How Does The UK Feel About Steps?

[Ehju0901]

So my newest guilty pleasure is the group Steps.  I’ve never really enjoyed “5, 6, 7, 8,” but I remember them trying to gain popularity in the US with “The Way You Make Me Feel” and I actually bought the “Buzz” album, but never really enjoyed it.

they fell off the face of the earth, at least in the US.

Anyway, they recently popped up on YouTube and I gave some of their newer stuff a listen and am actually really enjoying it!  I love their vocals and I’ve always been super intrigued by Lisa Scott-Lee.

How popular are they truly in the UK?  Are they kind of a legacy pop act similar to O-Town/98 Degrees here?  I’m very interested in them and their reputation!

[Ehju0901]

I also love these live performances, they look so good after they reunited:

 

[Spicechinodiva]

Let's just the Spice Girls fans are jealous of steps. 

 

They Care about the band,  the fans etc 

 

The steps reunion was never about the money. 

 

Yes they take time off, but come back refreshed and ready to give pop music the needed pure pop (as okder British fans call steps qbd Kylie Minogue music). 

 

Since the 2011 reunion,  they gave 4 studio albums and entered a highly battle for number one this year with Madonna,  though Madonna slowly outsold steps and the number 2 album as the second week saw Madonna In the top 20 at number 18, steps went to number 21, after going at number one. 

[Ehju0901]

5 minutes ago, Spicechinodiva said:

Let's just the Spice Girls fans are jealous of steps. 

 

They Care about the band,  the fans etc 

 

The steps reunion was never about the money. 

 

Yes they take time off, but come back refreshed and ready to give pop music the needed pure pop (as okder British fans call steps qbd Kylie Minogue music). 

 

Since the 2011 reunion,  they gave 4 studio albums and entered a highly battle for number one this year with Madonna,  though Madonna slowly outsold steps and the number 2 album as the second week saw Madonna In the top 20 at number 18, steps went to number 21, after going at number one. 

Wow, that’s really cool.  I had no idea they were doing so well there!

They all seem to really enjoy what they are doing as well, like they aren’t forced to be around each other.

[Isla]

They're still pretty popular here no? No 'hit singles' but they're still getting top 10 albums and sold-out tours.

[Ehju0901]

8 minutes ago, Isla said:

They're still pretty popular here no? No 'hit singles' but they're still getting top 10 albums and sold-out tours.

That’s awesome.  I kinda wish they would have caught on here.  They are more talented than my first impression of them.

[Isla]

3 minutes ago, Ehju0901 said:

That’s awesome.  I kinda wish they would have caught on here.  They are more talented than my first impression of them.

Their music isn't the sort of thing that does well in the US, they were lucky to have some minor success at first. I think supporting Britney on the Baby One More Time tour helped them a bit.

[Spicechinodiva]

Just now, Isla said:

Their music isn't the sort of thing that does well in the US, they were lucky to have some minor success at first. I think supporting Britney on the Baby One More Time tour helped them a bit.

It's like Kylie Minogue,  way to camp for the US,  most of Europe pop acts have that.

 

Spice Girls was able to Cos Virgin marketed them towards teens and kids and that's why it worked,  if they did market them like steps and other acts it would have bombed.  

 

However it pisses people off as this was why they were written as a joke even though they Said songs like last time lover, Naked and 2 Become 1 wasn't kid friendly at all.

[MasterMindz]

Wow I never heard their version of Tragedy, love it! It is one of my favorite songs by the BeeGees. 

I loved their song with Michelle Visage, and the video was cool too. 

[Isla]

22 minutes ago, Spicechinodiva said:

It's like Kylie Minogue,  way to camp for the US,  most of Europe pop acts have that.

 

Spice Girls was able to Cos Virgin marketed them towards teens and kids and that's why it worked,  if they did market them like steps and other acts it would have bombed.  

 

However it pisses people off as this was why they were written as a joke even though they Said songs like last time lover, Naked and 2 Become 1 wasn't kid friendly at all.

The Spice Girls definitely seemed to be marketed towards the kids/pre-teen audience even though none of the members were teens (and wasn't Geri 25 when Wannabe was released?) and there was the odd s£xual lyric in their songs too.

[Ehju0901]

“Scared of the Dark” has been stuck in my head all day.  HOW WAS THIS SONG NOT HUGE?!

[Spicechinodiva]

11 minutes ago, Ehju0901 said:

“Scared of the Dark” has been stuck in my head all day.  HOW WAS THIS SONG NOT HUGE?!

Steps aren't a streaming band,  they topped the iTunes charts, but while celebrate by stan bases , it's not the same as it was 15 years ago 

 

4 Minutes was number one on iTunes for 3 consecutive weeks in 2008.

 

Now an artist is lucky if their two days at number one on iTunes mm