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People should read this, it throws a whole new light on what the goverment was up too this past year. It was allways ever about the endgame and never regret what you get wrong along the way, https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-rejecte...supply-12204044

God I hope Avicii starts gaining fast with the gift cards otherwise we are about to get the most boring #1 of 2013.

I think I'm one of the 5 to get it right, I might have put <100K though, can't remember, I should have posted it.

Was the Pharrell track an anti X factor single ? I don't get it, I mean its not horrible or anything, It just doesn't sound like a #1 contender.

So Tim was ahead of Lilly on itunes for most of the week, significantly by the end of the week and yet she still trounced him. It looks like itunes is no longer a reliable source for the prediction of the final chart. I think other sources are overtaking itunes, the Google play store is probably now a significant factor.

It can't be 0%, as overall play store sales are due to overtake Apple store early 2014, but includes game and video as well as music.

Does anybody know what percentage of overall single sales the Android Play store has? I presume its some way behind Itunes, but there does seem to be an awful lot of Android phones around.

I wonder if Radio will take note of the sales numbers and decide they are flogging a dead horse.

Just noticed, this is track of the day on Radio 1 playlist page. Looks like they will be playlisting it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist/

I expect Girls Aloud to end up at #5.

PSY's longevity is incredible. I expect Alicia to drop, its a bit boring.

The only factor of concern here is that the Girls Aloud song is just plain rubbish. Why people thought it would hit #1 in the first place is beyond me, I'm amazed its even in the top 5.

I thought Naughty Boy would be doing better. They should have put Emilie Sande ft Naughty Boy, probably #1 then.

Huh? Was in Tesco's last night and they have Muse as album of the week, I just can't see Muse bothering or needing payola. You can be sure they have a detailed analysis of what their shoppers like and dislike, they are interested only in shipping units. Interestingly they do not stock last weeks or this weeks most likely number one albums.

Strange that they are not selling Red in Tesco's

I really like DNA, so I'm looking forward to Little Minxes eventual appearance.

Its funny how for some songs it gives an enormous boost and for others it does absolutely nothing. Of course an appearance on X factor assumes that the artist smashes their performance, if they don't it can actually have the opposite effect, the disastrous appearances of Lady Gaga and Britney spring to mind, they effectively killed off their album era's in this country.

Oh joy, Ed- Sheeran is back. I don't like the new Lab/Emilie track either, so hopefully SHM can retake the top spot.

DNA will be number 1 and I think they will hold off Ollie the next week as well. Its by far the strongest song out of the 3.

Did people see a different performance to me ? I only just caught it as I was coming into the room when it was on. I thought it was 2 contestants singing at first because of how so out of tune it was.

The BBC don't do fake ! (Jimmy Saville being the exception)

For this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18265975

That's because people don't like her single, it really is a lame duck song. Ferguson is a debut artist with new fans but it's very likely that her Sophomore album will bomb if she doesn't bring something new to the table next time.

I have seen numbers stating Jake bug leading by 5.6K, so its game over at this point.

and they may still be #1 the week in question.