You have to remember we are in the download age now rather than CD era. That to me has changed to xmas #1 more than anything. Very few artist would deliberately try for #1 I think these days unless they have a Christmas specific song, like Leona. I could never imagine a Gaga or Rihanna specifically getting everything for a release geared round one week unless it was a stand alone single just for Christmas.

 

 

Maybe not the artists themselves, but I could easily see their record companies trying to organise it.

32 :arrowdown: (from 16) Rebecca Ferguson - I Hope [D]

 

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Chart Run: 15-16-32 [3 wks]

 

Release date: 29-11-2013

Format: digital single

Label: RCA Records Label

 

Sales: 30k+

 

Video here:

 

download track listing

1 I Hope (Radio Edit)

2 I Hope (Live at Air Studios)

 

Biography

Liverpool-based legal secretary turned sensation Rebecca Ferguson is best known for being the runner-up in the British televised singing competition The X Factor, the first woman to reach that level in the show’s then seven-year run. Having been singing and writing songs since her childhood, Ferguson’s first reach for the spotlight was in 2004, when she first auditioned for The X Factor but was thwarted by shyness and lack of confidence. By 2010 she was ready for another try, this time impressing X Factor judges with her smoky, poignant voice and diverse song selections enough to land a spot on the show that year, where she wowed Nicole Sherzinger with her rendition of a Corinne Bailey Rae song at boot camp and reached the finals to duet with her idol, Christina Aguilera. Though she fell short to competitor Matt Cardle, Ferguson was signed to Cowell/Sony Music Entertainment venture Syco and began working on her debut record as 2011 began. The single "Nothing's Real But Love" reached the British Top Ten, and her album Heaven hit number three, and charted well throughout much of Europe. She announced a mammoth U.K.-headline tour at the beginning of 2012, which sold-out despite a handful of extra dates being added. A deluxe version of Heaven appeared in October, along with her fourth single. "Backtrack." which she performed on the 2012 installment of The X-Factor.

 

In early 2013, Ferguson embarked on her first tour of the U.S. before beginning work on her second release, Freedom. She started immediately on the record after she returned to the U.K. She teamed up with songwriter Eg White (Adele, Duffy, Joss Stone) to pen a collection of material and the album was expected for release toward the end of 2013. - iTunes

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2011 10 Nothing's Real But Love -1-

2012 15 Backtrack -2-

2013 15 I Hope -1-

I hope this is Rebecca's last week in the top 40. <_<

What a change in tempo from that! :lol: Still not a fan of this Rebecca song :(

Is Storm Queen out the top 40? Surely it wouldn't be this high given its iTunes position?

Rebecca's last week's stability was a bit misleading then as she plummeted this week and will probably not recover anytime soon.

It's a very average song though.

Is Storm Queen out the top 40? Surely it wouldn't be this high given its iTunes position?

But it had a second version too near the top 100.

I disagree I think it would make mad world vs darkness style battles more common!

 

Well clearly not this year as Pharrell's looking to be #2 with ease, no competition there. :lol:

Is Storm Queen out the top 40? Surely it wouldn't be this high given its iTunes position?

 

It was #34 in Wednesday's mids, so I don't think so :/

Is Storm Queen out the top 40? Surely it wouldn't be this high given its iTunes position?

 

It has loads of versions though, so it could still be in.

 

This Rebecca song sounds quite old-fashioned too tbh.

..Oh, fail on my behalf then. :lol:

 

Still loving this :wub:

31 :arrowdown: (from 25) Storm Queen - Look Right Through (MK Remix) [D]

 

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Chart Run: 1-6-7-15-22-25-31 [7 wks]

 

Release date: 03-11-2013

Format: download only single

Label: Ministry of Sound Recordings

 

Sales: 200k+

 

Video here:

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2013 01 Look Right Through (MK Remix) -NAS-

 

Discussion Thread Here

And here we are back in the club, go Storm Queen! <3

> #31 [ from #25]

> STORM QUEEN

> "Look Right Through" [non-album single]

> 1-6-7-15-22-25-31-

> 7 weeks top 40

 

> #32 [ from #16]

> REBECCA FERGUSON

> "I Hope" [1st single from "Freedom"]

> 15-16-32-

> 3 weeks top 40

 

> #33 [ RE-ENTRY]

> ALTERN 8

> "Activ-8" [2nd single from "Full On .. Mask Hysteria"]

> 11-4-3-6-11-23-26-24-50-x(1145)-33-

> 9 weeks top 40; 10 weeks top 75

 

> #34 [ from #22]

> BREACH feat. ANDREYA TRIANA

> "Everything You Never Had (We Had It All)" [non-album single]

> 9-11-22-34-

> 4 weeks top 40

 

> #35 [ from #36]

> SUB FOCUS

> "Turn Back Time" [6th single from "Torus"]

> 85-36-35-

> 2 weeks top 40; 3 weeks top 100

 

> #36 [ from #40]

> WHAM!

> "Last Christmas" [non-album single]

> 2-2-2-2-2-3-8-11-21-33-38-51-67-x(39)-32-10-6-6-14-36-68-x(45)-85-63-47-45-71-x(1090)-50-23-14-16-40-x(47)-67-36-26-...

...-27-45-x(48)-53-39-41-34-x(48)-57-53-56-61-x(48)-55-26-28-34-x(48)-55-34-41-35-87-x(47)-91-44-40-36-

> 33 weeks top 40; 53 weeks top 75; 56 weeks top 100

 

> #37 [ RE-ENTRY]

> DEMI LOVATO

> "Skyscraper" [1st single from "Unbroken"]

> 32-54-91-x(78)-59-13-7-21-32-48-72-x(6)-37-

> 6 weeks top 40; 10 weeks top 75; 11 weeks top 100

 

> #38 [ from #32]

> ELLIE GOULDING

> "Burn" [4th single from "Halcyon"]

> 1-1-1-2-3-8-10-13-18-17-23-26-33-27-17-28-28-32-38-

> 19 weeks top 40

 

> #39 [ from #51]

> LITTLE MIX

> "Little Me" [2nd single from "Salute"]

> 77-x(3)-51-39-

> 1 week top 40; 2 weeks top 75; 3 weeks top 100

 

> #40 [ from #44]

> JOHN NEWMAN

> "Love Me Again" [1st single from "Tribute"]

> 1-2-3-4-2-6-11-15-16-21-23-28-27-25-30-26-42-42-53-59-71-85-91-44-40-

> 17 weeks top 40; 23 weeks top 75; 25 weeks top 100

 

The Killers top 30 :cheer: Thankfully I have prepared their chart run already :P

The song which literally nobody hates. :lol: :wub:

Hurrah! Kelly made the top 30! I smell her song coming next.

Still loving 'Look Right Through'! :wub:

Is Storm Queen out the top 40? Surely it wouldn't be this high given its iTunes position?

Oh, never mind. :lol:

 

This has grown on me immensely. :wub:

I hope, I hope, I hope this is this songs last week ever in the charts.

Is Storm Queen out the top 40? Surely it wouldn't be this high given its iTunes position?

There's your answer :lol: