It was for a while, but has picked up in the last month or so - Chrisina Perri, Pixie, Saturdays etc.

 

The Saturdays? Worst song of the year to enter the top 10 by far

I think they did break pre-order records, Leona tweeted about it.

So it probably will get highest first week sales of the year, whats the highest first week sales ever?

 

Elton John and Will Young both sold over a million first week I believe. I don't know what this record is but I don't think 1D will best Hear'say's first week sales.

I havent seen much variety really.

Surely even if you don't like what's been in the top 10, you can at least see that the last three months have been a hell of a lot more varied than the previous months?

Yeah in todays climate cant see anybody ever selling anything like a million in one week, or even 500,000 for that matter (excluding X Factor winner) :lol:

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Elton John and Will Young both sold over a million first week I believe. I don't know what this record is but I don't think 1D will best Hear'say's first week sales.

 

Will Young sold a million in one week? :o

Very few? This week may be a bit sparse but the last three weeks have each seen at least two very high profile new entries in the top five, there's been a lot more movement in the charts lately!

 

Taste is obviously a different matter, personally I think mainstream music has picked itself up after a dull couple of months.

That is a good point about the previous few weeks although for about a month before it, there were very few releases which for me were very poor in quality (see She makes me wanna and swagger jagger). I will agree with you that in the last few weeks it has picked up, it's just that for me in terms of the two month timescale, July and the beginning of August were unforgivably bad, so if you're wondering how I formed my opinion about it being terrible, the first half of the month has had a big influence on that.

Yes, with over 400k on the day of release.

1 One Direction What Makes You Beautiful 1.000000

2 Maroon 5 Moves Like Jagger 0.530880

 

:o :o :o :o

1 One Direction What Makes You Beautiful 1.000000

2 Maroon 5 Moves Like Jagger 0.530880

 

:o :o :o :o

 

 

Oh my :o :o 100% to 20% by in a few hours? :lol:

Oh my :o :o 100% to 20% by in a few hours? :lol:

 

Imagine :o :o :o

 

They're going to have massive physical sales too.. & they have signings all week :lol: can see them doing 200k.

Songs that were used or sang on the X Factor:

23 Adele/ Someone Like You also 440

47 Kings Of Leon/ Use Somebody

64 Chris Brown ft Benny Benassi/ Beautiful People also 144 and 316 and 875

76 Katy Perry/ Firework

89 Whitney Houston/ One Moment In Time also 157

91 Lady GaGa/ Born This Way also 450 and 716

149 Adele/ Hometown Glory

190 Westlife/ Safe also 217

287 Katy Perry ft Snoop Dogg/ California Gurls also 829

292 Pixie Lott/ Use Somebody also 936

324 Beyonce/ Irreplaceable

365 Plan B/ Prayin'

445 Whigfield/ Saturday Night

447 Six-D/ Best Damn Night

755 Duck Sauce/ Barbra Streisand also 968

758 Cee-Lo Green/ F**k You also 946

899 Alexis Jordan/ Good Girl

 

My favourite release of the week is by far Kasabian and they're not doing well as I hoped. :( Did they release the video for 'Days are Forgotten'?

Songs that were used or sang on the X Factor:

23 Adele/ Someone Like You also 440

47 Kings Of Leon/ Use Somebody

64 Chris Brown ft Benny Benassi/ Beautiful People also 144 and 316 and 875

76 Katy Perry/ Firework

89 Whitney Houston/ One Moment In Time also 157

91 Lady GaGa/ Born This Way also 450 and 716

149 Adele/ Hometown Glory

190 Westlife/ Safe also 217

287 Katy Perry ft Snoop Dogg/ California Gurls also 829

292 Pixie Lott/ Use Somebody also 936

324 Beyonce/ Irreplaceable

365 Plan B/ Prayin'

445 Whigfield/ Saturday Night

447 Six-D/ Best Damn Night

755 Duck Sauce/ Barbra Streisand also 968

758 Cee-Lo Green/ F**k You also 946

899 Alexis Jordan/ Good Girl

 

Happy - Leona Lewis #151

Will Young sold a million in one week? :o

 

1.1million & they were £3.99 cds not 99p downloads.

1.1million & they were £3.99 cds not 99p downloads.

 

Suppose it was the first real talent show winner though thats probably why, I havn't seen the figures but I'm guessing theres been a steady decline of sales from the winners singles first week year on year? maybe with the exception of leona lewis.

 

 

 

EP's:

 

Snow Patrol #10

Leona Lewis #46

Pixie Lott #62

Olly Murs #85

Example #133

Ms Dynamite #182

Saturdays #196

 

Snow Patrol have done so well with their EP, been top 10 since out!

1 One Direction What Makes You Beautiful 1.000000

2 Maroon 5 Moves Like Jagger 0.530880

 

:o :o :o :o

 

Shock yes :o but I expected by the speed they went to no.1.

Suppose it was the first real talent show winner though thats probably why, I havn't seen the figures but I'm guessing theres been a steady decline of sales from the winners singles first week year on year? maybe with the exception of leona lewis.

 

I'm sure Shayne Ward & Alexandra Burke debuts both outsold Leona.

Never mind One Direction, is anyone else suprised at how well Olly Murs is doing? :o He's about to go back to #4 on iTunes. :o

I nearly dropped my tea over the laptop like the woman from the Money Shop adverts at how far One Direction are in the lead :o . Really quite extraordinary...