UK Charts Discussion - Track "Applause" here!

[zNetworkMonster 1]

Rihanna won Best North American act, so I don't know why everyone's saying that she won nothing. But yes, it was weird that even with 8 nominations, she only got one. However, Rihanna's only ever won 2 EMAs previously, so I don't think it's exactly unusual for her to be snubbed somewhat. After all, Europe doesn't choose the nominees, the EMA committee do, and maybe they don't like Rihanna all that much or Rihanna's European fans just don't bother voting. You'd think with all the hit singles Rihanna has that she has the kind of fans who'd vote for anything she's nominated for, but she doesn't have a history of winning big at fan-voted awards. Her fans love her catchy singles, but that doesn't mean they'd support her to the point of obsessively voting for her in online polls. Justin's fans win in that area as he has a legion of insane teenyboppers who'd do anything for him. But yeah, it is weird to see Justin and Taylor win all those awards when they have never done well in Europe. The second biggest shocker for me (after the Biggest Fans award) was Taylor winning Best Live - Muse are normally the winners in this category, or any rock band, really. I really am not liking this recent trend of artists who can't sing getting awards for their non-existant vocal ability. That's why, whenever Gaga gets nominated in this category, we vote like crazy because this award is the one where Gaga always gets snubbed the hardest. She is such an under-rated live performer. She has been nominated for Best Live three times previously at the EMAs and has never won. I don't think she's ever won a Best Live award from any award ceremony actually, which is a damn shame.

At the end of the day, everyone could vote, not just Europeans. It was likely that everyone voted worldwide and that's why we have the results we do. Mind you, I have serious suspicions that the awards given to Taylor and One Direction were bought.

I think same Taylors face you could see she already knew...And 1d got that award because they are new to get buzz?? :shrug:

[seana39223 1]

Even I wasn't expecting him to flop THIS bad

I thought it would be a top 10 hit, now its strugling to be a top 40

[StrawberryBlond 14,869]

Wow, iTunes shaken up somewhat. I was surprised to discover that Little Things isn't getting officially released until December, just under a month after the album's released and it's weird that a Little Mix song is doing better than a OD song. It seems like Simon has scheduled OD to flop what with their promo schedules and release dates. With something more ordely, they'd have a better chance of smashing.

Anyway, here's the album release schedule for the week ending November 18th and it's a big one:

November 12th

Lana Del Rey - Born To Die: Paradise Edition

One Direction - Take Me Home

The Rolling Stones - GRRR! (greatest hits)

Greenday - ¡Dos!

November 13th

Christina Aguilera - Lotus

Susan Boyle - Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs From The Stage

Chart predictions? Mine are:

#1 - One Direction

#2 - Rolling Stones

#3 - Lana

#4 - Susan

#5 - Green Day

#6 - Christina

Give or take a few. Unless an album omes along that really surprises us.

[Ellie Sioux 8]

Wow, iTunes shaken up somewhat. I was surprised to discover that Little Things isn't getting officially released until December, just under a month after the album's released and it's weird that a Little Mix song is doing better than a OD song. It seems like Simon has scheduled OD to flop what with their promo schedules and release dates. With something more ordely, they'd have a better chance of smashing.

Anyway, here's the album release schedule for the week ending November 18th and it's a big one:

November 12th

Lana Del Rey - Born To Die: Paradise Edition

One Direction - Take Me Home

The Rolling Stones - GRRR! (greatest hits)

Greenday - ¡Dos!

November 13th

Christina Aguilera - Lotus

Susan Boyle - Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs From The Stage

Chart predictions? Mine are:

#1 - One Direction

#2 - Rolling Stones

#3 - Lana

#4 - Susan

#5 - Green Day

#6 - Christina

Give or take a few. Unless an album omes along that really surprises us.

Wow... let the meltdowns begin

My predictions (though I'll likely be wrong, I'm not good with these things):

#1 - Rolling Stones

#2 - One Direction

#3 - Lana

#4 - Green Day

#5 - Susan

#6 - Christina

[craig 680]

http://www.downloadcharts.net/uk/charts/albums/2012/11/12

Xtina's album still not top 10 on itunes.

I go with Rolling Stones as the only competition for 1D this week.

[StrawberryBlond 14,869]

Wow... let the meltdowns begin

My predictions (though I'll likely be wrong, I'm not good with these things):

#1 - Rolling Stones

#2 - One Direction

#3 - Lana

#4 - Green Day

#5 - Susan

#6 - Christina

Almost the same as mine. Of course, other albums could fill in those spaces, but this list is more a sense of what order the new releases will be in. Oh, and by the way, thanks for that compliment you gave me about my opinions in the other thread!

http://www.downloadc...bums/2012/11/12

Xtina's album still not top 10 on itunes.

