PaulM1983

Just noticed that Cheryl's now at 27 and Rude is 25 so she has gained quite well in the last couple of hours. This is going to be close.

It's disappointing that Chery's record company haven't made the track available for streaming for the past couple of weeks. I wonder if they have this misguided idea that holding it back on streaming will mean they get this huge first week impact on that, but it's just not the way it works. Rude has such a huge advantage on streaming and will easily pick up thousands of extra sales next week because of the momentum they've built up. Personally, Rude does nothing for me at all. I don't see why it's such a massive hit in the making (already huge in the US) and I'd love Cheryl to get her 4th number 1, but it's not looking promising for her at the moment.

Didn't really want to admit it but I can't see Cheryl getting number 1. Rude is picking up the pace now and I can see that debuting above her on the first midweeks. I think they'll eventually outsell her by around 20k first week. It just seems as though the song is about to take off.

I love Changeling. Jolie was absolutely superb in it. A raw, emotional performance.

Chandelier is the best song in the chart today. Totally epic and completely heartbreaking. Stunning. So glad she's got a hit on her hands with this.

I'm quite surprised that Ariana has actually extended her lead over Ella, considering that the latter has been closing the gap on iTunes all week and has a vastly higher streaming contribution. I know iTunes isn't the only source for downloading but I can't see how she has managed to extend the lead by 10k+ unless I'm missing something quite obvious.

Good lord :blink: She's quite possibly one of my favourite actresses, but I can't for the life of me imagine that this is the movie on which to judge her talent (although admittedly, I'm still to see it). You should check out Girl, Interrupted and Changeling for two of her best performances. Also, Salt, Mr and Mrs Smith and the first Tomb Raider are good shouts if you want to see how she handles the action movies. She's amazing.

Cher doesn't deserve to bomb so hard with Sirens. It's a fantastic song. That's a real pity.

Just about to watch the finale. This has been a very good show. Eva is utterly superb. She just has the perfect look to play this kind of role and she's so watchable. Brilliant actress.

From the looks of that, streaming would have probably helped Ella bridge the gap this week and get a 3rd week at the top. It probably would have given her the few thousand she's likely to be behind by. Idina's doing quite well still too, so that should keep her around for a while yet. Amazing longevity. She should easily get to half a million sales.

Not sure how I feel about the change really but don't think I'm really that fussed. I can't see it making a huge difference at the top end of the chart all that often. I use Spotify every day but never stream online. As soon as there's a song I want I add it to my offline playlists and I only ever use them. I haven't read through every page of the thread, but I'd imagine that means I won't be contributing to the streaming counts at all.

Yeah the video's fantastic. Maddie plays it just right. My 16 month old is obsessed with watching it. He's now waving his arms around trying to copy her! I'm glad he is showing such good taste! Sia's performance of it on Howard Stern's radio show the other day was absolute perfection.

I'd like Sia to be a bit higher but I'm pleased that she's holding on steadily in the top 200. Really want Chandelier to be a big hit for her. It's just epic.

I'd say not a lot, considering he has 5 songs in the top 10 and 7 in the top 20 at the moment. This era's going to be huge for him on both sides of the Atlantic. I'd say an opening of 275k in the US (and I think he'll comfortably score the biggest album opening week this year in the UK too).

I absolutely love Bloody Mary. It's dark, haunting and totally hypnotic. It's not even in my top 5 from the album (such is the strength of those songs) but I do completely adore it. I also loved the way she performed it on tour. That was amazing to see live. It was very creepy.

Good lord. I'm all for differing opinions but I can't for the life of me understand how that song could be described as cheesy. I'm totally baffled.

That would be incredible :lol: I think there are some posters on here that would have a meltdown if that happened!

Damn. Idina's going to be 11 this week AGAIN isn't she? She's been between numbers 7 and 9 when combined for the last 3 days but she's decreasing again so there's no way that will be enough to move her up 3 places. Pity. This must have been her last chance for top 10, surely.

WHAT?? :blink:

WHAT?? :blink:

Do we know where Idina is today? Clearly she has moved from 17.

Idina up to 11 and 76 so she's comfortably inside the top 10 when combined (I think) so hopefully she can climb a little more and stabilise for a few days.

I haven't seen BGT yet but I'm thrilled Idina's getting a boost. It's unbelievable how well this song has done and, although part of me quite likes the fact that it seemed destined to be a huge selling non-top 10, I really would like her to get there.

I understand what being number 2 right at this moment means :lol: but it certainly doesn't mean that only one song has ever been bought more in the whole history of music, which is what he posted. That would make it the 2nd biggest selling song ever.

Say what? :blink: