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Radio station prevents audience against overplay

Radio station "Essex FM" bans James Blunt songs

A radio station said it has banned songs by James Blunt from its airwaves after listeners said they were fed up with hearing "You're beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover".
Chris Cotton, programme controller of local radio Essex FM in southern England, said:"We don't have anything against James Blunt and we're pleased he has been so successful, but we really need a break.
"The music industry exerts a lot of pressure on radio stations to play certain artists' music over and over again, Cotton said.
"Often this can be out of step with the audience's tastes, which results in songs being overplayed", he said. "We're happy to stand up to this pressure and follow the strong messages listeners have given us. We encourage other radio stations to take the same step."
Despite this minor setback, Blunt has enjoyed phenomenal success since his voice first emanated from radio stations across the world last year.
"You're beautiful" topped the charts in 25 countries.
In March, the former army officer became the first British artist to reach the number one slot in the US Billboard chart in nine years.
His album, "Back to Bedlam" has sold more than seven million copies worldwilde.

Source "The Kathmandu Post" Thursday, June 1, 2006

Note: Happysongs encourages this step by Essex FM, but would like to see radio stations preventing overplay from the beginning and stand up to the pressure of the music industry and play what they like to play.

If you still like to hear James Blunt you can buy his songs following this links:

You're beautiful

Goodbye My Lover

Wisemen

Back to Bedlam - complete album

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