I have been a little obsessed with UK’s X Factor.  X Factor is another Simon Cowell singing competition show.  On this show he is not nasty but supportive – strange.  It is in, I think, its sixth season.  In the past Sharon Osborne was a judge and in the last couple years Cheryl Cole, from the group Girls Aloud, took over for Sharon as the forth judge.

X Factor is different from the states ‘American Idol’ in that the singers are amazingly more seasoned.  I wonder if they are hand picked and less of a cattle call show like AI.

I found X Factor as a You Tube Channel.  I was hooked from the beginning.  Cheryl stood out as a VERY beautiful person who seemed to know music and was very supportive of the acts on stage.  I had no idea she was a singer at the time.

This month her first single from her upcoming CD was released.  It is #1 in the UK and is simple Pop/Dance song and is perfect for Top 40 radio and the remixes are sure to show up at a club dance floor near you.  

My big question in the music industry is why music is not more global.  Why do we have certain acts in the states at only hit here.  The bigger questions is why acts seem to only hit outside of the states and not here.  Are we that fickle or have music execs got it wrong here?  Why is it that Kyle Minogue is just now, for the first time in her career, touring the US?  Why is it that Pink is bigger in Europe than the US (until this last year)?  Very strange.  I bring this up because Cheryl’s song is #1 in the UK and I am going to guess that it will not even be heard on US radio.  This is perplexing to me.

I like it.  Give it a listen.  Does she remind you of Shania Twain or is it just me?