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Boots is doomed to forever stay just outside the top #10 - she'll overtake GaGa just as Bloc Party zoom past.

Get Shaky is an offence to popular music.

I thought the overwhelming opinion about George Lamb was: i) he knows nothing about music ii) you either hate him or really hate him iii) he's almost brought about the ruination of 6music

Not reall y the same here. Radio 1 has a remit set by charter to broadcast for a core age group: "The remit of Radio 1 is to entertain and engage a broad range of young listeners with a distinctive mix of contemporary music and speech. It should reflect the lives and interests of 15–29 year olds but also embrace others who share similar tastes." It's been argued for a couple of years that two middle-aged broadcasters in Whiley and Bowman talking about their children doesn;t do this, and is perhaps part of the reason for the average listening age for Radio 1 rising. On the preseenters themselves I think Bowman was long overdue a move as she clearly doesn't like pop music, so it was strange she had such a promient slot where she had to play it, and dislike this crept too much into her broadcasting. Whiley's a better broadcaster by far but was getting stale.

Indeed - barring the Xmas X-Factor single it's virtually unheard of to sell over 70k in 2 days which is what MJ would require. The added difficulty of course being there's not a single song to choose from so the sales aren't focused on one track.

Not sure what's suprrising about Off The Wall - it's generally considered an all-time classic album vying with Thriller as being his best work.

Best: 1) Jimi Hendrix 'All Along the Watchtower' [Original: Bob Dylan] 2) Leona Lewis 'Run' [Original: Snow Patrol] 3) Soft Cell 'Tainted Love' [Original: Gloria Jones] 4) Johnny Cash 'Hurt' [Original: Nine Inch Nails] 5) The Beatles 'Twist and Shout' [Original: Barratt Strong] 6) No Doubt 'It's My Life' [Original: Talk Talk] 7) Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse 'Valerie' [Original: The Zutons] 8) Eva Cassidy 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' [Original: Judy Garland] 9) The Clash 'I Fought the Law' [Original: Bobby Fuller Four] 10) The Byrds 'Mr Tambourine Man' [Original: Bob Dylan] Worst: 1) Madonna 'American Pie' [Original: Don McClean] 2) X Factor Finalists 'Hero' [Original: Mariah Carey] 3) Natasha Bedingfield 'Ray of Light' [Original: Madonna] 4) Britney Spears 'I Love Rock n Roll' [Original: The Arrows] 5) The Fray 'Hips Don't Lie' [Original: Shakira]

I assume Inner Massivia's lack of votes was because the video didn't work. I just can't believe there were that many contestants in SF2 who have such bad taste in music or are deaf.

Inner Massivia have voted.

Alternative options for the video: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x77ri8_br...fficial-v_music http://www.muzu.tv/brandicarlile/the-story-music-video/23343

Here's are alternatives for Inner Massivia's entry if YouTube doesn't work in your region: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x77ri8_br...fficial-v_music http://www.muzu.tv/brandicarlile/the-story-music-video/23343

Can I recommend for your voting perusal: Inner Massivia with Brandi Carlile - The Story ncRQMB90_FQ I was hoping to have had more than 18 views in 8 days, particularly given I've seen it at least 8 times ;) ===== Is the video blocked for everyone? Might explain the lack of views!

last accurate figures we saw for the singles as a group were: A Moment Like This: 852,662 Bleeding Love: 953,172 Better In Time/Footprints: 250,263 Footprints individual downloads as it charted by itself: 58,585 Forgive Me: 140,463 Run: 553,632

how does Leona's Spirit rank on the rises? It's classed as the same album for chart purposes.

That was the song from the EP I was going to send as well - hope it does well for you

Hey Erik thanks for the thumbs up. She only released her album in the UK about five weeks ago - hadn't heard the song before!

Two finals made on the trot with Little Boots and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Up next? Inner Massivia bring you from Washington, US of A the truly stupendous Brandi Carlile with "The Story": ncRQMB90_FQ

Inner Massivia is going for part-Sarah Bareilles, part-Nirvana, part-Roy Orbison: Country: Inner Massivia Artist: Brandi Carlile Song Title: The Story Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncRQMB90_FQ ncRQMB90_FQ I absolutely bloody love this :wub:

I'd advise picking some dates at the start and sticking to them. I wasn't going to pop on until the middle of next week to do my confirmation so it's lucky I saw the change today. I've got nothing in principle against 3 weeks v 4 weeks, and like gooddelta I think a week off in between would be good, but once the dates for XVII were announced they shouldn't have been changed. Posters could easily be away for a long weekend from today and would miss out. I'd also suggest that a date/time for the reservation thread to be opened should be posted and stuck to otherwise it becomes a bit of a mockery - it was opened at least 12 hours earlier for this edition than originally posted on Sunday afternoon. Come Monday lunchtime and checking the forum I find virtually every artist known to man has been reserved ahead of when the thread was meant to be opened.

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Inner Massivia: Brandi Carlile, Kate Earle. Beautiful Small Machines

Ask her why she thinks Sweden makes such great pop compared to the other Scandinavian countries - is it the Abba legacy?

None of the singles sold over 500k. They biggest selling single is Clint Eastwood at around 480k.

Was hoping to delve backwards - both of the first two Spice Girl albums have 3 singles >500k. Oasis WTSMG will be another if Some Might Say sold more than 500k as both Wonderwall and Don't Look Back In Anger did. Not sure Westlife qualify at all - their singles have never sold majorly with the only two over 500k in the UK (I Have A Dream/Seasons In The Sun and Uptown Girl) coming from different albums.

Using the suggestions and looking through the list of biggest selling singles of the 2000s I think there are only three examples: Leona - Spirit + 3 singles (A Moment Like This, Bleeding Love, Run) Take That - Beautiful World + 2 singles (Patience, Rule The World - Shine only sold 350k) Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night + 2 singles (Sex Is On Fire, Use Somebody) Gareth Gates had two singles sell >500k from 1 album but the album sold around 600k so he's in the same boat as Lady GaGa. Shaggy had two singles sell >500k from Hot Shot but that also sold only around 600k. Only Kylie's CGYOOMH sold more than >300k from the Fever album.