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Could The Decision For Fleur To Sing Uptown Funk Rebound On Simon Cowell?

ArtyAttackArtyAttack Posts: 67,513
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Obviously it was an inspired decision by Cowell to let Fleur sing Uptown Funk which had only started to gather interest with pent up demand for the song and with it not being scheduled for release until January 11th. But the record company was obviously not going to let the Fleur version eat into any potential sales of the original version and decided to strike while the iron was hot with the late Monday decision to release the song straight away. The decision has proved right with the song quickly getting a huge lead on Itunes.
But this is possibly going to prove a headache for Cowell as sales could prove too high for the X Factor Winners single to overtake next week especially if it compares to last years first week sales for Sam Bailey.
Will Simon come to regret his inspired move? I think he just might. ;-)

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    jerefprdterrajerefprdterra Posts: 30,340
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    ArtyAttack wrote: »
    Obviously it was an inspired decision by Cowell to let Fleur sing Uptown Funk which had only started to gather interest with pent up demand for the song and with it not being scheduled for release until January 11th. But the record company was obviously not going to let the Fleur version eat into any potential sales of the original version and decided to strike while the iron was hot with the late Monday decision to release the song straight away. The decision has proved right with the song quickly getting a huge lead on Itunes.
    But this is possibly going to prove a headache for Cowell as sales could prove too high for the X Factor Winners single to overtake next week especially if it compares to last years first week sales for Sam Bailey.
    Will Simon come to regret his inspired move? I think he just might. ;-)

    Keep clutching at straws. It does make me laugh.
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    ArtyAttackArtyAttack Posts: 67,513
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    jerefprdterra wrote: »
    Keep clutching at straws. It does make me laugh.

    Why? This is a legitimate question that is already being asked on music forums elsewhere.
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    EvilLlamaThingyEvilLlamaThingy Posts: 6,667
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    I doubt it. I'm sure the majority of people buying Uptown Funk are going to do it this week now that it's out. I'm pretty sure that the majority of single sales happen in the first week. By the time the winner's single is released next week the sales will probably have died down enough that it won't be much of a threat to the X Factor.
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    ArtyAttackArtyAttack Posts: 67,513
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    EvilLlamaThingy wrote: »
    I doubt it. I'm sure the majority of people buying Uptown Funk are going to do it this week now that it's out. I'm pretty sure that the majority of single sales happen in the first week. By the time the winner's single is released next week the sales will probably have died down enough that it won't be much of a threat to the X Factor.

    I am sure people said the same about Happy,Get Lucky and Blurred Lines. ;-)
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    Jules_ThornleyJules_Thornley Posts: 2,997
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    I think it's all looking a bit of a mess. But also a bit more promo for Fleur.
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    JB92JB92 Posts: 2,510
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    No. I'd Imagine the winners single will sell at least 250k in its opening week. Uptown Funk will manage 200k this week max. More likely 100k. The highest sales for a #1 (excluding Band Aid) this year are 160k. X Factor single will beat that and Uptown Funk will struggle to get above that especially with radio only just getting on board.
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    Eva_Coco_MayEva_Coco_May Posts: 3,757
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    Depends on

    A) Who wins
    B) How good the winners song is
    C) How it is promoted


    The hype from Uptown Funk will die down within the week or 2.
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    C14EC14E Posts: 32,165
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    The winners single getting to #1 doesn't really matter - especially if the song keeping it off is one which will now be synonymous with X Factor. That performance and that moment will obviously be worth far more to him than his 250th #1 (or whatever number he's on now). The Fleur effect was something new and exciting. And I suspect the winners single will probably still top the charts anyway.
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    Jules_ThornleyJules_Thornley Posts: 2,997
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    C14E wrote: »
    The winners single getting to #1 doesn't really matter - especially if the song keeping it off is one which will now be synonymous with X Factor. That performance and that moment will obviously be worth far more to him than his 250th #1 (or whatever number he's on now). The Fleur effect was something new and exciting. And I suspect the winners single will probably still top the charts anyway.

    ^_^

    I am quickly heading towards an Andrea contingency vote..
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    jerefprdterrajerefprdterra Posts: 30,340
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    Jules_Thornley wrote: »
    ^_^

    I am quickly heading towards an Andrea contingency vote..

    Good luck with that one. He is 14/1 to win. .
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    HitstasticHitstastic Posts: 8,633
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    Well last year Sam Bailey got to #1 with Skyscraper (a terrible song choice that just didn't suit Sam at all, and I thought Sam was a great singer - just not the makings of a pop diva).

    Skyscraper sold 107k to be #1 for Christmas. However, Pharrel's Happy wasn't far behind and had the OCC been including streaming sales, Happy would've been the Xmas #1 last year.

    So Uptown Funk! may well prove to be an unexpected challenger for the Xmas #1. Sure, it's not a Christmas song but it's a proper party track that's gonna get played loads over Christmas and New Years Eve parties across the UK.

    In fact, the week after Christmas I fully expect Uptown Funk! to be #1 on massive sales as that's when everyone starts using their iTunes gift cards they got as Xmas presents.

    Last year, Simon Cowell was determined to make Demi Lovato successful (for obvious reasons ;) ) and I'm convinced this was why Sam Bailey was given Skyscraper after Demi's version failed to top the charts.
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    Blondie XBlondie X Posts: 28,662
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    I think it's a shame in some ways that Fleur performed this on Saturday. It's a decent tune and would definitely have been #1 in it's own right but there will now always be the whole 'only because of XF' speculation about the songs success
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    Jules_ThornleyJules_Thornley Posts: 2,997
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    jerefprdterra wrote: »
    Good luck with that one. He is 14/1 to win. .

    Man you guys don't do yourselves any favours sometimes..
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    Eva_Coco_MayEva_Coco_May Posts: 3,757
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    ANY of them can win it really does Depend on the performances anyone can Jump ship
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    CARA2000CARA2000 Posts: 10,640
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    I have no idea how these things work.

    Sounds like a complete hijack. :confused:
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    DaewosDaewos Posts: 8,345
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    jerefprdterra wrote: »
    Keep clutching at straws. It does make me laugh.
    jerefprdterra wrote: »
    Good luck with that one. He is 14/1 to win. .

    Ah, Jeref being as pleasant as always I see. :confused:
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    Jules_ThornleyJules_Thornley Posts: 2,997
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    Eva_Coco_May wrote: »
    ANY of them can win it really does Depend on the performances anyone can Jump ship

    Thank you Eva.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 486
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    Do you seriously think Cowell cares about how many 79p downloads the winner's single sells?
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    IsThisHappinessIsThisHappiness Posts: 7,580
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    jerefprdterra wrote: »
    Keep clutching at straws. It does make me laugh.

    You obviously didn't read the post.

    Not the first time, either.
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