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The track, with all proceeds going toward the fight against Ebola in west Africa, has outsold the rest of the top five combined and scored the biggest one-week sales since Impossible by the X Factor s James Arthur hottube sold 489,000 copies hottube in 2012.
The massive sales haul of Band Aid 30 , which features Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding, One Direction, Olly Murs, Rita Ora and Bastille, outshines Band Aid 20 s first-week sales in 2004 - their version of the song sold 297,000 in its first seven days.
A spokesman for the Official Charts Company said: Band Aid 20 sold 200,000 each week for its first four weeks on sale - can Band Aid 30 keep up its sales momentum and beat its predecessor? It s possible - a physical version is set to be released in December, which means the track is still a serious contender for 2014 s official Christmas number one.
Geldof told BBC Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills: I m constantly hottube amazed by this country. I love living in Britain at times like this. It just seems that everyone just says yeah, heads down, we re going to do this and, believe me, we are going to do it.
One Direction entered the album chart at number one with Four, racking up 142,000 sales, outselling its nearest rival by more than 90,000 hottube copies. Their fourth album is their third in a row to top the chart.
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