True - surprisingly only 2 acts from The X Factor have made the YE 40 singles - there's a few more talent show related albums in the YE T40 but Simon Cowell doesn't have the big selling power he used to. 1D won't last that long but Olly still has a few more years left.

 

Well 3 of his label artists are in the top 40. Olly, 1D and Labrinth. They're the ones he has given the most support to in the last year. I doubt he'll be crying himself to sleep at night. Also it's fans that keep artists going, not critics. :rolleyes:

 

All three have had a great year. :cheer:

Can you guys tell me how much Beyonce's "I Am... Sasha Fierece" sold this year in the UK?

Can you guys tell me how much Beyonce's "I Am... Sasha Fierece" sold this year in the UK?

 

Answered via your PM...

 

but, FYI others 91k. :)

Cowell & Co might want to learn a few lessons from last year's sales figures. Being on the show doesn't guarantee high sales for any x factor acts, regardless of whether you win the competition or not and that you need to start investing more in your artists by giving them decent material and actually allowing the artists the opportunity to show real progression with their music. It would appear the public are starting to get tired of the show and its repetive boring formulae.

 

 

 

Its says alot imo when the top 3 selling singles are all OA/OS releases...maybe teach the Cher Lloyds of this world that getting to no1 means nothing when they sell hardly anything!!

 

Ah, but if you were her 40 years down the line, wouldn't you rather be able to tell your grandkids you had a #1 single... :P

 

Britney please :D

 

HIAM ~165k

TTWO ~144.5k

 

FF 94.5k

 

Avril please! :rolleyes:

 

WTH ~147.5k

 

~71.5k

 

Beyonce = Run The World (Girls)

 

220k

 

The total sales for Celine Dion is incorrect. I remember this album sold about 400k in 2008 when it came out.

 

I don't normally have full sales totals for pre-2009 albums - can anyone help with these?

Gutted about Kanye (All of the Lights) and Britney (Til the World Ends) not being the giant hits they should have been

Britney Till the world ends - is one of my favourite tracks by her. I'm gutted it didnt go top20.

If you really liked it, why are you *glad* it missed out? :huh:

 

 

Because I dont care for high sales - many fantastic songs dont sell at all - and didn't get sick of it hanging around the charts for ages like many other singles.

when I talk about non-#1s I mean number 1 singles that didn't spend many weeks on the chart (not singles that didn't go to #1)

 

 

is it not number 1 singles that no one in the non-chart obsessed world will remember in years to come?

Because I dont care for high sales - many fantastic songs dont sell at all - and didn't get sick of it hanging around the charts for ages like many other singles.

 

Most of the songs I like tend not to chart well (with the exception of Jar Of Hearts) - but that's more because my tastes are nothing like the singles mainstream ATM... :lol:

is it not number 1 singles that no one in the non-chart obsessed world will remember in years to come?

 

That's what I mean, it just happens that unmemorable non-#1 singles don't usually spend many weeks in the chart

so I guess we can call the six songs that didn't make the top 70 'non #1's' with not great sales for Dappy, Pixie Lott and Ke$ha either, a 13 year old hit sold more than five of them this year :wub: :lol:

 

Little Mix not even top 40 - ouch, this is quite a blow for X Factor overall, especially with the charity single not top 100...

 

anyways, thanks for this, always very interesting :D

 

really glad Paradise got top 40 and Blind Faith held top 75 :wub: (didn't expect it in the latter's case!)

Edited January 5, 201213 yr by C.W

At least next week's YTD's will be a lot easier to calculate. :lol:

 

Mind you, I still have the onerous task of setting up the 2012 spreadsheets / copying over data from 2011...

 

PS, I really hope people realise that a lot of songs you've been asking me about in 2011, will instantly drop from my tracking list. ;)

The fact Take That's Progress Live is as high as #65 with a chart run of 12-18-18-12-50 just highlights the ridiculous difference between December sales and rest-of-the-year sales.

Thanks for this. I must say I am chuffed that Joe McElderry has 2 albums in the top 100 after how his year started and as Bray says it shows the massive sales difference from earlier in the year that Classic Christmas was only on the chart for four weeks, peaked at #15 and makes the year end Top 100.

 

Surprised how well the Amy Winehouse album sold. She must have an extremely dedicated fanbase. Shame from a personal point of view I have no interest in any of the top 5 albums but you got to say the sales are impressive for the artists concerned.

 

 

 

 

In the next few days, I'll try & update to y/e, estimates for high-sellers that aren't otherwise in my tracking range, e.g. Poker Face, etc.

So The Saturdays missed the top 100 in both charts even though they had three singles out before the album. :(

Vidcapper- Why are your sales estimates different from the ones posted on the OCC website just out of interest?

 

LMFAO at No 3 for example are 3k higher on the OCC website.

Edited January 5, 201213 yr by Gezza76

OCC also posted on Facebook that Lego House did 407.4k (as I posted the other day :P)

Edited January 5, 201213 yr by Coldbray

when I talk about non-#1s I mean number 1 singles that didn't spend many weeks on the chart (not singles that didn't go to #1)

I know but the name you gave to them is a bit contradictory :P