Radio 1 refusing to play Pink, Katy, Shakira because they are too OLD

[KrisJ]

“Popular singers including Rita Ora, Ellie Goulding, Katy Perry, Shakira and Pink have been snubbed by Radio One and left off the A, B and C playlists with sources claiming they are 'too old for listeners'

Radio 1 bosses have sparked a war with some of the biggest female names in pop after refusing to include their music on playlists. 

Some of the stars who have had tracks left off the A, B and C rosters are Rita Ora, Ellie Goulding, Katy Perry, Shakira and Pink – who all fall outside the station’s target listener age of 15 to 29.”

BBC Radio 1 'refusing' to play female singers deemed 'too old' for listeners - full list - Birmingham Live

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Radio 1 has stopped playing the likes of Katy Perry and Rita Ora, The Mirror says.

Thoughts Exhale? 

 

[Fall2Pieces]

well im 34 and don’t listen to the radio so I guess my thoughts are irrelevant to them lol 

[ObsessedBritFan1]

 

[Acer]

Katy hasn’t got hit for ages!

I doubt that problem is only in age, problem also with repertoire. They are not relevant now and absences of smash hit is the main reason, not their age.

[AII]

Nobody listens to the radio for music anyway ..

Also, isn't radio a dying mode anyway? Isn't it all podcasts so people can skip the ads and the songs?

At least Jamie Lynn is still within the desired age... I think 

[Groundbreaking]

Clownery at its finest. The target audience doesn't listen to the radio for the music, let's start there. And as for age – I call BS on that. I do understand that P!nk, Rita and Katy haven't a hit for some time now, but Shakira has just destroyed streaming services so...  just say openly u don't like them & move on 

[bomboclatney]

If the music is good I don’t think it should be ignored, but radio is archaic and as others have said, very few people listen to it anyway.

I want to listen to what I want, when I want, in* the order I choose, and not have some douch talk all over both ends.

Edited March 27, 2023 by bomboclatney

[BUWYGF]

This isn't really anything new, Radio 1 has been doing this for ages  awful if you ask me but oh well

[cillaward]

All you have to do is look at their playlist to see that this isn't true. Ellie Goulding is currently on their A list, and so are Lizzo and Miley Cyrus who are 30+ years old. Those other artists aren't on their playlist because they don't currently have a hit song out.

 

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[neko]

surely that isn’t true and is just an article generated for clicks. sza is the same age as rita ora and i see ‘kill bill’ all over the place. 

Edited March 27, 2023 by neko

[FullyDattAndDatt3full]

11 hours ago, AII said:

Nobody listens to the radio for music anyway ..

Also, isn't radio a dying mode anyway? Isn't it all podcasts so people can skip the ads and the songs?

At least Jamie Lynn is still within the desired age... I think 

i agree

[kdub87]

They think teens are listening to the radio? Lol

[agustinmalandra]

ageism in 2023... so sad.

[Stefani]

Um, Pink and Katy have been flops on radio (and even streaming) for like a half a decade now. It has nothing to do with their age but with their music. Also Shakira in recent years hasn't been big on radio outside of Latin American countries anyways; most of her recent success comes from streaming.

[Freakshow__]

All we hear is radio CACA 

[princessmimi]

That's ridiculous!

Katy has flopped cause she committed career suicide copying Miley's look and losing all sx appeal plus her Witness album sucked so hard!

The rest idk tbh cause I dont follow them.

[canwesynchronize]

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[PokemonSpears]

teenagers listen to radio?

[HeySister]

This is pure bs. Pink was all over the radio when she had a single out recently. As was GaGa last year. Miley, Lizzo and Sza etc. Hello TAYLOR SWIFT??

 

...Rita Ora is a flop. Why on earth would she be on on the radio, like ever? 

Edited March 28, 2023 by HeySister

[warioaddams]

How did Britney do on radio 1 with Hold me Closer?