Posted October 27, 201410 yr Theres alot of talk about this in the itunes thread this week due to Ed Sheeran Thinking Out Loud storming to No1 currently with single 3 from his 750k selling album! Anyone want to put a definate list in this topic and the reasons why it got to No1 - e.g Massive popularity, X Factor performance, Re-Release etc I will start things off with Labrinth - Beneath Your Beautiful - Single 6 off the album released in April 2012, stormed to No1 from outside the top 40 after an X Factor performance with Emeli Sande 20/10/2012 Labrinth Featuring Emeli Sande Beneath Your Beautiful 1 71-{1}R(2)-2-2-4-4-4-4-8-11-10-10-15-20-27-32-32-30-35-40-42-45-58-71-69R(8)->25 Edited October 27, 201410 yr by steve201
October 27, 201410 yr Lady Gaga ft. Beyoncé - Telephone Britney Spears - Toxic and Everytime No Doubt - Don't Speak Olly Murs - Dance With Me Tonight Shakira - Hips Don't Lie Eminem ft. Dido - Stan
October 27, 201410 yr These are all compiled from the iTunes thread, I haven't verified all of them, these are just the ones that have been mentioned so far in that thread: Labrinth feat. Emeli Sande - Beneath Your Beautiful (X factor performance) Jessie J - Domino Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not The One Coldplay - Paradise (X factor performance) David Guetta feat. Sia - Titanium Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling (X factor performance?) Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway Lady Gaga & Beyonce - Telephone (video effect if I remember correctly?) Rihanna - What's My Name? Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song (popularity / low sales week?) Gorillaz - Dare Oasis - The Importance Of Being Idle Madonna - Sorry PCD - Stickwitu Edited October 27, 201410 yr by Mango
October 27, 201410 yr Author The Lazy Song could also be put under Video Effect, I remember everyone talking about it at the time!
October 27, 201410 yr Author Lady Gaga ft. Beyoncé - Telephone Britney Spears - Toxic and Everytime No Doubt - Don't Speak Olly Murs - Dance With Me Tonight Shakira - Hips Don't Lie Eminem ft. Dido - Stan What was the lead single of the album Toxic was on?
October 27, 201410 yr Coldplay - Paradise (X factor performance) The XF performance only got it to #2. It reached #1 due to the gift card effect 2 weeks later. Also 'Meet Me Halfway' was the BEP #1 that got there via XF, not 'I Gotta Feeling'.
October 27, 201410 yr Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 Spice Girls - Mama/Who Do You Think You Are Spice Girls - Too Much Spice Girls - Viva Forever
October 27, 201410 yr Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling (X factor performance?) Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway 'Meet Me Halfway' was boosted by an X Factor performance actually, not 'I Gotta Feeling'. I think that was just a hugely popular song that had it's video released before the album was released IIRC, so it just naturally sold a lot from the get-go of the album being released. The album mustn't have sold an awful lot by the time 'I Gotta Feeling' reached #1 anyway...
October 27, 201410 yr 'Poker Face' was technically post-album also, tho it had remixes it out in December 2008 it was only pushed as a single in April 2009, The Fame was released in January 2009
October 27, 201410 yr DWMT was pre-album but didn't go #1 until after the release if that counts :P I always forget it wasn't post album though :lol: What was the lead single of the album Toxic was on? Me Against The Music with Madonna. Bit of a misfire, good song but it probably wouldn't have even been a single (let alone the lead) without Madonna on it.
October 27, 201410 yr Hips Don't Lie was only available on a re-release of Oral Fixation 2 as far as I can recall. It couldn't be obtained prior to the CD single/download release.
October 27, 201410 yr Surely some of Westlife's number 1's were post-album? Hoping someone knows as I really cba to check :lol:
October 27, 201410 yr Don't Look Back in Anger - it sold a considerable amount of these on the basis that Oasis fans wanted the b-sides as well as owning the parent album
October 27, 201410 yr Britney had another one in 'Born To Make You Happy'! The 4th (!!) Single from a million selling album! (Singles 2 & 3 failed to top the chart - but managed top 5). Atomic Kitten - Whole Again is another single that went to number 1, after the first 4 failed to go anywhere near! (Top 20 for the single before WA!)
October 27, 201410 yr Madonna had two from True Blue. The title track and La Isla Bonita, the third and fifth singles respectively.
October 27, 201410 yr As impressive as it is for any post-album single to get to #1, it actually happened quite a lot in the 80s and 90s. It's really only the last few years that it's become such a rarity, due to the digital age. So arguably 'Thinking Out Loud' being a post-album #1 is far more impressive than, for example, '2 Become 1' or 'Don't Look Back In Anger'. Should we limit the list to the last 5 years or something? Edited October 27, 201410 yr by Mango
October 27, 201410 yr Is that because 2 Become 1 and Don't Look Back in Anger were fan based purchases by bands that had huge fan bases?
October 27, 201410 yr Partly that, yes. But also because back in those days, people would still buy a CD single even if they already had the song on the album, for remixes, B-sides or just to have the singles collection or whatever. These days, if you've already downloaded the album, it makes no sense whatsoever to download a single from it.
October 27, 201410 yr Razorlight - America Robbie Williams - She's The One - the fourth single from 'I've Been Expecting You' Christina Aguilera - Beautiful U2 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own Edited October 27, 201410 yr by gavindeejay
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