Personally, I think Glow is overrated. One of those songs Buzzjack loves and everyone else is indifferent too :lol:

yes, but you're an urban fan :P (tbf nothing against you, but I don't get (and like) this "Buzzjack loves this, hates that" thing :wacko:)

 

tbh I don't see too many people like it on here, but it must be me :lol:

Glow really is stunning, there is just something about it that works fantastically :wub:

I think it's highly likely. It's on 828k and the Christmas sales are the highest of the year, plus it's number 2 in the mids with more than 50k this week.

 

Thanks Ben, it would be a shame with all the success he's had this year to miss out on a million sales in the same calendar year. He will obviously sail past a million with the Brits and Grammys next year.

 

As for this week's chart, I can see Olly climbing back in the top 3 albums after his 'Night In' special, and I really believe Uptown Funk could be this year's Christmas Number One!

yes, but you're an urban fan :P (tbf nothing against you, but I don't get (and like) this "Buzzjack loves this, hates that" thing :wacko:)

 

tbh I don't see too many people like it on here, but it must be me :lol:

 

Really :lol: I've seen loads of love for Glow (and Ella Henderson in general) on this website, whereas most people I know have only really know Ghost.

 

I'd like to think I'm fair and objective when it comes to non-urban songs, even if I'm not really best qualified to judge :lol:

Really :lol: I've seen loads of love for Glow (and Ella Henderson in general) on this website, whereas most people I know have only really know Ghost.

 

Does that not say it all about how radio hang on to older songs and refuse to let go of them to the point where it overshadows a newer release if people don't even know it exists?

I think it's highly likely. It's on 828k and the Christmas sales are the highest of the year, plus it's number 2 in the mids with more than 50k this week.

Yeah it'll easily surpass a million I reckon. Especially as he has the X Factor final this weekend.

Is Kylie's Santa Baby still in the midweek top 200? do those 19p sales on google play count? she is 14th best seller there!

Is Kylie's Santa Baby still in the midweek top 200? do those 19p sales on google play count? she is 14th best seller there!

She is, yeah, and the 19p sales do count.

37.6k for Band Aid 30?! Those are really, really poor physical sales. I imagine a fair few would have pre-ordered, then cancelled their pre-order once they actually heard it. It's not as good as the original or Band Aid 20.

With "Sing", "Rather Be", "Ghost" and "Happy" climbing up on iTunes, I hope none of them re-enter the top 40 on Sunday but they most likely will as they all have streaming on their side

37.6k for Band Aid 30?! Those are really, really poor physical sales. I imagine a fair few would have pre-ordered, then cancelled their pre-order once they actually heard it. It's not as good as the original or Band Aid 20.

 

They are terrible I'm shocked. Tbf I got my copy in hmv today and literally had to go looking for it - the hang I was in didn't have it beside the till or in a central spot. You would have to ask for it if I didn't search so well.

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Thanks Ben, it would be a shame with all the success he's had this year to miss out on a million sales in the same calendar year. He will obviously sail past a million with the Brits and Grammys next year.

 

As for this week's chart, I can see Olly climbing back in the top 3 albums after his 'Night In' special, and I really believe Uptown Funk could be this year's Christmas Number One!

 

 

Considering album sales have fallen again it brilliant that not only Ed but a debut album has passed a million copies this year - 'looks'

much healthier than 2013!

Considering album sales have fallen again it brilliant that not only Ed but a debut album has passed a million copies this year - 'looks'

much healthier than 2013!

 

We would have had a million selling album last year if the compilation chart was never invented and the top 5 albums of 2013 would have looked like this:

 

1. NOW 86

2. NOW 85

3. NOW 84

4. Midnight Memories

5. Our Version Of Events

We would have had a million selling album last year if the compilation chart was never invented and the top 5 albums of 2013 would have looked like this:

 

1. NOW 86

2. NOW 85

3. NOW 84

4. Midnight Memories

5. Our Version Of Events

 

This is exactly why I'm glad we have a separate compilation chart, it'd just be the Now albums dominating all year round and things would look very messy!

The best selling album should be Number One regardless of what tracks are on it.

 

What I think the success of Ed's album this year has proved is that even in a tough or poor selling market, if the album's good (which X is, it's one of my albums of the year certainly) and people like it, then it will do well regardless of if it hits a million sales or not.

 

I remember when The Guardian published that snotty article earlier in the year declaring the album as a dead in the water format because the previous year (2013) didn't carry a million selling album and that Coldplay's 'Ghost Stories' was yet to surpass 300k (in spite of the fact that Olly's last one, 'Right Place Right Time' did reach a million sales across it's original release at the end of 2012 and the re-release with tour DVD last Christmas. Then again, this is The Guardian we are talking about).

 

I'm beyond delighted they've been proved wrong in this instance. And Ed most importantly is a nice man, very talented, great songs and deserves all his success. And there are so few apart from maybe Olly or Pharrell that you can say that about.

No wonder all of Ella's other songs are flops. If she concentrated more on them instead of "Ghost", she'd have more than one big hit. Same thing happened last year happened with Naughty Boy. "Lifted" flopped because he kept promoting "La La La"

 

'Flops' really? A #7 and a sales #10 which has spent its 2 release weeks in the iTunes top 10 and is still going strong. Silly comment.

 

On the BBC music awards, the point of the show was to celebrate the year and its big songs and artists so obviously it was going to be Ghost, Rather Be, Budapest... It will be the same on TOTP Xmas.

On Ella, I can't recall her last TV performance of Ghost before this... She has always promos her latest single. Yours has been on XF, Jon Ross and Sunday Brunch for instance.

So you are plain wrong.

Classing Ella's singles outside Ghost flops is such a silly statement. Glow selling 100,000 is not a flop and it benefited album sales for her as yours has done. Yours will easily outsell Glow and sell well over 100,000. Performing Ghost at an awards show to celebrate the years music was the right move as it was a huge hit and it probably will benefit her album sales in the most important weeks of the year in terms of sales.

The best selling album should be Number One regardless of what tracks are on it.

 

I disagree, artists albums are a piece of art and therefore take longer to make and even sell. Compilation albums have the advantage of being a bunch of really popular hits which gives them an advantage sales wise so should be listed seperately and thankfully are.

37.6k for Band Aid 30?! Those are really, really poor physical sales. I imagine a fair few would have pre-ordered, then cancelled their pre-order once they actually heard it. It's not as good as the original or Band Aid 20.

Those are really poor sales yes but I imagine they'll pick up a bit when people go shopping on Saturday.