November 27, 20168 yr I don't believe so, they often just give short odds to popular artists like him, Adele and Bieber even if they seem to have no chance. Ah right ─ good technique, there're bound to be some punters with minimal knowledge of new releases who just bet on them simply because they're a big name.
November 27, 20168 yr this will be this year's charity release then, very big #1 contender. FAR better than the NHS Choir (the original is a great song too, even though I've always found Paul Carrack a bit annoying for some reason) but are we really going to have one of these every year. If it does make it then it will have a whopping great drop out the following week, a la NHS. From the Ladbrokes odds... 10/1 Saara Aalto *.* IMAGINE! 12/1 Vaults -> Uh no, it's pretty obvious this will never catch on 20/1 Rae Sremmurd -> Amazed it's so low...I'm sure this will still be comfortably top five in a month's time...and no Clean Bandit at all? Edited November 27, 20168 yr by gooddelta
November 27, 20168 yr It's a shame that we never have HUGE weekly sales anymore, everything sells so consistently over time but that does mean that on Xmas week concentrated sales campaigns will be able to get to the top without much of a problem. The biggest (non-charity/X Factor) 'normal' song will probably only be selling at a rate of 60-80k come Xmas week which won't be that hard to overtake, so dreams of a 'normal' song getting the Xmas #1 might have to wait until such a song can shift enough copies to see off these one week novelties with their huge concentrated sales. That said, there are a small few 'normal' artists that could command a sale to compete. For example, if Ed Sheeran was to release his comeback single on Xmas chart week then I'm sure he'd have no problem getting a 100k opening. But nobody major ever does release singles in the immediate run up to Xmas anymore. *awaits Harry Styles dropping his debut solo single on 16th December* Edited November 27, 20168 yr by gooddelta
November 27, 20168 yr XBLgZikvM3U this will be this year's charity release then, very big #1 contender. This was also covered by Mike & The Mechanics got the track
November 28, 20168 yr This was also covered by Mike & The Mechanics got the track That IS Paul Carrack though. Interested to read that BA Robertson co-wrote it. Not his finest moment then!
November 28, 20168 yr The X Factor winner won't be releasing a physical. If it's a popular winner that could cost them about 20-30k sales (even Louisa sold 30k in total), particularly as they are popular stocking fillers. Might not be a sensible decision as streaming is against it before it has got started: http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/t...st-time__17257/
November 28, 20168 yr That's quite a baffling decision actually! The XF winner always sells well on physicals, I doubt Louisa would've been top 10 last year without them actually :o I'm sure it generates loads of impulse buys in supermarkets usually.
November 28, 20168 yr The X Factor winner won't be releasing a physical. If it's a popular winner that could cost them about 20-30k sales (even Louisa sold 30k in total), particularly as they are popular stocking fillers. Might not be a sensible decision as streaming is against it before it has got started: http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/t...st-time__17257/ Bad decision. :rolleyes: Should be a physical at all the busy till points in supermarkets. Edited November 28, 20168 yr by Common Sense
November 29, 20168 yr Why do people keep putting the John Lewis single in the contenders when none of them have ever done it before and they've only declined in popularity over the last few years? Also, why have charity choirs now become the new X Factor single in terms of completely ERADICATING the notion of a Christmas Number One. It's been THIRTEEN years since we've had an original song as the Christmas Number One!!
November 29, 20168 yr Yeah, if the choir gets it I can see this being the default easy Xmas #1 until at least the end of the decade. A new one every year. Half of me wonders if it's now just going to be charity releases until the end of time, even with the Spotify effect - look out for 1-OUT chart runs at Christmas in the future.
November 29, 20168 yr Obviously, BA Robertson's finest moment is 'Carrie' by Cliff Richard. His solo stuff is mostly as bad as 'The Living Years' though.
November 29, 20168 yr Why do people keep putting the John Lewis single in the contenders when none of them have ever done it before and they've only declined in popularity over the last few years? The Power Of Love and Somewhere Only We Know made #1 at a different time, though, so there's still that logic as to why they put it in the odds.
November 29, 20168 yr Also, why have charity choirs now become the new X Factor single in terms of completely ERADICATING the notion of a Christmas Number One. It's been THIRTEEN years since we've had an original song as the Christmas Number One!! That year's Xmas number 1 - Gary Jules and Michael Andrews' Mad World - was also a cover version so you'll have to back to the year before when Girls Aloud topped the festive chart with the original Sound of the Underground.
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