The X Factor charity single is expected to bring in some of the biggest sales of the decade!"Hero", a Mariah Carey's 1993 hit, was covered by the 12 X Factor finalists for two charities; the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal and Help For Heroes. It was released last week, and is so popular, its being called one of the biggest singles of the decade.
The success of the single has many British retailers scrambling to fill out orders to refill their emptying shelves. UK retailer HMV has reported sales of over 100,000 in just two days. According to the chain's spokesman Gennardo Castaldo, "the only thing that may hold back sales this week is whether the manufacturers can keep pace with the growing demand for the CD single."
Amazon UK revealed earlier in the week that they sold out of the CD single within a few hours of release. It is also #1 on UK iTunes and Play.com.
The single, which was performed live on the live results show on Saturday, is seeing sales projections of over 300K, making it one of the biggest opening week sales of the year, if not the decade. This isn't the first time that the X Factor has yielded huge sales. Leona Lewis' coronation single "A Moment Like This" sold half a million copies in its first week.
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