Posted December 13, 201015 yr Cardle set for Xmas number one 11:00 | Tuesday December 14, 2010 By Charlotte Otter Source: MW Singles Matt Cardle’s victory in the X Factor at the weekend looks set to land the former Essex painter and decorator with the Christmas number one as it takes a strong lead in early midweek sales flashes. The 27 year-olds’ cover of Biffy Clyro’s Many Of Horror’s is currently more than 70,000 units ahead of its closest competitor, Rihanna Feat. Drake’s What’s My Name. If this state of play holds it might show that 2009’s battle between last year’s X Factor winner and Rage Against The Machine - backed by the show's protesters - was little more than an anomaly in the annual fight for the festive top slot. The original version of Cardle's song, by the Scottish rockers, also finds itself in the top ten in early sales - the only other new entry in the top 10 apart from Trashmen’s Surfin’ Bird at number three. Willow’s Whip My Hair, which last week look set to take the 10 year old to the top of the charts and Black Eyed Peas’ The Time both slip in the top ten. Meanwhile, Cage Against The Machine’s 4’33 track of silence, which was being mobilised as this year's X Factor protest song, just about scrapes into the top 20 – with the rest of the top 20 appearing almost static. Albums On the albums front, it seems that nothing can knock Take That’s Progress from its reign at the top of the charts for the fourth week running, confirming what many already suspected - that the record will deliver the band their first Christmas number one since reforming earlier this year. Michael Jackson’s posthumous Michael lands itself in the top five in the midweeks – with only 10,000 sales keeping it from Rihanna’s Loud at number two. For the former king of pop to compete head to head with Take That, he will have to more than double his album sales before Sunday. However he looks unlikely to slip out of the top five, which also features Michael Buble’s Crazy Love and Olly Murs’ self titled debut. Robbie Williams’ In And Out Of Consciousness was the only big gain in the top 30, entering the top 10 undoubtedly helped by gifting over the festive period. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Top 40 Only Singles 1 Matt Cardle [112k, more than 70k ahead of #2] 2 Rihanna ft. Drake 3 Trashmen [25k] 4 Ellie Goulding 5 The Black Eyed Peas Top 10 6 Take That 9 Biffy Clyro [15k] Michael Jackson & Akon Top 20 17 Rihanna [unfaithful] Cee Lo Green 19 John Cage – 4’33” [6k] Top 40 Corey Taylor Usher 40 Tinie Tempah ft. Kelly Rowland ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Take That 2 Rihanna 3 Michael Jackson 4 Michael Buble 5 Olly Murs Top 10 6 Robbie Williams – In And Out Of Consciousness Top 20 Rumer Top 30 Ellie Goulding Plan B James Blunt Top 40 Tinie Tempah 35 Biffy Clyro Bruce Springsteen Adele NO SALES INFO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTIST UPDATES Singles Willow 4+3 Rihanna [OG] 4+4 Katy Perry 10+2 X Factor Finalists 10+4 David Guetta ft. Rihanna 10+5 Nicole Scherzinger 10+6 JLS 20+1 Alexa Goddard 20+2 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl 20+6 Mariah Carey 20+8 Alexandra Burke 20+9 Eminem ft. Rihanna 30+8 Albums JLS 4+3 SuBo 4+4 The Black Eyed Peas 4+5 Kings Of Leon 5+5 Bon Jovi 5+6 :cheer: Katy Perry 10+5 Cheryl Cole 10+6 Alexandra Burke 30+1 Abba 30+6
December 13, 201015 yr Author Wednesday Update – Top 40 Only Singles 1 Matt Cardle (166k) 2 Rihanna ft. Drake (55.2k) 3 Trashmen (35.3k) 4 The Black Eyed Peas (27.4k) 5 Ellie Goulding (26.9k) Top 10 Take That 7 Biffy Clyro (22.1k) Michael Jackson & Akon Top 10 11 Katy Perry Top 20 17 Cee Lo Green Cage Against The Machine – 4’33” 19 Rihanna [unfaithful] Top 40 Usher Corey Taylor 39 Tinie Tempah ft. Kelly Rowland ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Take That 2 Rihanna 3 Michael Jackson 4 Michael Buble 5 Olly Murs Top 10 6 Robbie Williams – In And Out Of Consciousness Top 20 Rumer Top 30 Ellie Goulding Plan B James Blunt Russell Watson [TPC] Top 40 34 Biffy Clyro Cee Lo Green NO SALES INFO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTIST UPDATES Singles Rihanna [OG] 4+4 Willow 4+5 X Factor Finalists 10+4 David Guetta ft. Rihanna 10+5 Nicole Scherzinger 10+6 JLS 20+2 Alexa Goddard 20+4 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl 20+6 Mariah Carey 20+7 Alexandra Burke 20+9 Eminem ft. Rihanna 30+8 Albums JLS 4+3 SuBo 4+4 The Black Eyed Peas 4+5 Kings Of Leon 5+5 Bon Jovi 5+6 :cheer: Katy Perry 10+3 Cheryl Cole 10+6 Alexandra Burke 30+1 Abba 30+8
December 13, 201015 yr Author Thursday Update – Top 40 Only Singles 1 Matt Cardle 245k 2 Rihanna ft. Drake 68k 3 Trashmen 44k 4 The Black Eyed Peas 5 Ellie Goulding Top 10 Take That 7 Biffy Clyro Michael Jackson & Akon Top 15 11 Katy Perry Top 20 Cee Lo Green 18 Cage Against The Machine – 4’33” Top 30 21 Rihanna [unfaithful] Usher Top 40 Corey Taylor 38 Tinie Tempah ft. Kelly Rowland ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Take That 2 Rihanna 3 Michael Jackson 4 Michael Buble 5 Olly Murs Top 10 6 Robbie Williams – In And Out Of Consciousness Top 20 Rumer Top 30 Plan B Ellie Goulding Russell Watson [TPC] James Blunt Top 40 34 Biffy Clyro Cee Lo Green Take That [NF-TUC] NO SALES INFO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTIST UPDATES Singles Rihanna [OG] 4+4 Willow 4+5 X Factor Finalists 10+4 David Guetta ft. Rihanna 10+5 Nicole Scherzinger 10+6 JLS 20+2 Alexa Goddard 20+4 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl 20+6 Mariah Carey 20+7 Alexandra Burke 30+3 Eminem ft. Rihanna 30+9 Albums SuBo 4+3 JLS 4+4 Kings Of Leon 4+5 Bon Jovi 5+5 :cheer: The Black Eyed Peas 5+6 Katy Perry 10+3 Cheryl Cole 10+6 Alexandra Burke 30+1
December 13, 201015 yr Author Friday Update – Top 40 Only Singles 1 Matt Cardle 2 Rihanna ft. Drake 3 Trashmen 4 The Black Eyed Peas 5 Ellie Goulding Top 10 Take That 7 Biffy Clyro Michael Jackson & Akon Top 15 Top 20 Cee Lo Green 20 Cage Against The Machine – 4’33” Top 30 23 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl 24 Rihanna [unfaithful] 29 Adele Usher Top 40 36 Tinie Tempah ft. Kelly Rowland Corey Taylor ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Take That 2 Rihanna 3 Michael Buble 4 Michael Jackson 5 Olly Murs Top 10 7 Robbie Williams – In And Out Of Consciousness Top 20 19 Rumer Barbra Streisand Top 30 Plan B Ellie Goulding Russell Watson [TPC] James Blunt Top 40 35 Biffy Clyro Cee Lo Green Adele NO SALES INFO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTIST UPDATES Singles Rihanna [OG] 4+4 Willow 4+5 Katy Perry 6+6 X Factor Finalists 10+3 David Guetta ft. Rihanna 10+5 Nicole Scherzinger 10+6 JLS 20+1 Alexa Goddard 20+6 Mariah Carey 20+7 Alexandra Burke 30+5 Eminem ft. Rihanna 30+9 Albums SuBo 3+3 JLS 4+4 Bon Jovi 4+5 :cheer: Kings Of Leon 5+5 The Black Eyed Peas 5+6 Katy Perry 10+3 Cheryl Cole 10+6 Alexandra Burke 30+1
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December 14, 201015 yr Remember this time last year when Rage Against The Machine were #1 :wub: And Bertie threatened to stab Chris with a big knife :wub: Xmas 2009 :wub:
December 14, 201015 yr I expect the best from Matt Cardle, my prediction is 175k - 200k for first day. I'd like to see the original Many Of Horror do well too, both versions are amazing! And Unfaithful should go back to the top 20, am loving that song right now!
December 14, 201015 yr I expect the best from Matt Cardle, my prediction is 175k - 200k for first day. I'd like to see the original Many Of Horror do well too, both versions are amazing! And Unfaithful should go back to the top 20, am loving that song right now! I never thought I'd be defending Biffy Clyro in their sellout days, but Matt's version of the track is a travesty.
December 14, 201015 yr I expect the best from Matt Cardle, my prediction is 175k - 200k for first day. I'd like to see the original Many Of Horror do well too, both versions are amazing! And Unfaithful should go back to the top 20, am loving that song right now! Can't see Matt doing 175k first day - more like 100-125k
December 14, 201015 yr Matt Cardle on sales of 70k Really? Seems ridiculously low :o If he ends up selling say 400k for the week, the campaigners will be gutted that they didn't get out in force again this year!!
December 14, 201015 yr 112k for Matt Cardle, those are good sales hopefully he can sell 300 - 400k by the end of the week. Does anyone have Joe's opening sales last year to compare? Edited December 14, 201015 yr by *xmasG*
December 14, 201015 yr From OCC on Twitter: 1 Matt Cardle 112,000 2 Rihanna and Drake 3 Trashmen 25,000 Top 10 Biffy Clyro 15,000 19 John Cage 6,000
December 14, 201015 yr Author No, he's 70k ahead of #2. He's on 112k. I read it wrong, so Rihanna is on 42k :o not bad for #2
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