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Topic History of: Forever Yours No3 on iTunes!
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Jaded and Bored |
@The Artful Dodger 242,000 in one week!!!!!!
Surely that must be breaking all records. Mind you it was obvious with the
"Sun" brigade behind it and surely there is a charity angle in it too.
Alex Day at 29,000 has a long way to go but if as JK says there is no major
label behind the scenes then whichever way you look at it the song could be
a watershed moment for independent/DIY artists on the one hand and Youtube
as a promotional channel on the other.
Thanks for the clarification JK and it does seem to be an own goal by Cowell.
You can still gift a song on iTunes JK so I won't write that angle off too
quickly I think the whole Xmas number one battle is crazy but fun. |
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JK2006 |
Let's just get this right. As any regular on this board has known for months, this year Christmas Day falls on a Sunday - the new chart day, so the Xmas No1 will be the track that's No1 that day.
Which is why the X Factor winner was never going to be Xmas No1 (ITV/Simon didn't realise the way days fall this year).
So several "contenders" geared up to grab that prestigious title.
And some (not as savvy as others) will have put all their effort into the Sunday sales.
But music is less of a Christmas Gift these days (you can't gift wrap a download). The morons "running" the "music industry", being essentially rich, fat and brain dead, have not - as usual - thought through the consequences.
A late surge on Friday and Saturday might just (about a 1% possibility) snatch the crown on Sunday.
That's our hope. |
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the Artful Dodger |
So this is the current situation.Mid weeks this morning .
The Miltary Wives , (and lets cut out the truely offensive anti military jibes on this board) have sold 242,000
Alex Day has sold 29,000.
So as regards No 1 , game over , but a good effort to be top 5. |
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Jaded and Bored |
Blimey I never thought about that.
But you are right. The Christmas number one should be Little Mix who will Xmas
until the next chart rundown on Christmas EVENING. I reckon one could put money on it at William Hill
and if it is awarded to someone else, sue them as technically you would be right as they would be
number one for 16 hours on Christmas Day and Millitary Wives/Alex Day/WHOEVER would only be number one
for 6 hours on Christmas Day. |
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JK2006 |
It's an hourly chart over one day's sales on iTunes which mounts up - this year's Christmas No1 happens to fall on a Sunday (the day the WEEKLY chart is announced) so the hope is that Alex can build up momentum and snatch the crown away from the other contenders.
At any rate - a No4 for an unsigned (to any major label or publisher) kid who wrote the song himself in his bedroom is a triumph.
www.bigtop40.com/chart/ |
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