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Posted by: liamk97 17th March 2015, 12:46 AM
Sunday Chart Predictions
Predicting the 22/03 to 28/03 chart
Sam Smith to hold on to the double so frootin' tight?
With a quiet release schedule, Sam Smith should remain at #1 for a second week - the first time he'll have stayed on top for more than one week - with the Comic Relief, John Legend-featuring 'Lay Me Down'. The Top 10 should remain similar whilst hoping for a Top 20 debut is Tough Love's 'So Freakin' Tight'. Elsewhere, there should be entries for Pitbull and Ne-Yo's 'Time of Our Lives', MNEK's 'The Rhythm' and possibly Iggy Azalea's 'Trouble' and Kygo's 'Firestone'.
After climbing to #1 last minute last week, Sam Smith should do the double yet again. New entries to the Top 10 should include Van Morrison's Duets: Re-working the Catalogue, Mark Knopfler's Tracker, Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly and Marina and the Diamonds' FROOT. Elsewhere, entries should come from Bananarama, Modest Mouse, Tobias Jesso Jr, AWOLNATION, Sleeping With Sirens and The Veronicas. Furthermore, the physical release of Bjork's Vulnicura is sure to see it return to the Top 40.
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Posted by: liamk97 17th March 2015, 12:46 AM
Tuesday Update Top 40 Only
Singles
1 Sam Smith feat. John Legend - Lay Me Down (27.2k)
2 Years & Years - King (15.6k)
3 Hozier - Take Me To Church (13.2k)
4 Rihanna feat. Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFive Seconds (12.9k)
5 Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (12.8k)
6-10
7 Tough Love *
11-20
19 Taylor Swift - Style
21-30
23 Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato - Up
26 MNEK - The Rhythm *
28 Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo - Time Of Our Lives *
31-40
33 Calvin Harris feat. Haim - Pray To God
34 Ed Sheeran - Bloodstream
37 Taylor Swift - Blank Space ^
38 Taylor Swift - Shake It Off ^
39 Muse - Pyscho *
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Albums
1 Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly (11.5k) *
2 Mark Knopfler - Trucker (11.3k) *
3 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour (8.7k)
4 Marina & The Diamonds - FROOT (6.1k) *
5 Ed Sheeran - x (5.8k)
6-10
6 Van Morrison - Duets: Reworking The Catalogue *
9 Bjork - Vulnicura ^
11-20
17 Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves *
19 Sleeping With Sirens - Madness *
21-30
21 Maroon 5 - V
22 Ed Sheeran - +
26 The Veronicas - Veronicas *
31-40
31 Imagine Dragons - Night Visions
32 Neil Diamond - All Time Greatest Hits
34 Tobias Alesso Jr - Goon *
36 Simply Red - 25 - The Greatest Hits ^
37 Simple Minds - Sparkle In The Rain *
Posted by: liamk97 17th March 2015, 12:46 AM
Official Singles/Albums Chart Update Top 100
Source: OCC
http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart-update/
1 Sam Smith feat. John Legend - Lay Me Down (36.0k)
2 Years & Years - King (23.5k)
3 Rihanna feat. Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFive Seconds (20k - 300 copies ahead of Hozier)
4 Hozier - Take Me To Church (20k)
5 Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (18.9k)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/updatesingles/print
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart-update/
1 Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly (15.9k) *
2 Mark Knopfler - Trucker (13.4k) *
3 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour (12.4k)
4 Ed Sheeran - x (8.1k)
5 Van Morrison - Duets: Reworking The Catalogue (7.7k) *
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/updatealbums
Click on the above relevant links after 4pm
Posted by: liamk97 17th March 2015, 12:46 AM
Friday Update Top 40 Only
Singles
1 Sam Smith feat. John Legend - Lay Me Down (51.5k)
2 Years & Years - King (39.6k)
3 Rihanna feat. Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFive Seconds (32.1k)
4 Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (30.6k)
5 Hozier - Take Me To Church (30.3k - 88 copies ahead of James Bay)
6-10
6 James Bay - Hold Back The River
11-20
11 Tough Love *
13 Marlon Roudette - When The Beat Drops
21-30
21 Taylor Swift - Style
24 Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato - Up
27 Ed Sheeran - Bloodstream
29 MNEK - The Rhythm *
30 Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo - Time Of Our Lives *
31-40
38 Firestone feat. Conrad Sewell - Kygo
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Albums
1 Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly (22.8k) *
2 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour (19.2k)
3 Mark Knopfler - Trucker (14.6k) *
4 Ed Sheeran - x (12.8k)
5 Van Morrison - Duets: Reworking The Catalogue (10.7k) *
6-10
7 Marina & The Diamonds - FROOT
11-20
12 Bjork - Vulnicura ^
18 Maroon 5 - V
19 Ed Sheeran - +
21-30
23 Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves *
24 Sleeping With Sirens - Madness *
29 Imagine Dragons - Night Visions
31-40
33 Simply Red - 25 - The Greatest Hits ^
34 Neil Diamond - All Time Greatest Hits
35 REM - Automatic For The People ^
37 The Veronicas - Veronicas *
39 Tobias Alesso Jr - Goon *
Posted by: Joe. 17th March 2015, 07:34 AM
Kendrick has released his album on all platforms now. It's now 'released' on Amazon. You just don't receive it for a week 
he doesn't have any CDs in the shops but that's it. I think he's looking for a #1 in the albums this week.
Posted by: Joe. 17th March 2015, 10:45 AM
From Mint Royal:
Albums
Kendrick - #1
Mark Knopfler #2
Marina #4
Singles
Sam/John - #1
MNEK #26
Tough Love #7
Posted by: Napoleon 17th March 2015, 11:05 AM
Floparina
Posted by: MrIndependent 17th March 2015, 11:07 AM
Great to see Kendrick at #1! Very deserved. Not surprised at Marina's position, and I think she'll be frontloaded too. I'm hoping the physical release of Vulnicura can push Bjork into the top ten after it originally peaked at #11 but I'm not sure if she will be.
Posted by: MrIndependent 17th March 2015, 11:10 AM
Rebel Heart is #7.
Posted by: These Days 17th March 2015, 11:12 AM
And Vulnicura #9
Posted by: Šþinniŋğ Åđɑ 17th March 2015, 11:18 AM
Seeing some great new entries for this week. I'm really hoping Firestone makes the top 40 this week!
Posted by: omrimayo 17th March 2015, 11:19 AM
C'mon Kendrick!!!!
Posted by: Hadji 17th March 2015, 11:23 AM
If Sam & John have a small lead from Years & Years, Years & Years could catch them with streaming
Posted by: slowdown73 17th March 2015, 11:26 AM
No4 is hardly a flop for her comeback album which hasnt seen a hit single from it yet.
Posted by: Rabbit Froot 17th March 2015, 11:27 AM
Madonna has fallen to 7.
Posted by: Joe. 17th March 2015, 11:27 AM
*prays there's sales missing from Marina's total*
I knew she'd be front-loaded and fall to 6/7 during the week but I thought she'd manage 2 or 3 in today's midweeks so it's a bit disappointing.
Posted by: zzmyth 17th March 2015, 11:52 AM
any news on Rih/Kanye/Macca?
Posted by: AntoineTTe 17th March 2015, 11:52 AM
oh dear. How low will Marina fall during the week? 
Posted by: These Days 17th March 2015, 11:57 AM
Not as low as Charli hopefully.
Posted by: JosephStyles 17th March 2015, 12:01 PM
This will not happen. Why would they have a small lead?? They are WAY ahead on iTunes.
Posted by: Joe. 17th March 2015, 12:35 PM
I've noticed that female solo artists that still get decent to very good support from Radio 1 haven't been debuting brilliantly over the past few months. Kelly Clarkson - 6, Charli Xcx - 15, Cheryl - 7, Jessie Ware - 9, Jessie J - 6, Rae Morris - 9 etc. The only ones who have gotten albums in the top 3 are huge international stars like Taylor Swift, Meghan Trainor and Madonna. (Ella Henderson being the only I can think of from the UK).
So I guess Marina is performing similarly to the way female acts often do, just without any support.
Posted by: Napoleon 17th March 2015, 12:42 PM
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'Big Fat Lie' was released during a tough period obviously.....
Floparina.
Posted by: SceneofSIXCrimes 17th March 2015, 01:00 PM
Well done to Kendrick! For a second I didn't even think he dropped his new album unexpectedly on iTunes. I thought it was GKMC making a belated rise to #1. 
In a way I wish that was the case and his second album could début at #1 shortly after.
Posted by: GTH 17th March 2015, 01:19 PM
Was hoping Marina would be top 3 in this update but top 5 is a good start considering she has had no radio support or actually pushed one proper single for this album with a full promo campaign. I will be happy if she can hold onto top 10 by Sunday as I know she will be very front loaded.
Seriously need to just focus on one track, do a radio tour and get them playing it. Electra Heart got to number 1 off the back of Primadonna. This album has plenty of tracks stronger than that IMO. Savages or Blue as the next/first proper single! 
Posted by: Mart!n 17th March 2015, 02:16 PM
Tuesday Update Top 40 Only
Singles
1 Sam Smith feat. John Legend - Lay Me Down (27.2k)
2 Years & Years - King (15.6k)
3 Hozier - Take Me To Church (13.2k)
4 Rihanna feat. Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFive Seconds (12.9k)
5 Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (12.8k)
6-10
7 Tough Love *
11-20
19 Taylor Swift - Style
21-30
23 Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato - Up
26 MNEK - The Rhythm *
28 Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo - Time Of Our Lives *
31-40
33 Calvin Harris feat. Haim - Pray To God
34 Ed Sheeran - Bloodstream
37 Taylor Swift - Blank Space ^
38 Taylor Swift - Shake It Off ^
39 Muse - Pyscho *
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Albums
1 Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly (11.5k) *
2 Mark Knopfler - Trucker (11.3k) *
3 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour (8.7k)
4 Marina & The Diamonds - FROOT (6.1k) *
5 Ed Sheeran - x (5.8k)
6-10
6 Van Morrison - Duets: Reworking The Catalogue *
9 Bjork - Vulnicura ^
11-20
17 Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves *
19 Sleeping With Sirens - Madness *
21-30
21 Maroon 5 - V
22 Ed Sheeran - +
26 The Veronicas - Veronicas *
31-40
31 Imagine Dragons - Night Visions
32 Neil Diamond - All Time Greatest Hits
34 Tobias Alesso Jr - Goon *
36 Simply Red - 25 - The Greatest Hits ^
37 Simple Minds - Sparkle In The Rain *
Posted by: JosephStyles 17th March 2015, 02:18 PM
Where is Iggy Azalea's Trouble please Martin? 
Posted by: chinatoy 17th March 2015, 02:24 PM
Where's Rebecca Ferguson this week please?
Posted by: Mart!n 17th March 2015, 02:27 PM
#58
#15
Posted by: Jonjo 17th March 2015, 02:28 PM
Can I have the usual Kelly update please? *waits nervously*
Posted by: JosephStyles 17th March 2015, 02:32 PM
Thank you!
Hopefully it can make the top 40 in a couple of weeks.
Posted by: gooddelta 17th March 2015, 02:36 PM
The Veronicas grabbing that top 40 album *.* Presumably not many people buying it on Amazon where the CD costs more than £20 :/
Posted by: Joe. 17th March 2015, 02:38 PM
How are Madge's sales looking this week?
Posted by: Hadji 17th March 2015, 02:41 PM
Pitbull & Ne-Yo will most likely secure a top 40 placing as they are benefiting from streaming. And how is Hozier ahead of Rihanna and Ellie? He'll fall behind on Sunday as the two are ahead of him on streaming
Posted by: milly 17th March 2015, 02:49 PM
Can you, please, tell me where Take That are in the chart?
Posted by: steve201 17th March 2015, 02:54 PM
Pretty big fall for large considering Wossy was on Saturday night!
Hopefully LMD reaches 80k or so!
Posted by: Mart!n 17th March 2015, 03:04 PM
single #15
album #27
5.5k
Album #40
Posted by: Jonjo 17th March 2015, 03:06 PM
Nice for the single. But down 12 places for the album? Hope it can somehow claw it's way back up for Sunday but at this point, inside the top 30 is what I will be hoping for.
Posted by: Rogue 17th March 2015, 03:07 PM
6k for Marina is so depressingly low. So sick of my faves flopping!
Posted by: JosephStyles 17th March 2015, 03:11 PM
Were people really expecting more from Marina? Electra Heart may have gone to #1 but it only did so on sales of about 21k. And that was with a hit single. This has no support and no hit single, so 6k is actually about what I was expecting for this stage.
Posted by: Napoleon 17th March 2015, 03:14 PM
Electra Heart also went 1-13-30-42 *.*
Posted by: Šþinniŋğ Åđɑ 17th March 2015, 03:15 PM
Singles
1 Sam Smith feat. John Legend - Lay Me Down (27.2k)
2 Years & Years - King (15.6k)
3 Hozier - Take Me To Church (13.2k)
7 Tough Love
19 Taylor Swift - Style
26 MNEK - The Rhythm
28 Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo - Time Of Our Lives
33 Calvin Harris feat. Haim - Pray To God
34 Ed Sheeran - Bloodstream
37 Taylor Swift - Blank Space
38 Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
No chance King will reclaim #1 then
Hozier still very strong! Looking like it could have been #1 for a couple of weeks, a bit like my chart
Hope Tough Love makes the top 15, I doubt it's going to have streaming assistance but as long as it's top 10 sales and top 15 combined I'm happy
Style still struggling to reach the top 20
Also really happy that MNEK managed to get so high at this stage. It's going to be top 40 most likely
The other two climbers are great also. Makes up for last weeks horrible update
And why is Taylor still climbing? It's starting to be a weekly habit now
Posted by: Mango 17th March 2015, 03:15 PM
Rebel Heart might not even outsell MDNA at this rate 
Posted by: Jonjo 17th March 2015, 03:16 PM
So poor for a brilliant album
(but then all of Marina's albums deserve that much success!)
Posted by: Joe. 17th March 2015, 03:19 PM
Electra Heart managed to pull sales of around 70k - 80k last I heard like 18 months ago, so it wasn't THAT bad.
If Radio 1 don't support this at all it will be a gigantic flop though.
Froot is about where Kelly was at this point. (about 200 sales more), and that was with a massive airplay hit. I wouldn't call 6.1k in one day a flop. It will be rather front-loaded of course.
Posted by: Rabbit Froot 17th March 2015, 03:22 PM
Do you recognise this chart run: 15-94?
Posted by: Jonjo 17th March 2015, 03:23 PM
!
Posted by: R0B S 17th March 2015, 03:26 PM
Anyone know where Kygo - Firestone is & When The Beat Drops Out too. Thanks!
Posted by: Mart!n 17th March 2015, 03:30 PM
Kygo #48
Marlon non mover, his lottery performance last Saturday must have had some effect
Posted by: Smartiepants70 17th March 2015, 03:31 PM
What a depressing update 
Marina lower than I hoped, Madonna falling hard despite Jonathan Ross...and the prospect of another Sam Smith double 
Posted by: zzmyth 17th March 2015, 03:42 PM
Can I get some light on why is Hozier at #3?
He is behind Rihanna in BOTH iTunes and Spotify with a decent margin... And has never been ahead of her at any point this week or the previous....
Posted by: JosephStyles 17th March 2015, 03:46 PM
He is behind Rihanna in BOTH iTunes and Spotify with a decent margin... And has never been ahead of her at any point this week or the previous....
Multiple versions on iTunes.
Posted by: zzmyth 17th March 2015, 03:52 PM
Im sorry but:
ITUNES:
4 Rihanna and Kanye West and Paul McCartney - FourFiveSec... 0.4266
7 Hozier - Take Me To Church 0.3458
99 Hozier - Take Me To Church 0.0220
106 Hozier - Take Me To Church 0.0199
128 Hozier - Take Me To Church 0.0199
= 0.4076
SPOTIFY:
1 FourFiveSeconds - 247,210 streams
4 Take Me To Church 193,230 streams
I mean...
Posted by: Hadji 17th March 2015, 03:58 PM
ITUNES:
128 Hozier - Take Me To Church 0.0199.
I'm surprised people are still cherry-picking songs from NOW 89 when NOW 90 is out in two weeks
Posted by: MC Delroy 17th March 2015, 04:03 PM
I'm surprised that GDFR has fallen to #6.
Posted by: Mango 17th March 2015, 04:03 PM
What's so suprising about it? Clearly those people just want the Hozier song, and are getting it from whichever album they happen to find it on. I'm sure people don't think "oh I'd better not get the Hozier song from NOW 89, cos NOW 90 is out in a couple of weeks"
what a ridiculous thing to say!
Posted by: Šþinniŋğ Åđɑ 17th March 2015, 04:04 PM
1 FourFiveSeconds - 247,210 streams
4 Take Me To Church 193,230 streams
Where do you get those figures? On Spotify's site?
Posted by: Hadji 17th March 2015, 04:06 PM
Because usually, people cherry-pick the songs from NOW albums when they're first released, which is why those versions climb as high as top 30 on iTunes, sometimes top 20. After it's been out for quite a while, the cherry-picking of the songs start to die down
Posted by: Mango 17th March 2015, 04:07 PM
Yeah, I think you missed my point.
Posted by: zzmyth 17th March 2015, 04:15 PM
http://charts.spotify.com/widget?object=tracks&rank=most_streamed&country=gb&windowtype=daily&date=latest
Posted by: JosephStyles 17th March 2015, 04:23 PM
ITUNES:
4 Rihanna and Kanye West and Paul McCartney - FourFiveSec... 0.4266
7 Hozier - Take Me To Church 0.3458
99 Hozier - Take Me To Church 0.0220
106 Hozier - Take Me To Church 0.0199
128 Hozier - Take Me To Church 0.0199
= 0.4076
SPOTIFY:
1 FourFiveSeconds - 247,210 streams
4 Take Me To Church 193,230 streams
I mean...
