December 23, 201510 yr So I guess Adele will do around 400-420K this week? in her FIFTH week? LOL! QUEEEEENNNN!!!
December 23, 201510 yr So I guess Adele will do around 400-420K this week? in her FIFTH week? LOL! QUEEEEENNNN!!! I'm not surprised, il be more interested to see her sales next Friday to see if she can stay above 100k!
December 23, 201510 yr Will "X" - Ed sell 50k this week? Still an outside chance of 1 million this year I guess
December 23, 201510 yr Also looking like 500k for Coldplay, not bad considering the sales of "Ghost Stories" Edited December 23, 201510 yr by timjimlee
December 23, 201510 yr Christmas No. 1 weekly sales - highest to lowest from 1990 - this century bolded: 2005 - 742,180 - That's My Goal: Shayne Ward 2008 - 576,046 - Hallelujah: Alexandra Burke 2006 - 571,992 - A Moment Like This: Leona Lewis 2011 - 555,622 - Wherever You Are: Military Wives With Gareth Malone 2009 - 502,672 - Killing In The Name: Rage Against The Machine 2010 - 439,007 - When We Collide: Matt Cardle 1996 - 429,000 - 2 Become 1: The Spice Girls 1998 - 380,000 - Goodbye: Spice Girls 1991 - 367,000 - Bohemian Rhapsody/ These Are the Days…: Queen 2000 - 359,639 - Can We Fix It?: Bob the Builder 2004 - 287,849 - Do They Know It's Christmas?: Band Aid 20 2007 - 275,742 - When You Believe: Leon Jackson 2012 - 269,248 - The Justice Collective: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother 1995 - 261,851 - Earth Song: Michael Jackson 1997 - 252,000 - Too Much: The Spice Girls 2003 - 227,547 - Mad World: Michael Andrews Ft Gary Jules 1992 - 217,000 - I Will Always Love You: Whitney Houston 2014 - 214,239 - Something I Need: Ben Haenow 2002 - 213,140 - The Sound Of The Underground: Girls Aloud 1999 - 213,000 - I Have A Dream/Seasons In The Sun: Westlife 1994 - 204,000 - Stay (Another Day): East 17 2013 - 148,853 - Skyscraper: Sam Bailey 1993 - 139,000 - Mr Blobby: Mr Blobby 2001 - 110,000 - Somethin Stupid: Robbie Williams/ Nicole Kidman 1990 - 102,000 - Saviour's Day: Cliff Richard The 90s was an epic decade!
December 23, 201510 yr Christmas No. 1 weekly sales - highest to lowest from 1990 - this century bolded: 2005 - 742,180 - That's My Goal: Shayne Ward 2008 - 576,046 - Hallelujah: Alexandra Burke 2006 - 571,992 - A Moment Like This: Leona Lewis 2011 - 555,622 - Wherever You Are: Military Wives With Gareth Malone 2009 - 502,672 - Killing In The Name: Rage Against The Machine 2010 - 439,007 - When We Collide: Matt Cardle 1996 - 429,000 - 2 Become 1: The Spice Girls 1998 - 380,000 - Goodbye: Spice Girls 1991 - 367,000 - Bohemian Rhapsody/ These Are the Days…: Queen 2000 - 359,639 - Can We Fix It?: Bob the Builder 2004 - 287,849 - Do They Know It's Christmas?: Band Aid 20 2007 - 275,742 - When You Believe: Leon Jackson 2012 - 269,248 - The Justice Collective: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother 1995 - 261,851 - Earth Song: Michael Jackson 1997 - 252,000 - Too Much: The Spice Girls 2003 - 227,547 - Mad World: Michael Andrews Ft Gary Jules 1992 - 217,000 - I Will Always Love You: Whitney Houston 2014 - 214,239 - Something I Need: Ben Haenow 2002 - 213,140 - The Sound Of The Underground: Girls Aloud 1999 - 213,000 - I Have A Dream/Seasons In The Sun: Westlife 1994 - 204,000 - Stay (Another Day): East 17 2013 - 148,853 - Skyscraper: Sam Bailey 1993 - 139,000 - Mr Blobby: Mr Blobby 2001 - 110,000 - Somethin Stupid: Robbie Williams/ Nicole Kidman 1990 - 102,000 - Saviour's Day: Cliff Richard So this Christmas, it looks like the Christmas No1 could struggle to make 100k and will certainly be in the bottom three selling Chrimbo number one's of the last twenty years. Just shows the lack of competition this year. When is somebody going to come up with a really good Christmas tune? Edited December 23, 201510 yr by slowdown73
December 24, 201510 yr There are good Xmas songs out there they just don't have support/currently the artists aren't relevant in the charts. We've also had a fair few this decade with Leona (which was a chart hit), Coldplay (which was a hit but was released in a poor way), George Michael (who went top 40 with the help of XF but isn't relevant in the top 40 any longer), Kelly Clarkson and the various John Lewis ads some of which may be considered Xmas hits in the future (most likely Gab Alplin & Lily Allens efforts)! Edited December 24, 201510 yr by Christmaseve201
December 24, 201510 yr Here's an indication of what the Christmas #1 would be if you took away the X Factor winners, charity singles and campaigns that have dominated since 2004: 2014: 181,545 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (#2) 2013: 63,858 Pharrell Williams - Happy (#2) 2012: 88,400 will.i.am ft. Britney Spears - Scream & Shout (#3) 2011: 50,622 Coldplay - Paradise (#5) 2010: 104,487 Rihanna ft. Drake - What's My Name? (#2) 2009: 61,677 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (#3) 2008: 72,417 Leona Lewis - Run (#3) / 47,092 Beyonce - If I Were a Boy (#4) 2007: 30,887 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (#3) 28,419 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York (#4) 2006: 55,559 Take That - Patience (#2) 2005: 159,815 Nizlopi - The JCB Song (#2) 2004: 27,922 Ronan Keating - Father & Son (#2) I say indication, because there's no knowing who may have released if it weren't a foregone conclusion who the #1 would be, plus some songs may have sold more if it weren't for people choosing to support another song, or even sold less (in the case of Nizlopi, pretty sure people campaigned for that to be #1 in place of Shayne Ward. Would have been fantastic if 'Uptown Funk' got Christmas #1 over Ben Haenow - pretty sure it had a chance towards the end of the week and people definitely anticipated it before the first sales flashes. If Ben didn't have physicals, in the same way NHS Choir don't, 'Uptown Funk' would have got it.
December 24, 201510 yr So I guess Adele will do around 400-420K this week? in her FIFTH week? LOL! QUEEEEENNNN!!! Well she's averaged 70k per day for the last 2 days. If she keeps that average over Wed and Thur (might increase), it'll sell 440k
December 24, 201510 yr So this Christmas, it looks like the Christmas No1 could struggle to make 100k and will certainly be in the bottom three selling Chrimbo number one's of the last twenty years. Just shows the lack of competition this year. When is somebody going to come up with a really good Christmas tune? Leona and Kelly for example have in recent years, but nobody wants to know. :(
December 24, 201510 yr Leona and Kelly for example have in recent years, but nobody wants to know. :( Yes, both are good songs but not many really popular Christmas songs that make number one.
December 24, 201510 yr Chris Brown's physical sales must be appalling, he's been hanging around #8 all week on iTunes (#4/5 in artist albums) and upon release was #1, so even I'm shocked to see him set to miss the top 20, considering he's been a constant presence this year, despite no hit solo single!
December 24, 201510 yr You do realise that his sales might have been enough for #1 in August? If the album would have been released in August, it would have sold much less in that period of time.
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