Thanks, wasn't too sure. Did she perform on Dancing with the stars?

Well, if wikipedia is right, she has appeared on So you think you can dance and Strictly Come Dancing results shows. Her two main songs 'Jar' and 'Arms' seem to have featured in a number of US TV shows. It's kind of an alternative route to success without as much hard work in terms of talent show auditons or traditional touring. That's what interests me.

Very true, with any luck Want U Back will at least be moderately successful like the last two singles, hopefully a top 5 first-week placing, though its longevity may rest on whether Astro's guest verse ruins the charm of the song.

Personally I continue to get the impression (reinforced by the Swagger Jagger sketch on Alan Carr's NYE show) that she is remembered for SJ more than anything else. So IMO the more singles she can get out there (off of Sticks + Stones, off of the next album, from anywhere basically), the better public opinion of her will become. Especially if one of Beautiful People or End Up Here is released as a fourth single.

I'm not sure it will tho, given that her album has already sold 200k I'm not sure the single will sell much but if it keeps the album selling a bit longer that would be good too.

Plus none of us know whether Astro being added to the song will be an improvement from the album version or not

I am glad this thread kept going over Christmas.

Some numbers for the last two weeks (that may or may not have already been posted):


Singles

We 24/12
Chart Pos - Artist - Title - Week Sales - Total Sales - No Sales Weeks
# - Will Young - Jealousy (Radio Edit) - - 258500 - 18
# 2 - Little Mix - Cannonball - 116578 - 326707 - 2
# 6 - Olly Murs - Dance With Me Tonight - 38217 - 263419 - 5
# 21 - One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful - - 499100 - 15
# 25 - Olly Murs - Heart Skips a Beat (feat. Rizzle Kicks) - - 462700 - 18
# 35 - Rebecca Ferguson - Nothing's Real But Love - - 72500 - 5

We 31/12
Chart Pos - Artist - Title - Week Sales - Total Sales - No Sales Weeks
# 2 - Olly Murs - Dance With Me Tonight - 76822 - 340241 - 6
# 6 - Little Mix - Cannonball - 63862 - 390569 - 3
# 14 - One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful - - 542600 - 16
# 15 - Olly Murs - Heart Skips a Beat (feat. Rizzle Kicks) - 40935 - - 19
# 49 - Rebecca Ferguson - Nothing's Real But Love - - - 6
# 51 - Kelly Rowland - Down For Whatever - - - 6
# 55 - Will Young - Jealousy (Radio Edit) - - - 19
# 62 - JLS - Take A Chance On Me - - - 8
# 63 - One Direction - Gotta be You - - - 7
# 70 - Cher Lloyd - With Ur Love (feat. Mike Posner) - - - 9
# 90 - JLS - She Makes Me Wanna (feat. Dev) - - - 23
# 92 - Little Mix - Cannonball - - - 3


Albums

WE 34/12
Chart Pos - Artist - Title - Week Sales - Total Sales - No Sales Weeks
# - Joe McElderry - Classic - - 232500 - 18
# - Cher Lloyd - Sticks + Stones - - 168500 - 7
# 3 - Olly Murs - In Case You Didn't Know - 164860 - 557183 - 4
# 7 - Rebecca Ferguson - Heaven - 122664 - 347024 - 3
# 10 - One Direction - Up All Night - - 446900 - 5
# 13 - JLS - Jukebox - - 334500 - 6
# 17 - Suzan Boyle - Someone To Watch Over Me - - 305900 - 7
# 25 - Will Young - Echoes - - 361500 - 18
# 33 - Joe McElderry - Classic Christmas - - 112500 -
# 40 - Matt Cardle - Letters - - 213500 - 10

WE 31/12
Chart Pos - Artist - Title - Week Sales - Total Sales - No Sales Weeks
# 4 - Olly Murs - In Case You Didn't Know - 40710 - 597893 - 5
# 8 - One Direction - Up All Night - - 479000 - 6
# 9 - Rebecca Ferguson - Heaven - - 377000 - 4
# 16 - Will Young - Echoes - 19735 - - 19
# 17 - JLS - Jukebox - - - 7
# 21 - Cher Lloyd - Sticks + Stones - 13184 - 180223 - 8
# 25 - Matt Cardle - Letters - - 225500 - 11
# 41 - Suzan Boyle - Someone To Watch Over Me - - - 8
# 77 - Olly Murs - Olly Murs - - -
# 79 - Kelly Rowland - HERE I AM - - - 5
# 82 - N-Dubz - Greatest Hits - - - 5

This week new releases:

Singles
JLS - Do You Feel What I Feel? with physicals

Olly should hit 600k this week!
I wonder if 1D will reach 500k and Rebecca hit 400k?

They probably will. Tour is on.

A subject that comes up regularly here: Overall single and album sales.

From Music Week
http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?s...de=1047971&c=1

04/01 - Official Chart Update from the BBC (Midweeks based on sales up to Tuesday evening)


Singles: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/singles

Pos# - Artist - Title - Status - Prev# - Wks
3 . Olly Murs - Dance With Me Tonight - down 1 - 2 - 7
13 . JLS - Do You Feel What I Feel - new 33 - 46 - 8
15 . Little Mix - Cannonball - down 9 - 6 - 4
16 . One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful - down 2 - 14 - 17
18 . Olly Murs - Heart Skips A Beat (feat. Rizzle Kicks) - down 3 - 15 - 20


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

Pos# - Artist - Title - Status - Prev# - Wks
6 . Olly Murs - In Case You Didn't Know - down 2 - 4 - 6
9 . Rebecca Ferguson - Heaven - non-mover - 9 - 5
13 . One Direction - Up All Night - down 5 - 8 - 7
17 . Will Young - Echoes - down 1 - 16 - 20
19 . JLS - Jukebox - down 2 - 17 - 8
24 . Matt Cardle - Letters - up 1 - 25 - 12
31 . Cher Lloyd - Sticks & Stones - down 10 - 21 - 9

04/01 - BBC Radio One and Two Playlists

Radio One: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist/#a

A LIST
Dance With Me Tonight - Olly Murs
B LIST
Do You Feel What I Feel? - JLS


Radio Two: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/music-events/playlist/

A LIST
Olly Murs - Dance With Me Tonight
B LIST
Matt Cardle - ALBUM: Letters

How has Rhydian done so far with his album "Waves"? AFAIK it didnt really sell very much despite being well recieved as there was little promotion
He is having a career though.

LM down to No 92 after only 3 weeks..? I know the song didnt really suit them (it would have suited someone like Janet to a T or possibly Misha if she sang it gospel style) but - ouch

As far as I know, Rhydian sold 2933 copies on his first week back in August, and the Haven forum gave a total of 9000 for it last week.
It's not much, but he hasn't had maistream promotion for ages


Oops, this is a mistake, it's not LM, it's Damien Rice's version. LM were at #6.

Thanks for the update about Rhyd's sales

WE 07/01 - Top 100s (with very few sales numbers)

Singles

Chart pos - Artist - Title - Week Sales - Total Sales - No. Sales Weeks
# 1 - Flo-rida 50k
# 5 - Rizzle Kicks 35k

# 6 - Olly Murs - Dance With Me Tonight - - - 7
# 15 - Little Mix - Cannonball - - - 4
# 16 - JLS - Do You Feel What I Feel? - - - 1
# 17 - One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful - - - 17
# 19 - Olly Murs - Heart Skips a Beat (feat. Rizzle Kicks) - - - 20
# 47 - Will Young - Jealousy (Radio Edit) - - - 20
# 54 - Kelly Rowland - Down For Whatever - - - 7
# 79 - JLS - Take A Chance On Me - - - 9
# 80 - Rebecca Ferguson - Nothing's Real But Love - - - 7
# 90 - Cher Lloyd - With Ur Love (feat. Mike Posner) - - - 10


Albums

Chart pos - Artist - Title - Week Sales - Total Sales - No. Sales Weeks

# 1 - Adele - 38k
# 4 - Coldplay - 23k

# 7 - Olly Murs - In Case You Didn't Know - - - 6
# 9 - Rebecca Ferguson - Heaven - - - 5
# 12 - Will Young - Echoes - - - 20
# 14 - One Direction - Up All Night - - - 7
# 21 - JLS - Jukebox - - - 8
# 23 - Matt Cardle - Letters - - - 12
# 31 - Cher Lloyd - Sticks + Stones - - - 9
# 62 - Suzan Boyle - Someone To Watch Over Me - - - 9
# 72 - Olly Murs - Olly Murs - - -


Future releases

Singles
23/01/2012 - One Direction - One Thing
13/02/2012 - Matt Cardle - Amazing
27/02/2012 - Rebecca Ferguson -Too Good To Lose
27/02/2012 - Cher Lloyd -Want U Back (feat. Astro)
27/02/2012 - Alexandra Burke -Elephant ( feat. Eric Morillo)
19/03/2012 - Will Young - Losing Myself

Albums
Feb 2012 - Stacey Solomon
26/03/2012 - Leona Lewis - Glassheart
Alexandra Burke

Airplay charts


Radio - Top 100
http://www.ukairplaychart.com/c/

Chart Pos - LW - Artist - Title - Spins - Aud
1 - 1 - Olly Murs - Dance With Me Tonight - 4590 - 60.35
20 - 40 - Matt Cardle - Starlight - 1033 - 23.83
26 - 32 - JLS - Take A Chance On Me - 2246 - 22.66
32 - 33 - Olly Murs - Heart Skips A Beat - 1223 - 20.52
41 - 46 - Will Young - Jealousy - 1432 - 17.69
58 - 35 - Little Mix - Cannonball - 1816 - 14.46
62 - 34 - One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful - 1063 - 13.59
96 - 87 - JLS - Do You Feel What I Feel - 1011 - 9.15


TV - Top 10
http://ukairplaychart.com/c/?chart_t...0&range=weekly

Chart Pos - LW - Artist - Title - Plays
3 - 3 - JLS - Do You Feel What I Feel - 448

2011 estimated sales & Year Top 100
Thanks to Buzzjack


Singles

2011 Ranking - 2011 Sales - Artist - Title - Total Sales end 2011 - No. sales weeks
# 20 - 542600 - One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful - 542600 - 16
# 21 - 503600 - Olly Murs - Heart Skips a Beat (feat. Rizzle Kicks) - 503600 - 19
# 41 - 390569 - Little Mix - Cannonball - 390569 - 3
# 53 - 341500 - JLS - She Makes Me Wanna (feat. Dev) - 341500 - 23
# 54 - 340241 - Olly Murs - Dance With Me Tonight - 340241 - 6
# 71 - 295900 - JLS - Eyes Wide Shut - 295900 - 53
# 77 - 270200 - Will Young - Jealousy (Radio Edit) - 270200 - 19


Albums

2011 Ranking - 2011 Sales - Artist - Title - Total Sales end 2011 - No. sales weeks
# 12 - 597893 - Olly Murs - In Case You Didn't Know - 597893 - 5
# 16 - 479000 - One Direction - Up All Night - 479000 - 6
# 23 - 381100 - Will Young - Echoes - 381100 - 19
# 26 - 376525 - Rebecca Ferguson - Heaven - 376525 - 4
# 29 - 352600 - JLS - Jukebox - 352600 - 7
# 33 - 312900 - Suzan Boyle - Someone To Watch Over Me - 312900 - 8
# 47 - 247900 - Olly Murs - Olly Murs - 691000 - 57
# 49 - 225200 - Matt Cardle - Letters - 225200 - 11
# 62 - 180223 - Cher Lloyd - Sticks + Stones - 180223 - 8

Thanks for this. Really happy with 1D.

Estimated X Factor sales by end 2011
Numbers from the Buzzkack (see above) and Haven (you need an ID to view) forums.

Rounded Sales - Artist - Title
3040k - Leona Lewis - Spirit
1360k - JLS - JLS
800k - Alexandra Burke - Overcome
700k - Leona Lewis - Echo
690k - Olly Murs - Olly Murs
660k - JLS - Outta This World
600k - Olly Murs - In Case You Didn't Know
580k - G4 - G4
480k - One Direction - Up All Night
460k - Shayne Ward - Shayne Ward
400k - Journey South - Journey South
400k - Rhydian - Rhydian
400k - Shayne Ward - Breathless
380k - Rebecca Ferguson - Heaven
350k - G4 - G4 & Friends
350k - JLS - Jukebox
320k - Andy Abraham - The Impossible Dream
240k - Ray Quinn - Doing It My Way
230k - Joe McElderry - Classic
230k - Matt Cardle - Letters
180k - Cher Lloyd - Sticks + Stones
150k - Leon Jackson - Right Now
130k - Diana Vickers - Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree
120k - Andy Abraham - Soul Man
120k - G4 - Act Three
110k - Joe McElderry - Classic Christmas
110k - Same Difference - Pop
110k - Steve Brookstein - Heart & Soul
100k - Joe McElderry - Wide Awake
94k - Rhydian - O Fortuna
57k - Mary Byrne - Mine & Yours
55k - Shayne Ward - Obsession
32k - Eoghan Quigg - Friends
31k - Jedward - Planet Jedward
25k - Macdonald Brothers - Macdonald Brothers
10k - Macdonald Brothers - World Outside
9k - Rhydian - Waves
8k - Jedward - Victory
7k - Steve Brookstein - Things
5k - Macdonald Brothers - Young Celts


Please let me know if you have extra or more accurate numbers for any of the above. Thanks

I am surprised Jedward are so low. They aren't my cup of tea but thought they had an army of fans

Chi as you strangely include Will Young in all your weekly charts why not in this one?

Here are his stats

From Now On 883,000
Friday's Child 1,707,000
Keep On 1,004,000
Let It Go 430,000
The Hits 570,000
Echoes 390,000+

Thanks for this.

I include X Factor related acts in the weekly charts, whereas I have have only included X Factor acts in the overall sales.

Any numbers that people find relevant are welcome here specially if they give some context to X Factor sales.
However, I also keep track of numbers for some American Idol alumni for example, but I haven't included them because I don't find them relevant to X Factor charts & sales.

So apparently their will no longer be mid-week releases of chart info on Tues or Thurs. We will have to go off the Wednesday update

Yes, I have seen this. It's possibe that some of the sales info won't be available either!

11/01 Official Midweeks

Singles: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/singles
Pos. Status Prev. Wks Artist Title
8 down 2 6 8 Olly Murs Dance With Me Tonight
21 down 7 14 5 Military Wives with Gareth Malone Wherever You Are
24 down 7 17 18 One Direction What Makes You Beautiful
28 down 13 15 5 Little Mix Cannonball
29 down 10 19 21 Olly Murs Heart Skips A Beat (feat. Rizzle Kicks)
31 down 15 16 9 JLS Do You Feel What I Feel

Albums: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/albums
Pos. Status Prev. Wks Artist Title
12 down 5 7 7 Olly Murs In Case You Didn't Know
16 down 4 12 21 Will Young Echoes
17 down 8 9 6 Rebecca Ferguson Heaven
20 down 6 14 8 One Direction Up All Night
33 down 10 23 13 Matt Cardle Letters
34 down 3 31 10 Cher Lloyd Sticks & Stones