as there is disagreement as to what this phenomenon is. Is it just the neo soul singers? Do you include other female singer songwriters like Lily Allen and Kate Nash? With the Grammy Nominations can you even call it a female invasion?(Personally I think you can because the other acts predated the invasion but might be riding on the cotails of it Edkollin ( talk) 20:20, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
The section with this title mentions several American bands and no British ones whatsoever! No doubt the listed American bands were influenced by the British sound, but either the title or the content of this section needs to be changed. In fact, the only British band from the '60s British invasion discussed or even mentioned in the body of the article is The Beatles. Not even The Stones rate a mention! Shouldn't some of the other relevant British acts be mentioned in this section, rather than their American imitators? Treharne ( talk) 04:47, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Incidentally, in Britain in the '60s (I do not know about America) the word "band" was quite out of fashion (it was associated with earlier eras of popular music, such as Swing). The Beatles, Stones, Who, Kinks, Hollies, Pink Floyd, Hermann's Hermits etc. (and, in Britain at least, American bands of the time too) were always referred to as "groups" (from which comes the word "groupie"). So far as I can remember, "band" did not come back into fashion until some time in the '70s. Treharne ( talk) 04:47, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
This article has a lack of focus and seems to be more about British singers that have achieved success in the United States rather than the British Invasion of the 60s? The article devotes almost as much time talking about current stars as does discussing the 60s. That part also needs expanding, it doesn't even mention essential British Invasion acts like The Who, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, Cream, The Animals or The Rolling Stones. -- Scorpion 0422 01:30, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Enough is enough at this point. In a few weeks all non cited material will be deleted. I have every right to delete it immediately but I understand people have jobs, family etc and lot of the material seems accurate so I will try and be fair. But this can not go on forever. Edkollin ( talk) 17:52, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
The paragraph was correctly removed by another editor for improper sourcing. Take a look at the type of sources used in the reference section and how they are written up and displayed. Another tip is to look how the article is written. In this article there are several groups named in each paragraph not one paragraph written for one group. That is because the article is about a phenomenon not a group.
I do not think despite their massive success and their influence they belong here. They are not tied in anyway to any sort of British Invasion. There influence is considerable on the bubblegum/tween pop explosion that has been going on the last few years. But that has nothing to do with the British acts like Amy Winehouse that have emerged. If the 1990's are to be discussed at all it is as a background. as the current success/invasion has occurred after a fifteen year period of decline. Edkollin ( talk) 05:17, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
The Dave Clark had a number one hit in late 65, but are excluded from the list of artists who had #1 hits. The Zombies cannot be called a second wave act because their first hit (in the U.S.) was in 64, and their second in 65. The whole article is poorly written, but these are two specific problems worth pointing out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.0.60.105 ( talk) 09:36, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
I deleted a quote from Willy DeVille after a comment in this section, as it added nothing but colourful language to the point already made. However, I think we could expand this a little as there has been scholarly criticism of the invasion.-- SabreBD ( talk) 18:04, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
The British Invasion was not without its critics in the United States, who thought the pop-oriented British music was too simplistic or presented a watered-down version of American sound. In a 1982 Creem interview, Willy DeVille said, "The British Fuckin' Invasion was a goddamn big money complicated political con game, and we all got suckered! They're taking our music and spitting it back at us when we have people like Ben E. King, Smokey Robinson—incredible artists, and you know we pushed them aside for anything that fucking glittered. Shit, it's so cheap." [1]
I am now in favor of splitting the article into separate British Invasion and Second British Invasion articles. Also I favor dropping the female invasion material FOR NOW.
Both the British Invasion and Second British invasion sections have more information and is properly cited, this is different then it was six months ago. Although they have several notable factors in common the two "invasions" are distinct phenomena.
As for the 2006-2008 "female invasion", put it in a larger British Music in America article or drop it. Although widely reported by reliable sourcing at the time, it was a WP:NEOLOGISM. When Duffy, Adele, and Amy Winehouse??? etc release second albums, and if they are widely referred to as part of a British Invasion of some sort then the phenomena would deserve it's own article. Same would be true if like " New Music", history's of the period speak of the phenomena. Edkollin ( talk) 17:44, 21 December 2009 (UTC).
