Alex aka $ktofi

What are you talking about??? Madonna is bigger than Celine Dion in terms of sales... :wacko: :blink: And this comes from someone who does not like Madonna

I doubt it... I think they will shift around 400K... and Shakira 500K But I don't think Shakira will be #2 at the end of the year... Christmas is coming... remember

She IS the Queen of Latin Music... I won't argue that :P

Why don't we close this thread??? is gonna become another Westlife again everybody... and That's not the way Shakira's fans are... Oral Fixation... Just admit you were wrong... she's not the Queen of Pop... and only time will tell if she'll be bigger than Madonna... (I do think she's more talented than Madge)

Anyway... I'm glad to see that the single will probably passed the 500K :) Amazing for a single with no promotion (she didn't come to promote it) and lack of airplay (Radio 1 refusal to play the damn song) :cheer: :dance: :yahoo: :wub: :P

Please... Stop this Shakira is talented and successful but she's still far away from being the Queen of Pop... and I doubt she wants to be called like that... Madonna is the Queen of Pop... that's for sure... Shakira only has 2 english albums... and 3 spanish albums... you cannot included Live versions and albums previous Pies Descalzos

Why do you call her thew Queen of Pop??? I doubt she wants to be call like that... Half of her stuff is not even pop... :wacko: You should have posted this in the Haven's Top 20 Singles :mellow: :unsure:

As Musicweek have posted the info up, we can put some figures to the info! The Big News is the Scissor Sisters moving 53-19 this week, and another 40k this weekend should see them just outside the top 10! TW LW Band Title Total Sales 1 1 Gnarls Barkley Crazy 796200 2 2 Shakira Hips don’t lie 401857 :cheer: 3 3 Sandi Thom I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair 315052 4 4 Infernal From Paris to berlin 298842 5 5 Nelly Furtado Maneater 272093 6 6 Rihanna SOS 236500 7 7 Notorious BIG Nasty girl 217150 8 8 Orson No tomorrow 214600 9 9 Lily Allen Smile 204400 10 10 Shayne Ward No promises 193200 11 11 Shayne Ward That's my goal 191450 12 12 Meck Thunder in my heart 176275 13 13 Kooks Naïve 171600 14 14 Corinne Bailey Rae Put your records on 166550 15 16 Rihanna Unfaithful 154900 16 15 Pussycat Dolls Beep 151600 17 17 The Automatic Monster 151400 18 18 Ne-Yo So sick 148150 19 53 Scissor Sisters I don’t feel like dancin' 142602 :cheer: 20 19 Nizlopi JCB Song 142350 Thanks to Andy from Haven

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5357900.stm] Downloads set for chart dominance http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42104000/gif/_42104110_singles_sales_203_2.gif By Ian Youngs Entertainment reporter, BBC News Music downloads are set to dominate the UK top 40 after record shops said they would agree new rules for digital hits. Downloads currently only count towards the singles chart from one week before the song is released on CD until two weeks after the CD is deleted. That ensures music stores do not have gaps in their singles racks. But the Entertainment Retailers' Association (Era) has said all digital sales should count and new rules are likely to come into force on 1 January. Legal song downloads now account for 78% of all UK single sales - up from 23% two years ago. Graph showing growth in digital single sales Many singles are currently available to download several weeks before they are released on CD, often growing in popularity as their physical release approaches. That means the change could see a return to songs climbing the charts as they gain momentum online. This week's number one - I Don't Feel Like Dancin' by the Scissor Sisters - sold almost 45,000 digital copies before becoming eligible for the main chart, according to Music Week magazine. Era secretary general Kim Bayley said the new rules still had to be ratified by retailers and record companies - who jointly control the charts. But record shops have dropped their opposition to such a move in the wake of the digital boom. "Era, like the other members of the Chart Supervisory Committee, believe that these digital sales should count towards the chart," she said. "Era think it's fine and the chart should count those sales, provided we can get the message across adequately to consumers as to what's going on." Shops would probably start using their own in-store singles countdowns to avoid having gaps on their racks, she said. But fans should still be able to decide which format they want, she added, and digital and physical singles "should both be made available so far as possible at the same time". A spokesman for the British Phonographic Industry - which represents record companies - said downloads had "transformed the way in which consumers buy music". Many songs can be downloaded as soon as they appear on the radio "If the singles chart is to remain the definitive list of the country's favourite songs, it has to reflect how music fans buy them," he said. EMI chief executive Tony Wadsworth welcomed the move, saying the restrictions had been "holding the continued growth of digital sales back". "Unfortunately, we're in this period of transition where there's a reluctance in some quarters to let go of the physical part of the single. That has resulted in some of these rules, which I just think are slowing us down," he said. "A single can be made available for sale digitally as soon as it goes to radio and it's got a sales life which is not actually being represented in the chart until one week before a physical format is released, and that just seems absurd." Mr Wadsworth added it was "frustrating" that a lot of people were buying single video downloads that also did not count towards the chart.

