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Posted by: seven. 20th April 2024, 11:13 AM
All eyes on Taylor this week as her latest album impacts the singles chart, with Fortnight featuring Post Malone set to debut at #1. Drake drops his diss response to Kendrick Lamar with Push Ups onto streaming services, while Fontaines D.C. mark their return with Starburster, there’s also new tracks out from Jamie xx/Honey Dijon, Headie One/Stormzy/Tay Keith, Rachel Chinouriri, Cigarettes After Sex, Kings of Leon, Sia/Paris Hilton and AJ Tracey
Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department will take the #1 album spot with massive sales, in week of new releases including Pearl Jam’s twelfth LP Dark Matter and Lucy Rose’s This Ain't The Way You Go Out, along with albums from Claire Rousay, Melvins, Cloud Nothings, High On Fire, My Dying Bride, A Certain Ratio, The Ghost Inside, Dayseeker, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Ekko Astral, UB40 and Bruce Springsteen
Sunday 6:00pm - 7:00pm Official Chart: First Look on BBC Radio 1
Monday from 5:45pm Official Chart Update on officialcharts.com *
Wednesday from 5:45pm Top 40 update from Music Week, with top 5 sales information
* updates are not compiled on bank holiday Mondays, so on those occasions, the Official Chart Update will arrive Tuesday during the afternoon.
- As per the Friday chart thread, please do NOT post First Look spoilers before it airs on BBC Radio 1.
- On any other days, information may come from outside sources but this is not regular. Anything we have will be posted, and anything that's posted must come with a source to prove its reliability.
- Please do not demand a midweek update, one will be posted as and when we receive the information, and when a chart mod is available.
- To keep everyone in the loop of all chart action, please refer to the iTunes and streaming threads.
Posted by: seven. 20th April 2024, 11:14 AM
Official Chart First Look: Full Update
1 Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone - Fortnight *
2 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department *
3 Taylor Swift - So Long, London *
4 Hozier - Too Sweet
5 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things
6 Teddy Swims - Lose Control
7 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso
8 Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD 'EM
9 Artemas - i like the way you kiss me
10 Dasha - Austin
11 Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love)
12 Mark Ambor - Belong Together
13 Noah Kahan - Stick Season
14 Michael Marcagi - Scared to Start
15 The Blessed Madonna feat. Clementine Douglas - Happier
16 Ella Henderson feat. Rudimental - Alibi
17 Dua Lipa - Illusion
18 David Guetta & OneRepublic - I Don't Wanna Wait
19 Perrie - Forget About Us
20 NewEra - Birds in the Sky
Official Charts Report
The opening track and first official single from the album, Fortnight would join Taylor's other UK chart-toppers; Look What You Made Me Do (2017), cardigan (2020) and Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version) (2023).
Two more songs from Taylor’s 11th studio album track for Top 3 debuts, too; The Tortured Poets Department (2) and So Long, London (3).
For the breaking news on what impact The Tortured Poets Department will have on the Official Albums Chart, check back tomorrow from 5pm for the Official Chart Update in what will no doubt be a massive week for Tay and all her tortured poets.
US singer-songwriter Mark Ambor’s breakthrough single Belong Together could see a rise this week, predicted to jump one to Number 12.
David Guetta & OneRepublic’s I Don’t Wanna Wait hopes to vault seven into the Top 20 for the first time (18).
Posted by: seven. 20th April 2024, 11:14 AM
Official Chart Update
Singles http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart-update/
1 Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone - Fortnight (38,315) *
2 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (28,015) *
3 Taylor Swift - So Long, London (25,580) *
4 Hozier - Too Sweet (22,706)
5 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things (17,970)
6-10
11-20
12 Mark Ambor - Belong Together
15 The Blessed Madonna feat. Clementine Douglas - Happier
17 Drake - Push Ups *
19 David Guetta & OneRepublic - I Don't Wanna Wait
21-30
22 Lay Bankz - Tell Ur Girlfriend
23 Bryson Tiller - Whatever She Wants
27 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) *
30 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
31-40
35 Headie One & Stormzy feat. Tay Keith - Cry No More *
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Albums http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart-update/
1 Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (197,158) [153,657 physicals, 33,760 streaming, 9,741 downloads]*
2 Pearl Jam - Dark Matter (7,270) *
3 UB40 - UB45 (5,726) *
4 Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER (3,455)
5 Blur - Parklife (3,378) ^
6-10
6 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon ^
7 Orbital - Orbital ^
9 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours ^
10 The 1975 - Live at Gorilla *
11-20
11 Bruce Springsteen - Best of Bruce Springsteen *
13 David Bowie - Waiting in the Sky (Before the Starman Came to Earth) *
16 When Rivers Meet - Breaker of Chains Tour Live *
18 Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
21-30
24 Lucy Rose - This Ain't the Way You Go Out *
30 Noah Kahan - I Was / I Am *
31-40
32 Black Sabbath - Paranoid ^
35 Hozier - Wasteland, Baby! ^
37 Maisie Peters - The Good Witch ^
Posted by: seven. 20th April 2024, 11:15 AM
Music Week Top 40 Sales Flash
Singles
1 Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone - Fortnight (60,477) *
2 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (41,684) *
3 Taylor Swift - Down Bad (39,530) *
4 Hozier - Too Sweet (39,433)
5 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things (30,719)
6-10
11-20
12 Mark Ambor - Belong Together
13 Drake - Push Ups *
16 The Blessed Madonna feat. Clementine Douglas - Happier
19 Lay Bankz - Tell Ur Girlfriend
20 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) *
21-30
22 Bryson Tiller - Whatever She Wants
24 David Guetta & OneRepublic - I Don't Wanna Wait
25 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
31-40
35 Headie One & Stormzy feat. Tay Keith - Cry No More *
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Albums
1 Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (236,929) [173,850 physicals, 52,608 streaming, 10,471 downloads]*
2 Pearl Jam - Dark Matter (8,784) *
3 UB40 - UB45 (6,776) *
4 Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER (5,874)
5 The Weeknd - The Highlights (4,933)
6-10
6 Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS
7 Noah Kahan - Stick Season
8 Blur - Parklife ^
9 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours ^
10 Bruce Springsteen - Best of Bruce Springsteen *
11-20
11 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon ^
12 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop
13 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
14 Orbital - Orbital ^
15 The 1975 - Live at Gorilla *
17 Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
21-30
22 Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson
24 David Bowie - Waiting in the Sky (Before the Starman Came to Earth) *
29 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend
30 SZA - SOS
31-40
35 Hozier - Wasteland, Baby! ^
37 When Rivers Meet - Breaker of Chains Tour Live *
40 Lucy Rose - This Ain't the Way You Go Out *
Posted by: Dexton 20th April 2024, 01:49 PM
So Fortnight is set to be #1, will Taylor also have #2 and #3?
Hozier is still going strong so holding on to #2 is possible but we’ll see how Taylor tracks during the week
Posted by: Scene 20th April 2024, 01:54 PM
I can see Hozier heading towards a symmetrical chart run with 8-4-1-1-4 this week. Taylor’s definitely occupying the top 3.
Posted by: Dexton 20th April 2024, 02:05 PM
Fortnight staying the top track for a while is assumed, and I think the title track will also lead in front of the other album songs sales wise.
The next few aren't too far from each other though, we could have a few weeks of 3-out, 5-out, 3-x-7, etc. as different tracks overtake streaming but the OCC rules only allow the Top 3? 
Posted by: Long Dong Silver 20th April 2024, 02:10 PM
It won't keep those numbers up to be able to do that.
Posted by: Brer 20th April 2024, 02:27 PM
I think Taylor likely has #1 in the bag now but getting the whole top 3 will be difficult with how well Hozier is still doing, she'd need to have 3 songs all having similar first week sales to 'Anti-Hero' - I think I'd predict her to get 1, 3 and 4 again.
Posted by: Liam sota 20th April 2024, 02:58 PM
Would say Sabrina has a good shot at 1 next week. This week aside from 1 is hard to tell it looks like a Taylor top 3 for sure
Posted by: Sour Candy 20th April 2024, 03:28 PM
Brave prediction based on one day streams.
Posted by: Jessie Where 20th April 2024, 04:44 PM
You really think Sabrina might overthrow Hozier in the next week?
Posted by: Davidson 20th April 2024, 05:22 PM
Yeah, with Taylor and the huge streams for Hozier, I think it’s looking like Sabrina is going to get a ‘Greedy’ type long running top 3 hit at best with ‘Espresso’.
Posted by: BellyClarkson 21st April 2024, 01:48 PM
I’m seeing Taylor as 1-3-4, definitely think Hozier will catch up on the other two tracks
Posted by: JosephBoone 21st April 2024, 04:40 PM
20 mins to First Look!
Posted by: jojo89 21st April 2024, 04:48 PM
Taylor Swift is definitely scoring another chart double on Friday, with fortnight probably being her 4th UK number 1 song. Probably another two top 5 tracks for her on Friday aswell. Because of this cruel summer will exit the charts but hopefully will return if it’s still getting solid streaming numbers
Posted by: JosephBoone 21st April 2024, 05:01 PM
20 NewEra - Birds in the Sky
19 Perrie - Forget About Us
Posted by: Scene 21st April 2024, 05:02 PM
Perrie looks to be coming for that 10-38 chart run. 
Posted by: JosephBoone 21st April 2024, 05:06 PM
18 David Guetta & OneRepublic - I Don't Wanna Wait
17 Dua Lipa - Illusion
Posted by: IdentFan101 21st April 2024, 05:07 PM
Little Mix aren't very good at doing solo singles since they always fall after they debuted.
Posted by: Scene 21st April 2024, 05:10 PM
I guess the one good in them all underperforming is a reunion may be on the cards sooner than expected!
Dua’s tumbled too
Posted by: JosephBoone 21st April 2024, 05:10 PM
16 Ella Henderson feat. Rudimental - Alibi
15 The Blessed Madonna feat. Clementine Douglas - Happier
14 Michael Marcagi - Scared to Start
Posted by: Scene 21st April 2024, 05:11 PM
Last week of SCR for Ella?
Posted by: JosephBoone 21st April 2024, 05:15 PM
13 tba
12 Mark Ambor - Belong Together
Posted by: No Sleeep 21st April 2024, 05:16 PM
Dua’s tumbled too
They waited too long tbh. I feel like they should’ve done a Destiny’s Child/Cheryl and started solo careers while they were still active as a group. I don’t know if the interest is there for them individually anymore, it has been 13 years since they won X Factor!
Posted by: JosephBoone 21st April 2024, 05:18 PM
11 Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love)
Posted by: Scene 21st April 2024, 05:20 PM
DC and GA were both on hiatus though when the members went solo. Are LM on hiatus too or officially split?
Posted by: JosephBoone 21st April 2024, 05:21 PM
Noah Kahan confirmed to be #13
10 Dasha - Austin
Posted by: Jessie Where 21st April 2024, 05:24 PM
Oh Dua
Shame, it deserves better but such is life.
Posted by: JosephBoone 21st April 2024, 05:24 PM
9 Artemas - i like the way you kiss me
Posted by: JosephBoone 21st April 2024, 05:27 PM
8 Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD 'EM
Posted by: Sour Candy 21st April 2024, 05:29 PM
I don't think anybody is interested in the Dua single this week when Taylor has a new album out. Glad her own album release date is still 12 days away.
Posted by: JosephBoone 21st April 2024, 05:31 PM
7 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso
Posted by: Jo' 21st April 2024, 05:33 PM
Seems Beautiful Thing isn't on ACR then ?
With ACR, he would be in top 20.
Posted by: JosephBoone 21st April 2024, 05:35 PM
6 Teddy Swims - Lose Control
Posted by: Jessie Where 21st April 2024, 05:36 PM
With ACR, he would be in top 20.
Oh wonderful...
Posted by: Jo' 21st April 2024, 05:36 PM
So 3 Swift's songs ahead + Benson & Hozier
Posted by: JosephBoone 21st April 2024, 05:38 PM
5 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things
Posted by: LouisL 21st April 2024, 05:39 PM
Benson has had 3 pretty clear weeks of decline not sure how’s he managed to avoid ACR?
Posted by: Liam sota 21st April 2024, 05:39 PM
Not sure how Benson escaped ACR
Posted by: JosephBoone 21st April 2024, 05:40 PM
Definitely thought ACR had arrived for Benson but not complaining that it hasn't *.*
Posted by: Jessie Where 21st April 2024, 05:40 PM
Is there some kind of miscalculation somewhere? 
Posted by: No Sleeep 21st April 2024, 05:40 PM
They’re “on hiatus” in the same sense that NSYNC and One Direction went on hiatus lol. Between Us was absolutely supposed to be their Destiny Fulfilled/Ten era, and that was 3 years ago now
Posted by: mrpopquiz 21st April 2024, 05:41 PM
On the 1st of those weeks the overall market fell 4.48 %
Posted by: JosephBoone 21st April 2024, 05:41 PM
4 Hozier - Too Sweet
Posted by: Mark. 21st April 2024, 05:41 PM
Same for The Saturdays wasn't it? i think they never officially split just went on a break.
Posted by: Maestro 21st April 2024, 05:42 PM
Would guess Benson is on DCL-2. Think the first week of decline might have been smaller than the market decline that week so it doesn’t count for ACR purposes
Posted by: Jessie Where 21st April 2024, 05:42 PM
I think A) they'd completely checked out by the end and B) bombed so hard there was no way back.
Posted by: Jo' 21st April 2024, 05:42 PM
Maybe he had a decline of download sales and not of streams during the week of the release of his album.
Posted by: JosephBoone 21st April 2024, 05:43 PM
This makes sense! One more week to enjoy *.*
Posted by: Liam sota 21st April 2024, 05:43 PM
Benson might have a shot at getting 3 or 4 still pretty strong on YouTube and Apple Music
Posted by: JosephBoone 21st April 2024, 05:45 PM
3 Taylor Swift - So Long, London
Posted by: Hadji 21st April 2024, 05:49 PM
Shame Florida wasn’t in Taylor’s top 3
Posted by: Tafty³³³ 21st April 2024, 05:50 PM
So Long, London is gorgeous. Can’t wait to see which 3 Taylor tracks make the chart in the end. Fortnight should be an easy #1. But the 2nd and 3rd placings should be pretty close!
Posted by: JosephBoone 21st April 2024, 05:50 PM
2 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department
1 Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone - Fortnight
Posted by: mrpopquiz 21st April 2024, 06:02 PM
Perrie fans may like to know that Forget About Us is number 1 on the Commercial Radio Big Top 40 Chart - which nobody cares about !!
Posted by: JosephBoone 21st April 2024, 06:02 PM
Official Chart First Look: Full Update
1 Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone - Fortnight *
2 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department *
3 Taylor Swift - So Long, London *
4 Hozier - Too Sweet
5 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things
6 Teddy Swims - Lose Control
7 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso
8 Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD 'EM
9 Artemas - i like the way you kiss me
10 Dasha - Austin
11 Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love)
12 Mark Ambor - Belong Together
13 Noah Kahan - Stick Season
14 Michael Marcagi - Scared to Start
15 The Blessed Madonna feat. Clementine Douglas - Happier
16 Ella Henderson feat. Rudimental - Alibi
17 Dua Lipa - Illusion
18 David Guetta & OneRepublic - I Don't Wanna Wait
19 Perrie - Forget About Us
20 NewEra - Birds in the Sky
Official Charts Report
The opening track and first official single from the album, Fortnight would join Taylor's other UK chart-toppers; Look What You Made Me Do (2017), cardigan (2020) and Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version) (2023).
Two more songs from Taylor’s 11th studio album track for Top 3 debuts, too; The Tortured Poets Department (2) and So Long, London (3).
For the breaking news on what impact The Tortured Poets Department will have on the Official Albums Chart, check back tomorrow from 5pm for the Official Chart Update in what will no doubt be a massive week for Tay and all her tortured poets.
US singer-songwriter Mark Ambor’s breakthrough single Belong Together could see a rise this week, predicted to jump one to Number 12.
David Guetta & OneRepublic’s I Don’t Wanna Wait hopes to vault seven into the Top 20 for the first time (18).
Posted by: kimberley88 21st April 2024, 06:04 PM
It is a shame I can do it with a broken heart wasn't top 3.
Posted by: Sour Candy 21st April 2024, 06:04 PM
Would have liked to know the gap between Taylor and Hozier but they didn't want to share it.
Posted by: Jessie Where 21st April 2024, 06:04 PM
I think at this rate it could well be though!
Kinda itching to know the sales.
Posted by: kimberley88 21st April 2024, 06:10 PM
Kinda itching to know the sales.
Is it climbing in streaming? Would be great if it was as it is such a catchy tune.
Posted by: tgl92 21st April 2024, 06:12 PM
Cardigan never went to number 1! Anti-Hero erasure.
Posted by: Maestro 21st April 2024, 06:12 PM
Cardigan didn’t get to #1 what is the article on about
Posted by: Tafty³³³ 21st April 2024, 06:16 PM
Posted by: Eric_Blob 21st April 2024, 06:48 PM
Camila Cabello is another one who started a solo career whilst still in the group as she had that hit song with Shawn Mendes whilst still in Fifth Harmony.
I always wondered why so many pop stars feel it's necessary to dramatically split from the group to do solo music. I think in a lot of cases it would be beneficial for everybody involved if they all stayed together and did solo music at the same time. The Black Eyed Peas dominated after Fergie and will.i.am's solo albums and they also got #1s with collaborations OMG and Gettin' Over You and still continuing as a group, none of that drama and I think it worked out really well. Like I think it's fair enough if Jesy Nelson wanted to solo tracks but I don't know why she had to leave the group to do that.
Posted by: Mangø 21st April 2024, 09:15 PM
How unprofessional and embarrassing for them to be making gaffes like this! And what's even more embarrassing is that that they still haven't bothered to correct it
Posted by: Notorious D.O.T 21st April 2024, 10:25 PM
Well Cardigan is miles better than Anti-Hero so i'm taking this as a sign they've just recrunched the numbers and retrospectively changed the charts. Like when they gave Sam Ryder's Spaceman the #1. 
Posted by: conorw 21st April 2024, 10:36 PM
fortnight is the one ive been obsessed with, so im v happy its looking to be #1! would love my boy only breaks his favourite toys to get its moment but i reckon itll be i can do it with a broken heart and the tortured poets department joining fortnight as her top 3 this week!
Posted by: Notorious D.O.T 21st April 2024, 10:46 PM
I do really quite like Fortnight actually, it's got a very moody tone in a compelling way.
I'll give it a free pass to dethrone Hozier for now after all lol.
Posted by: Robbie 22nd April 2024, 11:37 AM
This morning's papers have quoted sales for 'The Tortured Poets Department' so far this week as being 183,826. That will have been the sales in yesterday's midweeks.
Posted by: BellyClarkson 22nd April 2024, 11:41 AM
My prediction of 240K won’t be massive off it seems then, looking like if it’s done 183k with 2 days and all the pre orders I reckon it’ll land around 250-260?
Posted by: Bjork 22nd April 2024, 11:48 AM
wow that's incredible and thats only the 1st day of Spotify streams I guess
Posted by: Liam sota 22nd April 2024, 11:51 AM
Looking like 250 minimum though if there wasn’t a limit on songs probably 300+ minimum
Posted by: ben08 22nd April 2024, 12:02 PM
They have now.
Posted by: elincomprendido 22nd April 2024, 12:35 PM
Isn’t this more than 30’s first update? 30 not ending up as the biggest debut of the decade would be crazy.
Posted by: Robbie 22nd April 2024, 12:56 PM
Posted by: Mangø 22nd April 2024, 01:06 PM
Crazy sales for Taylor! Obviously I knew it would sell bucketloads but wasn't expecting it to challenge the opening week sales of 30
Posted by: Bjork 22nd April 2024, 01:12 PM
Unlike Adele, Taylor's physicals will be very front-loaded after day 1 but hopefully she keeps doing well on streams
Posted by: omrimayo 22nd April 2024, 02:00 PM
True, but a lot of sales from her store didn’t ship yet, at least not on Friday-Saturday that’s this number here we’re talking about.
Anyway… yeah, amazing. If not limit of songs we would have gotten to 300K but hopping to pass 30! The streaming numbers of 30 weren’t very impressive so that can be interesting.
Posted by: JosephBoone 22nd April 2024, 03:56 PM
Official Chart Update
Singles http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart-update/
1 Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone - Fortnight (38,315) *
2 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (28,015) *
3 Taylor Swift - So Long, London (25,580) *
4 Hozier - Too Sweet (22,706)
5 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things (17,970)
6-10
11-20
12 Mark Ambor - Belong Together
15 The Blessed Madonna feat. Clementine Douglas - Happier
17 Drake - Push Ups *
19 David Guetta & OneRepublic - I Don't Wanna Wait
21-30
22 Lay Bankz - Tell Ur Girlfriend
23 Bryson Tiller - Whatever She Wants
27 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) *
30 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
31-40
35 Headie One & Stormzy feat. Tay Keith - Cry No More *
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Albums http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart-update/
1 Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (197,158) [153,657 physicals, 33,760 streaming, 9,741 downloads]*
2 Pearl Jam - Dark Matter (7,270) *
3 UB40 - UB45 (5,726) *
4 Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER (3,455)
5 Blur - Parklife (3,378) ^
6-10
6 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon ^
7 Orbital - Orbital ^
9 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours ^
10 The 1975 - Live at Gorilla *
11-20
11 Bruce Springsteen - Best of Bruce Springsteen *
13 David Bowie - Waiting in the Sky (Before the Starman Came to Earth) *
16 When Rivers Meet - Breaker of Chains Tour Live *
18 Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
21-30
24 Lucy Rose - This Ain't the Way You Go Out *
30 Noah Kahan - I Was / I Am *
31-40
32 Black Sabbath - Paranoid ^
35 Hozier - Wasteland, Baby! ^
37 Maisie Peters - The Good Witch ^
Posted by: Mangø 22nd April 2024, 04:00 PM
Pearl Jam must be kicking themselves at picking this week to release
Posted by: Long Dong Silver 22nd April 2024, 04:02 PM
TAYLOT SWIFT OFFICIALLY BIGGER THAN ADELE!!!!
It's good in a way, as it means our biggest artist is back to being a woman after years of cheesy fad and drake, but I just do not get the music. But again,, she is far more talented than cheesy fad or drake... and they were huge... but the new single and album are just boring and droning...
Also, Dua's new single is by far the best of the three and itl's theonly one that gets just a couple weeks top10!!! Unbelievable. BUT!! wait for Wrench Exit!!!
Posted by: omrimayo 22nd April 2024, 04:03 PM
Weird only 14K from yesterday to today when we know the streaming figures are that high, maybe the info we got was with both days of streaming? I don't know, anyway great numbers, I mean, above above great.
Posted by: BellyClarkson 22nd April 2024, 04:05 PM
Laughing at the silliness of 75% of the forum thinking it would sell less than Midnights on the prediction poll, she’s since had the hype of the biggest tour of all time; The Eras Tour, two of the biggest songs of the decade (Anti Hero, Cruel Summer) since that album release, how on earth were people thinking it would under perform midnight or sell less than 200k?
I went really conservative of my 240K prediction because the forum had made me feel stupid for going with logic. Probably would have assumed quite a bit higher!
Posted by: omrimayo 22nd April 2024, 04:05 PM
It's good in a way, as it means our biggest artist is back to being a woman after years of cheesy fad and drake, but I just do not get the music. But again,, she is far more talented than cheesy fad or drake... and they were huge... but the new single and album are just boring and droning...
Also, Dua's new single is by far the best of the three and itl's theonly one that gets just a couple weeks top10!!! Unbelievable. BUT!! wait for Wrench Exit!!!
LOL, you're so bitter about her, writing 24/7 about her, how bad she is, how boring, how talentless, and then you're writing about this Illusion, worst single by Dua (and she has an amazing singles), so it's all understood now
Posted by: Long Dong Silver 22nd April 2024, 04:09 PM
No, I said Drake is untalented, not Taylor, who writes her own songs. HOWEVER!!!! The music is just gettin worse and worse. Compsre this no.q to thr song that REALLY deserved it - Civil Wars' Safe and Soums, which did what this song does, but better. And Illusion is the best since Dance The Night!!!
Posted by: omrimayo 22nd April 2024, 04:09 PM
Midnights sold another 64K after the first Midweeks, so that would be... 261K (exactly like Adele), so... It's gonna be very very close me thinks.
Posted by: Jessie Where 22nd April 2024, 04:10 PM
Oh come on, really worse than some of the bad early ones like 'Lost In Your Light' and 'Blow Your Mind' for example?
Posted by: omrimayo 22nd April 2024, 04:11 PM
DTN wasn't good...
And the new album of Taylor is EVERYTHING... but it's all good, let's agree to disagree and hope for the best to our girls
Posted by: JosephBoone 22nd April 2024, 04:11 PM
Illusion isn't even Dua's "worst" single this era, let alone ever. Let's not forget Swan Song and We're Good exist...!
