99p?!

The 'Yummy' rollout was really in its own league of 'desperation', Ed can compete with that when he starts encouraging people to stream the song on low volume while they sleep, or bluntly asking his screaming and crying fans over Instagram live to download the song on iTunes while not even pretending to care about talking to them :kink:

I really don’t get how Ed is being desperate, he’s reducing prices for his physical single to ensure he debuts at #1 but when y’all fav pop stars reduce their album to £3.99 it’s seen as amazing marketing, I really think Ed gets too much of a hard time no matter how annoying he is!

'kinell!

 

That reminds me of the desperate lengths Justin Bieber went to try and get' Yummy' to #1 in the US.

 

Or how desperate Kylie and Little Mix went with their 1000 different versions of their albums, exclusive signed stuff, bundles and cassettes.

 

It is amusing though which artists are proclaimed as desperate on here though... and which aren't :lol:

Or how desperate Kylie and Little Mix went with their 1000 different versions of their albums, exclusive signed stuff, bundles and cassettes.

 

It is amusing though which artists are proclaimed as desperate on here though... and which aren't :lol:

 

I can assure you I would label ANYBODY on Earth desperate if they were flogging signed 99p CD singles.

Or how desperate Kylie and Little Mix went with their 1000 different versions of their albums, exclusive signed stuff, bundles and cassettes.

 

It is amusing though which artists are proclaimed as desperate on here though... and which aren't :lol:

 

Little Mix had a few overpriced things going that week but no where near the level of Kylie!

I admire his team for doing what they need to get the number #1 debut if it's not coming as organically as they like. In fact; I wish (and have been frustrated) that Little Mix and lots of other artists I support has reduced in their opening weeks (albums and singles) when they never did.

 

Saying that, I don't think I've ever seen a signed CD selling for as little as 99p before.

Who cares! If Ed wants to sell singles for 99p let him.

 

Same as any chart battle...Make it a battle do everything possible to get that top spot.

 

Any artist can do whatever they want (within chart rules) no-one has a disadvantage.

Who cares! If Ed wants to sell singles for 99p let him.

 

Same as any chart battle...Make it a battle do everything possible to get that top spot.

 

Any artist can do whatever they want (within chart rules) no-one has a disadvantage.

Nobody's saying he shouldn't do it, but that doesn't mean it's necessarily a good look. I'd be shocked if the label were expecting to go to these lengths in week 1 just for a #1 debut! I don't blame them for putting the effort in but I think we all know Ed is perhaps more focused on chart success than almost anyone. The hype, the budget for the video, the instantly HUGE playlist support, the commercial sound - they'd definitely banked on a very easy #1. If you told me last week that 99p CDs would be sold in an attempt to keep #1, I'd have been gobsmacked.

The 'Yummy' rollout was really in its own league of 'desperation', Ed can compete with that when he starts encouraging people to stream the song on low volume while they sleep, or bluntly asking his screaming and crying fans over Instagram live to download the song on iTunes while not even pretending to care about talking to them :kink:

Don't forget a vinyl release for each of the letters in Yummy's title!

 

2nd batch of signed CDs sold out!

 

A tip for anyone hoping to get one if they release more. Find the url of the actual item page from the first batch and use it. The second batch weren't actually shown on the main shop page but were there through the original url.

Little Mix had a few overpriced things going that week but no where near the level of Kylie!

 

LM actually had more formats than Kylie? And both artists have been outdone by others with the number of formats.

I admire his team for doing what they need to get the number #1 debut if it's not coming as organically as they like. In fact; I wish (and have been frustrated) that Little Mix and lots of other artists I support has reduced in their opening weeks (albums and singles) when they never did.

 

Saying that, I don't think I've ever seen a signed CD selling for as little as 99p before.

 

Lewis Capaldi had 3 different signed CD singles available for £1 and Dermott Kennedy knocked out signed ones for £2... I think in the era of streaming that the CD single could become a new chart battle tool.

Occasionally artists have released CD singles in recent times - Wellerman, Blinding Lights and Justin Bieber's Holy, Anyone and Lonely all had CD singles for example, but they don't really sell in big quantities for the most part. Even Coldplay's Higher Power CD (which sold relatively well for a CD single in its first week) only turned it into a #12 hit instead of a #13 hit. Ed's low price point will undoubtedly help on that front though!

Urrrgh, mediocrity will win this week.

It's always the same, Ed does something it's desperation but the same people saying that sit in their favourites forum begging for them to do the same. It's desperation when someone you don't like reduces a price or adds another format but a clever tactic when it's your favourite.

Edited June 28, 20214 yr by sammy01

Forget Ed, the big story of the week is Tones & I coming to shake that one hit wonder tag :dance:

 

Also is Aitch underperforming? I mean it's a shit song but would it not have expected to be sitting in the top 20 in the first mids?

Ugh as if dance monkey wasn’t enough she’s coming back with what looks like a 2nd hit. Her voice just irritates me <_<

It's looking to be Aitch's highest charting song as lead artist since 'Rain' so I wouldn't say it's doing too badly. UK rappers' chart histories are almost all all over the place as the level of hype seems to vary wildly between releases.

Love how the current Pink single is always at 40 in the first mids lol and ends up at 44!