December 23, 201510 yr Author Well Justin Bieber will return the following week, if the gift card week still generates a hefty increase of sales, it will go towards Justin's favour more than anything. It seems a trend now for a track to re-jump to #1 at the beginning of the new year, Coldplay did it, Mark Ronson etc etc. I can't see the NHS track getting a second week, but anything can happen.
December 23, 201510 yr Well Justin Bieber will return the following week, if the gift card week still generates a hefty increase of sales, it will go towards Justin's favour more than anything. It seems a trend now for a track to re-jump to #1 at the beginning of the new year, Coldplay did it, Mark Ronson etc etc. I can't see the NHS track getting a second week, but anything can happen. the choir could even continue
December 23, 201510 yr how many seconds of play are needed each time to count?A minimum of 30 seconds.
December 23, 201510 yr the choir could even continue Probably quite unlikely as once they get the no1 people prob will give up the campaign a bit like Rage!
December 23, 201510 yr Will Justin even know what the NHS is? Keep reading comments elsewhere about how his tweet shows what a nice guy he is but won't it just be his management simply trying to improve his public image? And since when did giving to charity automatically make someone such a fantastic person? anastacia? if u have her? Nope, we only have a Top 40.
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
December 23, 201510 yr Wow at Corrs' fourth week possibly set to outpace Chris Brown's debut week! :o
December 23, 201510 yr Well Justin Bieber will return the following week, if the gift card week still generates a hefty increase of sales, it will go towards Justin's favour more than anything. It seems a trend now for a track to re-jump to #1 at the beginning of the new year, Coldplay did it, Mark Ronson etc etc. I can't see the NHS track getting a second week, but anything can happen. Anything apart from that. I know betting is a sore point right now but it will do nothing on gift card week and I'd be happy to bet a large amount of money on it dropping straight out of the top ten, at least, more likely far lower.
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 Interesting Spice Girls have the biggest selling "normal" Christmas No.1. Shows how much of a phenomenon they were at the time and without the exposure X Factor gave the awful winner singles. Only Adele could come close to generating such massive first week sales for a new single, even more impressive was the fact the album shifted a similar amount the week :o Anyway back to this week, I really hope Justin Bieber holds on as no offence to the NHS song it would be so refreshing to not have a charity campaign or X Factor related song be no.1 at Christmas for a change its been over 10 years since it last happened. I have a feeling they may just bag it though. EDIT: Just seen the iTunes thread. Think they have it in the bag now 70% lead over Justin Edited December 23, 201510 yr by Supercell
December 23, 201510 yr the choir could even continue It's very common for these charity records that aim to get the Christmas #1 to drop very steeply afterwards. We saw it with the Military Wives, we saw it with the Justice Collective and so on.
December 23, 201510 yr someone has any album sales of xmas week last year? just to compare sales? How much did it sell the n°1 , n°10 , n°20, N°40 and n°100 album this time last year?
December 23, 201510 yr Bieber just tweeted Justin Bieber @justinbieber 6m6 minutes ago so for 1 week it's ok not to be #1. Let's do the right thing & help them win. It's Christmas. @Choir_NHS good luck well then even he doesn't want to be no 1 Veeery clever PR move to continue his image transformation. Impressive.
December 23, 201510 yr someone has any album sales of xmas week last year? just to compare sales? How much did it sell the n°1 , n°10 , n°20, N°40 and n°100 album this time last year? Yes all historical sales threads are in the sales vault :D
December 23, 201510 yr So-The NHS Choir now have a second version of the song in the iTunes top ten. I think they are going to do it!
December 23, 201510 yr NHS increasing their lead by over 6% now. I'm expecting Bieber to be down to around 15% combined tomorrow morning :(
December 23, 201510 yr The Spice Girls' slaaayage though!! Even their underrated hit Too Much!! I'm surprised that Florence is flopping eith her new album!! I thought that it would be an Xmas present fave and they've even been advertising it on TV :/
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