Military Wives Choir

[richie264]

The single is launched tomorrow, lets get behind them to get No1 at Xmas & beat Pick & Mix or what ever they were called that won the X factor,

[chow]

Just heard on the radio, They're number 1 in the Christmas download chat

[Rog Ball 01]

They are also No 1 in the Vodafone Chart on Heart Radio.

[sixties]

No Problem.

[Bob Bacon]

X Factor winners Little Mix blasted to the top of the Official Singles Chart with debut release Cannonball shifting over 210,000 copies in its first week.
The release achieved the biggest first week sales for a single so far this year - outselling the rest of this week's Official Singles Chart Top 5 combined.

But Little Mix shouldn't get too comfortable at the top just yet. Bookies have placed The Military Wives choir ahead of the girl band for the coveted Christmas number one next weekend.

William Hill have Gareth Malone's choir at 1/8, with the X Factor winners trailing behind at 11/2, based on the pre-orders for The Military Wives' Wherever You Are breaking Amazon records.'X Factor will have lost a week's sales by the time the Christmas number one is counted,' said a William Hill spokesperson.

'It looks like the Military Wives can't be beaten.'

[Rog Ball 01]

The current betting odds as shown on Odds Checker are shown below:

Christmas Number One

Winner

Military Wives Choir	1/12
Nirvana	16
Any Other	16
Little Mix	20

[Paul Hinge]

Well I have made my pitch and purchased 10 copies of this CD and had them sent to different family members as Xmas presents so I hope in some small way I've done my bit to ensure this fantastic recording makes it to No1 for Xmas.....Pob Lwc!

Hingey

[Rog Ball 01]

This is the latest from the News Screens on MSN:

The Government is to waive VAT on sales of the Military Wives' Christmas single. According to the Daily Mail, the Treasury will give the money to charity in lieu of the tax taken from sales of Wherever You Are, which looks set to be Christmas number one. Chancellor George Osborne and Defence Secretary Philip Hammond are said to have struck the deal after Conservative MP Oliver Colvile called for the tax to be waived.

A Treasury source told the newspaper: "George thinks this is an incredibly worthy cause and is sorting this out. We look forward to making an announcement shortly." Mr Colvile, who wrote to the Treasury and started an online petition over the issue, told the paper he was "absolutely delighted the Government has seen sense". Last month the Government agreed to make a charity donation equivalent to the sum of VAT receipts collected on the sales of the X Factor's charity single Wishing on a Star. The Military Wives were formed by Gareth Malone for BBC2 programme The Choir, which climaxed with the group performing at the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall.

Their song has become the fastest seller for six years and could hit the half-million mark by the end of the week, virtually guaranteeing a Christmas number one. The group is outselling this year's X Factor winners Little Mix by a margin of six to one, with 242,000 copies sold in two days, according to the Official Charts Company. Proceeds from the single are being donated to the Royal British Legion and the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association.

The Christmas number one will be announced on BBC1 at 2pm on Christmas Day.

[Bob Bacon]

[Rog Ball 01]

Thanks for the thread Bob. I have looked at the video, and I am very impressed with what has been done. I also looked at the videos attached to this and again am impressed with what I have seen.

Again thanks Bob.