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If she avoids the Leonazilla. It's going to be a difficult market post-Christmas as so many well known artists have released albums and need the boost of a successful second single, so there'll be a huge amount of jockeying for a week which is relatively opposition free.

Also Spice Girls drop further to #18. Kylie still at #6. Bloc Party #13. Led Zeppelin with 3 songs and Leona with 7 songs from their new albums in the top 100.

Sanest words in the thread. The world of music is scattered with artists who hit big and then faded away. And with those who've tried to crack the notoriously insular and protectionist American market. Who knows how Leona will fare? The one thing she has in her favour is she can sing the hind legs off a donkey and performing live is the backbone of breaking the States. With the right approach and a lot of hard work she has a chance of breaking there. But as thisispop says, categorically stating she'll become a world megastar is about as idiotic as saying she'll flop badly after this album. The world is far greyer than either of these monochrome alternatives.

So to get this right, you're against manufactured artists who come out of TV shows on principal, unless they write their own material. Except for when you like the band in which case it's ok for them to have all their sound manufactured with all their songs written and produced by someone else? <_<

Bleeding Love 11 Whatever It Takes 10 Homeless 11 Better in Time 11 Yesterday 10 Take a Bow 10+ I Will Be 10 Angel 10 Here I Am 9 I'm You 8- The Best You Never Had 11 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 10 Footprints in the Sand 11 A Moment like This 10 Forgiveness 8

Or Feeder.

Turned out to be an accurate guess ;)

This is another guess - it says as much in the post in question.

Leona's album trouncing Spice Girls Leona Lewis is outselling the Spice Girls by four to one on the first day of their album chart battle - and challenging for the fastest-selling UK debut of all time. Copies of her album, Spirit, are flying off the shelves across the UK. The X Factor winner is on course to sell around 100,000 copies by Monday's end, according to industry estimates. The Spice Girls are managing just a quarter of that figure with their Greatest Hits. At HMV stores, Lewis is outselling the rest of the top 10 combined. If sales continue at this rate, she is on target to shift around 350,000 copies by the end of the week. That will put her within touching distance of the record for a UK debut. Arctic Monkeys currently hold that record with Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, which sold 363,735 copies in its first week of release in January 2006. The other big release of the week, Led Zeppelin's Mothership, is at number four, behind Celine Dion's Taking Chances. Lewis, 22, winner of last year's X Factor, is already celebrating after her single, Bleeding Love, became the biggest selling song of the year on Sunday. It has sold 111,978 copies over the last seven days. HMV's Gennaro Castaldo said: "Leona's success is all the more remarkable as this is a huge week for Christmas releases, with heavyweight albums from the likes of the Spice Girls, Led Zeppelin and Celine Dion. "There has been a growing feeling over the past few weeks that this album would be huge, particularly following the success of Bleeding Love and the impact of Leona's appearance on X Factor. But, if anything, Spirit may even go on to exceed these high expectations. "Who could have predicted Leona would have come back from her year away in such dramatic style - that's' some superstar makeover she's been through!" Copyright © Press Association Ltd. 2007, All Rights Reserved.

