When Jessie performs her songs it has a much bigger effect than radio AirPlay. The album had a longer chart run and sold more after her very late performance on Graham Norton than it did when it was initially released.

 

Jessie is such a talented singer-songwriter. I don't see why Ed Sheeran/James Bay/ Sam Smith's music is so much more popular - it's not that different (despite being a different gender).

Alone No More is just such a STANDARD song now. It's so status quo and generic for 2015, how are songs like this still going #1?

Alone No More is just such a STANDARD song now. It's so status quo and generic for 2015, how are songs like this still going #1?

 

Because you only need to sell about 4000 copies in a day to get there on iTunes and the sales chart is becoming increasingly irrelevant?

X factor:

 

25. Jessie Ware - Say You Love Me (Also 160, 848, 900)

42. James Bay - Let It Go (Also 470, 731)

59. Blackstreet - No Diggity

78. Empire Cast - What Is Love (feat. V. Bozeman) (Also 875)

95. Adele - Turning Tables

123. Florence + The Machine - You've Got the Love

153. Jennifer Hudson - And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going (Highlights Version) (Also 445)

163. Christina Aguilera - The Voice Within

262. Jennifer Hudson - Love You I Do

369. Patti Smith Group - Because the Night

392. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (2000 Remaster) (Also 1200)

665. Aretha Franklin - A Natural Woman

919. Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind

958. The Source & Candi Staton - You Got the Love (Original Bootleg Mix)

959. Beyoncé - I'd Rather Go Blind

pre-order update

 

101. Turn the Music Louder (Rumble) [feat. Tinie Tempah & Katy B] [Radio Edit] - KDA (23rd October)

171. In2 - WSTRN (30th October)

192. Kiss Me - Olly Murs (9th October)

231. Be Right There - Diplo & Sleepy Tom (16th October)

347. Reality (Radio Edit) - Lost Frequencies (16th October)

475. Chunky (Radio Edit) - Format:B (13th November)

857. Second Hand Heart (feat. Kelly Clarkson) - Ben Haenow (9th October)

Edited October 4, 20159 yr by jase.

The top 3 must be neck and neck on itunes as it is changing so quickly.

pre-order update

 

101. Turn the Music Louder (Rumble) [feat. Tinie Tempah & Katy B] [Radio Edit] - KDA (23rd October)

171. In2 - WSTRN (30th October)

192. Kiss Me - Olly Murs (9th October)

231. Be Right There - Diplo & Sleepy Tom (16th October)

347. Reality (Radio Edit) - Lost Frequencies (16th October)

475. Chunky (Radio Edit) - Format:B (6th November)

857. Second Hand Heart (feat. Kelly Clarkson) - Ben Haenow (9th October)

Release date has changed to 13th November

Release date has changed to 13th November

 

thanks!

 

It looks like October could be the last month for pre's looking at that list :lol:

Unfortunately it won't as Sigala is holding back his new single until mid-December! :rolleyes: (the emoticon is directed at Sigala and his label, not you :kink:)

 

1082. Fleur East - Sax (pre-order)

 

Intrigued to see what sort of fanbase Fleur has!

Unfortunately it won't as Sigala is holding back his new single until mid-December! :rolleyes: (the emoticon is directed at Sigala and his label, not you :kink:)

 

1082. Fleur East - Sax (pre-order)

 

Intrigued to see what sort of fanbase Fleur has!

 

I hope Fleur can go top 100 on iTunes at least on pre's like Ben :wub:

580. Fleur East - Sax (pre-order - 23rd October)

 

:cheer:

Am I the only one who doesn't adore Jessie Ware here? :angel:

 

Fingers crossed for Philip George this Friday. :w00t:

Unfortunately it won't as Sigala is holding back his new single until mid-December! :rolleyes: (the emoticon is directed at Sigala and his label, not you :kink:)

 

Plus MOS and AATW are sticking with held back releases anyway!

Record labels have no rest with OA/OS.

 

Clearly radio/media are still very conservative towards new world. And I think loads of held-back releases just helped streaming to become as dominant as it is. If record labels will still hold back releases they'll kill the downloads even more in the longer period, but it could be paid up in short terms.

 

I think holding back for 2 weeks or so is the best strategy at the moment, with a MASS promo on release week.

They can hold back releases all they want, but as digital continues to collapse it will mean they chart lower and lower. :D

134. Delta Goodrem - Wings :cheer:

 

Helped by an interview and they played a short clip of the video on Lorraine

Edited October 5, 20159 yr by danielw2k1

YASSSS, she needs to get out there with lots of promo and a Radio 2 playlist slot and she's sure to secure a top 200 comeback officially *.*

85 - Låpsley - Hurt Me :arrowup:

 

First day of B-listing has started for this. Looks like it could be a hit!

2 Sam Smith - Writing's on the Wall

0.8845 0.8518

 

Video effect because number 1 is gaining like crazy over the others and still Sam is increasing big. I think he will be number 1 this week also.

Record labels have no rest with OA/OS.

 

Clearly radio/media are still very conservative towards new world. And I think loads of held-back releases just helped streaming to become as dominant as it is. If record labels will still hold back releases they'll kill the downloads even more in the longer period, but it could be paid up in short terms.

 

I think holding back for 2 weeks or so is the best strategy at the moment, with a MASS promo on release week.

 

I think radio is responding well to OAOS - well, they've got no choice really. But it still isn't working for anyone other than acts who already big, or the odd exception like R. City (which still has Adam Levine on it).

 

I don't think it makes any difference in the uptake on streaming, but I agree holding back 2 or 3 weeks would be a good compromise rather than going back to 2 months again. But they can't carry on like this. They're clearly losing more sales with so many DOA releases than they were losing from piracy.

 

I'm going to be really interested to see how the total sales figures tally up for "Body On Me" vs "Poison" as an example. If "Body On Me" winds up selling more despite not peaking in the top 20 then you might be able to make a case for it working, but if it sells less and peaks lower, what is the point? And does anyone think that it wouldn't have gone top 5 had they held it back?

 

Also it's not like records which are held back are all crashing out of the chart quickly afterwards, like they did in the physical era. I was worried Sigala had waited to long - but it's spent 5 weeks in the top 5 so far so has it really been hurt by being held back?

 

People say "but other countries manage fine with OAOS" - but the U.S. is completely different in that it can take several months to make a record smash, and in Europe the charts aren't as important to the music industry as in the UK.

Edited October 5, 20159 yr by AcerBen