I really enjoyed the performance (shock horror). I didn't think anything was bad about it. However, the pyrotechnics at the end were a little bit too loud :lol: But it wasn't a massive distraction for me.

 

 

So classy, elegant and so, SO beautiful. :wub:

Twitter and newspapers are slamming them for miming.

Definitely weren't miming :lol:

Well Twitter and the newspapers are being even more stupid than usual as that certainly wasn't mimed!

I think we should all agree that Viva Forever needs saved in the Spice Girls least favourite single over in the pop forum

 

I accept cash Jay x

I think we should all agree that Viva Forever needs saved in the Spice Girls least favourite single over in the pop forum

 

I accept cash Jay x

:blink:

 

 

I really hope Love Me Like You can climb back into the top 20 this week, it's as high as #15 on iTunes now. Streaming is just still pretty crap, even with Christmas drawing closer.

Sold 20k (same as last week) but dipped 3 places. RV happened slightly too late in the week for it to have an effect.

 

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There's an off chance it could climb next week. Fingers crossed. Commercial airplay seems to be keeping it stable. Hopefully X-Factor doesn't drown it.

 

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Sold another 20k bringing the total to approx 250k

 

They performed the Christmas Mix last night on text Santa, but without Jes. What is going on with her? They were also shoved to the very end of the show. :/

Yeah. Why is Jesy missing some vital promo? I would say maybe her ear infection was just that bad, but she performed on XF over the weekend so... (unless it's back - ear infection is THE WORST) but either way, hope she's ok and manages to recover properly!

 

 

I was worried to see how they'd work without Jesy, but that performance was really good. Usually when a band member has disappeared from a performance or two, you notice and think "this doesn't work. They're not the same without ..." but in this performance, that didn't cross my mind once, which is a relief.

They've put out a Christmas Mix video on their YouTube (same video, just the Xmas mix instead):

 

I am hoping that everyone rushes to buy this with their iTunes gift vouchers after Christmas and it finally gets a peak inside the Top 10 :wub: The Christmas Mix has made me fall in love with it all over again.

That Christmas version is HIDEOUS.

Hopefully the album, black magic and especially this get gift card boosts!

This made the Christmas Top 101 on The Netherlands' prime adult radio at #79 for some reasom :cheer:

Mixers were out in full force appaz :')

Back in the top 20 this week!

Back in the top 20 this week!

Crazy to think that this has now outdone 'Move' and 'Wings' in terms of top 40 weeks - it's now second to only 'Black Magic'! What's better is that its chart-run isn't being propped up by streaming like most of today's big hits; its sales-only run is actually even more impressive:

 

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This is doing so well so I suppose there's SOME justice for it missing the Top 10.

It's crazy how it's sales that have kept this afloat while streaming was never there for it.

It's a shame Radio 1 never really play this since it was taken off the playlist. Usually they still play songs regularly if they've held up well which this has. I really think the live lounge drop out did have a bit of an effect in that regard.

 

I hope this can go gold at some point!

The girls missed a trick with the Christmas Mix. Had they released that start of December, performed an iconic Mean Girls-style routine on the X Factor Final (of course intertwined with Sax), and released a different Christmas video for it, it could have propelled it into the top 10. But maybe that seems like an awful lot of work just for a top 10 placing. Either way, it's held up a lot longer than I thought it would proving the UK really are here for LM this year.

This is performing very well in the singles chart, good chart run to date and the sales are building up to very respectable sales. Its a sleeper hit and i believe it has served well for selling what is now their biggest selling album to date.