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Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale
The Killers. It takes skill to sing and play their music and an inventive mind put those song forms together. And thats why they had three #1 hits from their debut album.
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Ok, it takes skill to produce #1 hits.
I would note that the highest the Killers have gone on the Billboard top 100 is 10 with
Mr. Brightside.
When You Were Young reached #1 on the US modern rock chart.
Nickelback, by comparison, has had six top-ten singles on the Billboard top 100 compared to the Killers' one, with
How You Remind Me reaching the top for four consecutive weeks, and spent 13 weeks at the top of the modern rock charts. They have had 7 #1 singles on the modern rock chart.
Album wise, Nickelback's last four albums topped out at 2, 6, 1, and 2 on the Billboard top 200 chart, and all are multi-platinum. The Killers' three albums are all multi-platinum as well, but none have topped the chart.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killers_Discography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelback_discography
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Now, obviously this is all out of context of your overall point, but seriously, you left yourself open by trying to claim "skill" = #1 hits in this regard.
I'm not arguing that Nickelback and its clones are a shining example of brilliant songwriting. What they are, however, are bands who understands how to appeal to the widest demographic and are incredibly successful at doing so.