PaulM1983

It was still a preorder after the show had finished. The single didn't update on iTunes for about 30 minutes to an hour I think. They had it listed as a release date of the 16th.

I'm pretty sure the single hit iTunes much faster than usual this year. Maybe it's the case that she had less of a preorder boost straight away if that makes sense. I guess we'll be able to judge in 24 hours when we see what kind of a lead she builds up.

Unless she picked up a huge number of physical sales yesterday, I can't see her getting into the top 10 now. Like you, I think she'll end up at 12 or maybe 13. Which is a shame really, I'd have really liked it to go top 10. Still, at least she's guaranteed a top 3 place on the singles chart.

You should look her up. Particularly If I Were A Boy, Power of Love and Enough is Enough. She's the best vocalist to come out of X Factor since Leona in my opinion. Her technique, and the quality, range and power of her chest voice is unbelievable. She is able to hit notes that other singers can only dream of, without even thinking of using a falsetto, she's absolutely brilliant. She will sound amazing on Skyscraper (even if it is a lazy choice by the producers). Also, I'm totally shocked at how quickly Pharrell has suddenly opened a massive lead after hovering around the same level for the past few days. Has there been any particular promo for the song that I'm not aware of. He's really flying off.

Oh mine has just updated. That's quite a random jump for Pharrell though, no?

Kworb is showing as having reverted for me so the numbers aren't right. Still iTunes hasn't changed for me so Leona's still top on mine.

My iTunes still shows Leona at 1 and Pharrell at 2.

Bit sad that, if it wasn't for X Factor, Leona would most likely have got herself another number 1 this week, and we'd have actually had an original Christmas song as the Christmas number 1. Shame. Hopefully she stays top 3 though, with good sales.

http://www.livepopbars2.com/lpb1024.php?Re...34&Albums=1 1. Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ Download 2. Various Artists - NOW That's What I Call Christmas Download 3. Various Artists - Now That's What I Call Music! 86 Download 4. Michael Bublé - Christmas (Deluxe Special Edition) Download 5. Leona Lewis - Christmas, With Love Download 6. Various Artists - White Christmas Download 7. Various Artists - BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2013 Download 8. Various Artists - The Annual 2014 - Ministry of Sound Download 9. Various Artists - NOW That's What I Call Club Hits Download 10. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP2 (Deluxe) Download

There's no way Leona will make number 1 officially. She was too far behind on Wednesday/Thursday. It's great to see her at the top on iTunes though, and I do think she might overtake Lily and get number 2 based on the big gap between them for the last few days.

I'm glad about that 2nd cast member. I can't stand that character, but I do like the 1st one. I do think that's quite telling about the direction of the show though. If you know where to look, this week's episode has leaked out already. Can't wait to watch it later, the 2nd half of this season has been excellent.

She had a massive lead Sunday/Monday while Leona and Avicii were still climbing.

She looks good for moving up to number 2 in the next few hours anyway. Especially if Lily continues to fall as much as she did in the last update, christ. I suspect Lily will bounce right back up again though and, once the weekend hits and her advert is hammered, she'll be fine.

Have seen it posted on another forum that she's 3 and 6 in the singles and albums midweeks, but there's no source, so take that with a pinch of salt.

Just short of 550k

Don't be daft. She was increasing in sales right up to X Factor. She was around number 24 and on 25% of number 1. She'd definitely have climbed to top 20 by today, but she certainly wouldn't have gone top 10 without the performance.

From the numbers it appears that Leona is actually gaining in huge amounts. Everything bar Lily is taking massive tumbles (some around 7 or 8% in one update) but Leona's still gaining. So she's zooming up really, it's just that Lily obviously got a massive boost from X Factor too. If Leona continues to climb at that rate she'll easily make top 5. Wether she can sustain that is another question.

I'd wet myself if that happened! :w00t:

Yes it climbed 10-8 and gained 13% on the number 1, but it has since dropped back a little. Katy's album was on 131k last week.

She may still be at 8 but she's gone from 51% to 64%. The gap between 10-7 was huge, I didn't expect her to make that, but she's now closing in. I don't imagine she'll go much higher, but it's had a great boost and should keep it going for a little while now.

Yeah I figured she would tumble a bit, but I hoped she'd at least stay top 20. Pity.

Good god, does the absence of ARTPOP mean it's on for less than 28k?? Surely not. I'm hoping that's just a random list and not every album in order. That would be terrible.

Fantastic sales for the top 2 albums this week. Glad to see Gaga rising on the singles chart again. I'm hoping she can sneak back into the top 10 on Sunday. Fingers crossed the album hasn't dropped any lower than 24 since Wednesday. That was bad enough.

The Venus "teasers" are not real. They're Gaga playing with dolls, making them dance to Venus. She uploaded them on her Instagram. Also, there has been an official announcement about Do What U Want's video package. It's being released through BitTorrent in a bundle with other stuff. I'm assuming it'll also be uploaded to Vevo at the same time.

The fact that anyone can suggest they are horrid human beings when they obviously just don't like their music speaks volumes about their own vile character. Certainly more than it does about 1D's. I don't particularly like their music either but to be fair to them, they clearly put the hours in when it comes to promoting and if thousands of people choose to buy it, they deserve the success. It's surely as simple as that. Obviously, from a selfish point of view, I'd like the songs I bought to be higher in the charts but they're not. Because One Direction are clearly more popular at the moment. Bloody good for them too. If someone offered me the opportunity they have, I'd snatch their hands off for it. To my knowledge, they haven't killed anyone and as far as I'm aware they are not responsible for any major worldwide disasters. They're a bunch of young lads having the time of their lives, causing no real harm to anyone at all. Some people need to get out more and get over themselves.