December 16, 200915 yr I was fully behind the campaign to start with, and have no reason to believe that whoever is running it is being paid for it, but when I hear of people downloading the RATM track dozens of times because nowhere near all of the people who promised to buy it have actually done so, I find myself not really caring if it makes No.1 on Sunday. If whatever the amount of people only downloaded the track just the once I would see it as a victory over X Factor, but the sales figures are being heavily manipulated with people being told that they are allowed to buy so many times from each online retailer, and are further exploiting this loophole by using different email addresses, card details, etc every time they do it. I have to admit the campaign has been very well run, and no other song would have come close to getting the same backing, but it's gotten out of hand now. Anyone who thinks there can be a regular occurrence of this (i.e. next Christmas vs the X Factor), then they can think again. Most of the people who are involved this time won't keep on spending their money on something they really aren't bothered about anyway (the charts), and there won't be another song that will match up to the anti-Cowell, rebellious nature of KITN. For all people say that they want an actual Christmas song at the top of the charts despite the fact that there have been tons released in the last five years, they don't actually want it because a Christmas record would be cheesy and fun for everyone, instead of "cool" and sweary words abound, which is one of the main reasons this campaign has been so successful.
December 16, 200915 yr You've never been to Embrace on a Wednesday then... I became a fan of the song from hearing it out so much! Not since first year no, I got away from there as soon as :P
December 16, 200915 yr Hello all, I'm new here. My first post! I had a question about the itunes popularity chart that's posted. What TIME does the chart refer to ? Is is relative sales - this week? Last 7 days? Today?? What does it tell us about the relative sales then say- today? Thanks in advance. I have no idea how the chart is calculated.
December 16, 200915 yr Just come across this on Youtube.. :lol: is it already on here? Love the Susan it :lol: It's explicit..so if it's not OK just remove it please. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2AYUqVNSsY...player_embedded
December 16, 200915 yr I just wish it was Bohemian Rhapsody by the Muppets was in with a shot for the Xmas No.1, but hey! :D
December 16, 200915 yr Daily Star have the story about Cowell also benefitting financially from the RATM campaign on their front page tomorrow.
December 16, 200915 yr Daily Star have the story about Cowell also benefitting financially from the RATM campaign on their front page tomorrow. :lol: Either this is another case of people thinking Cowell is higher up in Sony then he actually is or Cowell and Clifford's next card is trying to manipulate people into thinking Cowell gets money from this despite this not being the point of the campaign.
December 16, 200915 yr Author Daily Star have the story about Cowell also benefitting financially from the RATM campaign on their front page tomorrow. I think the fact they think that is front page news just shows how little we should take the Daily Star article seriously. it is such a joke of a newspaper.
December 16, 200915 yr On North East Tonight just now, it said 8000 copies of Joe’s single were sold at HMV in South Shields today, expect to sell 20,000 by Saturday. Figures look immense! If a quarter of that success is repeated in 100 other stores/supermarkets, he will have sold over 200,000 copies today alone!
December 16, 200915 yr I think the fact they think that is front page news just shows how little we should take the Daily Star article seriously. it is such a joke of a newspaper. Indeed anyone who ever watched the Charlie Brooker Newswipe episode on the power of Max Clifford (before he got the BBC to pull it inside 72 Hours) will know that Max Clifford can pretty much get the Daily Star to print what he likes. Allegedly. This is probably blatant misinformation being passed on to pot off people from downloading RATM in an attempt to get the X-Factor winner its 5th consecutive Xmas #1. Because I bet you wont see the likes of the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph or the NME printing this because they already know it is false information because Syco is a small subsection of Sony Records not the other way around.
December 16, 200915 yr On North East Tonight just now, it said 8000 copies of Joe’s single were sold at HMV in South Shields today, expect to sell 20,000 by Saturday. Figures look immense! If a quarter of that success is repeated in 100 other stores/supermarkets, he will have sold over 200,000 copies today alone! Well he is from the North East. I mean Leon Jackson sold over half of his physical sales of his X-Factor winning single in Scotland ..... ..... Having said that I still fully expect the future panto star in two year time to be #1 on the midweeks tomorrow, and the same on Sunday.
December 16, 200915 yr Hello all, I'm new here. My first post! I had a question about the itunes popularity chart that's posted. What TIME does the chart refer to ? Is is relative sales - this week? Last 7 days? Today?? What does it tell us about the relative sales then say- today? Thanks in advance. I have no idea how the chart is calculated. The iTunes chart is a rolling 24 hour chart. It is updated regularly showing the top sellers over the previous 24 hours. And welcome to the forum :)
December 16, 200915 yr Well he is from the North East. I mean Leon Jackson sold over half of his physical sales of his X-Factor winning single in Scotland ..... ..... Having said that I still fully expect the future panto star in two year time to be #1 on the midweeks tomorrow, and the same on Sunday. Thankfully not a chance :dance:
December 16, 200915 yr I just wish it was Bohemian Rhapsody by the Muppets was in with a shot for the Xmas No.1, but hey! :D Me too, or even Pet Shop Boys excellent Christmas EP. About time they had their 2nd xmas no.1.
December 16, 200915 yr judging by the 2 to 1 lead on itunes and the 65k lead already, do people really think joe will be #1 in the mids tomorrow? i would say RATM have added an extra 60k lead from downloads today, so id say excluding joes cd sales they are 125k ahead, do people think he has sold 130k cds in 1 day? when did an artist last sell 130k cds in 1 day?
December 16, 200915 yr Joe was APPEARING in the South Shields HMV - is why they sold so much. Supposed to have been 2000 fans at least just so see him at the time he appeared..
December 16, 200915 yr Was a signing session; http://www.jarrowandhebburngazette.com/lat...elds.5912375.jp
December 16, 200915 yr amazon uk mp3 download chart have rage #1 and #3, the explict and non explict versions, joe is #2. so it is outselling joe on there to and has an extra version sell bucketloads.
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