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Posted by: JosephStyles 27th October 2019, 06:06 PM
Tones and I looks for a fifth week at #1, the newest challenger coming from Selena Gomez with her comeback single Lose You To Love Me. We should see a boost for Lizzo’s Good As Hell following a remix from Ariana Grande, a few entries from Kanye West’s album, plus new releases from Coldplay with Orphans/Arabesque, The 1975, Kesha and Westlife
Stereophonics could score a seventh #1 album with Kind, contending with Kanye West’s new album Jesus Is King and James Blunt’s Once Upon A Mind. Other new releases include Rick Astley, Van Morrison, Rex Orange County, Neil Young + Crazy Horse, Bruce Springsteen and Cigarettes After Sex
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
- 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.
- To keep everyone in the loop of all chart action, please refer to the iTunes and Spotify threads.
Posted by: JosephStyles 27th October 2019, 06:06 PM
Official First Look Chart: Full Update
Source: OCC
1 Tones and I - Dance Monkey
2 Selena Gomez - Lose You to Love Me *
3 Regard - Ride It
4 Lizzo - Good As Hell
5 Post Malone - Circles
6 Ed Sheeran feat. Camila Cabello & Cardi B - South of the Border
7 Maroon 5 - Memories
8 Lewis Capaldi - Bruises
9 Travis Scott - HIGHEST IN THE ROOM
10 Dermot Kennedy - Outnumbered
11 Aitch feat. ZieZie - Buss Down
12 Riton & Oliver Heldens feat. Vula - Turn Me On
13 Meduza, Becky Hill & GOODBOYS - Lose Control
14 Coldplay - Orphans *
15 Tiësto & Mabel - God Is a Dancer
16 Jorja Smith feat. Burna Boy - Be Honest
17 Harry Styles - Lights Up
18 Selena Gomez - Look At Her Now *
19 Sam Feldt feat. RANI - Post Malone
20 AJ Tracey feat. MoStack & Not3s - Floss *
Posted by: JosephStyles 27th October 2019, 06:06 PM
Official Singles/Albums Chart Update Top 100
Source: OCC
Missing Data:
http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart-update/
1 Tones And I - Dance Monkey (26,546)
2 Regard - Ride It (13,700)
3 Selena Gomez - Lose You To Love Me (13,252) ^
4 Lizzo - Good As Hell (10,614)
5 Post Malone - Circles
6-10
7 Kanye West - Follow God (9,900) *
9 Maroon 5 - Memories
11-20
14 Kanye West - Selah *
17 Kanye West - Closed On Sunday *
21-30
21 Coldplay - Orphans *
22 Selena Gomez - Look At Her Now *
23 AJ Tracey feat. Mostack & Not3s - Floss *
30 blackbear - hot girl bummer
31-40
37 Niall Horan - Nice To Meet Ya *
38 The 1975 - Frail State Of Mind *
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart-update/
1 Stereophonics - Kind (22,037) *
2 Rick Astley - The Best Of Me (7,945) *
3 James Blunt - Once Upon A Mind (7,945) *
4 Kanye West - Jesus Is King (7,663) *
5 Rex Orange County - Pony (7,480) *
6-10
9 Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars - Songs from the Film *
10 Editors - Black Gold - Best Of *
11-20
11 Van Morrison - Three Chords and the Truth *
14 Neil Young + Crazy Horse - Colorado *
15 Desert Sessions - Vols 11 & 12 *
16 Hawkwind - All Aboard The Skylark *
18 AJ Tracey - AJ Tracey ^
19 Cigarettes After Sex - Cry *
21-30
24 Harry Connick Jr - True Love - A Celebration Of Cole Porter *
25 Airbourne - Boneshaker *
27 Shakespears Sister - Ride Again *
31-40
34 Bay City Rollers - Gold *
35 Joe Bonamassa - Live At The Sydney Opera House *
36 Slow Readers Club - Live At O2 Apollo Manchester *
38 White Lies - To Lose My Life ^
Click on the above relevant links.
Posted by: JosephStyles 27th October 2019, 06:06 PM
Tuesday Top 40 Update
Missing Data: Amazon HD, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube (all for Monday)
Singles
1 Tones And I - Dance Monkey (36.9k)
2 Regard - Ride It (18.9k)
3 Selena Gomez - Lose You To Love Me (17.9k) *
4 Lizzo - Good As Hell (14.5k)
5 Post Malone - Circles (14.1k)
6-10
6 Kanye West - Follow God *
9 Maroon 5 - Memories
11-20
14 Kanye West - Selah *
17 Kanye West - Closed On Sunday *
21-30
21 Coldplay - Orphans *
22 AJ Tracey feat. Mostack & Not3s - Floss *
24 Selena Gomez - Look At Her Now *
28 Jax Jones & Ella Henderson - This Is Real
29 blackbear - hot girl bummer
31-40
35 The Script - The Last Time
37 Niall Horan - Nice To Meet Ya *
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Albums
1 Stereophonics - Kind (25.3k) *
2 Rick Astley - The Best Of Me (11.4k) *
3 James Blunt - Once Upon A Mind (10.5k) *
4 Kanye West - Jesus Is King (10.2k) *
5 Rex Orange County - Pony (9.0k) *
6-10
9 Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars: Songs from the Film *
10 Van Morrison - Three Chords and the Truth *
11-20
11 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Colorado *
14 Editors - Black Gold: Best of Editors *
16 Hawkwind - All Aboard The Skylark *
17 Desert Sessions - Vols 11 & 12 *
18 Harry Connick Jr - True Love - A Celebration Of Cole Porter *
21-30
23 AJ Tracey - AJ Tracey ^
26 Cigarettes After Sex - Cry *
27 Bay City Rollers - Gold *
28 Airbourne - Boneshaker *
31-40
34 Shakespears Sister - Ride Again *
36 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
38 Joe Bonamassa - Live At The Sydney Opera House *
40 Phil Campbell - Old Lions Still Roar *
Posted by: JosephStyles 27th October 2019, 06:06 PM
Wednesday Top 40 Update
Source: Music Week
Missing Data: Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube (all for Tuesday)
Singles
1 Tones and I - Dance Monkey (48.0k)
2 Regard - Ride It (24.6k)
3 Selena Gomez - Lose You To Love Me (23.0k) *
4 Kanye West - Follow God (18.8k) *
5 Post Malone - Circles (18.6k)
6-10
6 Lizzo - Good As Hell
8 Maroon 5 - Memories
11-20
16 Kanye West - Selah *
20 Kanye West - Closed On Sunday *
21-30
22 AJ Tracey feat. Mostack & Not3s - Floss *
23 Coldplay - Orphans *
24 Selena Gomez - Look At Her Now *
27 blackbear - hot girl bummer
29 Jax Jones & Ella Henderson - This Is Real
31-40
35 Niall Horan - Nice To Meet Ya *
37 The Script - The Last Time
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Albums
1 Stereophonics - Kind (26.9k) *
2 Rick Astley - The Best Of Me (13.0k) *
3 Kanye West - Jesus Is King (12.8k) *
4 James Blunt - Once Upon A Mind (12.7k) *
5 Rex Orange County - Pony (9.8k) *
6-10
10 Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars: Songs from the Film *
11-20
11 Van Morrison - Three Chords and the Truth *
13 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Colorado *
15 Editors - Black Gold: Best of Editors *
21-30
21 AJ Tracey - AJ Tracey ^
23 Harry Connick Jr - True Love - A Celebration Of Cole Porter *
24 Bay City Rollers - Gold *
25 Hawkwind - All Aboard The Skylark *
26 Desert Sessions - Vols 11 & 12 *
28 Cigarettes After Sex - Cry *
31-40
33 Airbourne - Boneshaker *
36 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
39 Shakespears Sister - Ride Again *
Posted by: JosephStyles 27th October 2019, 06:06 PM
Thursday Top 40 Update
Missing Data:
Singles
1
2
3
4
5
6-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Albums
1
2
3
4
5
6-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
Posted by: JosephStyles 27th October 2019, 06:07 PM
Discuss first look in here guys!!
Posted by: dobbo 27th October 2019, 06:07 PM
Liking this Floss track 
Posted by: Bjork 27th October 2019, 06:09 PM
did they say Selena was at #18 but skipped it?
the new AJ Tracey at #20 was pretty decent
Posted by: JosephStyles 27th October 2019, 06:09 PM
Yes
Posted by: dobbo 27th October 2019, 06:11 PM
Very odd to skip Selena.
This is a very 2000-style chart run for Harry Styles...
Posted by: JosephStyles 27th October 2019, 06:11 PM
I assume it's because they'll be playing Lose You to Love Me later and don't want Selena overkill when it's only a 1 hour show!
Posted by: dobbo 27th October 2019, 06:12 PM
Oh I had no idea she had 2 songs set to enter! Fair enough then.
Posted by: JosephStyles 27th October 2019, 06:13 PM
No it's okay! It's my own fault for being unprepared for a change but as a heads up, all first look chat will now take place in the Friday Chart Predictions thread! I should be around to update post 2 as we go along every week.
Posted by: dobbo 27th October 2019, 06:14 PM
I fear this isn't going top 10 
Posted by: JosephStyles 27th October 2019, 06:18 PM
Remember Adventure of a Lifetime "only" debuted at #14 too! There's still a chance.
Orphans hasn't left much of an impression on me but then Adventure never did either and that was huge, so that's definitely no indicator of potential
Lose Control on the other hand is growing with each play! Much better than Piece of Your Heart even though it's not that far removed.
Posted by: Djcheekymagpie 27th October 2019, 06:19 PM
Wounded class other Selena Gomez climb kanye west must be in top 10
Posted by: dobbo 27th October 2019, 06:19 PM
I was referring to God Is A Dancer
my radio is about 5m behind I thinkThis Coldplay song sounds so generically Coldplay...
Posted by: JosephStyles 27th October 2019, 06:19 PM
This Coldplay song sounds so generically Coldplay...
My apologies
Posted by: Bjork 27th October 2019, 06:19 PM
loving Lose Control
Orphans is very disappointing, much of the same but slightly worst than before...
Posted by: dobbo 27th October 2019, 06:21 PM
This is really growing on me now! Love Becky's vocal trills.
Posted by: Bjork 27th October 2019, 06:22 PM
I still think anyday now HH is gonna put Tiesto/Mabel into their top #3 and then the song will finally explode
it's still surprisingly low in there, considering it's Mabel
Posted by: mic1812 27th October 2019, 06:23 PM
Why is Riton not top 10 with this yet. Such a travesty. Probably never going to now this week what with the oncoming kanye west 3 songs allowed in
Posted by: danG 27th October 2019, 06:25 PM
oh pleased to see Coldplay top 20, didn’t expect that given its Spotify position.
Posted by: dobbo 27th October 2019, 06:26 PM
Meh, would rather this was behind all of Lose Control, God Is A Dancer & This Is Real in the pecking order from the rare 'Dance Songs allowed to reach the top 10' jukebox.
Posted by: SevenSeize 27th October 2019, 06:30 PM
Finalised the OP (already had that prepped lol)~
Will have the threads posted earlier if the first look discussion is happening here now :3
Posted by: dobbo 27th October 2019, 06:33 PM
Still fail to see anything noteworthy about this Travis Scott song.
Posted by: danG 27th October 2019, 06:34 PM
Same here and I loved Sicko Mode and Butterfly Effect.
Posted by: Bjork 27th October 2019, 06:35 PM
Oh I kinda like Highest in the Room 
I do see the appeal
could do with a brand new Lewis Capaldi single, bit tired of Bruises and the album, hope the re-release has a new single
Posted by: dobbo 27th October 2019, 06:35 PM
The ending is pretty cool and standout but yeah this doesn't lay a glove anywhere near Sicko Mode.
Bruises I would have to say is my least fave of Capaldi's top 40s :/
Posted by: JosephStyles 27th October 2019, 06:36 PM
I like HIGHEST IN THE ROOM too! First thing of Travis Scott's that I've found noteworthy really.
Posted by: Djcheekymagpie 27th October 2019, 06:37 PM
Wow no kanye west
Posted by: JosephStyles 27th October 2019, 06:37 PM
Also not minding Memories 
two Maroon 5 songs in a row that I've rather enjoyed now...! (though neither are that far removed from each other)
Posted by: JosephStyles 27th October 2019, 06:38 PM
Bear in mind he likely only has 1 day of streaming included in this update, and the album didn't come out until Friday afternoon!
Posted by: danG 27th October 2019, 06:38 PM
I'm guessing the lack of Kanye West is due to the fact his album got released late in the day on Friday and there'll be missing Saturday streams. He should easily fill his quota of top 20 singles by tomorrow's update.
Posted by: Bjork 27th October 2019, 06:41 PM
so Lizzo/Ari is top 5 I imagine
Posted by: dobbo 27th October 2019, 06:47 PM
This top 10 is getting really stale again after that clearout a few weeks back...
Posted by: JosephStyles 27th October 2019, 06:48 PM
Good As Hell in the top 5!! *.*
Posted by: Bjork 27th October 2019, 06:48 PM
good for Lizzo even if almost every track from her current album is better than Good as Hell
Posted by: JosephStyles 27th October 2019, 06:49 PM
I strongly disagree with this, I found her album disappointing and really quite shouty overall
but her top 40 hits have been great!
Posted by: Bjork 27th October 2019, 06:51 PM
I wouldn't mind Ride It going to ACR
Posted by: Bjork 27th October 2019, 06:54 PM
crazy how well Selena is doing, hope she keeps the #2
excellent song, her best yet, you can see the Julia Michaels hand in the writing and at some points I feel like she's gonna start singing Issues
but it's a gorgeous song with a killer melody and great lyrics
Posted by: JosephStyles 27th October 2019, 06:56 PM
Love new Selena, so pleased she's as high as #2!! Crazy to think of how high she's looking to debut after never getting higher than #7 before 
Posted by: Bjork 27th October 2019, 06:58 PM
I didn't mind Dance Monkey but now I'm really Team Selena and hope somehow Dance Monkey gets dethroned soon
Posted by: lewistgreen 27th October 2019, 07:05 PM
Definitely here for Selena to get #1 soon. Dance Monkey is awful
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 27th October 2019, 07:27 PM
OMG, so Lizzo's looking like a definite top 10. 
It'd be a dream if she could hold her current position.
It feels like it's been such a long hard slog for her to achieve this, I'm so happy for her.
Posted by: M1010D 27th October 2019, 07:30 PM
Where was Kanye in the top 20? I mean.. AJ Tracey was there so thought Kanye would get in!
Posted by: 777666jason 27th October 2019, 08:05 PM
Why does ariana have to ruin a perfectly good lizzo song
Posted by: SKOB 27th October 2019, 08:17 PM
Is Kanye not being in top 20 a mistake? Surely 2 days at #7 and #2 on Spotify should be enough.
Posted by: JosephStyles 27th October 2019, 08:56 PM
Remember the midweeks are always a day behind on streaming data, so Kanye's only really had a matter of hours on Friday afternoon/evening. I expect he's not far off though.
Posted by: Botchia 27th October 2019, 09:04 PM
Yes Selena *.* Really hope she can hold onto at least top 3 by the end of the week!
