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Chart Listings: UK Charts
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Gaga is owning British charts & Alicia gettin' her 1st #1
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Originally posted by Bibliotheque
I think Bad Romance could outsell Just Dance, as long as it has some longevity
I doubt Telephone will go platinum though, the album is selling too much for us to expect more platinum singles imo although it could probably do Paparazzi numbers - around 400k
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Just Dance has sold about 775k so Bad Romance isn't too far away from that total, BR will peobably pass 700k in March.
Yeah the Album is selling too much here, already 5 x platinum and it could sell upwards of Two million copies if it can stay in the Top Ten another while longer. I'm hoping all the singles will go top ten, don't want another LoveGame...
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Originally posted by Dizzy
"Telephone" could be as big as Poker Face, if bigger. The BRITS will boost it HUGELY.
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It will never sell 900k to match Poker Face, I don't even think number 1 is guaranteed but I'm still hoping that it will get it.
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Cowell Haiti single over 200,000 sales
10:56 | Tuesday February 9, 2010
By Paul Williams
Singles
Simon Cowell’s charity single for Haiti is on course to achieve one of the biggest first-week sales this century, with around 205,000 copies sold of Everybody Hurts in just two days.
The Syco-issued cover of the REM classic, which features acts including Susan Boyle, Michael Buble, Cheryl Cole and Leona Lewis under the collective name Helping Haiti, is comfortably outselling the rest of the Top 20 combined, according to OCC sales figures.
It will now be a question of just how many copies it will end up selling before the chart week ends at the close of business this Saturday, with the only chart battle now left to determine being who will occupy the runners-up position on the countdown.
Island’s Owl City with Fireflies, which spent a third week at number one last Sunday, is the week’s second biggest seller so far with a sale that is less than one-tenth of that of Everybody Hurts. Timabland featuring Katy Perry’s Interscope/Polydor-issued If We Ever Meet Again, which moved up to three on last Sunday’s chart, is the week’s third top seller, while J/RCA’s Alicia Keys with Empire State Of Mind (Part II) and the Epic-issued Don’t Stop Believin’ by Glee Cast completing the top five.
Albums
While the race is over on singles, a close battle for top spot is playing out on the artists albums chart between two long-established UK acts with newly-issued albums. Virgin’s Massive Attack are ahead at present with Heligoland as they seek their third number one on the chart, but they are fewer than 2,000 sales ahead of Sade’s new RCA album Soldier Of Love. Sade has only topped the chart once before, back in November 1985 with Promise.
Alicia Keys’ J/RCA album The Element Of Freedom, which gave her a first number one on last Sunday’s chart, is the third biggest seller at this early stage of the week, but is itself fewer than 1,000 sales behind Sade. The closeness of the week’s biggest sellers is further emphasised by Decca’s Andre Rieu with Forever Vienna and Atlantic’s Paolo Nutnin with Sunny Side Up, the fourth and fifth top sellers of the week so far, both only a few thousand sales off the number one position.
There is plenty of new release activity outside the Top 10 with entries expected from Deutsche Grammophon’s Rolando Villazon, Warner Bros’s Him, Gil Scott-Heron with his XL debut I’m New Here and Sony’s Barry Manilow and Virgin’s UB40 with Valentine’s Day-targeted sets.
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Top 40 Only
Singles
1 Global Stars – Helping Haiti (~205,000)
2 Owl City
3 Timbaland feat. Katy Perry
4 Alicia Keys
5 Glee Cast
Top 10
3OH!3
10 Kesha
Top 15
Jay Sean/Sean Paul/Lil Jon
Lady Gaga – BR
Top 20
Rihanna
Top 30
Pixie Lott
Young Money ft. Lloyd
Top 40
Calvin Harris
Cheryl Cole
Lady Gaga ft. Beyonce
37 Glee Cast – Halo/Walking On Sunshine
Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
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Albums
1 Massive Attack (~2,000 ahead of Sade)
2 Sade (~1,000 ahead of Alicia)
3 Alicia Keys
4 Andre Rieu
5 Paolo Nutini
Top 10
10 Pixie Lott
Top 15
Michael Buble
Black Eyed Peas
Rolando
Top 20
Him Screamworks
Top 30
Gil Scott Heron
Barry Manilow
UB40
Top 40
Rihanna
Marvin Gaye
Yeasayer
Seasick Steve
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Mini artists update
Singles
Alexandra (BH) 10+9
Kesha (TT) 10+10
Saturdays 20+2
Florence (YGTL) 20+5
Albums
KOL 30+2
Alexandra 20+3
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Go Bad Romance!
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Haiti
And I really hope Sade gets #1
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Haiti single
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Animal is 19
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The pop. bar for that Haiti song on UK iTunes is HUGE too!
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Animal is 19
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Isn't that bad?
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Originally posted by £100
Isn't that bad?
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Yes, the shock is there for the 11 place drop.
I don't think they should have ever pushed it back.
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Originally posted by Bibliotheque
Yes, the shock is there for the 11 place drop.
I don't think they should have ever pushed it back.
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I was about to say I wouldn't be happy about dropping that many places!
Oh well. She's done well in the US and Canada and I think European success will be much stronger for the next album - assuming the material is decent.
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Yeah, her next album is supposed to follow a sound similar to "Animal," which sounds like a European hit to me, so she should gain tons of European support on her sophomore album.
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I think Ke$ha's drop is normal, especially for her who didn't meet the same success as it is in US. I remember Beyonce, Mika & etc. having a similar chart declines on their 2nd week as well.
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Originally posted by tcatron565
Yeah, her next album is supposed to follow a sound similar to "Animal," which sounds like a European hit to me, so she should gain tons of European support on her sophomore album.
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I would like her to produce more songs something in line to the sounds of 'Animal'. Sounds very European, indeed, an practically a far cry from her typical catchy melodies. If she's headed on this way, she'll break the stereotypes of her marketing (which was the focal attraction of her haters).
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So, how's Untouchable week going over there?
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Go Pixie,hopefully week in the top 10 [Album chart]
Love the current top 3 as well!
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Wednesday Update - Top 40 Only
Singles
1 Global Stars – Helping Haiti
2 Owl City
3 Timbaland feat. Katy Perry
4 Alicia Keys
5 Glee Cast - DSB
Top 10
3OH!3
10 Kesha
Top 15
12 Glee Cast – Halo/WOS
Jay Sean/Sean Paul/Lil Jon
Top 20
16 Rihanna
20 Glee Cast – IML/Confessions Pt. II
Top 30
Pixie Lott
Young Money ft. Lloyd
Calvin Harris
Top 40
32 Cheryl Cole
37 Lady Gaga ft. Beyonce
Zinc ft. Ms Dynamite
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Albums
1 Massive Attack
2 Sade
3 Andre Rieu
4 Alicia Keys
5 Paolo Nutini
Top 10
8 Michael Buble
Top 15
11 Pixie Lott
Rolando Villazon
Top 20
Fleetwood Mac
Top 30
George Benson
Lily Allen
UB40
Him Screamworks
Gil Scott Heron
Barry Manilow
Top 40
Marvin Gaye
Seasick Steve
Robbie Williams
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Mini artists update
Singles
Lady Gaga (BR) 10+9
Alexandra (BH) 10+11
Kesha (TT) 10+12
Saturdays 20+4
Florence (YGTL) 20+7
Albums
Rihanna 30+2
KOL 30+3
Alexandra 30+4
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rihanna & Lady Gaga
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Wow RUDE BOY already a Top 15 smash!
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Thursday Update - Top 40 Only
Singles
1 Global Stars – Helping Haiti
2 Owl City
3 Timbaland feat. Katy Perry
4 Alicia Keys
5 Glee Cast - DSB
Top 10
3OH!3
7 JLS
9 Glee Cast – Halo/WOS
Kesha
Top 15
Jay Sean/Sean Paul/Lil Jon
14 Glee Cast – IML/Confessions Pt. II
Top 20
17 Rihanna
Top 30
Pixie Lott
28 Young Money ft. Lloyd
Calvin Harris
Cheryl Cole
Top 40
38 Lady Gaga ft. Beyonce
Zinc ft. Ms Dynamite
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Albums
1 Andre Rieu
2 Alicia Keys
3 Sade
4 Massive Attack
5 Paolo Nutini
Top 10
8 Peter Andre
Michael Buble
Black Eyed Peas
Top 15
12 Pixie Lott
Rolando Villazon
Top 20
George Benson
Fleetwood Mac
Top 30
Jay-Z
Lily Allen
UB40
Marvin Gaye
Gil Scott Heron
Barry Manilow
Top 40
Him Screamworks
Seasick Steve
Robbie Williams
Glee Cast
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Mini artists update
Singles
Lady Gaga (BR) 10+10
Alexandra (BH) 10+11
Kesha (TT) 10+12
Saturdays 20+4
Florence (YGTL) 20+7
Albums
JLS 20+3
Kesha 20+4
KOL 30+1
Rihanna 30+2
Alexandra 30+4
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NO SALES INFO
spidey @ buzzjack
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Haiti single outselling top ten two-to-one
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Simon Cowell's 'Helping Haiti' charity single is currently outselling the entire UK top ten by two-to-one.
The song, a cover of R.E.M.'s 'Everybody Hurts', has now sold over 300,000 copies in just four days.
The Official Charts Company yesterday confirmed that the track has become the fastest-selling charity single of the century, following reports that it could top one million sales.
The song replaced previous holder 'Hero' by the X Factor finalists in 2008 - another Simon Cowell-backed charity track.
Profits from the single will be divided equally between the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) and The Sun's Helping Haiti appeal.
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