Grace has been steady on iTunes and has done extremely well. Should earn her a few quid if nothing else.

She won’t get paid that money

Are any of these X Factor songs likely to go to number one?

She won’t get paid that money

 

Why not, if she wrote the song and performs it, i can only assume the money from sales would see her receive a percentage of it?

Grace has been steady on iTunes and has done extremely well. Should earn her a few quid if nothing else.

 

It depends what rights she gave up when she signed the XF contract. She might still get a share, but almost certainly not the full amount she would have gotten otherwise.

If Grace wins, it should be her winners single.

05. Blinded By Your Grace, Pt. 2 (feat. MNEK) - Stormzy

154 Sia - Santa's Coming For Us

It's crazy that Grace and Rak-Su will probably have already sold more copies of an original song than numerous previous X Factor winners.

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38. Calvin Harris - Faking It (feat. Kehlani & Lil Yachty) [Radio Edit]

43. Imelda May - Should've Been You

55. Matt Linnen - Scars to Your Beautiful (X Factor Recording)

64. The Cutkelvins - What About Us (X Factor Recording)

85. Alfie Boe & Michael Ball - He Lives In You (From "The Lion King")

88. Kevin Davy White - Stay (X Factor Recording)

105. Sia - Santa's Coming For Us

132. Tracy Jefferson - Written In the Water (X Factor Recording)

144. Sean & Conor Price - Strong (X Factor Recording)

162 Jack & Joel - New Rules (X Factor Recording)

235. Leon Mallet - Stay (X Factor Recording)

351. Rai-Elle Williams - Doo Wop (That Thing) / Lost Ones / No (X Factor Recording)

988. Talia Dean - What Makes You Beautiful (X Factor Recording)

 

It's crazy that Grace and Rak-Su will probably have already sold more copies of an original song than numerous previous X Factor winners.

 

I doubt it especially given how low i-tunes sales are... the worst selling XF winners song must still be around the 150k for Brookstein (or was that 150k for the first week sales?) which neither other 2 acts are going to anywhere near based on the sales of i-tunes.

 

Probably 5k at best by the end of the week

 

EDIT - forgot about the poor sales of Louisa - but I think even hers must be more than what either will do

 

EDIT EDIT - Just found a list of all first week sales:

 

40,000 - Shayne Ward: That's My Goal

580,000 - Alexandra Burke: Hallelujah:

570,000 - Leona Lewis: A Moment Like This

490,000 - James Arthur: Impossible

450,000 - Joe McElderry: The Climb

440,000 - Matt Cardle: When We Collide

280,000 - Leon Jackson: When You Believe

210,000 - Ben Haenow: Something I Need

210,000 - Little Mix: Cannonball

150,000 - Sam Bailey: Skyscraper

130,000 - Steve Brookstein: Against All Odds

46,000 - Matt Terry: When Christmas Comes round (includes 11,000 'streaming sales')

40,000 - Louisa Johnson: Forever Young (includes 3,500 'streaming sales')

 

so erm... not even close

 

 

EDIT EDIT EDIT - thats assuming you meant vs their first singles :unsure:

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What is it with the two reds in a row for Havana?

I doubt it especially given how low i-tunes sales are... the worst selling XF winners song must still be around the 150k for Brookstein (or was that 150k for the first week sales?) which neither other 2 acts are going to anywhere near based on the sales of i-tunes.

 

Probably 5k at best by the end of the week

 

EDIT - forgot about the poor sales of Louisa - but I think even hers must be more than what either will do

 

EDIT EDIT - Just found a list of all first week sales:

 

40,000 - Shayne Ward: That's My Goal

580,000 - Alexandra Burke: Hallelujah:

570,000 - Leona Lewis: A Moment Like This

490,000 - James Arthur: Impossible

450,000 - Joe McElderry: The Climb

440,000 - Matt Cardle: When We Collide

280,000 - Leon Jackson: When You Believe

210,000 - Ben Haenow: Something I Need

210,000 - Little Mix: Cannonball

150,000 - Sam Bailey: Skyscraper

130,000 - Steve Brookstein: Against All Odds

46,000 - Matt Terry: When Christmas Comes round (includes 11,000 'streaming sales')

40,000 - Louisa Johnson: Forever Young (includes 3,500 'streaming sales')

 

so erm... not even close

EDIT EDIT EDIT - thats assuming you meant vs their first singles :unsure:

 

 

Nooooo, I was talking about original songs, so not including covers! :P I know they won't sell 100,000+, but the likes of Steve Brookstein and Leon Jackson never charted in the top 100 with an original song.

Nooooo, I was talking about original songs, so not including covers! :P I know they won't sell 100,000+, but the likes of Steve Brookstein and Leon Jackson never charted in the top 100 with an original song.

 

Leon did - he got to 3 with his 2nd single

 

I’ll give you STEve though :)

32. Slow Hands +2

39. Too Much to Ask +4

180. This Town RE

 

I'm surprised lmao

 

I doubt it especially given how low i-tunes sales are... the worst selling XF winners song must still be around the 150k for Brookstein (or was that 150k for the first week sales?) which neither other 2 acts are going to anywhere near based on the sales of i-tunes.

 

Probably 5k at best by the end of the week

 

EDIT - forgot about the poor sales of Louisa - but I think even hers must be more than what either will do

 

EDIT EDIT - Just found a list of all first week sales:

 

40,000 - Shayne Ward: That's My Goal

580,000 - Alexandra Burke: Hallelujah:

570,000 - Leona Lewis: A Moment Like This

490,000 - James Arthur: Impossible

450,000 - Joe McElderry: The Climb

440,000 - Matt Cardle: When We Collide

280,000 - Leon Jackson: When You Believe

210,000 - Ben Haenow: Something I Need

210,000 - Little Mix: Cannonball

150,000 - Sam Bailey: Skyscraper

130,000 - Steve Brookstein: Against All Odds

46,000 - Matt Terry: When Christmas Comes round (includes 11,000 'streaming sales')

40,000 - Louisa Johnson: Forever Young (includes 3,500 'streaming sales')

 

so erm... not even close

EDIT EDIT EDIT - thats assuming you meant vs their first singles :unsure:

 

Shayne Ward sold over 700,000 copies of Thats my goal not 40,000

Shayne Ward sold over 700,000 copies of Thats my goal not 40,000

 

Yeah they were supposed first day sales I found not first week

Nooooo, I was talking about original songs, so not including covers! :P I know they won't sell 100,000+, but the likes of Steve Brookstein and Leon Jackson never charted in the top 100 with an original song.

 

Leon actually had 2 top 100 singles after his winner song

 

DONT CALL THIS LOVE which charted at number 3 behind pink and Geraldine McQueen(peter Kay spoof) The winners song

 

Creative which charged at 94 ;)

 

 

In other x factor news have Reggie N Billie troubled the top 1000

 

 

Rita Jumps from 63% to 70% in one update and this weekend she's on X Factor, what an era for her.. Don't get her why not to release an album like now, or next month. All the hype will die until 2018.

Massive update for Rita but awful for Camila. Surely she can't mess this week up As long as she keeps the gap over Rockstar then that will be fine.