I disagree. Keep. andycjp ( talk) 12:30, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
The subsequent years section needs to be removed. It never happened and I don't see anyone referring to anything that happend during the 2000's as any sort of British invasion. The press tried to create buzz and failed. 15:41, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
Re: 'The Invasion' section - this statement is untrue: "...the first airing of a Beatles song in the United States." Actually, prior to December, 1963, a number of Beatles singles were released in the USA, and some were briefly on the radio playlist charts. I'll check back to to see if someone has removed this seemingly 'sourced' disinformation from the article. Thanks. User:Jusdafax 22:20, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
British musical success in the United States was at its nadir in the early 2000s. Less than 2% of the top 100 United States albums in both 2000 and 2001 were from the United Kingdom. In April 2002, for the first time since October 1963, there were no British acts on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. [2] This would be reversed in the latter half of the decade when the percentage of albums sold in the U.S. by British acts increased every year from 2005 through 2008. It would increase from 8.5% to 10% of the market between 2007 and 2008. [3]
In July 2005 Natasha Bedingfield made her first of what would be many chart appearances. [4] The following year Joss Stone's third album Introducing Joss Stone debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 becoming the first British solo female artist to have an album début that high on the chart. [5] In 2006 and early 2007 British and Irish acts James Blunt, Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, Lady Sovereign, KT Tunstall, Snow Patrol and Corinne Bailey Rae also had U.S. chart success. By March 2007 these successes had led to speculation that either another British Invasion was underway or a return to normalcy was occurring. [6] [7] [8]
In 2008 Leona Lewis's single " Bleeding Love" would become the first number one single on U.S charts by a British female artist since 1986. Her album also reached number 1. [9] Natasha Bedingfield and KT Tunstall's success continued in 2008. [10] The year would also be successful for Duffy, Adele, Estelle [10], and M.I.A.. The success of these British women led to the reporting of a British female invasion. It was noted that as during the original invasion earthier and African-American styles from previous eras were being mined. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] Led by Coldplay, British acts received a total of 16 Grammy Awards
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This article has been a problem for several years now. I suggest that it be split into seperate articles;
To me, the term "British Invasion" seems parochial and unnecessarily biased towards America. I would suggest renaming the article "British beat boom".
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.253.36.50 ( talk) 19:41, 7 December 2006 (UTC).
While it undoubtedly WAS parochial - or perhaps more accurately "America-centric" - it became an expression that has stuck. So it is valid as an article. But in that sense the article should make clear that it was a colloquial phrase used (almost exclusively) in the USA. And that was in part because of its history with the British. eg - I'm not sure that Australians referred to that music as "British Invasion" We should also check whether it was described that way by the Canadians - a nation that had a different colonial experience with the British! Davidpatrick 20:49, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
It's an article about British bands written primarily from an American perspective. Seems pretty parochial to me. Perhaps we could have two articles: one about the British beat boom, with the early paragraphs about the history and roots of those bands, and a second called British Invasion, specifically about their impact on the American charts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.255.116.13 ( talk • contribs)
I can't speak for the time period in question, but it is called "The British Invasion' in Canada as well, if only to describe the group of artists during that period. It's an historical term now and is pretty much fixed in popular culture. Freshacconci 18:55, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
So shall we rename rock and roll with Bill Haley and Elvis as "American Invasion"? After all, that's what it was known as in Britain. Jatrius ( talk) 15:08, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
The term "British Invasion" was widely used for British-sourced theater productions which dominated Broadway before the Beatles music reached America [1] , [2] and for cultural imports throughout the 20th century. There was nothing really new, original, or unique about applying it to rock music 1964-1967, Just more of the same. Edison ( talk) 02:51, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Quoted from near the start of the page:
"The British Invasion began in 1964, and peaked in 1965. Two decades following the first invasion, the UK based punk movement....... As in 1963, the mainstream music market of 1975 had ....... the punk movement was a ...."
I'd hardly call from 1964/5 to 1975 two decades now. I've fixed this. I know the author meant to say that the "2nd Invasion" didn't occur till 2 decades on, however they don't mention it, instead they go on about punk and the 70's, whereas the 2nd invasion by name isn't mentioned for another 2 paragraphs! It just didn't make much sense.
But then again the author of the list left out the Kinks, tut tut. 81.158.160.129 19:54, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
I recently posted on my blog about this subject and think I came up with a decent way of breaking up the various groupings. I think there were also a couple later acts like Queen and Def Leppard that made my list but did not show up here when later acts are discussed: http://ironcity.blogspot.com/2006/07/thank-you-great-britain-had-occasion.html
ya wat about thin lizzy
This talks about the main British invasion, rightly credited as being the mid-60's but the first artists we are told about are the Sex Pistols and The Clash? Will fix when I have the time, this thing needs a whole revamp. -- Zoso Jade 13:26, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Cilla Black, a British Invader??? Did she even release a single in the US?-- Zoso Jade 13:29, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
See also: McFly??
How can the Sex Pistols and Amy Winehouse both be "Late British Invaders" They are a good 30 years apart? By that definition every british band to play a show in america after 1970 should be the second list. 199.72.142.58 14:05, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Clapton left the group before they achieved success in the United States; Jeff Beck was the lead guitarist. Eric Clapton would become famous in the U.S. as a member of Cream.
"Some girls have stinky vaginas and should be avoided at all costs." I don't feel this is entirely accurate; some men seek out odious vaginas. Furthermore, "stinky" is somewhat of a weasel word. I think this entire comment is irrelevant and should be moved inside the entry on vaginas. 134.225.163.107 21:46, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
This page has no citations at all. Does anyone have a book or an internet connection? andreasegde 06:55, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
This article has absolutely no sources, and contains large sections of what is quite possibly speculative nonsence. VFD or cleanup? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.42.252.254 ( talk) 22:43, 5 March 2007 (UTC).
The British Invasion as a phrase really applies just to the era 1964-1966. There were certainly further periods of British music incursion into the US - but only one other period generated significant media coverage as a "second" musical British Invasion - and that was the early 1980s.
There were significant successes by British acts in the US between 1966 and 1983 - but they were not conflated together and described as a further "British Invasion" by any credible media.
The punk and New Wave period (1977-1980) generated underground media coverage but not major mainstream coverage describing it as another British Invasion.
Chronology of British music success in USA (1964-1986)
1964-1966 - Beat groups - first British Invasion
1967-1971 - influx of progressive rock, blues and blues-rock artists.
1971-1976 - various pop and rock acts (Bowie/T. Rex/Sweet/Bay City Rollers etc)
1977-1980 - punk and new wave
1983-1986 - synth-pop/new romantics/MTV pop acts - US media called this a second British Invasion
We really need to change this article to reflect this.
If we wish to keep the British Invasion article accurate - there should then be a separate article about the impact of British music in the US 1966 onwards... Davidpatrick 06:51, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
In general, this article is really poorly written. I don't know how to summarise my feelings toward it, but it's just a mess. - Matt 23:43, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
He was US-born and went to the UK to have his first success. Afterwards rock would enter a different era. Whatever you want to call it, it was different than 1964-67. There was more emphasis on instrumental skill, electronics and "innovation" and less on songcraft and simple "having a good time"
was the gene vincent/eddie cochran british tour (where eddie perished) an initiator of british bands' interest in american rock & roll or was it capitalizing on a previous interest? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.110.223 ( talk) 20:01, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Just thought I'd add some evidence that could be backed up with a CREDIBLE source. Also thought that Beatles' overall legacy should be mentioned as a result of the British Invasion... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Feliciajar ( talk • contribs) 06:35, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
... deserves a mention somewhere in the article. He was a one-man invasion in the mid 70s with the Young Americans album and it's successors. SmokeyTheCat •TALK• 21:19, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
I think we should move the page to something like British Invasion (culture) and have this redirect to the disambiguation. Yay/Ney? -- mboverload @ 09:57, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
While I have done some editing to improve the article but frankly we still have a disaster and I do not hyperlink to this article. This article needs to be split as the three "invasions" are separate phenomenons. The others invasions should be dealt with and one or two sentences prequel or sequel type things. The whole drought years section is unsourced and Original Research. This should be one or two sentences or a paragraph at most. I see no need for a whole section about something that did not happen.
I do think we enough sourcing to claim has been a British Invasion of sorts in the last two years. I did not call it that in the title of that section just for cautionary purposes. This section will be difficult to write as there is disagreement as to what this phenomenon is. Is it just the neo soul singers? Do you include other female singer songwriters like Lily Allen and Kate Nash? With the Grammy Nominations can you even call it a female invasion?(Personally I think you can because the other acts predated the invasion but might be riding on the cotails of it Edkollin ( talk) 20:20, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
The section with this title mentions several American bands and no British ones whatsoever! No doubt the listed American bands were influenced by the British sound, but either the title or the content of this section needs to be changed. In fact, the only British band from the '60s British invasion discussed or even mentioned in the body of the article is The Beatles. Not even The Stones rate a mention! Shouldn't some of the other relevant British acts be mentioned in this section, rather than their American imitators? Treharne ( talk) 04:47, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Incidentally, in Britain in the '60s (I do not know about America) the word "band" was quite out of fashion (it was associated with earlier eras of popular music, such as Swing). The Beatles, Stones, Who, Kinks, Hollies, Pink Floyd, Hermann's Hermits etc. (and, in Britain at least, American bands of the time too) were always referred to as "groups" (from which comes the word "groupie"). So far as I can remember, "band" did not come back into fashion until some time in the '70s. Treharne ( talk) 04:47, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
This article has a lack of focus and seems to be more about British singers that have achieved success in the United States rather than the British Invasion of the 60s? The article devotes almost as much time talking about current stars as does discussing the 60s. That part also needs expanding, it doesn't even mention essential British Invasion acts like The Who, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, Cream, The Animals or The Rolling Stones. -- Scorpion 0422 01:30, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Enough is enough at this point. In a few weeks all non cited material will be deleted. I have every right to delete it immediately but I understand people have jobs, family etc and lot of the material seems accurate so I will try and be fair. But this can not go on forever. Edkollin ( talk) 17:52, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
The paragraph was correctly removed by another editor for improper sourcing. Take a look at the type of sources used in the reference section and how they are written up and displayed. Another tip is to look how the article is written. In this article there are several groups named in each paragraph not one paragraph written for one group. That is because the article is about a phenomenon not a group.
I do not think despite their massive success and their influence they belong here. They are not tied in anyway to any sort of British Invasion. There influence is considerable on the bubblegum/tween pop explosion that has been going on the last few years. But that has nothing to do with the British acts like Amy Winehouse that have emerged. If the 1990's are to be discussed at all it is as a background. as the current success/invasion has occurred after a fifteen year period of decline. Edkollin ( talk) 05:17, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
The Dave Clark had a number one hit in late 65, but are excluded from the list of artists who had #1 hits. The Zombies cannot be called a second wave act because their first hit (in the U.S.) was in 64, and their second in 65. The whole article is poorly written, but these are two specific problems worth pointing out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.0.60.105 ( talk) 09:36, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
I deleted a quote from Willy DeVille after a comment in this section, as it added nothing but colourful language to the point already made. However, I think we could expand this a little as there has been scholarly criticism of the invasion.-- SabreBD ( talk) 18:04, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
The British Invasion was not without its critics in the United States, who thought the pop-oriented British music was too simplistic or presented a watered-down version of American sound. In a 1982 Creem interview, Willy DeVille said, "The British Fuckin' Invasion was a goddamn big money complicated political con game, and we all got suckered! They're taking our music and spitting it back at us when we have people like Ben E. King, Smokey Robinson—incredible artists, and you know we pushed them aside for anything that fucking glittered. Shit, it's so cheap." [1]
I am now in favor of splitting the article into separate British Invasion and Second British Invasion articles. Also I favor dropping the female invasion material FOR NOW.
Both the British Invasion and Second British invasion sections have more information and is properly cited, this is different then it was six months ago. Although they have several notable factors in common the two "invasions" are distinct phenomena.
As for the 2006-2008 "female invasion", put it in a larger British Music in America article or drop it. Although widely reported by reliable sourcing at the time, it was a WP:NEOLOGISM. When Duffy, Adele, and Amy Winehouse??? etc release second albums, and if they are widely referred to as part of a British Invasion of some sort then the phenomena would deserve it's own article. Same would be true if like " New Music", history's of the period speak of the phenomena. Edkollin ( talk) 17:44, 21 December 2009 (UTC).
I disagree. Keep. andycjp ( talk) 12:30, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
The subsequent years section needs to be removed. It never happened and I don't see anyone referring to anything that happend during the 2000's as any sort of British invasion. The press tried to create buzz and failed. 15:41, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
Re: 'The Invasion' section - this statement is untrue: "...the first airing of a Beatles song in the United States." Actually, prior to December, 1963, a number of Beatles singles were released in the USA, and some were briefly on the radio playlist charts. I'll check back to to see if someone has removed this seemingly 'sourced' disinformation from the article. Thanks. User:Jusdafax 22:20, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
British musical success in the United States was at its nadir in the early 2000s. Less than 2% of the top 100 United States albums in both 2000 and 2001 were from the United Kingdom. In April 2002, for the first time since October 1963, there were no British acts on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. [2] This would be reversed in the latter half of the decade when the percentage of albums sold in the U.S. by British acts increased every year from 2005 through 2008. It would increase from 8.5% to 10% of the market between 2007 and 2008. [3]
In July 2005 Natasha Bedingfield made her first of what would be many chart appearances. [4] The following year Joss Stone's third album Introducing Joss Stone debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 becoming the first British solo female artist to have an album début that high on the chart. [5] In 2006 and early 2007 British and Irish acts James Blunt, Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, Lady Sovereign, KT Tunstall, Snow Patrol and Corinne Bailey Rae also had U.S. chart success. By March 2007 these successes had led to speculation that either another British Invasion was underway or a return to normalcy was occurring. [6] [7] [8]
In 2008 Leona Lewis's single " Bleeding Love" would become the first number one single on U.S charts by a British female artist since 1986. Her album also reached number 1. [9] Natasha Bedingfield and KT Tunstall's success continued in 2008. [10] The year would also be successful for Duffy, Adele, Estelle [10], and M.I.A.. The success of these British women led to the reporting of a British female invasion. It was noted that as during the original invasion earthier and African-American styles from previous eras were being mined. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] Led by Coldplay, British acts received a total of 16 Grammy Awards
BBCharts
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).