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LOL at John and Edward Once again, the world will be full of people mocking Britain and the $h!tty songs that reach the summit of our chart. It seems that the only way to determine if a British (or Irish, for that matter) number one actually deserved it's peak is to look at whether it was number one in other countries around the world... (GaGa, Owl City, Beyonce, etc)...

i would *love* to see it go number one but we all know the british chart has a bit of a habit of watching $h!tty songs get to number one =P perhaps top three, but i'm hoping people will get out and buy it

yes, i only found that out the other day =) so glad gaga should get that number 1, let's face it - it has the potential to be a worldwide smash. the poker face of 2010, gaga fans hope =)

+5 Lady GaGa - Bad Romance +4 Owl City - Fireflies +3 Iyaz - Replay +2 3Oh!3 - Starstrukk (feat. Katy Perry) +1 Alexandra Burke - Broken Heels -1 Glee Cast - Don't Stop Believin' -2 Sidney Sampson - Riverside -3 Example - Won't Go Quietly -4 Journey - Don't Stop Believin' -5 JLS - One Shot

WELL DONE LADY GAGA!! Musical Queen of the world :cheer: :yahoo: :dance: :yahoo: :cheer: :w00t: :yahoo: :dance: :yahoo: :cheer:

It was all fun and games when they were on X Factor... But if Simon's charity single or the John and Edward $h!t block GAGA (Telephone) from number one I'll smash a lot of things against the wall. I know I hate how the US Hot 100 is so heavily based on airplay... But I would rather that than $h!t followed by a charity single followed by further $h!t then another charity single... At least America's charts are topped by real music by proper artists... Whoever said Simon makes money out of the charity single is right by the way... Haiti will see but a percentage of that money...

if gaga released alejandro in spain it would be massive :)

personally, i don't see why people are automatically assuming this will go to number 1... how do we know the british public will react well to it?? radio 1 review show gave it 29% and i can't say i disagree...

i just keep wondering why so many people are assuming owl city will go straight to number one... they haven't even had any airplay yet and, as far as i am aware, all the hype has been on internet forums. i've heard it once on the radio... on the radio 1 review show. it got 29% :lol: it isn't a great song and i don't see why everyone is making the assumption that the british public will love it...

my point exactly. lady gaga's songs are climbers. she doesn't generally sell singles based on hype, but by increasing popularity. point taken, but consider this... before the release of TFM, the fame had sold just under 1,000,000 units. including TFM, it is now up to over 1,300,000 units. in other words, the re-release of the fame (which *includes* telephone) has only been purchased by around 400,000 people, while JLS is 1,000,000. plus, i reckon beyonce fans will buy telephone coz she's in it =)

i don't see JLS going number one at all. too many people have bought the album and the x factor hype has died down... that is the reason EIL went to #1

this song is huge... i mean the pure power of these two artists combined with an awesome song... =) remember that all of GaGa's songs, except Just Dance, have been climbers. Starting outside the Top 10 and working their way up. Very strong contender for #1

can't see this being as successful. remember the reason EIL got to number one...

link?? :)

thank goodness it isn't just me :)

would LOVE to see a number one for the saturdays... i think they definitely deserve it after the should-have-been-number-ones they had in 2009. i voted top 5 because i guess it depends on how well riverside holds out :puke2:

WOW at GaGa's HUGE lead!! She pretty much owns the British Charts... LOVE HER!!

zeus says this won't be included in the 2009 total

thank you for making sense of this lady gaga :):):):):) => she is also number one in the year end world chart :)

^^ right, so the chart that is announced tonight will be count towards 2009 YTD, as it is dated W/E 2nd Jan, but the chart announced next Sunday will not?? in other words, Poker Face is the UK's best-selling single of 2009??

you are just so COMPLETELY wrong that i'm not even going to bother arguing... the RATM were number 1 week 51. joe will be number 1 week 52. 3 weeks of sales for joe will count for the YTD, meaning week 53 is also included in the 2009 YTD. what is so hard to understand about that??!!

still... is joe really likely to increase that much?? based on the above data, the climb needs to sell 264,000 copies in 9 days... can you really see that happening??

based on the sales figures for joe above and taking into consideration it's drop on iTunes and how next week is generally the lowest selling singles week of the year, is it just me or are others of the opinion that even if there are 53 weeks counted in the year end chart 2009, poker face will still have probably sold more than the climb??

no, to count until 2nd january would be 53 weeks. that isn't being disputed. that is fact.

that would give 2009 53 weeks, which is too much. plus, as stated above... the end of year chart, radio one, 27th december...