Adele: '25' to be released this year?

[Zippy]

Numero uno

Yes!!!

:dance:

[Vladimir]

I'm glad that Adele is no.1, she deserves it. :)

[Callum]

She won't be there for long though

[Smithy]

There's a charts discussion thread, you should check it out :)

[Zippy]

Gaga couldnt even crawl up to number 2

Gaga fanatics please just accept the song is a big fat ass fail and quit saying..oh it'll be number one next week.

Im sure the video will be spiffy and all but remember this;

YOU CAN'T POLISH A TURD

[Locke.]

Great news.

[Smithy]

Gaga couldnt even crawl up to number 2

Gaga fanatics please just accept the song is a big fat ass fail and quit saying..oh it'll be number one next week.

Im sure the video will be spiffy and all but remember this;

YOU CAN'T POLISH A TURD

She's @ #3 with no promo, err that's a pretty good charting position, and look @ the rest of the world, #1 hardly a fail dear

[Jordan.]

Hahahaha.

[Callum]

Glad Adele is #1, it's about time she got one and Someone Like You is a great song which is better than Born This Way. I love both though and can see Gaga getting to #1 next week or the week after, I am surprised she couldn't even make no. 2 though.

[Stu]

YOU CAN'T POLISH A TURD
I wouldn't go that far. You're dealing with the pop business here.

[Vladimir]

Gaga couldnt even crawl up to number 2

Gaga fanatics please just accept the song is a big fat ass fail and quit saying..oh it'll be number one next week.

Im sure the video will be spiffy and all but remember this;

YOU CAN'T POLISH A TURD

She'll get number one when she releases the video anyway. :)

[Zippy]

She's @ #3 with no promo, err that's a pretty good charting position, and look @ the rest of the world, #1 hardly a fail dear

no promo?

:laugh3:

[Shaun]

excellent <3

[Callum]

no promo?

:laugh3:

Yes. She's only done the Grammy performance and only radio airplay has made her #3, that's impressive.

[Smithy]

no promo?

:laugh3:

Er yes... no promo, she's been in the US the past week and done 0 promo over here, Adele did the Brits & Jessie won an award and has a video out.

When she get's #1 it's gonna be hilarious watching you eat your words http://www.pawp.net/forum/images/smilies/2whehehe.gif

[ILoveTRW]

Well british gaga fans you have really let the lady down, shame on you, i guess she doesn't consider you as her 'little monsters' anymore.

[Shaun]

Yes. She's only done the Grammy performance and only radio airplay has made her #3, that's impressive.

made her #1 everywhere else.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgf6wimJJG1qc1unw.gif

[Stu]

Because radio and a chat on Alan Carr are far more potent promotional vehicles than the world wide web.

[Zippy]

Er yes... no promo, she's been in the US the past week and done 0 promo over here,

ridiculous

the Gaga song had more hype and build up than any song I can remember. It was a contrived publicity stunt to gain maximum exposure worldwide so she didnt even have to do promo round the world.

Everybody has heard the song plenty and just dont wanna buy it as much as you think!

if she needs a mega million video to sell her song then it just proves how lame it is by itself. Adele doesn't need flashy imagery.

[MTVN]

Born This Way has had way more promo than Adele's song, not too mention all the hype surrounding it before it was even released, #3 must be pretty embarassing really

[Z]

Just watched Adele's Brits performance, wow...

[Jordan.]

ridiculous

the Gaga song had more hype and build up than any song I can remember. It was a contrived publicity stunt to gain maximum exposure worldwide so she didnt even have to do promo round the world.

Everybody has heard the song plenty and just dont wanna buy it as much as you think!

if she needs a mega million video to sell her song then it just proves how lame it is by itself. Adele doesn't need flashy imagery.

Born This Way has had way more promo than Adele's song, not too mention all the hype surrounding it before it was even released, #3 must be pretty embarassing really

http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z341/jordannn__/Cher%20Lloyd%20GIF/oie_10114741bFDIpli9.gif?t=1298229184

[Novo]

Brilliant

:joker: :joker: :joker: :joker:

[InOne]

Go Adele, knock that crappy pop bitch of her perch. Brits FTW :D

[ILoveTRW]

the reason why gaga hasn't got number 1 is purely down to how stupid her fans are
if they hand't all downloaded the song on the Friday and waited for the following monday, then she would of almost certainly got #1.

[Jords]

:joker: :joker:

Good. Will stop the Gaga-fanatics thinking she'll just get the #1 because shes Gaga, she needs to earn it like the rest of them out there producing music.

The song is not awful, but its far from brilliant, doesnt deserve to be a #1 hit, Jessie and Adele's songs both did!

[Novo]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1358907/Adele-beats-Lady-Gaga-No-1--matches-Beatles-singles-albums-week.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

[Shaun]

impressive. I also hear Someone Like You is only the third non-single to reach #1.

[Judas]

I like both songs, allthough for me the new Gaga track has to be listened to a few times to actually like, so I assume that why she hasn't done aswell as many hoped. Well done Adele.

[Mystic Mock]

Yes!!!

:dance:

tbf i think we all knew lady gaga was a novelty artist.

[InOne]

Good to see a British artist dominating the charts. Sick of the Katy Perry, Rihanna, GaGa getting the number 1's purely for who they are.

[GiRTh]

Zippy gloating again over someones disappointment. Nothing changes.

Good for Adele. She deserves it.

[Twilight]

Can't believe my boys are number 21, oh my god. <3

[Mystic Mock]

Zippy gloating again over someones disappointment. Nothing changes.

Good for Adele. She deserves it.

ive heard cheryl coles bombed in the charts recently.:joker:

[GiRTh]

ive heard cheryl coles bombed in the charts recently.:joker:We can only hope. :joker:

[Callum]

Is Someone Like You not a single then? If "Set Fire to the Rain" was the second single, wouldn't have it made more sense to perform that at the Brits?

[Novo]

Beat by a Non single? it gets better and better.

[Shaun]

yeah it's not for some reason. She just performs it everywhere - has done for promos on MSN, Jools Holland, some others.

[joeysteele]

Well deserved.

[KG.]

Great news, well deserved.

+ Jessie J beating her once again after all Gaga's fans telling everybody to "wait for next week as it's only been out for a couple of days" last week makes it all the more sweet :joker:

Paws up!

[Tom4784]

Well deserved. BTW is wank and doesn't deserve the position it's got nevermind No1. It's a gigantic fail when someone like Lady Gaga who has been hyped beyond belief can't manage to beat a song that's only been performed live and isn't even an official single and another that's been out for weeks. The UK No1 should have been a walk in the park for Gaga. I guess it speaks volume about the quality of the song that not even the brainless masses want propel it to the pole position.

[Smithy]

There is so much wrong with the above statement I'm not even gonna bother :bored:

[Niall]

I'm sad Gaga ain't number one but its ok because Adelle's music is decent. :love:

[Patrick]

LMFAO.

Born This Way - Biggest Flop In Ages.

Smithy, Jessica, 'Monsters', Say what you want about it being Number 1 in whatever many countries.
But barley anyone is talking about or has been talking about the way they were with Poker Face.

The only people that give two sh*ts about this song is the 'Monsters' that have nothing else to do.


So yeah, Born This Way, may of been 'successful' in over 20 Countries but that's only because it's fans haven't shut up about it.

I mean what, 1 or 2 weeks at Number 1?
That's a massive fail for GaGa.

Can't see it staying big in other countries either.

[Niall]

Gaga couldnt even crawl up to number 2

Gaga fanatics please just accept the song is a big fat ass fail and quit saying..oh it'll be number one next week.

Im sure the video will be spiffy and all but remember this;

YOU CAN'T POLISH A TURD

How can a song that topped nearly all the iTunes stores upon release be a fail. Wow...*Rolls eyes and swaggers out* :rolleyes:

[Shaun]

flop this way x

[Jordan.]

It only topped itunes because everyone rushed to buy it because of how built up and over hyped it was for so long.

[Patrick]

I like both songs, allthough for me the new Gaga track has to be listened to a few times to actually like, so I assume that why she hasn't done aswell as many hoped. Well done Adele.

No one 'hoped' anything, everyone with a Brain Cell knew it would flop because the song was terrible and over hyped.

It was just a matter of time before reality hit the delusional GaGa fans who thought this song was going to change the world and all that bollocks.

Good to see a British artist dominating the charts. Sick of the Katy Perry, Rihanna, GaGa getting the number 1's purely for who they are.

:worship: :worship: :worship:

Beat by a Non single? it gets better and better.

:joker:

Well deserved. BTW is wank and doesn't deserve the position it's got nevermind No1. It's a gigantic fail when someone like Lady Gaga who has been hyped beyond belief can't manage to beat a song that's only been performed live and isn't even an official single and another that's been out for weeks. The UK No1 should have been a walk in the park for Gaga. I guess it speaks volume about the quality of the song that not even the brainless masses want propel it to the pole position.


:worship: :worship:

[Smithy]

LMFAO.

Born This Way - Biggest Flop In Ages.

Smithy, Jessica, 'Monsters', Say what you want about it being Number 1 in whatever many countries.
But barley anyone is talking about or has been talking about the way they were with Poker Face.

The only people that give two sh*ts about this song is the 'Monsters' that have nothing else to do.

So yeah, Born This Way, may of been 'successful' in over 20 Countries but that's only because it's fans haven't shut up about it.

I mean what, 1 or 2 weeks at Number 1?
That's a massive fail for GaGa.

Can't see it staying big in other countries either.

:laugh3:

It's sold over 1,000,000 copies in 5 days on iTunes alone, so that's excluding physical copies, Amazon etc regardless of if it's a good song, it's broke dozens of records and sold bucket loads, in no way is that a flop

[Patrick]

flop this way x

:joker:

[Patrick]

:laugh3:

It's sold over 1,000,000 copies in 5 days on iTunes alone, so that's excluding physical copies, Amazon etc regardless of if it's a good song, it's broke dozens of records and sold bucket loads, in no way is that a flop

Here we go, the old MM&I style bollocks about how much records it sold.

Compared to her other big singles, Born This Way was an epic fail.
Yes it is a flop, Just read through this thread to see why it is a Flop, the others have pointed it out.

Practically no one talking about the way they were about Poker Face, Just Dance, Bad Romance and Telephone.

Tons of bad reviews on YouTube about the song.

Even big fans of GaGa don't like it.

[Niall]

:laugh3:

It's sold over 1,000,000 copies in 5 days on iTunes alone, so that's excluding physical copies, Amazon etc regardless of if it's a good song, it's broke dozens of records and sold bucket loads, in no way is that a flop

:worship:

Y'all just wanna see Gaga fail. She quite clearly hasn't so hush. Number 3 is not a fail in my books so there.

[Scarlett.]

I used to really like Gaga back when she released Poker Face/Lovegame/Just Dance - then I liked her, but not as much through Telephone/Bad Romance. Now though, I'm just bored, and the song is a little dull.

[GiRTh]

:worship:

Y'all just wanna see Gaga fail. She quite clearly hasn't so hush. Number 3 is not a fail in my books so there.
It ony reached 3? Thats disatrous. Her PR people can not be happy.

[Niall]

Here we go, the old MM&I style bollocks about how much records it sold.

Compared to her other big singles, Born This Way was an epic fail.
Yes it is a flop, Just read through this thread to see why it is a Flop, the others have pointed it out.

Practically no one talking about the way they were about Poker Face, Just Dance, Bad Romance and Telephone.

Tons of bad reviews on YouTube about the song.

Even big fans of GaGa don't like it.

Okay, first of all I've actually heard a lot of people talking about it at my school so idk about yours. :/

Secondly people slating it on YouTube don't mean much. Its the critical reviews that matter and the majority of those are positive.

And lastly I think most of them love it. Which big Gaga fan has said they dislike Born This Way? Pretty much every other Gaga fan I know is in love with the song. :L

[Smithy]

Here we go, the old MM&I style bollocks about how much records it sold.

Compared to her other big singles, Born This Way was an epic fail.
Yes it is a flop, Just read through this thread to see why it is a Flop, the others have pointed it out.

Practically no one talking about the way they were about Poker Face, Just Dance, Bad Romance and Telephone.

Tons of bad reviews on YouTube about the song.

Even big fans of GaGa don't like it.

Err, no it isn't none of her other songs sold that fast as this,you need to look up the word flop to, because selling 135 copies in 7 days in the UK isn't a flop :joker: and regardless of what a bunch of people on a big brother forum think or a bunch of wannabe critics on youtube think, actual critics are praising it, and idk where you heard that because all the fans ik like it.

[Niall]

It ony reached 3? Thats disatrous. Her PR people can not be happy.

Third is better than fourth or fifth. :nono: Gaga will be pleased with third place I should imagine.

[MTVN]

I know you & Niall love Gaga and everything Smithy but come on, you have to admit this is a bit of a flop, at least here in the UK anyway.

[Niall]

3rd place isn't really a flop. 5th or below would be. She's in the top 3. :/

[Smithy]

I know you & Niall love Gaga and everything Smithy but come on, you have to admit this is a bit of a flop, at least here in the UK anyway.

How :conf2:

It sold 135,000 in it's first 7 days, I don't see how that's a flop

[Jordan.]

Err, no it isn't none of her other songs sold that fast as this,you need to look up the word flop to, because selling 135 copies in 7 days in the UK isn't a flop :joker: and regardless of what a bunch of people on a big brother forum think or a bunch of wannabe critics on youtube think, actual critics are praising it, and idk where you heard that because all the fans ik like it.

None of her other songs were hyped up for about 8 months before it actually came out, thats the reason it sold so much. Do you really think it would have sold so many without that? :L

Gaga fans need to admit the song is weak and the only reason its were it is is on the back of the hype and her previous big hits.

[Niall]

None of her other songs were hyped up for about 8 months before it actually came out, thats the reason it sold so much. Do you really think it would have sold so many without that? :L

Gaga fans need to admit the song is weak and the only reason its were it is is on the back of the hype and her previous big hits.

If the song is so weak then why are critics giving it positive reviews? Your just saying that because you don't like the song.

[MTVN]

How :conf2:

It sold 135,000 in it's first 7 days, I don't see how that's a flop

But surely you expected it to be number 1? It's been hyped for ages, been out since last friday and since then she performed it elaborately at the grammy & it's been played quite a lot on the radio. Compare that to Adele, I dont think very many people knew anything of her song until tuesday, she didnt receive very much promo for it and it was essentially her one performance at the Brits which won it for her. And Jessie J's Price Tag has been out for quite a while now, I would have thought that most people would have expected BTW to easily be number 1 this week

[Jordan.]

If the song is so weak then why are critics giving it positive reviews? Your just saying that because you don't like the song.

I do like the song but its no Bad Romance/Poker face.

Last time I looked it was getting heavily critisised about the Madonna simularity so it can't be getting that good reviews.

[Smithy]

None of her other songs were hyped up for about 8 months before it actually came out, thats the reason it sold so much. Do you really think it would have sold so many without that? :L

Gaga fans need to admit the song is weak and the only reason its were it is is on the back of the hype and her previous big hits.

She hasn't done any interviews in the UK, TV or Radio so noone here has been exposed to the hype like they have in the US, unless they've gone looking for it online.

And it's weak in comparison to Bad Romance, but none of her other singles, but even then critics have all praised it :shrug:

[Benjamin]

Here we go, the old MM&I style bollocks about how much records it sold.

Compared to her other big singles, Born This Way was an epic fail.
Yes it is a flop, Just read through this thread to see why it is a Flop, the others have pointed it out.

Practically no one talking about the way they were about Poker Face, Just Dance, Bad Romance and Telephone.

Tons of bad reviews on YouTube about the song.

Even big fans of GaGa don't like it.



It's not that much of a flop, the amount of sales it clocked up in the time frame it has been out is amazing.

Just because it didn't make number 1. If the Brits had not been this week, she probably would have got to #1.


I am glad Adele got there this week though as that song is amazing and it's about time she went to number 1. :)

[Smithy]

But surely you expected it to be number 1? It's been hyped for ages, been out since last friday and since then she performed it elaborately at the grammy & it's been played quite a lot on the radio. Compare that to Adele, I dont think very many people knew anything of her song until tuesday, she didnt receive very much promo for it and it was essentially her one performance at the Brits which won it for her. And Jessie J's Price Tag has been out for quite a while now, I would have thought that most people would have expected BTW to easily be number 1 this week

It's been out a week and 2 days, no video and it's @ #3, y'all seem to think that it's over and it won't climb anymore, which it probably will when the video is released. The Grammys were aired on ITV2 and got about 200k viewers, which is hardly anything. And loads of people knew about Adele's song it was already in the top 40 before last week

[Niall]

I do like the song but its no Bad Romance/Poker face.

Last time I looked it was getting heavily critisised about the Madonna simularity so it can't be getting that good reviews.

I actually prefer it to Bad Romance. I think Bad Romance got a bit overplayed so I've gone off it a lil bit.

But the song is getting good reviews though, look (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_This_Way_(song)#Critical_response).

[Niall]

It's been out a week and 2 days, no video and it's @ #3, y'all seem to think that it's over and it won't climb anymore, which it probably will when the video is released. The Grammys were aired on ITV2 and got about 200k viewers, which is hardly anything. And loads of people knew about Adele's song it was already in the top 40 before last week

:worship: :worship: :worship:

[Stu]

Stop citing music critics. They mean nothing.

[MTVN]

It's been out a week and 2 days, no video and it's @ #3, y'all seem to think that it's over and it won't climb anymore, which it probably will when the video is released. The Grammys were aired on ITV2 and got about 200k viewers, which is hardly anything. And loads of people knew about Adele's song it was already in the top 40 before last week

It jumped 46 places this week though, all because of one performance on the Brits, it didnt need a video or that much promo, it's not even a single. Is it too hard to believe that maybe people just like Adele's song more? :p It is a really good song

[Tom4784]

For a first single of a new album it's terrible, given the hype and who she is she should have easily claimed number 1 given her compettion. Paparazzi got no3 and that was like a 3rd/4th single. It's a terrible song and it's only the Gaga fans that have got it to where it is and it won't go any higher now if it can't beat such easy competition in it's first full week of sales.

[Shaun]

3rd place isn't really a flop. 5th or below would be. She's in the top 3. :/

Oh please. If it got #5 you'd be saying "top 5 isn't a flop, 10th or below would be". If it got #10 you'd say "20th or below would be."

Enough of the delusion. Please.

[Ninastar]

-sits with popcorn-

[Smithy]

It jumped 46 places this week though, all because of one performance on the Brits, it didnt need a video or that much promo, it's not even a single. Is it too hard to believe that maybe people just like Adele's song more? :p It is a really good song

It was @ 30 something last week :conf2: it was in the chart show last week, and it is a single http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Someone_Like_You_(Adele_song) :conf2:

And I'm not saying people like it more, I'm just saying Born This Way didn't flop f/

[Smithy]

Imma go talk to the monkeys at the zoo and teach them german, it's easier than this

[Patrick]

I used to really like Gaga back when she released Poker Face/Lovegame/Just Dance - then I liked her, but not as much through Telephone/Bad Romance. Now though, I'm just bored, and the song is a little dull.

This.

I loved GaGa sfm through The Fame Monster but her fans have put me off her.

[Patrick]

For a first single of a new album it's terrible, given the hype and who she is she should have easily claimed number 1 given her compettion. Paparazzi got no3 and that was like a 3rd/4th single. It's a terrible song and it's only the Gaga fans that have got it to where it is and it won't go any higher now if it can't beat such easy competition in it's first full week of sales.

Legend.

[Shaun]

Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone commended the nods to Madonna, giving the song four stars out of five, and commenting that "'Born This Way' sums up all the complex Gaga mythos, all her politics and Catholic angst and smeared lipstick, in one brilliant pop blast. [The song is] an event, a statement, the most anticipatrended song in the history of recorded music, or at least since Britney’s 'Hold It Against Me'."

the last line confuses me.

[Callum]

I'm been a fan of Gaga since the start but I must say #3 is pretty bad for the first single from the new album. I thought it would at least climb to #2 this week, but for Jessie J to beat her who's track 'Price Tag' has been available for a good few weeks now is bad. Not overly bad like some people are making out and it's not what I'd consider a 'flop' but it is bad for Gaga standards. There's still a chance it could climb to #1 but if she's really leaving the video release until Thursday then she will only have 2 days to do it and that's unlikely to happen.

Personally, I wish she would do some promo for it. I know she's busy but doing no promotion over here and relying on the music channels and radio to sell it is bad. When your a singer, your expected to do some promotion, as a duty to make sure your song sells but doing nothing at all is pretty lame. I know she did the Grammys but like Smithy said that was watched by less than 200,000 people here. She should have really thought about all of this before releasing the single, making sure she had some time promote the song. I'm aware that she's touring currently but still I wish she would have done some.

[MTVN]

It was @ 30 something last week :conf2: it was in the chart show last week, and it is a single http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Someone_Like_You_(Adele_song) :conf2:

And I'm not saying people like it more, I'm just saying Born This Way didn't flop f/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles/print - says here it was at 47 last week. That wiki article doesnt say it was a single either.

The point is that Gaga not having a video doesnt mean #3 is a good position considering that Adele's song has had no promotion other than the Brits performance; the wiki link you put in your post even says that. If she can reach number 1 and climb 47 places with no promo then Gaga should be able to do it with the most hyped song of the year, the first single from a hugely hyped album as well.

[Smithy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles/print - says here it was at 47 last week. That wiki article doesnt say it was a single either.

The point is that Gaga not having a video doesnt mean #3 is a good position considering that Adele's song has had no promotion other than the Brits performance; the wiki link you put in your post even says that. If she can reach number 1 and climb 47 places with no promo then Gaga should be able to do it with the most hyped song of the year.

Well it was 30 something the week before then :hmph:

And it does, it says on the right hand side, single by Adele. And my point is, if she'd of had the full 7 day sales she would be #1, it's just she shot herself in the foot by releasing it last friday.

[Patrick]

the last line confuses me.

:joker:

[MTVN]

Well it was 30 something the week before then :hmph:

And it does, it says on the right hand side, single by Adele. And my point is, if she'd of had the full 7 day sales she would be #1, it's just she shot herself in the foot by releasing it last friday.

Oh right I missed that, it was just cos someone on here said it wasnt actually a single :p And maybe it would have done, I still think it should be expected to beat Adele & Jessie J, just my opinion though :spin:

[InOne]

Yeah GaGa is a flop. But she was Born This Way :,)

[Patrick]

Well it was 30 something the week before then :hmph:

And it does, it says on the right hand side, single by Adele. And my point is, if she'd of had the full 7 day sales she would be #1, it's just she shot herself in the foot by releasing it last friday.

If she hadn't of released it on Friday, someone on this forum wouldn't be able to contain themselves and die.

[Callum]

Well it was 30 something the week before then :hmph:

And it does, it says on the right hand side, single by Adele. And my point is, if she'd of had the full 7 day sales she would be #1, it's just she shot herself in the foot by releasing it last friday.

I think it must have recently been made a single as a last minute decision because it's doing so well. I know the plan was originally for Set Fire to the Rain to be the second single.

[Smithy]

If she hadn't of released it on Friday, someone on this forum wouldn't be able to contain themselves and die.
It would have leaked anyway coz of radio play
I think it must have recently been made a single as a last minute decision because it's doing so well. I know the plan was originally for Set Fire to the Rain to be the second single.

IIRC, It was gonna be SLY then they changed it to SFTTR, then when it got into the top 40 on downloads alone, they changed it back.

[Smithy]

Hmm shame n1currr about MnM's

edit: wait what? 100 million views of what?

[Mystic Mock]

It was @ 30 something last week :conf2: it was in the chart show last week, and it is a single http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Someone_Like_You_(Adele_song) :conf2:

And I'm not saying people like it more, I'm just saying Born This Way didn't flop f/

well im going by what the official charts have said which they said adeles song was number 47 before this week.:p

[Mystic Mock]

Yeah GaGa is a flop. But she was Born This Way :,)

thats good.:joker:

[Smithy]

100 Million views in 24 hours, only artist to do it so far is eminem.... i think these little monsters are slacking :D

With what? :conf2:

LTWYL got 6 million in 24 hours

and not really gurl is at 1 billion already

[cub]

The emperor's naked! She has no clothes! At last! Now we see!

[James]

Umm, I think the best way to proceed is to delete the off-topic Leona Lewis vs everyone posts. All this arguing over pop music and the charts and sales?

[MeMyselfAndI]

I nly said Lady Gaga flopped because all their fans did it to me for over a year! but i wont post anymore

[Stu]

Umm, I think the best way to proceed is to delete the off-topic Leona Lewis vs everyone posts. All this arguing over pop music and the charts and sales?
Nah, it's clearly member vs. member under the cover of it being about pop music.

[Smithy]

Just delete the whole thread :bored:

There's already a charts thread

[Benjamin]

Right This thread is closed. (Use the charts thread). :thumbs:

[Vicky.]

Just delete the whole thread :bored:

There's already a charts thread

Hush.
Special events need their own thread :D

[Iceman]

Yeah s LTWYL back in the charts 33rd wwek I heard

[Smithy]

The Fame Monster is @ 23 after 110 week :')

-is to bored of the BTW argument to carry on-

[Stu]

Good. Because it was bored of shifting copies.

Heh. I'm killing me.

[Zippy]

How can a song that topped nearly all the iTunes stores upon release be a fail. Wow...*Rolls eyes and swaggers out* :rolleyes:

relatively speaking it is a fail.

Hitting number one is not a big stretch for an artist of her status. Especially with a brand new song from a new album...following a 10mill plus album. And at this time of the year too when sales are low. Also..

easy to create huge instant high demand when you build up the pressure and then pop the cork. Nobody even got to hear it prior to its release. How often does that happen? Obviously it would create a big surge of interest...which of course was the plan.

Adele's Rolling in the deep was out there a good 3 months before its release and STILL went on to be a huge hit worldwide. And it will hang around for months. Because it is a quality song with substance. I suspect BTW will quickly plummet.

Musically it is certainly a fail. Even her fanatics are admitting its her worst single. So much for moving forward.

[Vicky.]

Im quite confused with thus thread now :L

[Smithy]

It was demerged? :laugh2:

[Vicky.]

It was demerged? :laugh2:

Apparently so D:

[Iceman]

It was demerged? :laugh2:

*is not in admin or Mod's good books* that must be a first

[Smithy]

-is confused-

[Mystic Mock]

so am i smithy.

[Jessica.]

:conf2:

[reece(:]

ever since gaga left the fun persona of the first album which was phenominal she has gone rapidly done hill mainly because shes trying to hard to become this mother monster who is a hideous creature that now makes dreadful music as shown with born this way which is just terrible and lets hope the video is better than alejandro and she gets rid of those stupid prosthetic horns

yay for adele :love:

[cub]

The problem with Lady Gaga is she has absolutely no sense of humour. Everything she does is so po-faced. She looks a fright but she thinks she's a Real Artist, when all she is is a amalgam of past pop artists (Madonna, Bjork, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Hazel O'Conner, Gwen Staffani, Marilyn Manson, Boy George etc) and repackaged.

[Zippy]

Adele's album is released in America tomorrow. It's already number 6 on US itunes just on pre-orders. Plus her last album(19) is at number 9. Her single Rolling in the deep looks set to make a huge leap on Billboard hot100 as its now up to number 8 on itunes.

Amazing how her last album is also getting a whole new lease of life.

Good luck, Adele!

[Niamh.]

*still hasn't even heard BTW*

[Niall]

relatively speaking it is a fail.

Hitting number one is not a big stretch for an artist of her status. Especially with a brand new song from a new album...following a 10mill plus album. And at this time of the year too when sales are low. Also..

easy to create huge instant high demand when you build up the pressure and then pop the cork. Nobody even got to hear it prior to its release. How often does that happen? Obviously it would create a big surge of interest...which of course was the plan.

Adele's Rolling in the deep was out there a good 3 months before its release and STILL went on to be a huge hit worldwide. And it will hang around for months. Because it is a quality song with substance. I suspect BTW will quickly plummet.

Musically it is certainly a fail. Even her fanatics are admitting its her worst single. So much for moving forward.

How is 135,000 copies over the past week a low amount of sales? Don't be ridiculous.

Every artist builds hype not just Gaga. The BTW hype may have been a bit more substantial but its a marketing tactic used by nearly all artists.

Having a song out in the wild for an extended period of time doesn't always guarantee success. And I think that BTW might actually climb back up the charts after the video is released.

And no-one can really judge a song based on the music because tbf we all have different tastes. :/ But either way the song is actually really good and I think the majority of Gaga fans are extremely pleased with the song - I for one am.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9di70J5Go1qb49rg.gif

[Niall]

The problem with Lady Gaga is she has absolutely no sense of humour. Everything she does is so po-faced. She looks a fright but she thinks she's a Real Artist, when all she is is a amalgam of past pop artists (Madonna, Bjork, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Hazel O'Conner, Gwen Staffani, Marilyn Manson, Boy George etc) and repackaged.

Excuse me? Most singers have a major influence that they pay homage to. Marilyn Monroe had a massive influence on Madonna for example. Ugh. :bored:

[Jords]

Her music videos are really good, Ill give her that. But she needs to save the wierdness for them and be more 'normal'.

When she talks theres like, no emotion..

[Jordan.]

BTW fallen to 4 on itunes.

[cub]

Excuse me? Most singers have a major influence that they pay homage to. Marilyn Monroe had a massive influence on Madonna for example. Ugh. :bored:

I really don't remember Madonna ripping off a Marilyn Monoe single. Madonna has payed homage to Monroe but she didn't try and repackage her and something "new!" and "outrageous!" and "dangerous!"

Gaga is a fake.

[Smithy]

I really don't remember Madonna ripping off a Marilyn Monoe single. Madonna has payed homage to Monroe but she didn't try and repackage her and something "new!" and "outrageous!" and "dangerous!"

Gaga is a fake.

http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/vanity_fair_1991/1.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/vanity_fair_1991/1u.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/vanity_fair_1991/4.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/vanity_fair_1991/4u.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/vanity_fair_1991/7i.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/vanity_fair_1991/7u.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/rope/1c.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/rope/1bu.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/black_wig/1.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/black_wig/1u.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/burning_up/set2c.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/jewelry/set17-1.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/general/set1.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/gpb/d1.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/gpb/mg1.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/gpb/d4.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/gpb/mg4.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/general/set5.jpghttp://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/bath/set8b.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/general/3a.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/general/3u.jpghttp://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/general/5.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/general/5u.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/vogue/3b.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/vogue/3u.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/dick_tracy/1.jpg http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_madonna_steals/monroe/dick_tracy/1u.jpg

Next.

[Jords]

Owned.

[Smithy]

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m274/bekkiglittz/GIFs/XFactor/4d7d2422.gif

[InOne]

I think you'll give Harry a heart attack

[Smithy]

I was worried about that when posting

[Mrluvaluva]

Congratulations to Adele.

Adele is celebrating an astonishing chart double, holding the top spot in both the singles and album charts - the first act since The Beatles to do so.

The singer-songwriter's latest tune, Someone Like You, which she sang live at the Brits, moved up from 47 to take the top singles position.

She also held on to the number one slot for a fourth week with her second album 21.

Her debut album 19 moved up two places from six to four while her other single, Rolling In The Deep, climbed from five to four.

Adele is the first living artist to achieve the feat of two top five hits in both charts at the same time since The Beatles.

In January 1964 the group's singles, I Want To Hold Your Hand and She Loves You, were numbers two and five and their albums With The Beatles and Please, Please Me were numbers one and two.


SKY News (http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Showbiz-News/Adele-Chart-Record-Singer-Makes-UK-History-With-Top-Album-And-Single---First-Time-Since-Beatles/Article/201102315937712?lpos=Showbiz_News_Third_Home_Page_ Article_Teaser_Region__1&lid=ARTICLE_15937712_Adele_Chart_Record:_Singer_Ma kes_UK_History_With_Top_Album_And_Single_-_First_Time_Since_Beatles)

[Niall]

Smithy you are amazing. :worship:

That ownage was awesome! :')
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfuzj0BdBg1qewmu6o1_500.gif

[bbfan1991]

Congratulations to Adele, she deserves it:).

A top 3 position for Gaga isn't bad either despite how much BTW divides opinion...

[Z]

roflmao Smithy

[Smithy]

:bigsmile:

[Shaun]

why is each image posted twice :conf2:

[Smithy]

Coz she's that big a rip off

[Shaun]

LOL. fair enough :p

[Zippy]

Everybody knows Madonna went through a phase where she paid homage to Marilyn. It was hardly a secret! Or subtle.

And you're comparing apples and oranges because Marilyn was essentially a film star so musically there was no copying. Which is the essential difference.

Madonna has been through thousands of image changes and has paid homage to many famous screen goddesses of the past. Laughable how youre all acting like its some kind of revelation! Piss easy to dig up a few of her thousands of pictures and compare them as if they were some subtle attempt to steal other artists work.

Please learn the difference between a deliberate homage photoshoot and stealing somebodies music without crediting them.

Madonna idolised Marilyn and those photos are a very direct and obvious tribute to a screen legend no longer around. Nobody ever pretended otherwise. Musically and personality wise they are total opposites. Those few photo sessions are certainly not any great part of her success.

And Cub was right to say that Madonna never ripped off Marilyn musically. So I really don't get why you're being hi-fived for finding a few easy to find photo's of Madonna recreating a few of Marilyns iconic looks!

Madonna has always been totally upfront about her heroines and influences. Just as she's always been supportive of female artists who have been inspired by her(remember the Britney/Kylie t-shirts?). Madonna is probably the last person to give a sh!t about Gaga copying her.

[Callum]

Congratulations to Adele for getting her first ever number one in America with Rolling In the Deep. Really pleased that the Americans have taken to her so much in recent months. She's also still #1 on the album chart over there with 21.

Posting this here because there's not an official thread for her and this is the longest thread on her.

[Jords]

Bit sick of her atm, but congratz.

[Iceman]

How many weeks was it in the chart?

[Callum]

How many weeks was it in the chart?

18 weeks, so it's taken a good while to get there.

[Iceman]

18 weeks, so it's taken a good while to get there.

Thats brilliant, im delighted she's gotten the double over there

[ILoveTRW]

im surprised someone like you hasn't been to much of a hit yet

[Callum]

im surprised someone like you hasn't been to much of a hit yet

It hasn't gotten airplay yet over there, when it does, I'm sure it'll be another big hit for her.

[Zippy]

LOL I remember when it was first released there. It didnt start off as great as I expected. But its just gradually worked its way up there going up and down along the way. I think thats the sign of a song thats truly strong and earns its way on pure merit.

Someone like you hasnt been released worldwide. It was only rushed out here because of the Brits.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i found a boy should be next single :lovedup:

[InOne]

Has that Set Fire To The Rain done well?

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

not been released yet

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

oh it was released in the Netherlands in feb O_O

got to #1 :amazed:

[InOne]

Oh right D: I prefer the live version I saw on Graham Norton I think

[Smithy]

She performed it Graham Norton last week and it peaked at like #35, not surprising really considering the album sold so well

[Iceman]

She's done for the summer now.... she said on GN thats she has 3 months off so I dunno if there'll be more singles....

[Zippy]

http://i51.tinypic.com/otf5mw.jpg

[LiquidGold]

her early stuff wasnt all that i did like hometown but her other songs like chasing pavements & feel my love i didnt think much to .

but her late stuff is amazing and so's her voice , i love rolling in the deep and some one like you infact those two are prob her best songs imo :D

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

_yEVYJjpac8

:lovedup:

[Iceman]

can you please use the threads on artists, it's annoying to have to merge them

[Smithy]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llnwtk89Mp1qcnet5o1_500.gif

[Iceman]

Adele's 'Someone Like You' has become the first song to sell more than a million copies in the UK this decade, the Official Charts Company has revealed.

The track spent four weeks at number one in February before returning to the top of the chart for another week in March.

The song's popularity surged after the singer-songwriter's performance at the Brit Awards in February this year.

Since 2000, only 16 singles have reached the million sales mark. The last singles to reach this were Lady GaGa's 'Poker Face' and 'I Gotta Feeling' by the Black Eyed Peas, both released in 2009.

Adele's latest album 21 has spent 16 weeks at the top of the Official Albums Chart. It has so far sold 2.6 million copies. Her first album, 19, has also doubled its sales this year, selling 800,000 copies.

Official Charts Company managing director Martin Talbot said: "With an almost certain Mercury Music Prize nomination and 21's first Christmas season to come, I suspect her record-breaking antics are not over yet."

:worship:

[King Gizzard]

Good on her

[InOne]

Well done to her but Someone Like You is pretty annoying now lol

[Smithy]

That song has been so raped now

http://i.imgur.com/Jk1UZ.gif

SFTTR >

[Zippy]

Number one in Australia now too.

[Iceman]

Hopefully now she's better she can get on with Set Fire To The Rain

[Zippy]

Hopefully now she's better she can get on with Set Fire To The Rain

I think that was just released monday

well it was kinda released febuary but not really.

[Iceman]

Adele has had the two best-selling albums of the first half of 2011 in the UK.

The 'Set Fire To The Rain' singer topped the list with her second album 21, which has managed to shift over 2.6 million units in the UK since its release on January 19.

Second place goes to her debut record 19, which is still selling well over three years after its initial release on January 28, 2008. It has sold over 800,000 units in 2011 alone.

The news follows the confirmation that Adele's recent single 'Someone Like You' has become the first song to sell over a million copies this decade, despite only being available in digital format.

Reacting to the feat, Official Charts Company director Martin Talbot predicted that the 24-year-old's "record-breaking antics are not over yet".

[MeMyselfAndI]

omg LOL at 19 selling more than BTW in 2011 in yhe UK after 3 years :laugh2:

I knew Leonas schoolmate would succeed

[Iceman]

Adele's 21 has become the biggest-selling digital album to date in the US.

The 'Set Fire To The Rain' singer's second studio album has managed to surpass one million downloads in the US just a week after Eminem became the first artist to do so with Recovery.

21 has now tallied up over 1.017 million downloads compared to Recovery's 1.005m, while Lady GaGa's The Fame and Mumford & Sons' Sigh No More are expected to pass the million digital sales milestone by the end of 2011.

Just under a third (32%) of the 155.5m albums sold in the US in the first six months of 2011 were digital, marking a 19% rise in downloads compared to the same period in 2010, reports USA Today.

Billboard's associate director of charts and retail Keith Caulfield said that Adele is "not just a digital phenomenon", saying: "She appeals to older consumers, who will still buy full albums, and to younger people who may just buy a single track.

"She connects with people in a way where they feel she is a 'full-package artist' and you want to hear everything she sings."

Adele's 'Someone Like You' became the first digital single to pass the one million UK sales mark this decade earlier this month.

The singer-songwriter's first two albums 19 and 21 are currently the top two best-selling albums in the UK this year.

:worship:

[Zippy]

21 has now sold 7.71 million worldwide. Set to break 8mill within 2 weeks. With nearly 6 months of the year to go and christmas sales the album is set for incredible 2011 sales. Certainly over 10 mill and pushing towards 15 mill although that may happen next year.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i want i found a boy as a single :hmph:

[Zippy]

In America

Adele's 21 is the first album to spend its first 20 weeks inside the top three since Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love, which spent its first 22 weeks inside the top three from December 1997 to May 1998. Both albums have strong adult contemporary appeal. Both housed smash #1 singles. Dion's album featured "My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From ‘Titanic')," which won Grammys for Record and Song of the Year. Adele's album features "Rolling In The Deep," which is the front-runner to win both awards this year.

21's amazing billboard chart run;
{1}-1-2-1-3-3-1-2-1-1-1-1-1-3-2-1-3-3-2- (first entry: 12/3/11) 19 weeks

Rolling in the deeps billboard chart run;
97-84-69-64-41-26-13-18-25-26-17-10-10-6-2-2-{1}-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3- (second entry: 29/1/11) 25 weeks

RITD is the years biggest single to date worldwide selling over 6 million.....including 4 million in America.

[Iceman]

21 goes back to number 1 in the UK with 19 back at number 3.

[Iceman]

21 on course for Number 1 spot in the UK again. And a mercury nod too :)

[Callum]

21 number one for an 18th week. Looks like Amy will knock her off next week though

[Doogle]

:love:

[Lewis.]

She's gonna be loaded :love:

[Zippy]

She was already loaded from 19

which is also still selling incredible numbers

[Iceman]

Adele's 21 has become the longest-running number one album in 40 years.

The singer's second studio LP has matched a record set by the Bee Gees' Saturday Night Fever in 1977, which also spent 18 weeks at the top of the UK chart.

In total, there are only eight albums that have surpassed Adele's run as number one in UK chart history.

Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water managed to tally up 41 weeks at the top back in 1971, while other notable chart-dominators include The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and 1965's The Sound Of Music soundtrack.

21 recently surpassed 3 million sales in the UK, meaning the album has now been certified 10x platinum by the British Phonographic Industry.

The Brit School alum has dominated the world music chart since the record's release back in January and has so far sold over 8 million copies of the album worldwide.

:shocked: :amazed: :worship:

[Callum]

That's a pretty great feat! Will she ever release a video for "Set Fire to the Rain" or is she just gunna rely on airplay for sales?

[Smithy]

I heard she isn't even going to film one :/

Which imo is really lazy

[CharlieO]

I'm really happy for her. She seems so sweet and genuine. I also love the fact she is still so popular purely based on her voice and not controversy or her looks/over the top outlandish music videos.

[Iceman]

That's a pretty great feat! Will she ever release a video for "Set Fire to the Rain" or is she just gunna rely on airplay for sales?

I dot think so, she really doesnt need to. I'd like the Jools Holland performance for the video.

[Jase.]

No SFTTR video? Lazy times.

Oh, and that Digital Spy article is wrong. The album hasn't sold over 3 million. It's currently on 2,764,400. Dumb times.

[Zippy]

She should make a video for SFTTR.

she doesnt even need to be in it. Just something for music channels to play and give it promotion.

No, she doesn't actually need videos for this album as it's selling on pure momentum and word of mouth. But so far she's only made one video for it.

[Zippy]

Adele will be performing at the MTV vma's!

wonder what song she'll do?

she'll steal the show, of course.

[Jase.]

I assume she'll perform Someone Like You, seeing as though that's her next US single.

[joeysteele]

She is absolutely the best Female singer around at present,all her success is well deserved. Brilliant artiste.

[Zippy]

Dido loves Adele judging from yesterdays post on her Facebook. Lets hope she feels the same when 21 overtakes her UK album sales(Dido has 2 albums currently with bigger sales).

http://i53.tinypic.com/2qwlher.jpg

[Callum]

Turning Tables is apparently the fourth single, hope this one will have a video.

[Joelle.]

Turning Tables is apparently the fourth single, hope this one will have a video.

A good choice :love:

[Zippy]

UK sales 2011

1. 2939800 Adele 21
2. 965800 Adele 19
3. 694600 Bruno Mars Doo-Wops & Hooligans
4. 673000 Rihanna Loud
5. 537000 Lady Gaga Born This Way

Adele on the verge of 3mill for 21 and 1 mill for 19(just this year). She really is untouchable this year. Nobody close.

and considering that top albums often sell 2-300k in the christmas weeks her final 2011 sales will be astonishing!

[Iceman]

that's only UK :o??????

[Zippy]

that's only UK :o??????

of course!

Im guessing near to 5mill also in America now SLY is set to get to number 1 next week on billboard.

[Shaun]

I thought she was a little sub-par at the VMAs, but that might have been because of the atmosphere. It wasn't quite as spellbinding as the Brits or Jools Holland performances - maybe she's tired of performing it though.

[Iceman]

I thought she was a little sub-par at the VMAs, but that might have been because of the atmosphere. It wasn't quite as spellbinding as the Brits or Jools Holland performances - maybe she's tired of performing it though.

I think it was stupid to do that song (I know why she had to). She'll never recreate the atmosphere of the Brits though, that was a one off thing.

[Iceman]

of course!

Im guessing near to 5mill also in America now SLY is set to get to number 1 next week on billboard.

Well how long was the album number 1 in america?:conf:

[Zippy]

Well how long was the album number 1 in america?:conf:

well its been top3 since release in feb virtually. Moving up to no1 frequently. It's already over 3mill and now SLY has done the brits effect again and given it a new lease of life. Not that it even needed it tbh.

SLY selling huge but radio play has to catch up for billboard no1.

[Iceman]

well its been top3 since release in feb virtually. Moving up to no1 frequently. It's already over 3mill and now SLY has done the brits effect again and given it a new lease of life. Not that it even needed it tbh.

SLY selling huge but radio play has to catch up for billboard no1.

Well IIRC it takes about 180K to get number 1 and thats a minimum could be a lot more by year end.

[Kazanne]

Love Adele,best female singer we have imo.

[Kazanne]

She is absolutely the best Female singer around at present,all her success is well deserved. Brilliant artiste.

We agree again Joey,I posted something similar then saw your post,lol.

[Zippy]

you can be no1 on billboard albums with around 80-90k these days. Adele has been selling steadily that number with occasional bursts of over 120k. Its all added up to a huge amount and is still gaining momentum.

Worldwide she's still right up there in most countries top 5. This album just will not quit. Its got 3 strong singles doing the business everywhere.

[Smithy]

she's on JR on Saturday after XF, hope she does SFTTR :D

[Iceman]

she's on JR on Saturday after XF, hope she does SFTTR :D

:o that came around so quick. thought it was next week

[Iceman]

you can be no1 on billboard albums with around 80-90k these days. Adele has been selling steadily that number with occasional bursts of over 120k. Its all added up to a huge amount and is still gaining momentum.

Worldwide she's still right up there in most countries top 5. This album just will not quit. Its got 3 strong singles doing the business everywhere.

oh right I only went by BME the only did 180K for the EP. I just assumed that was the lowest of the year

[Callum]

she's on JR on Saturday after XF, hope she does SFTTR :D

She's performing Rumour Has It

Source: http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/872964-adele-booked-for-jonathan-ross-chat-show-return

[Iceman]

She's performing Rumour Has It

:love: only one song? :(

[Callum]

:love: only one song? :(

Yes, as far as I'm aware.

[Smithy]

Ew rumor has it is my least fave from the album

[Harry!]

I love Rumour Has It - It is my best non single from the album :)

[Zippy]

Billboard

Adele's "Someone Like You" soars 34-19 on the Hot 100 with gains in sales (95,000 downloads, up 68%) and radio play (29 million, up 41%).

but next weeks chart will see the full impact of the vma's and SLY could well soar to no1. It's already slaying US itunes.

[Iceman]

Billboard

Adele's "Someone Like You" soars 34-19 on the Hot 100 with gains in sales (95,000 downloads, up 68%) and radio play (29 million, up 41%).

hopefully next week it goes from 19-1. That will be the big surge on the back of the VMA's.

Where's the album gonna be? I know Lil Wayne is gonna do extremely well and so is The Game I think....

[Zippy]

Where's the album gonna be? I know Lil Wayne is gonna do extremely well and so is The Game I think....

The game is set for no1 with 98,000 this week.
But next week.....wow. Lil wayne is set for a monstrous 900k plus opening!

[Iceman]

Oh nevermind The game didnt manage 100K :( Finally released on August 23, 2011, 'R.E.D.' hits No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart with first week sales of 98,000 units sold

I wouldnt mind its his best album since his debut :bawling:

[Iceman]

The game is set for no1 with 98,000 this week.
But next week.....wow. Lil wayne is set for a monstrous 900k plus opening!

And no cheating with a discount album either :o

[Zippy]

It's interesting that Adele's 21 is by far the biggest selling album in US, UK and France this year. But the sales are disproportionate;

US 3.15 million
UK 2.93 million
France 0.3 million

Its a good barometer of how poor some countries record sales are. Adele is no1 in France with just 16,000 this week. Of course, its all relative but it just shows that the UK is a huge market for sales; similar sales to the US but just 20% of the population size.

[Iceman]

It's interesting that Adele's 21 is by far the biggest selling album in US, UK and France. But the sales are disproportionate;

US 3.15 million
UK 2.93 million
France 0.3 million

Its a good barometer of how poor some countries record sales are. Adele is no1 in France with just 16,000 this week. Of course, its all relative but it just shows that the UK is a huge market for sales; similar sales to the US but just 20% of the population size.

If you look at Ireland you really dont need much. Jedward Debuted here at number 1 (obviously more kids will but it here than in england) I honestly ouldnt tell you how much you'd need to top our charts. but your point is interesting and I will discuss it tomorrow but for now im off to sleep :tongue:

[Shaun]

I just wonder what performing these songs all the time does to her :conf2: if they're as emotionally-fuelled as they're supposed to be then it must be painful having to relive a breakup pretty much every night.

[Zippy]

her voice is obviously suffering with all the performing this year. Plus I suspect she's smoking a lot more with all the stress and pressure of doing shows and publicity. She is very shy and anxious by nature.

On another note;

not only is she doing JR but on saturdays XF there's some Scottish bint singing SLY which apparently brought the judges to tears. So yeah, expect a sales jump next week.

[Iceman]

haha just as SLY was dropping in the charts it'll get a boost :laugh:

[Iceman]

Adele and Katy B have been confirmed to play the Mercury Prize ceremony in London next week.

The singers will join a bill which includes performances from all 12 of this year's nominees, marking a first for the Mercury Prize ceremony since its inception in 1992.

Tinie Tempah, Elbow, Everything Everything, Anna Calvi, Ghostpoet, Gwilym Simcock, James Blake, Metronomy, PJ Harvey and King Creosote & Jon Hopkins will also perform.

Adele performing on The Today Show

The BBC will be providing extensive coverage of the September 6 event across its television, radio and online formats.

BBC Two and the BBC HD channel will broadcast the ceremony from 10pm, while 6 Music will be live from the event from 8pm.

[Callum]

21 sold 82,918 units in the States this week, up 3% from last week. I'm sure it will get over 100,000 next week too after the VMAs. Can't wait to see the end of year total for this album.

[Iceman]

Edited the title earlier Zippy :blush:

[Zippy]

Edited the title earlier Zippy :blush:

that's fine

Im not used to updating thread titles anyway so youre probably more on the ball.

[Iceman]

Adele and Jessie J are to face each other in the BT Digital Music Awards.

The fellow Brit School graduates are up for three awards each - best female artist, best song and best video - with three of Adele's songs receiving nods in the best song category.

X Factor stars Matt Cardle and Olly Murs have both been nominated in the best newcomer and best male artist fields, alongside Example, Plan B, Professor Green and Tinie Tempah.

Celebrity couple Rochelle Wiseman of The Saturdays is head to head with JLS boyfriend Marvin Humes for best group with The Wanted and Take That.

"Now in our 11th year, the BT Digital Music Awards is becoming an institution that brings together and celebrates the best of homegrown and international talent in the music industry," said Lee Thompson, BT Vision's Head of Music.

The awards will be held at Camden's Roundhouse on September 29, before airing on ITV2 on October 3 and October 7.

[Iceman]

It has been announced that Jessie J is up for five prizes at this year's Mobo Awards, while Adele proves to be close competition with four award nominations to her name.

It is suggested that Jessie J will be putting her best foot forward at this year's Mobo Awards, as the plaster cast on her broken foot will finally be removed.

The 23-year-old is up for best UK act, best newcomer, best video, best song and best album at the awards show at SECC Glasgow on October 5.

Jessie J is up for five nominations at this year's Mobo Awards.

However, Turning Tables singer Adele is also up for best UK act, best song, best album and best r'n'b/soul act.

Adele proves to be a strong competitor at this year's Mobo Awards with four nominations.

The showdown for the boys will be between Wretch 32 and Tinie Tempah who both have four nominations.

Full list of nominations for the 2011 Mobo Awards:

Best UK Act:
Wretch 32, Adele, Katy B, Chase & Status, Tinie Tempah, Jessie J, N-Dubz, Example, Chipmunk, The Streets

Best newcomer:
Ed Sheeran, Wretch 32, Jessie J, Rizzle Kicks, Emeli Sande, Jamie Woon, Yasmin, Alex Clare, Loick Essien, Maverick Sabre,

Best UK hip hop/grime act:
Tinie Tempah, Giggs, Wretch 32, Wiley, Rizzle Kicks

Best video:
Tinchy Stryder ft. Dappy - Spaceship, Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude, Wiley - Numbers In Action, Rizzle Kicks - Down With The Trumpets, Chipmunk ft Chris Brown - Champion

Best international act:
Cee Lo Green, Nicki Minaj, Wiz Khalifa, Aloe Blacc, Snoop Dogg, Beyonce, Rihanna, Jason Derulo, Alexis Jordan, Bruno Mars

Best song:
Wretch 32 - Traktor, Adele - Someone Like You, Tinie Tempah - Wonderman, Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude, Chase & Status ft Tinie Tempah - Hitz

Best album:
Adele - 21, Chase & Status- No More Idols, Jessie J - Who You Are, Katy B - On A Mission, Tinie Tempah - Disc-overy,

Best reggae:
Mavado, Damian Marley & Nas, Jah Cure, Alborosie, Khago

Best jazz act:
Kairos 4tet, Gwilym Simcock, Denys Baptiste, Matthew Halsall, Usonic

Best African act:
Wizkid, Cheikh Lo, Owiny Sigoma Band, Fatoumata Diawara, Seun Kuti
D'Banj, Vieux Farka Toure, SMOD, Liquideep, Spoek Mathambo

Best gospel act:
Triple O, Jayess, Four Kornerz, Bobby Bovell, Junior Garr

Best R&B/soul act:
Adele, Omar, Marsha Ambrosius, Dionne Bromfield, Mike Hough

[Iceman]

So Adele has 3 songs in the best song category :laugh:

[Doogle]

so is Turning Tables definitely the next single? That's one of my favourites. Wish she'd release videos even if she isn't in it just because I wanna hear them on the music channels. It's like she's not doing videos cos she doesn't have to :laugh:

Amazing, she deserves the top selling album of the year, even though there are a few albums released this year that I prefer. :p

[Callum]

so is Turning Tables definitely the next single? That's one of my favourites. Wish she'd release videos even if she isn't in it just because I wanna hear them on the music channels. It's like she's not doing videos cos she doesn't have to :laugh:

Amazing, she deserves the top selling album of the year, even though there are a few albums released this year that I prefer. :p

Yes it is. She doesn't need to because her songs do well with just airplay. Kinda lazy though not to make music videos imo.

[Doogle]

I know she doesn't actually need to but I really wish she did. Amazing that she doesn't have to anyway.

-adds to my iTunes A-List-

[Callum]

Adele has fuelled rumours that she will record music for the next James Bond movie during an appearance on Jonathan Ross's new ITV chat show.

The 'Set Fire To The Rain' singer let slip on the first edition of The Jonathan Ross Show that her next musical project would be a "theme", later becoming embarrassed when the 50-year-old host proceeded to reference the iconic spy series.

"I'm going back in the studio in November, fingers crossed," she stated. "Well, this is actually a theme, what I've got to do. Wow, that's really giving something away."

Blushing as Ross started humming the opening tune to previous James Bond instalments, Adele added: "No. It's a concept. One song."

The London-born singer also claimed to have no "interest" in the celebrity lifestyle, and admitted to feeling homesick at this weekend's MTV Video Music Awards.

"I'm not very in touch with the fame side," she said. "I don't chase none of that and, to be honest, it doesn't interest me at all.

"I was at the VMAs the other day and it was a good night out but I felt pretty out of place and wished I was at home with my girlfriends."

Bond 23 will open in cinemas on October 26, 2012.

Watch the full interview with Adele on The Jonathan Ross Show at 9.45pm tonight on ITV1.

Could be good

[Zippy]

I thought she recorded the interview before the vma's but its great that it's fresher. She does always look a bit uncomfortable at awards. Though Im sure she had a lot of big stars come up to her and say they were fans; Beyonce, Gaga, Aguilera and Britney have all named her as a favourite artist of theirs. But I think her modesty and shyness is very much part of her appeal.

[Smithy]

She's performing Turning Tables not RHI

thl

[Callum]

She's performing Turning Tables not RHI

thl

Source?

[Smithy]

After break she sang Turning Tables, but she had to rush to go somewhere. But she came back and sang and it was incredible....goosebumps. But it was weird; she said she sorry in her words "*******ed up begininng" so she sang Turning Tables again which was sweet. When floor manager it was time to go; she knocked wind out of him and she was gonna sing Someone Like You for audience. I cheered and Adele waved bless her. After she sang Turning Tables, this floor manager wanted to clear up (looked like he was in a rush) til Adele just said "I'm gonna sing Someone Like You, I promised audience. She belted Someone Like You and she did have a bit of a cold but she sounded much better today.

/hurflip

[Callum]

Ah, good to hear, although probably a little early to be performing TT seeing as SFTTR is still getting great airplay around the UK.

Was the interview recorded before the VMAs or after? Asking because in a clip I saw, she was wearing the exact same clothes that she wore for the VMA black carpet.

[Smithy]

After I think, they only do it a couple of days before broadcast

[Iceman]

So will they show both performances?

[Callum]

So will they show both performances?

Hopefully but I wouldn't bet on it, the show is only an hour long.

[Iceman]

how long can SJP talk for? I hope Lewis ruins his career too, that'd be good TV.

[Callum]

how long can SJP talk for? I hope Lewis ruins his career too, that'd be good TV.

Usually each guest gets a 10-15 minute slot each, plus Jonathan will probably talk to the audience for a while at the start too. Don't think there's enough time for her to perform two 4 minute long songs.

[Zippy]

Was the interview recorded before the VMAs or after? Asking because in a clip I saw, she was wearing the exact same clothes that she wore for the VMA black carpet.

you just posted an article where she mentions being at the vmas in the interview. :conf:

[Callum]

you just posted an article where she mentions being at the vmas in the interview. :conf:

I didn't read all of it initially ;)

[Smithy]

SLY won't be broadcast

[Iceman]

Kinda glad now to be honest, needs to move on from performing that.

[Iceman]

/hurflip

Adele has been forced to postpone the first two dates of her upcoming UK tour due to illness.

The 'Set Fire to the Rain' star, who is rumoured to be recording the next James Bond theme song, will no longer appear in Plymouth on Sunday and Bournemouth on Monday due to poor health.

A message on the singer's website read: "It is with regret that due to a severe cold and chest infection, Adele has had to postpone the first two shows of her UK tour in Plymouth on Sunday September 4 and Bournemouth on Monday September 5 2011.

"The shows will be rescheduled at the earliest opportunity and all original tickets will remain valid. Refunds will be available from the point of purchase.

"We apologise for any inconvenience caused and look forward to seeing you all at the rescheduled shows."

Adele cancelled the remaining dates of her US tour in June after contracting laryngitis. She was banned from singing and talking by doctors and later announced new American dates across August and October.

She recently unveiled plans to project photos of her friends and fans on stage during her tour and asked people to send in photographs of themselves.

Looks like the person you quoted was right :(

[Callum]

She's ill a lot lately, she should try giving up smoking.

[Iceman]

yeah the long haul flights cant be helping either.

[Zippy]

:lovedup:

http://cdni.condenast.co.uk/272x408/s_v/Vogue-October11_272x408.jpg


and its looking like Someone like you is set to leap from no19 to no1 on the US billboard chart this week on the back of the VMA's! Unstoppable.

[Kazanne]

:lovedup:

http://cdni.condenast.co.uk/272x408/s_v/Vogue-October11_272x408.jpg


and its looking like Someone like you is set to leap from no19 to no1 on the US billboard chart this week on the back of the VMA's! Unstoppable.

She's gorgeous and I'm a woman,lol:elephant:

[Doogle]

She actually looks beautiful there.

[Callum]

Nice cover even though it's been very airbrushed

[Zippy]

Everybody gets airbrushed on magazine covers especially Vogue.

But thats very much her face and instantly recognisable. She does have a very pretty face. If she lost a couple of stone she'd be a stunner. :)

[Callum]

Everybody gets airbrushed on magazine covers especially Vogue.

But thats very much her face and instantly recognisable. She does have a very pretty face. If she lost a couple of stone she'd be a stunner. :)

Yes I know that, covers with celebs and their spots and lines etc. wouldn't sell.

True, I think she's lost quite a lot of weight since the 19 era, if you look at pics from 2008 and now it's definitely recognisable in her face and figure.

[ILoveTRW]

i wouldnt be so sure adeles going to number 1 in the us next week
its not that simple in the us

[Zippy]

i wouldnt be so sure adeles going to number 1 in the us next week
its not that simple in the us

I know all about the sales/airplay rules and have checked my facts. She is ahead on sales and seems to be getting the radio play needed too. The predictions are that she will be numero uno ahead of Maroon5.

This is the prediction based on Sales/airplay (Billboard hot 100)

1. Someone Like You (273 + 46 = 319)
2. Moves Like Jagger (200 + 90 = 290)
3. Pumped Up Kicks (213 + 73 = 284)
4. Party Rock Anthem (134 + 120 + 5 = 259)
5. Super Bass (102 + 117 = 219)
6. Yoü And I (176 + 43 = 219)
7. How To Love (114 + 101 = 215)
8. Lighters (97 + 106 = 203)
9. You Make Me Feel (155 + 47 = 202)
10. Cheers (142 + 58 = 200)
11. Give Me Everything (78 + 102 + 10 = 190)
12. Stereo Hearts (138 + 52 = 190)
13. Last Friday Night (61 + 124 = 185)
14. I Wanna Go (69 + 100 = 169)
15. Rolling In The Deep (80 + 76 = 156)