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madonna也遭遇尴尬啊
http://www.petitiononline.com/mmad3306/petition.html
To: CEO of Clear Channel Communications, Mark P. Mays
Dear Pop Music Lover,
First of all I would like to say that this petition is NOT limited to merely Madonna fans and admirers but to all music lovers around the world. Especially admirers/fans of artists who feel their idol is ignored and boycotted on US radio these days. My name is Rob Jacobs, and I live in the netherlands (so excuse me if there are any spelling or grammer errors in this letter). I'm a great Madonna admirer (I personally never use the word fan, because I don't like to associate myself to anything related to the term fanatical these days).
First let me describe the situation at hand which made me start this petition:
A few months ago Madonna released a new album, "Confessions On A Dance Floor". The first two singles from this album have shot to the top of the charts worldwide. Worldwide, except for the United States where the songs Madonna has been releasing get NO radio support what so ever.
This has been going on ever since Madonna released the song "American Life" with an accompanying controversial and thought-provoking music video. After that fans/admirers were getting the impression that american radio was boycotting her and her music, but we couldn't be sure because the singles from the album "American Life" weren't exactly worldwide SMASHES. Not up to Madonna's usual level of succes anyway. But then came "Confessions On A Dance Floor", with it's first single "Hung Up".
The song literally SHOT to the top of the charts worldwide, but US radio didn't play the song. When fans requested the song at big, leading and influential stations like New York's Z100 they were told that the song had not been added to the playlist yet and first had to be a hit on smaller radio stations before it would be added to their playlist. Which is odd. Because the station works with the principle that they base their playlists on audience requests and make bucketloads of money from people calling and text messaging in their requests. That doesn't seem to be the case when they state that a song first needs to be a succes on smaller stations around the US first. Another excuse fans who requested the song would get was that Madonna didn't fit in the age demographic of the station and was "too old". First of all, what does age have to do with anything to begin with and regardless of that, if they truelly base their charts on audience requests it's not up to them to select who they deem appropriate for their radio stations (which would make requests useless). Secondly, if age is a factor and they fear a young audience won't connect to Madonna anymore then why has Madonna been #1 on the charts of MTV's TRL for days straight with both the first and second single of the current album. Is even the TRL crowd too old and not part of Z100's radio audience? It's all just too weird for words.
Now the evidence that there is a boycott from American Radio is too obvious for words as Madonna is currently the leading artist in the world. I base that statement on the fact that on the "United World Chart" (which combines chart details from around the world and then creates a chart based on those details) Madonna currently holds the #1 position with current single "Sorry" AND the #2 position with previous single "Hung Up". So as you can see, Madonna rules the planet, EXCEPT for the USA.
The situation is even more concerning as there are countless stories of payola where record companies BUY hits for their artists and others who refuse to pay the price, won't get played on radio. Sony records recently settled with a few million dollars to avoid a courtcase in the matter. Another thing which might be taken in consideration is that clearchannel which runs radio in practically the entire USA is apparently a republican oriented company. Could it be that they still boycott Madonna due to her statements and opinions about the war in Iraq and the thought provoking "American Life" video?
Regardless of whatever anyone feels politically, it's not up to ANY company or ANY person to decide what THEY think is right for any audience to hear. And I bet Madonna isn't the only artist neglected, ignored and boycotted on US radio. There must be a lot of other pop musicians who simply do not get the chance they deserve on american radio, simply because US radio is too afraid to give them a spin on their shows or maybe even because the record companies of those artists do not pay enough to get the songs played. The situation simply HAS to change and I understand that this might just be a waste of time, because what can any individual do against a company which owns and operates more than 1200 radio stations in the United States. But I have to at least try, because if I sit around and do nothing I know for sure nothing will change.
I'm asking you to sign this petition if you feel like American radio should indeed open up more to a wider variety of performers and not shut a group of performers out, because there is more then enough evidence that pop artists these days are shut out, in favour of R&B and Hip Hop acts. The difference between the US charts and worldwide charts are simply TOO big to be a mere matter of taste or coincidence.
I truelly hope you'll help me out and sign.
Sincerely,
MADONNA的单曲在美国取得了相当不错的销售成绩，但是由于电台极少播放MADONNA的歌曲，而使得MADONNA在排行榜上成绩非常不佳。
MADONNA在美国的FANS要求电台播放HUNG UP或SORRY的时候都被告知，歌曲没有被加入进播放列表。电台觉得MADONNA的歌曲不能吸引年轻人，可是TRL上HUNG UP和SORRY的冠军成绩完全使“MADONNA歌曲不吸引年轻人”的观点站不住脚。
在美国电台的状况，MADONNA早前的令美国人生气的AMERICAN LIFE歌曲以及MV不得不说起了消极作用，可是这首AMERICAN LIFE在世界范围内取得的成绩也相当不错，所以MADONNA的音乐并不是在走下坡路。
而美国电台和世界联合榜上相差巨大，在一方受到欢迎的歌手在另一方也许根本不会被关注。我（作者）代表所有MADONNA的歌迷以及广大音乐爱好者联名要求美国电台播放MADONNA的歌曲。
大概意思就是那些，大家点最下面那个CLICK HERE TO SIGN PETITION就可以签名了，填写好名字和邮箱后，Comments: (optional) 和Artist You Are Fan Of: (optional)是可以不填的，如果喜欢MADONNA，可以在 Artist You Are Fan Of: (optional)后面写上MADONNA。点击PREVIEW后再APPROVE SIGNATURE就可以了！
麦当娜演唱会如火如荼 三首新单曲电台遭冷遇
腾讯娱乐讯：天后麦当娜正如火如荼举行的北美巡演，有望把她推上女艺人巡演总收入冠军的宝座。但她的这份成功并没有波及到美国广播界，她最新专辑《Confessions on a Dance Floor》的前三首单曲在普遍遭到冷遇。
在电台40首热播主流金曲中，《Hung Up》位居中游，《Sorry》鲜有播送，《Get Together》则被完全忽略。根据尼尔森公司调查，《Confessions on a Dance Floor》销量相当不错，有150万张。这种脱节令麦当娜所属的华纳兄弟唱片以及许多乐迷都大感困惑。http://www.petitiononline.com.网站面向清晰频道公司（Clear Channel Communications）的CEO马克-梅斯（Mark P. Mays）发起名为“结束麦当娜电台遭禁”的呼吁以来，已有3300多人签名支持，网上的质疑声此起彼伏。
据华纳唱片公司负责宣传的副总裁汤姆-毕利（Tom Biery）猜，麦当娜专辑中的歌曲可能对主流的Top 40 radio产生挑战，因为“上榜的多是嘻哈风格歌曲，而我们推的是一张全球流行天后的舞曲唱片”。在妮莉-弗塔杜（Nelly Furtado）和玛丽亚-凯莉（Mariah Carey）纷纷跟随嘻哈风改弦易张，一向引领乐坛潮流的麦当娜却固执地重拾舞曲风格，这次她可能真的选错了方向。
在全球范围内，《Confessions on a Dance Floor》并没有遇到同样问题，自从去年11月发行以来，专辑就在29个家国高居排行榜首，全球销售超过800万张。现在华纳唱片正全力以赴，准备推出第四首单曲《Jump》，毕利表示他们对此抱乐观态度，因为作为影片《时尚女魔头》（The Devil Wears Prada）的主题曲，该歌已经在电视和电台得到广泛流传。 |
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