Billboard Magazine named Nickelback band of the decade

lukin2006
lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
edited December 2009 in Other Music
Can't stand them!!!!!How bad was this decade in music when this band becomes band of the decade???????????
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  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Well, considering that Billboard magazine is one of the lamest mags out there I can see why.
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  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    what was this claim based on? numbers, its Billboard about numbers

    so what were the numbers that made them band of the year?
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  • 37pheet
    37pheet Posts: 433
    i think they are judging by album sales, not by talent.
  • Music For Rhinos
    Music For Rhinos Posts: 1,693
    That's pretty sad.
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,037
    Music For Rhinos wrote:
    That's pretty sad.

    Very sad. The White Stripes would be a pretty good choice. But maybe Billboard awards go by album sales.
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  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Here's the storey.

    Nickelback is the top group of the decade, according to Billboard magazine.

    Rapper Eminem has been named the top artist of the decade, and 'N Sync garnered the title album of the decade for its bestselling No Strings Attached (2000).

    Nickelback was the highest-ranking band of the decade, only finishing behind solo artists Eminem, 50 Cent, Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Nelly and Usher, for overall impact and importance.

    Despite a distinct lack of critical acclaim, the rock band formed in Hanna, Alta., has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. In the last decade, it released The State (2001), Silver Side Up (2001), The Long Road (2003), All the Right Reasons (2005) and Dark Horse (2008), which has garnered them a 2010 Grammy nomination for best hard-rock performance for the track Burn It To The Ground.

    "We've just accepted that we're never going to be the critics' darlings, and we're OK with that," frontman Chad Kroeger told Billboard in 2007.

    But it's not only music reporters who disagree with Billboard magazine's assertion.

    Readers of the U.K.'s Word Magazine recently voted Nickelback the worst band in the world, with Kroeger and company locking down an impressive 20 per cent of the vote. Looks like not everyone is a fan of greasy, bleached hair and enlightening, philosophical song titles such as Something in Your Mouth and S.E.X.

    Sample lyrics: "Maybe in the parking lot / Better bring your friend along / Better rock together / Than just one at a time / S is for the simple need / E is for the ecstasy / X is just to mark the spot / 'Cause that's the one you really want."

    From top group of the decade to worst band in the world — only Nickelback could be so polarizing
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  • Commy
    Commy Posts: 4,984
    hell yeah.

    nickleback rules


    if you're 12.


    and like just awful music,
  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Commy wrote:
    hell yeah.

    nickleback rules


    if you're 12.


    and like just awful music,
    :D:D:D:D:D
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  • pearl spam
    pearl spam Posts: 154
    ha ha ha!! what a load of poo!
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Look at it 1 or 2 ways..

    It's impressive that they can still get those sales. Nobody buys albums. :(:(:(

    or

    Most people that are really into music steal it.
  • craigb
    craigb Posts: 806
    Band of the Decade:

    The White Stripes!
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  • Aaron 23
    Aaron 23 Allen, TX Posts: 543
    DewieCox wrote:
    Look at it 1 or 2 ways..

    It's impressive that they can still get those sales. Nobody buys albums. :(:(:(

    or

    Most people that are really into music steal it.
    or

    People that listen to Nickelback are a bunch of low browed troglodytes that don't know how to steal it...just a thought.
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,271
    Who is Nickelback?

    Who would you choose as the band of the decade?

    For me it have to say RUSH after a 5 year layoff: 3 world tours 3 live DVD's, 3 live cd's, 2 studio albums+ cover album FEEDBACK

    Best of ALL no induction to that Rock and Roll Hall of Fame :D

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  • Aaron 23
    Aaron 23 Allen, TX Posts: 543
    g under p wrote:
    Who would you choose as the band of the decade?
    For me personally? Pearl Jam. :lol:

    In all honesty, though, if I had to choose a "band of the decade" I would go with Radiohead. Everything from Kid A (2000), to the great experiment, In Rainbows, has had a great influence on the music scene and have been hailed both critically and commercially. I believe Thom Yorke was even referenced as the "6th most important person in the music industry" back in 2001 or something by one source.
  • Ricsard
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    lukin2006 wrote:

    Nickelback was the highest-ranking band of the decade, only finishing behind solo artists Eminem, 50 Cent, Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Nelly and Usher, for overall impact and importance.

    Jesus, it must have been the sad decade of the worst mainstream music EVER :!:
    I mean, look at those names and think about their songs...whiners and douches...they are simply fuckin terrible, Alicia Keys is gifted but her songs suck as well...Maybe Nickelback is the least worst of them, and this fact says it all!!! ;)
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,747
    :lol::lol: who cares??we already know how good music sounds,so fuck them..
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  • HeavyHands
    HeavyHands Posts: 2,131
    smarchee wrote:
    what was this claim based on? numbers, its Billboard about numbers

    so what were the numbers that made them band of the year?

    ^^^ This. I would like to know how they define their metrics for determining "best" anything. Other than that I will immediately forget this even happened upon hitting the submit button.
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  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    As if I ever cared about Billboard's opinion in the first place, any chance they had of convincing me has definitely just taken a irreversable nose dive into a huge steaming pile. It's still a wonder to me that there are so many people who are comfortable with listening to molded, uninspirational music with thoughtless lyrics and an overall tasteless sound.

    Nickelback = Failure of the decade.
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,955
    dcfaithful wrote:
    As if I ever cared about Billboard's opinion in the first place, any chance they had of convincing me has definitely just taken a irreversable nose dive into a huge steaming pile. It's still a wonder to me that there are so many people who are comfortable with listening to molded, uninspirational music with thoughtless lyrics and an overall tasteless sound.

    Nickelback = Failure of the decade.

    It's pretty fucking sad, isnt it?
  • PrlJamin10
    PrlJamin10 Posts: 48
    Billboard Magazine should now be named worst magazine of the century for naming such a non talented, crappy band as band of the decade! I'd rather listen to elevator music than Nickelback!
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