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Posted by: SevenSeize Nov 6 2021, 05:42 PM

Will Adele's Easy On Me continue its run at #1? Busy week on the singles front with Post Malone & The Weeknd teaming up on One Right Now, Travis Scott's double release ESCAPE PLAN / MAFIA and a likely high debut for ArrDee's Flowers (Say My Name). A few of Summer Walker's tracks could pop up too, plus there's new singles from Silk Sonic, Charli XCX, Foals, Tiesto/Ava Max, Little Mix and Slipknot

ABBA's first album in 40 years Voyage is on course for a big opening at #1. We could see big debuts for Summer Walker's new album Still Over It, James Arthur's It'll All Make Sense In The End and Radiohead's KID A MNESIA, plus there's new releases from Diana Ross, Gregory Porter, Bullet For My Valentine, Snail Mail, Parcels and Katy B

Breakdown of the week
- Saturday: Some information may be posted on social media but it is likely to be missing most streaming data and is unrepresentative.
- Sunday: Official First Look Chart on Radio 1 from 6-7pm. Please do not post spoilers on the forum in advance as this ruins the countdown for any listeners.
- Monday: OCC Top 100 from 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. Any chart requests between No. 41 to 100 will not be answered after Monday's update.
- To keep everyone in the loop of all chart action, please refer to the iTunes and Spotify threads.

Posted by: SevenSeize Nov 6 2021, 05:42 PM

Official First Look Chart: Full Update
Source: OCC

1 Ed Sheeran - Shivers (500 ahead)
2 Adele - Easy On Me
3 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits
4 Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart
5 Ed Sheeran - Overpass Graffiti
6 ArrDee - Flowers (Say My Name) *
7 CKay - love nwantiti (ah ah ah)
8 Glass Animals - Heat Waves
9 Central Cee - Obsessed With You
10 Coldplay & BTS - My Universe

11 Becky Hill & Topic - My Heart Goes (La Di Da)
12 THE ANXIETY, WILLOW & Tyler Cole - Meet Me At Our Spot
13 Lil Nas X - THATS WHAT I WANT
14 Ewan McVicar - Tell Me Something Good
15 Dermot Kennedy - Better Days
16 Doja Cat - Woman
17 Travis Scott - Escape Plan *
18 Clean Bandit & Topic feat. Wes Nelson - Drive
19 SwitchOTR feat. A1 x J1 - Coming for You
20 Summer Walker & SZA - No Love *

Posted by: SevenSeize Nov 6 2021, 05:43 PM

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

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

1 Ed Sheeran - Shivers (24,522)
2 Adele - Easy On Me (23,885)
3 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (19,572)
4 Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (19,238)
5 ArrDee - Flowers (Say My Name) (12,422) *

6-10
10 Coldplay & BTS - My Universe

11-20
14 Ewan McVicar - Tell Me Something Good
16 SwitchOTR feat. A1 x J1 - Coming for You
17 Dermot Kennedy - Better Days
18 Clean Bandit & Topic feat. Wes Nelson - Drive
19 Travis Scott - ESCAPE PLAN *

21-30
21 Summer Walker & SZA - No Love *
22 Joel Corry feat. Mabel - I Wish
23 Post Malone & The Weeknd - One Right Now *
26 ARZ - Alone With You
27 Travis Scott - MAFIA *
28 The Weeknd - Take My Breath
29 Summer Walker & Cardi B - Bitter *

31-40
32 ABBA - Don't Shut Me down ^
33 Summer Walker, JT & City Girls - Ex for a Reason *
36 Little Mix - Between Us *
38 ABBA - I Still Have Faith in You ^

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

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

1 ABBA - Voyage (117,974) *
2 Ed Sheeran - = (19,841)
3 Radiohead - Kid A Mnesia (8,281) *
4 James Arthur - It'll All Make Sense in the End (8,233) *
5 Summer Walker - Still Over It (4,190) *

6-10
6 Diana Ross - Thank You *
7 Gregory Porter - Still Rising: The Collection *
8 Bullet for My Valentine - Bullet for My Valentine *
10 Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters

11-20
11 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
13 Dave - We're All Alone In This Together
18 Jethro Tull - Benefit *

21-30
21 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop
22 Queen - Greatest Hits
24 Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA *
26 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - The Future *
27 Erasure - I Say I Say I Say ^
29 Garbage - Sweet Garbage *

31-40
31 Snail Mail - Valentine *
32 Wet Wet Wet - The Journey *
33 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
37 Gary Numan - The Singles Collection 1978 - 1983 *

Click on the above relevant links.

Posted by: SevenSeize Nov 6 2021, 05:43 PM

Tuesday Top 40 Update
Missing Data: Amazon HDEL, Apple Music, Sainsburys, Spotify, YouTube (Monday)

Singles

1 Ed Sheeran - Shivers (32,834)
2 Adele - Easy On Me (32,529)
3 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (26,357)
4 Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (25,491)
5 Ed Sheeran - Overpass Graffiti (16,828)

6-10
6 ArrDee - Flowers (Say My Name) *

11-20
11 Coldplay & BTS - My Universe
14 Ewan McVicar - Tell Me Something Good
16 SwitchOTR feat. A1 x J1 - Coming for You
17 Dermot Kennedy - Better Days
18 Clean Bandit & Topic feat. Wes Nelson - Drive
20 Travis Scott - ESCAPE PLAN *

21-30
21 Joel Corry feat. Mabel - I Wish
22 Summer Walker & SZA - No Love *
23 Post Malone & The Weeknd - One Right Now *
26 ARZ - Alone With You
27 The Weeknd - Take My Breath
28 Travis Scott - MAFIA *

31-40
32 Summer Walker & Cardi B - Bitter *
35 ABBA - Don't Shut Me Down ^
36 Summer Walker, JT & City Girls - Ex for a Reason *
38 Little Mix - Between Us *

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

Albums

1 ABBA - Voyage (168,591) *
2 Ed Sheeran - = (27,337)
3 James Arthur - It'll All Make Sense in the End (10,345) *
4 Radiohead - Kid A Mnesia (9,237) *
5 Diana Ross - Thank You (5,556) *

6-10
6 Summer Walker - Still Over It *
7 Gregory Porter - Still Rising: The Collection *
9 Bullet for My Valentine - Bullet for My Valentine *
10 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits

11-20
12 Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters
16 Dave - We're All Alone In This Together
19 Jethro Tull - Benefit *

21-30
22 Queen - Greatest Hits
26 Snail Mail - Valentine *
28 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - The Future *
29 Erasure - I Say I Say I Say ^
30 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

31-40
31 Garbage - Beautiful Garbage ^
32 Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA *

Posted by: SevenSeize Nov 6 2021, 05:43 PM

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

Singles

1 Adele - Easy On Me (41,825)
2 Ed Sheeran - Shivers (41,469)
3 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (33,284)
4 Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (32,059)
5 ArrDee - Flowers (Say My Name) (22,130) *

6-10

11-20
11 Coldplay & BTS - My Universe
14 Ewan McVicar - Tell Me Something Good
15 SwitchOTR feat. A1 x J1 - Coming for You
17 Clean Bandit & Topic feat. Wes Nelson - Drive
18 Dermot Kennedy - Better Days
20 Joel Corry feat. Mabel - I Wish

21-30
21 Travis Scott - ESCAPE PLAN *
22 Post Malone & The Weeknd - One Right Now *
23 Summer Walker & SZA - No Love *
25 ARZ - Alone With You
27 The Weeknd - Take My Breath
29 Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - INDUSTRY BABY

31-40
31 Travis Scott - MAFIA *
32 NEIKED, Mae Muller & Polo G - Better Days
35 Amaarae feat. Moliy - Sad Girlz Luv Money *
37 Justin Bieber - Ghost
38 Summer Walker, JT & City Girls - Ex for a Reason *
39 Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic - Smokin Out The Window *

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

Albums

1 ABBA - Voyage (181,712) *
2 Ed Sheeran - = (33,664)
3 James Arthur - It'll All Make Sense in the End (10,983) *
4 Radiohead - Kid A Mnesia (9,637) *
5 Summer Walker - Still Over It (6,491) *

6-10
6 Diana Ross - Thank You (6,106) *
8 Gregory Porter - Still Rising: The Collection *
9 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits

11-20
11 Bullet for My Valentine - Bullet for My Valentine *
12 Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters
17 Dave - We're All Alone In This Together

21-30
21 Queen - Greatest Hits
24 Snail Mail - Valentine *
25 Jethro Tull - Benefit *
28 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
30 The Script - Tales from The Script: Greatest Hits ^

31-40
33 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
39 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - The Future *

NO OTHER SALES INFO

Posted by: SevenSeize Nov 6 2021, 05:43 PM

Thursday Top 40 Update
Missing Data: Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube (all for Wednesday), Amazon Home Delivery (for Tuesday)

Singles

1 Adele - Easy On Me (51.1k)
2 Ed Sheeran - Shivers (50.1k)
3 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (40.3k)
4 Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (38.9k)
5 ArrDee - Flowers (Say My Name) (27.7k) *

6-10

11-20
12 Coldplay & BTS - My Universe
14 SwitchOTR feat. A1 x J1 - Coming for You
17 Clean Bandit & Topic feat. Wes Nelson - Drive
18 Dermot Kennedy - Better Days
19 Joel Corry feat. Mabel - I Wish

21-30
21 Post Malone & The Weeknd - One Right Now *
22 Travis Scott - ESCAPE PLAN *
23 Summer Walker & SZA - No Love *
24 ARZ - Alone With You
27 The Weeknd - Take My Breath
29 Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic - Smokin Out The Window *
30 NEIKED, Mae Muller & Polo G - Better Days

31-40
31 Amaarae feat. Moliy - SAD GIRLZ LUV MONEY *
36 Justin Bieber - Ghost
38 Travis Scott - MAFIA *
39 Acraze feat. Cherish - Do It To It *

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

Albums

1 ABBA - Voyage (190.2k) *
2 Ed Sheeran - = (39.2k)
3 James Arthur - It'll All Make Sense in the End (11.9k) *
4 Radiohead - Kid A Mnesia (10.0k) *
5 Summer Walker - Still Over It (7.5k) *

6-10
6 Diana Ross - Thank You *
8 Gregory Porter - Still Rising: The Collection *
9 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits

11-20
11 Bullet for My Valentine - Bullet for My Valentine *
14 Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters
19 Dave - We're All Alone In This Together

21-30
21 Queen - Greatest Hits
25 Christmas - Christmas * (?!?!?!)
26 Snail Mail - Valentine *
27 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits
28 The Script - Tales from The Script: Greatest Hits ^

31-40
31 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
32 Jethro Tull - Benefit *
33 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Posted by: MishaB Nov 6 2021, 05:48 PM

Looking like ABBA might end up doing even less sales than Ed which will come as a shock to many, including myself.

Rooting for them though, and hope Summer Walker can clinch the #2 spot!

In singles, I’m rooting for another week at #1 for EOM.

Posted by: omrimayo Nov 6 2021, 07:09 PM

Another underperformed album - ish. Adele must be doing really low ( I mean 200k and both the 400-500k that most of us thought) number also. I can't see her just doing so much if the others can't do shit.

Posted by: Envoirment Nov 6 2021, 07:41 PM

I mean 140k for Ed is very good for the climate and ABBA will outdo that. I can see Adele doing double what Ed/ABBA do. So around 300k for Adele? Although part of me thinks she will just do an Adele and smash every prediction. I think my initial prediction for Adele was 680k. I'm hoping I can be right for once.

Posted by: omrimayo Nov 6 2021, 07:48 PM

I'll be shocked if she'll touch 400K. I can see her finishing around 290K. Ready to be proven wrong. Amen.

Posted by: Charis Nov 6 2021, 07:51 PM

Adele 200k max

Posted by: Maestro Nov 6 2021, 07:55 PM

What info is this based on? Thought they had loads of pre orders

Posted by: slowdown73 Nov 6 2021, 08:00 PM

Abba have preorders confirmed of above 110k so I can’t say how they will do less than Sheeran this week.

Posted by: Brit Nov 6 2021, 08:31 PM

Adele will clearly do anything over 300k this is Adele, a decline in market really does not affect her, when will
People actually learn that Adele has her own standards, she isn’t on the same level as Ed or Abba, she is a class of her own!

Posted by: MishaB Nov 6 2021, 09:02 PM

I don’t know, I think they could be onto something. I’ve lowered my expectations for Adele. Anything over 200k at this point would be a humongous success for her.

Posted by: Run_For_Cover Nov 6 2021, 09:05 PM

Yeah I think estimations for Adele’s opening week sales need to be reigned in a little bit. It should still be best opening of the year though.

Posted by: Dot Branning Nov 6 2021, 10:58 PM

ABBA will smash!

Posted by: Everton Nov 7 2021, 05:01 PM

This is dj cheeky magpie here from 6pm with this week chart show update

Posted by: IdentFan101 Nov 7 2021, 06:01 PM

I wasn't here last week because I was in my dad's but I'm here this week.

Posted by: Everton Nov 7 2021, 06:01 PM

Radio 1 hot record

Arrdee flowers (say my name)

Posted by: Everton Nov 7 2021, 06:05 PM

20 new summer walker feat sza no love

Posted by: Dot Branning Nov 7 2021, 06:08 PM

New entry is a good way to start.

Posted by: Everton Nov 7 2021, 06:09 PM

19 up 1 switchort feat a1 j1 coming for you

Posted by: Dot Branning Nov 7 2021, 06:13 PM

I’m actually surprised by how much I like this A1/J1 track.

Posted by: Everton Nov 7 2021, 06:14 PM

18 up 8 clean bandit topic feat Wes Nelson drive

Posted by: Everton Nov 7 2021, 06:14 PM

Run 20 seconds behind on bbc sounds app hope done ok so far

Posted by: Everton Nov 7 2021, 06:17 PM

17 new travis Scott escape plan
16 down 2 doja cat woman

Posted by: Dot Branning Nov 7 2021, 06:18 PM

New entries and climbers so far great to see!

Posted by: Everton Nov 7 2021, 06:20 PM

15 up 4 dermot Kennedy better days
14 up 1 Ewan mcvicar tell me something good

Posted by: Jason Nov 7 2021, 06:21 PM

Hope Ewan is a climber on Friday.

Posted by: Dot Branning Nov 7 2021, 06:22 PM

Hope Tell Me Something Good can reach Top 10!

Posted by: Bré Nov 7 2021, 06:22 PM

Presuming Radio 1 thought it'd be a little on the nose to play a Travis Scott song titled 'ESCAPE PLAN' right now :x

Posted by: Everton Nov 7 2021, 06:23 PM

13 down 1 lil nas x that’s what I want

Posted by: Everton Nov 7 2021, 06:27 PM

12 down 2 the anxiety willow Tyler Cole meet me at our spot
11 non-mover becky hill & topic my heart goes (li di da)

Posted by: Smint Nov 7 2021, 06:28 PM

Anxiety always climbs during week so hope it stays top 10

Posted by: Everton Nov 7 2021, 06:29 PM

10 up 3 Coldplay bts my universe

Posted by: jimwatts Nov 7 2021, 06:30 PM

Becky to probably get a 4th week at #11 after this and MMAOS swap places

Posted by: Everton Nov 7 2021, 06:32 PM

09 down 1 central cee obsessed with you

Posted by: Everton Nov 7 2021, 06:34 PM

08 down 1 glass animals heat waves

Posted by: IANMUSIC24 Nov 7 2021, 06:36 PM

It so deserves to be in the top 10 🔥

Posted by: Everton Nov 7 2021, 06:38 PM

07 down 1 ckay love nwantiti (ah ah ah)

Posted by: Smint Nov 7 2021, 06:38 PM

Must be last week top 10 for Glass Animals as going on ACR

Posted by: 30 Spells Snakey Nov 7 2021, 06:38 PM

Becky coming to equal Bryan Adams Run To You #11 run. What's the record for consecutive weeks at #11?

Posted by: Dot Branning Nov 7 2021, 06:39 PM

Need a clear out in the Top 10.

Posted by: Everton Nov 7 2021, 06:40 PM

06 new arrdee flowers (say my name)
05 down 1 Ed Sheeran overpass graffiti

Posted by: Everton Nov 7 2021, 06:41 PM

Yep hopefully heat waves last week

Posted by: jimwatts Nov 7 2021, 06:43 PM

4 is the record

Overpass Graffiti sounds slightly better after the first few listens, though I can't imagine it's one I'll come back to much in the future

Posted by: Bré Nov 7 2021, 06:43 PM

Was just wondering how 'My Universe' was climbing but I forgot it was at #9 in the First Look chart last week so I guess it will probably fall over the week again.

Posted by: Dot Branning Nov 7 2021, 06:43 PM

Stuck with Bad Habits static in the Top 5 for three weeks now.

Posted by: André Nov 7 2021, 06:43 PM

Adele is CONSIDERABLY more popular than Ed Sheeran. No way she's doing 200k or anything close to what he opened to.

Curious about Abba's numbers though.

Posted by: Everton Nov 7 2021, 06:44 PM

04 up 1 Elton John & dua lipa cold heart

Posted by: Everton Nov 7 2021, 06:48 PM

03 non-mover Ed Sheeran bad habits

Posted by: MishaB Nov 7 2021, 06:48 PM

She is considerably bigger but pure sales are ostensibly dead right now. I hope she can exceed my expectations, but I am not confident we are going to be seeing huge numbers. I’m going with 225k for 30.

Posted by: MishaB Nov 7 2021, 06:49 PM

Overpass Graffiti has grown on me considerably. It’s quite possibly my favourite Ed song at this point.

Posted by: jimwatts Nov 7 2021, 06:50 PM

2 non-movers gone...
(not that much of a surprise, but could make for a decent chart battle again)

Posted by: Everton Nov 7 2021, 06:53 PM

Sunday update top 20

20 new summer walker feat sza no love
19 up 1 switchort feat a1 j1 coming for you
18 up 8 clean bandit topic feat Wes Nelson drive
17 new travis Scott escape plan
16 down 2 doja cat woman
15 up 4 dermot Kennedy better days
14 up 1 Ewan mcvicar tell me something good
13 down 1 lil nas x that’s what I want
12 down 2 the anxiety willow Tyler Cole meet me at our spot
11 non-mover becky hill & topic my heart goes (li di da)

10 up 3 Coldplay bts my universe
09 down 1 central cee obsessed with you
08 down 1 glass animals heat waves
07 down 1 ckay love nwantiti (ah ah ah)
06 new arrdee flowers (say my name)
05 down 1 Ed Sheeran overpass graffiti
04 up 1 Elton John & dua lipa cold heart
03 non-mover Ed Sheeran bad habits
02 down 1 Adele easy on me
01 up 1 Ed Sheeran shivers

Posted by: MishaB Nov 7 2021, 06:56 PM

Suspect Adele will almost certainly clinch the #1 by the end of the week again. She’s still ahead on Spotify and Apple Music, even during the weekend which is the worst time for EOM in terms of streaming.

Will be close though.

Posted by: Lukuzz Nov 7 2021, 06:57 PM

Singles chart so boring at the minute.

Posted by: Mart!n Nov 7 2021, 06:58 PM

Ed Sheeran is up against Adele once again for this week’s Number 1 single on the Official Chart: First Look, one week after releasing his now chart-topping album = (Equals).

Ed’s smash hit Shivers is at the top of today’s first look, but with just 500 chart sales between Shivers and reigning Number 1 Easy On Me by Adele, it’s all to play for.

Currently tracking to be the highest new entry on this week’s chart, Brighton rapper ArrDee is at Number 6 with Flowers (Say My Name). Interpolating Sweet Female Attitude’s Flowers and Destiny’s Child’s Say My Name, the song is set to become ArrDee’s third Top 10 single in the UK.

Further down, Travis Scott is at 17 with Escape plan, while Clean Bandit, Topic and Wes Nelson climb eight spots to Number 18 on the First Look with Drive – a new peak for the song if it can hold on until Friday’s Official Singles Chart.

Finally, Summer Walker & SZA team up for No Love (20) from Summer’s new album Still Over It. If it stays on track it will mark Summer Walker’s highest charting single to date, and SZA’s fifth Top 20 single.

Source OCC

Posted by: Everton Nov 7 2021, 06:59 PM

Thank you tune in this dj cheeky magpie sign off

Posted by: 30 Spells Snakey Nov 7 2021, 07:00 PM

A real Ronseal track, does exactly what it says on the tin!

Posted by: Gameskiller01 Nov 7 2021, 07:05 PM

How so? I thought they had like 125k pre-orders.

Posted by: steve201 Nov 7 2021, 07:07 PM

Really strong start for Arr Dee!

Thanks for doing this Everton, good job!

Posted by: Smint Nov 7 2021, 07:08 PM

Funnily enough it’s between Ed and Adele for tomorrow’s Billboard US Top 100 too but there ‘Bad Habits’ is finally predicted to get to no.1

Posted by: WhoOdyssey Nov 7 2021, 07:13 PM

Erm that’s DJ Cheeky Magpie to you!

Posted by: steve201 Nov 7 2021, 07:15 PM

Everton or Arr Dee?

Posted by: Bré Nov 7 2021, 07:31 PM

I thought all the Billboard chart predictions had to be shut down (because of Billboard forcing a critical source to stop publishing figures which the predictions were largely based on). At the very least anyone still doing these predictions is bound to be much less accurate now. Would be good if 'Bad Habits' could indeed finally sneak a week at #1 in the US though, keeping up a good couple of months for British acts on the Hot 100. (having looked it up I see that the projected possible #1 is mainly because of CD singles shipping there)

'Shivers' being at #1 again at this stage suggests the Adele CD single is not selling amazingly well (unless there's just reporting issues with it). Small gap though and Adele will probably bounce back on streaming again later in the week so I expect she'll likely get the #1 back again, but it could be close.

Posted by: WhoOdyssey Nov 7 2021, 07:41 PM

'Bad Habits' at #1 in the US would also make it 3 #1s in a row for British artists over there! Anyone know when the last time that happened was?

Posted by: Gameskiller01 Nov 7 2021, 07:48 PM

The #1 before Easy On Me was INDUSTRY BABY, no? So only 2 #1s for British acts in a row if Bad Habits manages it.

Posted by: Smint Nov 7 2021, 07:53 PM

July 1986 had 4 UK artists in a row at no.1 in the US - Billy Ocean, Simply Red, Peter Gabriel and Genesis at no.1. Couldn’t see any in late 80s and didn’t think worth checking anything later as UK artists did pretty badly overall.

9 of the UK top 10 pretty good too even if 3 by same artist - know that prob end up 8 with Coldplay dropping and Anxiety climbing by Friday

Posted by: Bré Nov 7 2021, 07:58 PM

It'll still be the first time for a long time that there have even been 2 US #1s in a row by British artists - the last time was 'Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me'/'I'm Too Sexy' in February 1992. (Although more recently 'We Found Love' had its second run at #1 ended by 'Set Fire To The Rain' so that was the last time a song with a British artist on it was knocked off #1 by another one, but 'Sexy And I Know It' was #1 between the two chronologically).

Posted by: Dot Branning Nov 7 2021, 07:59 PM

Cold Heart for US #1!

Posted by: Robbie Nov 7 2021, 08:18 PM

I don't know when it went on sale, but the cassette single of 'Easy On Me' is now available to buy from Adele's online store. I had checked a few days ago and it was still showing as not yet being available. £5 for a few minutes of music is a bit steep though.

Posted by: Envoirment Nov 7 2021, 09:08 PM

Honestly, I think it may have a shot at it once Christmas is over/songs rise up again in the new year!

Posted by: chartjack2 Nov 8 2021, 04:50 PM

I really don’t know anyone gives any credit to the Billboard charts as it includes airplay. IMO a chart should just consist of streams and sales.

Posted by: sammy01 Nov 8 2021, 04:53 PM

Playlists are basically radio play these days anyway.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Nov 8 2021, 04:56 PM

Really looking forward to abba sales info today

Posted by: JosephStyles Nov 8 2021, 04:59 PM

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

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

1 Ed Sheeran - Shivers (24,522)
2 Adele - Easy On Me (23,885)
3 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (19,572)
4 Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (19,238)
5 ArrDee - Flowers (Say My Name) (12,422) *

6-10
10 Coldplay & BTS - My Universe

11-20
14 Ewan McVicar - Tell Me Something Good
16 SwitchOTR feat. A1 x J1 - Coming for You
17 Dermot Kennedy - Better Days
18 Clean Bandit & Topic feat. Wes Nelson - Drive
19 Travis Scott - ESCAPE PLAN *

21-30
21 Summer Walker & SZA - No Love *
22 Joel Corry feat. Mabel - I Wish
23 Post Malone & The Weeknd - One Right Now *
26 ARZ - Alone With You
27 Travis Scott - MAFIA *
28 The Weeknd - Take My Breath
29 Summer Walker & Cardi B - Bitter *

31-40
32 ABBA - Don't Shut Me down ^
33 Summer Walker, JT & City Girls - Ex for a Reason *
36 Little Mix - Between Us *
38 ABBA - I Still Have Faith in You ^

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

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

1 ABBA - Voyage (117,974) *
2 Ed Sheeran - = (19,841)
3 Radiohead - Kid A Mnesia (8,281) *
4 James Arthur - It'll All Make Sense in the End (8,233) *
5 Summer Walker - Still Over It (4,190) *

6-10
6 Diana Ross - Thank You *
7 Gregory Porter - Still Rising: The Collection *
8 Bullet for My Valentine - Bullet for My Valentine *
10 Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters

11-20
11 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
13 Dave - We're All Alone In This Together
18 Jethro Tull - Benefit *

21-30
21 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop
22 Queen - Greatest Hits
24 Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA *
26 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - The Future *
27 Erasure - I Say I Say I Say ^
29 Garbage - Sweet Garbage *

31-40
31 Snail Mail - Valentine *
32 Wet Wet Wet - The Journey *
33 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
37 Gary Numan - The Singles Collection 1978 - 1983 *

Click on the above relevant links.

Posted by: Everton Nov 8 2021, 05:01 PM

Is bullet for My Valentine At 8 got 2 7

Posted by: Bjork Nov 8 2021, 05:03 PM

118K is a decent start for ABBA, especially since theres missing data
same for Radiohead

Posted by: iain Nov 8 2021, 05:03 PM

Let’s hope that Rina finally gets a week in the top 100.

Posted by: iain Nov 8 2021, 05:04 PM

Why is Blue Banisters top 10 again?

Posted by: Delicate Nov 8 2021, 05:06 PM

118K? Can it make to 150K?

Posted by: JosephStyles Nov 8 2021, 05:13 PM

Yup, typo!

Vinyl release according to OCC

Posted by: GTH Nov 8 2021, 05:13 PM

Let’s hope so, couldn’t believe it didn’t make it on release week.

Do we know why there has been a big boost this week? Apologies if it has already been pointed out in this thread.

Posted by: Sour Candy Nov 8 2021, 05:25 PM

118k is either good or a bit disappointing, depends on how much sales data is missing.

I think Olivia is safe for YE after Abba too.

Posted by: dandy* Nov 8 2021, 05:28 PM

I don’t think ABBA were ever the main threat to Olivia!

Posted by: Gameskiller01 Nov 8 2021, 05:28 PM

Year-end #1 will be Adele surely? And depending on how well Ed holds up, and how much he sells over xmas, year-end #2 could go to him. ~400k year-end sales for SOUR doesn't seem like it'd be an incredibly difficult hurdle to pass.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Nov 8 2021, 05:33 PM

Abba 34k higher than ed was this time last week.

Posted by: Bjork Nov 8 2021, 05:35 PM

oh those Blue Banisters vinyl variants that couldn't be shipped on release week!!!!!

Posted by: 30 Spells Snakey Nov 8 2021, 05:38 PM

That's good to see Diana Ross in the top 10 albums.

Wet Wet Wet top 40 too, love the name of their former record company on the 80s and 90s chart archive, 'Precious Organisation' (although I think they have changed record company now).

Posted by: JulianT Nov 8 2021, 05:41 PM

OCC article says ABBA currently outselling the rest of the Top 40 combined.

I’ve given up worrying too much about their numbers now they’re safely in 6 figures anyway; the fact they’ve done it with an original album in my lifetime is amazing enough.

Posted by: Maestro Nov 8 2021, 05:49 PM

Singles:

#70 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas is You
#90 Wham! - Last Christmas

Mariah should make it by the end of the week but I imagine Wham! will miss.

Seventeen Going Under down to #93. Fingers crossed for a reset and top 40 return

Posted by: JosephStyles Nov 8 2021, 05:50 PM

Singles update in this post, click the little arrow at the top x

Benson Boone up 8 places compared to last week's mids, hope it can get another new peak this week (and top 40 in the future)!

Posted by: Danvember Nov 8 2021, 05:54 PM

Singles bubblin under:
42 Abba - When You Danced With Me *
46 Acraze feat. Cherish - Do It To It
48 Amaarae feat. Moliy - Sad Girlz Luv Money
49 Silk Sonic - Smoking Out the Window *
51 Benson Boone - Ghost Town
54 Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott - Where Are You Now
62 Tiësto & Ava Max - The Motto *
70 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You ^
75 Jason Derulo - Acapulco
76 Westlife - My Hero *
78 Foals - Wake Me Up *
90 Wham - Last Christmas ^
91 Skepta & Fumez the Engineer - Plugged In *
92 BoyWithUke - Toxic *
96 James Arthur - Emily ^
100 Charli XCX feat. Christine and the Queens & Caroline Polachek - New Shapes *

Posted by: JosephStyles Nov 8 2021, 05:56 PM

Top 5 sales now here

Posted by: LiamSime Nov 8 2021, 06:01 PM

The 3 Abba tracks will drop way down by Friday plus I would expect the Summer Walker and Travis Scott album songs to drop a fair bit as well, so I would say all the songs in the 40-50 region still have a chance of making the top 40 by Friday.

Posted by: k👠th Nov 8 2021, 06:03 PM

Ross from Friends sneaking into the top 100 albums *.*

Posted by: Danvember Nov 8 2021, 06:13 PM

There's also no way the Little Mix song is remaining top 40 either. Hopefully Acraze gets enough momentum this week to sneak in but he should make it next week either way.

Posted by: jimwatts Nov 8 2021, 06:17 PM

Shivers widening the gap ever so slightly?

Posted by: slowdown73 Nov 8 2021, 06:17 PM

Biggest surprise is massive drop in Sheeran’s album sales. Great news re. Abba!

Posted by: Ray Nov 8 2021, 06:20 PM

OT, but Voyage is the fastest-selling album in German music history. The first album to sell over 200K on its first day of release.

Posted by: Bjork Nov 8 2021, 06:21 PM

Do you guys that have access ti the data know if Adele-Easy on Me has physical sales and how much?

Posted by: 30 Spells Snakey Nov 8 2021, 06:21 PM

I don't mind it but its a bit basic a tune for me to really like.

Poor JackTheeStallion though, he hates all these 'tinny dance covers'!

Posted by: JosephStyles Nov 8 2021, 06:23 PM

I'm here for Acraze purely for the novelty of Cherish getting another top 40 hit *_* (the original Do It To It deserved much more!)

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Nov 8 2021, 06:32 PM

There are still 8,000 people out there willing to buy a James Arthur album?

Posted by: Bjork Nov 8 2021, 06:45 PM

^That was the shock of the week this week I agree

Posted by: JackTheeStallion Nov 8 2021, 06:45 PM

Same here!!! Do It To It (the original) deserved so much more .

Posted by: Bré Nov 8 2021, 07:06 PM

This happened last week as well between Sunday and Monday, but Adele's streaming bounced back in the latter half of the week.

ABBA doing better in this update than I expected although it's hard to tell exactly how good it is when we don't know how much of the added sales since Saturday are just pre-orders that weren't counted yet. Hope we'll get a Tuesday update this week.

Posted by: markivj Nov 8 2021, 07:06 PM

Reg missing sales data, would that be more physical or Itunes kind of sales of streaming? I wouldn't hold my breath reg streaming.

Posted by: IANMUSIC24 Nov 8 2021, 07:12 PM

Adele got the top spot.

Posted by: Liam.k. Nov 8 2021, 07:14 PM

ABBA breakdown:

Posted by: Bré Nov 8 2021, 07:15 PM

'Bad Habits' was actually only #4 on the Hot 100 in the end. So yeah, the predictions are nowhere near as accurate as they used to be.

Posted by: steve201 Nov 8 2021, 07:20 PM

Abbas sales disappointing but still great compared to the norm but interesting to see where they end up. The last two weeks shows the market has changed completely now even for the biggest artists. Adele will still likely laugh in the face of that but matching the figures for 25 is probably out of the question!

Hope Adele manages a 4th week at number one in the singles.

Posted by: Bjork Nov 8 2021, 07:23 PM

Most important, Heat Waves" rises 13-10, it reaches the top 10 in its 42nd week. That's the longest trip to the top 10 in Billboard chart's 63-year history.

Posted by: IANMUSIC24 Nov 8 2021, 07:26 PM

Little mix have just released a teaser for “No” Comes out Friday

Posted by: SevenSeize Nov 8 2021, 07:36 PM

in fairness his last one did open with 18,000 even if that was kinda boosted by the battle for #1 with Foals

-x-

on the topic of Foals, nice to see their new one make a brief appearance *.* and Rina smashing into the top 40 mids is awesome!

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Nov 8 2021, 07:46 PM

Oh wow, didn't even notice Rina there.

Does she have any hope of remaining top 40 with all those albums below her that will inevitably fall?

Posted by: chlorineydle Nov 8 2021, 08:04 PM

High debut for Between Us
And great start for Abba but I don't see it doing more than 150k because of streaming

Posted by: Dot Branning Nov 8 2021, 08:07 PM

ABBA!

Outselling the rest of the Top 40 combined and people were using the word flop about this over the weekend! Amazing.

Posted by: Dot Branning Nov 8 2021, 08:08 PM

Hope The Motto by Tiesto & Ava Max can climb before the end of the week.

Nice to see Drive still on course for Top 20.

Posted by: Bré Nov 8 2021, 08:14 PM

It's there because of a vinyl re-issue, #24 on Monday is very likely not going to be anywhere near enough for it to stay top 40. Hayley Williams' album with its belated physical release earlier this year, by comparison, was #29 in the Monday midweeks and ended the week at #92.

Anywhere in the top 100 will still be a first (across both the singles and albums charts) for her though.

Posted by: Envoirment Nov 8 2021, 08:18 PM

Amazing sales for ABBA (especially in Germany omg). It's a shame a lot of the pre-orders couldn't be shipped out on time. But in saying that - if they get shipped in the next few weeks that might help their sales stay pretty stable! Really hoping they'll be able to cross 200k this week - maybe more depending on how much missing data there is/how much they sell each day.I do think they'll pick up a lot of casual buyers (more so than Ed did).

Speaking of Ed, his sales have dropped a bit more than I expected. Although there will be missing data. Hopefully he'll manage 40k by the end of the week. That'll be ~70% drop, which is kind of the norm nowadays I guess with frontloaded vinyl sales etc? I'm sure his sales will pick up once again as we near Christmas.

Also, OMG Rina in the top 40! I hope she stays but she will likely fall out. Hopefully she's done enough to secure a top 100 placing. I'll go give her albums a few streams to help. Would love to see her debut album finally chart. One of my favourite albums of last year!

Posted by: Bré Nov 8 2021, 08:21 PM

I mean that was the case for Ed in the Monday midweeks last week too... it says more about how completely dead the rest of the chart is than anything else. 'Outselling the rest of the top 40 combined' sounds far more impressive than 117k.

(not saying 117k is a bad number for them at all, it's just quite sad that the bar for outselling the rest of the top 40 is so low)

Posted by: Envoirment Nov 8 2021, 08:44 PM

Gone are the days that the entire top 10 do 100k+ the week of Christmas. Last time that happened was in 2009 (2011 came close with 9/10).

Posted by: Supercell Nov 8 2021, 08:59 PM

It’ll be interesting to where Abba are once any missing data is added. They could get to 150k depending on how much is missing, I feel like given physical cds arent around so much these days in shops, that could be their downfall. Still amazing for a band that haven’t released an album for 40 years.

Ed really has collapsed, I’m beginning to think Taylor has a shot at no1 next week now which initially I thought she wouldn’t stand a chance.

Posted by: Charis Nov 8 2021, 09:10 PM

All those top artists like Ed sheeran, Coldplay, Adele were afraid to go against each other in the charts unlike Westlife who were going against to acts back in the day Eminem, Spice Girls, Susan boyle, Oasis etc

Posted by: steve201 Nov 8 2021, 09:16 PM

Artists didn’t care as much because they were guaranteed to sell well no matter whereas now they can maneuvre so they all get a week at the top!

Posted by: PaulM1983 Nov 8 2021, 09:20 PM

I'd be fairly confident in saying Westlife had next to zero say on their album release dates.

Posted by: Bré Nov 8 2021, 09:22 PM

Posted by: PaulM1983 Nov 8 2021, 09:41 PM

Yes, very that! I only singled them out as it was a direct reply to that post about them.

Posted by: jimwatts Nov 8 2021, 09:42 PM

Voyage's 115k is already the highest weekly pure sale since Divide in 2017. '=' held that title for 3 days!

Posted by: shadow2009 Nov 8 2021, 09:54 PM

I really miss those days honestly. And knowing it was pure sales including the majority being CD's bought at HMV etc.

Ah. I hate the streaming era.

Posted by: Bjork Nov 8 2021, 09:54 PM

Lol calling Westlife very brave with their releases... when in singles the label was always picking the easiest zero competition weeks and 75% of their #1s were fluke non#1s

Posted by: sammy01 Nov 8 2021, 10:03 PM

Why are people saying ABBA have missing data, a sale not counting till it dispatches is a fallacy. We've seen it so many times recently where people aren't getting dispatches but the sales have clearly already counted. The Spice Girls Spice re-release was clearly as case of that last week. As soon as money has cleared it can be reported as a sale I'm sure.

Posted by: Bré Nov 8 2021, 10:06 PM

If that was the case then the sales that have pushed Lana into the top 10 in today's update would have counted 2 weeks ago surely

Posted by: Bjork Nov 8 2021, 10:07 PM

Lol, why you think Lana - Blue Banisters is at #10

Ed, go write better songs instead of spending your time in BZ trying to defend your flop sales

Posted by: Gameskiller01 Nov 8 2021, 10:26 PM

Posted by: Bré Nov 8 2021, 10:39 PM

That post wasn't even about Ed? Lol

Posted by: Rob Nov 8 2021, 10:42 PM

How is Jesy Nelson still as high as #30? Her streaming support has collapsed and she's well outside the top 100 on Spotify.

Posted by: JulianT Nov 8 2021, 10:45 PM

I’m in an ABBA FB group and there are some strange stories at the moment about pre-orders being cancelled completely due to a fire at a vinyl plant. The mind boggles… but anyway at least it suggests there might be some more sales to come either this week or later. I think I’ll buy a copy actually after initially just planning to stream it - I don’t have a CD player anymore but can listen to it at my parents’ over Christmas.

Posted by: Dot Branning Nov 8 2021, 10:46 PM

Yeah that record they have for getting their first however many singles to #1 was definitely in part due to releasing on some low sales weeks for the era with less competition. Walsh and Co probably learnt their lesson from Boyzone who IIRC ended up with a fair few #2s for releasing on weeks with strong competition.

Posted by: sammy01 Nov 8 2021, 10:50 PM

Because they changed the date of the vinyl for Lana, unless you think those delayed vinyls were all suddenly ready and dispatch at midnight Thursday. Once they changed the vinyl date that was the date those vinyl sales would be reported.

As for your 2nd comment grow up.

Posted by: CJK Nov 8 2021, 11:00 PM

Biggest shock of the week for me is that Joel Corry's "I Wish" is set to be still be outside the Top 20 on Week 2!!

Posted by: Dot Branning Nov 8 2021, 11:21 PM

Personal taste of course but I think it sounds very generic. Also Out Out is still doing well so that's probably overshadowing it somewhat.

Posted by: dj_tim_e Nov 8 2021, 11:27 PM

Abba has missing data. The money for the picture discs has only been taken from my account today after the warehouse fire held their dispatch up. There's no fallacy about it.

Posted by: PaulM1983 Nov 8 2021, 11:40 PM

Some ABBA orders are only just being charged today, despite having pre-ordered ages ago. I don't know if they're connected to the fire or just another dispatch delay.

But I've read many times before that the sale is only counted when the item is dispatched. Possibly to stop loads of orders being placed, counted for the charts, then cancelled and refunded?

Posted by: steve201 Nov 8 2021, 11:42 PM

Ed is in Bjorks head free of charge daily 🤣

Seriously last week Ed’s sales are terrible this week Abbas sales are great, what gives…must be whoever the artist is!

Posted by: Bré Nov 8 2021, 11:43 PM

Speaking of dispatch delays, apparently the reason 'Bad Habits' wasn't #1 on the Hot 100 this week as predicted was because the CD shipments had been delayed lol. So it still might get there whenever they do get dispatched, but this week was probably its best chance since it did have at least a bit of a streaming boost from his album release.

Ed being generous enough to allow Adele a third week at the Hot 100 #1

(I know this is kind of off topic but it was being discussed in this thread anyway)

Posted by: MishaB Nov 9 2021, 05:09 AM

Yes, but the person who said that admittedly didn’t even know for sure that there was 50k physical orders of Bad Habits as he predicted. He was going off precedent, not actual numbers. I very much doubt Ed Sheeran had sold 50k physicals of Bad Habits, so he was most probably never going to get the #1 anyway.

Posted by: Sour Candy Nov 9 2021, 06:17 AM

It's crazy that these days one stan tweet can affect the predictions and expectations so much. What a bizarre world... there was never any proper info around.

Anyway, seems that Abba's sales can be pretty much anything this week and Ed is doing a bit better than I thought, maybe 45k on Friday.

Posted by: 777666jason Nov 9 2021, 12:52 PM

Would be great if Between Us stayed top 40 but highly unlikely shame, if the rumors are true it would make the perfect last single for them

Posted by: Mullo Nov 9 2021, 01:51 PM

Yep, I got one those. See below:

Thank you for buying a copy of Abba ‘Voyage’ from The Record Hub, it is very exciting to be releasing the first album of new music in 40 years from such a legendary band.
Due to a production delay on the format you ordered (we had a printing press go up in flames destroying the first batch of sleeves, but luckily not injuring anyone), we are running late with the stock and have not been able to ship to you for release date.
This issue has affected all retailers worldwide for ABBA formats on vinyl.
The album will be with you very shortly, but so there is no delay in you hearing the music, we would like to offer you a free download code to be redeemed at the following link :
https://redeem.umusicdirect.com/
Your unique code is: **********
Apologies again for the delay, we hope this doesn’t spoil your enjoyment of ABBA’s fantastic new record.

Posted by: JulianT Nov 9 2021, 01:53 PM

Interesting - presumably any downloads redeemed through that would be chart ineligible due to being free

Posted by: Dot Branning Nov 9 2021, 01:56 PM

Hope ABBA get another Top 40 single!

Posted by: Mullo Nov 9 2021, 02:19 PM

Didn't bother downloading anyway.

Posted by: Jester Nov 9 2021, 03:25 PM

I got my blue vinyl of Voyage no problems on Saturday by post……..

Posted by: Eric_Blob Nov 9 2021, 03:58 PM

Well with BTS it took a few million stan tweets to make them famous.

Posted by: Jamesy Nov 9 2021, 05:37 PM

I believe that it is the green/white vinyls that have been delayed…

Posted by: bluebitchboy Nov 9 2021, 05:51 PM

Looks like Taylor is going all out for sales next week, she's put up signed CDs on her store.

Posted by: Agenor Nov 9 2021, 06:07 PM

Considering "Fearless TV" debuted with 21k it will be hard for "Red TV" to be #1 with those or slightly better numbers (since vinyls are available this time around). I wouldn't be surprised if Rod Stewart's new album ends up being her biggest competition (among the new releases).

Posted by: roboplop Nov 9 2021, 06:26 PM

Thanks, just got one 🙂

Posted by: Slayer Nov 9 2021, 06:30 PM

I think Little Mix will be competition.

Posted by: ___∆___ Nov 9 2021, 06:34 PM

Taylor made a TON of signed CDs available (UK Only), more than she has with any other album, snatch that #1.

https://storeuk.taylorswift.com/*/*/RED-TAYLOR-S-VERSION-SIGNED-CD-EXPLICIT-UK-ONLY/78DY0000000

Posted by: bluebitchboy Nov 9 2021, 07:09 PM

Really surprised these are still available, thought they'd go within minutes, I got mine 2 hours ago! Really good to have something signed from TS for the collection.

Posted by: Envoirment Nov 9 2021, 07:10 PM

It would be nice to see Taylor continue her #1 album streak in the UK. And Red was bigger here than Fearless, so I would assume it'd do better generally speaking.

Posted by: ___∆___ Nov 9 2021, 07:10 PM

Her signed UK items are usually gone in less than 5 minutes, they’ve obviously made a hefty amount available this time for a good old chart battle

Posted by: MishaB Nov 9 2021, 07:17 PM

I don’t believe in these tricks to get #1. I also find it majorly disrespectful to fans to encourage them to buy multiple copies of your album. It shows the little regard with which she holds her fans as far as I’m concerned.

Posted by: madollar Nov 9 2021, 08:36 PM

Just nabbed a signed CD. It’s good you didn’t have to buy an expensive bundle to get a Taylor auto

Posted by: iain Nov 9 2021, 08:57 PM

Every album up for contention next week has multiple versions, Taylor has actually dialled it back considerably with just a cd and a vinyl, and now a signed cd.

Posted by: PaulM1983 Nov 9 2021, 10:40 PM

Annoying we didn't get any sales info today. Really curious how ABBA are doing daily now.

Posted by: Rob Nov 9 2021, 11:04 PM

I mean fans can just not buy them, nobody is holding a gun to their heads?

Posted by: MishaB Nov 9 2021, 11:27 PM

But she knows they will. A lot of her fans would buy a specimen of her turd if they could. The choice to offer the specimen of turd for sale is her’s.

Posted by: MishaB Nov 9 2021, 11:36 PM

No update which is disappointing.

Posted by: myxxd Nov 9 2021, 11:52 PM

More people will be pissed if their versions of Never Can Say Goodbye, Miss You Nights, Evergreen, When You're Looking Like That in 2000 to 2002 and a pop lead single in 2004 had been released and became realities. That's like 5 more number ones and will keep on saying they released on weak weeks hahahahaha

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Nov 10 2021, 12:36 AM

To be fair Westlife did some good head to head battles with albums and managed to get the number 1 and a good chart battle i think benefits sales as encourages people who are on the fence to go out and buy an album, im not so sure if people buy into chart battles as much anymore but they are enjoyable when they happen especially if the artist you are supporting wins the battle.

Posted by: -Jay- Nov 10 2021, 12:53 AM

ABBA Tuesday update - 168,591. Wow!

It’s now outsold Ed’s album, which is on 27,337 this week which takes his total to 166,459. (139,107 first week sales but its total was 139,122).

Shivers (32,834) is only 305 sales ahead of Easy on Me (32,529).

Posted by: Mangø Nov 10 2021, 12:55 AM

200k seems achievable then

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Nov 10 2021, 12:57 AM

50k sales for Abba since the last update is really really good, 200k looks very achievable now.

Posted by: Liam.k. Nov 10 2021, 12:57 AM

Wow for ABBA! Curious as to how many sales were late orders being shipped and what was genuine sales sold yesterday.

Should be reasonably close to 200k by end of week regardless though if not more.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Nov 10 2021, 12:58 AM

Id love if they could reach 200k as 200k in todays climate is just huge.

Posted by: steve201 Nov 10 2021, 01:29 AM

Wow great update for Abba, looking likely for 200k and Ed could get to 50k at number two fantastic stuff!

Posted by: PaulM1983 Nov 10 2021, 01:31 AM

Wow, that's amazing! 200k seems almost a certainty now. Incredible.

Posted by: Dot Branning Nov 10 2021, 01:39 AM

Amazing for ABBA!

Posted by: -Jay- Nov 10 2021, 01:58 AM

Tuesday Top 40 Update
Missing Data: Amazon HDEL, Apple Music, Sainsburys, Spotify, YouTube (Monday)

Singles

1 Ed Sheeran - Shivers (32,834)
2 Adele - Easy On Me (32,529)
3 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (26,357)
4 Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (25,491)
5 Ed Sheeran - Overpass Graffiti (16,828)

6-10
6 ArrDee - Flowers (Say My Name) *

11-20
11 Coldplay & BTS - My Universe
14 Ewan McVicar - Tell Me Something Good
16 SwitchOTR feat. A1 x J1 - Coming for You
17 Dermot Kennedy - Better Days
18 Clean Bandit & Topic feat. Wes Nelson - Drive
20 Travis Scott - ESCAPE PLAN *

21-30
21 Joel Corry feat. Mabel - I Wish
22 Summer Walker & SZA - No Love *
23 Post Malone & The Weeknd - One Right Now *
26 ARZ - Alone With You
27 The Weeknd - Take My Breath
28 Travis Scott - MAFIA *

31-40
32 Summer Walker & Cardi B - Bitter *
35 ABBA - Don't Shut Me Down ^
36 Summer Walker, JT & City Girls - Ex for a Reason *
38 Little Mix - Between Us *

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

Albums

1 ABBA - Voyage (168,591) *
2 Ed Sheeran - = (27,337)
3 James Arthur - It'll All Make Sense in the End (10,345) *
4 Radiohead - Kid A Mnesia (9,237) *
5 Diana Ross - Thank You (5,556) *

6-10
6 Summer Walker - Still Over It *
7 Gregory Porter - Still Rising: The Collection *
9 Bullet for My Valentine - Bullet for My Valentine *
10 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits

11-20
12 Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters
16 Dave - We're All Alone In This Together
19 Jethro Tull - Benefit *

21-30
22 Queen - Greatest Hits
26 Snail Mail - Valentine *
28 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - The Future *
29 Erasure - I Say I Say I Say ^
30 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

31-40
31 Garbage - Beautiful Garbage ^
32 Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA *

Posted by: Envoirment Nov 10 2021, 02:11 AM

Amazing for ABBA! I wonder how much of that was more pre-orders being added vs actual sales. I would think they are on track to pass 200k quite comfortably when missing data is added + 3 days of sales left to go. I wonder how much of an impact Sainsburys has nowadays with CDs. I assume there'll be stands for the album in the big ones.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Nov 10 2021, 02:11 AM

Adele looks likely to get a 4th week at number 1 great top 3 album sales and it's great to see.

Posted by: MishaB Nov 10 2021, 02:20 AM

Oh, Adele is absolutely getting the #1 this week. She’s #1 on Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon. She’s also closed the gap on itunes.

She couldn’t have asked for better from this song really. I really like the song, but I didn’t expect it to still be number 1 in both the UK and US by the time the album was released, but it’s looking like an almost certainty now.

Posted by: -Jay- Nov 10 2021, 02:24 AM

Christmas watch:

#68 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You
#87 Wham! - Last Christmas

~~~~

ABBA format breakdown:

118,116 CDs
28,206 Vinyl
15,327 Downloads
4,049 Cassettes
2,893 Streaming

Increases since previous day:
+32,998 CDs
+15,632 Vinyl
+927 Cassettes
+567 Streaming
+493 Downloads


28k vinyl is huge! Is that the fastest selling vinyl of the 21st century in the UK??

Posted by: Liam.k. Nov 10 2021, 02:34 AM

^yes, previous highest was 24,478 for Arctic Monkeys’ last studio album in 2018.

Posted by: chlorineydle Nov 10 2021, 02:42 AM

That's great for Abba, more than I thought

Posted by: -Jay- Nov 10 2021, 03:36 AM

Thank you! Amazing for ABBA... hopefully vinyl sales don't slow down too much and it's able to exceed 30k (it seems so much of this boost will be Universal Stores doing late dispatches).

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra Nov 10 2021, 05:05 AM

Incredible for ABBA!

And would love for Diana Ross to hold onto the top 10 by Friday too!

Posted by: Koutafides Nov 10 2021, 05:22 AM

Um, WOW!! ABBA!! This is an extremely impressive return after 40 years

Posted by: Bjork Nov 10 2021, 06:28 AM

wow at those sales and especially 28K on vinyls already on Tue mids, unbelievable
I think thats the only way now when acts can get huge first week, if you have a hardcore fanbase that will buy multiformats

Posted by: spiceboy Nov 10 2021, 07:20 AM

I’m hoping she holds onto top 5! 😍

Posted by: GTH Nov 10 2021, 07:36 AM

Pleased to see the ABBA sales blowing up a bit. Much closer to my expectations for this album. Will be great if it can break 200k for the week.

Can’t see Adele not getting a fourth week with that small a margin. Would quite like to see it hold out up to album release. Also pleased My Universe is stabilised. After being initially underwhelmed by the song, I now love it.

Posted by: Bjork Nov 10 2021, 07:58 AM

and James Arthur over 10K! really thought the album was gonna bomb as he didn't have a top40 hit this time

Posted by: funki_munki Nov 10 2021, 07:59 AM

WOW.....168,591 sales so far with 3 days sales still to go for ABBA is incredible. and to think some of you were saying this comeback album was a flop, I don't hear you singing anymore!

I think they will easily sell over 200K now and it wouldn't surprise me at all if this was the Christmas No1 album.

Abba have already shown Ed what they are capable of in terms of sales and I think Adele needs to keep look over her shoulder too.

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Nov 10 2021, 08:04 AM

f*** me.

If you'd told me two weeks ago that ABBA would obliterate Ed's first week, I absolutely wouldn't have believed you.

Posted by: gooddelta Nov 10 2021, 08:36 AM

ABBA <3 There’s something very fairytale-esque about four Swedish 70-somethings picking up where they left off 40 years ago and topping the charts with ease, smashing the sales of the biggest contemporary artist of the last five years out of the park.

They transcended it majorly but the point still stands that it’s not been too bad a year for Eurovision winners in the UK charts!

Posted by: jimwatts Nov 10 2021, 08:50 AM

Fantastic sales for ABBA - even without all the other formats, 118k CDs is more than the pure weekly sales of any album since 2017!

(They might fall short of Ed's 19.1k downloads last week, but I think Adele will beat that anyway.)

Posted by: Better Man Nov 10 2021, 08:54 AM

Happy for ABBA sales.
For me it's a sign that people still need a good music.
Their album is just better than current pop music.

Posted by: tommie Nov 10 2021, 09:30 AM

Woah ABBA!

Great to see Miss Ross the Boss climbing into the top 5. I wonder if stores are stocking her and ABBA close together, helping her pick up some casual sales?

Posted by: Coffin A Feel Nov 10 2021, 09:38 AM

Sales are okay. Spice Girls would do better, as they did with their GH.

Posted by: MishaB Nov 10 2021, 09:57 AM

This entire post is...

Posted by: MishaB Nov 10 2021, 10:00 AM

ABBA’s album is run of the mill and anyone pretending otherwise really needs to have a word with themselves. It’s a good album but let’s not pretend that it’s the creme de la creme. It’s an enjoyable pop album by a 70’s pop band, just with aged vocals.

I’m happy that they are doing such huge numbers as I’m a fan but there’s really no need for the snobbery.

Posted by: Coffin A Feel Nov 10 2021, 10:16 AM

Well, compared to the no.2 album, it is a work of Picasso!

Posted by: MishaB Nov 10 2021, 10:20 AM

Well, can’t say I disagree with that one

Posted by: Simon. Nov 10 2021, 10:31 AM

Hope Garbage can stay top 40 with the album

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Nov 10 2021, 10:52 AM

Spice Girls - Greatest Hits first week sales: 75,787

Eh? 🧐

Posted by: Mullo Nov 10 2021, 12:53 PM

where did you hear/read this?

Posted by: Ho-Lee Smokes Nov 10 2021, 12:57 PM

surely a lot of data must have been missing from Abba?

James Arthur managing over 10k is a great achievement for him also, should manage at least 15k.

Posted by: pippa Nov 10 2021, 01:07 PM

Phenomenal to see Abba with such impressive sales.

Posted by: chlorineydle Nov 10 2021, 02:08 PM

Predictions for next week's new releases Red, Between Us and An Evening With Silk Sonic?

Posted by: Bjork Nov 10 2021, 03:25 PM

^there is already a thread for that...

http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=249355

Posted by: LMFan Nov 10 2021, 03:28 PM

This is very well put. The album is ok, but that’s as far as it goes and I’m a huge ABBA fan.

Posted by: aeroco Nov 10 2021, 03:41 PM

The ABBA album is generally lacklustre with some decent moments however it’s great to have them back encouraging people to buy vinyl and CD again. Those massive pre sales all filtering through is a welcome benefit through the week too as let’s face it, they were always going in at 1 even with the despatch issues.

Posted by: JosephStyles Nov 10 2021, 05:49 PM

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

Singles

1 Adele - Easy On Me (41,825)
2 Ed Sheeran - Shivers (41,469)
3 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (33,284)
4 Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (32,059)
5 ArrDee - Flowers (Say My Name) (22,130) *

6-10

11-20
11 Coldplay & BTS - My Universe
14 Ewan McVicar - Tell Me Something Good
15 SwitchOTR feat. A1 x J1 - Coming for You
17 Clean Bandit & Topic feat. Wes Nelson - Drive
18 Dermot Kennedy - Better Days
20 Joel Corry feat. Mabel - I Wish

21-30
21 Travis Scott - ESCAPE PLAN *
22 Post Malone & The Weeknd - One Right Now *
23 Summer Walker & SZA - No Love *
25 ARZ - Alone With You
27 The Weeknd - Take My Breath
29 Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - INDUSTRY BABY

31-40
31 Travis Scott - MAFIA *
32 NEIKED, Mae Muller & Polo G - Better Days
35 Amaarae feat. Moliy - Sad Girlz Luv Money *
37 Justin Bieber - Ghost
38 Summer Walker, JT & City Girls - Ex for a Reason *
39 Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic - Smokin Out The Window *

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

Albums

1 ABBA - Voyage (181,712) *
2 Ed Sheeran - = (33,664)
3 James Arthur - It'll All Make Sense in the End (10,983) *
4 Radiohead - Kid A Mnesia (9,637) *
5 Summer Walker - Still Over It (6,491) *

6-10
6 Diana Ross - Thank You (6,106) *
8 Gregory Porter - Still Rising: The Collection *
9 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits

11-20
11 Bullet for My Valentine - Bullet for My Valentine *
12 Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters
17 Dave - We're All Alone In This Together

21-30
21 Queen - Greatest Hits
24 Snail Mail - Valentine *
25 Jethro Tull - Benefit *
28 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
30 The Script - Tales from The Script: Greatest Hits ^

31-40
33 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
39 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - The Future *

NO OTHER SALES INFO

Posted by: tommie Nov 10 2021, 05:51 PM

Didn't expect ABBA to increase with 12k+ sales at this point

Looks like it'll clear 200k at this point.

Posted by: Smint Nov 10 2021, 05:52 PM

Really? Many people are saying '=' is a big step up from 'Divide', it's just not connecting with the masses as much, which isn't a bad thing.

Posted by: daniellovesmusic Nov 10 2021, 05:55 PM

Does Ed have the biggest sales for a #2 placement album this year?

Posted by: Bré Nov 10 2021, 05:55 PM

ABBA adding another 13k today then which tracks better with their increase between Saturday and Monday. (Would sammy01 like to explain how they went from doing 12.5k-ish per day for 2 days, then 50k the following day, then 13k again the day after that, if it's not for the fact that late dispatches don't get counted until they are dispatched ) Looks like they'll be decently clear of 200k for the week especially if there are still more late dispatches to come (do we have any anecdotal evidence of that? x)

Posted by: Frenchie Nov 10 2021, 05:58 PM

Nice to see Joel and Mabel sneaking into the top 20.

It’ll be interesting to see Ed’s final week sales and wether they’ll remain high over the next few weeks or if it’s peoples orders coming later.

Posted by: Bré Nov 10 2021, 06:00 PM

I don't think Ed has been having shipping issues (he was only missing sales in the early update last week because all of HMV's Friday data was missing for some reason).

He was doing around 8k per day for most of last week and added 6.3k yesterday so not a massive drop on a daily level. For the whole week he'll be down a lot because all of the pre-orders went to last week of course. But he probably isn't going to continue plummeting next week.

Posted by: dj_tim_e Nov 10 2021, 06:06 PM

My final 4 late dispatches arrived today. That's my 12 sale contributions until the reissues come out. Never doubted ABBA would poop rings round Sheeran. This is ABBA for crying out loud.

Posted by: Bré Nov 10 2021, 06:08 PM

After knowing Ed's total sure but you surely can't have never doubted it considering Ed's last solo album did nearly 700k first week whatever final tally ABBA end on will still be a number that it would have been fairly reasonable to assume Ed might have beaten if you asked anyone a couple of weeks ago.

Posted by: steve201 Nov 10 2021, 06:14 PM

So excited at the thought of an album breaking 200k again finally, great to see. Also Ed could get close enough to 50k probably most likely 45k but still decent second week.

Posted by: Bjork Nov 10 2021, 06:27 PM

wow incredible, very close to 200K now

Posted by: Azure Nov 10 2021, 06:29 PM

The sheer arrogance of some people on here.

You don't speak for everyone. Jog on!

Posted by: lewistgreen Nov 10 2021, 06:30 PM

Peeped the thread for an improvement in the discussion and that hasn't happened so byeee

Posted by: Chapman Nov 10 2021, 06:30 PM

The ABBA sales would have even been impressive 10 years ago!

Posted by: Azure Nov 10 2021, 06:31 PM

The poor thing doesn't bother himself with facts.

Posted by: Dot Branning Nov 10 2021, 06:47 PM

ABBA are absolutely killing it!

Posted by: Mack. Nov 10 2021, 06:53 PM

Yeah the sheer arrogance of someone who suddenly becomes the voice of Buzzjack ahead of an established member in Tawdry Hepburn.

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Nov 10 2021, 06:54 PM

Literally never, and then often refutes them when presented.

Posted by: Herbs Nov 10 2021, 07:16 PM

I predicted 200-250k sales so glad it looks like it is going to happen

Posted by: jimwatts Nov 10 2021, 07:37 PM

Good to see Silk Sonic enter the Top 40 today. It's a shame Don't Shut Me Down dropped out but that was inevitable... two months late with this observation, but it was only the 4th Abba single to enter in the Top 10, after Take A Chance On Me (entered at #10), Chiquitita (#8) and The Winner Takes It All (also #9).

Currently second highest after Iron Maiden (44k). Even if he doesn't overtake that, he already has the highest second week sale of the year, and will soon have the highest of the decade which is currently 35k for Ball and Boe(!) last December.

Posted by: Bré Nov 10 2021, 07:44 PM

He should get to around 50k for the week (maybe slightly under) at the rate he's currently increasing. I would have guessed that ABBA would have lower second week sales than Ed regardless of if they beat his first week sales or not (just because of streaming/physical splits etc.) but they'd need to drop off quite a lot from their current 13k-per-day status quo for that to be the case now! They might well manage to stay ahead of Ed for the rest of the year now (but Ed is surely still bound to overtake them eventually, probably January at the latest, their strong casual physical sales can't last forever).

Posted by: Qween Nov 10 2021, 07:59 PM

My final 5 vinyls also got dispatched today, so I imagine there might be another decent haul of pre-orders to come in.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Nov 10 2021, 08:15 PM

13K more for Abba is good, nice to see the script back in the top 30 aswell.

Posted by: dandy* Nov 10 2021, 08:23 PM

With everyone finding out about their 15th version being dispatched, I’m beginning to wonder if only about 40,000 people have bought ABBA’s album

Posted by: Mart!n Nov 10 2021, 08:41 PM

Little Mix to overhaul ABBA sales next week, love to see it

Posted by: BlackNBlue Nov 10 2021, 09:03 PM

Oh, absolutely. There’s like a gazillion different vinyl versions for ABBA’s new album.

Posted by: Coffin A Feel Nov 10 2021, 09:10 PM

Who, Tawdry?? They sold 75k in Ireland, that's what he meant. In UK they sold over 200k.

Posted by: Sour Candy Nov 10 2021, 09:11 PM

I seriously don't get why people would buy several copies of an album with competely indentical content.. are you selling them forward? It's so bizarre. I can understand cd & vinyl of course, they are different formats.

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat Nov 10 2021, 09:17 PM

I don't think there's a single act I'd buy more than one version of an album by, even if different formats or a slightly different tracklist. If I did somehow manage to be persuaded it'd be for a small act where an extra copy might make a difference.

Posted by: Peter30 Nov 10 2021, 09:34 PM

I don’t see how that’s such a controversial thing to say. Sure, Sheeran might have cleared half a mil if the market conditions were favourable to him doing so, but if that were the case then maybe ABBA could have done also. Either way it’s all hypothetical so it’s a strange semantic thing to call someone out on.

Posted by: chartfridays Nov 10 2021, 09:36 PM

200k seems inevitable with those numbers. I suppose older fans are more likely to already have other stuff on physicals so that'll be driving a lot of the market, where's Ed's fans will be streaming - although going by his spotify numbers not to the level of his past releases.

Posted by: dandy* Nov 10 2021, 09:37 PM

I’ve got multiple variants of quite a few albums but never quite so many at once as some people on here do. I have got both the red Kid A Mnesia vinyl and the cream version on order too. Plus I already own both original albums on vinyl and 2 CD versions too.

Posted by: common sense Nov 10 2021, 09:38 PM

To give as Christmas presents? To hope that the individual member pic ones may become rarities in future? Bit like the Now 4 original CD is worth about £600 now in mint condition.

Posted by: Envoirment Nov 10 2021, 09:47 PM

Great to see ABBA adding another 10k+ a day. I think they'll have a really strong second week - possibly near 100k if they do well on the weekend. I expect a lot of people will pick up the album as a Christmas present when out shopping.

Posted by: Dot Branning Nov 10 2021, 09:49 PM

The only things I own multiples of are when they are on completely different formats (CD, Vinyl, Download etc...) I really don't see the point of buying four different vinyls for example that contain the exact same music other than for the obvious purpose of driving up chart sales and as much as i'm invested in the charts and my faves doing well to a degree, not to the point that I can throw that much money away on it.

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Nov 10 2021, 09:50 PM

No, they didn't. I know what I'm talking about.

Posted by: dandy* Nov 10 2021, 09:52 PM

It’s just a trait of collecting in general isn’t it? I don’t think it’s any different with music, especially if an artist or act means a lot to someone.

(ps not attempting to argue that it is sane though, I can’t explain why I do it every now and again - I’m like a magpie drawn to shiny things )

Posted by: Envoirment Nov 10 2021, 10:12 PM

Also great to see Ed's sales picking up a bit. He may end up closer to 50k than 40k come Friday! I can see his sales holding steady/increasing as we get to Christmas.

Posted by: Bjork Nov 10 2021, 10:40 PM

back in the day it was nicer being a collector
like if Tori Amos released a single, there would be a CD1 with 3 B-sides, a CD2 with different cover and 3 more b.sides, then a 7", a 12"
then in the US it would be a different CD with different b.sides, and there also promo CDs, and German CDs, so it was definitely nicer than now

I don't see the appeal of collecting all colour variants of a vinyl... I just pick the one I like the most and I get that one,
but I know there are many people that track them and collect them all
Like Taylor did 16 different vinyls for Folklore and sure some bought them all and it was just different covers
and it's quite big for little indie artists too

Posted by: dj_tim_e Nov 10 2021, 10:51 PM

If it makes someone happy to buy multiple variants and it's not hurting anyone I don't see what the problem is.

Posted by: ___∆___ Nov 10 2021, 10:56 PM

Omg this! I never understand why people are so concerned what others chose to spend their money on - if someone wants 15 copies of the same album then so be it.

Posted by: Sour Candy Nov 10 2021, 11:49 PM

But then if there is a general shortage of vinyl units, it's quite funny if some people buy 15 and some fail to get one. I would consider setting a limit, like 5/person or sth.

Posted by: BlackNBlue Nov 11 2021, 12:18 AM

I just find it funny how some record stores are boycotting Adele’s 30 for printing 500k, but are silent on certain artists and bands printing countless vinyl variations of the same album. ABBA has already sold over 30,000 vinyls this week alone in the U.K., so god knows how many they’ve sold worldwide. So I don’t get why some record stores are trying to make Adele the boogeyman here. It’s not like she’s doing loads of different vinyl variations of the same album to the extent others are doing. She’s merely making sure there’s enough supply by estimating potential demand.

I’m not saying she’s totally in the right, but I don’t agree with making her the boogeyman at all.

Posted by: -Jay- Nov 11 2021, 12:20 AM

It was technically 9 - in the US she had 8 different artworks with 8 different colour vinyl, then one of those covers also had a Target Red version. There were also European pressings of the same 8 artworks/colours. But for one single market, the maximum was 9 in the US!

Posted by: BlackNBlue Nov 11 2021, 12:22 AM

It’s absolutely absurd to me how there isn’t more outrage about something like this as opposed to Adele for instance.

Posted by: -Jay- Nov 11 2021, 04:26 AM

There's definitely been some grumblings on social media/music forums about vinyl delay times, and also regarding certain releases having a large number of variants (the latter point is often raised in the context of fans being tired of having so many variants to choose between, and finding them somewhat unnecessary). Overall, I imagine it's not enough noise to cause something to change, because the labels definitely want to milk the vinyl craze for all its worth and they must see different art/colours as the most effective way to get high sales.

In fairness to Taylor, it took quite a few months for her copies to be pressed (summer 2020 is when the pre-order went live, but they were not dispatched until November 2020) so it seems she didn't jump the queue and she had to wait her turn.

I'm not sure if it's the different number of artworks or colour pressings that's the main reason for slowing things down in the pressing plants. In regards to Adele it seems she's under fire because the amount of copies being produced (even though there's only three variants, I think?) is so large that she booked out a lot of pressing plants and slowed down other album pressings. Personally I don't hold that against her, because clearly the demand is there and she'll sell the vast majority of those copies. Also there's definitely other artists contributing to it, certainly ABBA.

I've heard that some other issues with vinyl production includes: a low number of pressing plants (certainly too low to keep up with demand) and a shortage of raw materials (pulp for the sleeves / certain colours). Covid troubles last year also seemed to majorly contribute in slowing things down, creating a backlog that can't be caught up on. Apparently some artists have to wait up to 9 months to get a vinyl pressed!

Posted by: Bjork Nov 11 2021, 06:51 AM

Also some colour variants are difficult to find cos they are very limited, like only 500 copies

All indie artists are doing this and a limited new version disappears in a matter of seconds

for instance, I know there's this indie female singer-songwriter called Julien Baker
who is like zero zero famous and from her debut album there have been 24 different colour variants alreaady!

https://www.discogs.com/master/914052-Julien-Baker-Sprained-Ankle

and same for Phoebe Bridgers there have been 11 different colour variants since release
and there's like oh now this week we are releasing an Opaque Gold Nugget (Urban Outfitters Exclusive) only 500 and sells out in 5 minutes

Posted by: JSG Nov 11 2021, 07:50 AM

I agree. I felt quite let down to be honest after having such high expectations after Don't Shut Me Down and I Still Have Faith In You.

Posted by: common sense Nov 11 2021, 08:41 AM

According to a Facebook poster who claims to be in the know, on the UK Chart page, Voyage has passed 200k UK sales in the last few hours.

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Nov 11 2021, 10:18 AM

I like ABBA's album. I was expecting it to be mostly cobbled together reworked scraps from the cutting room floor (like 'Just a Notion' was) so was surprised to find it's quite a solid, enjoyable album with some classic ABBA moments on it.

I mean, not their best by any means but lots to enjoy. The only one I don't at least vaguely is 'Bumblebee' and perhaps the Christmas carol.

Posted by: Charis Nov 11 2021, 10:34 AM

Anyone knows if Westlife’s My Hero is anywhere close to top 100?

Posted by: 34+35 Nov 11 2021, 10:43 AM

Imagine the sales for the ABBA album, if it was actually good! I agree Don’t Shut Me Down / I Still Have Faith In You was the best the album had to offer.

Posted by: Mangø Nov 11 2021, 10:45 AM

Future classic 'Keep An Eye On Dan' begs to differ

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Nov 11 2021, 11:28 AM

Erm, hello. Keep An Eye On Dan (!), When You Danced With Me, I Can Be That Woman, No Doubt About It

Posted by: JulianT Nov 11 2021, 11:37 AM

Off topic but I absolutely love the album. It’s true that if you’re after more rousing pop like Don’t Shut Me Down you will likely be disappointed. It’s much more of a subtle, introspective work that needs quite a lot of listens I think.

Anyway, given they’ve probably passed 200k I’ve said everyone should now leave their purchases until tomorrow when they’re more needed!

Posted by: Adelita Nov 11 2021, 11:51 AM

Adele back to number one we love to see it

Posted by: Mangø Nov 11 2021, 01:54 PM

'Drive' becoming such a belated top 20 hit for Clean Bandit is strange to see, especially given it hasn't had that much support.

Posted by: ___∆___ Nov 11 2021, 02:09 PM

Pleased that it’s managed to take off organically without massive support behind it - such a great track.

Posted by: Bjork Nov 11 2021, 02:14 PM

It's just the opposite, in the beginning it wasn't supported much by Spotify and it was low top 40
then suddenly they moved it into the top 10 on HH a couple weeks ago and thats why its a bigger hit now
the opposite of organic, totally playlist-induced, and with heavy support now

Posted by: LiamSime Nov 11 2021, 02:17 PM

Plus the Drill Remix was released last Friday which has gave it that final push to go top 20 (although the drill remix is nowhere to be seen in the Spotify and Apple Music top 200)

Posted by: house.martin Nov 11 2021, 02:59 PM

Connan Mockasin's album Jassbusters Two, was released last Friday. Toying with getting it. His Forever Dolphin Love album is I think a masterpiece.

Posted by: steve201 Nov 11 2021, 03:07 PM

As is the case with 99% of hits in 2021!

Posted by: madollar Nov 11 2021, 05:22 PM

Arrrggghhh! The frustration of no update. Hope the rumour of Voyage sailing (see what I did there?) past 200k is true

Posted by: LiamSime Nov 11 2021, 05:41 PM

If we don’t receive the info there’s not much we can do…there’s no need to seem so frustrated, you will literally find out in 24 hours time is it that long to wait?

Posted by: steve201 Nov 11 2021, 06:08 PM

I would say it is 99% certain it’ll pass 200k

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Nov 11 2021, 06:17 PM

Fingers crossed abba can hit 200k.

Posted by: Everton Nov 11 2021, 06:18 PM

Been get Tuesday Thursday update after 11.30pm

Posted by: slowdown73 Nov 11 2021, 06:23 PM

I can’t see how they wouldn’t be at 200k by now given they were at 181k by the Wednesday update which doesn’t include Wednesday sales.

Posted by: Voodoo Nov 11 2021, 06:53 PM

I invite everyone to read my post from September 2nd, just after Voyage was announced and before any pre-order info was revealed. I managed to predict the future!

Receipt: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=248424&st=188

Posted by: common sense Nov 11 2021, 07:05 PM

The poster after you said you were off yer rocker. "Nothing sells 200k these days"

Posted by: JosephStyles Nov 11 2021, 07:22 PM

Thursday Top 40 Update
Missing Data: Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube (all for Wednesday), Amazon Home Delivery (for Tuesday)

Singles

1 Adele - Easy On Me (51.1k)
2 Ed Sheeran - Shivers (50.1k)
3 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (40.3k)
4 Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (38.9k)
5 ArrDee - Flowers (Say My Name) (27.7k) *

6-10

11-20
12 Coldplay & BTS - My Universe
14 SwitchOTR feat. A1 x J1 - Coming for You
17 Clean Bandit & Topic feat. Wes Nelson - Drive
18 Dermot Kennedy - Better Days
19 Joel Corry feat. Mabel - I Wish

21-30
21 Post Malone & The Weeknd - One Right Now *
22 Travis Scott - ESCAPE PLAN *
23 Summer Walker & SZA - No Love *
24 ARZ - Alone With You
27 The Weeknd - Take My Breath
29 Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic - Smokin Out The Window *
30 NEIKED, Mae Muller & Polo G - Better Days

31-40
31 Amaarae feat. Moliy - SAD GIRLZ LUV MONEY *
36 Justin Bieber - Ghost
38 Travis Scott - MAFIA *
39 Acraze feat. Cherish - Do It To It *

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

Albums

1 ABBA - Voyage (190.2k) *
2 Ed Sheeran - = (39.2k)
3 James Arthur - It'll All Make Sense in the End (11.9k) *
4 Radiohead - Kid A Mnesia (10.0k) *
5 Summer Walker - Still Over It (7.5k) *

6-10
6 Diana Ross - Thank You *
8 Gregory Porter - Still Rising: The Collection *
9 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits

11-20
11 Bullet for My Valentine - Bullet for My Valentine *
14 Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters
19 Dave - We're All Alone In This Together

21-30
21 Queen - Greatest Hits
25 Christmas - Christmas * (?!?!?!)
26 Snail Mail - Valentine *
27 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits
28 The Script - Tales from The Script: Greatest Hits ^

31-40
31 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
32 Jethro Tull - Benefit *
33 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Posted by: 30 Spells Snakey Nov 11 2021, 07:24 PM

I didn't think James Arthur's new album would be ahead of Radiohead and new streaming sensation Summer Walker but there you go!

Posted by: dandy* Nov 11 2021, 07:26 PM

By my reckoning, that level of progress means that ABBA may fall just short.

*cue meltdowns*

Posted by: Danvember Nov 11 2021, 07:27 PM

FTFY

(also WTF at Christmas - Christmas ?!)

Posted by: dandy* Nov 11 2021, 07:31 PM

Posted by: Ho-Lee Smokes Nov 11 2021, 07:32 PM

ed looking likely of managing around 45k this week

Posted by: dandy* Nov 11 2021, 07:34 PM

Considering none of their own store exclusives will ship until the end of November, I'm pretty impressed by Radiohead managing 10K

Posted by: tommie Nov 11 2021, 07:35 PM

ABBA are FLOPS and they WILL be dropped by their record label and split up forever this time!!!

Posted by: Everton Nov 11 2021, 07:40 PM

Only album Christmas is Michael buble

Posted by: Bjork Nov 11 2021, 07:44 PM

not the bestest update for ABBA
but will be an amazing result even if they finish at 199K

Posted by: jimwatts Nov 11 2021, 07:46 PM

Becky at #11 again then.
Silk Sonic up 10 places since yesterday!

Posted by: 30 Spells Snakey Nov 11 2021, 07:48 PM

I haven't checked but I assume Christmas- Christmas is a Christmas soundalike covers album that appears high in the list when you look for Christmas music on one of the streaming sites. Like an album chart version of Precision Tunes or Can You Blow My.

Posted by: chartfridays Nov 11 2021, 07:57 PM

Especially for what is a glorified reissue.

Posted by: ___∆___ Nov 11 2021, 07:57 PM

Poor Becky - she’s literally been on a one woman social media campaign for the past 4 weeks to try and get it in the Top 10

Posted by: IANMUSIC24 Nov 11 2021, 07:59 PM

So deserves to be top 10, Is she close to number 10?

Posted by: Bjork Nov 11 2021, 08:01 PM

I think all the "red" Radiohead vinyls haven't shipped, which were the ones that mot hardcore fans were after

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Nov 11 2021, 08:03 PM

Surely Abba will do the 10k needed now for 200,000 plus they will have at least a couple of streams to be added, i know its the strictly affect which will wear off but good to see the Scripts greatest hits climbing.

Posted by: JosephStyles Nov 11 2021, 08:04 PM

She's not miles behind but she's not selling more than Meet Me At Our Spot on a daily basis so she won't overtake

Posted by: Everton Nov 11 2021, 08:39 PM

Is griff one night is get any close top 40

Posted by: markivj Nov 11 2021, 08:50 PM

Amazing result for ABBA. If ABBA "only" manage 200K (in quotes, because I know we all had higher expectations), I'd be very surprised if Adele crosses 250K.

Posted by: Envoirment Nov 11 2021, 08:55 PM

I would assume so? Especially as they are more than likely around 192k with missing data added. Amazon home delivery for Tuesday being missing could be a decent amount of sales for ABBA. Frida also did an interview earlier today on BBC Radio 2 - so that may have helped prompt a few extra sales as well. Either way it's amazing to see them do ~200k.

I have to say I'm impressed by Ed's sales! He looks to be on track for 45-50k, which isn't as big as a drop as I thought. He seems to be selling quite consistently each day. I wouldn't be surprised if he stabilised or even increased his sales next week with Christmas now fast approaching.

Glad to see Adele ahead of Ed. Hopefully she'll stay #1 this week. "Easy On Me" will get its first promotional performance on Sunday for her CBS special. I'm sure it'll be aired in the UK/have an effect here. Although not sure how big of an effect it'll have. I hope they upload her performances to youtube for extra views/streams.

Also I have to say I'm really happy at how well "My Universe" is holding up. It looks like it'll have some decent longevity in the charts!

Posted by: PaulM1983 Nov 11 2021, 08:57 PM

I don't think so. If Amazon Home Delivery data is missing, that's potentially a bunch more physicals still to be added for them, along with the small amount of streaming data they'll be missing.

Posted by: Bré Nov 11 2021, 08:59 PM

A bit of a dropoff for ABBA's daily sales today although I'm sure they will still find a way to sneak past 200k much like Coldplay managed to get over 100k when it looked like they might be falling just short.

Considering how low it debuted on Spotify that Silk Sonic song has made impressive progress over the week, looks like it might end up debuting pretty close to where 'Leave The Door Open' did (and surely on course to outpeak it next week at this rate especially with the album dropping)!

Good to see the very underrated band Christmas finally getting some album chart success <3

Posted by: dandy* Nov 11 2021, 09:10 PM

I hope ABBA do clear 200K but it will be a great achievement to get so close either way

Posted by: Envoirment Nov 11 2021, 09:23 PM

It's exploding on spotify. Their album release is tomorrow too, so I expect it'll keep gaining a lot on spotify in the coming week! I feel it could be quite a bit bigger than "Leave The Door Open" both here and in the US!

Posted by: Robbie Nov 11 2021, 09:44 PM

There's also an album of the same name by Karl Loxley that was at number 57 in the top 100 album midweeks on Monday. I doubt it's that album but it shouldn't be the Michael Buble album either. Maybe the OCC have mixed up the sales of both albums?!

Posted by: BrookeOlivia Nov 11 2021, 09:59 PM

I think Adele will likely outsell Abbas weekly sales by Mondays chart update, If not be very close to it.
I can't see Adele doing below 400k

Posted by: Dot Branning Nov 11 2021, 10:03 PM

Radiohead have done very well.

Posted by: Dot Branning Nov 11 2021, 10:04 PM

Yeah as truly amazing as ABBA have done, Adele is in a league of her own. She will probably outsell them on the first day.

Posted by: Mangø Nov 11 2021, 10:06 PM

Abba coming for that 199,998 sale and yeah it's great to see Christmas's long-awaited eponymous debut album on course for a top 30 entry!

Posted by: Dot Branning Nov 11 2021, 10:09 PM

Will Christmas be releasing any cassettes?

Posted by: steve201 Nov 11 2021, 10:16 PM

Glad to see Radiohead breaking the 10k mark!

Hope in Adele’s week the preorders and everything come at once so we can accurately see the daily amounts!

Posted by: Smint Nov 12 2021, 01:01 AM

‘Leave the Door Open’ is projected to end up as the US Billboard no.6 in their End of Year charts so to be quite a bit bigger over their we’re talking gargantuan!

Posted by: Bré Nov 12 2021, 01:21 AM

Yeah it won't be too hard for it to be a bigger hit than 'Leave The Door Open' in the UK but that song was wayyy bigger in the US than it was here. That said, 'Smokin Out The Window' is #1 on US Spotify now which apparently 'Leave The Door Open' never managed (peaking at #2) and with the amount of traction it's gaining so quickly it's not crazy to imagine that it might be a similar level hit in the US. Its release has actually been pretty much perfectly timed for the 2022 end of year charts in the US as well since the tracking year for some inexplicable reason starts in mid November.

Posted by: Koutafides Nov 12 2021, 06:09 AM

Probably no Surprise, But ABBA have debuted at Number 1 in Australia

Posted by: k👠th Nov 12 2021, 06:26 AM

Billboard heavily skewed its formula in favour of this song. It wasn't even top 10 on any streaming platforms the week it stole #1 from Levitating, only went #1 because Billboard randomly increased the weight of airplay

Posted by: Koutafides Nov 12 2021, 06:34 AM

Billboard heavily skewed its formula in favour of this song. It wasn't even top 10 on any streaming platforms the week it stole #1 from Levitating, only went #1 because Billboard randomly increased the weight of airplay


Proof?

Posted by: k👠th Nov 12 2021, 06:47 AM