MrIndependent

Justin remaining at 5 on the physical chart after a disappointing first week on that list, whilst ELO and One Direction, who both sold more last week, fall below him. Interesting. I'd be surprised if his physical units of Purpose dropped at all last week.

I'm sure there are those in the UK who know of Carrie, but regardless, she's got an outstanding voice and surely is deserving of a place given her success on and after American Idol. In her homeland, she has gone on to have a career that all the contestants should want. As for Rita... EW.

What is 'Ed Sheeran doing a Simply Red'?

OMG NATHAN NOOOOOO 25 SELLING THE SAME AS YESTERDAY OMG

That's not true, though; if you took out the miniscule 10% of physical sales he'd still be #6 regardless, so if he sells zero amount of physical from now onwards it wouldn't be making a difference because his download is clearly the bulk of his sales.

It's at 10. It may climb or increase in sales after his XF performance. Take That's is doing better at 6, but the bulk of its amount is made up of pre-orders and the first day sale; it will surely drop quickly and will be out of the top ten by Friday.

x has left the top ten (#13) and I can't see it re-entering by Friday! Buzzjack, rejoice! :lol: That's a nasty drop for 1D in albums, especially considering that the two singles are holding up very well. A -74% is considerably larger than their usual second week drops. Justin, on the other hand, is down only 40% and outsold Elvis yesterday; he will probably end up at 2 again. I don't care about the singles except for Nathan, who will probably hit midweek 5 for its peak, maybe #4; but I bet it ends up missing out and enters at #6 officially. He was #6 yesterday too, so his X Factor effect has barely taken place yet, especially considering that there were only three hours left for this chart to be compiled after his performance. He doesn't need streams when he has some physical sales, even if they may be small. Regarding the album chart in the next few weeks, The Vamps should go top ten next week; Fleur and Troye Sivan (the latter of who will probably chart higher to be honest :lol: ) will join them in that tier the following week. We've established that Coldplay are a big release, and I think they will be #1 midweek but Adele will snatch it from them.

He'll probably go low top ten, though I expect his Spotify showings to be stronger in the next few days. Kiss Me Quick didn't fair well on streams so I don't think anyone expected him to do well on Spotify with Over And Over Again. His streaming will be a lot stronger today than whatever it has been in the past few days, though.

Love Yourself up to #2 and Sorry back up to #1 combined. Nathan is 1% behind Fleur.

So another 224k which is about 112k per day, though Saturday's sale was probably higher than yesterday's. Good hold!

Pleased that Olly is top ten even after a lukewarm performance. Kiss Me seems to have at least outperformed Hand On My Heart, which was on the original release of Right Place Right Time, but its reworked single version was promoted as the launch single for its special edition release.

Is there some genuine 4th Impact hate or do people just think they aren't doing too well? On other forums there seems to be a lot of bashing in regards to their cuteness. I don't think it's an act at all. Performance wise they are still strong but not as good as in the start. I hate that Che is singing this gorgeous Alicia Keys song. Urgh. I like him but he needs to stop with the vocal acrobatics. AAAAAAIIIIIIeiaiaiaiaiaaaaaAAaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAA :lol:

Glad Reggie n' Bollie got through. I'm not sure whether Che being bottom two is surprising or not. At this stage they are all very good (except for Anton).

Nathan already up to 5

Nathan made Olly look like shit, and Olly is very, very good. (He was unusually nervous in that performance, though.)

Thanks for the combined update, Jay! Their X Factor performance was a bit rubbish tbh, but I'm glad that Rudi & Ed are top ten; hopefully with their decent streams they can go top ten officially but I'm doubtful. Expecting Nathan to be #5 after his performance tonight as well as Olly in the top ten.

Yes, they are. I think people are overestimating what her sales passed the first day will be.

Yes, I know that, but it's a silly and terrible twist that has no merit. :P

I think they called out each act in order of the voting table to be honest. It doesn't seem unrealistic for 4th Impact, Anton and Mason to actually have been in the bottom three. They probably were. Also, what was up with tonight's voting format? It was horrible. Ten minutes to vote, if that? :huh: This show can't stick to its own rules that it keeps changing. I'm sick of all these double eliminations, although the Rugby World Cup really screwed up the show's formatting this year.

I'm not very happy that Mason is gone, but he left around about the time that I expected him to; and as his fan, it is fair, however, that he can now be detached from The X Factor because of all the acts he had the biggest vision and idea of what kind of artist he wants to be. I think sometimes the judges misunderstood that, and the song choices that he was given didn't benefit him during his most recent performances. Anton has now given the two worst performances in the history of The X Factor to me; that One Sweet Day rendition might have been worse than his All About the BOOTS performance. His hormonal state tonight is what got him through; I bet that he wasn't far from receiving the least amount of votes. I hope he leaves tomorrow. He is truly awful.

XL should put 25 on Spotify either on the 18th to help the album shift more sales during that all-important Christmas shopping week, or on 1 January so it can lessen its post-Christmas drop. I think the latter is quite sensible.

Interesting what people are saying about Coldplay potentially withdrawing their release. I don't think they will. Anyway, 25 will be #1 until Bowie possibly takes over on the 15th, and then Purpose will be #1 (see Take That's Progress/Rihanna's Loud scenario for what I think will be very similar to this situation).

:lol: Nathan is doing fine, and he will increase in sales obviously after X Factor. I didn't expect it to go top ten personally. And it's barely top thirty on overall airplay.

I was howling when I saw this. So funny. :lol:

A million pounds says Purpose will be #1 in January and/or February.