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Only with an upcoming, unreleased song though, her other performances didn't seem to ever both the Top 40.

Another nail in the coffin for HMV then

Just another business which failed to adapt to a changing times. Can't wait to see the record companies blame this on piracy :rolleyes:

I think the advert starts in tomorrow's x factor

You make it sound like that's a bad thing. 3 words was still shifting 85,000 units at #13 last year I believe. edit: just checked, it sold 85,059 units at #14 the week before christmas So despite it not having huge first week sales, it was still selling huge amounts 2 months later

Those are pretty strong album sales really. Considering that Promise This saw a ~50% drop from Fight For This Love, for the album to be only 3.4k behind 3 words is quite something really.

Well it's no different than Cheryl pre-recording her X Factor performance

Perhaps it'll be pre-recorded? (SNL that is)

Is that including the version at #27? (I know it won't add too much, but still)

On the midweek chart. Singles #1 Cheryl - 68k #2 Rihanna - 51k Albums #1 KOL #2 Joe #3 Wanted #4 Taylor

Weird thing at #27 - "Cheryl Cole - Promise"

Promise This now #2. Definitely going to go to #1 before X Factor. As for sales, we'll probably get a better idea when we see what Bruno sold this week. She's definitely on course for over 100k though with ease

FFTL has definitely outsold it (It's over 900k now). I think The Promise is at around 500-600k and SOTU 640k+

Well it was never going to do as well as FFTL, that was her debut solo single. Just like GA have never had as big a selling single as SOTU. However the fact it should get to #1 before The X Factor performance is notable I think

They're both on the same label too, which is somewhat interesting. Unlikely the top 10, but I certainly see it being in the top 40/30 when the album is released like 3 words was.

No, the one of the same name by Cheryl Cole. It's her second single and premiered on Radio 1 this morning (like 3 words was)

Plus, it could shoot the track into the top 10 alongside Promise This. Talking of which, didn't 3 words (single) get to #27 during the week of the album release and stayed there until it peaked at #4 in December somewhen. I wonder if we'll see a similar thing happen with The Flood, it was played on both Radio 1 and 2 today

Will Young wasn't on Syco, he was on 19 Recordings which is Simon Fuller's company Gareth Gates was the one signed to Syco. Which proves my point. As for Leona, Alex, I'm talking about male contestants/winners. Syco can't seem to handle them really

It's mainly because runners up are signed by labels who know what they're doing whereas the winners are forced to team up with Syco.

Of course they can bring her on, what is Cheryl going to do, exactly? :mellow:

Um, Cheryl can't "ban" anyone from the show. Even Simon Cowell does not have total control over the programme, there are at least 4 exec producers for the various companies involved (ITV, Syco, TBT). It's not even Simon who decides who the judges are - that's a guy called Richard Holloway. He's the person with most of the power really. Simon Cowell is simply the "public face" of the boss, behind the scenes it's far more complicated than what Simon says, goes.

So far most of the songs haven't really had a chance Usher's tracks had already been released Joe's had 0 airplay, was a cover, and was generally bad Diana Vicker's had the same problem as Joe in a lack of airplay and promo by other means, plus her performance has been ridiculed Firework again hasn't had any airplay yet, no video, no other promo, etc. What it does show is that, despite all the moaning some people do on here, you can't get a song to #1 just with The X Factor alone. A hit will be a hit and a flop will be a flop (e.g. Shakira last year) Cheryl's performance will be the real test as it's the first "proper" (has airplay, video out, other promo e.g. Radio 1 tomorrow) single to be performed on the show

Also need to take into account the huge increase in ratings of the show over the past two years as well. Last night saw over 15 million viewers, more than the 2008 final!

It has Pixie as 4+5, but ive no idea if that's correct or not

Umm There's an update, but it's kind mucked up - no #1, #4, etc. but Joe down to #5, Mike up to #10