Midweek Charts update: X Factor single selling slower than predecessors

Paul Williams

The Syco-issued X Factor Finalists 2011 single had sold more than 80,000 copies by the end of business on Wednesday having registered 56,328 sales when the Official Charts Company unveiled its first midweek figures of the week on Tuesday. This compares to the 2010 cover of David Bowie's Heroes having opened with around 72,000 sales on the first midweek chart a year ago before going on to sell 144,014 units across its entire first week.

The sales of Wishing On ...

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