Morning update: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s...t&p=4169298

 

59p songs in the top 100:

 

14 Ke$ha - Die Young

24 Willy Moon - Yeah Yeah

31 Ellie Goulding - Figure 8

49 Daley feat. Jessie J - Remember Me

57 Shontelle - Impossible

62 David Guetta feat Taped Rai - Just One Last Time

65 Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In PAris

90 Kanye West, Jay-Z & Big Sean - Clique

 

The Christmas songs have been put back to 99p.

59p songs in the top 100:

 

62 David Guetta feat Taped Rai - Just One Last Time

 

Woo, yay! :yahoo: This song is amazing but I get the feeling that it'll only scrape the top 40 yet as soon as Play Hard gets a release and a video it'll jump into the top ten, in spite of the fact that JOLT is much much better than PH. -_-

Would have been such an interesting battle had Justice Collective released on Sunday. They've surely got something like a 60-70k deficit to make up that James will have sold yesterday...I think that decision may have helped to chose the winner of this battle.

 

I don't think that the Justice Collective care about going to #1 though, I think that they just care about raising as much money as they possibly can.

Edited December 18, 201212 yr by ★ G R I E F ★

They'd have raised more had they released on Sunday, if nothing else they'd have got an extra day of Xmas impulse purchases in HMV.

Anyone hear the radio 1 show about the best and worst xmas songs at 9 last night? I might have to listen to the iplayer!

Well it looks like I f***ed that one up rather spectacularly didn't I? :D

 

Definite lesson learned, as I suspected - online audiences are fickle. The novelty of trying to get into the charts last year has now faded for them and they're not interested, regardless of the quality of the track - which is actually quite a saddening realisation about today's young people imo. The attention spans are so short that people don't appreciate the value of something like a great pop song unless it comes with gimmicks attached.

 

Anyway:

 

I'm surprised at the performance of Alex Day - I didn't expect this to be another 'Forever Yours' but at this rate it looks likely to do worse than 'Lady Godiva' despite having what seemed like more hype and that Stupidfest thing everyone was talking about. I would feel bad for him but I'm not sure why he bothers releasing these singles anyway - it's all a bit pointless.

 

I feel the opposite. I don't know why everyone else bothers with albums! iTunes makes it a singles market. It means I get to put more emphasis and work into each individual track. It's better for radio and the charts just to push one song at a time (not that it mattered). Most artists release one or two tracks with ten duds and charge you ten quid for it: I just don't release the duds.

 

Anyway, the reason for the charts is a means to an end. I don't have a label, a manager or any radio support or PR, so I need to get people's attention in the industry without those conventional routes. The charts is an easy form of exposure.

 

But now it's not working so I'll just need to think of something else to help my music break. =)

Edited December 18, 201212 yr by Alex Day

Alex, did you not get any interest after last years sucess from record companies?

Christmas Kworb Popularity Chart

 

An update from yesterday's chart. Alex falls from #22 to #36 and Eddie is a new entry in the top 30.

 

#01 1.0000 James Arthur "Impossible"

#02 0.9375 The Justice Collective "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"

#03 0.5000 will.i.am feat. Britney Spears "Scream & Shout"

#04 0.3013 Bruno Mars "Locked Out Of Heaven"

#05 0.2812 Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko "Stay"

#06 0.2109 Olly Murs feat. Flo Rida "Troublemaker"

#07 0.1942 PSY "Gangnam Style"

#08 0.1797 Gabrielle Aplin "The Power of Love"

#09 0.1953 Taylor Swift "I Knew You Were Trouble."

#10 0.1655 Labrinth feat. Emeli Sande "Beneath Your Beautiful"

 

#11 0.1641 Rihanna "Diamonds"

#12 0.1367 Pitbull feat. TJR "Don't Stop the Party"

#13 0.1253 One Direction "Little Things"

#14 0.1206 The Lumineers "Ho Hey"

#15 0.1133 Ke$ha "Die Young"

#16 0.1043 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl "Fairytale Of New York"

#17 0.1037 Robbie Williams "Candy"

#18 0.0994 P!nk "Try"

#19 0.0955 Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin "Don't You Worry Child"

#20 0.0929 One Direction "Kiss You"

 

#21 0.0904 Alicia Keys feat. Nicki Minaj "Girl On Fire"

#22 0.0869 Mariah Carey "All I Want For Christmas Is You"

#23 0.0724 ADELE "Skyfall"

#24 0.0701 Disclosure feat. Sam Smith "Latch"

#25 0.0686 DJ Fresh "Gold Dust"

#26 0.0679 Willy Moon "Yeah Yeah"

#27 0.0637 BURNS "Lies (Otto Knows Remix)"

#28 0.0579 Eddie Stobarts Truckers "12 Days Of Christmas"

#29 0.0561 Rudimental feat. John Newman & Alex Clare "Not Giving In"

#30 0.0544 Ellie Goulding "Figure 8"

 

#31 0.0526 Wizzard "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"

#32 0.0510 Emeli Sande "Read All About It, Pt. III"

#33 0.0494 Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch "Sweet Nothing"

#34 0.0479 Emeli Sande "Clown"

#35 0.0466 Christina Perri "A Thousand Years"

#36 0.0458 Alex Day "Stupid Stupid"

#37 0.0441 Wiley feat. Skepta, JME & Ms D "Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya)"

#38 0.0433 Maroon 5 "One More Night"

#39 0.0418 Little Mix "DNA"

#40 0.0410 Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj "Beauty And A Beat"

 

Outs

Slade "Merry Christmas Everybody"

The Script feat. will.i.am "Hall Of Fame"

Girls Aloud "Something New"

Edited December 18, 201212 yr by Thermochristmas

Well it looks like I f***ed that one up rather spectacularly didn't I? :D

 

Definite lesson learned, as I suspected - online audiences are fickle. The novelty of trying to get into the charts last year has now faded for them and they're not interested, regardless of the quality of the track - which is actually quite a saddening realisation about today's young people imo. The attention spans are so short that people don't appreciate the value of something like a great pop song unless it comes with gimmicks attached.

 

How have you messed this up? You're still going to get a top 75 hit out of this. You were surely not expecting a number one or something were you? Some of the biggest artists in the world have missed the top 100 recently even with massive tv promo etc so you really shouldn't be too upset with this song's performance.

 

And at least you still have confidence in your music being 'quality'.

Some of the biggest artists in the world have missed the top 100 recently even with massive tv promo etc so you really shouldn't be too upset with this song's performance.

 

And some of the biggest artists in the world have missed the top 1000;

 

1158. Leona Lewis "Lovebird" :rofl:

Tinchy Stryder released a single recently and it missed the top 200. It was a brilliant song as well, one of his best ever imo.

 

So getting a top 40 hit is definitely nothing to be ashamed about. It helps if it's a song that a lot of people like obviously, but it's primarily about the promotion of the song (getting it heard by as much of the population as you can).

 

Even some of the biggest pop stars in the world with amazing songs do hardly anything in the iTunes charts. Jump by Rihanna for example, it is an amazing song, but it hasn't even gone top 100. Obviously the reason for that is simply just that nobody has heard it (yet). If/when it starts getting promoted (i.e. played on the radio, MTV, etc.), then it'll start selling.

Edited December 18, 201212 yr by Eric_Blob

Alex, did you not get any interest after last years sucess from record companies?

 

Was going to ask the same thing - Surely there must have been some Management and Record Company interest after 2 self funded Top 15 hits?

Anyway:

I feel the opposite. I don't know why everyone else bothers with albums!

 

Except Adele, of course... :P

 

Anyway:

I feel the opposite. I don't know why everyone else bothers with albums! iTunes makes it a singles market. It means I get to put more emphasis and work into each individual track. It's better for radio and the charts just to push one song at a time (not that it mattered). Most artists release one or two tracks with ten duds and charge you ten quid for it: I just don't release the duds.

Maybe because they have a passion for music, and see an album as a realisation of that vision, rather than releasing one single every year expecting a dedicated fanbase to buy multiple copies to milk it and secure a hit :unsure:

 

Stupid Stupid #41

Edited December 18, 201212 yr by HausofBal...

