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    Adele will have a couple of big days sales, but is certain to tail off by Saturday, whereas Jesse J will remain about the same and Lady GaGa will get a boost from the Grammys which were broadcast tonight.

     

    I predict on Sunday

     

    1. Lady Gaga (100k)

    2. Jesse J (90k)

    3. Adele (85k)

    sorry but i've not been following this thread for a while but what's with there being two entries of number one enemy in the top 10? who's is the original and why hasn't the fake one been deleted yet??

    There appears to be a typo. Wiley's song is Never be Your Woman. The original version of Number One Enemy is by Daisy Dares You; I am not aware of any fake versions.

    Didn't like it at all I'm afraid. Too many singers singing one line each just made it sound disjointed and a total mess. Agree that they could have halved the number of artists and had them singing a verse or chorus each. Can see it being number 1 for just 2 weeks.

    My daughter managed to see Justin Bieber today, and believe me, there were around 2,000 screaming teenage girls there going crazy about him. This is probably why his tracks were downloaded enough to get to the lower end of the I Tunes chart. I don't think he is making any other personal appearances so I would expect those tracks to start dropping down in a couple of days.

     

    The album is a 2 parter with the second half being released in America in March. Part 1 only has 7 tracks on it and only lasts 26 minutes which is probably why it is only £4.99 on I Tunes and £5.80 in Tescos.

    In the last update, RATM seem to have gained a little ground on The Climb, but when most the people who download The Climb are out of school, it will pull away again I think.

     

    I agree with the principal of RATM, but I think there were better songs which could have been released. It couldn't be by any artist who is likely to be invited to appear on the X Factor, but 2 suggestions of Christmas songs are Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses which despite being very well known, only reached number 41 in 1981, and Christmas Time by The Darkness which narrowly lost the last true race for Christmas number 1 in 2003.

     

    If they had to go for a non Christmas song, preferably in the rock genre, what about Afterlife by Avenged Sevenfold. Despite failing to reach the top 150 when released last year, it is a brilliant rock song.

    I absolutely LOVED three lions when I was 12 back in 1996, and to this day I've thought that Jules Rimet is a person! :lol:

    Jules Rimet was a person. He was president of FIFA when the first World Cup was contested, and as he was the brainchild behind it, the trophy was named after him.

    That was a database error. 99.9% certain of that.

    I actually thought the sales should have been 20,900, not 2,900 for Mr Hudson last Tuesday.

     

    Regarding the current chart, JB had no sales on Sunday and only reached the top 10 on Monday with no physical release or other versions of the track being available. Number 30 sounds right to me and I would expect the popularity to fall away by the end of the week resulting in a position of around 15 to 20.

    Released 13 September 1997, Monday if I recall correctly, so not a surprise as would be #1 in midweeks.

    Candle in the Wind was actually released on the Saturday after Diana's funeral. I remember searching all over for a copy and not being able to buy it until Monday.

     

    Back to the original question, wasn't Mercy quite low down on the first set of mids?

    Apart from the Cheeky Song, the Cheeky Girls had 4 other top 40 hits.

     

    Take your shoes off - No 3 2003

    Hooray, Hooray! (It's a Cheeky Holiday) - No 3 2003

    Have a Cheeky Christmas - No 10 2003

    Cheeky Flamenco - No 29 2004

     

    I think the Cheeky Girls are the only act to fail in the first audition and have a top 40 hit.

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    Sarah Whatmore - When I Lost You, wasnt she pop idol ? Also Jessica Garlick has a hit with Come Back she was Fame Academy cant remember if that was 1 or 2

    Jessica actually finished 9th in the first Pop Idol and actually represted the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest with that song.

     

    Also didn't the Cheeky girls have a couple of other hits including Hooray, Hooray its a Cheeky Holiday or something like that. I also vaguely remember Chico entering the top 40 for 1 week with D I S C O.

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    I think the Arctics will be number 1 by the end of the day. If people download it at the current rate they will have a massive lead on I Tunes by tomorrow evening when their early sales stop counting.

     

    Surprised at the way Chipmunk seemed to get to number 6 quickly and has stalled. Will end up number 7 or 8 on Sunday I think.

    Have to agree with the above poster. I am sure Cascada would have preferred to have released Evacuate the Dancefloor so it didn't compete with Michael Jackson. My family love MJ's music and have been watching one of his video collections and some of the documentaries. Would have been nice to see an MJ song at number 1, but looks like it won't happen this week.

     

    Evacuate the Dancefloor is an excellent pop song and if it makes it, will be a worthy number 1. I do feel sorry for Cascada, especially Natalie, as this may be their only chance to have a number 1, and in some people's eyes it will be thought of as the song which prevented MJ having a posthumous number 1.

    I now think it will be very close between Cascada and The Man in the Mirror. Evacuate the Dancefloor is a very catchy tune and I think would be a worthy number one if it makes it. Even if MJ doesn't make number one on the singles chart, its still a brilliant week sales wise for his music, he has the number 1 album, is number 1 in the big 40 and will probably have 3 of the top 4 albums this week plus number 1 or 2 in the singles chart. Lots of younger people are getting the chance to hear some great music they may not have heard before. I think it is very wrong to criticise people for downloading a song they happen to like. Everyone's tastes are different and we should all respect that.