Posted by: dandy* 27th October 2019, 09:06 PM
Wow I wasn't expecting to see Lizzo anywhere near that high
Posted by: Bréxit 27th October 2019, 09:26 PM
I am surprised that Kanye has nothing in the top 20 already, obviously he had less time than others but even so he was higher up on Spotify with a handful of songs from just 7 hours than AJ Tracey was from a full 24 hours. Am sure he'll show up decently high in tomorrow's update anyway. Wow at how high Lizzo is (from such a pointless remix that adds basically nothing to the song lol but it's done its job x), also nice to see Coldplay top 20 at the moment, should be comfortably guaranteed a top 40 debut.
Posted by: Glenn 69 27th October 2019, 10:49 PM
Take it Lizzo being this high is down to the X Factor boost so she will probably drop as the week goes on?
Posted by: Bréxit 27th October 2019, 10:51 PM
It's because of the Ariana Grande remix (XF won't have hurt it ofc but it'd be a fairly minimal impact)
Posted by: ___∆___ 28th October 2019, 11:21 AM
On the flip side she’s turned it into a Top 5 rather than Top 20 hit.
Posted by: jimwatts 28th October 2019, 06:04 PM
Selena #3, Lizzo #4, Kanye #7 on singles; Stereophonics #1 in a Top 5 of new albums incl Kanye #4.
Posted by: Bréxit 28th October 2019, 06:04 PM
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Posted by: ElectroBoy 28th October 2019, 06:05 PM
Niall up to 37 in the mids 
Posted by: SKOB 28th October 2019, 06:06 PM
From OCC:
Stereophonics are leading the race for this week’s UK Number 1 album.
The Welsh group’s eleventh studio album Kind tops the Official Chart Update and leads the nearest competition by 14,000 chart sales. Kind has scored the most physical sales and digital downloads across the weekend and is on course to become the band’s seventh UK Number 1 album.
Rick Astley sits at Number 2 with his new greatest hits collection The Best of Me, ahead of James Blunt with Once Upon A Mind at Number 3, on track to be his highest charting album in six years. Kanye West’s eighth LP Jesus Is King is at Number 4 currently, ahead of Pony, the major label debut from Hampshire indie pop singer Rex Orange County at Number 5.
Posted by: SKOB 28th October 2019, 06:06 PM
Surprised that Kanye isn't #2 tbh, sales must be pretty good!
Posted by: Bréxit 28th October 2019, 06:09 PM
Depending on how close it is I presume Kanye could catch up to #2/3 over the week as he obviously has far more reliance on streams than Rick and James. Stereophonics definitely coming for #1 as expected though.
Posted by: pippa 28th October 2019, 06:19 PM
Stereophonics leading the pack is no surprise.
I would greatly welcome Rick Astley and James Blunt holding their current positions at number 2 and 3.
Selena Gomez, must stay top 5 to secure a first for her.
Posted by: Mart!n 28th October 2019, 06:22 PM
Until a chart mod is available, MW report is in
With 7,663 sales – missing Sunday’s streaming data – the rapper’s ninth album is currently at No.4. In the singles chart, West has three tracks in the Top 20, the highest of which is Follow God (9,900 sales). A further eight tracks from Jesus Is King are ‘starred out’ of the list.
Ahead of West in the albums chart, The Stereophonics begin the week in top spot with Kind (22,037 sales), while Rick Astley’s The Best Of Me (7,945 sales) is in second place. James Blunt’s Once Upon A Mind (7,945 sales) is at No.3 and Rex Orange County’s debut set Pony (7,480 sales) completes the Top 5.
Tones And I is off to a flyer in the singles chart, as Dance Monkey (26,546 sales) begins the week in top spot. Regard’s Ride It (13,700 sales), Selena Gomez’s Lose You To Love Me (13,252 sales) and Lizzo’s Good As Hell (10,614 sales) complete the Top 5.
Top 100 on OCC
Posted by: SevenSeize 28th October 2019, 06:24 PM
Official Singles/Albums Chart Update Top 100
Source: OCC
Missing Data:
http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart-update/
1 Tones And I - Dance Monkey (26,546)
2 Regard - Ride It (13,700)
3 Selena Gomez - Lose You To Love Me (13,252) ^
4 Lizzo - Good As Hell (10,614)
5 Post Malone - Circles
6-10
7 Kanye West - Follow God (9,900) *
9 Maroon 5 - Memories
11-20
14 Kanye West - Selah *
17 Kanye West - Closed On Sunday *
21-30
21 Coldplay - Orphans *
22 Selena Gomez - Look At Her Now *
23 AJ Tracey feat. Mostack & Not3s - Floss *
30 blackbear - hot girl bummer
31-40
37 Niall Horan - Nice To Meet Ya *
38 The 1975 - Frail State Of Mind *
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart-update/
1 Stereophonics - Kind (22,037) *
2 Rick Astley - The Best Of Me (7,945) *
3 James Blunt - Once Upon A Mind (7,945) *
4 Kanye West - Jesus Is King (7,663) *
5 Rex Orange County - Pony (7,480) *
6-10
9 Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars - Songs from the Film *
10 Editors - Black Gold - Best Of *
11-20
11 Van Morrison - Three Chords and the Truth *
14 Neil Young + Crazy Horse - Colorado *
15 Desert Sessions - Vols 11 & 12 *
16 Hawkwind - All Aboard The Skylark *
18 AJ Tracey - AJ Tracey ^
19 Cigarettes After Sex - Cry *
21-30
24 Harry Connick Jr - True Love - A Celebration Of Cole Porter *
25 Airbourne - Boneshaker *
27 Shakespears Sister - Ride Again *
31-40
34 Bay City Rollers - Gold *
35 Joe Bonamassa - Live At The Sydney Opera House *
36 Slow Readers Club - Live At O2 Apollo Manchester *
38 White Lies - To Lose My Life ^
Click on the above relevant links.
Posted by: SevenSeize 28th October 2019, 06:32 PM
Omfg at Rex OC smashing hard on the album chart talent wins
Posted by: gavindeejay 28th October 2019, 06:34 PM
Great to see Stereophonics at Number 1 in the albums with a big lead!
Posted by: Rafael x 28th October 2019, 06:48 PM
Posted by: Bjork 28th October 2019, 06:49 PM
yay great sales for Stereophonics, but disappointing for Rick Astley and James Blunt... I knew Rick Astley was not gonna do the big figures some predicted... looks like Kanye will be #2 come Friday
even more disappointing for Cigarettes after Sex, they've played non-stop live in all festivals in the world for the last couple years,
though they were more popular by now :/
looks like Selena is gonna be #3, which is a great start in the top 40, hopefully she can make #1 in the coming weeks
Posted by: Bréxit 28th October 2019, 06:52 PM
A typo or are Rick and James really on exactly the same sales? 
either way it is very close so #2 should definitely be achievable for Kanye, Rex OC might have some chance of overtaking one or both of them as well maybe although he'll probably be more frontloaded than Kanye.
Yay for Niall being top 40 today, hope he will hang on there all week.
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 28th October 2019, 06:52 PM
That's about what I expected for Cigarettes After Sex, I think they're bigger internationally.
Posted by: pippa 28th October 2019, 07:10 PM
Dermot Kennedy
Elbow
Foals
James Arthur
All falling at a very fast rate.
Posted by: Brett-Butler 28th October 2019, 07:11 PM
A (very) hypothetical question, but a) if we consider Kanye West's album to be a Christian/gospel album, and b) that it rises to #1 in the album chart, when was the last time (if ever) that an explicitly Christian album reached the #1 in the album chart? I'm not sure if Stormzy's last album qualifies, although it did have a few tracks with the general "Jesus is Groovy" theme.
Posted by: Bjork 28th October 2019, 07:35 PM
sure Stormzy doesn't count, just having a choir in a song doesn't make it christian music
no clue if it's ever happened in the UK
but of course it depends on your definition of christian music... cos I remember reading some lists in the past and they included U2 for instance, which imho is zero christian music...
Posted by: The Hit Parade 28th October 2019, 09:13 PM
I wouldn't count all the U2 albums as Christian music but I think The Joshua Tree qualifies.
Obviously October is their most Christian album but not a UK chart-topper.
Posted by: ___∆___ 28th October 2019, 11:23 PM
Elbow
Foals
James Arthur
All falling at a very fast rate.
Have to say I’m shocked at Dermot’s continued descent down the charts, I thought it would stabilize after its 1-14 drop but it’s showing no signs of doing so. Considering how big ‘Outnumbered’ has been and the fact it’s such a radio friendly track I thought it would have helped the album a lot more.
Posted by: Sambuu-Yondon 29th October 2019, 12:12 AM
Happy for Coldplay entering Chart. I hope they'll doing promo.
Posted by: M4NG0 29th October 2019, 01:05 AM
Pet Shop Boys at No. 49 is great to see! Hopefully they can get their first Top 100 hit since 2013.
Posted by: Wall 29th October 2019, 01:41 AM
Is Megan eligible to chart? I’m sure this will be top 15 on sales at least this week
Posted by: girl_from_oz 29th October 2019, 01:50 AM
Looks like Foals are following Elbow and Dermot Kennedy as in dropping from number one to out of the top ten, this has got to be some kind of record
Posted by: vidcapper 29th October 2019, 07:01 AM
25 new albums in the top 54!
Posted by: soundseekerz 29th October 2019, 09:10 AM
Will the OCC be merging the sales of Bruce Springsteen’s Western Stars album and the film version album? He’s even got a third entry further down the update as ‘Western Stars/Western Stars: Songs
Posted by: JosephStyles 29th October 2019, 12:01 PM
The X Factor tracks have never been eligible before so I expect they won't be again
Posted by: JosephStyles 29th October 2019, 02:24 PM
Tuesday Top 40 Update
Missing Data: Amazon HD, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube (all for Monday)
Singles
1 Tones And I - Dance Monkey (36.9k)
2 Regard - Ride It (18.9k)
3 Selena Gomez - Lose You To Love Me (17.9k) *
4 Lizzo - Good As Hell (14.5k)
5 Post Malone - Circles (14.1k)
6-10
6 Kanye West - Follow God *
9 Maroon 5 - Memories
11-20
14 Kanye West - Selah *
17 Kanye West - Closed On Sunday *
21-30
21 Coldplay - Orphans *
22 AJ Tracey feat. Mostack & Not3s - Floss *
24 Selena Gomez - Look At Her Now *
28 Jax Jones & Ella Henderson - This Is Real
29 blackbear - hot girl bummer
31-40
35 The Script - The Last Time
37 Niall Horan - Nice To Meet Ya *
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Albums
1 Stereophonics - Kind (25.3k) *
2 Rick Astley - The Best Of Me (11.4k) *
3 James Blunt - Once Upon A Mind (10.5k) *
4 Kanye West - Jesus Is King (10.2k) *
5 Rex Orange County - Pony (9.0k) *
6-10
9 Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars: Songs from the Film *
10 Van Morrison - Three Chords and the Truth *
11-20
11 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Colorado *
14 Editors - Black Gold: Best of Editors *
16 Hawkwind - All Aboard The Skylark *
17 Desert Sessions - Vols 11 & 12 *
18 Harry Connick Jr - True Love - A Celebration Of Cole Porter *
21-30
23 AJ Tracey - AJ Tracey ^
26 Cigarettes After Sex - Cry *
27 Bay City Rollers - Gold *
28 Airbourne - Boneshaker *
31-40
34 Shakespears Sister - Ride Again *
36 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
38 Joe Bonamassa - Live At The Sydney Opera House *
40 Phil Campbell - Old Lions Still Roar *
Posted by: danG 29th October 2019, 02:48 PM
Selena looking good for a top 3 debut then, and looks like Kanye could end up at #4. Good to see.
Not fussed on the other new Kanye arrivals though.
Looks like Megan McKenna has been allowed to chart too, she is top 75 today.
Posted by: Rafael x 29th October 2019, 03:03 PM
Where's Harry?
Posted by: danG 29th October 2019, 03:08 PM
10+9
Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 29th October 2019, 03:10 PM
I hope niall Horan can stay top 40 now. Rick astley pulling away a small bit for number 2.
Posted by: Charis 29th October 2019, 03:12 PM
any idea if Westlife are in Top 75 in today's update?
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 29th October 2019, 03:18 PM
21?
Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 29th October 2019, 03:21 PM
It would be good if they allow megan to chart.
Posted by: tommie 29th October 2019, 03:45 PM
Surprised Shakespears Sister are allowed to chart with Ride Again. I was sure they would've found a way to make it chart ineligable.
Posted by: danG 29th October 2019, 04:05 PM
they are
Posted by: gavindeejay 29th October 2019, 04:08 PM
The Phonics will probably end up with about 32k which isn't too bad.
Posted by: Bjork 29th October 2019, 04:36 PM
the Shakespeare sister album is an EP, 6 tracks, 5 are different songs so should count for the album charts I reckon if the price is ok
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ride_Again_(Shakespears_Sister_EP)
Posted by: Herbs 29th October 2019, 04:48 PM
Rick Astley outsold Stereophonics yesterday!
Posted by: Jordan Lee 29th October 2019, 05:23 PM
I think Kanye might be #2 because of streaming
Posted by: JosephStyles 29th October 2019, 05:38 PM
Afraid not, Rick was actually on 8,619 sales yesterday, Music Week made an error. He remained the second best seller of the day though.
Posted by: ThePensmith 29th October 2019, 06:22 PM
Not at all surprised to see Rick Astley so high up. I heard his new single on Radio 2 today actually, it's a good 'un. I loved his '50' album he bought out a couple of years ago too.
Hopefully Niall and The Script can retain top 40 berths by week's end.
Posted by: Darren1905 29th October 2019, 09:00 PM
Can anyone tell me where Kygo and Whitney are please?
Posted by: pippa 29th October 2019, 09:14 PM
Rick Astley will be a consistent seller for the remainder of the year and i would be hopeful the Stereophonics can also do the same.
Niall Horan, it will be extremely close, if he is to make his way to the Top 40 this week.
Posted by: The Hit Parade 29th October 2019, 09:26 PM
They shouldn't do - last time I checked the rules it specifically said that a live version of an album couldn't be combined with the original version.
The entry at 93 is a double CD with both the studio and live albums, which can't be combined with either of the separate items.
Posted by: Bréxit 29th October 2019, 09:28 PM
Yeah, live albums don't ever get combined with the original versions.
Posted by: The Hit Parade 29th October 2019, 09:39 PM
I wonder how many live versions of studio album have ever charted? I remember Van Morrison's live version of Astral Weeks charted before the original.
Posted by: Sleepy Rollo 30th October 2019, 12:00 AM
The only one I can think of is a live version of The Wall by Pink Floyd which got to number 15 in 2000.
Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 30th October 2019, 12:38 PM
Live album are so under rated, I absolutely love live albums.
Posted by: M4NG0 30th October 2019, 12:42 PM
I'm the opposite, live recordings never sound as good as the studio versions
Posted by: SKOB 30th October 2019, 01:07 PM
I own only 2 live albums, Madonna's Confessions Tour and Radiohead's I Might Be Wrong. Both are great but I have no interest in investing them.
Posted by: Mikal 30th October 2019, 01:41 PM
I only like live albums if the songs are totally different to the originals or a different vocal take.
Posted by: pippa 30th October 2019, 03:19 PM
Live album are generally fanbase only purchases and dont appeal outside of that market.
Robbie Williams did have a double platinum seller with his Live album when he was at the peak of his career which is a one off.
Posted by: JosephStyles 30th October 2019, 03:41 PM
Wednesday Top 40 Update
Source: Music Week
Missing Data: Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube (all for Tuesday)
Singles
1 Tones and I - Dance Monkey (48.0k)
2 Regard - Ride It (24.6k)
3 Selena Gomez - Lose You To Love Me (23.0k) *
4 Kanye West - Follow God (18.8k) *
5 Post Malone - Circles (18.6k)
6-10
6 Lizzo - Good As Hell
8 Maroon 5 - Memories
11-20
16 Kanye West - Selah *
20 Kanye West - Closed On Sunday *
21-30
22 AJ Tracey feat. Mostack & Not3s - Floss *
23 Coldplay - Orphans *
24 Selena Gomez - Look At Her Now *
27 blackbear - hot girl bummer
29 Jax Jones & Ella Henderson - This Is Real
31-40
35 Niall Horan - Nice To Meet Ya *
37 The Script - The Last Time
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Albums
1 Stereophonics - Kind (26.9k) *
2 Rick Astley - The Best Of Me (13.0k) *
3 Kanye West - Jesus Is King (12.8k) *
4 James Blunt - Once Upon A Mind (12.7k) *
5 Rex Orange County - Pony (9.8k) *
6-10
10 Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars: Songs from the Film *
11-20
11 Van Morrison - Three Chords and the Truth *
13 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Colorado *
15 Editors - Black Gold: Best of Editors *
21-30
21 AJ Tracey - AJ Tracey ^
23 Harry Connick Jr - True Love - A Celebration Of Cole Porter *
24 Bay City Rollers - Gold *
25 Hawkwind - All Aboard The Skylark *
26 Desert Sessions - Vols 11 & 12 *
28 Cigarettes After Sex - Cry *
31-40
33 Airbourne - Boneshaker *
36 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
39 Shakespears Sister - Ride Again *
Posted by: Bjork 30th October 2019, 03:45 PM
but most live albums are like Best Of
the new Bruce one he only does the last album but live, same songs, same order (I think)
I used to love live albums, even I collected bootlegs from my favourites, I used to have like every Tori Amos concert she did as bootleg
but maybe I overdid it cos now I don't find it that appealing anymore
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 30th October 2019, 04:04 PM
Argh at Lizzo slipping from the top 5. Still happy she's on lock for a top 10 hit though.
Posted by: danG 30th October 2019, 04:06 PM
Very impressive Tones & I's sales, looks like she'd still be #1 on ACR. Hopefully she can manage to avoid ACR until at least she is kicked off #1 naturally.
Posted by: M4NG0 30th October 2019, 04:11 PM
So what's the best ever selling live album? I'd imagine Oasis' 'Familiar To Millions' sold pretty well, given it was released around their peak, and I'm sure Robbie's ones have sold well too.
Posted by: Rafael x 30th October 2019, 04:16 PM
Harry still #19? And where's James album?
Posted by: JosephStyles 30th October 2019, 04:17 PM
#18 now, and #12
Posted by: Rafael x 30th October 2019, 04:24 PM
ok thanks
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 30th October 2019, 04:30 PM
Unless of course Dua Lipa manages a #1 debut next week.
Posted by: pippa 30th October 2019, 04:55 PM
Kanye West may take the Number 2 position with his increase.
Niall Horan, has improved by 2 places, Top 40 is looking very possible on Friday.
Posted by: gooddelta 30th October 2019, 05:02 PM
A 75k+ opening for Dua would be pretty amazing. I don't really see it, but could see her maybe landing in the No.3-6 region with around 30-40k?
Hard to predict as Swan Song underperformed, but then that was a different beast being a standalone from a film soundtrack (and not that amazing).
Posted by: danG 30th October 2019, 05:16 PM
can’t see Dua going straight in at number one tbh. Especially with Dance Monkey being so big.
Posted by: M4NG0 30th October 2019, 05:20 PM
Yeah I agree, I can't see it going straight to Number 1, unless it's all kinds of amazing.
Posted by: Jordan Lee 30th October 2019, 05:26 PM
I can see Dua at least debuting top 10. Likely within the top 5.
Looking at how well Selenas doing this week I think Dua should do better than that as UK wise (and UK wise alone!) she’s a bigger name here. Aside from Adele she’s our biggest female and she does well on streaming too.
She could have another huge smash on her hands but athe least she’ll do a Taylor Swift ME! (But that’s only if it’s poorly received).
Posted by: Bréxit 30th October 2019, 05:28 PM
I'd be extremely surprised if Dua managed to debut at #1 even if there wasn't such a strong incumbent tbh.
Kanye closing most of the gap in the albums chart now, should definitely be on course for #2 (although likely on lower sales than 'ye'). 'Follow God' looking like it'll be the highest charting song from a Kanye album since 'Stronger' getting to #1 in 2007 though which seems pretty crazy considering the very muted reception this album is getting! (Wording that carefully because of course 'I Love It' got to #3 but ended up only being for Lil Pump's album, as did the non-album single 'FourFiveSeconds', but still 'Follow God' will likely only be one place below those two).
Glad that 'Orphans' hasn't been collapsing too hard over the week, hope it'll hang onto a debut in the mid 20s.
Posted by: Darren1905 30th October 2019, 06:35 PM
Kygo and Whitney please?
Posted by: pippa 30th October 2019, 06:39 PM
Dua Lipa at highest will be debut low Top 5.
Posted by: Bjork 30th October 2019, 06:46 PM
did a quick search at the BPI for live albums that are at least multi-platinum and found these.
Phil Collins - Serious Hits Live = Platinum x 4
U2 - Live under a red blood sky = Platinum x 3
Simple Minds - Live in the city of Light = Platinum x 2
Robbie William - Live at Knewborth = Platinum x 2
Beatles - Live at the BBC = Platinum x 2
just shows how popular was Phil Collins in the late 90s, he really was the male-Adele
Posted by: gooddelta 30th October 2019, 07:10 PM
Unplugged by The Corrs must be up there too, it had a great chart run for a live album. Such a good record too, I still regularly listen to songs like No Frontiers and Radio, which was way better than the studio version on In Blue.
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 30th October 2019, 07:19 PM
I feel like Dua could put up a good fight next week! It sounds massive, has BIG hype, and they seem to be getting everything right for its push (video release on the first day, Graham Norton performance on Friday etc).
Posted by: lewistgreen 30th October 2019, 07:41 PM
2x Platinum as of January 2017 when it was last updated
Posted by: Bjork 30th October 2019, 07:46 PM
I wasn't counting unplugged albums as live, thought mostly they're like in a studio and acoustic versions but it's not live in concert in a proper venue
but if you count them, checking BPI, these are the multiplatinum unplugged albums
Eric Clapton - Unplugged = 4 x platinum
Nirvana - Unplugged in new York = 3 x platinum
The Corrs - Unplugged = 2 x platinum
Posted by: The Hit Parade 30th October 2019, 08:57 PM
If you don't count Unplugged albums (Which I would) then you can't really count The Beatles Live At The BBC either (especially as most of it isn't in front of an audience).
The popularity of the Phil Collins album may have been enhanced by the fact that he hadn't released a Hits compilation at that point.
Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 30th October 2019, 11:27 PM
The corrs unplugged was/is a brilliant album, they are so much better live than studio.
Posted by: JCR 31st October 2019, 02:49 AM
The Motörhead live record ‘No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith’ also went to number one in the UK album chart in June 1981, and is one of the better live records.
In addition, Judas Priest’s live record ‘Unleashed in the East’ went platinum in America.
Posted by: Bjork 31st October 2019, 06:53 AM
there are many live albums that have charted and many that have gone platinum, just posted the multi-platinum to see the biggest sellers
but many artists have had platinum (300,000 copies) albums, Take That, Dire Straits, Busted, Biffy Clyro etc etc
for me, depends on the unplugged, but many are just albums made in the studio without anybody present and basically with electric guitars replaced by acoustic guitars... that doesn't make it a live album, like performing in a stadium in front of thousands...
Posted by: Lady Gaga 31st October 2019, 09:52 AM
Anyone know if Megan McKenna’s This will chart anywhere this week?
Posted by: IANMUSIC24 31st October 2019, 10:09 AM
Dua Lipa new single is on Snapchat as lense, For me I’m not convinced on it.
Posted by: ___∆___ 31st October 2019, 10:17 AM
All XF releases from the finals are blocked each year from charting so no.
Posted by: ___∆___ 31st October 2019, 10:19 AM
These ‘Best of/Gold’ releases are proving to be really popular - have to hand it to the record company behind them, comprehensive mid priced triple disc releases - they could be trickle sellers for years. The Bay City Rollers one has been progressing in every update.
Posted by: Lady Gaga 31st October 2019, 11:02 AM
Ugh why!!
Posted by: pippa 31st October 2019, 03:31 PM
I would like to see the planned list for Gold releases for next year.
They are excellent value for money and offer plenty to those of interest.
Posted by: IANMUSIC24 31st October 2019, 05:30 PM
New Sam Smith single coming tomorrow. I feel the love.
Posted by: Suedehead2 31st October 2019, 10:46 PM
A bit late replying, but Liverpool band The Christians had a number one album
On the subject of live albums, Depeche Mode released a live version of their number one album Songs Of Faith And Devotion but it didn't chart. The Who Live At Leeds did pretty well.
The weirdest example is perhaps that of Peter Frampton. He released four studio albums that didn't reach the chart at all. He then released a live album which did very well in the UK and was huge in the US where it remains one of the best-selling live albums of all time. He also got his first UK hit singles with tracks from that album. His next studio album just about made the chart but all subsequent releases (including another live album) have failed to trouble the charts.
Posted by: Freddie Kruger 31st October 2019, 10:53 PM
I don't fancy them because they have too much filler, songs which weren't hits and album tracks. Prefer a one disc concise hits collection.
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