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Preorders also benefit from Christmas shopping. How can every other album (and giftable or not giftable product) get a boost and not Rebecca's album? Isn't it the case that album sales are going to drop to a miserable level in January when it is over? Surely, if Rebecca's album is not benefitting from the Cristmas shopping, it won't be affected by the January depression either? Matt and Cher have also benefitted from the seasonal boost, although it is more obvious for Letters because its chart position has been more stable. It was selling around 9k at no 30 a few weeks ago and is now selling around 16k and no 29.

But Pixie Lott's album was released before the Christmass shopping season really started, and the Saturdays didn't have a very successful second single. May be their album realease date was too far from their first single peak. Even if it is not all, most of the current top 40 albums have had huge sales increase though, even when they fell down the charts slightly, and as it is proportional to the current sales (for a reason that I don't really get), top charting albums, and consequently the new releases, are benefitting the most from it.

But all albums sell a lot more than what they would normally, at any level of the chart, and proportionally to their sales level.

Rebecca is benefitting from the Christmas season, when the sales are double of those in October. Matt's and Cher's sales would likely be in the same range with December releases, and Rebecca would have sold a lot less if her album had dropped two months earlier!

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Chart position for X Factor singles week 5: Steve Brookstein - 12 Shayne Ward - 5 Leona Lewis - 6 Leon Jackson - 15 Alexandra Burke - 6 Joe McElderry - 25

Has anyone got the weekly sales for the winner's singles, please?

This is a good point. Does anyone know the HMV share of the UK download market? I found by googling that iTunes share of downloads was 80% in 2005 in the UK, and 60-70% in 2008 in the US, but no recent figure for the UK, and HMV had 1% of the UK download market in 2005. Unfortunately, the fact that HMV have a low share of the download market would explain why the fans campaign has a bigger impact on their charts.

It's now #44 on the HMV download chart.

It is a good song, although I agree that it may not be typical top 40 material. But if it was released by an established artist, I think that it could be top 10 material, or at least top 20, and would boost album sales. The problem that Leon has is that his album won't appeal to his young X Factor fanbase, as the style is for a more mature audience. He needs promotion, but he is not getting it from the label anymore :wacko: I hope that the fan actions are going to spark some interest.

The idea is to get it to chart high enough to attract more interest from the radio stations. With 10k sold, it will just about reach top 20, 5k top 40, and this seems feseable with the big push from the fans.

From the Official site: 1XJDjwPpYNA What will be the effect of International Stargazing Day on Stargazing chart position?

I have a question for knowledgeable people: What constitutes a release for singles that are already available as album track (not lead single), and are download only? For example Jordin Sparks - One Step At A Time. It is available already, it is on Radio 1 playlist, yet it has a release date (26/01). So, what does this date mean? Thanks

Rhydian, please?

Creative is one of the better songs on the album with Stargazing. All In Good Time is OK. The rest isn't quite up to scratch, and sounds amateurish, although Leon has a good voice.