Happy Chappy

Its Mother's Day next week, so there is a good chance that Ronan will have 3rd week at number 1 next week

Yes it is, some of the profits from it go to the Marie Keating Charity in Ireland and Cancer Research in the UK. So whatever the "sales gimmick" involved, its them who benefit from it's success. Looks like it will go top 5 in Australia and New Zealand this week too, and with their Mother's Day in early May my betting is that it will also top the charts there very soon too.

Not that odd really, the whole album is a tribute to his mum, and that was the song that he wrote for her when she died. The single is being released on the 18th May.

Cheers :cheer:

Question - What time do they announce the top albums?

Ronan was ahead of the Pet Shop Boys into day's midweeks by 3000 copies, are you saying that they have now over taken him on todays sales?

Strange! According to The Sun it looks like those iTunes sales will be coming off the current total. They say the PSBs are 1200 copies behind Ronan. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showb...icle2341546.ece

Its not being officially released as a single. This album was a one-off project, it was just down to the radio stations what song they would play for promotion. Ronan is working on a new Boyzone album for an October release.

I tried to get it today, it was sold out in Asda's, Sainsbuys and HMV not one copy to be had anywhere.

I would have been interesting to see how many copies Ronan could have sold this week had the shops not run out. I went to 3 different places today including HMV and they had none left at all. Amazon ran out on monday.

Any idea if Annie is catching up?

B)--> QUOTE(Dave B @ Mar 18 2009, 10:42 AM) 2481339[/snapback]If you wait until October, you'll be able to get it for a fiver. The record company have no idea how this one's gonna sell over the coming months. So they are likely to make too many and sell some of them cheap. He is not going to be promoting it much more, and they are not planing to release any singles, so it is pretty much a one off for his solo fans and for the charity it was intended to support. There is a new studio Boyzone album due out sometime between Sep/Nov of this year.

His last album sold almost 700,000 world wide so not a total loss. Also the new Boyzone studio album is due out towards the end of this year.

Greatest Day, they played it in the Kilimanjaro documentry that had 8 1/2 million viewers. Not surprised that Ronan is heading for number 1 its done well considering there is no single. It will be his 8th number 1 album, his 4th as a solo artist not bad going, yet there are still people that say he isn't successful :rolleyes:

Are you saying that Ronan will be number 1 next week :dance: That would make it his 4th solo number 1 album and his 8th number 1 album in total.

Quite a comeback if he manages to knock U2 off the top spot. :lol:

So do you think Peter will get a top 10 album next week then.

Just ITV hyping up one of their own I think. I think she was number 1 on pre-release @ Amazon at the end of last week. I noticed there were a lot of TV ads on Monday for the album. Does anyone know where Pete Doherty's single is?

Ronan trying to cash in, on Mother`s Day! 22nd March, could be his week...or Pete Doherty. ! :P Its a bit like a fight betwwen saint and sinner - should be interesting In Ronan's favour a lot of the proceeds are going towards Cancer Research so not a bad thing, good luck to him

Poor Gary, it must be really horrible for him :( If he has to pull out the press will be all over him knowing what they are like :angry: . I have been following the whole thing on Radio 1 and also at the Red Nose Climb site its certainly a lot tougher than most people would imagine, its certainly not a walk in the park. I wonder how the girls from Girls Aloud are really, they have hardly done any of the videos or interviews with the radio and TV although if you read the newspapers you'd think they were the only ones on the mountain :rolleyes: . I really hope they all get to the top Text 88808 to donate £1

I have met him several times and he really is a gentleman. A few years back he went through a really tough time, his mum was going through cancer and died and I don't think he coped with the fame and the grief. Also a year or two ago his father inlaw also went through and lost his life to cancer. So to base an oppinion on someone on a one off meeting doesn't really reflect the whole person. It really depends on the circumstances of the actual meeting. I know he also doesn't like giving out photos and autographs when he is spending time with his children.

I hear that it is also number 1 on iTunes and number 5 on airplay - the Danes really take Eurovision to their hearts :cheer:

"Believe Again" has gone straight to the top of the Danish singles chart this week. Also Brinck's re-issued album (which now includes Believe Again) has also gone in at number 3. http://www.hitlisterne.dk/tracklisten.asp?list=t40

It sounds like it might be quite good, like to hear your oppinion on it. Ronan also has a new album coming out for Mother's Day, I just got an email. Its not new material (saving that for the new BZ album later in the year) but its an album dedicated to his mother with her favourite songs on it. Its recorded live with a live orchestra over two days sounds interesting.

Perhaps they are going to repalce him with the real Ronan on the night Still they do say that imatation is the sheerest form of flattery :lol: