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Posted by: JosephStyles 11th November 2017, 11:45 AM

Camila Cabello has stiff competition this week, as Eminem's comeback single Walk On Water, featuring Beyoncé, is giving it a run for its money. Can it go all the way though? Keep an eye out for other new releases from Jason Derulo, Fuse ODG, and this year's John Lewis single by Elbow. Keep an eye out on X Factor boosts for Paloma Faith and Harry Styles too!

Taylor Swift should dethrone Sam Smith this week, despite his BBC special, with her new album reputation. It'll be her third UK #1 album in a row if it makes it next Friday! Other new releases come from Bradley Walsh, Elton John, Seal and several others.

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.

Posted by: JosephStyles 11th November 2017, 11:45 AM

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

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

1 Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug - Havana (17.2k)
2 Rita Ora - Anywhere (15.0k)
3 Post Malone feat. 21 Savage - rockstar (12.8k)
4 Eminem feat. Beyoncé - Walk On Water (12.7k) *
5 Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes (12.3k)

6-10
9 Big Shaq - Man's Not Hot
10 Stormzy feat. MNEK - Blinded By Your Grace, Pt. 2

11-20
16 Elbow - Golden Slumbers *
17 CamelPhat & Elderbrook - Cola
19 Clean Bandit feat. Julia Michaels - I Miss You

21-30
22 MK - 17
30 Stefflon Don & French Montana - Hurtin' Me

31-40
32 Lil Pump - Gucci Gang
35 Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It? ^
37 Taylor Swift - Gorgeous ^
38 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
39 French Montana feat. Swae Lee - Unforgettable ^

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

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

1 Taylor Swift - reputation (65.4k) *
2 Sam Smith - The Thrill of It All (25.5k)
3 Shed Seven - Instant Pleasures (10.8k) *
4 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together Again (10.7k)
5 Roy Orbison & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - A Love So Beautiful (9.5k) *

6-10
6 Tears For Fears - Rule the World: The Greatest Hits *
7 Elton John - Diamonds *
10 The Corrs - Jupiter Calling *

11-20
13 Cliff Richard - Stronger Thru the Years *
14 Evanescence - Synthesis *
15 Bradley Walsh - When You're Smiling *
16 Seal - Standards *

21-30
24 George Michael - Twenty Five
25 Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 2018 *
28 R.E.M. - Automatic For the People ^
29 Shane Ritchie - A Country Soul *
30 Metallica - Master of Puppets ^

31-40
38 George Michael - Ladies & Gentleman: The Best of George Michael ^

Click on the above relevant links.

Posted by: JosephStyles 11th November 2017, 11:45 AM

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

Singles

1 Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug - Havana (29,540)
2 Rita Ora - Anywhere (24,741)
3 Post Malone feat. 21 Savage - rockstar (22,711)
4 Eminem feat. Beyoncé - Walk On Water (21,268) *
5 Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes (21,015)

6-10
8 Big Shaq - Man's Not Hot
10 Stormzy feat. MNEK - Blinded By Your Grace, Pt. 2

11-20
16 Clean Bandit feat. Julia Michaels - I Miss You
18 CamelPhat & Elderbrook - Cola
20 MK - 17

21-30
23 Elbow - Golden Slumbers *
29 Lil Pump - Gucci Gang

31-40
31 Stefflon Don & French Montana - Hurtin' Me
35 Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It? ^
37 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
38 Taylor Swift - Gorgeous ^
39 French Montana feat. Swae Lee - Unforgettable ^

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

Albums

1 Taylor Swift - reputation (74,215) *
2 Sam Smith - The Thrill of It All (37,541)
3 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together Again (16,920)
4 Roy Orbison & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - A Love So Beautiful
5 Elton John - Diamonds (14,246) *

6-10
6 Ed Sheeran - ÷ (12,133)
7 Shed Seven - Instant Pleasures *
8 Tears For Fears - Rule the World: The Greatest Hits *

11-20
12 Bradley Walsh - When You're Smiling *
13 The Corrs - Jupiter Calling *
14 Cliff Richard - Stronger Thru the Years *
15 Seal - Standards *
18 Evanescence - Synthesis *

21-30
22 George Michael - Twenty Five
27 Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 2018 *

31-40
34 Shane Ritchie - A Country Soul *
36 George Michael - Ladies & Gentleman: The Best of George Michael ^
39 R.E.M. - Automatic For the People ^
40 Metallica - Master of Puppets ^

NO OTHER SALES INFO

Posted by: JosephStyles 11th November 2017, 11:46 AM

Thursday Top 40 Update
Missing Data:

Singles

1
2
3
4
5

6-10


11-20


21-30


31-40


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

Albums

1
2
3
4
5

6-10


11-20


21-30


31-40

Posted by: JosephStyles 11th November 2017, 11:46 AM

Taylor 46k at #1, Sam Smith on 8k at #3

Posted by: BrookeOlivia 11th November 2017, 11:50 AM

Taylor must be shook at what that BBC special boost did for Sam that everyones been saying would hold her off #1

Posted by: Bjork 11th November 2017, 11:50 AM

pretty good for taylor, guess she'll do >100k then

Posted by: SKOB 11th November 2017, 11:53 AM

Sam's first day 35k -> 97k by the end of week
Taylor 46k -> Maybe 105k or so?

Posted by: Bjork 11th November 2017, 11:54 AM

was thinking that probably taylor is gonna be more frontloaded, she has the hardcore fans that sam smith doesn't

Posted by: John-James 11th November 2017, 11:57 AM

1989 sold about the same and ended up with 90k. I think reputation will be a little but more frontloaded so I think around 80k is more likely.

Posted by: T Boy 11th November 2017, 11:59 AM

I wish I was living in a world where the Corrs could still get a no.1 album.

Posted by: Brébino 11th November 2017, 12:05 PM

So it looks like that TV special didn't really help Sam's album sales much at all then? Not complaining or anything but continuing to be pretty shocked at how much this album is underperforming. Do we know what is at #2 ahead of it right now? Did it fall behind Roy Orbison already or is it another one of the new releases?

Slightly better first day sales than I'd have predicted for Taylor, she stands some chance of matching the opening of '1989' then maybe (although the lack of first week streaming sales is not going to help her with that).

Posted by: Joe. 11th November 2017, 12:06 PM

Shed Seven ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Posted by: Brébino 11th November 2017, 12:08 PM

The relevance *.*

Posted by: Mart!n 11th November 2017, 12:15 PM

Wow... didn't expect opening sales of 45k, I expect her album will do well over the weekend sales wise, should sell pretty well with the run up to Xmas, might just break into 6 figures by the end of the week.

Shed Seven ahead of Sam Smith I should imagine Sam Smith will edge back to #2 later in the week though

Posted by: timjimlee 11th November 2017, 12:21 PM

16 years is a long time for their fans to wait for new material...

In some ways this week in the Album chart is a week for Artists that haven't been prolific in recent years (As well as Shed Seven, Evanescence have gone 6 years since last Studio Album, The Corrs released an Album 2 years ago but before that they went 10 years between Albums and Tears For Fears' fans have been deprived of new material for too long - admittedly only 2 new songs on their compilation). A little surprised Evanescence aren't at #2 so far.
Personal hope is Tears For Fears can make it Top 10 this week.

Posted by: Zárate 11th November 2017, 12:22 PM

Sam Smith had massive promo last Thursday which boosted his sales. I think Taylor will end up roughly the same or slightly lower than Sam in the end. 90-100k, but I'm leaning towards 90k.

Posted by: Bjork 11th November 2017, 01:09 PM

unbelievable that shed seven are at #2

Posted by: danVember 11th November 2017, 01:22 PM

I still can't see Taylor doing 100k. She will be very frontloaded, probably looking at 80-90k for the week I think.

Never heard of Shed Seven before Chris Moyles played their new single on his breakfast show and went on about how great they are, I suppose they're just doing well from the fans waiting so long anyway. I didn't think the song was all that.

Posted by: Bjork 11th November 2017, 01:26 PM

shed seven never were that famous, typical indie with album debuting low top 10 on week 1, then out of the top 40 the next week
just checked their discography on wiki and it's not that amazing

Change giver #16 (1994)
A Maximum high #8 (1996)
Let it ride #9 (1998)
Going for Gold-Best #7 (1999)
truth be told #42 (2001)

Posted by: Lomadz 11th November 2017, 01:29 PM

Cant believe I was worried about Taylors success. The reviews are great and the fans love it. Some of the haters will hate either way.

She is going to have another massive era, potentially as big as 1989.

Posted by: cqmerqn 11th November 2017, 01:44 PM

She’ll be very front loaded

Posted by: Suedehead2 11th November 2017, 01:48 PM

No, Unbelievable was by EMF

Posted by: timjimlee 11th November 2017, 02:10 PM

She should use that sentiment in her lyrics.

Posted by: D0bz 11th November 2017, 02:15 PM

Doesn't that lyric already feature (in some format) in every one of her singles?

Posted by: timjimlee 11th November 2017, 02:19 PM

That was my point, it is definitely a common theme, she needs to 'Shake it off'.

Posted by: Bjork 11th November 2017, 03:17 PM

Im a Taylor fan but passing on this one due to the poor quality both musically and lyrically of the 4 songs we heard

Posted by: SKOB 11th November 2017, 03:23 PM

Don't think you're a fan then

Posted by: Lomadz 11th November 2017, 03:33 PM

Sorry but that is crazy!! Just give 'Getaway car' a go and thank me later.

Posted by: timjimlee 11th November 2017, 03:43 PM

About Tom Hiddleston apparently, an ex-boyfriend, another common theme

Posted by: UltraReputation 11th November 2017, 03:50 PM

Oh cos so many people don't write about exes

Posted by: omrimayo 11th November 2017, 04:14 PM

Don't listen, your loss. The album is amazing and indeed GC is a masterpiece by not the only one. Thank God not all the fans are like you and some of us giving even a chance for the album even once.
Amazing number for Taylor.
That was dedicated to the "fan" up there, not you.

Posted by: timjimlee 11th November 2017, 04:36 PM

Never said I wasn't a fan, I will surely give the Album a listen. I acknowdge it is a personal view but I don't always appreciate the themes in her lyrics, prefer if she moved on a bit and there was more of a happier positive tone.

Posted by: Lomadz 11th November 2017, 04:39 PM

Dress has to be a single as well.

Surely Camila has the no1 again this week unless the Eminem streams are crazy.

Posted by: The Hit Parade 11th November 2017, 05:03 PM

From Mint Royale:

"If I had a penny for every album Nick Knowles has sold so far this week I’d be able to buy a Happy Meal for Nick and that’s all."

"To be fair, I would have enough left over for something like a Dairy Milk as well."

Posted by: Jez 11th November 2017, 05:07 PM

Wow Sam Smith only 8k? So much for the Thursday promo.

Posted by: cqmerqn 11th November 2017, 05:07 PM

So around 320

Posted by: Nick Jonas 11th November 2017, 05:09 PM

Is a Happy Meal not 99p anymore?

Posted by: cqmerqn 11th November 2017, 05:16 PM

£2.99?

Posted by: BrookeOlivia 11th November 2017, 05:22 PM

99p for an happy meal?? When was last time you visited mcdonalds was at £1.99 like 15 years ago when I was a kid never been 99p from what I know of

Posted by: cqmerqn 11th November 2017, 05:30 PM

Wish I could get a burger, chips, drink and a toy for 99p

Posted by: The Hit Parade 11th November 2017, 05:34 PM

I deliberately didn't try to do the numbers because I've no idea what a Happy Meal cost.

Posted by: Suedehead2 11th November 2017, 05:36 PM

Some of us wouldn't even know what a Happy Meal is

Posted by: The Hit Parade 11th November 2017, 05:43 PM

Well, I've heard that Cardigans song called 'Happy Meal II', if that counts.

I'm not a regular McDonald's customer.

Posted by: Nick Jonas 11th November 2017, 05:53 PM

Can’t say I’ve ever bought one! Just assumed they were 99p

Posted by: jaraarrow 11th November 2017, 05:57 PM

Wonder if listen without prejudice is still top 10,hopefully the X factor weekend on George Michael will give the album a bit of a boost in sales.

Posted by: SameBoy 11th November 2017, 06:12 PM

I hope Evanescence debuts in the TOP 10.

Posted by: Mart!n 11th November 2017, 06:36 PM

lol how did a happy meal get into this topic how random, I like salt and vinegar on my chips

Posted by: Brébino 11th November 2017, 06:40 PM

More importantly, what exactly is a Nick Knowles?

Posted by: cqmerqn 11th November 2017, 06:53 PM

He presents DIY SOS

Posted by: 777666jason 11th November 2017, 06:56 PM

Erm doesn’t Adele not sing about her ex’s and Ed Sheeran yet nobody cares

Posted by: 777666jason 11th November 2017, 06:58 PM

£2.79

That’s the high street price if you go to a service station it’s a lot more

Posted by: D0bz 11th November 2017, 07:08 PM

Just vinegar for me, not a fan of overly salted chips. Add a bit of ketchup & on occasion, mayo and that's me sorted.

Anyway, Big Shaq for top 10.

Posted by: Lomadz 11th November 2017, 09:00 PM

Spot on.

Posted by: Suedehead2 11th November 2017, 09:15 PM

If Taylor Swift wrote as many songs about each of her exes as Adele has written about one man, she'd be able to release an album each year for the next few decades

Posted by: Jonjo 12th November 2017, 07:36 AM

Also, I think people's main issue with Taylor writing about her exes are the lyrics. They're quite immature in comparison to the likes of everyone else.

Although not quite as bad as what Taylor gets, I remember there being a similar sort of backlash for Ed with 'Don't' for example

Posted by: SKOB 12th November 2017, 08:41 AM

Wow Evanescence are still around?

My problem with Taylor Swift is not songs about her exes, it's the inability of self-criticism and to see the world around her, she's not a spoiled teen anymore, but I guess the new album is softening that a bit.

Posted by: Bjork 12th November 2017, 08:47 AM

in the past Taylor had great songs about her ex that had great melodies and genious lyrics, and it was something new
now it sounds forced, like you know in advance what all sogs are gonna be about, so there's something fake about it,
while before the lyrics were natural and pretty realistic and even relatable
plus the genious lyrics are gone, zero so far that I've heard
while there were so many genious moments in the last 2 albums
blank space ("got a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane,but I've got a blank space baby,and I'll write your name"), the whole shake it off ("I go on too many dates, but I can't make them stay"), I know you were trouble ("That you never loved me or her, or anyone, or anything"),
the whole We are never ( remember when we broke up, the first time...we hadn't seen each other in a month, when you said you needed space,What?")

now there are no genious lyrics + the music is basic and lacks melodies and hooks

amazed she's still selling well, good for her if she still can sell despite the drop in quality

Posted by: SKOB 12th November 2017, 08:54 AM

Blank Space is totally amazing, the lyrics are actually fantastic there. However, she used to write full albums aboit the same topic. That's just quite a lot.

Posted by: Bjork 12th November 2017, 12:12 PM

minty just twitted this

Swifto is selling about 20% faster than Sam Smith last week in the UK so will probably top 100k. #stats

Posted by: Lomadz 12th November 2017, 12:58 PM

Was worried about the fact thay she released the lead ao early with yhe 3 songs followong but the album is literally full of hits so she can keep this album going for a while.

Posted by: SKOB 12th November 2017, 01:19 PM

WHat does that 20% more even mean? 20% more on a daily basis (great) or overall (she already was that much ahead)

Posted by: Bjork 12th November 2017, 01:27 PM

i read it as 20% more than sam smith at the same point last week (sun mids), was he on 48K at this point? that would put taylor at ca. 58K (I think)

Posted by: SKOB 12th November 2017, 01:32 PM

If 58k, that's not very good second day for Taylor, 12k... it will drop to under 8k/daily fairly soon. 100k is still possible.

Posted by: UltraReputation 12th November 2017, 01:33 PM

58k would be the exact same increase as 1989 so I'd take that!

Posted by: 777666jason 12th November 2017, 03:46 PM

I'm surprised Sam's Thursday show hasn't done much really to boost his sales (yes OK 4 hours sale would have counted to last week)

Posted by: omrimayo 12th November 2017, 03:53 PM

FULL!

Posted by: cqmerqn 12th November 2017, 04:11 PM

>100k would be incredible for Taylor!

Posted by: commonsense 12th November 2017, 04:12 PM

He seemed to play more songs from his first album though, from what I saw of it. More than from the new one.


Glad we've left the Happy Meal chat now as that was

Posted by: JosephStyles 12th November 2017, 04:18 PM

If you didn't like it, why are you bringing it up again after it's long since over?

Posted by: cqmerqn 12th November 2017, 04:19 PM

I want a Happy Meal now

Posted by: Jez 12th November 2017, 04:33 PM

if Taylor Swift is at 58k after two day sales then her sales have dipped by 74% which shows that it is pretty much frontloaded.

Nonetheless, it will most probably clear 100k, even if it averages 8k-9k per day.

Posted by: BrookeOlivia 12th November 2017, 04:34 PM

Happy meal comments was only ever brought up because of what minty said over sales, We didn't randomly just go off topic and start talking about happy meals for no reason. Lighten up and grab a maccies

Posted by: cqmerqn 12th November 2017, 05:04 PM

I’ll say 83K for Taylor, seeing as she’s very frontloaded.

Posted by: TomJ1991 12th November 2017, 05:21 PM

They should release a Nick Knowles Happy Meal toy.

Posted by: Supercell 12th November 2017, 05:41 PM

Maybe Taylor may end up doing better than I originally thought this week. Seems she's taking the Adele route by not releasing it straight to Spotify. Quite surprised at how Sams sales seem to have collapsed I thought he would have had a bit more consistency.

Gradually beginning to like Rita's new one, can actually see this being a potential contender for xmas no.1 in a few weeks.

Posted by: girl_from_oz 12th November 2017, 06:25 PM

Taylor making all the tracks "album only" apart from the singles is probably helping her with sales, the only people can get the duet with Ed Sheeran is buying the album

Posted by: 777666jason 12th November 2017, 06:43 PM

I know it probably sold a few extra copies due to an ed collab but I don't
Think that's the main reason people are buying it

Posted by: cqmerqn 12th November 2017, 06:52 PM

I’d say they’re album only because they want everyone to buy End Game all at once, to maximise impact.

Posted by: Bjork 12th November 2017, 09:12 PM

they're album-only in order to maximize album sales and sell more, especially in the US, which is their #1 priority
just shows how powerful taylor is that she can make itunes bend the knee and not allow cherrypicking,
when cherrypicking has always been itunes #1 policy

Posted by: JosephStyles 12th November 2017, 09:44 PM

This isn't the first instance of a whole album being album-only, Beyoncé did a similar thing at first with her self-titled album for a week or so iirc. It's not bending the rules or going against "policy", it's just a record label decision. You're right in that it's to maximise album sales but I don't think it's down to Taylor's power making iTunes change their policy - more an executive decision that the record label can willingly make.

Posted by: Lenny 12th November 2017, 11:39 PM

I think it's a great way to encourage purchasing the full album. Although without a streaming option we'd likely just see piracy rise again.

Posted by: Envoirment 12th November 2017, 11:51 PM

The whole album-only thing is dependent on the labels/artists. There's many instances of songs being album-only on iTunes from over the years.

Posted by: Joe. 13th November 2017, 01:57 PM

65k for Taylor now, 25k for Sam.

Looks like Rita will be #2

Posted by: SKOB 13th November 2017, 02:08 PM

Hmm that's 7k for Taylor per day. It'll drop below Sam's opening now.

Posted by: Bjork 13th November 2017, 02:10 PM

Where is Eminem/Bey?
What you reckon Reputation is gonna sell?

Posted by: Cremey 13th November 2017, 02:13 PM

Great for Rita! Best top 2 in ages.

Posted by: John-James 13th November 2017, 02:20 PM

Taylor could still make 100k if she averages 8.75k a day. Yesterday was a Sunday so I could see her doing more than 7k today

Posted by: Buttered Muffin 13th November 2017, 03:36 PM

THIS

If Sam Smith hadn't underperformed last week he would have challenged for #1 this week!!!

Posted by: JosephStyles 13th November 2017, 04:00 PM

You could say that for just about anything! If Ed Sheeran's sales were still as strong as his debut week, he would be challenging for #1

Posted by: Jez 13th November 2017, 04:42 PM

So sales have slowed down even further for Taylor Swift around 42% down on its previous day.

Her album will need to pick up slightly during the remaining week for it to hit 100k+

I Think she might miss out tbh, depending on whether she has any promo this week?

Posted by: cqmerqn 13th November 2017, 04:44 PM

Rita #2?!

She should be #1 once Havana goes on ACR

Posted by: Robbie 13th November 2017, 05:40 PM

Havana won't be going to ACR for at least another 3 weeks so Rita may have to wait a while...

Posted by: dj_tim_e 13th November 2017, 05:52 PM

I'm calling Anywhere for Christmas number 1

Posted by: cqmerqn 13th November 2017, 05:57 PM

I know

Posted by: JosephStyles 13th November 2017, 05:59 PM

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

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

1 Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug - Havana (17.2k)
2 Rita Ora - Anywhere (15.0k)
3 Post Malone feat. 21 Savage - rockstar (12.8k)
4 Eminem feat. Beyoncé - Walk On Water (12.7k)
5 Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes (12.3k)

6-10
9 Big Shaq - Man's Not Hot
10 Stormzy feat. MNEK - Blinded By Your Grace, Pt. 2

11-20
16 Elbow - Golden Slumbers *
17 CamelPhat & Elderbrook - Cola
19 Clean Bandit feat. Julia Michaels - I Miss You

21-30
22 MK - 17
30 Stefflon Don & French Montana - Hurtin' Me

31-40
32 Lil Pump - Gucci Gang
35 Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It? ^
37 Taylor Swift - Gorgeous ^
38 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
39 French Montana feat. Swae Lee - Unforgettable

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

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

1 Taylor Swift - reputation (65.4k) *
2 Sam Smith - The Thrill of It All (25.5k)
3 Shed Seven - Instant Pleasures (10.8k) *
4 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together Again (10.7k) *
5 Roy Orbison & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - A Love So Beautiful (9.5k) *

6-10
6 Tears For Fears - Rule the World: The Greatest Hits *
7 Elton John - Diamonds *
10 The Corrs - Jupiter Calling *

11-20
13 Cliff Richard - Stronger Thru the Years *
14 Evanescence - Synthesis *
15 Bradley Walsh - When You're Smiling *
16 Seal - Standards *

21-30
24 George Michael - Twenty Five
25 Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 2018 *
28 R.E.M. - Automatic For the People ^
29 Shane Ritchie - A Country Soul *
30 Metallica - Master of Puppets ^

31-40
38 George Michael - Ladies & Gentleman: The Best of George Michael ^

Click on the above relevant links.

Posted by: THEO. 13th November 2017, 06:03 PM

Rita isn't that far behind! Yas at Stormzy looking set for top ten.

Posted by: jaraarrow 13th November 2017, 06:04 PM

Anyone know the sales for listen without predudice this week,it's getting so close to 5 times platinum

Posted by: Mart!n 13th November 2017, 06:06 PM

Who would have thought Taylor beating Sam Smith to #1 in week 2, great sales for Taylor, I think she could just come under 100k in the end. I wish Evanescence was a lot higher

Rita Ora needs a big surge from somewhere to dethrone Camila.

Posted by: gooddelta 13th November 2017, 06:07 PM

Argh, annoying position for The Corrs, considering White Light lost out on a top 10 position by a handful of sales I was hoping this would manage it (despite not being as good an album) but I'm sure it will teeter into the 11-20 region pretty quickly.

Posted by: Mart!n 13th November 2017, 06:08 PM

Looks like Big Shaq is going to get another play on Friday

Posted by: Robbie 13th November 2017, 06:22 PM

Sales for Taylor Swift:

Physical: 29,637
Downloads: 35,800
Streams: 0!

Total: 65,437

Posted by: cqmerqn 13th November 2017, 06:33 PM

Most people thought that?

Posted by: Envoirment 13th November 2017, 06:44 PM

Hopefully P!nk will climb back into the top 10 on the album chart come Friday. Should start seeing "Beautiful Trauma" increase in airplay to help push its sales now.

Posted by: T Boy 13th November 2017, 06:48 PM

I can accept Pink being out of the top 10 if the Corrs can stay there (even though White Light was a better album and that just missed out) it would be great to see them with their first top 10 album in 13 years!

Posted by: danVember 13th November 2017, 06:52 PM

Kidz Bop getting another top 40 album, slay.

Posted by: danVember 13th November 2017, 06:53 PM

Zero? What about the streams of the four available singles, do they not count?

Posted by: Mart!n 13th November 2017, 07:06 PM

I think if they are cherry picked from the album, streams do not count, that's how I'm reading into it.

Posted by: JosephStyles 13th November 2017, 07:07 PM

Technically those four songs aren't tagged to an album on streaming sites, so it won't count I guess.

Posted by: Steve201 13th November 2017, 07:28 PM

I assume download sales for Taylor's album are up in comparison to normal weeks for other albums? (For most other albums)!

Posted by: Robbie 13th November 2017, 07:31 PM

Yup, this. For streams to count towards an album sale there has to be a minimum of 8 tracks available to stream from the album. If the regular version of the album consists of less than 8 tracks then there is a minimum requirement of 5 tracks to count as an album and all tracks must register at least one stream. Taylor loses out on just having 4 tracks available to stream - she needs to make another 4 tracks available to attract streaming sales for her album.

Posted by: SKOB 13th November 2017, 08:22 PM

There's no album called Reputation on streaming services yet so of course there are no streams either.

Posted by: pippa 13th November 2017, 08:25 PM

I am totally with this. It was frustrating to see White Light miss the top 10 with only a few sales to be beaten by the Vamps album which sold less than half of the overall sales of the Corrs. I can see the Corrs once again missing the top 10

Steps are falling hard, likely to be out of the top 60 when the chart is revealed on Friday.

Shane Ritchies album is starting poorly, i am sure he was hoping to repeat the success of Bradley Walshe last year.

Posted by: timjimlee 13th November 2017, 09:19 PM

Really surprised to see Evanescence outside the Top 10, previous Studio Albums have all made the Top 5, this is a major underperformance.

Posted by: chartjack 13th November 2017, 09:21 PM

Any news on Nick Knowles?

Posted by: timjimlee 13th November 2017, 09:32 PM

#77, DIY botched job by looks of it.

Posted by: mrbrightside 13th November 2017, 10:00 PM

Clean Bandit coming for that Yuletide top ten hit

Posted by: 777666jason 13th November 2017, 10:32 PM

What is it with this time of year that so many random tv personalities release albums out of the blue maybe the public have realised and won't buy any more

Posted by: timjimlee 13th November 2017, 11:17 PM

Let's not forget that Bradley Walsh had the biggest selling debut in the UK last year, record companies are jumping on the bandwagon of tv personalities releasing Albums, hope it a short-lived trend and we can get back to some decent new Artists getting a look in.

Posted by: Brit 13th November 2017, 11:21 PM

Where is pink on this update?

Posted by: André 14th November 2017, 12:09 AM

Most people?

Posted by: The Hit Parade 14th November 2017, 12:11 AM

It's been happening for about 70 years so I think we can safely rule out the notion it's a passing fad.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 14th November 2017, 12:23 AM

I had hoped the corrs could get top 10 but it's likely they end up low top 15 at best now😞

Posted by: ___∆___ 14th November 2017, 01:04 AM

Pleased to see Katie Melua return at #53 with her Christmas album - such a great album.

Steps down to #58 Thought they may have held on a little better than this.

Posted by: Bjork 14th November 2017, 07:31 AM

Also thought corrs would be top 10 for sure
Same for Evanescense
If Aha can go top 10 with a live album...

Posted by: AcerBen 14th November 2017, 01:37 PM

The Corrs have come back too quickly after the last one I think. There is no buzz about them at all this time.

Posted by: pippa 14th November 2017, 03:15 PM

Its been 2 years since the last album from the Corrs so i dont feel it is too quick at all.

Posted by: JosephStyles 15th November 2017, 06:25 PM

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

Singles

1 Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug - Havana (29,540)
2 Rita Ora - Anywhere (24,741)
3 Post Malone feat. 21 Savage - rockstar (22,711)
4 Eminem feat. Beyoncé - Walk On Water (21,268) *
5 Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes (21,015)

6-10
8 Big Shaq - Man's Not Hot
10 Stormzy feat. MNEK - Blinded By Your Grace, Pt. 2

11-20
16 Clean Bandit feat. Julia Michaels - I Miss You
18 CamelPhat & Elderbrook - Cola
20 MK - 17

21-30
23 Elbow - Golden Slumbers *
29 Lil Pump - Gucci Gang

31-40
31 Stefflon Don & French Montana - Hurtin' Me
35 Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It? ^
37 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
38 Taylor Swift - Gorgeous ^
39 French Montana feat. Swae Lee - Unforgettable ^

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

Albums

1 Taylor Swift - reputation (74,215) *
2 Sam Smith - The Thrill of It All (37,541)
3 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together Again (16,920)
4 Roy Orbison & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - A Love So Beautiful
5 Elton John - Diamonds (14,246) *

6-10
6 Ed Sheeran - ÷ (12,133)
7 Shed Seven - Instant Pleasures *
8 Tears For Fears - Rule the World: The Greatest Hits *

11-20
12 Bradley Walsh - When You're Smiling *
13 The Corrs - Jupiter Calling *
14 Cliff Richard - Stronger Thru the Years *
15 Seal - Standards *
18 Evanescence - Synthesis *

21-30
22 George Michael - Twenty Five
27 Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 2018 *

31-40
34 Shane Ritchie - A Country Soul *
36 George Michael - Ladies & Gentleman: The Best of George Michael ^
39 R.E.M. - Automatic For the People ^
40 Metallica - Master of Puppets ^

NO OTHER SALES INFO

Posted by: timjimlee 15th November 2017, 06:32 PM

Shed Seven all set to equal their best peak position, #7.

Posted by: Brébino 15th November 2017, 06:33 PM

What's up with Shed Seven's sales? Have they sold less than 100 copies in two days or is there an error somewhere?

Big Shaq looking safe for a top 10 this week now then and Stormzy headed for his third top 10 as lead artist as well, fab. x Elbow doing a hell of a lot better than Vaults did last year ;o

Posted by: Bjork 15th November 2017, 06:46 PM

shed seven is a pledge album, thats why the strange sales pattern

Posted by: JosephStyles 15th November 2017, 06:46 PM

More like a copy and paste error from me!

Posted by: jaraarrow 15th November 2017, 06:51 PM

Is pink number 10 or George Michael in album charts

Posted by: BrookeOlivia 15th November 2017, 07:24 PM

Looks like Taylor be finishing on around 90k-95k come friday then, I'm guessing she might just beat her opening for "1989" by a few thousand. Which is great for her!

Posted by: Envoirment 15th November 2017, 07:29 PM

I'd like to know where P!nk is too. Hopefully she's managed to climb back into the top 10 with Carpool Karaoke/"Beautiful Trauma" gaining in airplay and some new entries falling.

Sam Smith's second week looks decent; should do 40-45k. Will be interesting to see how it does this xmas period - it's certainly doing a lot less than I thought but looks to be a strong seller still.

Posted by: pippa 15th November 2017, 07:48 PM

The Corrs dropping was expected. I can but hope, top 15 is safe for them.

Posted by: M4NG0 15th November 2017, 10:45 PM

'17' shaping up to peak at #17 then

Posted by: Steve201 15th November 2017, 10:46 PM

Decent sales for Sam in week 2 then - should do 45-50k and the top 6 should break 20k!

Posted by: Jez 16th November 2017, 03:43 AM

Taylor Swift won’t clear 100k now.

Posted by: Herbs 16th November 2017, 06:46 AM

Sam Smith already outselling Taylor. Will it be him vs Paloma Faith next week?

Posted by: SKOB 16th November 2017, 07:20 AM

What's that Elton John album?

Posted by: timjimlee 16th November 2017, 08:51 AM

Suspect Eminem may have something to say, Paloma is going for a hat-trick of runner-up spots and will probably make it.



Described as 'Ultimate' Greatest Hits Compilation, basically yet another collection of favourites boosted by a TV Special.

Posted by: commonsense 16th November 2017, 09:15 AM

Can't see that Eminem has a new album next week. Nothing on Amazon. Was there but has disappeared so doubt he's releasing.

Posted by: timjimlee 16th November 2017, 09:46 AM

No, the Album previously on Amazon was an unofficial Release not the new Album 'Revival' which is rumoured to be released on Friday.

Posted by: vidcapper 17th November 2017, 03:28 PM

But can even Eminem shift 6 figures in today's sales climate?

Posted by: 777666jason 17th November 2017, 03:31 PM

His comeback single was expected to be massive but only looking to go top 5 with moderate sales (although it could grow)