They play Mary, the Radio 2-friendly ballad from their first album.
To be precise, almost everything was either an ice-dancers-friendly ballad or a rejiggered version of Cher's 1998 single "Believe".
Vitamin C The orange-haired songstress known for 1999's sunny pop smash "Smile" and the commencement-friendly ballad "Graduation (Friends Forever)" hasn't made an album since 2001, when her second effort "More" peaked at only No. 122 on the Billboard charts.
But Straight Outta Compton didn't show how Michel'le's radio-friendly ballads and uptempo dance tracks helped pave the way for Ruthless' mainstream credibility.
But Westlife's continued popularity and has done little to silence their critics, who have spent over a decade railing against the boyband's safe and formulaic brand of mum-friendly ballads.
Click here to view Finally, keen not to be pigeonholed as a club diva, Jessie was paired with former new folk-er Kid Harpoon to write a clutch of stirring, Heart FM-friendly ballads to complete the album.
Pop music has become so proficient at launching artists using an orchestrated campaign of social media, rap guest spots, mum-friendly ballads and an Asos-first attitude to creativity that it can pretty much control and guarantee the success of new, albeit incredibly dull, music.
As with Devotion, Tough Love is an album the flits effortlessly between Radio 2-friendly ballads, such as the string-drenched Pieces, to the textured, Miguel-assisted Kind of … Sometimes … Maybe and the deliriously loved-up Champagne Kisses (which, she's keen to point out, isn't about "expensive blowies").
Gary Barlow is still there too, more waistcoat than man now, solemnly hitting a piano pedal with his big foot and playing millionaire-friendly ballads.
(Sisario) KAISER CHIEFS (Tomorrow) Gracefully but not always excitingly, this band from Leeds, England, mingles the spunky minimalism of XTC-vintage post-punk with the ballad-friendly melodicism of '90s Britpop.
He also went further to note the lack of commercial influence and modern rock aspects of previous albums, continuing; "There's no radio-size, four-minute rock here, no pop-friendly choruses, no ballads, no solos, no wayward experimentation".
