PaulM1983

They also tweeted that Get Lucky has sold almost 700,000 so that means it's sold in excess of 90,000 already this week. That's amazing, but it also means the number 1's sales are going to be pretty mammoth, considering the huge lead earlier in the week.

I was going to point this out but didn't want to. It's right though.

Love this song, and I'm so glad we got a full version of it finally. It doesn't disappoint. It is certainly better than the singles given to Kree and Candice (even though Candice is my outright favourite singer by a country mile). Such a shame it has been prevented from charting. I can't understand why she has allowed this to happen though. It's her song. She wrote it before going on Idol, so why have they seemingly laid some sort of claim over it. It's very unfair, as she'd be doing extremely well on iTunes with it.

Oh I disagree. I think she's by far the best vocalist to come out of a talent show in many years. She showed that she could sing pretty much anything she wanted to, and had amazing depth, soul and technicality to her voice. I absolutely wanted her to win since the first live show. The singles are pretty naff though, as expected from Idol. However, Angie Miller's You Set Me Free was also released to iTunes in full form, and it's fantastic. Her duets on the finale results show were also bloody excellent. I'm wanting to be careful for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, but in my opinion the winner's last performance from the first finale show (a more dramatic version of a song she did earlier in the series) was the highlight of the whole season for me. It was epic, emotional and gave me goosebumps. She ripped through the last 30 seconds of it and it was totally outstanding. I think this was by far the strongest final 2 (or probably 3) American Idol has ever seen. Any of them would have been worthy winners, but I'm glad I got the winner I really wanted.

The inclusion of Kathy Bates in a reportedly uber-evil role going head to head with Jessica Lange has me ridiculously excited :w00t:

It surely has to be the Spice Girls. 2 Become 1 did over 400k, but they racked up a few first week sales north of 300k. Also, isn't Wannabe the best selling girl group song too?

I also thought this was fantastic, and so so funny (and a teeny tiny bad sad at one point). Definitely the best animated film I've seen in years. I got my geek on good and proper at all the different characters, and I'll definitely be watching it again soon.

That's really quite a stupid thing to say. If nothing else it brings even more attention to the fact that these families have fought for justice for years, while all the time being victims of a disgraceful cover up. If the money raised goes some way towards covering the costs they've incurred, why criticise it? I just don't understand people's mentality sometimes. I personally don't rate the song, but I completely respect and understand the motive behind it. If people wish to buy it to show their support, good for them. I don't, but I also don't feel the need to be completely insensitive about it.

No, to cover the legal costs of fighting the case over the years I believe.

Wow. Will and Brit now down to 0.09375 according to Livepopbars. That's very impressive for James. I didn't quite expect him to get such a commanding lead. I know he'll drop off pretty rapidly from tomorrow, but he's surely heading for around 500k? Especially when the CD single sales are counted. Good for him.

This is got to be one the biggest flops in recent memory for me. An official single, with a video and multiple TV performances, sitting outside the top 500 is just appalling. There's no way to dress it up, it's awful. I'd be particularly interested to hear Leona's reaction to what will likely be a bloody awful chart position next Sunday. I just can't even begin to imagine the thought process behind this complete disaster of a campaign. Changing their mind a few weeks before the single was due out was bad enough, but choosing a song as limp as this is mind boggling. I like Lovebird, it's a pretty song, but it was never ever going to be a successful single for anyone, let alone someone who desperately needs a career saving single at the moment. Oh dear.

I can't see this album hanging around much. Lovebird has been performed on TV twice now, and is barely clinging on to a position in the top 1000, which is just appalling. It certainly isn't going to encourage many folk to rush out and buy the album. She'll be lucky to get to 75,000 at this rate. EDIT: Lovebird is currently at number 1395. That is shocking.

Yeah she sang Somewhere Over The Rainbow (badly) on Children In Need.

Can I assume (or hope) that iTunes has reverted. The Girls are at number 6 on mine, at on kworb, which just updated.

I don't like Stooshe's cover at all. It's not a patch on the original, and just sounds a bit cheap to me.

Hmmm, I don't really understand the appeal of Bruno Mars' single. To my ears, it's just noisy. It's clearly very popular though. I have also just finished watching Jonathan Ross' show and it's the first time I have ever listened to Gangnam Style in full. It's not any better than I had imagined it would be from the snippets I'd heard already. The performance was nuts though, and it's clearly having a big effect on iTunes. This just isn't going away anytime soon is it? :blink: I'm not blown away by DNA either, which is disappointing, as I thought Wings was a fantastic pop song. Maybe I'll like it more after the performance, as that tends to happen. I'd like them to get another number 1 though, as that would be a fantastic start to their career, but it's looking likely that Bruno will take it this week.

Glad Misha's already at 11 but that is a massive gap to make up to get to 10. I'm not sure she'll have the momentum to do that. Her EP is at 18 though, so that'll add a few sales on. I would be absolutely gutted if she stalls at 11 again. How unlucky.

Oooh I'm going to give this a go now. Sporcle used to be the way I passed my days at work. What a great site. EDIT: 25. However, a lot of them were blind guesses and I did run out of time, so if I'd got my finger out I might have been able to guess some more he he. Good quiz. Hard though.

Really pleased Misha B is climbing reasonably quickly. Hope she gets a top 10. I just bought it, it's such a great song, and only 59p. Bonus.

The album is down to 24 on the chart update now, and Trouble will be out of the top 200 on iTunes in the next update most likely. The single is going to disappear from the chart. That's a disastrous chart run.

I'd love Misha B to get a good top 10 placing. I think her track is fantastic, and far better than I expected. It's such a pity she's not getting an X Factor slot, because as far as live performers go, she's by far one of the best to have ever come out of that show.

No, this list is the top selling solo artists, not individual tracks.

It's highly unlikely she's number 1 combined. Earlier in the week she was number 2 and 4 and she's still trailing him, so I think the battles over now unfortunately. I can see her losing by about 10k by the end of the week.

Not off to the best start. She's number 2 in the midweeks, 2.5k behind Jake Bugg. Given that the sales are no doubt fairly low (surely no more than 10k at this stage) that's a big lead already. I hope she can pull it back over the week.

You're right, her CD is 28. I should have been more specific and said her album mp3 is number 1.