Posted February 8, 201016 yr Cowell Haiti single over 200,000 sales 10:56 | Tuesday February 9, 2010 By Paul Williams Singles Simon Cowell’s charity single for Haiti is on course to achieve one of the biggest first-week sales this century, with around 205,000 copies sold of Everybody Hurts in just two days. The Syco-issued cover of the REM classic, which features acts including Susan Boyle, Michael Buble, Cheryl Cole and Leona Lewis under the collective name Helping Haiti, is comfortably outselling the rest of the Top 20 combined, according to OCC sales figures. It will now be a question of just how many copies it will end up selling before the chart week ends at the close of business this Saturday, with the only chart battle now left to determine being who will occupy the runners-up position on the countdown. Island’s Owl City with Fireflies, which spent a third week at number one last Sunday, is the week’s second biggest seller so far with a sale that is less than one-tenth of that of Everybody Hurts. Timabland featuring Katy Perry’s Interscope/Polydor-issued If We Ever Meet Again, which moved up to three on last Sunday’s chart, is the week’s third top seller, while J/RCA’s Alicia Keys with Empire State Of Mind (Part II) and the Epic-issued Don’t Stop Believin’ by Glee Cast completing the top five. Albums While the race is over on singles, a close battle for top spot is playing out on the artists albums chart between two long-established UK acts with newly-issued albums. Virgin’s Massive Attack are ahead at present with Heligoland as they seek their third number one on the chart, but they are fewer than 2,000 sales ahead of Sade’s new RCA album Soldier Of Love. Sade has only topped the chart once before, back in November 1985 with Promise. Alicia Keys’ J/RCA album The Element Of Freedom, which gave her a first number one on last Sunday’s chart, is the third biggest seller at this early stage of the week, but is itself fewer than 1,000 sales behind Sade. The closeness of the week’s biggest sellers is further emphasised by Decca’s Andre Rieu with Forever Vienna and Atlantic’s Paolo Nutnin with Sunny Side Up, the fourth and fifth top sellers of the week so far, both only a few thousand sales off the number one position. There is plenty of new release activity outside the Top 10 with entries expected from Deutsche Grammophon’s Rolando Villazon, Warner Bros’s Him, Gil Scott-Heron with his XL debut I’m New Here and Sony’s Barry Manilow and Virgin’s UB40 with Valentine’s Day-targeted sets. ============================================ Top 40 Only Singles 1 Global Stars – Helping Haiti (~205,000) 2 Owl City 3 Timbaland feat. Katy Perry 4 Alicia Keys 5 Glee Cast Top 10 3OH!3 10 Kesha Top 15 Jay Sean/Sean Paul/Lil Jon Lady Gaga – BR Top 20 Rihanna Top 30 Pixie Lott Young Money ft. Lloyd Top 40 Calvin Harris Cheryl Cole Lady Gaga ft. Beyonce 37 Glee Cast – Halo/Walking On Sunshine Tracy Chapman – Fast Car ======================================== Albums 1 Massive Attack (~2,000 ahead of Sade) 2 Sade (~1,000 ahead of Alicia) 3 Alicia Keys 4 Andre Rieu 5 Paolo Nutini Top 10 10 Pixie Lott Top 15 Michael Buble Black Eyed Peas Rolando Top 20 Him Screamworks Top 30 Gil Scott Heron Barry Manilow UB40 Top 40 Rihanna Marvin Gaye Yeasayer Seasick Steve ============================================ Mini artists update Singles Alexandra (BH) 10+9 Kesha (TT) 10+10 Saturdays 20+2 Florence (YGTL) 20+5 Albums KOL 30+2 Alexandra 30+3 ============================================ NO SALES INFO
February 8, 201016 yr Author Wednesday Update - Top 40 Only Singles 1 Global Stars – Helping Haiti 2 Owl City 3 Timbaland feat. Katy Perry 4 Alicia Keys 5 Glee Cast - DSB Top 10 3OH!3 10 Kesha Top 15 12 Glee Cast – Halo/WOS Jay Sean/Sean Paul/Lil Jon Top 20 16 Rihanna 20 Glee Cast – IML/Confessions Pt. II Top 30 Pixie Lott Young Money ft. Lloyd Calvin Harris Top 40 32 Cheryl Cole 37 Lady Gaga ft. Beyonce Zinc ft. Ms Dynamite ======================================== Albums 1 Massive Attack 2 Sade 3 Andre Rieu 4 Alicia Keys 5 Paolo Nutini Top 10 8 Michael Buble Top 15 11 Pixie Lott Rolando Villazon Top 20 Fleetwood Mac Top 30 George Benson Lily Allen UB40 Him Screamworks Gil Scott Heron Barry Manilow Top 40 Marvin Gaye Seasick Steve Robbie Williams ============================================ Mini artists update Singles Lady Gaga (BR) 10+9 Alexandra (BH) 10+11 Kesha (TT) 10+12 Saturdays 20+4 Florence (YGTL) 20+7 Albums Rihanna 30+2 KOL 30+3 Alexandra 30+4 ============================================ NO SALES INFO
February 8, 201016 yr Author Thursday Update - Top 40 Only Singles 1 Global Stars – Helping Haiti 2 Owl City 3 Timbaland feat. Katy Perry 4 Alicia Keys 5 Glee Cast - DSB Top 10 3OH!3 7 JLS 9 Glee Cast – Halo/WOS Kesha Top 15 Jay Sean/Sean Paul/Lil Jon 14 Glee Cast – IML/Confessions Pt. II Top 20 17 Rihanna Top 30 Pixie Lott 28 Young Money ft. Lloyd Calvin Harris Cheryl Cole Top 40 38 Lady Gaga ft. Beyonce Zinc ft. Ms Dynamite ======================================== Albums 1 Andre Rieu 2 Alicia Keys 3 Sade 4 Massive Attack 5 Paolo Nutini Top 10 8 Peter Andre Michael Buble Black Eyed Peas Top 15 12 Pixie Lott Rolando Villazon Top 20 George Benson Fleetwood Mac Top 30 Jay-Z Lily Allen UB40 Marvin Gaye Gil Scott Heron Barry Manilow Top 40 Him Screamworks Seasick Steve Robbie Williams Glee Cast ============================================ Mini artists update Singles Lady Gaga (BR) 10+10 Alexandra (BH) 10+11 Kesha (TT) 10+12 Saturdays 20+4 Florence (YGTL) 20+7 Albums JLS 20+3 Kesha 20+4 KOL 30+1 Rihanna 30+2 Alexandra 30+4 ============================================ NO SALES INFO
