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Looking forward to this EP so much! Can't wait when it arrives - probably after christmas though :/

Well this is the Australian Winner - Samantha Jade - performing an ORIGINAL song: 7CLwrXvQeWk Why can't we have her as our winner with that song!!!!

"Congratulations on your top 40 album" doesn't quite have the same ring to it as when everyone congratulated Olly on his #1 - I would be very happy if someone was to ring in on Xtra Factor and do this though :P

The difference is - Dannii never performed the track on X Factor and despite being a judge, it flew mostly under the radar. It was also her first year when that song came out - at a time when she wasn't that popular, and she had already proved her credentials in some way being on the show. Having had a varied career spanning a good 20 odd years being in the spotlight (if we count Young Talent Time in Australia). Tulisa is really only at the beginning of her career and thats why I find it hard whenever there is a young judge, judging talent. Demi Lovato has won me round slightly for being so charismatic though.

I kinda blame X Factor for this in a way though. I think last year Simon Cowell was mooting around thinking, "I can make stars out of the contestants, I made a national treasure out of a judge, I'm gonna make another star out of a judge" looked around at who is fairly popular in the UK scene at that moment in time - but without being too big and saw Tulisa. The idea being that the X Factor would catapult her into the same level as Cheryl. Sadly it's backfired and it's a little unfair on Tulisa as she was never in the level of what an X Factor judge should be and on her point of view, saw a break and took it - LIKE WE ALL WOULD

It's going to be really hard for her to justify a spot on the X Factor panel next year. I mean if I was a contestant, I wouldn't be able to have the same respect for her as I would Gary, Louis (he can manage a boyband to #1 despite being a twit on live shows) or even Nicole. Yes she got to #1 with Young - but would that have done as well if it's lyrical content didn't so happen to mirror what was happening at the time. Sad to say, but Rachel Stevens would be a better choice for X Factor judge. And if the album and single are starting to sink already then I think she's going to find it hard to get a top 20 single and a top 30 album by the end of the week

Only dropping just 1 place and fending off competition like Robbie Williams is amazing!! And already Gold - if this can keep performing strongly then hopefully it can go platinum in the next few weeks fingers crossed.

I really like this album and I really hope it can do well. I'm not sure how it's going to do this week but they've got The One Show (linked with Children In Need) on Friday and hopefully that'll get a few million people watching which hopefully would be enough to at least get it known out there and give it a respectable chart placing in the coming weeks.

I think it's fair to say that if you have a song debut in the top regions of the chart, but drops fairly quickly after that - you've appealed mainly to your fans, and less to the general public. If a song debuts fairly low and can work it's way up or consistantly sell, then it's connecting with the general public but taking a long time to get there = a sleeper hit. A song can sell a million copies in it's first week and none in the 2nd, that would still be called a success. The problem JLS have is that single sales have grown in general and continue to grow. Their biggest selling single is their debut. What is worrying is that their recent singles have had total sales that would equal a major hit back in 2005, but are far below the numbers we are used to seeing today (and I dread to think of the album numbers!!) JLS could turn it around, all it takes is that one song, but so far, by the looks of things Hottest Girl is not it.

It's actually a shame its come to this for JLS. Beat Again was such a fantastic pop song and really made me think WOW! They might actually do something good here. Everybody In Love was also a mega hit and their debut album is still the 2nd biggest selling album for an X Factor act (behind Leona's Spirit), even One Shot did really well for a single that was released after a successful album. The problem is, they have never scored as big a hit again. Yes they've had more #1s - but it could be argued that it was more on the back of their name rather than the music itself. Girls Aloud have been used in this debate already, but if you look at their singles, they have managed to keep it fairly even throughout starting with the big hit with a gentle decline, to then another big hit (I'll Stand By You) to another decline, until another big hit (Something Kinda Ooooh) with another little decline before The Promise hit really big numbers again. So far JLS had the big hits with their first 3 singles, but they haven't managed to maintain that and get another big crossover hit so far. I guess JLS had it easy to begin with - they had the market to themselves. Westlife and Take That were appealing to different markets. Then The Wanted came along and now One Direction, all competing for a similar target audience.

I'm so shocked at how well STEPS are doing! So happy at the same time, but considering it hasn't even got a video - this is doing incredibly well!

I think what people have to bear in mind is that you are comparing two different sorts of promotion that work in very different ways. Radio is something you obviously listen to, you don't have a visual to go with it, right now my mum has Radio 2 on and is working in the kitchen, while I'm "working" in the living room next door. It's on, I can hear the music being played, but I'm only half listening to it, not really concentrating on it, but every so often a song might come on that catches my attention and I listen a bit more so to speak. TV is as much about the visual as to what you're listening to, you're more likely to be sitting watching the singer perform, you're a bit more attentive. There might be other things going on, (someone talking over it) but especially a show like X Factor, people are more likely to have their attention on it then they would to radio. This means TV is alot more instant, it's why songs sky rocket on Itunes, despite the fact TV will get lesser numbers then radio, one performance can potentially change a course of where I single would chart. But because it is instant, it is also forgotten if the performance is not mind-blowing enough, so thats why it can start to retreat if it has nothing to back it up. In regards to Leona's Trouble, it's something where before if I had heard it on radio, I probably didn't pay much attention to it, but after the performance, I can now recognise the first few seconds of the song, when I hear it again and I'm more attentive to it. If radio have started to play the song a bit more since the performance, then it could stand to reason why it's holding up on Itunes, maybe?

Actually I'm starting to wonder if the pre-orders will make Adele take the #1 at the last minute :o

I can see this being the case too. Wow! I think this is the first time this year I've been excited by the charts!

Will be interesting to see how it's gonna do, but I for one am looking forward to it!

Steps - Light up the World - album 12th November (single of the same name is apparently 5th November)

That'll be rectified as Screw You is gonna be the 3rd single

Just incase its needed, the UK Itunes link to Dancing With A Broken Heart: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/dancing-b...gle/id550932988

Those are all just brilliant!! Wish You Were Here is such an emotional song I could cry to it, but Touch feels like its gonna be such a rocky number - really looking forward to hearing that one on the album That 90's melody is amazing especially the Wannabe bit, and Delta going crazy on Sitting On Top of the World was a joy to watch :D

Where's the Kylie - Timebomb physical available? I didn't know there was a physical

Hopefully when Call My Name charts, it could generate some interest in Fight For This Love to take it over the million mark

Sitting On Top of the World has been certified Platinum in Australia (70,000 sales) less than 4 weeks in the chart :D

Also, I do think it's quite interesting to see a song by a singer do this well with no promo (not even TV or Radio) and have been gone from the UK charts for 7 years. Ok, it's not blowing up the charts yet, but it shows to the music industry the power of the internet. And Sitting On Top of the World is currently #460

lol I do agree naturally, but it's rather amazing how well this is doing considering it has had no promo here whatsoever. There is interest in Delta over here and hopefully this will wake Sony up to realise this. Still rising too - now #464

Kind of hope Call Me Maybe will stay at #1 for the next couple of weeks