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Post by Marian » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:25 am

From BILLBOARD this week....

Hot Singles Sales
Billboard Celebrates 50 Years Of Hot 100 Hits.

#1 This Week

Connie Talbot

Three Little Birds


Rainbow Recordings | AAO


Issue Date: 2008-12-06

Can't say I've heard it though.
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Post by mariana44 » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:18 am

I saw an advert for the Christmas cd--called strangely enough--"Christmas with Connie Talbot.".

A very sweet picture of Connie on the cover.
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Post by ROBERT M. » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:12 pm

Hard to believe Connie is #1 in America though :wink:
"My Tears Will Fall Now That You're Gone,
I Can't Help But Cry, But I Must Go On" :(
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Post by Marian » Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:06 am

They showed film of her over there and she had people coming up to her all the time just to say hello and shake her hand, and especially lots of Japanese people wanting to be photographed with her.
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Post by mariana44 » Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:20 am

Perhaps they think she is like an English Shirley Temple--she certainly is as cute and talented enough !!
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Post by Lena & Harry Smith » Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:32 am

Connies song "Three Little Birds" is a calypso style song and quite repetetive, but none the less she is a sweet little girl and if she makes it and furthers a career then good luck to her.
Her songs are on Youtube. :lol: :lol:
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Post by ROBERT M. » Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:16 am

Just watched it on Youtube, and I still cannot believe the song is the American #1 :shock: :roll:
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Post by paul jh » Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:32 am

Let me put this #1 in perspective, so that Robert won't have sleepless nights. :wink: :shock:

Connie's song is #1 on the physical singles chart. The only US record store that still sells physical singles is Virgin Megastore and there are only a handful of locations primarily in NYC, SF, and LA. And their stock is very limited and mostly UK imports! :) I wouldn't be able to purchase a physical single anywhere in the Washington metro area. :x So people may have ordered this single on line. Even still, I expect she sold around 1000 copies in a country of 300 million people. So it's nice that Connie has a #1, but this is hardly the start of another British invasion. :wink:
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Post by Marian » Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:45 am

I hoped you would be able to clear up the controversy Paul.
They said on TV that she was number 1 on the Hot 100 singles chart, but didn't explain what this is, so thankyou for the explanation.
I'm sure Robert will be pleased too :wink:
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Post by ROBERT M. » Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:16 pm

:D :D
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I Can't Help But Cry, But I Must Go On" :(
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Post by paul jh » Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:31 pm

T.I. featuring Rihanna has been #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with Live Your Life for several weeks. (I'm sure you all can hum a few bars of that!) Connie is not in the top 50 and I doubt she's even in the top 100; I don't have access to the full list). So the TV report was a bit inaccurate ... I'm sure that's a first. :wink:

The Hot 100 singles chart is a combination of radio airplay, physical single sales, digital single sales, and digital streaming. Since the physical single sales are minuscule, they don't play much of a factor in chart position.

Billboard publishes many other singles charts and Connie was #1 on the physical singles chart.
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