I'm sure the main marketing push for Leona will be behind 'Run' and not 'Forgive Me'. It shoud do very well on downloads - a possible number 1? I'm not keen on the studio version though - way too overproduced, and I loathe the gospel chor. Leona tends to oversing it as well - sometimes simplicity is best.

 

As for Boyzone - they (or Louis Walsh should I say) have no originality at all. Not only have they copied the Tom Baxter version exactly, they've nicked the idea of his video. They have no shame!

I'm sure the main marketing push for Leona will be behind 'Run' and not 'Forgive Me'. It shoud do very well on downloads - a possible number 1? I'm not keen on the studio version though - way too overproduced, and I loathe the gospel chor. Leona tends to oversing it as well - sometimes simplicity is best.

 

As for Boyzone - they (or Louis Walsh should I say) have no originality at all. Not only have they copied the Tom Baxter version exactly, they've nicked the idea of his video. They have no shame!

 

Didn't realise this was yet another cover from Boyzone! :lol:

 

Sounds like Cowell's input on the Run track.

 

Neither he nor Louis Walsh or their artists have an ounce of originality. :P

I KNEW that Boyzone sonjg was a cover of Tom Baxter's hit.

God they've ruined it :/ Least Westlife didn't get it I suppose :lol:

Can I just say that 'Forgive Me' sold more or less the same as her last single in its 'peak' week?

Obviously the album had been out for ages then but 'Forgive Me' has been on the web since like May or something :lol:

 

I really like Leona. She's by far on par with Will Young and Girls Aloud as the only decent act to ever crawl out of a reality TV show and I think her career is going to last just as long as those two, if not longer. She won't hit no1 with every release and sell bucketloads of each album but then not even the greats like Madonna and Mariah can do that, but she definately has a lot of staying potential and as much as I want to grind Cowell into powder, he definately knows what he's doing with her.

Lemar #12 and #71 now. :D Combined it must be Top 10...

iTunes Update

 

[01] 01| The Killers - Human

[02] 02| T.I. Feat. Rihanna - Live Your Life

[03] 03| Beyoncé - If I Were A Boy

[04] 04| Katy Perry - Hot 'N' Cold

[06] 05| Britney Spears - Womanizer

[05] 06| X Factor Finalists - Hero

[07] 07| Alesha Dixon - The Boy Does Nothing

[08] 08| Kanye West - Love Lockdown

[09] 09| Girls Aloud - The Promise

[10] 10| Leona Lewis - Forgive Me

 

[11] 11| Guru Josh Project - Infinity 2008

[13] 12| Duffy - Rain On Your Parade

[15] 13| Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody

[12] 14| Lemar - If She Knew

[14] 15| Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire

[16] 16| P!nk - So What

[19] 17| Nickelback - Gotta Be Somebody

[17] 18| Pussycat Dolls - I Hate This Part

[18] 19| Jack White & Alicia Keys - Another Way To Die

[20] 20| Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy

 

[23] 21| The Script - Breakeven

[21] 22| Kardinal Offishall & Akon - Dangerous

[22] 23| Akon - Right Now (Na Na Na)

[24] 24| The Saturdays - Up

[25] 25| Christina Aguilera - Keeps Gettin' Better

[26] 26| The Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow

[28] 27| Ne-Yo - Miss Independent

[27] 28| Rihanna - Disturbia

[30] 29| Razorlight - Wire To Wire

[29] 30| Jennifer Hudson - Spotlight

 

[33] 31| Christina Aguilera - Keeps Gettin' Better (Album Version)

[31] 32| Chris Brown Feat. Keri Hilson - Superhuman

[32] 33| SASH! Feat. Stunt - Raindrops (Encore Une Fois)

[34] 34| Snow Patrol - Take Back The City

[35] 35| Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl

[37] 36| Gym Class Heroes Feat. The-Dream - Cookie Jar

[36] 37| Miley Cyrus - 7 Things

[38] 38| The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved

[44] 39| Stereophonics - You're My Star

[40] 40| Sugababes - Girls

 

Selected Others

 

[46] 42| Craig David Feat. Tinchy Stryder - Where's Your Love

[47] 47| Will Young - Grace

[53] 50| Tom Jones - If He Should Ever Leave You

[54] 53| Fron Male Voice Choir & Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys

[58] 57| Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

[72] 76| Mariah Carey - I Stay In Love

[90] 79| Christina Aguilera - Genie 2.0

[91] 98| Jonas Brothers - Lovebug

 

[116] 104| Boyzone - Better

[***] 108| T-Pain - It Ain't Me (feat. Akon & T.I.)

[105] 110| Brookes Brothers - Tear You Down

[106] 111| James Blunt - Love, Love, Love

[109] 112| Coldplay Feat. Jay Z - Lost+

[-re-] 119| The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York :rolleyes:

Excellent for Fairytale of New York I'm sure it will be the years highest charting xmas song once again :wub:!

BRITNEY TOP 5. I've never been so frickin' excited about such a small itunes climb. :rofl:

YAY the Christmas songs are coming :D :cheer:

Leon Jackson is a completely different artist and was smart to choose not to record copycat pop. And thank goodness, the beautiful Don't Call This Love sounds nothing like the screechy Bleeding Love.

 

LMFAO! Are you joking? That 'Don't Call This Love' tripe sounds like a Westlife reject.

 

Damn Stickleback going ahead of GNR. Stupid post-grunge music. ¬_¬

Wow, Duffy nearly top 10, so much for a flop then.

 

It's November for christ sakes, why are christmas songs already entering. Ridicolous.

Can someone post some popularity bars whenever they get a chance?

 

iTunes Popularity Bars

 

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Looking at the popularity bars, it appears I was right with my prediction that Human will spend a long time at #1. At this rate, it will be #1 on Sunday's official chart. It has become a major hit, just like Crazy and Umbrella. It's great to see this. And even better that it's not by a diva yelling out a substandard song.

^^ I think the highest it will be by Sunday is #3 realistically

I dunno if it can happen but I'd love to see Alesha overtake X Factor :heart:

Leon Jackson is a completely different artist and was smart to choose not to record copycat pop. And thank goodness, the beautiful Don't Call This Love sounds nothing like the screechy Bleeding Love.

Right, so Leona is copycat pop but Leon isn't? How come "Don't Call This Love" is a cover then? "Forgive Me" maybe be "The Sweet Escape" part 2 (thanks to Akon on production) but at least it's not a direct cover.

 

Sales are so good right now, Killers are far ahead of T.I. who is far ahead of Beyoncé who is far ahead of Katy Perry and all of them are selling well.

YES GO Britney!!

Right, so Leona is copycat pop but Leon isn't? How come "Don't Call This Love" is a cover then? "Forgive Me" maybe be "The Sweet Escape" part 2 (thanks to Akon on production) but at least it's not a direct cover.

 

Sales are so good right now, Killers are far ahead of T.I. who is far ahead of Beyoncé who is far ahead of Katy Perry and all of them are selling well.

7 of the 12 songs on his album are covers :/