What does unsigned mean any more though? What is a record label? If you release a record yourself aren't you in a way signed to your own record label?

You can get odds of 66/1 for Alex Day to be Xmas #1 on William Hill, shame each way isn't available as even if he managed to top the iTunes chart Military Wives' CD sales will be enough to seal the deal comfortably for them. Looking likely for top three though isn't he!

 

Yes he is, I never saw Alex Day coming until this morning though, really surprised how well he is doing.

Well, Wikipedia says Koopa were the FIRST band to get into the charts unsigned (I guess it must have been impossible to do so beforehand? I don't know, just seems odd that it only first happened recently).

 

Do the Must Be The Music hits count as unsigned?

 

 

There was somebody else that reached top 40 end it was a brother/sister act, I can't remember the name of the act, they had 2 hits in the 40 unsigned.

Little Mix aren't falling anymore. Coldplay sell as much as 80.6% they are for now.

 

I think Little Mix are dead cert for #2 this week, with Alex Day at #3 (WOW) and Coldplay at #4. That said, Alex Day could fall massively since tomorrow.

 

And I don't get how Military Wives can be in red already? Surely they can only gain sales, as there's nothing to discount?

 

I reckon MW/Alex for the top 2 with LM at 3, Nirvana at 4 and Coldplay 5. Thats depending on whether the campaign starts making more of a impact of course.

Edited December 18, 201113 yr by Rob Summers

Little Mix aren't falling anymore. Coldplay sell as much as 80.6% they are for now.

 

I think Little Mix are dead cert for #2 this week, with Alex Day at #3 (WOW) and Coldplay at #4. That said, Alex Day could fall massively since tomorrow.

 

And I don't get how Military Wives can be in red already? Surely they can only gain sales, as there's nothing to discount?

 

I wonder if it's the case that once the pre-orders are taken into account, there aren't that many people downloading it. Little Mix & Coldplay are actually catching up.

Edited December 18, 201113 yr by Col1967

I think it's fair to say Nirvana won't go top 5 now :( I'm just hoping for it to at least go top 10 at this point. Should have seen this coming since the big rise in Facebook fans which was expected to occur about 2 weeks ago never happened and it's been crawling up since it hit about 80k but I still thought it'd be doing better than this.

 

So yeah, Coldplay will be #4 behind Military Wives, Little Mix and Alex Day in that order and probably Lloyd or Olly Murs completing the top 5.

 

I wonder if it's the case that once the pre-orders are taken into account, there aren't that many people actually downloading it. Little Mix & Coldplay are actually catching up.

 

This is what I think. At the end of the day I think the vast majority of their download sales will just be the pre-orders. I really wouldn't be surprised if the Wives are only at #1 for a couple of days and will only be low top 10 by the end of the week.

Edited December 18, 201113 yr by Michael Bubré

I don't think Nirvana will get top-10. They're climbing not fast enough, and let's face it: there's no point in this campaign when we have a purely non-XF #1.

 

This is the Alex Day song. It's actually not bad, especially considered that it wasn't recorded in the studio. Yeah, it's not your usual polished song and the video but the guys have put a lot of effort and creativity in it, so well done!

 

Edited December 18, 201113 yr by Arrs

I think it's fair to say Nirvana won't go top 5 now :( I'm just hoping for it to at least go top 10 at this point. Should have seen this coming since the big rise in Facebook fans which was expected to occur about 2 weeks ago never happened and it's been crawling up since it hit about 80k but I still thought it'd be doing better than this.

 

So yeah, Coldplay will be #4 behind Military Wives, Little Mix and Alex Day in that order and probably Lloyd or Olly Murs completing the top 5.

This is what I think. At the end of the day I think the vast majority of their download sales will just be the pre-orders. I really wouldn't be surprised if the Wives are only at #1 for a couple of days and will only be low top 10 by the end of the week.

 

We'll see :lol: The 2nd version is now 96 and I'm sure it'll climb a bit later tonight. I am hoping it doesn't go top 5 though (not that I dislike the song, just that the campaigns are so boring now).

Edited December 18, 201113 yr by Rob Summers

I don't think Nirvana will get top-10. They're climbing not fast enough, and let's face it: there's no point in this campaign when we have a purely non-XF #1.

 

This is the Alex Day song. It's actually not bad, especially considered that it wasn't recorded in the studio. Yeah, it's not your usual polished song and the video but the guys have put a lot of effort and creativity in it, so well done!

 

I'm sorry to say this, but it sounds no better than bad karoake to me. :(

Actually the Alex Day track I can take it or leave it, at least its better than MWC

Just listened to that Alex Day song, it's pretty nice! I thought it came out of nowhere but the video has over 2 million views now. Still unexpected to see it doing so well though.

