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Get Nirvana To Xmas #1
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Raving Rich
22-12-2011
You can all be as negative and dismissive as you want. I'm not giving up until this is over. Only then can you blow your own trumpets and shout "HA HA! WE WIN! I TOLD YOU SO!"
aclevername
22-12-2011
Originally Posted by Raving Rich:
“You can all be as negative and dismissive as you want. I'm not giving up until this is over. Only then can you blow your own trumpets and shout "HA HA! WE WIN! I TOLD YOU SO!"”

The Military Wives are heading for a total of 500k, possibly 600k. Unless you can find a miraculous way to download 480k copies of Nirvana before Sunday, it is very much over.

And I must add that I think the Nirvana campaign is a bit mean-spirited for trying to beat a charity single to the No. 1 spot. I thought your gripe was with the X-Factor?
blitzben85
22-12-2011
Originally Posted by aclevername:
“And I must add that I think the Nirvana campaign is a bit mean-spirited for trying to beat a charity single to the No. 1 spot. I thought your gripe was with the X-Factor?”

Mean-spirited, why ? The reason they are doing the Smells Like Teen Spirit campaign is to beat X-Factor to #1 not the lonely wifes/widows of men overseas. Which i cannot stand btw. I hate the whole Help for Heros, Army Wifes b.s, sorry if this offends anyone.

Anyway, im going way off topic here.
aclevername
22-12-2011
Originally Posted by blitzben85:
“Mean-spirited, why ? The reason they are doing the Smells Like Teen Spirit campaign is to beat X-Factor to #1 not the lonely wifes/widows of men overseas. Which i cannot stand btw. I hate the whole Help for Heros, Army Wifes b.s, sorry if this offends anyone.

Anyway, im going way off topic here.”

For a campaign that claims to be focussed on the X-Factor, they're extremely obsessed with beating the Military Wives. Looks like their only aim is to be Xmas No. 1. In which case they should stop promoting themselves as an "anti-X Factor" campaign.
Gneiss
22-12-2011
Originally Posted by snickerdoodle:
“LOL people need to give up these pointless campaigns”

But it wouldn't be Christmas without the annual stupidity tax...
Gill P
22-12-2011
The thing is that the Nirvana campaign got it wrong just as the X-Factor crew did. X-Factor were No.1 last week and the Military Wives will be this week, without a doubt.
Raven123
22-12-2011
Originally Posted by aclevername:
“You should probably stop believing. These are the latest standings, released by the OCC this morning:

1 Military Wives (390,000)
2 Little Mix
3 Lou Monte
4 Alex Day (13k ahead)
5 Coldplay
6 Olly Murs
7 Lloyd
8 Nirvana”

Well that's BS as Nirvana are actually number 6 and is only 13,000 between number 2 and number 9.

The MW's sales have slowed down considerably, where as Nirvana is dominating just about every download chart, MW are relying on hard copies. The biggest day is tomorrow.

Foo Fighters, Iron Maiden, Enter Shikari, The Blackout amongst other bands are now supporting the campaign, daily coverage on Kerrang, Scuzz and Radio 1 now and quite a number of celebs including Leigh Francis, Joey Barton are on board too.

It will happen. The only way it won't is if it's fixed for the MW.
Dr. Linus
23-12-2011
Originally Posted by Raven123:
“Well that's BS as Nirvana are actually number 6 and is only 13,000 between number 2 and number 9.

The MW's sales have slowed down considerably, where as Nirvana is dominating just about every download chart, MW are relying on hard copies. The biggest day is tomorrow.

Foo Fighters, Iron Maiden, Enter Shikari, The Blackout amongst other bands are now supporting the campaign, daily coverage on Kerrang, Scuzz and Radio 1 now and quite a number of celebs including Leigh Francis, Joey Barton are on board too.

It will happen. The only way it won't is if it's fixed for the MW.”

Erm yeah, you keep thinking that.

However, it would be helpful if you checked these charts that it's apparently top of. It is currently #18 on iTunes and is currently being outsold 10:1 by Military Wives and almost 8:1 by Dominick the Donkey.

http://livepopbars.com/index.php?Reg...+%28Numbers%29

There is no concievable way it could happen for you this year. Nirvana could have some very slim chance, however, of overtaking Little Mix and reaching #4, which is after all, the whole point - not reaching number one, as blind followers, such as all the bands you mention, seem to think.
Raven123
23-12-2011
Originally Posted by Dr. Linus:
“Erm yeah, you keep thinking that.

However, it would be helpful if you checked these charts that it's apparently top of. It is currently #18 on iTunes and is currently being outsold 10:1 by Military Wives and almost 8:1 by Dominick the Donkey.

http://livepopbars.com/index.php?Reg...+%28Numbers%29

There is no concievable way it could happen for you this year. Nirvana could have some very slim chance, however, of overtaking Little Mix and reaching #4, which is after all, the whole point - not reaching number one, as blind followers, such as all the bands you mention, seem to think.”

I take it you haven't seen Play, Amazon or HMV charts then, as it tells a different story.
Dr. Linus
23-12-2011
Originally Posted by Raven123:
“I take it you haven't seen Play, Amazon or HMV charts then, as it tells a different story.”

Amazon is quite big. Play and HMV do not sell even a fraction of what iTunes sell. iTunes completely rule the single downloads market with the exception of Amazon. If they are #18 on iTunes they have absolutely zero chance of overtaking the juggernaut that is Military Wives (which has already broken sales records) in three days when it is already rapidly descending the charts.
Raven123
23-12-2011
Originally Posted by Dr. Linus:
“Amazon is quite big. Play and HMV do not sell even a fraction of what iTunes sell. iTunes completely rule the single downloads market with the exception of Amazon. If they are #18 on iTunes they have absolutely zero chance of overtaking the juggernaut that is Military Wives (which has already broken sales records) in three days when it is already rapidly descending the charts.”

No it hasn't broken sales records at all, don't lie. MW is mainly hard sales as well, which will dry up Friday and Saturday due to Xmas, Nirvana will sell more over the next couple of days. Odds have already been slashed from 400-1 to 60-1, for Nirvana over 24 hours.

number 18 on itunes, but demolishing the charts on other sites, which all get added together.
chuffster
23-12-2011
Cobain hated commercialism and would hate this campaign!
CABLEDUDE
23-12-2011
Originally Posted by chuffster:
“Cobain hated commercialism and would hate this campaign!”

He hated the song as well
big dan
23-12-2011
People who take part in these silly campaigns need to realise that it's just as tiresome, predictable and crowd-following as their perception of the X Factor 'threat'. If you really gave a stuff about 'real music' you would buy songs you enjoy based on it's own merit, not as part of a ridiculous cringeworthy effort to get a particular song (sheep or what?) to Number 1.
odie8391
23-12-2011
Nirvana are at #9 in today's midweeks, approximately 63,000 copies behind Little Mix at #2.
BrunoStreete
24-12-2011
Originally Posted by chuffster:
“Cobain hated commercialism and would hate this campaign!”

Yes, he hated it so much he signed Nirvana to a major label.
elnombre
25-12-2011
Originally Posted by Raving Rich:
“You can all be as negative and dismissive as you want. I'm not giving up until this is over. Only then can you blow your own trumpets and shout "HA HA! WE WIN! I TOLD YOU SO!"”

HA HA WE WIN! I TOLD YOU SO!
snickerdoodle
25-12-2011
Originally Posted by elnombre:
“HA HA WE WIN! I TOLD YOU SO!”

HA HA WE WIN! I TOLD YOU SO!


even though this is my first post in this thread
snickerdoodle
25-12-2011
i dont understand these campaigns.
eugenespeed
25-12-2011
Think this is the last year we'll need these campaigns, X Factor has now failed twice now to claim the number one and after the reduced ratings is clearly not as popular as it once was.
Sifter22
25-12-2011
What place did it chart?
JSB1980
25-12-2011
Number 11- I think the phrase " I don't know why you bothered" springs to mind

And before I hear the "Well we raised money for charity" excuse, that's great, but don't charities deserve some fundraising efforts more than just one week out of the year?
JoshWilliams08
25-12-2011
I find it funny how an unsigned artist beat Nirvana
eugenespeed
25-12-2011
Originally Posted by JoshWilliams08:
“I find it funny how an unsigned artist beat Nirvana”

It's even funnier that an unsigned artist beat X Factor.
Raven123
25-12-2011
everything was stacked against nirvana from the start, the bbc plugging a group from one of their own shows a dozen times a day, having a mw special programme a couple of days ago, plugging the mw on bbc radio and nothing else, as what is meant to be an un-biased paid for service, they are actually breaking the law. The govenrment allowed the mw single to be tax free, but no other charity single, again, breaking the law. The organisation of the nirvana campaign was very last minute n nothing was planned properly compared to the ratm campaign. All in all, it was a right royal stitch up, worst number 1 in years.
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