Chart Prediction Game - FIRST ROUND *COME JOIN IN*

[Wayne]

Instructions:

- I'll give you a song, and/or album, and you have to predict where it will land in the UK charts!

- The person who comes closest will score the points. And I'll add them onto a leader board! :D

- On some weeks, I may also throw in the odd question as an opportunity to score more points

Scoring:

Position | Pts

Exact Position = 10
Within 5 places either side = 8
Within 10 places either side = 6
Within 15 places either side = 4
Within 20 places either side = 2

This will begin on Sunday, after the official UK Charts have been announced! You may want to refer to the Official Release Schedule (http://www.vanityedge.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=838) for the UK to get an idea of what I shall be asking you to predict! I hope we get a good turnout :D

Players:

Wayne
Neil
James

[Neil]

I'll be playing :)

[Wayne]

I'll be playing :)

Added you to the list bb! I think Blossom should play too! :grinlove:

[Wayne]

Anybody else going to be joining?

[James]

I will play but I am RUBBISH at predictions. But even if you just get to laugh at how wrong I am it will be worth it

[Wayne]

FIRST ROUND:

1) Where will the following acts and their songs debut in the UK singles chart next week:

Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love
Pitbull - Hotel Room Service
Alphabeat – The Spell

2) Who will top next week's album chart? Editors look like a lock in for this week's chart. Next week's new releases include:

Alexandra Burke – Overcome
Alison Moyet – The Best Of
Athlete - Wires: The Best Of
Fleetwood Mac – The Very Best Of
Michael Buble – Crazy Love
Mr Hudson - Straight No Chaser
Whitney Houston – I Look To You

For a full list, see the release schedule (http://www.vanityedge.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=838)

Mid-week data is usually released around Tuesday morning at about 11am, so you have until then to post your answers to the above questions in this thread. ANYBODY can join in!

[Wayne]

I predict:

#01 = Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love
#11 = Pitbull - Hotel Room Service
#19 = Alphabeat – The Spell

Albums Chart:

#1 = Alexandra Burke - Overcome

[Neil]

I predict:

#01 = Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love
#10 = Young Soul Rebels - I Got Soul
#14 = Pitbull - Hotel Room Service
#21 = Alphabeat – The Spell

Albums Chart:

#1 = Alexandra Burke - Overcome
#2 = Whitney Houston – I Look To You

[James]

Cheryl - #1
Pitbull #12
Alphabeat #22

Albums

Alexnadra #1

[Wayne]

Well the #1's in both charts are a foregone conclusion! :P So we can all be awarded with at least 20 points! :cheer:

[Neil]

01 (**) Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love
10 (**) Young Soul Rebels - I Got Soul (<--- So wish this had been included :angry:)
15 (12) Pitbull Feat. Nicole Scherzinger - Hotel Room Service
20 (**) Alphabeat - The Spell

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01 (**) Alexandra Burke - Overcome

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Wayne - 10, 8, 8, 10 = 36
Neil - 10, 8, 8, 10 = 36
James - 10, 8, 8, 10 = 36

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I think the scoring is too generous. I think it should be like this:

Exact = 10
-1/+1 = 8
-2/+2 = 6
-3/+3 = 4
-4/+4 = 2

[Wayne]

^ Okay, but to save on time, I'll use the original scoring system for that first round. Then from now on, we'll adopt the less generous scheme! :)

SCOREBOARD SO FAR:

JAMES: 36
NEIL: 36
WAYNE: 36

Here's this week's Chart Prediction...predict where the following singles/albums will be in next week's chart:

SINGLES:

Beyonce - Broken Hearted Girl
Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway
Westlife - What About Now

ALBUMS

Bee Gees - The Ultimate
Bon Jovi - The Circle
Carrie Underwood - Play On

YOUR BONUS QUESTION:
If you guess this correctly, you get an additional 5 points! Wahey! :cheer:

- Will this week's number one single sell 50% more than the number two single? YES or NO...

You need to submit your answers in this topic by the time the first UK Mid-Week report is released - Tuesday morning before 12:00pm normally! :)