That's because Syco pay the channels and OCC, and Simon Cowell's pals with David Cameron so he can get away with it.

You think David Cameron cares who is #1? OH DEAR.

 

As I said, shush with all this immediately. You have your opinion, of which you are entitled, but there is NO PROOF if this rubbish so keep it to yourself.

New Releases

 

1. What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction

30. AKA... What a Life! - Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds

47. Na Na Na - One Direction

86. Days Are Forgotten (Single Edit) - Kasabian

 

122. Free (feat. will.i.am) - Natalia Kills

139. Gucci Gucci - Kreayshawn

166. Bounce & Boom (Original Mix) - Box Bottom

171. Bounce & Boom (Radio Edit) - Box Bottom

 

423. Good Love (Radio Edit) - DEVolution

401. Is It Me - The Kooks

498. Days Are Forgotten (feat. LL Cool J) [Z-Trip Remix] - Kasabian

 

618. Pistols At Dawn - Kasabian

939. Good Love (DEVolution Main Mix) - DEVolution

940. Green Lights - Aloe Blacc

 

The hype in the press, constant airplay on TV and radio, very tactical release dates - it all adds up.

 

Thats called a good release strategy.

I'm surprised 'Good Love' isn't doing better, I've heard it quite a few times on Capital which I rarely listen to.

Yes, as others have said, if One Direction have one of the biggest first week sales of the year then it clearly doesn't matter what week they released..

Anyway, good to see Kasabian and Noel Gallagher look like they are heading for Top 40 hits.

Oh shush! Ridiculous man.

 

Any more scandal-mongering and I will ban you for the week.

Please don't, it's hilarious.

I think she should concentrate on her own career since her single is dropping like a brick with a hurricane force.

 

None of the new entries from last week seem to have much staying power at the moment.I imagine that all three will get maybe 1 or 2 weeks tops in the Top 10.

Edited September 11, 201113 yr by marrb

Natalia Kills is the one I'm rooting for this week, it's a shame she just CAN'T catch a break no matter what she tries. :(

 

I quite like One Direction's song, although I wasn't really expecting much from them...

 

iTunes Popularity Bars

 

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/7254/itunesuk201109111315.jpg

 

 

New Releases

 

1. What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction

28. AKA... What a Life! - Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds

42. Na Na Na - One Direction

76. Days Are Forgotten (Single Edit) - Kasabian

 

113. Free (feat. will.i.am) - Natalia Kills

125. Gucci Gucci - Kreayshawn

154. Bounce & Boom (Radio Edit) - Box Bottom

159. Bounce & Boom (Original Mix) - Box Bottom

 

317. Is It Me - The Kooks

377. Good Love (Radio Edit) - DEVolution

428. Days Are Forgotten (feat. LL Cool J) [Z-Trip Remix] - Kasabian

 

601. Pistols At Dawn - Kasabian

730. Green Lights - Aloe Blacc

795. Good Love (DEVolution Main Mix) - DEVolution

 

1 One Direction What Makes You Beautiful 1.000000

2 Maroon 5 Moves Like Jagger (Studio Recording from the Voice Performance) 0.432086

3 Pixie Lott All About Tonight 0.312542

4 The Saturdays All Fired Up 0.223479

5 Olly Murs Heart Skips a Beat (feat. Rizzle Kicks) 0.201877

 

Pixie only 9% ahead of The Sats now, I expect they'll be #3 later on tonight possibly.

Edited September 11, 201113 yr by shadow2009

COME ON GUCCI GUCCI.

1 One Direction What Makes You Beautiful 1.000000

2 Maroon 5 Moves Like Jagger (Studio Recording from the Voice Performance) 0.432086

3 Pixie Lott All About Tonight 0.312542

4 The Saturdays All Fired Up 0.223479

5 Olly Murs Heart Skips a Beat (feat. Rizzle Kicks) 0.201877

 

Pixie only 9% ahead of The Sats now, I expect they'll be #3 later on tonight possibly.

What you've stated is incorrect.

 

Pixie is 39.85% ahead of The Saturdays [(0.312542 / 0.223479) - 1] * 100

 

 

 

One Direction are without a doubt going to have the biggest first week sales of the year. The lead they have is HUGE! :o Their label's also been clever, they've decided to release the physical on a Sunday rather than tomorrow!

WOW! 1D's lead is huge already! :o

1 One Direction What Makes You Beautiful 1.000000

2 Maroon 5 Moves Like Jagger (Studio Recording from the Voice Performance) 0.432086

3 Pixie Lott All About Tonight 0.312542

4 The Saturdays All Fired Up 0.223479

5 Olly Murs Heart Skips a Beat (feat. Rizzle Kicks) 0.201877

 

Pixie only 9% ahead of The Sats now, I expect they'll be #3 later on tonight possibly.

 

'Only' 9% is still a lot when all the bars are compressed by One Direction's lead. Put it this way, if you ignore OD and M5 and set Pixie as #1, The Sats would be on 0.715037.

What you've stated is incorrect.

 

Pixie is 39.85% ahead of The Saturdays [(0.312542 / 0.223479) - 1] * 100

 

Or an easier way to calculate it would be just (0.312542 - 0.223479) / 0.223479

 

You can multiply that by 100 for the percentage as well but you don't really have to, you can convert a decimal to a percentage in your head easily.

Edited September 11, 201113 yr by Bré

It's been a long time since I can last remember seeing the #1 with double the pop-bar of #2. Last I can remember was Born This Way.

 

One Direction won't be as frontloaded as people say either. But I also highly doubt they're going to sell 400,000 this week! :lol:

It's been a long time since I can last remember seeing the #1 with double the pop-bar of #2. Last I can remember was Born This Way.

 

One Direction won't be as frontloaded as people say either. But I also highly doubt they're going to sell 400,000 this week! :lol:

 

DJ Fresh? I think JLS did double #2 as well. It's not necessarily a huge achievement anyway though as it depends on the sales of the #2.

DJ Fresh? I think JLS did double #2 as well. It's not necessarily a huge achievement anyway though as it depends on the sales of the #2.

 

I'm pretty sure JLS didn't, did they!? :o DJ Fresh might've done though. And When We Collide and What's My Name? did aswell.