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The Bandwagon is now Leaving the Building
Toodle-pipski to the FIX Factor Fanboy and Fangirls. As we ride, ride with kings on mighty steeds across the devil's plain!
Better luck next year! |
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I'd say that RATM was a much bigger "bandwagon" than Joe Mc.
It had a Facebook "campaign" FGS |
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And what exactly will "change" from RATM getting number one? Nothing.
Alexandra will still get a number one with Broken Heels in 2 weeks |
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I'd say that RATM was a much bigger "bandwagon" than Joe Mc.
It had a Facebook "campaign" FGS He was a weak contender, if he had sold what X winners had sold before, he would have easily got it. |
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ahem and X factor Joe had heavy in store promotion and 20 million viewers.
He was a weak contender, if he had sold what X winners had sold before, he would have easily got it. |
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I'd say that RATM was a much bigger "bandwagon" than Joe Mc.
It had a Facebook "campaign" FGS |
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ahem and X factor Joe had heavy in store promotion and 20 million viewers.
He was a weak contender, if he had sold what X winners had sold before, he would have easily got it. |
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And what exactly will "change" from RATM getting number one? Nothing.
Alexandra will still get a number one with Broken Heels in 2 weeks |
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Yes. I also think many in that campaign were just riding on the back of it so they could claim that they were part of this campaign that knocked Simon Cowell's winner off the Christmas number one. I think it's a bit pathetic to be honest, but, they won anyway.
Anyway, I bet Joe sold more than his Hannah Montana cover would have sold if it wasn't for this campaign. |
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I do agree that Joe's song is pretty weak, but the RGTM single was as much a bandwagon as his single was!
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as others have said, i think the whole RATM thing was the bandwagon thing.
and if encouraging people to buy multiple copies wasn't an attempt to fix the chart, i don't know what would be. Iain |
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as others have said, i think the whole RATM thing was the bandwagon thing.
and if encouraging people to buy multiple copies wasn't an attempt to fix the chart, i don't know what would be. Iain Love RATM and Joe's cool too
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as others have said, i think the whole RATM thing was the bandwagon thing.
and if encouraging people to buy multiple copies wasn't an attempt to fix the chart, i don't know what would be. Iain |
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Sorry, don't mean to be awkward but it's RATM.
It's not being awkward, I even thought it looked wrong when I typed it out! God knows why I couldn't see why! |
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That wouldn't be allowed because it would invalidate the results. RATM would have been disallowed. More like X-factor believed they had a permanent fix on the number one spot...
Love RATM and Joe's cool too ![]() i thought there was a notional limit of three, perhaps to allow for people buying presents etc. its not, after all, typical for thousands of people to buy multiple copies of their own volition to boost a single sales. Iain |
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The charts have been fixed to a extent for a long time. I remember in the 90s, singles in their first week were always reduced by 99p. If that much is obvious, heaven knows what goes on behind the scenes at record labels!
and its hardly fixed if that applied equally to all singles released. Iain |
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wasn't that an industry wide thing to counter declining singles' sales?
and its hardly fixed if that applied equally to all singles released. Iain |
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It may have applied to all first week singles, and then a increase in price. But it was sort of like a fix, because the act with the biggest fanbase would always end up winning!
![]() the chart was fixed because the act with the biggest fanbase would sell more copies? um, wasn't that just down to them having the biggest fan base? Iain
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you what?
![]() the chart was fixed because the act with the biggest fanbase would sell more copies? um, wasn't that just down to them having the biggest fan base? Iain ![]() Why do you think we get 1 week hits, and less 6 week hits nowadays? |
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Yes, they would sell more copies of cheap singles. Sometimes with two CDs it would count as two.
Why do you think we get 1 week hits, and less 6 week hits nowadays? Lots of singles are subject to a level of manipulation of the chart by fans and/or record labels. While it is monitored to some level by the chart company, it's pretty difficult to stop it, though it was particularly transparent this week! |
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Well done - but following the climate conference fiasco couldn't you all have united against something that actually matters?
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its not, after all, typical for thousands of people to buy multiple copies of their own volition to boost a single sales. Iain |
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as others have said, i think the whole RATM thing was the bandwagon thing.
and if encouraging people to buy multiple copies wasn't an attempt to fix the chart, i don't know what would be. Iain |
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You really like to play sanctimonious don't you?
but you forgot to say which part you disagreed with... Iain |
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When have these "chart battles" ever been any different? I can remember quite vividly people buying multiple copies of "Country House" by Blur just to get it to number one, for instance.
and at least country house had actually been released as a single, and blur fans weren't just buying it to spite oasis. Iain |
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