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X Factor makes some people think versatility is important with its pointless theme weeks but it's really not. Ella should just do her and see what happens instead of being pushed into generic pop. She has her own songs and style of singing which is most of the battle really, so she has a good chance of making it in the real world despite her tender years. She won't even need a big hit if Rebecca Ferguson's success is anything to go by or display personality if her or Emeli Sande don't need to. She draws comparisons with Adele but that is surely a massive compliment (she is actually a fan as well). It'll be interesting to compare her album with James Arthur's. She's a talent and I'm not writing her off til I see what she comes up with, it'll be the best album from a 16 year old I've heard anyway as she's quite level headed and mature. We will see...

I think he'll actually be closer to 500k than 400k at the end of the week.

Olly Murs!!

Ugh the double fashion faux pas of waistcoat and polo neck but this time together, wish he'd stop wearing those two things. Hey at least this video is gonna be better than the last one, can't be much worse.

He's kind of right though, he's sold more than alot of other artists yet gets labelled a flop. Anyone else is his best song yet, exactly the kind of song I expected from his pre X Factor stuff. Like the video as well. This album hasn't sold very well though. As for his debut, I think Run for your life has to one of the worst ideas for an opening single of all time as every other song on the album is better. Starlight would have done the trick.

Yeah he has wide appeal which will obviously pick up the casual listener and ICYDK is one of the bigger selling albums this year anyway disproving the opinion that he only sells in November and December.

I'm shocked at the reaction to this song as it's definitely one of the better songs they've produced. Miles better than Something New! Bit weird that Nadine doesn't have her own part of the song, but I guess they're thinking about the tour where she sings most of the material. I like the chorus lyrics, simple message but very well conveyed. Nice video as well, impressive stuff.

She doesn't really have a reliable voice, but breaks quite alot but she does sing in a unique style.. It just depends on if she can release one or two hits.

Rita Ora's songwriters should sue (R.I.P). It's ok actually but it does sound like a cynical try at being current, style over substance for me. I just don't see the song standing out enough to overcome their lack of promotion. I mean that 3 piece girl group from X Factor had a better song and they still never made it.

Over 100k again this week! With big singles to come it's on course to be his biggest selling album, Olly's 1st million seller?

Haha the only reason I know who this girl is, is because I saw a picture of her somewhere and she was so hot I had to find out who she was. Just checked her music out and it's a bit bland but I'd definitely shag her.

Really enjoyed his performance of DD on TM, it was better than his performance on Xtra Factor. As for the US tour, it is only three dates but it still counts as a tour. Plus if tickets sell well then other House of blues venues might pile on or further Chicago, NY or LA dates could be added. I'm not sure about a Christmas album, while obviously lucrative, Buble, Rod Stewart etc are covers artists already. I don't want people to start seeing Olly like that. He can save that type of album for if his career starts to slide as a fall back. I would prefer another new album as he can work on it in January while in America then again when he releases his album over there in April.

She's one of those Janet Devlin/Diana Vickers types who get annoying and voted out, I never saw the big deal about her anyway. We have Birdy and Gabrielle Aplin, plus the two X Factor alumni I mentioned, so there's no need for her. Samantha and The Collective are the only ones worth keeping an eye on.

This will definitely help shift more copies of the album and gain Olly some new fans with it's 'Take that' modern pop style. Hope it goes to number 1 when it's released, it'd be his first prealbum release to do so though, so that might be a big ask. Pity it wasn't the first single (1 of 2 prealbum) as originally planned then Olly would be sitting on 5 number 1s.

There's no real justice that HMV are the last to go considering they have always offered the worst prices. Obviously their massive profit margins from these prices kept them afloat longer but their rip off business model was never gonna do well in the download/internet age in the long term. Not sorry to see them go (when they finally do).

Decent album tbf.

Yeah Army of two and hopefully a 3rd single very soon after so he can concentrate on the next album. I reckon Dear Darlin, RPRT and Sliding doors will be the contenders for that. I hope he continues to release an album a year as it keeps the momentum going and it's important he keeps focused on the UK where he will need to keep his profile up if he's not doing Xtra Factor. He will be busy touring next year in America to start with, then his UK tour then the Robbie stadium tour, hectic schedule! So it's hard to see if he'll have time for writing and singles!

I just want this album to outsell his last one which I think it could do given the fact he's only released one single thus far. He won't sell as many over the Christmas period as last year but he'll catch that up with a couple of decent singles.

Another 100k for Olly, smashing it! Hope he can do another 100k this week.

He sounded better live than the crappy arrangement of the studio version. Can't believe he has over 1m followers on twitter already, he definately has a future.

It won't be too bad. If I was the other four members I'd let Louis take the reigns on this one to let him take up more of his share overall so he ruins less of their tracks.

I agree about the weak single affecting sales but I disagree that the sales were still impressive. IMO she had alot of people who bought Echo just because they liked Spirit which millions own. Now obviously people weren't so keen on Echo if we look at her recent sales. So it IS about the quality of the songs, but the album tracks as well as the singles.

Wasn't hard for Joe to top his dismal debut sales was it! That was more a reflection of how much he flopped and it turned out to be flash in the pan as his sales have dipped once again. 1D are bigger in the U.S than they are here. They almost matched their debuts sales here in one week with their new album. Guess the size of the country helps and album sales are doing very well over there (Taylor Swift FFS!).

Murs up to 2.