Bea
U know what I'm thrilled that Estelle has moved to a place where black females are celebrated and given a platform to reach a higher level. living in the UK I see the charts and wonder where are the black female singers? where are the dudes? thank god myspace and channel u are broadcasting for us. I'm not gonna lie, I bought Estelles first album and there was only one song I liked, I put it down to rubbish instrumentals and production team. but in saying that i'm not dissing the brit team behind that album, I could see that they were trying to cater for the white mainstream. anyway Good on you Miss Stell cause it's hard when ur own home dont embrace u. and that's how the film / TV treat black actors...but now the mainstream see that black people are doing things for themselves and producing films, KIDULTHOOD, WEST 10 LND etc etc...KEEP DOIN UR THING SIS.

Mike
She has the backin to break into the US but her musics deteriorated as a result. It was a lot better before she signed in US. However black artists from the UK don't get that much support so her move to the US is good in terms of her money. If British media werent so rock driven, namely stations like Radio 1 and BBC always makin rock programmes or playin rock tunes yet dont put any attention towards black UK music thinkin 1xtra is sufficient.

Paradigmshift302
Of course she has what it takes to make it big in the U.S.-which happens to be a lot bigger in terms of the so called 'urban' market. And why not? W/ Sway, Craig David, Floatry, ect creating some type of buzz in the States, who would'nt want to tap into an existing venue for other Black artist.

Azeez Ade
Of course Estelle has what it takes to break America. She is fresh, talented, smart and charismatic. With the right people, support and money behind her, she should succeed.Good on her for moving to America a la ‘Floetry’ to make it big: that is the reality of many talented Black British performers, be it in music or acting. The truth is these people are unlikely to make it here in the UK unless they are American or they have made it big in America first. The UK market is just not big or conducive enough. Too often Black homegrown talents are pigeonholed into a certain genre leaving them largely ignored and unmarketable to a majority white market. Personally Estelle’s mainstream debut ‘1980’ is my favourite song by her. It was original, easy to relate to and sincere. It also set her in a different league amongst her contemporaries.