(not here for this Blow Your Mind shade either x)
Posted by: omrimayo 22nd April 2024, 04:11 PM
Fine, you won, not worse than these 2, but worst I meant this Era and for sure worse that anything from FN, but I don't want to make it all about it in here. It's all good
Posted by: Mangø 22nd April 2024, 04:12 PM
Because her career has to peak at some point, she can't sustain this level of success indefinitely. I don't think it was an unreasonable assumption from 75% of the forum, but fair dos to her for continuing to grow, the woman is simply unstoppable. I would say that her next album won't achieve these numbers but the way things are going, who even knows any more!
Posted by: elincomprendido 22nd April 2024, 04:13 PM
I went really conservative of my 240K prediction because the forum had made me feel stupid for going with logic. Probably would have assumed quite a bit higher!
The way the poll was “will she cross 200k” and she basically did it with the first update
Posted by: Mangø 22nd April 2024, 04:14 PM
I will not tolerate the 'We're Good' shade
Posted by: Long Dong Silver 22nd April 2024, 04:17 PM
!!!
Posted by: Liam sota 22nd April 2024, 04:18 PM
I do find it odd people buy physicals do people really have CD players? Is it just for the vibes
Posted by: Scene 22nd April 2024, 04:20 PM
Amazing sales for Taylor!
Posted by: conorw 22nd April 2024, 04:20 PM
(not here for this Blow Your Mind shade either x)
How dare you both of those are 10/10 bops
Posted by: conorw 22nd April 2024, 04:22 PM
Plenty of people do, though I’m sure enough also get it for collection purposes. I have all 4 midnighrs ones but I’ve only played the moonstone blue one for example the others are just to have in my collection!
Posted by: Scene 22nd April 2024, 04:22 PM
Yep one day they’ll be very valuable too!
Posted by: conorw 22nd April 2024, 04:23 PM
Also wow at Taylor’s sales! I was thinking she’d be close to midnights in the first update but I was expecting more like 20-30k less than, not 7k
Posted by: davidas 22nd April 2024, 04:24 PM
Taylor's new album has 31 tracks, in which numbers are heavily inflated because of streaming, so it's hardly fair to compare her to Adele!
Posted by: Maestro 22nd April 2024, 04:24 PM
Assuming she beats Adele, will that make it the biggest first week since Divide? Not sure what numbers that did?
Posted by: JosephBoone 22nd April 2024, 04:24 PM
Judging u both xx
The UK album chart only counts the 16 most streamed tracks - only 4 more than Adele's 30 has.
Posted by: Tafty³³³ 22nd April 2024, 04:24 PM
Did ‘Midnights’ really open with 205k? For some reason I always thought it was closer to 300k. (Like 260k-280k-ish kinda numbers) so to see this outdo ‘Midnights’ numbers outside of Quarter 4 is INSANE!
Posted by: DanielSwift 22nd April 2024, 04:25 PM
Taylor has already got the biggest album of the year so far, and it's only the midweeks!
Posted by: Long Dong Silver 22nd April 2024, 04:26 PM
I don't even understand how an album can have 3q tracks. It leaves NO TIME to properly craft a good song, edit the kyrics, create compelling melodies etc. Shakespeare himself pnly wrote 120ish sonnets, because he qas constantly revising them
Posted by: omrimayo 22nd April 2024, 04:26 PM
204K,
And like I said sold 64K since the first Midweeks, so if that will be the same it will be the same number as Adele but I think this one is more front-loaded or I don't know, the streams will be better so who knows.
Posted by: 777666jason 22nd April 2024, 04:26 PM
Streaming is based on the average streams of the top 16 tracks averaged minus the top 2. An album could have 102 songs wouldn't give it more sales because it's got more songs
Posted by: Notorious D.O.T 22nd April 2024, 04:26 PM
I think this one might be a bit more frontloaded and it will come close to Adele but not surpass her.
But then I though it's sales total today would be roughly it's final sales for the week so who knows.
Posted by: omrimayo 22nd April 2024, 04:28 PM
But then I though it's sales total today would be roughly it's final sales for the week so who knows.
That's what I wrote also, I wish she will, and they can always try to push it but they aren't doing it in the UK if you're not a UK artist.
Posted by: 777666jason 22nd April 2024, 04:29 PM
It was recorded over 2 years not 2 weeks plenty of time
Posted by: JosephBoone 22nd April 2024, 04:42 PM
Official Chart Update
Full update here! OCC updating within minutes. MW's article is a bit messy, it says both 33,760 and 9,741 are from streams, but fair to assume the latter is downloads. It also cites the physical number as the overall total at one point, before separately quoting 197,158 as the total
(and they copied the singles top 40 in place of the album chart, mess x)
Posted by: DanielSwift 22nd April 2024, 04:54 PM
Olivia Rodrigo's cover of "Stick Season" is at #42 in the midweeks stage.
Kate Bush's 1993 single "Eat The Music" is at #77.
Posted by: lewistgreen 22nd April 2024, 04:58 PM
Wonder how many copies it'll shift tonight as the online sale of Record Store Day occurs. #42 is impressive from just the weekend considering it's limited edition and isn't available digitally
Posted by: Notorious D.O.T 22nd April 2024, 05:02 PM
The so-called new Shakespeare Geri Halliwell could probably have wrote more tbh
Posted by: Notorious D.O.T 22nd April 2024, 05:02 PM
Kate Bush's 1993 single "Eat The Music" is at #77.
Any specific reason for Kate Bush to be there?
Posted by: kimberley88 22nd April 2024, 05:03 PM
I went really conservative of my 240K prediction because the forum had made me feel stupid for going with logic. Probably would have assumed quite a bit higher!
Well for me as a new Taylor fan (Oct 2023) I looked at album sales before hand and noticed how low they was this year and i expected sales to be low for Taylor because people don't seem to be buying albums anymore, then 1 month after I said a low sale she realised albums with different tracks on and then brought out a double album. I am glad I was proven wrong but do I feel foolish for guessing low? No I don't.
Posted by: kimberley88 22nd April 2024, 05:06 PM
I own 3 cd players (one is a portable) cds are the best quality when it comes to music.
Posted by: Notorious D.O.T 22nd April 2024, 05:07 PM
I don’t think it was a silly assumption at all to think Midnights would be her absolute commercial peak and this one would do slightly less. Clearly proved wrong in hindsight but hardly an out there thing to predict.
Posted by: Long Dong Silver 22nd April 2024, 05:12 PM
!!!!
Posted by: Chapman 22nd April 2024, 05:23 PM
I expected Taylor to be huge (for today’s standards!) but not this huge! These sales would have been considered huge back in the late 90s early 00s!
Should easily clear 250k outstanding
Posted by: ben08 22nd April 2024, 05:30 PM
Taylor Swift's opening week album sales in the UK:
5. Red (Taylor's Version) - 72,300
4. reputation - 83,600
3. 1989 - 90,300
2. 1989 (Taylor's Version) - 185,000
1. Midnights - 204,500
Posted by: Tafty³³³ 22nd April 2024, 05:38 PM
Posted by: Supercell 22nd April 2024, 05:43 PM
I’m not surprised at the those sales, as already mentioned it’s going to be close to Adele for the total but I would bet it might just get past 30s first week sales. Even with the restrictions on the streaming side, I can’t remember an album having 30k at this point in the week, guessing divide did?
I tend to agree singles wise with what’s been said by a few with Hozier probably sneaking in at No2 or No3 come weeks end. Interesting it’s dropped off with streaming this week so much.
Posted by: jimwatts 22nd April 2024, 05:44 PM
Posted by: BellyClarkson 22nd April 2024, 05:50 PM
Shocked with there being 2500 units between So Long London and TTPD? On Spotify TTPD was only ahead by 80K for the first day and has been behind everyday since, thought the gap would be less. It must have been ahead on Amazon and iTunes also
Posted by: Hadji 22nd April 2024, 05:52 PM
Hoping that Sabrina can overtake Benson and push him out of the top 5
Posted by: 777666jason 22nd April 2024, 06:02 PM
It's been ahead on AM all weekend
Posted by: Maestro 22nd April 2024, 06:03 PM
700k week one is crazy. Safe to say that that won’t be surpassed again unless there’s some sort of major rule change.
Posted by: Smint 22nd April 2024, 06:19 PM
10inch collectors limited edition single released to promote Record Store day 2024. No new tracks and all sold out so won't stay top 100.
Guess 'Eat the Music' was chosen as never officially released in the UK as a single before.
Posted by: Envoirment 22nd April 2024, 06:23 PM
Adele's 25 did 800k week 1!
Amazing sales for Taylor *_* I'm not sure if she'll be able to pass Adele though as her sales will likely drop off a lot as the week goes on, might be quite close? Hope she manages 100k+ with "Fortnight"!
Posted by: Liam sota 22nd April 2024, 06:26 PM
Id say 100k looks about right for Fortnite. Definitely somewhere between 90-110
Posted by: Notorious D.O.T 22nd April 2024, 06:36 PM
Amazing sales for Taylor *_* I'm not sure if she'll be able to pass Adele though as her sales will likely drop off a lot as the week goes on, might be quite close? Hope she manages 100k+ with "Fortnight"!
Oasis sold over 600k in 3 days!!
Posted by: Envoirment 22nd April 2024, 06:43 PM
Yes, had they had a full chart week they would've likely done higher numbers than Adele! *_*
I miss the days of the massive album sales you would see in Q4 of each year. It's a shame only a handful of artists can manage to do 100k+ first weeks now.
Posted by: Notorious D.O.T 22nd April 2024, 06:51 PM
Agreed. The album sales you get once in a blue moon like Taylor this week are incredible to see but sadly she could be back at #1 in 5 weeks time with like 12k or something because of how dead the market is on a whole.
Tbh back when 30 had it’s opening week I thought that was the last time we’d ever see above 200k for a weekly sale, didn’t expect Taylor to do it twice since.
Posted by: Y'all Starlight 22nd April 2024, 07:03 PM
Incredible sales for Taylor! I haven't got round to listening to the album yet but what I've heard of it is pretty good (namely 'Fortnight' and 'Florida!!!'). I also do fear that Taylor may now block some reasonably big albums from the top in the weeks to come (I thinking 'Radical Optimism' will have to fight really hard to get that #1, potentially even Kings Of Leon's upcoming album)
Posted by: omrimayo 22nd April 2024, 07:06 PM
Happy for Fortnight, with huge numbers from Hozier she made it look so easy when we know it isn't. Really amazing.
Posted by: Sour Candy 22nd April 2024, 07:17 PM
Oh the meltdowns if Taylor beats Dua... would it be Taylor's 3rd week? I think it's unlikely that Dua isn't #1 but it's possible.
Posted by: Notorious D.O.T 22nd April 2024, 07:29 PM
Could be a close one. Midnights did 32k in Week 3 while Future Nostalgia opened with 34k for Dua in 2020.
Posted by: Liam sota 22nd April 2024, 08:07 PM
If this becomes a real possibility they should delay it a week
Posted by: spiceboy 22nd April 2024, 08:11 PM
Wow Taylor's success is phenomenal truly nobody else can touch her.
Also I am gobsmacked at Adele, Ed Sheeran and Oasis selling THOSE quantities in week 1 alone!!! I don't know how that passed me by or if I just forgot!?!?
Posted by: ___∆___ 22nd April 2024, 08:31 PM
15,000 were available in total - guessing the UK got about 5k of that?
Posted by: Jessie Where 22nd April 2024, 08:48 PM
Oooh god, I didn't think about that. I could easily see them both doing about 50-60k in two weeks time! 😳
Posted by: Jordanlee 22nd April 2024, 08:49 PM
I know the schedule is different this era but Future Nostalgia didn’t actually debut at #1! Dua’s a lot more of a consistent streamer / long running smash kind of act than a huge debut so it wouldn’t be *that* shocking if she didn’t get number one debut. We’ll see how the Taylor impact fares for weeks to come though I do think it’s possible had she went next week Taylor would still be number one with relative ease but Taylor’s week three could be closer.
Posted by: JosephBoone 22nd April 2024, 08:54 PM
Future Nostalgia *did* have a huge debut - 34,390, and less than 600 off #1 which was 5SOS in a very heated battle! Midnights was on 32,589 in week 3 so that could be an interesting battle.
Posted by: Liam sota 22nd April 2024, 09:13 PM
Hozier got his first US 1 today which is good because I can see Fortnite being 1 for awhile there but maybe not here
Posted by: Notorious D.O.T 22nd April 2024, 09:21 PM
Delighted Hozier managed to sneak in that transatlantic double before Billboard inevitably becomes one long Taylor Swift playlist.
More symmetry in the fact that Take Me To Church (sadly) stalled at #2 in both countries.
Posted by: rio309 22nd April 2024, 10:58 PM
What a bizarre albums top 10. The #1 selling 200k after 3 days in a climate where basically nothing ever sells over 100k anymore... and then almost every other album is a band from 20+ years ago 😅
Posted by: aron997 23rd April 2024, 07:26 AM
With 31 tracks of the digital version of Taylor’s album, I wonder whether it means average streams per track will be fewer than for other albums and so bring down her overall sale equivalents in the long run? Certainly her version of 1989 had a higher proportion of steams than this week’s release. Then again this is a brand new set of tracks so might be more likely to attract physical sales, esp in Week 1
Posted by: Rob 23rd April 2024, 07:52 AM
Love her or hate her, Taylor's incredible numbers are really good for the music industry as a whole.
Posted by: Sour Candy 23rd April 2024, 08:11 AM
Pure sales yes, but there has been a lot discussion that huge artists like her get all the streaming money even from people who are not listening to them. For example this:
It’s important to note that Spotify, which is in the midst of a radical cost-cutting drive, won’t actually save any money from these changes. The group pays a percentage of its sales out to the music rightsholders, which is then divided up between artists based on their share of total listening. These changes are about how much money each artist gets from within that fixed pot.
The financial consequences will be more significant for the major labels, which will expect a windfall with more money going to a select group of blue-chip musicians. This comes after Universal Music in October warned that it would be introducing a “cost savings program” in 2024. Lay-offs are set to begin in the next few weeks, with a couple of hundred jobs expected to be cut globally, according to people familiar with the matter.
https://www.ft.com/content/78a7b1b8-20ae-4800-8a08-af2b5fc35d7b
Posted by: Bjork 23rd April 2024, 08:51 AM
are we seriously also gonna blame Taylor for how shitty Spotify is and how little it pays?
Posted by: Sour Candy 23rd April 2024, 09:19 AM
No, but we are saying that huge stars like her might not benefit the music business overall as much as we think.
Posted by: elincomprendido 23rd April 2024, 10:53 AM
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-first-week-sales-uk/
Today's sales flash (April 23), shows The Tortured Poets Department to have shifted in excess of 220,000 units in the UK in just three days. Comparatively, Midnights managed a seven-day total of 204,000 on its release in 2022.
Posted by: omrimayo 23rd April 2024, 11:00 AM
When they hate somebody, they really hate her. Everything that wrong in the world these days it her fault! 😂😂
She’ll stay winning ✌🏼✌🏼
Posted by: 777666jason 23rd April 2024, 11:00 AM
So is this OCC confirming Mondays update is only Friday and Saturdays sales ?
Posted by: Bjork 23rd April 2024, 11:05 AM
wow a 23K increase today, and that includes Sunday Spotify streams which are the lowest of the week
but kinda weird he did +14K with Sat data and +23K with Sun data
Posted by: 777666jason 23rd April 2024, 11:10 AM
Reread the article it says 3 days but 96 hours, 96 hours is 4 days
Posted by: omrimayo 23rd April 2024, 11:10 AM
but kinda weird he did +14K with Sat data and +23K with Sun data
Yeah, that’s weird and confusing me as well, I must say, this is gonna be so close!
Posted by: Bjork 23rd April 2024, 11:11 AM
Don't think so, cos at one point they do talk about 3 days of data
but in another part of the article they mention 92 hours =4 days
I think physicals is 4 days and maybe Amazon too but Spotify, Apple, YT is 3 days cos they lag x 1 day
Posted by: omrimayo 23rd April 2024, 11:13 AM
Yeah, I guess 4 days of sales but 3 of streaming. I think she’ll finish close but finish at 257K.
Posted by: 777666jason 23rd April 2024, 11:16 AM
but in another part of the article they mention 92 hours =4 days
I think physicals is 4 days and maybe Amazon too but Spotify, Apple, YT is 3 days cos they lag x 1 day
Yeah they contradict themselves whether it's to not confuse casual readers or not not sure
Posted by: Bjork 23rd April 2024, 11:23 AM
hahah sure they like to confuse readers 
Posted by: jimwatts 23rd April 2024, 12:58 PM
Wonder if Taylor's album will have the highest weekly physical sales since 2017 - currently these belong not to Adele, but to ABBA:
ABBA - Voyage – 182,567 physicals (of 203,909 total)
Adele - 30 – 176,421 physicals (of 261,856 total)
One of the reasons Adele's total was so much higher was her downloads of 41,246, almost as much as her streaming equivalent sales of 44,190. Taylor's streaming will be higher this week but her downloads won't be nearly as high, so if she gets close to 260k you'd think her physical sales would have a chance of beating ABBA's.
Posted by: kimberley88 23rd April 2024, 01:56 PM
ABBA - Voyage – 182,567 physicals (of 203,909 total)
Adele - 30 – 176,421 physicals (of 261,856 total)
One of the reasons Adele's total was so much higher was her downloads of 41,246, almost as much as her streaming equivalent sales of 44,190. Taylor's streaming will be higher this week but her downloads won't be nearly as high, so if she gets close to 260k you'd think her physical sales would have a chance of beating ABBA's.
Surely most of her physical sales was at the weekend when people are not working?
Posted by: ben08 23rd April 2024, 02:04 PM
From the OCC.
Today's sales flash (April 23), shows The Tortured Poets Department to have shifted in excess of 220,000 units in the UK in just three days. Comparatively, Midnights managed a seven-day total of 204,000 on its release in 2022.
In its first week on sale, Ed's 2017 release ÷ logged 670,000 UK chart units; making the record the third fastest-seller in Official Chart history behind Adele's 25 (800,000) and Oasis's Be Here Now (696,000).
Posted by: Scene 23rd April 2024, 02:06 PM
Jesus, I forgot how mega 25 was! Who would have thought 2015 would deliver the fastest-selling album of all-time?
Posted by: Liam sota 23rd April 2024, 02:16 PM
At some point she is going to release physicals with the second album on too I imagine so overall in the long term can see it getting a lot more sales
Posted by: Melancholia 23rd April 2024, 08:05 PM
Who would have thought 2015 would deliver the fastest-selling album of all-time? and most of them have ended up in charity shops
Posted by: Steve201 23rd April 2024, 08:41 PM
Wow fantastic sales for Taylor, I’m not a fan but love huge sales!
Posted by: Long Dong Silver 23rd April 2024, 09:00 PM
!!!
Also Oasis would have got it if bot for the release day, if you track their sales across 7 chart days instesd of that chart week.
Posted by: Scene 23rd April 2024, 09:06 PM
Like most other CDs, yes.
Posted by: Mangø 23rd April 2024, 09:51 PM
Exactly what I was gonna say! CDs have become so worthless that my local second-hand record shop is selling numbered Now albums at 3 for £1!!
(so naturally I've been adding to my collection)
Posted by: Jason 24th April 2024, 03:59 AM
It looks like it could be #10 to #20. Good for her.
Posted by: Bjork 24th April 2024, 06:13 AM
Did Perrie release the rest of physicals and the bundles?
Posted by: JosephBoone 24th April 2024, 06:59 AM
Don't believe so, my cassette hasn't been dispatched yet.
Posted by: GreyAsh 24th April 2024, 11:24 AM
A big gap building up now on Spotify between Sabrina/Hozier in 2/3 place and the rest of Taylor’s tracks, whereas Taylor staying strong on Apple. It will be an interesting battle to see if Taylor can get the top 3 places this week.
Posted by: ElectroBoy 24th April 2024, 11:33 AM
Surely its obvious she isn't going to get the top 3 places, especially going by Monday's update - Hozier less than 2k behind 3rd place.
Posted by: JosephBoone 24th April 2024, 12:36 PM
And it just was x
Posted by: Long Dong Silver 24th April 2024, 02:45 PM
Wish my car still had a retro cassette player like all y'alls
Posted by: Liam.k. 24th April 2024, 05:13 PM
No sign of the Music Week Wednesday update yet. Will post when it's available!
Posted by: John-James 24th April 2024, 05:25 PM
Taylor is on 236,929 now apparently
Posted by: Liam sota 24th April 2024, 05:31 PM
👀Think she's looking at 275 total
Posted by: Liam.k. 24th April 2024, 06:06 PM
Music Week Top 40 Sales Flash
Singles
1 Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone - Fortnight (60,477) *
2 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (41,684) *
3 Taylor Swift - Down Bad (39,530) *
4 Hozier - Too Sweet (39,433)
5 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things (30,719)
6-10
11-20
12 Mark Ambor - Belong Together
13 Drake - Push Ups *
16 The Blessed Madonna feat. Clementine Douglas - Happier
19 Lay Bankz - Tell Ur Girlfriend
20 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) *
21-30
22 Bryson Tiller - Whatever She Wants
24 David Guetta & OneRepublic - I Don't Wanna Wait
25 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
31-40
35 Headie One & Stormzy feat. Tay Keith - Cry No More *
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Albums
1 Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (236,929) [173,850 physicals, 52,608 streaming, 10,471 downloads]*
2 Pearl Jam - Dark Matter (8,784) *
3 UB40 - UB45 (6,776) *
4 Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER (5,874)
5 The Weeknd - The Highlights (4,933)
6-10
6 Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS
7 Noah Kahan - Stick Season
8 Blur - Parklife ^
9 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours ^
10 Bruce Springsteen - Best of Bruce Springsteen *
11-20
11 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon ^
12 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop
13 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
14 Orbital - Orbital ^
15 The 1975 - Live at Gorilla *
17 Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
21-30
22 Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson
24 David Bowie - Waiting in the Sky (Before the Starman Came to Earth) *
29 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend
30 SZA - SOS
31-40
35 Hozier - Wasteland, Baby! ^
37 When Rivers Meet - Breaker of Chains Tour Live *
40 Lucy Rose - This Ain't the Way You Go Out *
Posted by: Maestro 24th April 2024, 06:24 PM
Rumours isn’t a re-entry on the albums, it was #36 last week
Posted by: Hadji 24th April 2024, 06:27 PM
That Drake dross needs to turn around and I hope Sabrina can push Benson out of the top 5
Posted by: Jo' 24th April 2024, 06:38 PM
Beautiful Things by Benson is up by 1.6k compared with last wednesday's midweeks. He could avoid ACR again then.
Posted by: BellyClarkson 24th April 2024, 06:40 PM
Taylor’s done about 40K on Mon, Tues then. Suspect she’ll do another 30K so she’ may just beat Adele’s record
Posted by: DJ Cheeky Magpie 24th April 2024, 06:43 PM
I can do with a broken heart Taylor must close 3rd song
Posted by: 777666jason 24th April 2024, 07:00 PM
Hope TTPD song can stay In this week don't mind if they swap out next week
Posted by: Scene 24th April 2024, 07:01 PM
Yes Chappell!! Keep climbing!
Will TTPD likely stay as one of Taylor’s chart eligible tracks does anyone know?
Posted by: Bjork 24th April 2024, 07:06 PM
The updates have been kinda weird so far
With the update that includes Sunday streams (easily the lowest) being the highest
183 (+14) 197 (+23) 220 (+16) 236
with 2 days and a half of streams to add she should be slightly above what Adele did I reckon
Posted by: Bjork 24th April 2024, 07:24 PM
these are the Spotify figures so far (5 days) for the candidates to be the remaining Taylor songs together with Fortnight
These couldn't be any closer. Think I can do it with a broken heart will make it just cos of the HH add.
3,433 The tortured poets department
3,422 So long London
3,421 I can do it with a Broken heart
3,392 Down bad
Posted by: Long Dong Silver 24th April 2024, 07:25 PM
Bigger than adele!!!
Posted by: John-James 24th April 2024, 07:27 PM
Gutted So Long London has dropped out, one of my favourites. Also, I feel like Down Bad and I Can Do It With A Broken Heart will end up charting next week anyway
Posted by: omrimayo 24th April 2024, 07:33 PM
Do we think she can have more than 261K?
It feels too tight for me now, and we don’t know how many uncounted streams she has.
Posted by: Scene 24th April 2024, 07:37 PM
Taylor’s physical sales are phenomenal in this day and age.
Posted by: Envoirment 24th April 2024, 07:42 PM
It feels too tight for me now, and we don’t know how many uncounted streams she has.
I think she's almost guarenteed to overtake Adele now? If you take into account the missing streams, she's likely on ~245-250k with 2 days left. She's been doing 10k+/day and I don't see that changing today/Thursday as her streams are still quite strong. She'll likely be somewhere on 265k-270k I would think?
Posted by: Hadji 25th April 2024, 02:11 PM
Taylor’s album sales would be slightly higher if she was charging £10-£12 for her album instead of £15
Posted by: ___∆___ 25th April 2024, 07:02 PM
I’m not convinced £3 would make that much of a difference? It’s not like it’s double the price of a normal CD.
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