Posted December 15, 200916 yr The first genuine battle in years for the Christmas number one slot has delivered round one to Rage Against The Machine, as campaigners aim to break X Factor’s festive monopoly. According to early sales figures from the Official Charts Company, the band’s 1993 hit Killing In The Name has opened up a lead of about 10% over The Climb, the debut single from X Factor winner Joe McElderry. The Rage Against The Machine track, which was the band’s first UK hit single and originally reached number 25 in 1993, has been propelled into the Christmas chart battle by a Facebook group campaign to try to stop X Factor landing the festive chart-topper for the fifth successive year. However, the RATM single, which like McElderry’s is a Sony release, will face increased competition as the week progresses as a physical version of The Climb will be released on Wednesday. Hollywood/Polydor act Miley Cyrus’s original hit version is also likely to make the Top 40 this Sunday. Until now, X Factor winners have had an impressive strike rate in reaching number one at Christmas with their debut releases, the run beginning with the ITV show’s first winner Shayne Ward in 2005 and then continuing with Leona Lewis, Leon Jackson and Alexandra Burke who topped last year’s Christmas chart with her version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah. The debut single from Steve Brookstein, who won the show in 2004, was released too late for the festive number one slot. Whatever the eventual outcome of the race, the two singles are likely to be joined in the Christmas Top 10 by a handful of other releases linked to X Factor’s two final shows broadcast last weekend. Virgin’s Robbie Williams You Know Me, which he performed on last Saturday’s show, is poised to climb into the top five, while George Michael’s Island-issued single December Song (I Dreamed Of Christmas), which featured on last Sunday’s main final, should debut in and around the Top 10. Meanwhile, Journey’s early Eighties hit Don’t Stop Believin’ could be heading into the UK Top 10 for this first time after McElderry performed it on last Sunday’s show. Although new closest challenger Reprise/Warner Bros’s Michael Buble is closing the gap with Crazy Love, Syco’s Susan Boyle’s looks very likely to spend a fourth consecutive at the top of the artist albums chart on Sunday with I Dreamed A Dream. Interscope/Polydor’s Black Eyed Peas and Lady GaGa and Epic’s JLS presently join Boyle and Buble in the week’s top five sellers, while Virgin’s Robbie Williams and Syco’s Leona Lewis are benefiting from X Factor performances and could well return to the Top 10 as a result. Paul McCartney, who also performed on last Sunday’s X Factor show, is currently just outside the week’s Top 20 sellers with his newly-issued Hear Music/Mercury album Good Evening New York City, a few places behind J/RCA’s new Alicia Keys album The Element Of Freedom. ================================= Top 40 Only Singles http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/4722242.JPG 1 Rage Against The Machine 83.2k 2 Joe McElderry 77.4k 3 Lady GaGa 20.5k 4 Robbie Williams 5 Peter Kay Top 10 7 Cheryl Cole 11.8k George Michael 11.10 9 Journey Top 15 11 3OH!3 ft. Katy Perry Top 20 Michael Buble Top 30 Alexandra Burke 22 Pet Shop Boys Leona Lewis [sCYHO] 27 Miley Cyrus Susan Boyle Top 40 Luther Vandross Miley Cyrus [Party In The USA] =========================== Albums http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/88697554542.JPG 1 Susan Boyle 2 Michael Buble 3 Black Eyed Peas 34.1k 4 JLS 5 Lady GaGa 30.8k Top 10 6 Robbie Williams Snow Patrol 24.6k 9 Leona Lewis Top 15 12 Will Young 14 Alicia Keys 15 Cheryl Cole Top 20 Paolo Nutini 19 Alexandra Burke Top 30 Paul McCartney Fleetwood Mac Top 40 Florence & The Machine Lily Allen Muse Katherine Jenkins [believe] NO SALES INFO ================================================= Artists Mini-Update Singles Alicia Keys 7+7 Cheryl "National Treasure" Cole FFTL 9+9 Pixie Lott 12+12 Pogues 20+5 JLS [EIL] 20+8 Mariah 20+10 Leona Lewis 30+5 Saturdays 30+6 Albums Take That 5+5 Will Young 6+6 Michael Jackson 10+7 Rihanna 20+2 N-Dubz 20+3
December 15, 200916 yr Author Wednesday Update 10:26 | Wednesday December 16, 2009 By Ben Cardew The battle for the Christmas number one slot continues to heat up, with Rage Against The Machine’s Killing In The Name extending its lead over Joe McElderry’s The Climb. According to sales figures from the Official Charts Company yesterday, the American band’s 1993 hit had opened up a lead of about 10% over The Climb, the debut single from X Factor winner McElderry, after two days of sales. OCC figures today show that Killing In The Name has now extended that lead to around 60%, selling another 92,000 copies yesterday to bring its total for the week so far to more than 175,000. The Climb has sold around 110,000 copies so far but is expected to receive a massive boost today when the CD single goes on general sale around the country. While the singles market is now overwhelmingly made up of download sales, X Factor Christmas singles traditionally sell strongly on CD. ==================================== Top 40 Only Singles http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/4722242.JPG 1 Rage Against The Machine 175.1k 2 Joe McElderry 109.7k 3 Lady GaGa 29k 4 Peter Kay 23k 5 Robbie Williams 20k Top 10 6 Cheryl Cole 17k 7 3OH! feat Katy Perry 17k 9 Journey Top 15 11George Michael Top 20 Alexandra Burke Top 30 Michael Buble 24 Leona Lewis [sCYHO] 28 Miley Cyrus 30 Pet Shop Boys Top 40 33 Saturdays Luther Vandross =========================== Albums http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/88697554542.JPG 1 Susan Boyle 139k 2 Michael Buble 3 Black Eyed Peas 4 JLS 5 Lady GaGa Top 10 6 Robbie Williams Snow Patrol 8 Leona Lewis Top 15 12 Will Young 13 Cheryl Cole 15 Alicia Keys Top 20 Paolo Nutini 20 Alexandra Burke Top 30 Paul McCartney Fleetwood Mac Top 40 Florence & The Machine Lily Allen Katherine Jenkins [believe] ========================= Artists Mini-Update Singles Alicia Keys 7+7 Cheryl "National Treasure" Cole FFTL 10+7 Pixie Lott 12+11 Pogues 20+2 JLS [EIL] 20+5 Mariah 20+7 Leona Lewis 30+5 Albums Take That 5+5 Will Young 6+6 Michael Jackson 10+7 Rihanna 20+3 N-Dubz 20+1
