Band Aid sells 72,000 on day one
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More than 72,000 copies of the new version of charity single Band Aid are sold on its first day of release.
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The new Band Aid charity single will be sold on Apple's popular iTunes online music service, with the company subsidizing the retail cost of the track.
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Headline acts including rocker Eric Clapton, pianist Jools Holland and The Manic Street Preachers drew more than 60,000 people to a charity concert that raised &#36;2.3 million for Asian tsunami relief.
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Britons are on average giving more to charity than a year ago, according to a report.
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Band Aid 20&#39;s new version of &#39;Do they Know its Christmas?&#39; is being touted as the fasted selling album after it sold over 100,00 copies on the first day of its release in UK.
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A company that many expected never to make it to launch has opened up offering 770,000 songs
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The reworked Band Aid charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" held tight to its top spot in the UK pop charts Sunday, bringing it a step closer to becoming the coveted Christmas No. 1.
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A further Â£7 million was donated overnight to help the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami - bringing the total raised so far to Â£32 million, the Disasters Emergency Committee said.
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A remake of the melancholy Christmas tune, Do They Know It&#39;s Christmas, released as a charity single by many of Britain&#39;s top bands, has sold 95,000 copies on its first day of release.
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Bookies take bets on an unconfirmed new version of Band Aid being Christmas number one.
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Music fans today clamoured to buy a piece of pop history as the new Band Aid single went on sale. HMV opened its Oxford Street store early, at 8am, so commuters could grab a copy of the revived Do They Know It&#39;s Christmas?
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BAND Aid 20&#39;s Do They Know It&#39;s Christmas? is set to be No1 in the charts this week - and the best-selling single of the year.
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Around 100,000 copies of the new Band Aid single were sold on its first day of release yesterday, according to estimates. Eager shoppers were queueing before stores opened to get their hands on the CD; HMV opened up an hour early to accomodate the demand.
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The first wave of tickets for the Diana memorial concert sell out within minutes of going on sale.
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The UK's biggest insurer unveils better than expected sales figures for the first nine months of the year.
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British charities announced on Thursday that they have so far raised 15 million pounds (about 28.9 million US dollars) in aid for Asian tsunami victims.
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Apple&#39;S iTunes caused upset yesterday by securing the Band Aid charity single Do They Know It&#39;s Christmas for sale at 79p, instead of the Â£1.49 its rivals, from Napster to HMV, are asking customers to pay.