February 8, 201016 yr Author Friday Update - Top 40 Only Singles 1 Global Stars – Helping Haiti 2 Owl City 3 Timbaland feat. Katy Perry 4 Alicia Keys 5 Glee Cast - DSB Top 10 3OH!3 7 JLS 8 Glee Cast – Halo/WOS Top 15 Jay Sean/Sean Paul/Lil Jon 14 Glee Cast – IML/Confessions Pt. II 15 Rihanna Top 30 Pixie Lott Cheryl Cole Calvin Harris 29 Young Money ft. Lloyd Top 40 38 Lady Gaga ft. Beyonce Zinc ft. Ms Dynamite ======================================== Albums 1 Andre Rieu 2 Alicia Keys 3 Sade 4 Massive Attack 5 Paolo Nutini Top 10 Michael Buble 8 Peter Andre Black Eyed Peas Top 15 11 Pixie Lott George Benson Rolando Villazon Top 20 Fleetwood Mac Top 30 UB40 Marvin Gaye Barry Manilow Rihanna Top 40 Gil Scott Heron Seasick Steve Robbie Williams Him ============================================ Mini artists update Singles Lady Gaga (BR) 10+10 Alexandra (BH) 10+11 Kesha (TT) 10+13 Saturdays 20+4 Florence (YGTL) 20+10 Albums JLS 20+2 Kesha 20+5 KOL 20+8 Rihanna 20+10 Alexandra 30+4 ============================================ NO SALES INFO
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February 9, 201016 yr Haiti single 'sells 150,000 in two days' Tuesday, February 9 2010, 09:28 GMT Simon Cowell's 'Helping Haiti' charity single has reportedly sold 150,000 copies in its first two days of release. The track, a cover of REM's 1992 hit 'Everybody Hurts', is currently outselling its nearest chart rival by four to one. The single was given a global release on February 8 and is on course to end Owl City's five-week reign at the top of the UK charts with 'Fireflies'. "For it to sell over 100,000 copies in a day or two underlines once again the generosity of the UK and Irish public when called upon to help others," HMV spokesman Gennaro Castaldo said. Music retailers have been stocking the single at £3.99 and it is available as a download for 99p. Half the proceeds will go to The Sun's Helping Haiti fund and the other half to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC). The song features a lineup of 21 artists, including Leona Lewis, Rod Stewart, Mariah Carey, Cheryl Cole, Susan Boyle, Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams. According to music industry experts, sales are expected to top one million and the song could become the best-selling single of the past ten years. Digital Spy: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a20...n-two-days.html .
February 9, 201016 yr Massive sales this week then - probably around 450k as its gonna sell a hell of a lot of physicals in addition to its downloads.
February 9, 201016 yr Author fuc.k me, sales are going to go through the roof, over 500k, it will pass a million this time next week :lol: Surely it be the quickest single to pass the million mark. :o
February 9, 201016 yr fuc.k me, sales are going to go through the roof, over 500k, it will pass a million this time next week :lol: Surely it be the quickest single to pass the million mark. :o Somehow I don't think it will. Must be just me as I was actually expecting more. Now we are in the download age.
February 9, 201016 yr 150k isn't that much, is it? Or is that just physicals or just downloads? Cheryl sold 134k in two days and ended up with 292k Edited February 9, 201016 yr by outlook
February 9, 201016 yr "The single was given a global release on February 8 and is on course to end Owl City's five-week reign at the top of the UK charts with 'Fireflies'." :unsure:
February 9, 201016 yr 150k isn't that much, is it? Or is that just physicals or just downloads? Cheryl sold 134k in two days and ended up with 292k Cheryl's sales were almost entirely downloads, and the multiplier for them from Tuesday mids->Sunday sales for new releases is usually x2.0-2.5, Cheryl's was 2.17 probably due to the X Factor performance. The Haiti single will have strong physicals sales - likely to be 50% or above, and the multiplier for them remains as it used to be - x3.0-3.5. I think it will push around 450k.
February 9, 201016 yr I doubt any article that cant even get simple facts right. As somebody already pointed out in regards to Owl City's reign at #1. I'm not one for being pedantic and nitpicky but surely the r*t**** can look up the facts with a click of Google before writing these things? :/
February 9, 201016 yr Author Simon Cowell’s charity single for Haiti is on course to achieve one of the biggest first-week sales this century, with around 250,000 copies sold of Everybody Hurts in just two days. There is 2 conflicting sales :blink: now who did the typo :( the above DS article is $h!te, they even got Owl City's chart run wrong.
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