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Everybody Hurts Hitting the 150,000 mark

THE Sun’s Helping Haiti single was last night outselling its nearest chart rival by four to one.

Everybody hurts looked certain to be No1 on Sunday, ousting Owl City’s Fireflies after five weeks.

The charity track – featuring Leona Lewis, Rod Stewart, Take that and Robbie Williams – is also outselling X Factor twins Jedward’s Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby).

Official midweek sales figures are released today.

But music industry insiders said Everybody hurts – released on Sunday – was on course to have racked up 150,000 sales by the end of last night.

Half the money raised will go to the Sun’s Helping Haiti fund and the other half to the Disasters Emergency Committee.

Gennaro Castaldo of HMV said: “For it to sell over 100,000 copies in a day or two underlines once again the generosity of the UK and Irish public when called upon to help others.”

Retailers – including Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer, Bhs, Argos and BP Extra – stock the single for around £3.99.

It is available for 99p as a download only.

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