Despite being heralded by Gary Barlow as having the performance of the series last week, Marcus Collins is the least listened to contestant according to listener figures calculated by Last.fm.

The above is a quote from the following article: http://goo.gl/Jioa0




Note: I haven't been able to verify the source yet but I thought I would just put this up anyway to annoy people who don't like Janet.

hes was off my radar until last week

had a great performance , but i think hes a bit cheesy

:sleep:

But these statistics don’t take into account the type of song. Obviously Janet has incredibly unique vocals, so people will want to listen to her, but the others have much more appealing songs than Marcus, so people will want to listen to them again.

Marcus has been given songs which arn’t exactly the most appealing songs to go out of your way to just listen to. Reet Petite… Are you gonna go my way… Not exactly playlist fillers. (Compared to Jar of Hearts, Set fire to the rain, Oh so quiet, Purple rain etc.)

However if you look at Youtube views/likes (which take into account the performance not just the song) Marcus has a huge amount of likes compared to most of the others for this week.

Last.fm listeners are just as unreliable as Youtube views, so I'd say no.

another: OMG JANET IS AMAZE LOOK SHE GOT MOST UTUBE VID VIEWS AND TWITTAA FOLLOWAS SHE MUST BE AMAZEE OH I BET SHE IZ MORRE POPLAR THAN DA REST, post from you devlinacious.

they are getting a tad tedious now.

Exactly true as regards tracks reported to last.fm, where I'm a member (but haven't listened to either of them).

Janet - 23330 plays by 968 listeners. 4012 plays for Fix You alone.
Marcus - 2333 plays by 252 listeners.

very surprised its only ten times , thought might have been possibly 11 times more popular

It all depends on demographics and who is listening and how many times they are. I really wouldn't put any faith in these figures, they are about as credible as................ the X-Factor voting demographic.

Maybe we should create some more Amelia threads instead?

Are you sure you are 21 and not 12?

how does she compare , to misha , little mixes etc

think you had 2 many apples your post is too acidic

Hi EdgarK.

Do I have to be a member to see these stats? Do you have a link to the page?

I'd be very interested.

Thanks

liking how you quote the part of my comment when i was quoting you! you've shown new levels of intelligence! well done!

http://www.last.fm/music/Janet+Devlin

(just change the Janet+Devlin to any other contestant's name to see their stats)

All the existing contenders:

Janet 23330 plays, 968 listeners

Misha 8149 plays, 556 listeners

Little Mix 2702 plays, 158 listeners
(as Rhythmix 3661 plays, 460 listeners)

Craig 4902 plays, 423 listeners

Kitty 3224 plays, 354 listeners

Marcus 2333 plays, 252 listeners

For whatever it may be worth

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1574929

I think she's more popular than Marcus and has a bigger fanbase but I don't think as much as 10x more popular.

Uhh, think you've missed the point a little there buddy.

Not on this forum:

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1574929

Marcus leads with 28.89% of the vote

Janet has 8.30%

No need to be a member, just go to http://www.last.fm/ ,enter the name of an artist in the search box at top right and you can view the full stats, biographies and comments. The 'Similar Artists' function is useful for discovering new music, but sucks when it comes to X Factor contestants as each year's crop get labelled as ever so similar to one another because they have so many listeners in common. So of all the singers in the world Janet is most like Misha and Sophie

Oh dear. I don't think you were quoting me. I never type a whole sentence using just upper-case and I couldn't use such poor grammar if I tried. Now it's past your bedtime.

Anyway I get bored with flame wars so I'll let you continue to rant on your own. Goodbye.

It's intersting that since the article was written, when Marcus' popularity is at it's highest and Janet's is supposedly at it's lowest, Janet has added 1701 listens and Marcus has added 412, so she is still over 4 times as popular in a "bad" week for her.

Even looking at a supposed "bad" performance by Janet (Every Breath I Take) and a supposed "great" performance by Marcus (Superstition) from week 4, Janet's song had 88 listens while Marcus' song had 56 listens.

There is no arguing against the fact that Janet has a very large fan base which has proven it carry her through a couple of lackluster weeks. This is just one more piece of data to support that. I'm not saying it can last forever, but if she has another amazing performance this week or next, similar to what she did in the first 3 live shows, she will be hard to stop. A lot of people see right through the crappy themes and song choices and realize her potential as a recording artist, and that is how they are voting.

Bye please don't come back!