It's not always appreciative though, so it wouldn't make sense for it to be there.

THe video for Sax is to be released in three days

That's good, and just about a week before the release of the album.

I wonder why the video wasn't released earlier. Seems odd to release a video after the song has been released

Sax is now number 5, Nathan Sykes has over taken - it's a good song so not surprised! 3 weeks in top 5 for Fleur though! 👌🏻

I suppose the video is late because it may get a boost in sales at end of week

Good point Why is an appreciation topic posted on the main forum, instead of where the other appreciation threads are?

Fleur East will be doing her first ever radio 1 live lounge tomorrow!

I know Im excited

this thread really is the definition of irony at times

someone making the odd brief forum post being told to "get a life" by people who were providing updates every 5 minutes on a chart position

My favourite thing about this is that 10 minutes after someone saying she was number 3 again and rising, and then getting snippy about me pointing out it was a momentary position on the iTunes chart which has a rolling update, she was back down to number 4.

Interestingly she's dropped to number 5 on the iTunes chart but we don't get continual updates when it's dropping. I wonder why...

No need to as Fleur has already achieved a brilliant chart position on No 3, and now just over a week until her album is released, and pre order sales are very healthy.

Very much looking forward to her being featured on Radio 1 tomorrow. Things could not be going better for her.

Erm excuse me!!! I updated the thread and said she was number 5 - it only just happened earlier she's been constant 3 or 4!! you don't have to come In this thread and see the updates - if it pisses you off so much don't come into this thread - simple - you dont like Fleur why bother to come in and read positive posts about her?

It's obvious she's going to drop down the chart I said she was number 5 as only happened a few hours ago shel probably be number 6 in a couple days - she's done well to make top 5 with the likes of Adele and beiber dominating th charts - big achievement for a new artist by any standard!!

Don't be silly. She could have reached number 2

Well.... technically speaking it COULD. She could have got a Number 1 But yeah, she's made a damned catchy song. I thought it would have caught on more than it did, given all the promo and the ASDA endorsement.

And just to clarify the top 5 are so close in numbers well according to Kworb there isn't much difference in popularity at all Fleur had come close to getting number 2 several times but she just didn't make it - she will get there eventually in her career - doesn't help she is up against well established artists - she is lucky to have reached top 5! Beiber Adele are dominating charts big time

Considering she was up against Adele and Bieber she did remarkably well with a debut single. No XF would have done better in similar circumstances.

Fleur is for doing a A64 on sbtv with Lady Leshurr!! excited 4 this

Also some fans saying she is doing a justin bieber cover on radio 1 but not confirmed

Justin beiber cover? Oh for god sake really????

not confirmed, but his new songs have been pretty good tbh from his new album. would love her to do love yourself

She has spent much more time being under number 3 than she has at number 3 though. Without a significant spike (or serious crash in her competitors) coming from somewhere else she's not moving up in the real charts next week.

Her single is doing fairly well. But the pattern with Syco-signed XF alumni is almost always a strong debut showing because Syco front-load their acts (i.e. spend a lot of money on getting a strong debut to try and establish an act, but not nearly so much on the rest of the album/potential singles) and their supporters from their time on the show rush to buy the first single to re-iterate their support.

Then as the weaker material comes to light their chart positions and sales dwindle. The exceptions to this rule are Little Mix and 1D but they're much stronger 'brands' as it's generally easier to brand a group, so their support is less liable to waver with weaker material. Fleur has a strong image and is a good dancer, but at the end of the day if the material isn't up to scratch her sales will dwindle and, imo, Breakfast is already demonstrating that Fleur is likely to follow this same pattern - it's entirely forgettable in comparison imo.

Add in the fact that she's never again going to have such heavy and expensive cross-media promotion as she does right now with the Asda adverts etc and I would be extremely surprised if she ever places higher in the singles chart unless she's lucky enough to be given a really killer lead single for a second album.

Breakfast isn't a single she hasn't released it as a single and its only
For those who brought the album on pre order as far as I'm aware ! Just to correct you.

You might be right she may not chart higher but time will tell - I happen to like what I'm hearing of her music and I'm sure others will to, I will be able to judge better when I hear the full album - I expect shel do collaborations later on, pretty sure she will do fine but no one is guaranteed success, I'm quite happy with how she has done so far - I'm sure Simon is to.

People love Fleur tabloids and celebs magazines etc she could well end up getting a lot of heavy promo because she is very media friendly and she's got her own clothing line etc if people request her music for ads then she gets the promo!

People very rarely request music for ads nowadays unless they have a very specific combination in mind from the outset (i.e. if an ad is built around a certain song from the get go) but choose from music that isoffered by labels that are keen to promote their artist. As such Asda may well have been paid to use Sax by Syco rather than the other way round as is usually assumed.

This is right. It is far too early to make any real judgements. Fleur has had a great start with the single, and things are looking promising regarding the album.

We also have to wait and see if she makes an impact in the US as well. We just have to wait and see.

Nick grim shaw just confirmed it is levels by nick Jonas that Fleur will
Be performing in the live lounge