96. Last Christmas - The Cast of The Only Way Is Essex

 

HA :D

Alex Day is #4 now

4. Forever Yours - Alex Day

34. Forever Yours (live Piano Version) - Alex Day

46. Forever Yours (vocal Remix) - Alex Day

56. Forever Yours (demo Version) - Alex Day

63. Forever Yours (Blue Version) - Alex Day

79. Forever Yours [Lastufka Remix] - Alex Day

95. Forever Yours (instrumental) - Alex Day

100. Forever Yours (BillTV-Mickeleh Remix) - Alex Day

104. Forever Yours (Tom Milsom Remix) - Alex Day

All but one top 100 now then. I wonder if this could get the Christmas Download Chart #1 (if it doesn't slow down over the week) :lol:

 

30. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

97. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

No other versions top 300 :(

 

37. Driving Home for Christmas - Stacey Solomon

84. Last Christmas - The Cast of The Only Way Is Essex

So many charity singles out this week :drama:

Edited December 18, 201113 yr by Michael Bubré

Is 'Forever Yours' for charity?

Other new releases:

 

214. Alexandra Stan - Get Back (UK Radio Edit)

265. Matt Goss - Fighting For Love

285. The Staves - Mexico

I like that video for the Alex Day song - its good because it isn't flashy etc at all.

 

The songs ok too - hope it actually goes to Number 1 - as it would probably be the most unexpected XMas number 1

Of the top of my head there probably be 5 to 6 charity tracks inside the top 40 by next Sunday, and I thought this country was in a tough recession ^_^

Of the top of my head there probably be 5 to 6 charity tracks inside the top 40 by next Sunday, and I thought this country was in a tough recession ^_^

 

Charitable donations tend to hold up even in depressing economic times, see the amounts raised by Childen In Need and the like each year.

 

iTunes Update

 

[**] 01| Military Wives - Wherever You Are

[01] 02| Little Mix - Cannonball

[02] 03| Coldplay - Paradise

[**] 04| Alex Day - Forever Yours

[03] 05| Flo Rida - Good Feeling

[04] 06| Olly Murs - Dance With Me Tonight

[05] 07| Lloys - Dedication To My Ex (Miss That)

[06] 08| Ed Sheeran - Lego House

[09] 09| Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris - We Found Love

[10] 10| Rizzle Kicks - Mama Do The Hump

 

[07] 11| Avicii - Levels

[08] 12| Drake ft. Rihanna - Take Care

[13] 13| LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It

[15] 14| Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger

[12] 15| Labrinth - Earthquake

[11] 16| T-Pain ft. Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen - 5 O'Clock

[14] 17| Katy Perry - The One That Got Away

[16] 18| Beyoncé - Love On Top

[18] 19| Jessie J - Who You Are

[17] 20| Rihanna - You Da One

 

[21] 21| The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York

[20] 22| Kelly Rowland - Down For Whatever

[24] 23| Justin Bieber - Mistletoe

[23] 24| Rebecca Ferguson - Nothing's Real But Love

[22] 25| Lloyd - Dedication To My Ex (Miss That)

[25] 26| Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

[26] 27| Lady GaGa - Marry The Night

[27] 28| Jason DeRulo - Fight For You

[29] 29| Amy Winehouse - Our Day Will Come

[**] 30| Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

 

[19] 31| Leona Lewis - Hurt

[28] 32| Bruno Mars - It Will Rain

[30] 33| Example - Midnight Run

[**] 34| Alex Day - Forever Yours (Live Piano Version)

[32] 35| The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York

[31] 36| One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful

[**] 37| Stacey Solomon - Driving Home For Christmas

[33] 38| Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

[38] 39| Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts

[35] 40| Wham! - Last Christmas

 

Selected Others

 

[**] 46| Alex Day - Forever Yours (Vocal Remix)

[**] 56| Alex Day - Forever Yours (Demo Version)

[48] 59| JLS - Do You Feel What I Feel?

[**] 63| Alex Day - Forever Yours (Blue Version)

[67] 68| Jessie J - Domino

[**] 79| Alex Day - Forever Yours (Lastufka Remix)

[61] 80| The Wanted - Warzone

[**] 84| The Only Way Is Essex - Last Christmas

[**] 95| Alex Day - Forever Yours (Instrumental)

 

[***] 100| Alex Day - Forever Yours (BillTV-Mickeleh Remix)

[***] 104| Alex Day - Forever Yours (Tom Milsom Remix)

[102] 123| Pitbull ft. Chris Brown - International Love

[123] 132| Nero - Reaching Out

 

[192] 216| Kelly Clarkson - What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)

[***] 226| Alexandra Stan - Get Back

[169] 228| Professor Green - Never Be A Right Time

[***] 268| Matt Goss - Fighting For Love