Christmas Kworb Popularity Chart

 

An update from yesterday's chart. Alex falls from #22 to #36 and Eddie is a new entry in the top 30.

 

#01 1.0000 James Arthur "Impossible"

#02 0.9375 The Justice Collective "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"

#03 0.5000 will.i.am feat. Britney Spears "Scream & Shout"

#04 0.3013 Bruno Mars "Locked Out Of Heaven"

#05 0.2812 Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko "Stay"

#06 0.2109 Olly Murs feat. Flo Rida "Troublemaker"

#07 0.1942 PSY "Gangnam Style"

#08 0.1797 Gabrielle Aplin "The Power of Love"

#09 0.1953 Taylor Swift "I Knew You Were Trouble."

#10 0.1655 Labrinth feat. Emeli Sande "Beneath Your Beautiful"

 

#11 0.1641 Rihanna "Diamonds"

#12 0.1367 Pitbull feat. TJR "Don't Stop the Party"

#13 0.1253 One Direction "Little Things"

#14 0.1206 The Lumineers "Ho Hey"

#15 0.1133 Ke$ha "Die Young"

#16 0.1043 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl "Fairytale Of New York"

#17 0.1037 Robbie Williams "Candy"

#18 0.0994 P!nk "Try"

#19 0.0955 Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin "Don't You Worry Child"

#20 0.0929 One Direction "Kiss You"

 

#21 0.0904 Alicia Keys feat. Nicki Minaj "Girl On Fire"

#22 0.0869 Mariah Carey "All I Want For Christmas Is You"

#23 0.0724 ADELE "Skyfall"

#24 0.0701 Disclosure feat. Sam Smith "Latch"

#25 0.0686 DJ Fresh "Gold Dust"

#26 0.0679 Willy Moon "Yeah Yeah"

#27 0.0637 BURNS "Lies (Otto Knows Remix)"

#28 0.0579 Eddie Stobarts Truckers "12 Days Of Christmas"

#29 0.0561 Rudimental feat. John Newman & Alex Clare "Not Giving In"

#30 0.0544 Ellie Goulding "Figure 8"

 

#31 0.0526 Wizzard "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"

#32 0.0510 Emeli Sande "Read All About It, Pt. III"

#33 0.0494 Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch "Sweet Nothing"

#34 0.0479 Emeli Sande "Clown"

#35 0.0466 Christina Perri "A Thousand Years"

#36 0.0458 Alex Day "Stupid Stupid"

#37 0.0441 Wiley feat. Skepta, JME & Ms D "Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya)"

#38 0.0433 Maroon 5 "One More Night"

#39 0.0418 Little Mix "DNA"

#40 0.0410 Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj "Beauty And A Beat"

 

Outs

Slade "Merry Christmas Everybody"

The Script feat. will.i.am "Hall Of Fame"

Girls Aloud "Something New"

 

So William/Britney are 50 % of TJC & James Arthur. If William are doing 50-60k this week then the top 2 are doing 100-110k in downloads add - other downloads and the large physical sales onto that the top 2 should be on for around 200k max imo!!

Edited December 18, 201212 yr by steve201

Maybe because they have a passion for music, and see an album as a realisation of that vision, rather than releasing one single every year expecting a dedicated fanbase to buy multiple copies to milk it and secure a hit :unsure:

 

Stupid Stupid #41

Was just going to say this - an album, if done correctly, represents a body of work for that artist at that point in their career. A cohesive sound of the artist. For me, that is no more embodied by Leona's Echo (of course I would say that) - one of the best albums for me of modern times.

 

Granted, a lot of albums are indeed two hit singles with 10 tracks tacked on. But as I say if done correctly then an album is much more than just a way to rob the public of a tenner.

James Arthur increasing his lead over Justice Collective, now 90%.

Alex Day has tweeted that he is #10 in today's mids - The multiple versions and physicals have clearly really helped - Looks like a 3rd Top 40 hit foe him then despite it's rapid decline on iTunes.

James Arthur increasing his lead over Justice Collective, now 90%.

 

That's a little confusing - he has a 10% lead over TJC with the latter on 90%.

That's a little confusing - he has a 10% lead over TJC with the latter on 90%.

;)