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Tried to insert a quote to reply too but didn't work. ignore me please. sorry don't know how to delete non-sensical posts !!

GBoy where are you ? Couldn't be closer at 98,823 and still a day or so to go. And no 3 in the albums again but only just....... which one will the Christmas shoppers be buying tomorrow ?

OK, hands up I've not listened to her (didn't even know it was a her !) so i'll cherry pick a few tracks I find on you tube or whereever and have a listen..... If she's as good as Christina I'll retract everything I said cos Christina is my no 3 diva (Behind Shaki and LeLe :) )

Who put Woolies on eBay ?

For the most part confirming what I said earlier....... I bet they are pretty much all sh*te !! So you won't get pelted by me :)

Anyone got the sales for Leona's Run ? I need to know they gone above 100k......... that way GBoy owes me dinner with Leona ;)

Record of the year.... to quote Ricky Tomlinson........ "MY ARSE" !! Record of the year is actually the number 1 this Sunday. Nothing to touch it.

not heard of any of them. Probably all rubbish if radio 1 are hyping them for next year. Hopefully the goddess of pop will be big next year with her new album due out........ go Shaki, go Shaki............

So Leona's Run will top this chart at the end of this week as it's already ahead of T.I Rihanna.

If that prize really was on offer i wonder how many other BJ members would stick their necks out and try predict the first week sales ?

So for no 1 its Take that again this sunday, then Leona, then Leona, then X factor for a few weeks........... dunno know anything about this Terry Wogan Aled thing ? Don't think it'll shift Leona from No2, only massive XF sales will do that !

£160 plus your stake of £10 so total of £170 (see I'm good at maths me !!)

16/1 for No2 is a pretty good bet !! XF winner will be 1 so Leona will logically be No 2. think I need to get a tenner on that (pay for my dinner with Leona !! ;-) )

Ok so I think 100k+ and you think 50/60K. lets see who's closest next week. Winner gets to have dinner with Leona ;-)

it'll go to No 1. Don't think anything can stop it. I optomistically predicted 300k sales but that was before the release was postponed to boost deluxe album sales. I still think it'll clear 100k + first week. Keep your eyes on the midweeks in the Sunday chart prediction thread and the itunes updates thread.

Run Video is out, hauntingly brilliant. check it on Leona official site. Download should be available sunday according to their source but I guess they mean from midnight.

its the other way around. the stars use the show as a promo vehicle as it regularly attracts in excess of 10million views with or without the star appearances. Think the british public are missing a TOTP type show, MTV and the like are all very well but us Brits love a good chart show !! (none of us can deny that !!) Next money making oppurtunity for Simon C ?

I love my rock

IMO you need to see an Audiologist

Radio 1 might need an edited down version which would be a shame but I think most the commercials will take it as is, after all they promote Shayne, Leona, Leon et al like mad anyway as they do all ITV reality stars. It's just too good to not play in its entirety. (IMO of course)

ooops, me getting carried away ! I forgot about those releases. Especially TT what, with there X factor appearance this weekend and being xfactor darlings since Gary told Simon about his duty of care for Leona, I think they'll be a no brainer for No 1 album ! looking forward to DivasII, see if she did it as well on that recording. Hope she has the gospel style backing choir again. If Run does get released to radio etc i'll stick with my original prediction of number 1. Sony/Syco have generated a lot of extra press coverage due to their 'messing' about over release dates so even if you didn't see x factor you'll know about it by now !! Deliberately or not it doen't matter, it will work in her favour.

probably because it was such a fantastic song in the first place but sung by Snow Patrol it was never going to catch the attention of X factor viewers but when done by the queen of X-factor the final piece of the jigsaw is complete and the monster (hit) is unleashed. I agree, I'd like Leona to do her own material but remember nearly all artists cover songs by others occasionally as really really good songs don't come along that often. remember Harry Nilson ?! Ask most people under about 30 who's song Without You is and they'll likely say Mariah Carey.

Never under estimate the power of x factor......... Run.......1 song, 1 performance (admittedly out of this world performance) and a re-hashed re-issued album looks like being number 1. No other promotion needed. Easy. Syco/sony gamble paid off big time and the individual track could still chart in a few weeks time once its on itunes

oh and now I see the Deluxe album is no1 in the mids so deffo don't download illegally..... just keep buying the album !! Joint number 1 again for Leona in 2 and a bit weeks time ? any thoiughts ?

Do we know what the gap in sales is between Dido and Leona ? I'm guessing not a lot but Leona must be outselling Dido by 500+ a day to have overtaken. I know its got other new tracks and DVD but this is all on the back of 1 performance and 1 song. someone said on here that 1 performance would be unlikely to get a single to No 1. well its gone a step up and got an album to number 1 !! Anyone think of anytime by any artist this has ever been achieved before ? when Leona's management and Sony get the songs right and 1 gigantic performance to 10plus million people Leona is unstoppable (unlike forgive me that was too 'not Leona' for the people who voted for her and kick started her career, sadly :-(