Kiseki

what a TERRIBLE choice! :mellow: Hannah Montana..really? I can't see it suited any of the remaining contestants, especially Olly. and it was only released a few months ago!

can't wait!! :heart:

glad Shakira is still on b-list; I feared it'd be bumped after it's pretty uneventful chart run to date.

-- 15 SHAKIRA COLUMBIA 83,360 -- SHE WOLF I actually checked like three times in case it wasn't the final update, but it is. SO gutted for her :mellow:

Holy crap, what a flop for Shakira :mellow: DB did far worse than either of the two SW singles, and OF2 managed like 150K first week.

<3 LMFAO, but they have much better songs than this, for example the fantastic "I Am Not A Whore" :wub: A bit gutted about Jay Sean, but it's to be expected. I think he's much more suited to the US, although it's a great shame that the UK don't embrace him. YAY for Queen SuBo remaining supreme :wub: annnd although i'm not a fan of the PK song, i'd rather that at #1 than Rihanna's latest drivel. The song COULD be good, I just hate the tone of her voice

Joe was one of my favourites at first, but idk..his voice has begun to irritate me. I'm not denying that he's a fantastic singer, but I doubt I could sit through an entire album of his. Also, what would be his niche market? It's all well and good having versatility, but what about if he wins and then ends up in the real music business? I think out of the remaining acts he's the only one who hasn't really found one, or didn't have one before the competition started.

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 Queen Boyle! get that #1 :wub:

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 for Shakira and Chipmunk being added :D

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