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Adele's cackle for xmas no. 1

But what stats will they display on her VT package? SoooooooooOOOOOOOoooooo many to choose from.

Adele/Coldplay/1D for the Sunday results show. Probably the strongest lineup they've ever had. Three massive global acts & all British, which is cool.

I'm surprised Ella wasn't roped in. Yes she doesn't have a new album out, but something like "Glitterball" would be well suited to the occasion/finale!

She doesn't need to lip sync to be fair so there's no reason e.g.: She may not be peak Mariah or peak Whitney or Beyoncé etc. etc., but she is a competent live singer for the most part, as shown above in the acoustic performance. I think because she's an X Factor judge she gets automatically grouped with Cheryl and a few judges that have gone before her and people think she can't sing. & besides, if you were gonna lip sync I don't think it would make sense to pre-record pitchy vocals as that defeats the purpose. (yes, she was pitchy in parts).

I know Leona can sing, obviously, but I think Louisa would bury her if she was to go all out in the duet. Hopefully she holds back/shows a little restraint, for Leona's sake. :o

Well she did a few weeks ago with "Coming Home", and typically does with all her performances... She's no Cheryl in that regard.

Definitely don't think it's combined as there are some very big and noticeable differences between the iTunes chart.

Leona is duetting with a contestant... (obviously Louisa considering how much she has spoke of how she looked up to Leona as a kid—she was just 8 when Leona won).

On Apple Music. Same place the chart has always been.

Has no one noticed that Apple Music now has its own separate chart to iTunes? (i.e. not just mirroring the iTunes chart)

I don't really know The Pogues song too well which is weird considering I live in the UK, but I never seem to hear it?? I literally just had to listen to it to remind myself of what it sounded like. Maybe I just subconsciously manage to avoid/ignore it every single year it comes back into the charts, whereas I hear Mariah's song hundreds of times every December without fail. Strange. Having said that, I did of course recognise it upon listening ("and the bells are ringing out for Christmas day") Having just re-listened I was shocked to hear the lyric "you cheap lousy fa**ot"... Christmas classic?

Now we got the flavour, the bad behaviour, the rhythm, the melody, the juice for you to savour. Their best :-)

Just realised KDA is not on Apple Music, does anyone know why?

JoJo for #1 :P

So Omen out on Spotify/ iTunes, but not Apple Music. Grrr so incredibly frustrating when they do this. Why can't they just sync Streaming releases :rolleyes:

Predicting #2. People underestimating the combo of Capital + Radio 1 A-list support (prior to release) + two pop fan bases. DO NOT mention Shakira/RiRi as that song was awful :D Plus Rita is on The Voice. Even without a performance, there's still the opportunity for the song to receive some airtime on the show.

I guess airplay is also a strong consideration. Did "I'm Yours" top the airplay charts? I assume so to be able to rack up those sales!

Wow, that's astonishing re Azealia Banks. I'm a massive fan of 212 and know it's really popular in the clubs, but never knew it had sold as much as 440,000...I thought it was more an "underground hit". Paper Planes is another surprise, that song was EVERYWHERE, I assumed charted higher! Very interesting. I I personally would go for sales, based on this list. So many good, popular songs that charted poorly due to poor scheduling or, in Adele's case, a lack of effort :wub:

Hi all, I am still relatively new here so hope I am posting this correctly! Anyways, I was in the supermarket the other day and I lost count as to how many times I saw the term "hit single" plastered on the front of cds as nothing more than marketing tactics. I then saw a topic on here just now which lead me to think - what actually is a "hit" and how do we determine what qualifies as one? There are a few definitions online that refer to a "popular song" or "successful song"..But they are very vague, popular/ successful in what sense? I think during the Top of the Pops era it was easy to assume all top 20 songs were hits, but I think over time this was narrowed down to the top 10, and even number ones in some cases. But with that said, there are numerous songs that have not had the best chart peak (e.g. "Set Fire to The Rain" and "I'm Yours") but were still being able to outsell a chunk of no. 1 singles. Similarly, singles like "Single Ladies" were huge phenomenons, but again didn't even make the top 5. Other songs were "popular" for a week or 2 and peaked in the top 3 and then dropped like a rock (Union J spring to mind but I know there are loads!) I just wanted to know your thoughts on what you consider/ or think we should consider most when determining a hit single? Do the phrases "top 10" and "number 1" receive too much praise these days, when in actual fact neither tell us much at all in terms of how popular (sales) a single has been! I would also be curious to see, if anyone has the data, a list of best selling singles that didn't reach the top 10, and a list showing the best selling that didn't reach top 20. I'm aware "Set Fire to the Rain" and "I'm Yours" are the two best selling that didn't reach top 10, but unaware of any others? :D

I tried to get. Really, I did. But, I just don't get it? Feel left out though, as clearly I am in a minority! Would have freaked if it had been Lauryn :rolleyes: