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I stayed up until gone midnight (despite having work at 5am) to download 'Don't Wanna Mess Around', the bonus album track on iTunes. It's freaking amazing! There's just something about it that I love. The lyrics are quite sad but it's really catchy and upbeat. A bit like 'Colours of the rainbow'. And the full version of 'Welcome To The Alesha Show' sounds like a bit of a 'Fired Up' reject track. The best thing about it is what was cut out for the intro.

Alesha charted at number 5 :)

Leona was 5 on Sunday with 10,000 copies seperating her and Alesha (number 8). Alesha has cleared those 10,000 in 4 days and is SO close to number 5 now :)

350 copies from number 5.

You're in the minority there :P

Just heard from Alesha. It's 10 in the midweeks. OMGGG!

Number 5 on iTunes now :)

Not too sure on the others. Don't think any of the Solange ones made the cut. 3 songs I heard Xmas just gone haven't made the cut either and they were amazing (I believe they were all Solange and not just 'Change' as I originally thought). This album is just on a whole other level of greatness. Not just saying it because I really like her either but I was pleasently suprised. Cant really see the appeal in Fired Up when you compare this album to it. 'Do You Know ...' is a very popular one with all the radios and the label, and it sounds so much better when it gets into it. Lots of emotion and her voice sounds great. I quite like the song anyway, more so than the others. They are planning the 2nd single already and there are tracks in mind but it's been sent back to radios to get their opinions on the track. I dont quite like the idea of the 2nd single being the ballady kind (Breathe Slow is in mind - as it's got great feedback) and I'd much rather her push another upbeat one. 'Play Me' (Xeno) and 'Lets Get Excited' are going to be my Alesha anthems ....

I heard the entire album today. 8 of the tracks are Xenomania. Track 1 is more of an intro so realistically we have 14 tracks and every single one of them has single potential.

R&J is going to be the new one moving to UK:TV Gold or something. That list isn't everything. It's what I have picked out from her diary. There is also a possible appearance on Jonathon Ross. It is yet to be confirmed but it's pencilled in her diary. There's lots of stuff but I only posted the things that fans can catch on tv or whatever ...

Jamelia? lol. *waves* Alesha's schedule is packed, and she'll be even busier in 2 weeks. 20/OCT - Radio Tour - Mancs/Lpool/Notts/Sheff 22/OCT - Radio Tour - Birmingham 23/OCT - Radio Tour - Wales/Bristol 24/OCT - GM:TV Video & Behind Scenes 24/OCT - The One Show, BBC 29/OCT - National TV Awards November 2008 01/NOV - Cardiff Lights 02/NOV - Single Digital Release 05/NOV - GM:TV Performance 05/NOV - Cosmopolitan Awards Show 09/NOV - Breast Cancer Event - Palladium 10/NOV - Physical Single Release 10/NOV - Cosmo (Magazine on Sale) 11/NOV - The Wright Stuff, C5 11/NOV - Richard and Judy, ITV 12/NOV - Radio Forth Awards 12/NOV - Loose Women, ITV 13/NOV - Fashion Project, ITV2 14/NOV - Children In Need, BBC1 14/NOV - Interview, E4 15/NOV - Soccer AM interview & video There is still unconfirmed stuff in the gaps / on the same days aswell as private meetings etc.

Digital download: 2 Nov (in store a week later) Album release: 24 Nov

Eek, I did. Sorry. Edited it now. It's at number 5 now and has just passed 'Thriller' but is just behind Pink's 'So What'. Hopefully it will bump Britney off number 1.

Well you're in the minority because it has jumped from 95 to 12 on the iTunes top 100 video list in the space of 4 hours ...

'Blackout' wasn't a flop. It sold quite well, especially considering she did no actual promo for it. If anything, the only thing that promoted that album was Britney turning $h!t-stir crazy and trying to build herself back up again. She may not be as popular as she was a few years ago but she can still shift enough copies to outsell a LOT of people in the UK charts. She's had 5 (almost 6, but GA kept her at number 2 with Gimme More) UK number 1's and in reality; people love a success story. She's getting herself together now and people will buy it to see her succeed. She has a massive following so she will never be a failure musically regardless of how good or c**p her music is. It still sells ...

Mis-Teeq were very well known and popular in the UK and even achieved moderate success in America. Alesha was the most popular member. I wouldn't call 'Lipstick' a flop - it missed the top 10 narrowly. Her 2nd single failed on her labels part because they only pressed 4000 copies of the single. Alesha left them, not the other way round. She took her album and released it in Japan. She started work on her new UK album which will be released shortly. In the meantime she had massive success in Japan and won Strictly Come Dancing in 2007. She's had labels fighting to sign her and she's recieved a lot of press over the past year. I think she stands a pretty good chance. From what I've seen a lot of people are hyped for her return ...

You had a very valid and interesting post until this ...

If not much has changed since last in terms of sales then Alesha could easily have sold out those 4000 copies that were pressed. 45 is nothing to brag about but if the label were behind her // pressed more singles then she will have got higher. And also, I'd much rather spend 2 quid on a single and have it stored on my cd rack than pay 1 quid and have a file on my computer which I could lose. I still think people would much rather buy in store than digitally.

It probably could have done better, but why should it have when the fans had already heard // had the track for a good year and half before? It was on the 5 track sampler and also on the Japanese promo release. I am not saying 99 copies will get you no where but 100 will get you to 75, but realistically it does not take a lot to get inside the top 75. If you look at the charts over the years there are some unheard of and quite frankly c**p songs that have got in. Not purposely bringing in comparisons but take a look at someone like Keisha White - I was a fan of hers, from way back; since she supported Mis-Teeq on tour. I was really into her, but in 2006 she released a song called 'I Choose Life'. I hadn't a clue it was being released and as a fan, if I didn't know then really ... would anyone else? It still got into the charts at 63. Alesha's promo schedule is gonna be hectic and she is being given some great shows to go on, and with her new fanbase I think something in the top 10 is achievable. Yes, there is a lot of competition and the song may not be everyone's taste but if you can get someone like Keisha into the top 75 with NO promotion and a small fanbase then Alesha can easily do well.

I love how that's the only part of my post you had an answer for :P If it takes 2000 copies to go top 50 then it doesn't take much to get to 75 on a slow month. Obviously it will require more in a month like December where people are desperate for a Xmas number 1. *edit* 'Knockdown' only had 4000 copies pressed and it still went to number 45. And all assuming that not EVERY single copy was sold because it was only sent to *some* HMV stores and not everyone could find it.

But '4 U I Will' wasn't even a single. It was used for the 'Ford' advert and was put out with the thought 'well, we might aswell ...' and I was told that by Alesha and her management. If they were serious about it then it would have been put out in CD format and they would have pushed it with promo. She stands a good chance. 'Lipstick' went to number 14 and I didn't think it was an *amazing* track either. Polydor were so half-arsed about everything with her which is why she never did better. They messed up the release dates with both her singles. I had to text Alesha and tell her that 'Lipstick' was added to iTuines on a WEDNESDAY and she didn't even know. Her label screwed everything up, therefore she lost out on 3 days worth of digital sales. Since then she's won over a lot of fans, has worked with a LOT of great producers and writers on her album and after a meeting with her label I have full faith that they are behind her %100. They are putting a lot of money and time into her. Her video will be debuted on GM:TV which alone gets millions of viewers a morning, and her first performance is SCD which gets 11 millions viewers (who voted for her to win and I know a lot of them are now behind her with everything ...) No use knocking her yet. Let's just see what happens. As much as I want her to get number 1, I know she won't because of the competition but she could still achieve top 10. For anyone to say she'll be struggling for top 75 is ridiculous. You can shift 100 copies and get to 75. I could get a 75 charting if I fancied putting a single out ....