Sorry, heres the link below :P

 

Btw I think it says a hell of a lot the fact 50 cents in da club is back in the itunes top 100. It may just be a coincidence, but YNMIDNY samples the song. I'm pretty sure thats why it's back in the top 100. Make no mistake about it, this is going to be massive

 

I think In Da Club is back in the top 100 because it's been decreased to 59p. But I'm sure it's got the song an extra couple of sales. :lol:

 

A bit off-topic, but it amazes me how many songs I've heard that quote In Da Club. I hear lyrics from it crop up everywhere, it's incredible. Mainly the "Go shorty, it's your birthday" line (or was that line around before In Da Club?). I guess it's arguably one of the biggest hip hop songs of all-time, so it's to be expected really.

oh has it? haha my bad :P

 

Yeah it's definitely one of the biggest hip-hop tracks ever. Never heard a song rip it off to the extent ed does though, sings nearly a full verse :lol:

#1

 

Knowing the success of 'The A Team', I'm thinking this may have a first sales of around 75k+, which is likely enough for #1 (something like that).

Edited August 5, 201113 yr by FM11

#2 behind Example as per a few other people. However I don't think #1 is completely out of the question and I'm sure it'll definitely be close either way, with both selling over 100k a distinct possibility.

 

I also don't think this is as good as 'The A Team' but it's a very different song and still great.

 

Maybe you don't think so, but that doesn't mean that no-one won't

Given the choice of Ed or Example, admittedly I'd pick the former.

 

No one reasonably would. There's the realm of possibility and there's wishful thinking from people who dislike the song.

 

And you'd pick a song that is rapped the whole way through over a song that has a sung chorus? That's highly out of character for you. Have you actually heard 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You' by any chance?

Edited August 5, 201113 yr by Bré

Maybe you don't think so, but that doesn't mean that no-one won't

 

Following up my own post : the main reason for putting a full range of options in a poll is because if you don't, what's to stop someone else doing a poll for a song they like with only #1, Top 3, Top 5 as choices, thus leaving no chance of disagreement, and giving a false impression of a song's potential.

I predict this will be a big selling #2. Example will most likely outsell Ed Sheeran in its first week of release, but then as Example fades away quicker either the new Leona Lewis or Pixie Lott single will come along the following week and keep Ed off the no. 1 spot. Example could end up going 01-04 in its second week.

Following up my own post : the main reason for putting a full range of options in a poll is because if you don't, what's to stop someone else doing a poll for a song they like with only #1, Top 3, Top 5 as choices, thus leaving no chance of disagreement, and giving a false impression of a song's potential.

 

But with songs like this where there is literally 0 chance of it charting outside the top 20 and probably 0 chance of it even charting lower than #2, there's no point. It's like me including some random indie band in my #1 prediction thread. It could theoretically happen but it's simply not going to so there's no point in offering that choice... (although I do have an 'other' option, but that's just in case I overlooked any plausible #1s)

Following up my own post : the main reason for putting a full range of options in a poll is because if you don't, what's to stop someone else doing a poll for a song they like with only #1, Top 3, Top 5 as choices, thus leaving no chance of disagreement, and giving a false impression of a song's potential.

 

I'll put Top 50, Top 100 and Top 1000 options next time just for you vid :P

 

 

am i the only person who thinks this will be a 'Guns and Horses' for him? Its too different, completely different demographic and I think i will only peak around 18, and then drop like a stone. Personally, thats what I think. Im trying my best to like him and the A team is nice but thats all it is.

There won't be a chance of that. The majority of his initial fanbase (i.e. those who got The A-Team so high originally) know of him because of the company he's kept over the last couple of years, being friends of and/or supporting Example, Professor Green, Wiley, Wretch 32, Devlin, Sway and the chances are they will like this more.

There won't be a chance of that. The majority of his initial fanbase (i.e. those who got The A-Team so high originally) know of him because of the company he's kept over the last couple of years, being friends of and/or supporting Example, Professor Green, Wiley, Wretch 32, Devlin, Sway and the chances are they will like this more.

 

Yeah, given the sound he adopted which really started to get him popular in the first place (with the No.5 Collaborations Project EP) 'The A Team' was the poor single choice if anything... obviously that's still become really big but YNM,IDNY will probably be just as big if not bigger.

 

The A Team and You Need Me, I Don't Need You were probably his two best-known songs anyway so it makes sense that they were his first two 'proper' singles. But I do wonder if he could potentially have been even more massive than he already is if he'd released them the other way round - with the slower more ballady song leading off the album.

Edited August 6, 201113 yr by Bré

Yeah, given the sound he adopted which really started to get him popular in the first place (with the No.5 Collaborations Project EP) 'The A Team' was the poor single choice if anything... obviously that's still become really big but YNM,IDNY will probably be just as big if not bigger.

 

The A Team and You Need Me, I Don't Need You were probably his two best-known songs anyway so it makes sense that they were his first two 'proper' singles. But I do wonder if he could potentially have been even more massive than he already is if he'd released them the other way round - with the slower more ballady song leading off the album.

 

Well, I think, in a way, The A Team was a good single choice. Maybe not in representing the music that he makes, but in terms of selling a lot, and spreading his name, I think it is. His original urban fanbase would've supported the song regardless, I think (as they like him as an artist).

 

I'm probably not wording my thoughts very well, but I think the song appeals to a completely different set of people. Releasing a song like the songs he did with Wiley, etc. would appeal largely to the people that were already fans of him, if that makes sense, which is good, but gets you less sales. I'm probably not making any sense with this. :lol:

 

About whether he would've been bigger if he released them the other way around, I don't have a clue. Whichever way around, I think people that didn't like the first song would dismiss him and not check out the second song, possibly. But that would've happened either way around I suppose.

Edited August 6, 201113 yr by Eric_Blob

I love this song but can't see it at number 1. :(

Love to see the track at #1, but somehow its going to peak at #2, so I opted for #2

Well, I think, in a way, The A Team was a good single choice. Maybe not in representing the music that he makes, but in terms of selling a lot, and spreading his name, I think it is. His original urban fanbase would've supported the song regardless, I think (as they like him as an artist).

 

I'm probably not wording my thoughts very well, but I think the song appeals to a completely different set of people. Releasing a song like the songs he did with Wiley, etc. would appeal largely to the people that were already fans of him, if that makes sense, which is good, but gets you less sales. I'm probably not making any sense with this. :lol:

 

About whether he would've been bigger if he released them the other way around, I don't have a clue. Whichever way around, I think people that didn't like the first song would dismiss him and not check out the second song, possibly. But that would've happened either way around I suppose.

 

Well, as I said, The A Team and You Need Me, I Don't Need You, both of which were around long before this year, were probably his 2 best-known songs before he broke the mainstream anyway, so both are good single choices. But his most successful work prior to breaking through was the No.5 Collaborations Project EP which was full or collaborations (as the title says) with urban artists. So I think he may well have been an even bigger success story if he'd launched his 'proper' career with a song closer to his more successful sound but still already well-known and well-liked (ie. You Need Me, I Don't Need You), then released The A Team afterwards to lead off the album because it would still have done just as well as it did due to appealing to both fans of singer/songwriter guitarry music and his existing fans from the urban crowd, plus it would lend itself better to maximising album sales as it's entirely possible some people that were going to buy the album after hearing The A Team would be put off after hearing You Need Me, I Don't Need You. And slower, more 'safe'/radio-friendly songs are much better at selling albums than more uptempo or 'radio-unfriendly' songs - see how the likes of JLS and The Wanted did an uptempo song first then led off the album with a ballad, or how a lot of albums which performed poorly initially experienced big boosts in sales after a ballad gets released (such as 'Turn It Up' and 'Lights')

 

Sorry for that rambly paragraph but I hope it got across my point :lol: Ed would be a big success story releasing them aither way around

Edited August 6, 201113 yr by Bré

Well, as I said, The A Team and You Need Me, I Don't Need You, both of which were around long before this year, were probably his 2 best-known songs before he broke the mainstream anyway, so both are good single choices. But his most successful work prior to breaking through was the No.5 Collaborations Project EP which was full or collaborations (as the title says) with urban artists. So I think he may well have been an even bigger success story if he'd launched his 'proper' career with a song closer to his more successful sound but still already well-known and well-liked (ie. You Need Me, I Don't Need You), then released The A Team afterwards to lead off the album because it would still have done just as well as it did due to appealing to both fans of singer/songwriter guitarry music and his existing fans from the urban crowd, plus it would lend itself better to maximising album sales as it's entirely possible some people that were going to buy the album after hearing The A Team would be put off after hearing You Need Me, I Don't Need You. And slower, more 'safe'/radio-friendly songs are much better at selling albums than more uptempo or 'radio-unfriendly' songs - see how the likes of JLS and The Wanted did an uptempo song first then led off the album with a ballad, or how a lot of albums which performed poorly initially experienced big boosts in sales after a ballad gets released (such as 'Turn It Up' and 'Lights')

 

Sorry for that rambly paragraph but I hope it got across my point :lol: Ed would be a big success story releasing them aither way around

 

Oh gosh. No offence, but I HATE it when people type massive paragraphs all the time. It's so difficult to read. Just constant, pointless rambling. Good grief. :lol:

 

No, seriously though, I see your point. You might be right. I guess either way though, his mainstream career is off to a fantastic start. I just hope he can keep making good decisions from now on. Although he's got great connections with other artists, who I'm sure will help him out if he ever starts flopping (i.e. featuring him on their albums, doing remixes, etc.).

 

I was also going to say Turn It Up and Lights aren't ballads, but then I realized you were talking about the albums, rather the songs. :lol:

I'll put Top 50, Top 100 and Top 1000 options next time just for you vid :P

 

Very droll.

 

However, an 'I don't like this' option would suffice, that way people wouldn't have to put it in the lowest position bracket possible if they weren't keen on it.

 

[Come on, we've all done that] ;)

Edited August 6, 201113 yr by vidcapper

I am literally in love with this song. #1.

I think people who say this won't out last The A Team are going to be massively surprised