December 21, 20223 yr Looking at the data, it seems 100% sure Ladbaby will do it sadly :/ really cannot see how Wham would catch up also there is not a whole day of streaming missing, only the streams from Spotify/Apple, Amazon reports on time and at this time of the year Amazon streams are as important as Spotify Apple streams don't amount much and at this time of the year even less as we saw last week, Shakin'Stevens was #1 on Apple most of the week and ended up at #12 overall and Leona was the #3rd highest Xmas song most of the week and that didn't even come close to the top of the charts I think Jim’s right that Wham! are on for about 57k. On that basis LasBaby need to sell 10k, so 5k per day. I think they may well hold on but I don’t think it’s 100%. Remember that on Sunday they only sold 5k - then they released more versions and sales went back up but that effect’s now worn off.
December 21, 20223 yr itunes sales are very low so they dont contrubute much, and iirc the first batch was 3000 cds so thats only +3000 sales. i think theyve done more which should boost plus maybe some havent been accounted for?
December 21, 20223 yr :rofl: :rofl: A lot of people are truly clueless about the chart! Do they at lesst know to download/ stream Mariah and Wham? No they’re still convinced that the Kunts are the challengers to back as well. :(
December 21, 20223 yr Ngl the one thing that’s been baffling me is how the Sidemen are performing so badly? They’ve got decent streams a load of signed CD’s and multiple versions performing well on iTunes, it doesn’t make sense to me that they’re that low Yeah, that is confusing me quite a bit, too. LadBaby's Food Aid video has 595k views. Christmas Drillings has 8.4m. Food Aid has 376k steams on Spotify. Christmas Drillings? 8.9m. Both songs are for charity...so how is the former selling so many more copies? In an era where even things like Children in Need don't do charity singles, as not enough people were buying them? Part of me genuinely wonders whether LadBaby just spends £30k downloading his own song thousands of times, because it makes very little sense otherwise.
December 21, 20223 yr No they’re still convinced that the Kunts are the challengers to back as well. :( :cheeseblock: Jesus!!!!
December 21, 20223 yr Yeah, that is confusing me quite a bit, too. LadBaby's Food Aid video has 595k views. Christmas Drillings has 8.4m. Food Aid has 376k steams on Spotify. Christmas Drillings? 8.9m. Both songs are for charity...so how is the former selling so many more copies? In an era where even things like Children in Need don't do charity singles, as not enough people were buying them? Part of me genuinely wonders whether LadBaby just spends £30k downloading his own song thousands of times, because it makes very little sense otherwise. to be perfectly honest this wouldn't surprise me at all :lol:
December 21, 20223 yr He is a charity grifter - using it to boost his own profile, so it would make sense! Also I reckon people just usr amazon for downloads now.
December 21, 20223 yr itunes sales are very low so they dont contrubute much, and iirc the first batch was 3000 cds so thats only +3000 sales. i think theyve done more which should boost plus maybe some havent been accounted for? Yeah no doubt we’ll find them on Friday at 70k after some CDs are added on at the last minute. I think they’d have had a better shot at a more decent streaming figure if they’d put more effort into the song itself. Which, ultimately, is what people are buying here, but it seems to have taken more of a backseat than before. I know this is often the way with charity songs but I just can’t imagine many people putting this one on to listen to at leisure. Which is fine with a download, which is basically just a donation, but not if you’re hoping for streams too, which is becoming more essential as each year passes and the download market declines further. Last year’s I didn’t like but it was naggingly catchy and it felt like they were having fun with it, and fun is infectious. 20k streams in its first week was very impressive! Ed’s playlisting power didn’t hurt its chances either, of course, but people won’t just play a song they hate to the tune of 20k streaming sales. Edited December 21, 20223 yr by gooddelta
December 21, 20223 yr Yeah no doubt we’ll find them on Friday at 70k after some CDs are added on at the last minute. I think they’d have had a better shot at a more decent streaming figure if they’d put more effort into the song itself. Which, ultimately, is what people are buying here, but it seems to have taken more of a backseat than before. I know this is often the way with charity songs but I just can’t imagine many people putting this one on to listen to at leisure. Which is fine with a download, which is basically just a donation, but not if you’re hoping for streams too, which is becoming more essential as each year passes and the download market declines further. Last year’s I didn’t like but it was naggingly catchy and it felt like they were having fun with it, and fun is infectious. 20k streams in its first week was very impressive! Ed’s playlisting power didn’t hurt its chances either, of course, but people won’t just play a song they hate to the tune of 20k streaming sales. yeah thats the thing, they dont put any effort into the songs so they all sound horrendously autotuned and frankly shit. if they actually tried to make them sound good (ok roxy has a good voice but lets be honest mark takes centre stage on all of them and he cannot sing to save his life) then maybe they'd do better on streaming and have more support, but because its the same joke and the same shit covers year in year out people get annoyed and bored
December 21, 20223 yr One last push from Cliff https://twitter.com/SirCliffNews/status/1605700579472179200 Edited December 21, 20223 yr by Santa Mark
December 21, 20223 yr One last push from Cliff https://twitter.com/SirCliffNews/status/1605700579472179200 At first I thought this was about the singles chart...I was thinking "bit ambitious, Cliff!" :lol:
December 21, 20223 yr I'm a queer man. This is bullshit. That song is a satire of the music industry, implying that record execs would only give you a record deal if you f*** them. There is absolutely nothing homophobic about it, it just happens to be about men bumming. I bothered to listen to it. As a gay man it doesn't 'offend' me either. I wouldn't particularly go out of my way to listen to it again but it's just more of their usual gimmick.
December 21, 20223 yr Well my nugget of campaigning went swimmingly - I joined an anti LadBaby Facebook group and all I posted was that people really need to BUY rather than stream on Thursday as streams don’t count and I got about 10 instant replies calling me a pro LadBaby saboteur. :lol: Which group was that, this one? https://www.facebook.com/groups/notladbaby
December 21, 20223 yr Which group was that, this one? https://www.facebook.com/groups/notladbaby OK own up, which one of you started this FB group lmao :lol:
December 21, 20223 yr Random chart trivia: In 1960 The Drifters were denied a Christmas #1, and now 62 years later the same fate may befall The Grifters 🤞
December 21, 20223 yr Random chart trivia: In 1960 The Drifters were denied a Christmas #1, and now 62 years later the same fate may befall The Grifters 🤞 :cheeseblock: Manifest it Jessie!
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