She let Gustavo Cerati write a song for her (Dia Especial) Which turned out to be one of her greatest songs in Spanish (IMO) (well... she did say that he was god... that she admires him to death :) )

Guy hits on the Robster September 19, 2006 GUY CHAMBERS has revealed the door is open for ROBBIE WILLIAMS to reform their hitmaking partnership. But songwriter Guy’s condition is that Robbie releases a duet with Latina beauty SHAKIRA. Guy and Rob worked together on a string of anthemic hits including Angels, Rock DJ and Supreme. Now Guy reckons his Shakira plan could rocket the Robster to the top of the charts both here and in America. When asked what would be a good reason for him and Rob to reunite after their bitter split, Guy replied: “If he ever duets with Shakira. “He should always have done that. It would be the perfect match and I would like to write the tune for it. It would be a worldwide hit and would break Robbie in America.” Guy also revealed that a major factor in his split from Rob was the former TAKE THAT star’s move to the States. Guy said: “I think one of the main reasons that our partnership stopped working was him moving to Los Angeles was very tricky. “If I’d also moved out there we may have continued working together. But that idea wasn’t really going to be possible.” Over to you, Robbie. http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2006430350,00.html :huh:

05 The Killers :cheer: 44 Chingy :puke2:

Yeap... It's badly written

Hey... what happened??? I posted this but it got deleted... :( :cry:

Wow... Beyonce really flopped internationally... She sold less than 190K WW... (Not including the US) Total Sales: 736K (550K in the US) :blink: :unsure:

That's from last week ;) TW LW Band Title Total Sales 1 1 Gnarls Barkley Crazy 793200 ---> Hopefully in a month it will pass 800K+ 2 2 Shakira Hips don’t lie 384857 --> This week it will reach 400K+ and probably end up 450K - 500K) 3 3 Sandi Thom I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair 312052 4 4 Infernal From Paris to berlin 297242 5 5 Nelly Furtado Maneater 268093 6 6 Rihanna SOS 235000 7 7 Notorious BIG Nasty girl 216550 8 8 Orson No tomorrow 211600 9 9 Lily Allen Smile 200100 10 10 Shayne Ward No promises 192700 11 11 Shayne Ward That's my goal 191450 12 12 Meck Thunder in my heart 175875 13 13 Kooks Naïve 169400 14 14 Corinne Bailey Rae Put your records on 165950 15 15 Pussycat Dolls Beep 151100 16 18 Rihanna Unfaithful 149700 17 17 The Automatic Monster 147500 18 16 Ne-Yo So sick 147450 19 19 Nizlopi JCB Song 142000 20 20 Chico It's Chico time 141000 21 21 Mary J Blige/U2 One 140900 22 22 Black Eyed Peas Pump it 140850 23 26 Rogue Traders Voodoo child 136200 24 24 Pink Who knew 133400 25 23 Madonna Sorry 131400 26 25 Beatfreakz Somebody's watching me 130650 27 27 Red Hot Chili Peppers Dani California 127250 28 28 LL Cool J & J Lo Control myself 126000 29 31 James Morrison You give me something 125900 30 29 Ordinary Boys Boys will be boys 123100

She won't climb... it's a shame because her song is really good... Robbie is really going down already :o Shakira's still #11... That song really has staying power

UKs and US #1s on that list Justin Timberlake - SexyBack (3 weeks at #1 in the US so far) (1 week at #1 in the UK) Shakira - Hips Don't Lie (2)(5) Not in that list Ne*Yo - So sick (2)(1) Only 3 songs have reached #1 in both charts in 2006 :rolleyes:

Single... and it didn't flop flop... it just had one good week (when it was release on iTunes) and then it plummeted

Control Myself by LL Cool... The song flopped (in terms of airplay) but once the album was released it re-entered at #4 (its peak)

Based on the Mids... I'm pretty sure she sold less than that... On Thursday, She was 4K behind Robbie... and I'm sure robbie sold more on friday and saturday... so 18.5K it's more realistic

Shakira Hips Don't Lie 384857 (She sold between 17K - 20K, so this figure is assuming she sold 18500)

How do I post a video using youtube???

Scissor Sisters Snow Patrol Shakira - (This song is way too old... it's the 2nd oldest song of the Top 40)

B) I agree with you