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ST Poll: Name some musical acts that when they first hit, you were so sure would be megastars and ended up missing the mark.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Nov 17 '23, 10:29

I'm thinking Leanne Rimes type people who came out of the gate at 15 with a voice that was so great...and within 5 years was no longer anything.

Her and Evanescence would be my two biggest picks for this.

Responses:

I thought Dream would have been bigger. And honestly, I think my answer is Kesha. A lot was out of her control and I feel bad. But that career ended. -- nm - MDH Nov 17, 11:18
I felt Alessia Cara should have been bigger. And while Alicia Keys was big, should have been much bigger. -- nm - sycor Nov 17, 11:04
a-ha -- nm - Spawn Nov 17, 11:02 5
- Good call. Big in Europe doesn't count :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 11:03 4
  - Then Biffy Clyro and Nothing But Thieves. :D -- nm - JaxSean Nov 17, 11:07 1
    - SXM's alt channel played the hell out of Overcome earlier this year. -- nm - Tim Nov 17, 11:22
  - Ah! -- nm* - Spawn Nov 17, 11:05 1
    - He was just too sexy. -- nm - sycor Nov 17, 11:07
Gnarls Barkley -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 17, 10:57 1
- Good one. -- nm - David Nov 17, 11:00
Leanne went back to country and started trying to act according to wiki. Country starts don't tend to be megastars you hear about often. - sycor Nov 17, 10:54
Lightning Seeds -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 17, 10:52
Lauryn Hill. She made one solo album and then just stopped making new music. -- nm* - Krusty Nov 17, 10:50 2
- Her unplugged album is a fascinating disaster -- nm - Tim Nov 17, 11:01
- Oh, there were extenuating circumstances, but I'd throw in Corinne Bailey Rae. -- nm - David Nov 17, 10:54
Greta Van Fleet. - zunk takes things literally Nov 17, 10:49 1
- they're damn near selling out arenas -- nm - Remlik Nov 17, 11:23
There was that country singer a while back - Beryllium Nov 17, 10:49
The Knack with My Sharona -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 10:47
No clue if it's true, but I had heard Evanescence was terrible live. So that may have impacted them. -- nm - sycor Nov 17, 10:40
Evanescence is top 25 all-time in hard rock sales. But I'd say The Hooters. -- nm - David Nov 17, 10:39 3
- Hooters were always going to be a regional Philly band that had a moment. Like Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, were never going to be bigger... - Remlik Nov 17, 11:25
- How much is left if you take out that first album and the follow-up? - Will Hunting Nov 17, 10:50
- they were huge -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 17, 10:42
I would have said both of those made it, in a way, considering I heard of them and don’t know the song they’re famous for. -- nm - Loyola Nov 17, 10:35
Terence Trent D'arby i guess? Neneh Cherry. Sade was kinda big but shoulda been sooo much bigger -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 17, 10:31 3
- *family feud good answer clap* -- nm - oblique Nov 17, 10:45
- I expected her brother Eagle-Eye to be bigger too. -- nm - sycor Nov 17, 10:39 1
  - I loved his voice. -- nm - David Nov 17, 10:40

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