It won't be enough to stop Example getting #1 though :(

 

 

Don't worry, Example shouldn't sell very much of this one in the long run, I bet "Moves like Jagger" will have far better total sales. :)

Don't worry, Example shouldn't sell very much of this one in the long run, I bet "Moves like Jagger" will have far better total sales. :)

Agree :)

 

iTunes Popularity Bars

 

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Bruno Mars needs to get his video out soon, may miss top 10 with how competitive things are going to get in the upcoming weeks. Sean Kingston looks very close to top 10 now.

 

Love On Top :wub: #52 addicted to it right now! :lol:

Sean Kingston must be top 10 combined.... unless other combined songs push him down :D

Thursday: New Releases: Top 300-1000 (singles & album tracks):

 

319. Nothing Really Matters (feat. will.i.am) - David Guetta & will.i.am 16

338. So Special (feat. John Legend) - Lil Wayne 30

370. Girls Up - Belle Amie 58

424. Another Country - Big Country 42

425. Sunshine - David Guetta & Avicii 28

454. Up Up and Away - Lil Wayne 81

455. WWE: Say It To My Face (Alex Riley) [feat. Downstait] - Jim Johnston

470. It's Good (feat. Drake & Jadakiss) - Lil Wayne 50

529. How to Hate (feat. T-Pain) - Lil Wayne 86

530. Outro (feat. Bun B, Nas, Shyne & Busta Rhymes) - Lil Wayne 202

531. John (feat. Rick Ross) - Lil Wayne 138

550. Sailor's Boots - Frank Turner 53

590. When I Start To (Break It All Down) - Erasure 259

596. Monarchy of Roses - Red Hot Chili Peppers 46

624. MegaMan - Lil Wayne 88

654. How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep - Bombay Bicycle Club 212

655. Gabriel's Oboe (Whispers In a Dream) - Hayley Westenra 104

656. Blunt Blowin - Lil Wayne 59

813. Brendan's Death Song - Red Hot Chili Peppers 83

814. The Alphabeat - David Guetta 83

815. Glasgow - David Guetta 20

865. Beg (Bonus Track) - Bombay Bicycle Club 19

912. Common People (Recorded for Fearne Cotton On BBC Radio 1) - My Chemical Romance

975. You Need Me, I Don't Need You (Gemini Remix) - Ed Sheeran 351

978. President Carter - Lil Wayne 130

979. On Your Knees / Maniacs (Red Vs. Blue Season 9) (feat. Sandy Casey) - Jeff Williams

Top 10 Popularity Numbers

(Changes since 11pm yesterday)

 

100 % =0.0% 01. Example - Stay Awake

94.3% +3.4% 02. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger

74.3% -1.1% 03. Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks - Heart Skips A Beat

69.4% -2.1% 04. Ed Sheeran - You Need Me, I Don't Need You

59.7% -0.9% 05. Calvin Harris - Feels So Close

52.4% +2.8% 06. Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts

45.1% -0.1% 07. Cover Drive - Lick Ya Down

41.5% +0.6% 08. Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra - Don't Go

37.7% +1.0% 09. Bruno Mars - Marry You

37.5% -0.1% 10. Emeli Sande - Heaven

 

Selected Others

 

35.2% +2.3% 11. Sean Kingston - Party All Night (Sleep All Day)

32.7% +2.6% 12. David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj - Turn Me On

23.6% +1.1% 17. Jessie J - Who's Laughing Now

18.7% +1.0% 20. Nicole Scherzinger - Wet

09.5% +1.4% 38. Rihanna - Cheers (Drink To That)

05.7% +0.2% 63. Lady GaGa - You And I

05.2% +1.2% 71. Nicki Minaj ft. Rihanna - Fly

 

 

34 David Guetta ft Usher/ Without You

71 Nicki Minaj & Rihanna/ Fly

84 Flo Rida ft David Guetta/ Club Can't Handle Me

 

Cheers (Drink To That) is doing brilliantly seeing as it is the 5th single from Loud. I hope it continues to climb. 5 top 20 singles (4 of them top 10) is a great achievement! :D

 

Lady Gaga should see Y&I flopping and come to the UK to do something about it!

Cheers (Drink To That) is doing brilliantly seeing as it is the 5th single from Loud. I hope it continues to climb. 5 top 20 singles (4 of them top 10) is a great achievement! :D

 

Lady Gaga should see Y&I flopping and come to the UK to do something about it!

 

Or she could see how well it's doing in the US and stick around promoting it - ensuring it collects some great sales to make up for the lack of sales coming from smaller countries, such as the UK.

 

As for Rihanna, it just goes to show you how one play on a major radio show boosts sales - it was in the 50s before and now it's cracked the T40 on iTunes - which I'm going to hold responsible to Chris Moyles who played it before 9am this morning. I'm not a big fan of the song, but I'm hoping it does manage T40 officially - just to rectify the mistake that was 'Hard' ft. Jeezy on the 'Rated R' album.

Or she could see how well it's doing in the US and stick around promoting it - ensuring it collects some great sales to make up for the lack of sales coming from smaller countries, such as the UK.

 

As for Rihanna, it just goes to show you how one play on a major radio show boosts sales - it was in the 50s before and now it's cracked the T40 on iTunes - which I'm going to hold responsible to Chris Moyles who played it before 9am this morning. I'm not a big fan of the song, but I'm hoping it does manage T40 officially - just to rectify the mistake that was 'Hard' ft. Jeezy on the 'Rated R' album.

I wouldn't class the UK as a small country in terms of a music industry. It is still arguably the second biggest market in the world behind the US.

I wouldn't class the UK as a small country in terms of a music industry. It is still arguably the second biggest market in the world behind the US.

 

LOL. Have you seen the sales in Japan,South Korea. Such a laughable comment to make.

The biggest markets are US, Japan, UK and Germany - in terms of a mix of revenue for the artist and sales.

The biggest markets are US, Japan, UK and Germany - in terms of a mix of revenue for the artist and sales.

 

Japan sell so much more than Usa it's quite unbelievable. Us album sales are shocking and at times you see the UK number 1 outselling the US album number one, however single sales are quite fabulous in the us.

LOL. Have you seen the sales in Japan,South Korea. Such a laughable comment to make.

 

The UK market IS the second largest behind the US in the western world.

 

And actually the reason why sales are so high in places like Japan & South Korea is because of subscription based services. Those high numbers you see per week are NOT actual purchases. Basically people pay per month to listen to track and keep them legally as long as they have that subscription active. If they listen to or download that particular song then it counts as a sale. It is actually very misleading.

 

Do some research before you say someone is so wrong that their comment is laughable. I could say your comment is laughable but I won't be that rude. Just thought I'd put it straight :)

Looks like Sean Kingston is about to knock Emeli Sande out of the top 10 :o

 

9 Bruno Mars 38.3%

10 Emeli Sandé 36.8%

11 Sean Kingston 36.0%

12 David Guetta & Nicki Minaj 33.3%

I think the UK is a "bigger market" for a lot of US artists than Japan in a sense, because a lot of artists have no hope of doing well in Japan, particularly urban artists. However, Lady Gaga one of those US artists that is quite popular in Japan. Katy Perry and Ke$ha are quite popular there too, I think, so it might be a bigger market in their eyes.

 

Also, about Maroon 5, guys, it's that age-old rule I keep talking about!!! 90% of the time, American songs have massive longevity and big charts runs, and UK songs debut at their peak and freefall down the chart. This situation with Maroon 5 vs. Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sande, Example, Olly Murs, Wretch 32, The Saturdays, Pixie Lott, Calvin Harris is NO EXCEPTION! It's obviously going to outsell all those songs. That's what always happens.

 

I do think Moves Like Jagger will get to #1 eventually. There'll be one moderately quiet week where it will get there, or a week where the new releases under-perform (perhaps next week! :o).

I think the UK is a "bigger market" for a lot of US artists than Japan in a sense, because a lot of artists have no hope of doing well in Japan, particularly urban artists. However, Lady Gaga one of those US artists that is quite popular in Japan. Katy Perry and Ke$ha are quite popular there too, I think, so it might be a bigger market in their eyes.

 

Also, about Maroon 5, guys, it's that age-old rule I keep talking about!!! 90% of the time, American songs have massive longevity and big charts runs, and UK songs debut at their peak and freefall down the chart. This situation with Maroon 5 vs. Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sande, Example, Olly Murs, Wretch 32, The Saturdays, Pixie Lott, Calvin Harris is NO EXCEPTION! It's obviously going to outsell all those songs. That's what always happens.

 

I do think Moves Like Jagger will get to #1 eventually. There'll be one moderately quiet week where it will get there, or a week where the new releases under-perform (perhaps next week! :o).

 

I would love for MLJ to get to #1 but surely Pixie Lott next week is a certain for #1. I'd be very surprised if she even misses the top 3.

I would love for MLJ to get to #1 but surely Pixie Lott next week is a certain for #1. I'd be very surprised if she even misses the top 3.

 

I'm not 100% sure about Pixie, but I do think she's a very strong contender. I'd like The Saturdays to get it the most, but I somehow doubt they will. :( I think Maroon 5 will be #1 contenders for quite a while though, so I don't think next week is their only chance.

I'm not 100% sure about Pixie, but I do think she's a very strong contender. I'd like The Saturdays to get it the most, but I somehow doubt they will. :( I think Maroon 5 will be #1 contenders for quite a while though, so I don't think next week is their only chance.

 

Yea, I'd think they are still contenders.

 

I disagree on your post about MLJ having longevity because it's a US song. You can't label all US songs with that assumption.

 

For me anyway the reason is because MLJ came out of nowhere. It didn't exactly have great airplay before its release. CapitalFM and Radio 1 weren't playing it at all. It was just the smaller local commercial stations playing it. The music video didn't come out until the week before its release so it never got regular rotation on TV.

 

Basically I think now it's on CapitalFM quite regularly now and on TV a lot, more people are discovering it. The fact it sold so much in the first week I would think is a testament to how many people like the song in a sense. If it can increase week on week like it has done then it would have been a sure fire #1 if it had the backing of stations like CapitalFM and Radio 1 in pre-release. Look at Olly Murs for example, or even Wretch 32.