They're definitely reuniting for a concert in Liverpool in January called The Number One Project. It's to celebrate the opening of the new arena on the Docks with the idea that everyone who was from Liverpool and performed on a UK number 1 record over the history of the charts performs. As long as they're still alive! Apparently Liverpool holds the record for the most number 1's from any city in the world with over 50. Other prominent acts from the city will also perform covers of some of the number 1s. The 56 Number Ones Artist Year Song Title Lita Roza 1953 How Much Is That Doggy In The Window? Frankie Vaughan 1957 The Garden Of Eden Michael Holliday 1960 Story Of My Life Michael Holliday 1960 Starry Eyed Frankie Vaughan 1961 Tower Of Strength Gerry and the Pacemakers 1963 How Do You Do It? The Beatles 1963 From Me To You Gerry and the Pacemakers 1963 I Like It The Searchers 1963 Sweets For My Sweet Billy J Kramer 1963 Bad To Me The Beatles 1963 She Loves You Gerry and the Pacemakers 1963 You'll Never Walk Alone The Beatles 1963 I Want To Hold Your Hand The Searchers 1964 Needles And Pins Cilla Black 1964 Anyone Who Had A Heart Billy J Kramer 1964 Little Children The Beatles 1964 Can't Buy Me Love The Searchers 1964 Don't Throw Your Love Away Cilla Black 1964 You're My World The Beatles 1964 Hard Day's Night The Beatles 1964 I Feel Fine The Beatles 1965 Ticket To Ride The Beatles 1965 Help Ken Dodd 1965 Tears The Beatles 1965 Day Tripper The Beatles 1966 Paperback Writer The Beatles 1966 Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby The Beatles 1967 All You Need Is Love The Beatles 1967 Hello/Goodbye The Beatles 1968 Lady Madonna The Beatles 1968 Hey Jude The Scaffold 1968 Lilly The Pink The Beatles 1969 Get Back The Beatles 1969 The Ballad Of John And Yoko George Harrison 1971 My Sweet Lord The Real Thing 1976 You To Me Are Everything Wings 1977 Mull Of Kintyre John Lennon 1980 Just Like Starting Over John Lennon 1980 Imagine John Lennon 1980 Woman Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder 1982 Ebony And Ivory Paul McCartney 1984 Pipes Of Peace Frankie Goes To Hollywood 1984 Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood 1984 Two Tribes Frankie Goes To Hollywood 1984 The Power Of Love Dead Or Alive 1985 You Spin Me Right Round The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden 1989 Ferry Across The Mersey Sonia 1989 You'll Never Stop Me From Loving You The Lightening Seeds 1996 Three Lions The Lightening Seeds, David Baddiel and Frank Skinner 1998 Three Lions Euro '98 Melanie C 2000 Thing's Will Never Be The Same Again Melanie C 2000 I Turn To You Atomic Kitten 2001 Whole Again Atomic Kitten 2001 Eternal Flame George Harrison 2002 My Sweet Lord Atomic Kitten 2002 The Tide Is High “The Number One Project” – the largest music based charity event the city has ever seen aims to mark Liverpool’s status as European Capital of Culture for 2008 with a celebration of its world beating 56 number one singles. We are aiming to raise at least £1 million to distribute among 6 of the city’s leading charities, The Liverpool Echo Sunrise Appeal, The Marina Dalglish Appeal, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Radio City’s Give A Child A Chance, Radio Merseyside Charitable Trust and The Marie Curie Liverpool Hospice Appeal. January 21st 2008 will see the release of a single featuring the hottest nationally and internationally acclaimed artists from Merseyside’s past and present. The release of the single is timed to commemorate the launch of Liverpool as European Capital of Culture. The single will be a double A side release produced by Ian Broudie. We will decide the other songs for the single when we hear the finished versions and they will be released as two separate physical singles and on all download platforms, with three other (as yet undecided) songs completing the formats. The single will be followed on January 28th by “Covers and Collaborations – The Number Ones Album” a celebration of Liverpool’s world record for being the city with the most number of chart topping singles. The album will feature unique cover versions of some of the 56 number one singles performed by its leading artists. The remainder will be for sale via the project’s website www.thenumberoneproject.org. The single and album will be available to buy at all major record stores across the UK and in digital download formats while sponsors Bacardi are investing heavily in helping us directly market the records online and at retail. The list of songs and artists is hugely exciting and the album will be a must have item for anyone who is a fan not just of Liverpool but of great songs and great recordings. The project kicks off on January 19th with a huge charity concert at Liverpool’s new Kings Dock Arena where a wide variety of artists will perform the 56 number ones. This show is being promoted by Chas Cole at CMP Entertainment, who is responsible for the city’s hugely successful Summer Pops series among many other world class shows. The arena has a capacity of 10,000, and there are many different packages available for the night. We are in negotiations with our broadcast partners Initial/Endemol regarding TV coverage across the week commencing January 21st, with the shows featuring documentary footage of Liverpool’s musical heritage presented by its myriad of successful artists, intercut with performances from the arena show. The arena show itself will also be released as a stand alone DVD with all proceeds going to the six charities. Already the key media in the region have come together in a unique partnership to promote the project across their networks and readerships, as have the six charities. The combined reach of all these organizations and their databases is huge and we are adding associates and affiliates to the list daily. All net proceeds from the project are going to the charities, we really hope you find the project an exciting proposition and can help us in whatever way you can in making it a success and helping properly celebrate our fabulous city in its proudest year.

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Personally, I can't believe that anyone with a brain wouldn't see that BOTH the Arctic Monkeys and Leona Lewis are highly talented artists. They may be different styles of music but they're both clearly very, very good at what they do.

A collection of good songs well sung doesn't always make a good album - I think that's what many of the critics are saying. I think they mostly wanted a bit more variety in tempo. But these days does it really matter? Who actually listens to an album in full start to finish? The album as a "concept" doesn't exist in pop as we all iPod our way through life creating playlists to our own design. We can mix slow and mid tempo from an artist like Leona with up tempo disco electronica.

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To add to this: Gareth Gates sold more than 100,000 in his first week but less than David Gray's 118,000 Girls Aloud 37,077 Steve Brookstein 50,989 Michelle McManus 42,231

The other first week sales she's aiming for from a scattering of ex-reality stars: Hearsay 306,631 G4 244,671 Journey South 216,843 Shayne Ward 201,266. Will Young 187,350

Well it could have been a supremely ironic reference to the Spice Girls ;)

I'd assume Rabbit Fur Coat is referring to Led Zeppelin ....

Groove Armada? The Goo Goo Dolls? Wet Wet Wet? The Spice Girls? ;)

She's like the Godzilla of the singles chart at the moment, devouring all in her wake: Take That and Oasis crushed by one gigantic stomp of her foot McFly and Britney swatted into orbit with her tail Westlife charred to a cinder in one atomic breath Will Kylie and the Spice Girls be scared away by her roar this week? Leonazilla: Fear Her.

It makes me want to throw up over the radio. But each to their own.

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