Kiseki

Didn't realize Chipmunk was so high already. hope he gets another top 10! :wub:

what, have I missed something? would somebody kindly pm me? :P Glad Danyl stayed tonight (obv) - think his time may be up next week, although I pray that he can make it to the finals at the very least. LOL at Lloyds last performance being his best. Is there a theme yet for next week?

Ugh, Shakira's sales are so low -_- yay for SuBo though! :wub:

I have to admit, i'm finding this whole era quite underhwleming. She Wolf the song was wonderful. The album however, I think i'd rank it as my least favourite, bar Magia & Peligro :( Don't get me wrong, there are some great tracks on it (SW, DIA, MITT, Gypsy, MA) and the rest are above average, but idk, it just feels like much less aggressive, poetic, quirky.. less Shakira. I understand she's chasing sales and "feeling sexy", but it's quite obviously not what people want from her. Every song bar SW & Gypsy, imo, could easily be carried off by a lot of other female artists out there atm (MA in terms of music is practically Kelly Clarkson by numbers). The lyrics, whilst somewhat clever, just feel as if she hasn't put the effort into it as much as in the past (OF2 had wonderful lyrics). Did anybody ever think we'd see the day where she had to tag Lil' Wayne & Timbaland on a song to try and get interest? I also think there should have been more diversity (though maybe a problem with some of her past albums is that they've been too wide-reaching, though i'm not in the camp that thinks this). I get the feeling she may be slightly critical of this album in the future. Maybe the label is trying to commercialise her more to get as much money out of her before her contract runs out? I don't expect DELL part II or a diverse-o-rama like OF2, but SW just feels very underwhelming to me, which isn't something I ever thought i'd say about a Shakira record. about 70% of the time I try sitting through the whole record, I end up switching to an earlier album. One of the strongest points of it for me is that it makes me appreciate her previous works even more :lol: I have a feeling that the Spanish album will be much better. Roll on 2010..

looking forward to Joe & Danyl :wub: I don't think i've ever head either of Olly's choices tbh.

Go Shakira :wub: never realised that UYC was so high, but apart from that it looks pretty right

PI 1 - Didn't watch this PI 2 - Michelle (1st) XF1 - Brenda XF2 - Ben/Leona XF3 - Didn't Watch XF4 - Didn't Watch XF5 - Danyl Johnson so two people. here's hoping three :heart:

Album: Susan Boyle: I Deamed A Dream. surprised more people on here haven't :o

Come on SuBo, don't let Rihanna catch you up!! :wub:

beautiful and amazing and incredible - perfect winter album :wub:

Jedward really did deserve to go. I mean, yeah they're entertaining, but xfactor? really? They'll still have a big hit (regardless of where they placed).

I'm not sure about Germany, but Japan is the second largest market in the world, behind the US. Sales are usually very front loaded, so in terms of world charts they debut high, but then fall down quickly, not to mention that apart from a small handful, Japanese people tend to only buy Japanese music, which obviously isn't released anywhere else. these are the top ten albums/singles for the year so far, just to give you a perspective of sales; Singles *1 *,656,331 ***,280 Believe/曇りのち、快晴 / 嵐、矢野健太 starring Satoshi Ohno 09/03/04 *2 *,620,237 ***,*** 明日の記憶/Crazy Moon～キミ・ハ・ムテキ～ / 嵐 09/05/27 *3 *,485,884 ***,604 愛のままで… / 秋元順子 08/01/23 累計647,280 *4 *,431,685 431,685 マイガール / 嵐 09/11/11 *5 *,421,285 ***,712 Everything / 嵐 09/07/01 *6 *,377,097 ***,*** RESCUE / KAT-TUN 09/03/11 *7 *,374,823 **1,048 イチブトゼンブ/DIVE / B'z 09/08/05 *8 *,359,556 ***,*** ひまわり / 遊助 09/03/11 *9 *,331,248 ***,*** ONE DROP / KAT-TUN 09/02/11 10 *,287,493 *15,977 急☆上☆Show！！ / 関ジャニ∞ 09/11/04 Albums *1 1,371,063 *12,420 All the BEST！ 1999-2009 / 嵐 09/08/19 *2 1,245,841 **1,086 SUPERMARKET FANTASY / Mr.Children 08/12/10 *3 *,996,687 **1,371 塩、コショウ / GReeeeN 09/06/10 *4 *,837,817 **1,949 EXILE BALLAD BEST / EXILE 08/12/03 累計1,781,718 *5 *,739,893 *15,900 ayaka's History 2006-2009 / 絢香 09/09/23 *6 *,666,587 ***,456 DO YOU DREAMS COME TRUE？ / DREAMS COME TRUE 09/03/21 *7 *,486,313 ***,409 レミオベスト / レミオロメン 09/03/09 *8 *,466,499 **3,563 Box Emotions / Superfly 09/09/02 *9 *,462,817 **1,226 CALLING / コブクロ 09/08/05 10 *,438,325 **1,587 残響 / 福山雅治 09/06/30 嵐 are literally HUGE at the moment, as you can see!

yayyy, LMFAO is in the chart! :wub:

"According to the Daily Mail.." enough said. probably over-exagerated.

awesome! :D

LOL I like the whole Shiva/Satue of Liberty thing, and the dancing, but apart from that..no. Is it intentionally meant to look cheap? HDL had a low budget and they really made something out of that. With this..not so. very underwhelming when compared to DIA

Shakira on the climb :wub:

#17 on iTunes now :D

TBF, Shakira has climbed from #110 before the performance to #19 now, three other of her songs re-entered the top 200 on iTunes, and ehr album's rebounded back into the top 40. ----------------- I don't see any problem whatsoever with people performing on xfactor. It's not manipulation - it's promotion, just like any other music/chat show where people perform, would you say other tv shows "manipulate" the charts? It just so happens that the show is watched by a third of the population, lol.

Shakira top 20 with DIA :heart: what a difference an x-factor performance can make!

I think it'll be one of the good ones, unfortunately. maybe Danyl :( although I do think he can make it to the final, in the betting odds he's sort of not in the top, nor the bottom. maybe there won't be a theme next week? :o

go shakira, top 30! :cheer:

It's not great, but it's all right. I have trouble distinguising voices on the song, bar Danyl, Lloyd & Joe. on the subject of winners songs from the last page, I always wanted this to be one for the UK. the german pop idol winner sang it a few years ago, and it's a massive guilty pleasure LOL 3Of5DlYBZVM

DIA isn't even out officially for like another month. it's been hovering around #100-#120 for like four days now, glad it got a push into the top 40!

Listening now. I prefer the demo of "Alejandro" to the version on TFM. I liked the much more industrial feel to it