February 25, 201510 yr Rumour has it Sam Smith is performing with John Legend tonight. I hope it's Lay Me Down. Could do an Adele.
February 25, 201510 yr I think Sams album has sold so much now it'll prob end up with a peak of 12 in the OC but you never know. Anyone else get the feeling Sam Smiths pushing ahead of Ed since Xmas in terms of impact with people even tho both have done amazingly? I assume there will be loads of duets as usual. Will they be released!?
February 25, 201510 yr So Madonna isn't legitimately #2 on iTunes and it's not worth getting excited about?
February 25, 201510 yr @MintRoyale BIG change to the way the iTunes album chart works today - preorders no longer count towards position on release. @MintRoyale So day one chart position is based on sales on that day, not taking into account preorders. @MintRoyale Also, free tracks that become available on preordering will not be included in the top songs chart. @MintRoyale Obviously this is just the iTunes charts, preorders will count towards the official charts in week one. I wonder if they made this change already but not for all releases? It would explain The Prodigy's instant grats not entering high up the chart and the unusually slow starts for a few albums in the last couple of weeks, though the change has clearly not been applied to the new ones from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Madonna. This is good news anyway. I presume the same change is not happening with pre-ordered singles?
February 25, 201510 yr @MintRoyale Also, free tracks that become available on preordering will not be included in the top songs chart. Will the paid downloads of the free pre-order tracks still show up on the chart though (you can download them separately, right)? (Sorry if this is a stupid question, I've never actually used iTunes before :lol:).
February 25, 201510 yr I think Sams album has sold so much now it'll prob end up with a peak of 12 in the OC but you never know. Anyone else get the feeling Sam Smiths pushing ahead of Ed since Xmas in terms of impact with people even tho both have done amazingly? I assume there will be loads of duets as usual. Will they be released!? Not really. Ed has still sold more copies than Sam since then and the only reason why Sam has been ahead the past couple of weeks is because of Grammys exposure. x is the bookies' favourite to take home the award for British Mastercard Album tonight, so Ed should be back ahead by the end of the week.
February 25, 201510 yr At least 'Living for Love' being an instant grat means it's now visible to the public who may want to download straight after the BRITs.
February 25, 201510 yr Madonna must be very lucky this big change hasn't happened yet, Living For Love being #1 will definitely attract more actual sales and with the BRITs performance too, it should be on course for a top 40 debut, hopefully higher than Give Me All Your Lovin's peak
February 25, 201510 yr Big change?Instant grats won't appear in the iTunes singles chart; @MintRoyale BIG change to the way the iTunes album chart works today - preorders no longer count towards position on release. @MintRoyale So day one chart position is based on sales on that day, not taking into account preorders. @MintRoyale Also, free tracks that become available on preordering will not be included in the top songs chart. @MintRoyale Obviously this is just the iTunes charts, preorders will count towards the official charts in week one.
February 25, 201510 yr Instant grats won't appear in the iTunes singles chart; Ah thanks, I did check back a couple of pages but skipped past those tweets thinking they weren't anything of worth! :P It's a good decision in terms of keeping the chart 'clean' but yeah, it's a good job Madonna gets to benefit whilst she can as she needs it!
February 25, 201510 yr pre-order update 52. King - Years & Years 108. When the Beat Drops Out - Marlon Roudette 111. I Don't Mind (feat. Juicy J) - Usher 112. GDFR (feat. Sage the Gemini & Lookas) - Flo Rida 115. Make Me Feel Better - Alex Adair 145. Hold My Hand - Jess Glynne 218. Bloodstream - Ed Sheeran & Rudimental 334. So Freakin' Tight - Tough Love 341. I Want You To Know (feat. Selena Gomez) - Zedd 405. Fade Out Lines (UK Radio Edit) - The Avener & Phoebe Killdeer 548. Beautiful Me - Dappy 825. Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix Radio Edit) - Omi 827. Higher (feat. Labrinth) - Sigma 1147. Jealous - Nick Jonas 1252. Nothing Really Matters - Mr. Probz 1416. Geronimo - Sheppard
February 25, 201510 yr So has 'Living For Love' been released or is it still only the instant grat? #confused.
February 25, 201510 yr Will the "Live From The Brits" version of the songs count towards the official chart? e.g. with Madonna's 'Living For Love'?
February 25, 201510 yr Will the "Live From The Brits" version of the songs count towards the official chart? e.g. with Madonna's 'Living For Love'? Yes. I think someone said in here the other week that they're only being released on Google Play this time though?
February 25, 201510 yr Will the "Live From The Brits" version of the songs count towards the official chart? e.g. with Madonna's 'Living For Love'? The live versions get combined with the original unless it's a mash-up then it has its own separate chart entry. Although we can never be sure if they're releasing all the live performances until after the event
February 25, 201510 yr I'm sure I read somewhere that the BRITs tracks are going to be free on Google Play with Google making donations to charities. Remember to discuss the BRIT Awards HERE.
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