December 16, 200916 yr Author Topic for Wednesday, and probably another for tomorrow -_- The old thread is now closed all mid chat in here please, can I just repeat please stay on track, don't go off tandem, as I will ignore your requests if the thread gets long winded. Anyhoo it probably falls on deaf ears. Also if a member becomes abusive, just ignore, don't bait each other over it, it won't get you nowhere. Other people are reading this topic it just deters people from reading on. Nice to see the crowd filtering in quickly
December 16, 200916 yr Who do we reckon is number 1 today? Well isnt the physicals of Joe just released today so that wont help. So i presume its still RATM today. Also whenever you have time, could you post the positions of Mariah and The Pogues xmas songs please. Thanks x
December 16, 200916 yr Joe was ahead of Rage for alot of yesterday - so Joe could just edge it today - either way gonna be close
December 16, 200916 yr Author A bit of info on Madonna and Kylie found on other sites for yesterday. Apparently Revolver Top 190, and Kylie's album 'Live in NYC' Top 145, I wasn't too sure of Kylie's album entering the album chart, but it has
December 16, 200916 yr Joe was ahead of Rage for alot of yesterday - so Joe could just edge it today - either way gonna be close The gap wasn't as big though, and most the time was being closed down, and it was earlier in the day. RATM took over at about 4pm. I expect them to be about 20k ahead. Edited December 16, 200916 yr by Sharpshooter
December 16, 200916 yr Author I can't believe it MW have f***ed up the mids, they have omitted all the new entries, Lady Gaga is #1 :rofl:
December 16, 200916 yr I can't believe it MW have f***ed up the mids, they have omitted all the new entries, Lady Gaga is #1 :rofl: maybe Rage/Joe have both been disqualified for chart hyping :kink:
December 16, 200916 yr Author maybe Rage/Joe have both been disqualified for chart hyping :kink: But that doesn't explain where PSB, Leona Lewis, Miley Cyrus, 3OH!3, Joe are :lol:
December 16, 200916 yr Report just posted on Music Week... The battle for the Christmas number one slot continues to heat up, with Rage Against The Machine’s Killing In The Name extending its lead over Joe McElderry’s The Climb. According to sales figures from the Official Charts Company yesterday, the American band’s 1993 hit had opened up a lead of about 10% over The Climb, the debut single from X Factor winner McElderry, after two days of sales. OCC figures today show that Killing In The Name has now extended that lead to around 60%, selling another 92,000 copies yesterday to bring its total for the week so far to more than 175,000. The Climb has sold around 110,000 copies so far but is expected to receive a massive boost today when the CD single goes on general sale around the country. While the singles market is now overwhelmingly made up of download sales, X Factor Christmas singles traditionally sell strongly on CD.
December 16, 200916 yr :26 | Wednesday December 16, 2009 By Ben Cardew The battle for the Christmas number one slot continues to heat up, with Rage Against The Machine’s Killing In The Name extending its lead over Joe McElderry’s The Climb. According to sales figures from the Official Charts Company yesterday, the American band’s 1993 hit had opened up a lead of about 10% over The Climb, the debut single from X Factor winner McElderry, after two days of sales. OCC figures today show that Killing In The Name has now extended that lead to around 60%, selling another 92,000 copies yesterday to bring its total for the week so far to more than 175,000. The Climb has sold around 110,000 copies so far but is expected to receive a massive boost today when the CD single goes on general sale around the country. While the singles market is now overwhelmingly made up of download sales, X Factor Christmas singles traditionally sell strongly on CD.
December 16, 200916 yr LOL ehm they seem to forget the physical will possibly only sell 80k anyways... keep on buying RATM! 8)
December 16, 200916 yr 65k lead :o Wow! Rage are outliving all expectations I had, I know they'll lose it now but it's an epic achievement.
December 16, 200916 yr Report just posted on Music Week... The battle for the Christmas number one slot continues to heat up, with Rage Against The Machine’s Killing In The Name extending its lead over Joe McElderry’s The Climb. According to sales figures from the Official Charts Company yesterday, the American band’s 1993 hit had opened up a lead of about 10% over The Climb, the debut single from X Factor winner McElderry, after two days of sales. OCC figures today show that Killing In The Name has now extended that lead to around 60%, selling another 92,000 copies yesterday to bring its total for the week so far to more than 175,000. The Climb has sold around 110,000 copies so far but is expected to receive a massive boost today when the CD single goes on general sale around the country. While the singles market is now overwhelmingly made up of download sales, X Factor Christmas singles traditionally sell strongly on CD. I think RATM has it in the bag now - I honestly can't see Joe's physicals closing that gap all week. Would be really interesting if Joe went to #1 in the mids tomorrow, and then RATM took it back on Friday and stayed there on Sunday (or Joe retook it). :D
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