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the one that hasn't recovered is Sugar :( was in London over the weekend and heard the song a lot and also saw the video every 5 minutes in all music channels

It's pretty shame that it has dropped su many places since the 24th :(

It was in the top 20 and fell down to #51, now recovered a tiny little to #44 at least.

Great to see 99 Souls rebounding nicely. Hopefully their streaming and airplay will rise a bunch now with the xmas songs being taken out of rotation.

67. Louisa Johnson - Forever Young

 

lol bye.

49 Years & Years Shine

67. Louisa Johnson - Forever Young

 

lol bye.

 

I still wish it was the Alphaville Forever Young, I'm sure it would have lasted longer (and may have brought the original back in the charts)

67. Louisa Johnson - Forever Young

 

lol bye.

 

The thing I find most amusing about the awful run of this song is the fact that there was so much hype and positivity about Louisa before Forever Young was released, and yet it still flopped to the extent it has.

 

The fact it struggled to hold up number 1 on the iTunes chart for more than a couple of days really emphasizes the lack of interest in the song, especially seeing as past winners with less hype and likeability than herself have managed to keep the placing for numerous weeks (for example Sam Bailey, even she managed to get number one, and number one on iTunes for a while more, and she wasn't exactly chart friendly material).

 

No wonder she hasn't tweeted anything about the song since its release, obviously her and Simon and Syco were all anticipating an easy number one :lol:

In all fairness I don't think it's anything to do with Louisa herself. Everyone seems to find the song itself totally boring. Louisa's own material will change things I'm sure. Winning singles don't dictate future success.

I might have said this before but I wonder whether it's because Louisa was such an obvious winner that people don't feel as much ownership of her as they did with past winners.

Was Louisa an obvious winner? I thought there were a few with a shout particularly the first few weeks. The only winner who was the only contender from week 1 that I can remember is sam bailey, she seemed to be featured every week on gogglebox as well. Even Leona didn't appear as contender until a few weeks in iirc

I think Louisa is a bit of it. She is just decent, her voice is good but shouty, she is a bit wet personality wise and she never gave anyone that moment to really think yeah she is amazing.

 

The winners people have usually invested in so the winners song doesn't matter because people buy it any way but people obviously didn't invest in Louisa as a person at all.

It's the song, strategy and the fact that not as many people watch X factor. I don't think it has anything to do with Louisa. And I don't think it really matters either. It's not like Cannonball is known to be played on the radio ever is it? It's not remembered regardless of selling. Louisa is still a lot more likely to have success than Sam, Ben, Matt, Leon of a load of the other failed winners.

No doubts it is a poor song. But the fact it has done so horrifically I think must reflect on her personal popularity.

I for one have no idea what her musical style or future music is likely to be.

Forever Flop down to #70 now.

X Factor just seemed to not be much of an event this year? It was over as quickly as it begun and we never got a chance to really get invested in the contestants imo.

It's the song, strategy and the fact that not as many people watch X factor. I don't think it has anything to do with Louisa. And I don't think it really matters either. It's not like Cannonball is known to be played on the radio ever is it? It's not remembered regardless of selling. Louisa is still a lot more likely to have success than Sam, Ben, Matt, Leon of a load of the other failed winners.

There's a difference between 'Cannonball' and 'Forever Young' though. 'Cannonball' did badly enough to be completely forgotten about weeks later, while 'Forever Young' has very possibly done badly enough to actually be remembered for being the X Factor song that did horrendously - I've seen numerous conversations regarding how badly Louisa has done and it's gotten pretty decent coverage in the press (which couldn't be said for Little Mix).

 

Louisa is pretty heavily associated with failure and the decline of X Factor in the public's mind right now, I would say. Winner singles are never indicators of success but the coverage surrounding 'Forever Young' looks like a pretty heavy indicator for me. I'd be very surprised if radio were confident in supporting her next year.

Combined/Weighted

As of 0.6 hours ago

 

 

01 - 1.0000 - Justin Bieber - Love Yourself

02 - 0.7199 - Justin Bieber - Sorry

03 - 0.6002 - Adele - Hello

04 - 0.4971 - Grace - You Don't Own Me (feat. G-Eazy)

05 - 0.4855 - Fleur East - Sax

06 - 0.4279 - One Direction - History

07 - 0.3577 - Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean?

08 - 0.3439 - Coldplay - Adventure of a Lifetime

09 - 0.2985 - Sigala - Sweet Lovin' (feat. Bryn Christopher) [Radio Edit]

10 - 0.2707 - Jess Glynne - Take Me Home (BBC Children In Need Single 2015)

 

11 - 0.2638 - Shawn Mendes - Stitches

12 - 0.2452 - MNEK & Zara Larsson - Never Forget You

13 - 0.2344 - Little Mix - Love Me Like You

14 - 0.2270 - Sigma & Rita Ora - Coming Home

15 - 0.2243 - 99 Souls - The Girl Is Mine (feat. Destiny's Child & Brandy)

16 - 0.2037 - Naughty Boy - Runnin' (Lose It All) [feat. Beyoncé & Arrow Benjamin]

17 - 0.1946 - One Direction - Perfect

18 - 0.1799 - Drake - Hotline Bling

19 - 0.1784 - The Weeknd - The Hills

20 - 0.1737 - Stormzy - Shut Up (Studio Version)

 

21 - 0.1726 - Olly Murs - Kiss Me

22 - 0.1694 - The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face

23 - 0.1688 - WALK THE MOON - Shut Up and Dance

24 - 0.1637 - Jess Glynne - Don't Be So Hard On Yourself

25 - 0.1569 - Sam Smith - Writing's on the Wall

26 - 0.1548 - Jamie Lawson - Wasn't Expecting That

27 - 0.1507 - R. City - Locked Away (feat. Adam Levine)

28 - 0.1455 - Silentó - Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae)

29 - 0.1377 - Years & Years - Eyes Shut

30 - 0.1357 - WSTRN - In2

 

31 - 0.1286 - Calvin Harris & Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love

32 - 0.1243 - Craig David & Big Narstie - When the Bassline Drops

33 - 0.1230 - Ariana Grande - Focus

34 - 0.1184 - Fetty Wap - 679 (feat. Monty)

35 - 0.1154 - David Guetta - Bang my Head (feat. Sia & Fetty Wap)

36 - 0.1112 - Little Mix - Black Magic

37 - 0.1068 - One Direction - Drag Me Down

38 - 0.1066 - Charlie Puth - Marvin Gaye (feat. Meghan Trainor)

39 - 0.1048 - Rachel Platten - Fight Song

40 - 0.0957 - Adele - When We Were Young

 

41 - 0.0840 - Sia - Alive

42 - 0.0769 - The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir - A Bridge Over You (Radio Edit)

43 - 0.0746 - Nathan Sykes - Over and Over Again

44 - 0.0736 - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Downtown (feat. Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee & Grandmaster Caz)

45 - 0.0722 - Robin Schulz - Sugar (feat. Francesco Yates)

46 - 0.0679 - Snakehips - All My Friends (feat. Tinashe & Chance The Rapper)

47 - 0.0668 - Years & Years - Shine

48 - 0.0645 - Ellie Goulding - On My Mind

49 - 0.0620 - Justin Bieber - I'll Show You

50 - 0.0599 - The Weeknd - In the Night

 

51 - 0.0589 - KDA - Turn the Music Louder (Rumble) [feat. Tinie Tempah & Katy B] [Radio Edit]

52 - 0.0566 - Ariana Grande - One Last Time

53 - 0.0563 - Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)

54 - 0.0549 - Little Mix - Secret Love Song (feat. Jason Derulo)

55 - 0.0546 - Taylor Swift - Wildest Dreams

56 - 0.0534 - Pia Mia - Touch

57 - 0.0525 - KSI - Keep Up (feat. JME)

58 - 0.0525 - Jason Derulo - Want to Want Me

59 - 0.0517 - Fetty Wap - Trap Queen

60 - 0.0503 - Sigala - Easy Love

 

61 - 0.0502 - Louisa Johnson - Forever Young

62 - 0.0502 - Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand

63 - 0.0487 - Major Lazer - Light It Up (feat. Nyla & Fuse ODG) [Remix]

64 - 0.0481 - Maroon 5 - Sugar

65 - 0.0470 - Ed Sheeran - Photograph

66 - 0.0470 - Galantis - Peanut Butter Jelly

67 - 0.0467 - Sia - Cheap Thrills

68 - 0.0446 - Skrillex & Diplo - Where Are Ü Now (with Justin Bieber)

69 - 0.0444 - X Ambassadors - Renegades

70 - 0.0441 - Wiz Khalifa - See You Again (feat. Charlie Puth)

 

71 - 0.0433 - Charlie Puth - One Call Away

72 - 0.0419 - Taylor Swift - Shake It Off

73 - 0.0416 - Hozier - Take Me To Church

74 - 0.0412 - Jme - Man Don't Care (feat. Giggs)

75 - 0.0412 - Skepta - Shutdown

76 - 0.0403 - Blinkie - Don't Give Up (On Love) [Radio Edit]

77 - 0.0403 - Fall Out Boy - Centuries

78 - 0.0403 - Nick Jonas - Jealous

79 - 0.0401 - Stormzy - WickedSkengMan 4 (Studio Version)

80 - 0.0397 - Years & Years - King

81 - 0.0389 - Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

There's a difference between 'Cannonball' and 'Forever Young' though. 'Cannonball' did badly enough to be completely forgotten about weeks later, while 'Forever Young' has very possibly done badly enough to actually be remembered for being the X Factor song that did horrendously - I've seen numerous conversations regarding how badly Louisa has done and it's gotten pretty decent coverage in the press (which couldn't be said for Little Mix).

 

Louisa is pretty heavily associated with failure and the decline of X Factor in the public's mind right now, I would say. Winner singles are never indicators of success but the coverage surrounding 'Forever Young' looks like a pretty heavy indicator for me. I'd be very surprised if radio were confident in supporting her next year.

Yeah this is my stance on it all too! Although if Nick is staying with the show, then Radio 1 might be forced to support her regardless due to the connection? :unsure:

 

Winner's single or not, it's awful and offensively bland and not falling quick enough for me.

Can 'All My Friends' hurry up and get back in the top 40 please?

 

I'm really worried Radio 1 will drop it from their playlist just when it is about to take off.

I do feel a bit sorry for Louisa tbh because she is a talented girl and with the right material and backing I could see her doing really well but that winners single really was so dull and was not catchy in the slighest I don't know what they were thinking picking it. I just hope it doesn't damage her career I heard rumors they are rushing to get her album out in Febuary which would be a TERRIBLE idea IMO.

Edited December 29, 20159 yr by troylovesmusic

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