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I hope he does something like this in the XF UK :teresa: That would explain why he is stuck at no1 at the italian itunes since the last few days though. ;) (check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_IHoPobca4)

One of my favourite tracks on Glassheart and an obvious choice for Christmas but ballad after ballad releases from an album not full of ballads (a fact most people do not even know) is bad marketing. If Glassheart had been the 1st single everything would fit in better now... Fireflies is definitely not the kind of song you would expect to kill in the charts, but I do not care, :P I like it! As far as radio-play is concerned I think it could do well, it is radio friendy.

I wish Calvin/Florence would stay at no1 for a second week. SHM, Wonder and Hottest girl are all dreadful imo. With wonder being the most dissapointing of the 3 considering I loved Emeli's album (even Daddy).

I seriously doubt that. In the low sales climate a boost of 10k or so from the XF was enough to catapult her into the top, that's all. I expect she should be out of the top 20(40) by Christmas. I am wondering how far can Taylor go with this album though, looks like the perfect timing for her in the UK.

Candy itunes (current) all No4 Germany No5 Austria No5 Luxenbourg No10 Netherlands pop no10 France no10 Finland no7 Spain no7 Swizerland Looks like Robbie could get a top 5 hit in most of these countries during the next few weeks.

:rolleyes: How worse can it get? Why not rename the album after the first word the baby speaks? Hopefully the baby will have a more balanced and educated influence than Robbie growing up... I'd hate to see her ending up with as much iq and ability as 'Dora the explorer' <_< Seriously now, I would love to see this tatto. It will most probably look like a bunch of worms curled up together :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

:o Leaked? Damn I am superbusy for now to listen to it :angry: I will give it a listen on Saturady though. (not reading through anyones reviews yet :P spoilers)

Disapointing sales for Glassheart. I would have expected something in the range of 75-105k not 30k :( :o Nothing is lost yet in terms of sales (if the next single does well) but I doubt she will stand a chance to return to no1 if she doesn't do this today really. Much heavier competition coming up later this month. And after the festive period it will be time for the alternative/indie releases... I really hope she could somehow snatch the no1 this week. It is such a same that glassheart cannot have a week at the top of the charts on a year without rain (so far) for music. Appart from an Adelle streak followed by the satisfying success of Our Version of Events (I love it) there has been too little to see in the album charts lately.

Surprisingly enough (or not) Candy is doing great at both radio play and pre-orders everywhere in the UK. It looks like it could get to no1 even without the XF, I imagine he'll have the no1 wrapped up after the XF anyway. Personally I find this song 'just fun'... I hope the album features much better tracks, we do not need an album full of Candy! On the other hand (in terms of promo) it is a song obviously targeted at non-fans and it does well at this group so far... They should choose the next single to be a more satisfying one for fans of the 'Golden Days'-Robbie' though. I wouldn't blame R1 for snubbing this song, it is an 'immature' song from a fully mature (compared always to how far robbie could go in terms of maturitiy) and successful artist.

:mellow: Any news yet for the next album/single of Florence and the Machine?

I get the feeling that her promo for Speak Now was more intensive than RED but her recent releases of Red have super-charted there (possibly much better than most of them deserved) so she is definitely in perfect shape. It is Taylor Swift in the US so I would say yes. (shouldn't be too far from the million mark anyway)

I hope she gets that no1 although I have to admit I haven't listenned to the whole album yet + 1st single was possibly her worst to date. She's done lots of promo and she is releasing on a super-easy week. It is a bit of 'NOW OR NEVER' really. (I expect 70k-ish sales)

Definitely! Glassheart should have been first single followed by a ballad (Fireflies/Lovebirds) for the festive Christmas period and then another catchy up-tempo (hard to pick one). Collide was not good and the hurt trio was a stupid idea but Trouble is not a bad song. In fact it is a very good one, but it doesn't have the required power of a first single. Even if trouble received mixed reviews I am confident Leona will turn the tides. This album is too good to drop like a stone, it just needs to get into the spotlight so that people realise it is indeed good. Terrible management spreads like a superinfectious disease nowadays :rolleyes: Glassheart should normaly sail to no1 next week even if Leona does not sell as much as we expect (60k should be enough)... The only competition should be Taylors 2nd week (not that big in the UK) and Mumford and Sons n-week (their sales should normaly decrease further with time). Longevity at the chart will be the real challege...

Your sig says hi. :teresa:

Links are illegal, Buy the album! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: (if you are searching for an illegal download link they are always in the same shady places they used to be)

Even if Taylor sells more than the Nicki/Justin total in her first week sales in the US? I do not think Nicki is much of a fuss outside the US, definitely not comparable with Rihanna. (Surprisingly enough) Bieber is a teen idol. But teen idol is completely different to being an artist. He is a manufactured, supermanaged act (no wonder one direction, who can actually sing much better than he does, are the most comparable/compatible acto to him). And the truth is that even his teenage fanbase accepts it is more of the act/roleplay/or whatever you want to call it they like than his singing or songwriting ( :lol: ) Correct me if I am wrong but I think that even Biebers sales (US, UK or worldwide) are not that impressive. Taylor, Rihanna, Adele, Gaga etc sell WAY more. As far as the 'talk' is concerened you just witnessed the very way it is generated. A provocative comment (even if not on purpose) followed by 4-5 replys against him. Popularity can be both positive and negative and Bieber currenty has to be the 'most hated' around. Haters do not take away sales. :lol: If they did he would be on negative ground.

Sweet nothing for no1 next week ;) but Emeli's 'Wonder' is a biter nothing really. An album full of beautiful songs and now she releases this? :mellow: (even if it is supposed to be Naughty boy feat Emeli)

It is her best album nevertheless (yet). Loved it on first listen. Will write more about it when I get a little free time but it is really good. :cheer: :wub:

What are the chances of Taylor Swift getting the no1 album two weeks from now? Her singles have better than they usually do in the UK and it looks like she has created some momentum now.

OUTSIDE :P It would make no sense though, since promo has not really started yet...

It has been already released outside the uk? :o

Thats what it looks like... It could be ''Sweet Nothing'' followed by JLS, Robbie & Rihanna and I doubt Skyfall will be able to sell more than 50k/week after all this time in the charts. I wouldn't be shocked if her next single never goes to no1 either. She is usually not frontloaded enough to win tough no1 battles. (although she sells much more in the long run) Hopefully Leona will at least get a top5 single this week. (she is still no5 on itunes and should climb again after friday) I wonder if radio play will increase after that. They rarely snub top5 hits... :huh:

:o I thought she would get the no1 this week but it seems more likely that Sweedish House Mafia will get it instead now! I expect she should start decreasing in sales by next week so she may never get to no1 if she doesn't get it this week... Imagine Adele doing a 2-2-2-3-4 :lol:

Remember how well/bad 'Happy' and 'I got you' did , still Echo sold over 2*platinum (and the album was dead even before the second single was released). Shipping only 300.000 units of Glassheart is an insane prediction imo. Plus it looks like (from what we've listened to) the album is a good one. promo won't be over after 'trouble'. The good thing is that everyone has lowered their expectations now so Leona will do better than what people expect. :lol: If 2nd single isn't a top10 hit she could still ship 500.000 albums ut if it is this album should sell even more than Echo.

It is not exactly underperforming. Would you expect it to outsell the top 3 in a few hours? The top5 without Leona would look like (at the end of the week): Adelle (100k?) Sweedish house mafia (85k) Rihanna (75k) PSY (60k) 1D (45k) I think no4 is within reach even now but she will need a big boost to break into the top3. It is a tough chart week nevertheless...