I go with Rolling Stones as the only competition for 1D this week.

Damn. Even I didn't think she'd be doing that bad. If she doesn't even go top 10 with this, it's going to get really embarrasing. Psyched to see Lana at #3 - I'll be ordering her album tonight and hopefully get it sometime this week. Will the two editions for Take Me Home chart as one album? Because I didn't realise separate versions could chart.

[Swim Deep 0]

Xtina's charting like an Indie album. :haha:

[Chucky 39]

Xtina's charting like an Indie album. :haha:

This sucks. :ohno:

[Ellie Sioux 8]

Almost the same as mine. Of course, other albums could fill in those spaces, but this list is more a sense of what order the new releases will be in. Oh, and by the way, thanks for that compliment you gave me about my opinions in the other thread!

It's okay! :party:

[craig 680]

Xtina is #18 in midweeks.

Wow, she'll be lucky to hold on for top 20.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/albums

[StrawberryBlond 14,869]

Looks like Little Things is going to be #1 this week, after me thinking the release had been delayed. It's already at the top of international charts too. Kill me now.

Xtina is #18 in midweeks.

Wow, she'll be lucky to hold on for top 20.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...t/update/albums

The fact she can go from a #1 album a mere two and a half years ago (albeit a very short-lived position) to this is astonishing and proves how much Bionic destroyed her career. I'm seriously considering the possibility that she may get dropped from RCA after this. How she plans to tour next year with an album that flopped even harder than Bionic is beyond me. Maybe because she's on The Voice, she's under the impression that people care about her music. Her PR team needs fired as well, as they have organised next to no promotion for her and just left Your Body to flop. Now they want her to promote the album several months after its been released? Who's working at that label and don't they learn from past mistakes?

By the way, where's Susan's album? Has it not started charting yet?

[Jase 13,315]

iTunes update

01. Little Things - One Direction

02. Beneath Your Beautiful (feat. Emeli Sandé) - Labrinth

03. The Power of Love - Gabrielle Aplin

04. Locked Out of Heaven - Bruno Mars

05. DNA - Little Mix

06. Candy - Robbie Williams

07. Ho Hey - The Lumineers

08. Diamonds - Rihanna

09. Gangnam Style (ê°â€¢Ã«â€š¨ 스íƒۓ¼) - PSY

10. Don't You Worry Child (Radio Edit) [feat. John Martin] - Swedish House Mafia

11. Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya) [feat. Skepta, JME & Ms. D] - Wiley

12. Skyfall - Adele

13. Latch (feat. Sam Smith) - Disclosure

14. Sweet Nothing (feat. Florence Welch) - Calvin Harris

15. One More Night - Maroon 5

16. Shine Ya Light - Rita Ora

17. Love Is Easy - McFly

18. Give Me Love - Ed Sheeran

19. Tidal Wave (feat. Alpines) - Sub Focus

20. Beauty and a Beat (feat. Nicki Minaj) - Justin Bieber

21. I Found You - The Wanted

22. Do You Think of Me? (Radio Edit) - Misha B

23. Waterfalls - Stooshe

24. Va Va Voom - Nicki Minaj

25. A Thousand Years - Christina Perri

26. Try - P!nk

27. Turn Around (feat. Ne-Yo) - Conor Maynard

28. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift

29. Million Voices - Otto Knows

30. I Cry - Flo Rida

31. Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding

32. Ride - Lana Del Rey

33. Hall of Fame (feat. will.i.am) - The Script

34. Little Things - One Direction

35. Never Tear Us Apart - Paloma Faith

36. A Thousand Years, Pt. 2 (feat. Steve Kazee) - Christina Perri

37. Ni**as in Paris - Jay-Z & Kanye West

38. Close Enemies (Radio Edit) - Example

39. She Wolf (Falling to Pieces) [feat. Sia] - David Guetta

40. Your Body - Christina Aguilera

Bubbling Under

43. Holdin' On (Skrillex & Nero Remix) - Monsta

47. Drinking from the Bottle (feat. Tinie Tempah) - Calvin Harris

56. Don't Judge Me - Chris Brown

62. Doom and Gloom - The Rolling Stones

68. Rest of My Life (feat. Usher & David Guetta) - Ludacris

79. Yeah Yeah - Willy Moon

[StrawberryBlond 14,869]

So bummed out about Little Mix missing out on that #1 with their amazing song while OD get a #1 with their mediocre, non-genuine song. Ed Sheeran wrote it and I bet had he been the original artist, it wouldn't be doing as well. Ed may be doing well in the UK but he's yet to get a #1. Simon Cowell obviously made this stupid decision of putting LM and OD on the same show knowing that OD were more likely to get the #1 seeing as their album was being released on Monday. LM should have been performing their new single this week, in anticipation of their new album coming out on Monday. But no, Olly Murs is due to be performing this week even though his album is scheduled later. This just goes to prove that if Simon's your XF mentor, you'll get places, even if you don't win. The only XF winner who's still being reasonably successful is Leona, Simon's act. Leona, Olly and OD are the only XF acts who are having any success at all (not including LM as they just won and their future success is yet to be determined) and what do you know, they're all Simon's acts. If he mentors you and you gain any success, Simon will always have your back and make sure you get top notch promotion. If he isn't your mentor, you're on your own because Simon doesn't like other winning judges stealing his glory. It's a phrase that bears repeating - the only winner of X Factor is Simon Cowell.

And poor Christina, YB down to #40. Her album was #18 in the midweeks on Wednesday and its probably fallen even lower by now. In 2010, Bionic debuted at #1 and sank to #29 the next week. If Lotus debuts at #29 on Sunday, that'll be just too cruel.

[Jase 13,315]

YTD (Singles)

1 - 1 - 1,281,000 - Gotye ft Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know - 1,287,600 - 14/01/12 - 1

2 - 2 - 1,090,900 - Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe - 1,090,900 - 03/03/12 - 1

3 - 3 - 940,100 - Fun ft Janelle Monae - We Are Young - 942,100 - 21/04/12 - 1

4 - 4 - 896,700 - David Guetta ft Sia - Titanium - 948,900 - 20/08/11 - 1

5 - 5 - 837,700 - Nicki Minaj - Starships - 837,700 - 25/02/12 - 2

6 - 6 - 731,400 - Jessie J - Domino - 762,000 - 26/11/11 - 1

7 - 7 - 691,800 - Maroon 5 ft Wiz Khalifa - Payphone - 691,800 - 30/06/12 - 1

8 - 8 - 681,900 - Flo Rida ft Sia - Wild Ones - 681,900 - 04/02/12 - 4

9 - 9 - 602,700 - Emeli Sande - Next To Me - 602,700 - 25/02/12 - 2

10 - 10 - 590,200 - Flo Rida - Whistle - 590,200 - 16/06/12 - 2

11 - 11 - 590,100 - Rudimental - Feel The Love - 590,100 - 09/06/12 - 1

12 - 12 - 546,900 - Rizzle Kicks - Mama Do The Hump - 656,800 - 10/12/11 - 2

13 - 13 - 544,400 - Alex Clare - Too Close - 544,400 - 21/04/12 - 4

14 - 16 - 516,300 - Psy - Gangnam Style - 516,300 - 01/09/12 - 1

15 - 14 - 511,500 - Florence & The Machine - Spectrum - 513,900 - 14/07/12 - 1

16 - 15 - 487,000 - Train - Drive By - 487,000 - 28/04/12 - 6

17 - 17 - 471,000 - DJ Fresh ft Rita Ora - Hot Right Now - 471,000 - 25/02/12 - 1

18 - 18 - 462,200 - Coldplay ft Rihanna - Princess Of China - 488,400 - 05/11/11 - 4

19 - 19 - 438,600 - Stooshe - Black Heart - 438,600 - 30/06/12 - 3

20 - 20 - 435,800 - Rita Ora ft Tinie Tempah - R.I.P. - 435,800 - 19/05/12 - 1

21 - 33 - 422,700 - Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child - 422,700 - 20/10/12 - 1

22 - 25 - 422,400 - Script ft Will.I.Am - Hall Of Fame - 422,400 - 15/09/12 - 1

23 - 21 - 417,300 - LMFAO - Sexy & I Know It - 871,000 - 30/07/11 - 9

24 - 22 - 412,300 - Cheryl Cole - Call My Name - 412,300 - 23/06/12 - 1

25 - 23 - 411,500 - David Guetta ft Nicki Minaj - Turn Me On - 465,600 - 10/09/11 - 8

26 - 24 - 409,000 - Rihanna - Where Have You Been - 421,600 - 03/12/11 - 6

27 - 26 - 403,300 - Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - 411,000 - 05/11/11 - 8

28 - 27 - 398,800 - Chris Brown - Don't Wake Me Up - 398,800 - 07/07/12 - 2

29 - 28 - 394,500 - Will.I.Am ft Eva Simons - This Is Love - 394,500 - 07/07/12 - 1

30 - 29 - 394,200 - Wiley ft Ms D - Heatwave - 394,200 - 11/08/12 - 1

31 - 31 - 390,900 - Jay-Z & Kanye West - Niggas In Paris - 399,000 - 18/02/12 - 10

32 - 30 - 389,900 - Sean Paul - She Doesn't Mind - 389,900 - 31/03/12 - 2

33 - 40 - 384,950 - Adele - Skyfall - 384,950 - 13/10/12 - 2

34 - 32 - 379,800 - Tulisa - Young - 379,800 - 12/05/12 - 1

35 - 35 - 378,792 - Taylor Swift - We Are Never Eveg getting Back Together - 378,792 - 01/09/12 - 4

36 - 43 - 370,700 - Rihanna - Diamonds - 370,700 - 13/10/12 - 1

37 - 34 - 364,600 - Azealia Banks - 212 - 369,700 - 17/12/11 - 12

38 - 36 - 360,200 - Flo Rida - Good Feeling - 707,300 - 26/11/11 - 1

39 - 37 - 353,500 - Coldplay - Paradise - 881,700 - 05/11/11 - 1

40 - 38 - 351,300 - Sam & The Womp - Bom Bom - 351,300 - 01/09/12 - 1

41 - 44 - 343,200 - Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up - 343,200 - 24/03/12 - 11

42 - 39 - 342,900 - Little Mix - Wings - 344,000 - 08/09/12 - 1

43 - 41 - 336,200 - Labrinth ft Tinie Tempah - Earthquake - 835,600 - 05/11/11 - 7

44 - 42 - 331,800 - Katy Perry - Part Of Me - 331,800 - 31/03/12 - 1

45 - 45 - 331,700 - Rita Ora - How We Do (Party) - 331,700 - 25/08/12 - 1

46 - 46 - 324,300 - Gary Barlow - Sing - 324,300 - 09/06/12 - 1

47 - 47 - 320,000 - Avicii - Levels - 548,000 - 03/12/11 - 4

48 - 50 - 317,700 - Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You - 317,700 - 15/09/12 - 1

49 - 48 - 314,100 - Maroon 5 / Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger - 1,357,600 - 27/08/11 - 11

50 - 51 - 309,500 - Rihanna ft Calvin Harris - We Found Love - 1,211,800 - 15/10/11 - 5

YTD (Albums)

1 - 1 - 869,830 - Emeli Sande - Our Version Of Events - 869,830 - 25/02/12 - 1

2 - 2 - 715,200 - Adele - 21 - 4,487,500 - 05/02/11 - 1

3 - 3 - 593,700 - Lana Del Rey - Born To Die - 593,700 - 11/02/12 - 1

4 - 4 - 590,900 - Ed Sheeran - + - 1,382,300 - 24/09/11 - 1

5 - 5 - 433,300 - Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto - 1,340,900 - 05/11/11 - 2

6 - 7 - 357,505 - Mumford & Sons - Babel - 357,505 - 06/10/12 - 1

7 - 6 - 349,800 - Jessie J - Who You Are - 1,155,000 - 12/03/11 - 4

8 - 8 - 314,800 - Rihanna - Talk That Talk - 970,300 - 03/12/11 - 1

9 - 9 - 295,300 - David Guetta - Nothing But The Beat - 556,800 - 10/09/11 - 2

10 - 11 - 282,600 - Paloma Faith - Fall To Grace - 282,600 - 09/06/12 - 2

11 - 10 - 277,800 - One Direction - Up All Night - 745,900 - 03/12/11 - 8

12 - 12 - 267,400 - Olly Murs - In Case You Didn't Know - 865,300 - 10/12/11 - 4

13 - 13 - 254,900 - Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans - 1,476,100 - 30/10/10 - 1

14 - 14 - 232,400 - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - 724,800 - 29/10/11 - 8

15 - 15 - 227,500 - Ben Howard - Every Kingdom - 295,700 - 15/10/11 - 6

16 - 16 - 223,800 - Gotye - Making Mirrors - 223,800 - 25/02/12 - 4

17 - 18 - 223,400 - Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials - 607,700 - 12/11/11 - 8

18 - 17 - 222,700 - Rizzle Kicks - Stereo Typical - 336,100 - 12/11/11 - 5

19 - 19 - 212,200 - Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday Roman Reloaded - 212,200 - 14/04/12 - 1

20 - 20 - 209,400 - Adele - 19 - 2,150,100 - 09/02/08 - 7

21 - 21 - 209,300 - Black Keys - El Camino - 267,300 - 17/12/11 - 6

22 - 22 - 205,600 - Maverick Sabre - Lonely Are The Brave - 205,600 - 18/02/12 - 2

23 - 23 - 205,200 - Military Wives - In My Dreams - 205,200 - 17/03/12 - 1

24 - 25 - 198,200 - Rebecca Ferguson - Heaven - 573,000 - 17/12/11 - 5

25 - 24 - 198,200 - Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball - 198,200 - 17/03/12 - 1

26 - 27 - 192,500 - Pink - Truth About Love - 192,500 - 29/09/12 - 2

27 - 28 - 190,800 - Killers - Battle Born - 190,800 - 29/09/12 - 1

28 - 29 - 187,100 - Maroon 5 - Overexposed - 187,100 - 07/07/12 - 2

29 - 31 - 185,800 - Muse - 2nd Law - 185,800 - 13/10/12 - 1

30 - 26 - 182,800 - Bee Gees - Number Ones - 269,700 - 13/11/04 - 4

31 - 30 - 180,500 - Gary Barlow - Sing - 180,500 - 09/06/12 - 1

32 - 32 - 177,000 - Katy Perry - Teenage Dream - 1,099,600 - 11/09/10 - 6

33 - 33 - 176,500 - LMFAO - Sorry For Party Rocking - 266,000 - 30/07/11 - 13

34 - 34 - 173,100 - Keane - Strangeland - 173,100 - 19/05/12 - 1

35 - 35 - 166,000 - Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch The Throne - 276,300 - 20/08/11 - 7

36 - 40 - 155,200 - Fun - Some Nights - 155,200 - 02/06/12 - 4

37 - 38 - 150,100 - Labrinth - Electronic Earth - 150,100 - 14/04/12 - 2

38 - 37 - 148,700 - Plan B - Ill Manors - 148,700 - 04/08/12 - 1

39 - 36 - 147,600 - Whitney Houston - Ultimate Collection - 1,086,600 - 10/11/07 - 70

40 - 41 - 145,400 - Script - #3 - 145,400 - 22/09/12 - 2

41 - 39 - 142,100 - Kelly Clarkson - Stronger - 255,700 - 05/11/11 - 21

42 - 42 - 135,400 - Vaccines - What Did You Expect… - 349,000 - 26/03/11 - 6

43 - 43 - 133,900 - Drake - Take Care - 277,000 - 26/11/11 - 19

44 - 46 - 132,900 - Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More - 1,368,600 - 17/10/09 - 10

45 - 44 - 132,800 - Train - California 37 - 132,800 - 28/04/12 - 7

46 - 45 - 132,300 - Amy Winehouse - Lioness : Hidden Treasures - 770,300 - 17/12/11 - 5

47 - 49 - 127,600 - XX - Coexist - 127,600 - 22/09/12 - 1

48 - 48 - 127,000 - Rihanna - Loud - 1,843,300 - 27/11/10 - 19

49 - 47 - 126,100 - Madonna - MDNA - 126,100 - 07/04/12 - 1

50 - 51 - 124,100 - Amy McDonald - Life In A Beautiful Light - 124,100 - 23/06/12 - 2

[Jase 13,315]

So bummed out about Little Mix missing out on that #1 with their amazing song while OD get a #1 with their mediocre, non-genuine song. Ed Sheeran wrote it and I bet had he been the original artist, it wouldn't be doing as well. Ed may be doing well in the UK but he's yet to get a #1. Simon Cowell obviously made this stupid decision of putting LM and OD on the same show knowing that OD were more likely to get the #1 seeing as their album was being released on Monday. LM should have been performing their new single this week, in anticipation of their new album coming out on Monday. But no, Olly Murs is due to be performing this week even though his album is scheduled later. This just goes to prove that if Simon's your XF mentor, you'll get places, even if you don't win. The only XF winner who's still being reasonably successful is Leona, Simon's act. Leona, Olly and OD are the only XF acts who are having any success at all (not including LM as they just won and their future success is yet to be determined) and what do you know, they're all Simon's acts. If he mentors you and you gain any success, Simon will always have your back and make sure you get top notch promotion. If he isn't your mentor, you're on your own because Simon doesn't like other winning judges stealing his glory. It's a phrase that bears repeating - the only winner of X Factor is Simon Cowell.

And poor Christina, YB down to #40. Her album was #18 in the midweeks on Wednesday and its probably fallen even lower by now. In 2010, Bionic debuted at #1 and sank to #29 the next week. If Lotus debuts at #29 on Sunday, that'll be just too cruel.

Lotus is down to #21 in today's midweek update :/

Agreed about the OD/Little Mix comments. In regards to Little Things, I was seriously hoping this whole "dull is the new dance" phase would end, but obviously not.