from Music Week

 

James Blunt’s Back To Bedlam has this week overtaken Coldplay’s X&Y to become the UK’s biggest-selling album of the year to date.

 

Atlantic-signed Blunt moved ahead of the Parlophone band by around 5,000 copies yesterday with Back To Bedlam’s over-the-counter sales in the UK now standing at around 1.53m. The two albums are some distance ahead of the rest of the pack with the year’s third top artist album, the B Unique/Polydor-issued Kaiser Chiefs set Employment, currently standing at around 820,000 sales.

 

The Blunt album, which last week made its debut on the Billboard 200 chart at number 187 with 6,000 sales, has spent nine non-consecutive weeks at number one in the UK and is this Sunday expected to hold its place in the Top 10 where it has been since the end of May.

 

Blunt also has one of the year’s biggest-selling singles to date with You’re Beautiful presently sitting behind UMTV’s (Is This The Way To) Amarillo by Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay and Gut’s Axel F by Crazy Frog as the third top seller to date. The track has also become the biggest-selling download in the UK to date.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :cry:

I like some of his song, but please.

 

Oh well. It was probably bound to happen sooner or later, I just never expected this soon.

 

I've been seeing him all over iTunes and it's quite annoying.

Stupid James Blunt. :angry:

Lets all hunt James Blunt to death with our lazers of doom. BWAHHH HA HA HA HA!!!????

Jamed Blunt= :snore:

My sister has his album and it' the kind of album that has a few nice songs but the rest kind of washes over you - background crooning! Oh well, as you say it was going to happen sometime but don't lose heart - Coldplay are hugely popluar all over the world, unlike Mr James Blunt!

I bet that album's like elevator music! :snore:

If he beats Coldplay in the 'Best UK&Ireland' catagory at the MTV awards that will seriously suck! I really cant stand him, sorry! :lol:

when i've heard of "you're beautiful" i began to like James Blunt, but when i've heard of his other songs, i figured that he's the kind of artist who can sing good tunes, but is not always the case. at least with coldplay, i really like all their songs. :)

Jamed Blunt= :snore:

 

 

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i've never heard his music, so i am in no place to judge

trust me, you dont want to hear it.....unless you want to go into a coma :snore:

 

 

 

im so bitchy! :lol: sorry! i just find him intensely irritating!

i agree, the video and song "Wisemen" is really boring. But I kinda liked You're Beautiful, maybe the only song he sang that I liked.

I bet that album's like elevator music! :snore:

If he beats Coldplay in the 'Best UK&Ireland' catagory at the MTV awards that will seriously suck! I really cant stand him, sorry! :lol:

 

Omg, i really hope not! That would not only suck, but it would be absolutely embarassing! James Blunt vs. Coldplay....it's a no brainer!

trust me, you dont want to hear it.....unless you want to go into a coma :snore:

 

 

 

im so bitchy! :lol: sorry! i just find him intensely irritating!

 

:lol:

James is a very good singer, and made a very good album, but what the f*ck, outselling X&Y??? What are you Brits thinking? Now go get your jackets, steel some pounds from your ma, and get your ass to the store to buy the greatest album of the year, X&Y!!!

I think, over the long term X&Y will win out because the album is just pure class and Coldplay have longevity written all over them...

 

So, don't you worry about a thang baby!

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Yup - My bet is on Coldplay being around a lot longer than James Blunt.

Oh hell yeah, like Nettie said, Coldplay have longevity, unlike James Blunt who probably wont be around in a year's time. Well i hope not anyway :snore: :snore: :snore:

 

 

:lol:

Ooh! you are awful! :lol:

His singing is too nasal.

^Yeah it is!!! Sounds like he's singing outta his nose!

Which is what he/she just said... :lol:

 

What have you been taking Steph? :lol:

Hahaha Nettie im not normal right now....i just listened to that frickin' Ashlee Simpson song...im in total shock!!!!!! :stunned: :stunned: :stunned:

ok! i love james blunt's voice and his cd is fairly good but....overtaking X AND Y?????????????????????????????????????? might as well try to overtake the queen, doesnt he? :angry: