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All things considered, 200k. She's #1 HMV and Play pre-order (and has been for weeks), both versions in top 10 Amazon pre-order. I'm buying 3 copies, personally, and I am willing to bet there are many others who will buy even more. Less than 50k is a laughable estimation, and I think under 100k is unlikely too. At the very least, I expect her to be in the high 100k. She is just too big not to be.

Who said the video would be 12minutes long?

Judas is #1 in Sweden, and I don't think it's been released in Japan yet. Similarly, it wasn't released in Denmark until a couple of hours ago either.

6pm AFAIK

BTW debuted at #21 around 3hrs after its release.

I think Judas could get to #1 next week!! If she spends this day and a half climbing on iTunes, then she'll be well placed for the hype building and people will find it easy to find her on iTunes!

@ladygaga Surprise Monsters!: Born This Way (The Country Road Version) will be released on Twitter tomorrow at 12am PST/3am EST 3/25. Effect on charts next week, perhaps?

From @ladygaga: Surprise Monsters!: Born This Way (The Country Road Version) will be released on Twitter tomorrow at 12am PST/3am EST 3/25.

I hope the GaGa acoustic is released soon... It's sure to have the hype to help it get a #1 peak...

This. I used to love Britney. My personal chart is enough proof in itself that I still listen to her older stuff all the time. But recently it's been so disappointing... I think and want Top 10, because I will always be a fan. But she can't compete with GaGa...

I think Britney will peak at around #5/#6 to be honest. This has been a really messed up release...

Joke, right??

Apparently the new Britney single is being released to iTunes in the US tomorrow night in the hope of a BTW type storm to #1... Considering BTW sold more in 3 days than HIAM did in a week, I think their plan may fail...

#1 (1) - Lady GaGa - Born This Way - 387pts - [1-1-1-] - 1121pts (2xPlatinum) #2 (7) - Lady GaGa - Bad Romance - 75pts - [5-7-2-] - 174pts (Silver) #3 (-) - Britney Spears - Stronger - 69pts - [3-] - 69pts (-) #4 (11) - Cheryl Cole - Promise This - 66pts - [x-11-4-] - 117pts (-) #5 (3) - Ellie Goulding - Your Song - 65pts - [3-3-5-] - 212pts (Silver) #6 (2) - Britney Spears - Born to Make You Happy - 60pts - [2-6-] - 167pts (Silver) #7 (6) - Rihanna - S&M - 59pts - [6-6-7-] - 156pts (Silver) #8 (5) - Ke$ha - We R Who We R - 49pts - [2-5-8-] - 196pts (Silver) #9 (4) - Britney Spears - Everytime - 48pts - [4-9-] - 120pts (-) #10 (-) - Lady GaGa - Telephone (feat. Beyoncé) - 44pts - [10-] - 44pts (-) #11 (9) - Lady GaGa - Paparazzi - 33pts - [x-9-11-] - 95pts (-) #12 (17) - Norah Jones - Seven Years - 31pts - [x-17-12-] - 74pts (-) #13 (15) - Lady GaGa - Alejandro - 29pts - [x-15-13-] - 74pts (-) #14 (17) - Norah Jones - Don't Know Why - 29pts - [19-17-13-] - 74pts (-) #15 (8) - Marina and the Diamonds - I Am Not a Robot - 28pts - [14-8-15-] - 95pts (-) #16 (16) - Diddy - Dirty Money - Coming Home (feat. Skylar Grey) - 27pts - [4-16-16-] - 116pts (-) #17 (13) - Bruno Mars - Grenade - 24pts - [8-13-17-] - 86pts (-) #18 (x) - Lady GaGa - Just Dance - 21pts - [x-x-18-] - 59pts (-) #19 (12) - Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time - 20pts - [12-19-] - 53pts (-) #20 (19) - Marina and the Diamonds - Mowgli's Road - 19pts - [17-19-20-] - 61pts (-)

WEEK 3 Position (Last Week) - Artist - Song - Points - Chart Run - Points to Date (Certification) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/11/Bornthisway.jpg/220px-Bornthisway.jpg #1 (1) - Lady GaGa - Born This Way - 387pts - [1-1-1-] - 1121pts (2xPlatinum) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f8/LadyGaGaBadRomance.jpg/220px-LadyGaGaBadRomance.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Stronger_Britney.png/220px-Stronger_Britney.pnghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ac/Promisethiscover.jpg/220px-Promisethiscover.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d1/Ellieyoursong.jpg/220px-Ellieyoursong.jpg #2 (7) - Lady GaGa - Bad Romance - 75pts - [5-7-2-] - 174pts (Silver) #3 (-) - Britney Spears - Stronger - 69pts - [3-] - 69pts (-) #4 (11) - Cheryl Cole - Promise This - 66pts - [x-11-4-] - 117pts (-) #5 (3) - Ellie Goulding - Your Song - 65pts - [3-3-5-] - 212pts (Silver) #6 (2) - Britney Spears - Born to Make You Happy - 60pts - [2-6-] - 167pts (Silver) #7 (6) - Rihanna - S&M - 59pts - [6-6-7-] - 156pts (Silver) #8 (5) - Ke$ha - We R Who We R - 49pts - [2-5-8-] - 196pts (Silver) #9 (4) - Britney Spears - Everytime - 48pts - [4-9-] - 120pts (-) #10 (-) - Lady GaGa - Telephone (feat. Beyoncé) - 44pts - [10-] - 44pts (-) #11 (9) - Lady GaGa - Paparazzi - 33pts - [x-9-11-] - 95pts (-) #12 (17) - Norah Jones - Seven Years - 31pts - [x-17-12-] - 74pts (-) #13 (15) - Lady GaGa - Alejandro - 29pts - [x-15-13-] - 74pts (-) #13 (17) - Norah Jones - Don't Know Why - 29pts - [19-17-13-] - 74pts (-) #15 (8) - Marina and the Diamonds - I Am Not a Robot - 28pts - [14-8-15-] - 95pts (-) #16 (16) - Diddy - Dirty Money - Coming Home (feat. Skylar Grey) - 27pts - [4-16-16-] - 116pts (-) #17 (13) - Bruno Mars - Grenade - 24pts - [8-13-17-] - 86pts (-) #18 (x) - Lady GaGa - Just Dance - 21pts - [x-x-18-] - 59pts (-) #19 (12) - Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time - 20pts - [12-19-] - 53pts (-) #20 (19) - Marina and the Diamonds - Mowgli's Road - 19pts - [17-19-20-] - 61pts (-) WEEK 3 CHART ANALYSIS As predicted, the release of the 'Born This Way' video has helped the song maintain the #1 position with a 49% points increase, giving a tally of 387pts for this week. With 'Bad Romance' at #2, Lady GaGa becomes the first artist to hold the top two positions simultaneously. Britney Spears' 'Stronger' is the highest debut of the week at #3 with 69pts. Cheryl Cole's becomes the biggest climber within the Top 20, moving from #11 to #4 with 'Promise This'. Ellie Goulding manages to remain in the Top 5 this week by a margin of 5pts. Last week's #2, 'Born to Make You Happy' suffers a 44% drop in points to chart at #6. Rihanna's 'S&M', Ke$ha's 'We R Who We R' and Britney's 'Everytime' all fall within the Top 10. Thanks to video watches, Lady GaGa's 'Telephone (feat. Beyoncé)' debuts in the Top 10 at #10. Norah Jones' 'Seven Years' and 'Don't Know Why' and Lady GaGa's 'Alejandro' all move up within the #11-#20 positions. Marina and the Diamonds' 'I Am Not a Robot' falls 7 places from #8 to #15 and Britney Spears' '...Baby One More Time' falls 7 places from #12 to #19, sharing the title of biggest fall within the Top 20 this week. With 'Just Dance' moving from the lower regions of the chart to #18, Lady GaGa breaks the record of having the most tracks chart within the Top 20, with 6. This week, 'Born This Way' goes 2xPlatinum with a cumulative points total of 1121. 'Bad Romance', 'Your Song', 'Born to Make You Happy', 'S&M' and 'We R Who We R' all manage to break the 150pts mark this week, so all 5 tracks go Silver. Week-on-week, the total number of points in the Top 20 increases from 1085 to 1183 (up 8%), the highest points total so far. #1 SINGLES 18.2.2011 Lady GaGa - Born This Way - 475pts (i) 25.2.2011 Lady GaGa - Born This Way - 259pts (ii) 4.3.2011 Lady GaGa - Born This Way - 387pts (iii)

The performance was pre-recorded. She sang live, but did the performance a couple of hours/days before and then it was just shown on the night. AI will be huge!! With only 4 days till the album release in the US, the anticipation will be huge!! 1M here we come!!

Has there been any news on when the stripped-down version of BTW will be up?? That would surely impact sales hugely if a separate version is released to iTunes.

Adele down to #4 behind BTW, S&M and Blow...

BTW #4

Not this week, but next week is looking hopeful :)

I reckon... 60k this week, 450k overall.

Well, you can never please everyone. I think she'll climb on iTunes.

I don't think GaGa was at her best then. For a start Bad Romance sh*ts on everything Poker Face ever was.

I like the video. Her 3rd best in my opinion, after BR and Paparazzi. As for her body... :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: On point...

Perhaps they'll include bits of the intro. I think the actual video is brilliant in parts though, particularly the skeleton scene.