October 10, 201311 yr I didn't mean that Glitter would get a #1, after his death! I mean't that as this man, has been labelled a monstorous evil person (though he was set up at least twice) or is it 3 times now, with the nutcase from Duncroft School (that can't get her age right). I mean it would be in vain to the death of Margaret Thatcher. People would download something to celebrate his death i.e. championed by the Sun. Perhaps a remix... 'Ding Dong, The Nonce Is Dead'... :P
October 10, 201311 yr On a perhaps more realistic goal, do you think that any song will outsell "Evergreen/Anything Is Possible" any time soon as the best-selling 21st century single? That's certainly a lot more realistic, 'Evergreen' is on about 1.8m isn't it? 'Someone Like You' is about 300k behind but I can't see it getting a massive boost any time soon. 'Blurred Lines' is on 1.374m but tailing off. But given that 19 singles have sold upwards of 1m this decade already, I think there's every chance we could get a 1.8m selling single in the next couple of years if sales stay as healthy as they are currently.
October 10, 201311 yr This year has shown that the singles market simply isn't going to get back to the point whereby a "normal" song can sell 2 million any more. "Blurred Lines" had everything going for it and is still going to fall well short, so it looks like when it does happen it'll be a charity or Christmas release.
October 10, 201311 yr This year has shown that the singles market simply isn't going to get back to the point whereby a "normal" song can sell 2 million any more. "Blurred Lines" had everything going for it and is still going to fall well short Not 'everything', I can't be alone in considering it total crap?
October 10, 201311 yr How well has Candle In The Wind '97 done in the download era? Has it or "Something About The Way You Look Tonight" ever returned to the top 75 due to any download surges?
October 10, 201311 yr Not quite, but 'Something About The Way You Look Tonight' came very close (#77) after an XF performance. I believe those sales counted towards the ~5 million total but not entirely certain.
October 11, 201311 yr On a perhaps more realistic goal, do you think that any song will outsell "Evergreen/Anything Is Possible" any time soon as the best-selling 21st century single? No, unless the XF winner is very popular and has a great well-known song.
October 11, 201311 yr This year has shown that the singles market simply isn't going to get back to the point whereby a "normal" song can sell 2 million any more. "Blurred Lines" had everything going for it and is still going to fall well short, so it looks like when it does happen it'll be a charity or Christmas release. For the past 50 years around 2m appears to have been the limit for a 'normal' single. Only one (Mull of Kintyre) has ever done it in it's regular chart run. A tiny handful of others have crept over the mark in the download era. 'Relax', 'Rivers of Babylon' and possibly 'You're the one that I want', not sure about that last one. So it was always an exceptionally rare ocurrence. Just because 'Blurred Lines' won't do it doesn't mean it's never going to happen. I still think BL will ultimately sell 1.8m though. And anyhow, you can't judge where the singles market is going by what happens in one particular year. In the mid 2000s you could easily have said that a non charity/talent show winner would never sell 1m again.
October 11, 201311 yr I agree. one record in 60 years has only sold 2million as a normal single sale and that was at a peak time for single sales. For a record to have sold 1.4 in six months (or getting there) is pretty impressive. Adele is the best candidate so far as she appeals across the board to all ages an could keep on selling in years to come. Ditto Gotye. I don't see why if the likes of Eye Of The Tiger can sell 400000 in downloads (it must be getting close to that) in just a few years, and it must be being bought by new generations, it cant keep on going at that rate as long as Rocky III keeps on being shown... So, a great song from a huge film that's not plugging an album, and that gets played across a range of radio stations with slots on the x factor, yeah it could do 2 million in a couple of years.... B-)
October 12, 201311 yr If an X Factor winning song was actually any good and started with huge week 1 sales then it might cross over to non-X Factor viewers and go on to sell 2 million within 12 or 18 months. Do you all think OCC would ever announce a 2 million seller like they do a million seller?
October 14, 201311 yr If an X Factor winning song was actually any good and started with huge week 1 sales then it might cross over to non-X Factor viewers and go on to sell 2 million within 12 or 18 months. Do you all think OCC would ever announce a 2 million seller like they do a million seller? definitely as its very rare! interesting to see jason mraz i'm yours has sold nearly three quarters of a million despite never going top 10. I can't see why loads of records cant sell these sorts of ongoing sales for decades to come....
October 14, 201311 yr No. The Queen's death wouldn't evoke such an act of recording a charity single because she will die of old age and people will accept it. Even if Kate Middleton were to have a tragic death it still wouldn't compare.
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