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Change actually did better in the UK than a lot of Sugababes top 10 hits including "Too Lost In You". It has currently sold more than 80K singles (and is now back in the top40). Chart positions are very much dependent on which week a single is released. Change was up against several Xmas songs, which have never been eligible to chart before. Had it been released in January it would have been a top 5 single. It was actually #5 on physical sales the week before Xmas. Don't worry so much about chart positions, but be happy that the Babes are shifting a lot of copies still. And don't compare sales from 2004-2005 with now as album sales in general have plummeted, so they can't be compared directly. An album selling 500.000-600.000 today is the equivalent of an album selling 800.000-900.000 a couple of years back. :-)

"Change" the single has now sold exactly 50.997 copies - please update total on the front page :-) The album is now at 382.149 copies Take care...

Hey guys, why are you comparing Change chart position to f.ex. Too Lost In You and saying it's a flop? It is FAR from a flop... There are numerous differences that makes it impossible to draw comparisons without taking the following things into consideration: - This year classic Christmas songs are allowed on the singles chart for the first time. Without them Change would be at #9 in the midweeks. Too Lost In You did not have to fight against Christmas songs. It would have probably been a #14 or so with Xmas songs on the chart (All I Want For Xmas, Last Xmas etc.) - There is a charity single out right now with Eva Cassidy / Katie Melua heavily promoted by Tesco and others, without this it would be #8 - Too Lost In You was released on the back of a MASSIVE movie, "Love Actually" and still only managed to get to #10, Change has had no support from any movie, - The success of a single should be judged by a lot of different parameters, including: Airplay (Change is Top 3, an incredible achievement with About You Now still high in the charts), Album chart position (moving into the top 20 this week because of Change), single sales (#13 midweek, potential top10 after Xmas). - And finally, you can't compare sales figures either without taking into consideration the fact that record sales in general have plummeted over the past few years. So everybody please cheer up and go buy the single so we can get it into the top 10 despite everything we are up against :dance: