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Posted by: JosephCarey 10th December 2016, 03:04 PM

It's the week before the race for the Christmas #1, and things are starting to get busy. We have potential new entries from The X Factor Winner (out Sunday), 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' by ZAYN & Taylor Swift, 'Just Hold On' by Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson (out Saturday night/Sunday), 'Touch' and 'Oops' by Little Mix, 'You Don't Know Me' by Jax Jones featuring RAYE and 'Million Reasons' by Lady Gaga. Who will be #1? It's too early to call! Expect Christmas songs galore once again too.

On the album chart, it looks like it could finally be Michael Ball & Alfie Boe's turn at the top after their TV special on Friday night. The Rolling Stones will put up a fight for the top however, with Little Mix, Elvis Presley and Olly Murs all hanging around too. New entries are thin on the ground but expect boosts for The Weeknd, Little Mix and Kylie Minogue following The X Factor this weekend.

Breakdown of the week
- Saturday and Sunday: Information on Twitter from MintRoyale only. Please do not make requests, we do not have any information other than what's posted.
- Monday: OCC Top 100 + Radio 1 Chart Update 5:30pm to 5:45pm.
- Tuesday: Top 40 update as and when we receive them with requests, this is NOT 100% guaranteed however. The OCC may publish sales flashes of their own accord but likewise, this is not guaranteed. Twitter and social media is your friend for today. Please post any information you find with a source. Do not nag for updates, we will post a top 40 update if we receive one.
- Wednesday: Top 40 update from Music Week from 5:45, and potential top 5 sales but this is not guaranteed.
- Thursday: See Tuesday.

Other notes (please read)
- You may make requests Tuesday to Thursday but outside the top 40, specific positions will not be revealed (unless deemed necessary by a mod).
- Please do not demand a midweek update, one will be posted as and when we receive the information. Patience is a virtue.
- Sales information will be given out as deemed necessary by a moderator, please bear this in mind when making requests. Most requests for sales will be ignored.
- To keep everyone in the loop of all chart action, please refer to the iTunes and Spotify threads.

PLEASE REMEMBER: Midweek information will be scarce over the Christmas period, we will not get updates as frequently as normal, we thank you for your patience!

Posted by: JosephCarey 10th December 2016, 03:04 PM

Official Singles/Albums Chart Update Top 100
Source: OCC
Missing Data:

http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart-update/

1 Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul and Anne-Marie - Rockabye [21.9k]
2 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human [13.9k] [**THREE sales ahead**]
3 The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - Starboy [13.9k]
4 Rae Sremmurd feat. Gucci Mane - Black Beatles [13.6k] [**52 sales ahead**]
5 ZAYN and Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever [13.5k] *

6-10


11-20
12 Zara Larsson - I Would Like

21-30
21 Louis Tomlinson and Steve Aoki - Just Hold On *
23 Tom Zanetti feat. Sadie Ama - You Want Me
26 The Vamps feat. Matoma - All Night

31-40
33 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
34 J. Cole - Deja Vu *
37 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas ^
40 Lady Gaga - Million Reasons *

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart-update/

1 Michael Ball and Alfie Boe - Together [39.3k]
2 The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome [31.7k]
3 Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You [25.1k]
4 Little Mix - Glory Days [25.0k]
5 Olly Murs - 24 HRS [22.0k]

6-10
6 Robbie Williams - The Heavy Entertainment Show
7 Michael Bublé - Nobody But Me

11-20
11 Phil Collins - The Singles
14 J. Cole - 4 Your Eyez Only *
16 Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams
17 Adele - 25
20 Rick Astley - 50

21-30
21 Prince - 4Ever
25 Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
26 Aled Jones - One Voice At Christmas
30 Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits

31-40
35 Craig David - Following My Intuition
36 Sia - This Is Acting
37 Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream ^
38 Neil Young - Peace Trail *
40 Katie Melua - In Winter ^

Click on the above relevant links.

Posted by: JosephCarey 10th December 2016, 03:05 PM

Wednesday Update Top 40 Only
Source: Music Week
Missing Data:

Singles

1 Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie - Rockabye (42,181)
2 Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki - Just Hold On (32.4k) *
3 Matt Terry - When Christmas Comes Around (30,437) *
4 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (28,849)
5 The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - Starboy (28,251)

6-10
10 ZAYN & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever *

11-20
13 Zara Larsson - I Would Like

21-30
27 The Vamps & Matoma - All Night
29 Little Mix - Touch *
30 J. Cole - Deja Vu *

31-40
35 Lady Gaga - Million Reasons *
36 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
39 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas ^

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Albums

1 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together (66,822)
2 The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome (49,887)
3 Little Mix - Get Weird (44,412)
4 Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You (40,812)
5 Olly Murs - 24 HRS (35,120)

6-10
6 Robbie Williams - The Heavy Entertainment Show

11-20
11 Phil Collins - The Singles
15 Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams
16 Adele - 25
17 Rick Astley - 50
18 J. Cole - 4 Your Eyez Only *

21-30
23 Prince - 4Ever
24 Aled Jones - One Voice at Christmas
26 Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker

31-40
35 Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream ^
36 Craig David - Following My Intuition
37 Katie Melua - In Winter ^
40 Madness - Can't Touch Us Now ^

NO OTHER SALES INFO

Posted by: christmdhas 10th December 2016, 03:09 PM

Singles chart looking awesome this week *.*

Posted by: mr_pmt 10th December 2016, 04:12 PM

If one of my friends dared to have a birthday on such an important occasion, I'd cut them off for being insensitive.

Posted by: Tinsel Boy 10th December 2016, 04:34 PM

People cancel real life for the chart in this day and age?

Posted by: raphaelalm 10th December 2016, 04:44 PM

Hope Little Mix can back to number #1 or #2 this week. The X Factor effect is always good.

Posted by: SKOB 10th December 2016, 05:30 PM

Interesting to see where J. Cole lands on albums. He'll be dominating the US charts

Posted by: timjimlee 10th December 2016, 06:06 PM

Top 10 at best over here.

Posted by: BigMixer 10th December 2016, 07:07 PM

I bet Louis's performance will be really emotional. That could push it to #1.

Posted by: 🎄cqmerqn🎄 10th December 2016, 07:13 PM

Top 20 probably

Posted by: Mack'sXmasSack 10th December 2016, 07:26 PM

Possibly Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson for the #1 spot, given the X Factor performance.

Posted by: Dobbo 10th December 2016, 07:45 PM

The thought of Steve Aoki having a UK #1 single is quite a odd prospect.

Posted by: SmileyKylie 10th December 2016, 08:32 PM

Kylie Minogue 'At Christmas' for that top 100 smash!!!

Posted by: aeroco 10th December 2016, 08:38 PM

Best chance this week for our Kylie....she was just singing At Christmas on the Talk Talk X Factor ad break.

Talking of X Factor, be interesting to see if this years winner beats Louisa.

Posted by: SmileyKylie 10th December 2016, 10:05 PM

Yep she is on Jonathan Ross now singing 'At Christmas' lets see how it goes down........ 345 on UK iTunes right now

I think she is singing Everybody's Free on X-factor tomorrow but maybe she will do both in like a Xmas medley.....

Posted by: girl_from_oz 10th December 2016, 10:13 PM

The Louis Tomlinson track is on spotify now so I suspect that will end up doing better then Zayn and Taylor

Posted by: timjimlee 10th December 2016, 10:19 PM

Looking like we will get more comments on Singles chart predictions (than Albums) this week - a rarity in recent months.
It is refreshing to have a more unpredictable Singles chart and looks good for an exciting couple of weeks.

Posted by: ML Hammer95 10th December 2016, 10:32 PM

Really should just be social! When I couldn't watch a West Ham match due to clashes I'd record it, desperately avoid finding out the score and then watch it when I was home... most of the time I needn't have bothered.

Looking at the chart this week, hope I Feel It Coming remains stable and Tom Zanetti climbs.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 11th December 2016, 01:16 AM

Nice exciting week in the singles, id love to see Kylie make the top 100, fingers crossed.

Posted by: OutstandingMixer 11th December 2016, 01:20 AM

I honestly couldn't do that. Football is number one priority on a weekend (along with The X Factor of course!).

Posted by: iain 11th December 2016, 08:00 AM

I still think Clean Bandit will easily be no 1 this week. Zane/Taylor is already decreasing on iTunes and doesn't have Spotify streaming, Louis hasn't taken a huge iTunes lead and is missing nearly 2 days of sale. The X Factor winner will miss nearly 3 days of sale, doesn't have a physical this year, and it remains to be seen if they do anything on streaming.

Posted by: crazy christmas 11th December 2016, 08:55 AM

Ball and Boe should have the No.1 album as their ITV special is repeated tonight. It'll be interesting to see where The Stones fall to this week.

Posted by: SmileyKylie 11th December 2016, 09:10 AM

Kylie Minogue up to 155th on ITunes. Primed for an 'At Christmas' Xfactor performance to kick it into top 100 but not sure she will sing it..... maybe the Rozalla Cover Everybodys Free?

Posted by: timjimlee 11th December 2016, 09:23 AM

Wonder whether Adele can climb back into Top 10 this week with "25", it doesn't really need the additional sales to secure Year-end Sales number 1 (that is in bag) but BBC show of the Live Performance from New York appears to have given the Album a significant boost.

Posted by: slowdown73 11th December 2016, 10:30 AM

I hope Clean Bandit stays at no1. There is nothing else decent about to challenge it!

Posted by: vidsanta 11th December 2016, 03:17 PM

T5 wouldn't surprise me - the previous one has been a strong trickle-seller.

If it charts lower, it's probably because it's not the sort of album you give to your mum or your granny as an Xmas present!

Posted by: 🎄cqmerqn🎄 11th December 2016, 07:08 PM

I reckon zaylor will do 30k this week

Posted by: Hassaan 12th December 2016, 11:12 AM

Chances of Matt Terry making the number 1?

Posted by: 🎄cqmerqn🎄 12th December 2016, 11:16 AM

I very much doubt it

Posted by: 🎄cqmerqn🎄 12th December 2016, 11:22 AM

Louisa got to 9 officially after going no.1 on iTunes and with physicals

I can see Matt peaking at about 9 too considering there's no physicals this year!

Posted by: chartdj 12th December 2016, 11:34 AM

how long did Louisa hold #1 on iTunes?

Posted by: 🎄cqmerqn🎄 12th December 2016, 11:44 AM

A couple of days IIRC

Posted by: 🎄cqmerqn🎄 12th December 2016, 11:51 AM

Just checked and Louisa got Justin down to about 0.5000 at one point and she was number 1 for around 49 hours according to kworb!

Matt will probably push Matt down to less than 0.5000 but with the lack of physical sales it might do the same as Louisa

Posted by: bah... humbug... 12th December 2016, 12:08 PM

We have early mids, some other chart mod will be on the case pretty soon, CB still #1, all will be revealed pretty soon

Posted by: 🎄cqmerqn🎄 12th December 2016, 12:10 PM

Come on CB!!!!

Posted by: Tinasha 12th December 2016, 12:21 PM

iTunes data is missing so these mids mean very little for some artists.

Posted by: Dancember 12th December 2016, 12:25 PM

Official Singles/Albums Chart Update Top 100
Source: OCC
Missing Data:

http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart-update/

1 Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul and Anne-Marie - Rockabye [21.9k]
2 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human [13.9k] [**THREE sales ahead**]
3 The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - Starboy [13.9k]
4 Rae Sremmurd feat. Gucci Mane - Black Beatles [13.6k] [**52 sales ahead**]
5 ZAYN and Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever [13.5k] *

6-10


11-20
12 Zara Larsson - I Would Like

21-30
21 Louis Tomlinson and Steve Aoki - Just Hold On *
23 Tom Zanetti feat. Sadie Ama - You Want Me
26 The Vamps feat. Matoma - All Night

31-40
33 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
34 J. Cole - Deja Vu *
37 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas ^
40 Lady Gaga - Million Reasons *

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart-update/

1 Michael Ball and Alfie Boe - Together [39.3k]
2 The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome [31.7k]
3 Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You [25.1k]
4 Little Mix - Glory Days [25.0k]
5 Olly Murs - 24 HRS [22.0k]

6-10
6 Robbie Williams - The Heavy Entertainment Show
7 Michael Bublé - Nobody But Me

11-20
11 Phil Collins - The Singles
14 J. Cole - 4 Your Eyez Only *
16 Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams
17 Adele - 25
20 Rick Astley - 50

21-30
21 Prince - 4Ever
25 Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
26 Aled Jones - One Voice At Christmas
30 Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits

31-40
35 Craig David - Following My Intuition
36 Sia - This Is Acting
37 Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream ^
38 Neil Young - Peace Trail *
40 Katie Melua - In Winter ^

Click on the above relevant links.

Posted by: GTH 12th December 2016, 12:26 PM

I expect Matt will do a bit better than Louisa, purely because his song isn't utter garbage unlike last years winners single (no fault of louisa's mind). Matt's will appeal more to casual listeners hearing it on the radio and seeing on tv.

Posted by: bah... humbug... 12th December 2016, 12:36 PM

#2 to #5 in the singles look pretty close. I should imagine Louis and Steve will climb further throughout the week, and Matt Terry should appear on tomorrows mids.

Top 5 albums look pretty healthy sales wise. J. Cole will most likely be the only new album inside the 40.

Posted by: shindymindy 12th December 2016, 12:43 PM

If iTunes data is missing, how are Zaylor at number 5? Have they really sold that much through other platforms?

Posted by: AcerBen 12th December 2016, 12:47 PM

I expect Matt to do better than Louisa because I would've thought Spotify will support the single on its playlists given the tie-in with the show they've had this year.

Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2016, 12:48 PM

Just yesterday's iTunes data is missing, not Friday and Saturday's!

Posted by: Mullo 12th December 2016, 12:51 PM

any news on Kylie in singles and albums??

Posted by: Jamesy 12th December 2016, 12:52 PM

I think Little Mix might snatch that number 3 position from Elvis after the X Factor performance.

Posted by: Mack'sXmasSack 12th December 2016, 12:52 PM

A new peak for Chris Rea this year possibly?

Posted by: Tinasha 12th December 2016, 12:58 PM

They have a chance of going back to #2 by the end of the week given the big boost they've had on the album charts, and the fact their iTunes sales from last night will be missing too.

Posted by: shindymindy 12th December 2016, 12:59 PM

Ah, thanks

Posted by: bah... humbug... 12th December 2016, 12:59 PM

Guys please note we might be busy, we might not answer your requests straight away, the top 100 charts on OCC will be up later.

btw, Zaylor only registered 600 in sales yesterday (obviously itunes data is missing for yesterday) and only 10% of its total on streams, Clean Bandit was the top selling single yesterday

Posted by: 🎄cqmerqn🎄 12th December 2016, 01:02 PM

Rockabye is going to be the Xmas no 1 isn't it

Posted by: Tinasha 12th December 2016, 01:05 PM

We don't know yet.

Posted by: XMAS Rob S~ 12th December 2016, 01:09 PM

I wouldn't be too sure yet. I'd personally want CB or Mariah to be Christmas #1 though!

Posted by: Steve201 12th December 2016, 01:10 PM

Thought Mariah would have been closer to the top 3 with streams from the weekend?!

Posted by: Tinasha 12th December 2016, 01:15 PM

Well Sunday's streams wouldn't be included anyway.

Posted by: Steve201 12th December 2016, 01:17 PM

Oh right thought overall sales looked low - CB only on for 65k this week - open season for xmas no1 this year!!

Posted by: bah... humbug... 12th December 2016, 01:18 PM

In the singles, just Santa Baby Top 90

Album Top 60

Posted by: Steve201 12th December 2016, 01:19 PM

Hope Santa Baby can beat its 76 peak this year - its never been top 75 before with any version!

Posted by: Zárate 12th December 2016, 01:19 PM

So only 60 streaming points for Zaylor on Sunday? Which means 6,000 streams. Quite a dire result for Apple Music if so.

Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2016, 01:21 PM

10% of its total so far this week is on streams!

Posted by: Dancember 12th December 2016, 01:22 PM

Yesterday's streaming wouldn't have counted

Those 600 sales probably come from amazon and other small services

Posted by: Hassaan 12th December 2016, 01:23 PM

At the same stage last week it looked like this:

1 Rolling Stones - Blue and Lonesome (65.6k) *
2 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together (27.1k)
3 Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You (23.5k)
4 Little Mix - Glory Days (22.3k)
5 Olly Murs - 24 Hrs (16k)

So looks like Olly and Ball & Boe will better their sales from last week, although Little Mix could still pick up a bit more.

Posted by: Hassaan 12th December 2016, 01:24 PM

Speaking of Matt, is there a physical release of the single? I think that might help him a fair bit.

Posted by: Tinasha 12th December 2016, 01:24 PM

Yes, but iTunes sales from yesterday is missing, it'll impact Little Mix in particular who got a big post-X Factor album boost.

Posted by: Steve201 12th December 2016, 01:25 PM

Quite surprised Elvis has decreased slightly since then!

Posted by: raphaelalm 12th December 2016, 01:27 PM

I think Little Mix can beat Rolling Stones and run to number #2. Only 100 copies between LM and Elvis.

Posted by: Zárate 12th December 2016, 01:28 PM

oh, I see, so about 130k streams for it then per two days, which is about 60-70k streams per day, not that bad! I wonder where is it in Apple Music charts?

Posted by: timjimlee 12th December 2016, 01:29 PM

No, it was previously announced there will be no physical release for the Winner's Single for the first time.

Posted by: shindymindy 12th December 2016, 01:39 PM

I think LM will finish at number 2 on the album chart.

Posted by: aeroco 12th December 2016, 02:12 PM

If iTunes data is missing then hopefully Kylie will be better than top 60 in the album midweeks. Top 40 is possible which would be a good boost at this time of year.

Posted by: pippa 12th December 2016, 02:36 PM

The lack of physicals may not dampen Matt's sales too much as its likely that those who buy the cd single don't download the so those sales should transfer (most of them),that said, i am sure the cd single has been used for many a stocking filler for children in the past.

Out of all the new contenders i like Louis Tomlinsons track the most, it surprised me how much i enjoyed it.

Wonderful to see Katie Melua back in the top 40 albums, this album is doing well for her.

I did think Kylie would be higher in the albums but the X Factor effect wont have hit yet, that said, her performance would have done nothing to sway me into buying the album, it was a wasted opportunity for such an excellent promotion slot.

Little Mix should comfortably take number 2in the albums and i am delighted Olly Murs is holding in the top 5.

Posted by: ___∆___ 12th December 2016, 02:58 PM

The Vamps holding up really well - could take off in the New Year when all the Christmas songs plummet?

Posted by: girl_from_oz 12th December 2016, 03:04 PM

Possibly amazon, also the song vanished from itunes for a few hours so people may have gone to amazon to buy it during that period

Posted by: BigMixer 12th December 2016, 04:25 PM

40 Lady Gaga - Million Reasons *

I know some data is missing, but it's great to finally see in the top 40!

Tonight : Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Tomorrow : Royal Variety

it has a very good chance of reaching the top 40 by Friday!

Posted by: Tinasha 12th December 2016, 04:28 PM

The data missing will actually work in her favour, as it's iTunes data missing and Million Reasons was high on iTunes.

Posted by: christmdhas 12th December 2016, 04:34 PM

Think we all underestimated Human! At this point I'm thinking...

1. Louis
2. Matt
3. CB
4. Rag'n'Bone Man
5. The Weeknd
6. Mariah
7. Rae Sremmurd
8. ZAYlor
9. James Arthur
10. Zara

24. Little Mix (Touch) *
29. Little Mix (Oops) *
35. J.Cole *
33. Lady Gaga *

..but I'll revise them when we get a full, correct update.

Posted by: BigMixer 12th December 2016, 04:38 PM

Oh, I misread that part.

In that case, it's definitely entering top 40 by the end of the week, hoping for top 30, depends on the tonights and tomorrow's boost.

Posted by: BrookeOlivia 12th December 2016, 04:38 PM

I personally cant see Matt getting #2 after missing few days of sales, Plus I would imagine it to start dropping on iTunes shortly.

I think he could debut top 5 maybe? Which would be a better result than last year's single.

Posted by: TomJ1991 12th December 2016, 04:39 PM

Louisa only sold around 30,000 CD singles in total, so they isn't as much of a market for them anymore, it appears!

Posted by: JosephCarey 12th December 2016, 04:44 PM

That's still a large chunk of her sales though! They helped her out hugely and ultimately kept her top 10 in week 1.

Posted by: WiseManFromLeeds 12th December 2016, 04:46 PM

Just looked at the J Cole album and the cover really reminds me of a Lukas Graham single cover! Needless to say they don't sound anything alike

Posted by: crazy christmas 12th December 2016, 05:33 PM

The Stones album is holding up really well. Expected it out of the top 3 this week.

Posted by: SKOB 12th December 2016, 05:49 PM

Joanne #43, great chance to go top 40, brilliant!

Posted by: christmdhas 12th December 2016, 05:54 PM

Irregardless of the Little Mix, Louis and Matt Terry tracks that'll make more of an appearance soon, the amount of change we're seeing this week is great. Would be great to see Rag'n'Bone Man stay as high as possible, maybe #4 is doable for him.

Posted by: Hadji 12th December 2016, 06:01 PM

Calum Scott at #39 which is decreasing on streaming so it should finally be out of the top 40 on Friday

Posted by: Defaze 12th December 2016, 06:06 PM

I'm legitimately shocked to see Olly Murs having such fantastic staying power with this album. I thought for sure his hype had evaporated after the relatively poor performance of his singles this era.

I sincerely hope Clean Bandit, or even Matt, manage to block Louis Tomlinson. It would be the worst #1 of the year without a doubt, which is quite a feat given that 'Stitches' and 'Closer' reached the top.

Triggered.

Posted by: SmileyKylie 12th December 2016, 07:37 PM

Good to see Kylie Christmas move back up to 53rd and hopefully sneak top 50 on Friday after some media interest over the weekend.

Who would have thought a Kylie re-issue of a Christmas album would be nearly outselling a Lady Gaga studio album which is only a few weeks old............

Posted by: Hadji 12th December 2016, 09:12 PM

I hope the music awards can propel John Legend into the top 20 and to make Robbie Williams return to the top 40

Posted by: timjimlee 12th December 2016, 09:14 PM

Yes it is a little bit of a surprise he has stayed above Robbie in the last couple of weeks given the amount of promotion Robbie is getting in - also a little bit ironic given the mentoring Robbie gave to Olly on the X factor...
Robbie on the BBC Music Awards tonight though, may give him boost to overtake Olly...

Posted by: Jason 12th December 2016, 09:27 PM

The official top 100 singles/albums update page is not opening for me.

Posted by: truly talented 12th December 2016, 09:30 PM

Oly Murs has had huge tv promo too plus multiple singing slots on radio 1 and radio 2.

Posted by: Hadji 12th December 2016, 09:31 PM

Nor me either. The site is obviously playing up

Posted by: andeeeeyhart 12th December 2016, 09:45 PM

It's been having problems on and off for a few weeks now.

Posted by: Steve201 12th December 2016, 09:46 PM

Re Olly and Robbie - they both have had as many promo slots as each other - wth Olly getting radio 1 support too. It's true though - Ollys singles don't seem to have impacted as much this time although his album sales remain huge!

Posted by: Davidson 12th December 2016, 09:52 PM

Any position for Emeli on the album chart?

Posted by: Hadji 12th December 2016, 09:56 PM

LML probably won't do anything now as Robbie is performing "Sensational"

Posted by: Steve201 12th December 2016, 09:59 PM

Love My Life is a fantastic track and should have been top 10 IMO - in another era it would have been - but it'll give people another reason to buy the album!

Posted by: timjimlee 12th December 2016, 10:03 PM

Not seen him on tv much in last 2 weeks though to compare with the Brits Icon hour and a half special that Robbie had.

Posted by: Steve201 12th December 2016, 10:08 PM

He has been on loads of things I've watched like Michael McIntyre twice and Graham Norton!

Posted by: timjimlee 12th December 2016, 10:17 PM

Fair play to him, he was also on Strictly takes two tonight I think, he is obviously putting the work in. Just think Robbie has had the pick of the Promotion slots.
Looking at the YTD sales for both Albums it is neck and neck between the two, couldn't call which will finish higher in the Year End sales chart.

Posted by: Steve201 12th December 2016, 10:33 PM

Robbie impressive IMO as he doesn't get support from a younger age group any longer as he's older and made the move to radio 2.

But then again older artists are performing better with albums due to younger people not buying albums any more!

Posted by: timjimlee 12th December 2016, 11:04 PM

Still think Robbie is trying to appeal across the board though, he still likes to try and appear edgy (there are at least 3 songs on the Album with the Explicit tag, "Mother****er" for example) however calling the Album "The Heavy Entertainment Show" shows he does see himself as the All-round Entertainer...

Posted by: Hassaan 13th December 2016, 09:37 AM

It's probably no indication, but the video of Matt's performance of the winners single is #2 on trending on YouTube. I wonder if this might drive some more sales? (Before anyone tells me, I know YouTube views don't count towards the charts).

Posted by: -SCOTT- 13th December 2016, 12:09 PM

Matt at 5, Louis is 2. Clean Bandit still #1 according to OCC

Posted by: BigMixer 13th December 2016, 12:15 PM

any news on Zaylor?

Posted by: chartdj 13th December 2016, 12:24 PM

so unless matt falls now he gets 1, because 0.3 is too low for clean bandit on iTunes regardless of streaming

Posted by: omrimayo 13th December 2016, 12:31 PM

But it has another 3K or something for missing straming, even 5K. and he's falling.

Posted by: Rafael x 13th December 2016, 12:35 PM

OMG!! C'mon Louis.

Posted by: chartdj 13th December 2016, 12:38 PM

ofc if he falls, clean bandit need at least 0.6 on itunes I think.

Posted by: Steve201 13th December 2016, 01:00 PM

Exciting update - it will be interesting to see how XF holds up - and if streaming plays a part. Remember CB sales this week will be only 65k!

Posted by: Hayzayy 13th December 2016, 01:29 PM

I pray Clean Bandit stays at the top !

Posted by: Rafael x 13th December 2016, 01:31 PM

However, Matt faces strong competition from Louis Tomlinson, whose debut solo single Just Hold On has climbed a massive 19 places overnight to Number 2, just behind Clean Bandit's Rockabye by 7,500 combined sales. Currently, Matt Terry is trailing Louis by 4,000 combined sales.

OCC.

Posted by: Dancember 13th December 2016, 01:52 PM

It'll be a close race between Louis and Matt then, it all depends on how well Matt holds up the rest of this week.

Posted by: chartdj 13th December 2016, 02:05 PM

with these sales matt has it unfortunately, unless he falls right now

Posted by: aeroco 13th December 2016, 02:09 PM

Think Matt and Louis are dropping off too much now.

Posted by: raphaelalm 13th December 2016, 02:11 PM

So excited to see LM surpass Elvis today!

Posted by: bah... humbug... 13th December 2016, 02:13 PM

Its going to be close, I just knew it would be doable for Matt, even with just 4 days of sales, sales last week were pretty dire for CB, 65+ should do it.

Posted by: Davidson 13th December 2016, 02:13 PM

You are forgetting neither Louis or Matt have a full week.

I think Clean Bandit will just hold on by a couple of thousand copies and Louis/Matt will be very close between 2-3. Next week is when it gets hard to predict, due to their iTunes and Spotify performances being very unpredictable for us right now.

Posted by: pippa 13th December 2016, 02:29 PM

In a very welcome change we have a proper battle in the top 3 singles. It has been far too long since we have had a battle like this. I wish we would have more of it as it does add excitement when waiting for the chart to be announced on Friday.

Posted by: MARIAH. 13th December 2016, 02:49 PM

Top 5 Update

Missing data from Monday: Spotify streaming, Apple streaming

Singles:
#1 33.8k Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie
#2 26.4k Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki
#3 23.1k Rag'n'Bone Man
#4 22.2k The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk [Starboy]
#5 21.8k Matt Terry

Albums:
#1 54.5k Michael Ball & Alfie Boe
#2 41.8k Rolling Stones
#3 36.5k Little Mix
#4 33.8k Elvis Presley
#5 29.5k Olly Murs

Posted by: 🎄cqmerqn🎄 13th December 2016, 02:52 PM

Matt could get to 4 but I guess it depends on how close he was to cracking the top 50 on spotify

Posted by: JosephCarey 13th December 2016, 02:52 PM

Please note that's all we have right now guys re. midweek info!! The usual update maaaay come later but as always it's not guaranteed.

Posted by: Serg Mix 13th December 2016, 02:54 PM

Good album sales

Posted by: chartdj 13th December 2016, 03:02 PM

nice update thanks! so matt sold 21k first day, clean bandit could be less than 60k for the week

Posted by: Dancember 13th December 2016, 03:03 PM

Matt Terry will have to keep selling at a rate of 21k per day to get to this week's #1, can't see it happening. Most likely Louis takes it.

Posted by: ___∆___ 13th December 2016, 03:03 PM

So good to see decent album sales and genuinely surprised at the sustained success of Olly - I guess he really is an album/gift buying act now which is no bad thing!

The Top 5 album once again really shows which age group is propping up the physical albums - appreciate a lot is gift buying but Alfie/Michael, Rolling Stones and Elvis are appealing to the market that doesn't download or stream.

Excellent start for Louis - was hoping he would kick Clean Bandit off the top, it's a good track but not 'worthy' of a 6 week stint at #1! And fair play to Matt Terry - Unknown song and no physical and doing better than expected.

Posted by: Rafael x 13th December 2016, 03:13 PM

So Louis needs to be Top 15 on Spotify to grab that #1?

Posted by: chartdj 13th December 2016, 03:16 PM

why? matt just needs a bit more than 40k in three days (unfortunately)

Posted by: Tommy 13th December 2016, 03:37 PM

I don't understand how - with missing streaming - someone can consider that Louis or Matt may grab no.1.

Posted by: chartdj 13th December 2016, 03:51 PM

is it just yesterday's streaming missing?

Posted by: Serg Mix 13th December 2016, 03:54 PM

Clean Bandit will easily be #1 I reckon

Posted by: JosephCarey 13th December 2016, 03:54 PM

Yup!

Posted by: MARIAH. 13th December 2016, 04:12 PM

I should have specified that the missing data is Monday only!

Edit: Replied before refreshing to see the latest replies.

Posted by: bah... humbug... 13th December 2016, 04:19 PM

Just read on Radio 1 site, good news Chart of the Year (UK's biggest selling tracks of 2016) hosted by Dev, between 4pm to 7pm (30 Dec), and the bad news no official chart announcement of that week instead we get the Chart of the Year.

Posted by: JosephCarey 13th December 2016, 04:22 PM

I expect we'll still get a chart announcement during the show in some form from Radio 1!

Posted by: christmdhas 13th December 2016, 04:23 PM

Predicting based on today's update~

1. Louis
2. Clean Bandit
3. Rag'n'Bone Man
4. Matt Terry
5. The Weeknd

Posted by: WiseManFromLeeds 13th December 2016, 04:28 PM

But won't that chart just be all the re-entries anyway? (except maybe Honey G)

Posted by: iain 13th December 2016, 04:33 PM

I'm pretty sure Clean Bandit will be no 1. Matt and Louis are dropping on iTunes now, I reckon CB will be ahead of Louis by this time tomorrow. And with the huge streaming advantage there will be no stopping them. Also Matt will be very frontloaded and won't be selling 20k a day for the rest of the week.

Posted by: JosephCarey 13th December 2016, 04:35 PM

I think Louis at least will level out on iTunes before long, and his increasing streams could well counteract the drop in sales so it's most certainly not over for him yet!

Posted by: Davidson 13th December 2016, 04:37 PM

I predict:

1. Clean Bandit
2. Louis Tomlinson
3. Matt Terry
4. Rag'N'Bone Man
5. The Weeknd

Posted by: Lenny 13th December 2016, 07:26 PM

Clean Bandit, Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki and Matt Terry are all on for somewhere around 55-65k, will be very tight/interesting!

Posted by: dennispennis123 13th December 2016, 07:30 PM

I really don't understand how people get excited by such a trivial thing.

Posted by: ML Hammer95 13th December 2016, 07:34 PM

Neither do I, but everybody's got their own thing I guess.

Posted by: Hadji 13th December 2016, 08:10 PM

Hope Michael & Alfie can hang onto the #1 position

Posted by: Steve201 13th December 2016, 08:37 PM

I think it's pretty certain for this week - hope they make 90k at least!

Posted by: Jonjo 13th December 2016, 08:40 PM

Little Mix closing the gap on Rolling Stones! I wonder if they can overtake by Friday?

Really hope so!

Posted by: Steve201 13th December 2016, 08:56 PM

I'd say they have a very good chance - I'm surprised the Rolling Stones have held up so well this week - ok for 70k more sales!

Posted by: Serg Mix 13th December 2016, 09:39 PM

Hope so too!

Posted by: JosephCarey 13th December 2016, 09:50 PM

Guys it's a chart thread, people are allowed to be excited by their faves being higher! Seems a bit pointless to moan about it really!

Posted by: Tinasha 13th December 2016, 09:51 PM

It's a chart forum, pretty much the only purpose of this thread is the discuss the movement of the potential chart. We should encourage activity on the forum, as long as it's friendly and not spam.

Edit: Oops, Joseph beat me to it.

Posted by: Tinasha 14th December 2016, 11:08 AM

Top 5 flash:

Singles
1. Clean Bandit (42.1k)
2. Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki (32.4k)
3. Matt Terry (30.4k)
4. Rag 'n' Bone man
5. Weeknd

Albums
1. Michael & Alfie (66.8k)
2. Rolling Stones (49.8k)
3. Little Mix (44.4k)
4. Elvis
5. Olly

Little Mix's Touch is up to #29 and for BigMixer and the other Gaga stans, Million Reasons is up at #35.

Posted by: chartdj 14th December 2016, 11:15 AM

so less than 9k for Matt yesterday

Posted by: timjimlee 14th December 2016, 11:20 AM

Looking like Rolling Stones will stay number 2.

Posted by: BigMixer 14th December 2016, 11:26 AM

Great news! Thanks.

I don't think last night's iTunes boost is counted in this update, so Gaga might end up being a bit higher.

LM coming for that top 20 debut

Posted by: Yorkie3 14th December 2016, 11:38 AM

Based on those sales (and assuming 5k missing streaming for Clean Bandit yesterday) it looks like both Louis and Matt are going to end up within a couple of thousand sales of #1 on Friday if all continue to sell at the same rate - it's going to be very close!

Posted by: 🎄cqmerqn🎄 14th December 2016, 11:59 AM

Matt should over take Louis now

Posted by: gooddelta 14th December 2016, 12:06 PM

I'm so surprised at how quickly the X Factor winner singles fell out of favour. Ben Haenow's track still seemed pretty big with 214,000 copies on its first week and then suddenly we went right down to under 40k for Louisa's opening week and Matt will barely sell 5k more than that, even though it's a decent enough song and he was a relatively popular winner.

Posted by: chartdj 14th December 2016, 12:24 PM

and where is ben haenow now? proof that those sales were inflated, not indicative of his market potential

Posted by: gooddelta 14th December 2016, 12:29 PM

Yeah but my point was that the initial impact of the show's winners singles has suddenly evaporated after being reliably consistently huge for a decade.

Posted by: AcerBen 14th December 2016, 12:35 PM

I think Matt will need a big boost in streams today/tomorrow to make it this week. If I've worked it out right he's doing about 2-3k more per day than Clean Bandit but there's not enough days to take over now I think.

Next week though God knows what's going to happen. Still can't decide whether the Jo Cox one is going to be big or not.

Posted by: Chig66 14th December 2016, 12:40 PM

Firstly, singles sales had shrunk by about 20% in between those two releases.
Secondly, Ben's song was uplifting and suited his style and voice. Louisa's failed on all those counts, so people just weren't interested.

Posted by: AcerBen 14th December 2016, 12:44 PM

Louisa's single was probably the worst there had been since Leon Jackson, and also she wasn't actually that popular. She was sort of a default winner because the producers had nuked all her competition.

Ben was really popular with the viewers and had a great song, which got a lot of radio support IIRC.

Posted by: Hassaan 14th December 2016, 12:47 PM

Plus, X Factor 2015 was considered a mess by its fans for a number of reasons (myself included), and the interest in the show rapidly shrunk. Coupled with an underwhelming winners single which people just didn't like.

Matt Terry deserves to at least do better than that. IMO anyway.

Posted by: gooddelta 14th December 2016, 12:51 PM

Yeah but what I'm surprised about is that Louisa's flop wasn't just a blip, but the fact that this seems to be the new normal. Sure Matt will peak higher first week out but it's barely going to sell more than Louisa did.

I'd chalked up a lot of Forever Young's failure to it being a dire song, but Matt's is pretty decent by all accounts so I thought it could at least score an 80k-100k opening sale.

Posted by: AcerBen 14th December 2016, 01:06 PM

Yeah I see what you mean. I think other things to bear in mind - it gets two less chart days than before, the TV ratings have gone down, no CD single, the song only got performed once at the final instead of 2 or 3 times, and people are less likely to buy a talent show's single for the sake of it like they used to do back in the day.

Posted by: 🎄cqmerqn🎄 14th December 2016, 02:39 PM

How can you call Louisa unpopular? She had like 58% of the vote!

Posted by: bah... humbug... 14th December 2016, 02:47 PM

Louisa was the favourite to win that year, when she auditioned I just knew she would be one of the final 12.

It all boils down to the song choice in the end, it was awful, it didn't really connect, hence low sales.

Posted by: Scene 14th December 2016, 02:55 PM

Yeah I wouldn't call Louisa unpopular but the show was heavily manipulated in her favour last year. But at the end of the day, if the audience didn't like her, she wouldn't have won. Look at Gifty this year... she was over hyped in the early weeks but the voting stats reveal she never won the audience over.

Posted by: Hassaan 14th December 2016, 03:42 PM

Louisa did manage to get 2 top 20 singles so it can't have been all bad. But yes, I think the general consensus is that last year's winners single was poor and that showed in the sales.

It would be nice for Matt to at least get the number 1 this week, but it's not looking likely. I'm sure we'll get some Christmas #1-specific releases next week.

Posted by: vidsanta 14th December 2016, 03:53 PM

Because XF is a dead duck now - but Cowell is in denial.

Posted by: Hadji 14th December 2016, 04:16 PM

Hope "Oops" can scrape top 40 even though it's not an official single. Seeing as it's becoming popular, they should make it the third single from Glory Days

Posted by: JosephCarey 14th December 2016, 06:03 PM

Wednesday Update Top 40 Only
Source: Music Week
Missing Data:

Singles

1 Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie - Rockabye (42,181)
2 Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki - Just Hold On (32.4k) *
3 Matt Terry - When Christmas Comes Around (30,437) *
4 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (28,849)
5 The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - Starboy (28,251)

6-10
10 ZAYN & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever *

11-20
13 Zara Larsson - I Would Like

21-30
27 The Vamps & Matoma - All Night
29 Little Mix - Touch *
30 J. Cole - Deja Vu *

31-40
35 Lady Gaga - Million Reasons *
36 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
39 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas ^

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Albums

1 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together (66,822)
2 The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome (49,887)
3 Little Mix - Get Weird (44,412)
4 Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You (40,812)
5 Olly Murs - 24 HRS (35,120)

6-10
6 Robbie Williams - The Heavy Entertainment Show

11-20
11 Phil Collins - The Singles
15 Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams
16 Adele - 25
17 Rick Astley - 50
18 J. Cole - 4 Your Eyez Only *

21-30
23 Prince - 4Ever
24 Aled Jones - One Voice at Christmas
26 Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker

31-40
35 Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream ^
36 Craig David - Following My Intuition
37 Katie Melua - In Winter ^
40 Madness - Can't Touch Us Now ^

NO OTHER SALES INFO

Posted by: Davidson 14th December 2016, 06:05 PM

Can I ask for Emeli's position in the album chart please?

Fantastic to see 'Touch' and 'Million Reasons' safely in the top 40.

Posted by: JosephCarey 14th December 2016, 06:06 PM

Sure! She's #10

Posted by: *Callum™ 14th December 2016, 06:08 PM

Do you only have information on the Top 40 albums at the moment? (As opposed to the Top 100)

Posted by: JosephCarey 14th December 2016, 06:08 PM

Afraid so! Just the Music Week top 40s.

Posted by: *Callum™ 14th December 2016, 06:09 PM

Ah okay, thanks anyway!

Posted by: Sid_ 14th December 2016, 06:11 PM

24K Magic album and Charli XCX single please

Posted by: slowdown73 14th December 2016, 06:14 PM

Looks like Clean Bandit will hold onto no1 position for a 6th week which is great news. Matt Terry and Louis songs are pretty awful.

Posted by: JosephCarey 14th December 2016, 06:16 PM

#9 and not top 40!

Posted by: zenon 14th December 2016, 06:19 PM

Pogues and Band Aid positions please.

Posted by: sprock-93 14th December 2016, 06:21 PM

I know u have not sales info, but according to u all, how far could be robbie from #5 this week on albums?
thanks!
5K - 8K?

Posted by: JosephCarey 14th December 2016, 06:22 PM

#18 and not top 40!

Posted by: bah... humbug... 14th December 2016, 06:25 PM

Just realised where Drake is with One Dance, currently #40, I wonder if he can stay top 40 till the end of the year.

Posted by: bah... humbug... 14th December 2016, 06:26 PM

Impossible to answer that we only have top 5 sales.

Posted by: slowdown73 14th December 2016, 06:37 PM

Those album sales are very low given its December. Only a few years ago, albums were shifting 200k per week in run up to Christmas but this week may struggle to reach 100k but lack of strong releases this year is also a factor.

Posted by: andibob 14th December 2016, 06:39 PM

It's a shame really as she has a great voice and one of few worthy of the ole Louis Walsh "you look like a popstar, you sound like a popstar" thing. We can all say it was manipulated for her to win but at the end of the day she deserved it imo. Fully agree the problem isn't her... it was the song. It really was a poor choice and even Simon admits it. Hopefully it showed you can't just give them any old rubbish. However, she went on to feature on Tears which has gone platinum so let's wait and see. They'll probably just ignore Forever Young now like Little Mix with Cannonball which is good for her.

Good to see a Christmas song in the Top 3 this week. Looks like a good couple of weeks.

Pity the album chart isn't what it used to be at Christmas.

Posted by: 777666jason 14th December 2016, 07:29 PM

Hopefully oops can go top 40 too its pretty catchy

Posted by: pippa 14th December 2016, 07:48 PM

While now very unlikely, i would like Little Mix to take number 2 in the albums.

Posted by: Frosty Xmas Baps 14th December 2016, 07:54 PM

Wow Katie Melula is back!

Posted by: christmdhas 14th December 2016, 09:43 PM

Hope Little Mix can somehow go top 15.

Posted by: Tinasha 14th December 2016, 09:46 PM

Not this week. Next week easy top 10 though.

Posted by: christmdhas 14th December 2016, 09:48 PM

Brill. Shame it didn't have a bit more traction, would be such a deserving Xmas #1. Any promo lined up this weekend?

Posted by: FANtastic 14th December 2016, 09:53 PM

Please advise Susan Boyle's position if still in the top 40, thank you!

Posted by: Doctor Blind 14th December 2016, 09:58 PM

Mariah really does not look on form to be challenging for #1 next week, 12th biggest track on Tuesday. Yes her streams will increase next week but unless there is some concerted effort to push it next week I don't think realistically she can expect anything better than #4. Peak streaming will fall on 23rd, 24th and 25th - all of which will count for the chart AFTER Christmas.

Time for MintRoyale to cash out!

Posted by: Steve201 14th December 2016, 10:08 PM

Hope Charli can be this years Light it Up 😋!

Posted by: Jason 14th December 2016, 10:11 PM

Miss Boyle is at #29 in the albums chart.

Surprised Chris Rea is top 40. He is #40 on Spotify, but only #71 on iTunes.

Posted by: Steve201 14th December 2016, 10:16 PM

Indeed what promo do we have left this weekend or is that it for most artists?

No doubt Ball/Boe will be album no1 but I'm pretty sure LM will take Rolling Stones and be no2?

Posted by: ML Hammer95 14th December 2016, 10:35 PM

Fingers crossed he can!

Posted by: christmdhas 14th December 2016, 10:35 PM

Great shout! Could ideally have a totally parallel run, haha.

Posted by: Serg Mix 14th December 2016, 10:48 PM

No, they are in the US

Posted by: TomJ1991 14th December 2016, 10:54 PM

I wonder if they are playing the long game with Matt Terry? If the song catches on, it could re-enter the charts next December, and the December after, and so on. Most Winner's singles have 6 weeks in the top 40, then they are gone forever.

Posted by: slowdown73 14th December 2016, 11:17 PM

I doubt this will be a Christmas classic which will be remembered much in years to come. It's quite dull actually and there is little personality in his voice.

Posted by: Steve201 14th December 2016, 11:24 PM

He will be pushed out next week with Xmas tracks etc I would say!

Posted by: Jonjo 15th December 2016, 01:04 AM

I like the idea of Little Mix preventing Zayn from getting top 10 this week with 'Shout Out To My Ex'!

Posted by: omrimayo 15th December 2016, 06:37 AM

Matt can't even do 65K in his winning CHRISTMAS single? Really lol. The competition was never THAT weak and he is still doing nothing. So happy, the wrong winner of course.

Posted by: thecarterfilez 15th December 2016, 07:07 AM

Louis Tomlinson, a member of One Direction couldn't do it.... nor the star power of Zayn/Taylor Swift.... does that say something about them as well ?

Posted by: omrimayo 15th December 2016, 09:02 AM

No? It's a movie soundtrack that's A which we all know how different it is. B - without Spotify it's sort of impossible for them also, and they have nothing to prove (At least her...) and he SHOULD have sell 60K (5K streaming at least?) for 4 days and 3M votes on the Finale this week. Sorry, it's really poor.
Louis? Yes. Also poor with X Factor performance and first single and bla bla bla but he's just bad so...

Posted by: 🎄cqmerqn🎄 15th December 2016, 09:26 AM

Well Louis is going to debut higher than Niall did so it's not bad at all

Posted by: timjimlee 15th December 2016, 09:46 AM

If Olly is more than 7k above Robbie he will overtake him in the YTD Sales - not a bad effort considering Robbie has one extra week of Sales.
Olly on "The One Show" last night, another boost for him.

Posted by: vidsanta 15th December 2016, 10:02 AM

Only that Taylor's dislike of streaming puts her at a significant disadvantage nowadays.

Posted by: Tinasha 15th December 2016, 10:04 AM

Zayn should have collaborated with Katy Perry instead. He would have managed a top 10.

Posted by: vidsanta 15th December 2016, 10:09 AM

I'm just surprised that Taylor would want to touch anything to do with One D with a bargepole...

Posted by: Tinasha 15th December 2016, 10:57 AM

Singles
1) Clean Bandit (50.2k)
2) Louis x Steve Aoki (38.3k)
3) Matt (37.2k)
4) Rag 'n' Bone Man
5) Weeknd

Outside the top 12: Zaylor
Little Mix: 24
Gags:35


Albums
1) Michael Ball (82.2k)
2) Rolling Stones (59.7k)
3) Little Mix (57.2k)
4) Elvis
5) Olly

Posted by: Mullo 15th December 2016, 11:00 AM

anyone got a Kylie update...

Posted by: BigMixer 15th December 2016, 11:04 AM

Ouch at Zaylor.

Posted by: caseclosed 15th December 2016, 11:10 AM

Glad that Zaylor are underperforming.

Any chance Little Mix nab #2? And do you think SOTME is still Top 10 considering how quick it's falling on Itunes now?

Posted by: timjimlee 15th December 2016, 11:15 AM

Yesterday's Sales would indicate they still can, did they really sell more than 12k yesterday? Impressive if so.

Posted by: caseclosed 15th December 2016, 11:23 AM

Oh wow I hadn't thought it through, that is impressive if correct.

Posted by: Tinasha 15th December 2016, 11:30 AM

Little Mix sold 12.8k yesterday, whereas Rolling Stones sold 9.9k. If you consider the fact there'll be extra streaming up-weighed in and Little Mix's will be better, it looks very possible for Little Mix to climb back to #2.

Posted by: 🎄cqmerqn🎄 15th December 2016, 11:37 AM

Could Matt make it to number 2?

Posted by: Dancember 15th December 2016, 11:37 AM

LMAO at Zaylor missing the top 12

you can't say it's just because of Taylor's anti Spotify agenda too, it's down to #7 on iTunes too.

Posted by: shindymindy 15th December 2016, 11:38 AM

Amazing sales for LM yesterday

Ball and Boe are going to sell over 100k this week aren't they?

Posted by: timjimlee 15th December 2016, 11:39 AM

Seems a really significant increase in Sales yesterday (compared to Tuesday's Sales for LM of 8k for example), wonder whether there were some missing Sales somewhere which were added yesterday.

Posted by: Tinasha 15th December 2016, 11:40 AM

ASDA sales were missing yesterday, if that would be expected to add a significant amount?

Posted by: Yorkie3 15th December 2016, 12:22 PM

Find it rather strange that Louis and Matt haven't gained on Clean Bandit at all today, it was looking like it'd be close but now it won't be at all!

Looks like Jo Cox will be the only real challenge to CB next week then...

Posted by: AcerBen 15th December 2016, 12:28 PM

Why is Louis not top 200 on Spotify?

Posted by: AngelaKD 15th December 2016, 12:30 PM

The song is listed under Steve Aoki's name in Spotify. Look again.

Posted by: AcerBen 15th December 2016, 12:33 PM

Ah yes

So he's about 250 sales ahead of Matt on Spotify but 2000 sales behind him on iTunes. #2 and #3 are going to be very close tomorrow!

Posted by: chartdj 15th December 2016, 01:14 PM

matt hasn't even closed up with clean bandit,about same sales yesterday.
What was louisa's total first week?

Posted by: Hassaan 15th December 2016, 01:57 PM

Looks like Ball & Boe might crack 100k.

Matt at least looks like he'll better the 39.2k that Louisa managed last year.

Posted by: chartdj 15th December 2016, 02:29 PM

also louisa had to face more competition (for example bieber songs that were dominating the charts) so matt will be #2 just with a few sales more than her

Posted by: pippa 15th December 2016, 02:31 PM

I am more interested in the battle for number 2 on both charts than the number 1. Olly Murs stands a good chance of beating Robbie Williams in the year end chart, while both are in different genres and have different fans i remain surprised as i was initially worried that this album may not perform well for Olly based on the decreased interest in his singles.

Posted by: timjimlee 15th December 2016, 02:33 PM

Will fall short this week unless there is another significant increase today.

Posted by: chartdj 15th December 2016, 02:38 PM

olly murs is not Robbie

Posted by: Better Man 15th December 2016, 02:39 PM

For me there are two surprises of Q4:

1. Ball/Boe album's success
2. Bruno Mars album's fail. I was sure of his domination because people names him as the most successful pop male artist nowadays.
But reality is different.

Posted by: seltinpixmile 15th December 2016, 02:40 PM

I don't agree... Matt is facing Rockabye that is as big as Bieber songs and is facing also Louis, and all this knowing that Matt song had almost 3 less sales days (and also without physical sales).

Posted by: BrookeOlivia 15th December 2016, 02:54 PM

Louisa also had physical copies in the shops where matt DOESN'T so that gained some sales for her, Cant remember her first week physical sales but expect it to be a few thousand.

Posted by: dennispennis123 15th December 2016, 03:06 PM

Bruno's sound on his new album is different from his previous two albums. If he had come out with another "Locked Out of Heaven" or "Just The Way You Are" then he would be shifting more albums.

Posted by: timjimlee 15th December 2016, 03:08 PM

In fairness to Olly the last time they both released new Studio Albums in the same year (2012) Olly was the runaway winner in terms of Sales.

Posted by: Better Man 15th December 2016, 03:20 PM

For me it shouldn't be a problem if you're the most popular artist. Usually in this case people buy everything you release.

Posted by: christmdhas 15th December 2016, 04:45 PM

LIFECHANGING REVELATION

Posted by: Steve201 15th December 2016, 06:30 PM

I'm sure Bruno will be selling into 2017 whereas Ball/Boe will fall away soon after new year!

Posted by: seltinpixmile 15th December 2016, 08:08 PM

Seeing Rag'n'Bones increase today do you think that it could be enough to get the N.2 instead of Louis/Matt?

Posted by: Davidson 15th December 2016, 08:20 PM

No way, he will definitely be #4 this week.

The only battle is Louis and Matt, which I think could go either way, but think Matt will end up just managing the #2 spot.

Posted by: sorryislayed 15th December 2016, 08:24 PM

I wish people would get over songs more easily. The only one week number one this year was Pillowtalk wasn't it?! Like, there's other songs out there! It's not even that the song on top is THAT popular, it's just that they continually stream it.

Posted by: ___∆___ 15th December 2016, 08:42 PM

Fair play to Matt for challenging for the #2 spot and still holding on at #1 on iTunes - maybe physicals could have made the difference.

Waiting for that 2-1-38-Out chart run now though

Posted by: SKOB 15th December 2016, 09:14 PM

Amazing that Lady Gaga is getting another top 40 hit from Joanne, it's not really an album made for charts

Posted by: Dancember 15th December 2016, 09:20 PM

At least it makes for a change from the days of old where we'd get about 10 one-week number ones in a row and it became all too predictable who was going to enter at #1 weeks in advance.

'Rockabye' deserves all the weeks it can get as it's clearly shown itself to be a very popular hit

Posted by: Doctor Blind 15th December 2016, 09:34 PM

It has had the longest consecutive run at #1 on the sales chart of the year (5 weeks so far...) so surely must be quite popular.

In an OA/OS environment there have only been 19 number 1s on the singles sales chart this year, and only four 1-week stays which is a little more normal and less manipulated IMO.

Posted by: Hadji 15th December 2016, 09:46 PM

Tied with "7 Years" which also spent five consecutive weeks at the top of the sales chart

Posted by: Hadji 15th December 2016, 09:49 PM

Exactly which is why "One Dance" was #1 for so long because people wouldn't get over that song

Posted by: Jonjo 15th December 2016, 10:12 PM

'Rockabye' feels like a much bigger hit than 'One Dance' and 'Closer' to me and I really don't know why it feels like that to me. I just get the feeling that more people (average Joe public) would recognise Clean Bandit than they would the other 2!

Posted by: andeeeeyhart 15th December 2016, 10:18 PM

I like Rockabye a lot, but I don't feel it deserves to be as big a hit as it's chart run dictates. It feels like a 2/3 week at no.1 as apposed to a 5/6 weeker. Plus it's not as seminal as Rather Be, yet it's already outdone that.

Still, I'd rather it was at no.1 this week then the likes of Matt or Louis.

Posted by: Serg Mix 15th December 2016, 10:38 PM

Rockabye is a jam!

Posted by: Dancember 15th December 2016, 10:40 PM

Rather Be was out at a time where streaming wasn't counted towards the charts, I'm sure it would've spent about 8 weeks at #1 in the current chart climate as it was huge on streams!

Posted by: Jonjo 15th December 2016, 10:42 PM

That's been the theme of 2016 #1's in general tbh.

Posted by: Ricky 16th December 2016, 11:45 AM

So having been out of the loop, for like a bit, what's the formula for how many streams to make one sale?

Posted by: Hassaan 16th December 2016, 12:08 PM

She had sold 50,000 by the end of the year (and around 80k in total), so fair to say physicals probably made up 15-20,000 of her sales in her opening week.

Posted by: Hassaan 16th December 2016, 12:08 PM

100 streams.

Posted by: Ricky 16th December 2016, 12:35 PM

Thanks!