On downloads it's not exactly a big gap. Other download sites could make that difference up, I don't know. Plus he was around #5 on iTunes earlier in the week. I don't really get what's so hard to believe anyway...
Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 17th March 2015, 04:27 PM
Why can't double Taylor and muse stay top 40 by the end of the week
Please can I request 1989 
Posted by: Mart!n 17th March 2015, 04:29 PM
legs 11
Posted by: Taylor Jago 17th March 2015, 04:52 PM
He is behind Rihanna in BOTH iTunes and Spotify with a decent margin... And has never been ahead of her at any point this week or the previous....
Who cares? Take Me To Church is hundred times better than FourFiveSeconds anyway.
Posted by: Rush 17th March 2015, 04:55 PM
Posted by: JosephStyles 17th March 2015, 04:56 PM
A bit too much really.
Posted by: ► ▲ N 17th March 2015, 04:57 PM
I am still yet to see a zzmyth post that isn't directly related to Rihanna.
Posted by: Taylor Jago 17th March 2015, 04:58 PM
Recap:
Singles:
14. Marlon Roudette - When The Beat Drops Out
15. Kelly Clarkson - Heartbeat Song
48. Kygo feat. Conrad - Firestone
58. Iggy Azalea feat. Jennifer Hudson - Trouble
Albums:
11. Taylor Swift - 1989
15. Rebecca Ferguson - Lady Sings The Blues
27. Kelly Clarkson - Piece By Piece
40. Take That - III
Posted by: Atonement 17th March 2015, 04:59 PM
ALL posts should be directly related to Rihanna.
Posted by: HausofFrasier 17th March 2015, 05:01 PM
Kendrick at #1 is the most pleasantly shocking surprise I've seen in chart terms for a long time. I had no idea the UK would take so well to a new era from him, especially so instantly with a release strategy like this.
First week sales in the US should be huge too
Posted by: steps 17th March 2015, 05:03 PM
He is behind Rihanna in BOTH iTunes and Spotify with a decent margin... And has never been ahead of her at any point this week or the previous....
But e. g. he is No. 5 + 36 + 107 + 113 on amzon, where Rihanna is only No 10.
Might be the same on other dowlnload sites and streaming services and that clearly would be enough to be in front overall.
Posted by: AntoineTTe 17th March 2015, 05:05 PM
Is it other single sales collapsing or has Hozier had some high profile exposure somewhere?
Posted by: sammy01 17th March 2015, 05:17 PM
Four Five Seconds has done amazingly well. I feel like Rihanna probably has the smallest fanbase of all the big artist but she somehow gets the GP on side time and again.
Posted by: Brett-Butler 17th March 2015, 05:19 PM
Nearly 12,000 sales is extremely good going so far for Mark Knopfler. How many copies did his last few albums sell in the whole week? It can't have been any more than that.
Posted by: MC Delroy 17th March 2015, 05:27 PM
He is behind Rihanna in BOTH iTunes and Spotify with a decent margin... And has never been ahead of her at any point this week or the previous....
Hozier is #1 on Deezer and Rihanna is #4.
Edit: Hozier is also #2 on Google Play and Rihanna is #5
Posted by: ¡bré! 17th March 2015, 06:07 PM
Astonished at Kendrick being #1 in the mids, I thought he'd still not be near popular enough here to pull that off even with the hype around this album 
He obviously won't hold on as he's only a few thousand ahead of Sam but it looks like he has a decent shot at being top 3 if not top 2.
Posted by: Joe. 17th March 2015, 06:13 PM
I wouldn't write Kendrick off as his CD hit stores today. Just bought mine.
He's also doing amazing on streaming virtually the whole album is in the top 100 on Spotify already.
Posted by: ► ▲ N 17th March 2015, 06:30 PM
Not a fan of Kendrick but it would be great if he could stay at #1 just to stop Sam Smith
(yeah, that's not going to happen)
Posted by: ¡bré! 17th March 2015, 06:31 PM
Dan pls
Posted by: steve201 17th March 2015, 08:11 PM
Is Believe by Mumford & Sons still top 40?
Also really looking forward to seeing streaming sales for Kendricks album - could be decent!
Posted by: ETH▲N 17th March 2015, 09:30 PM
URGH another Sam Smith double then~ 
Posted by: aeroco 17th March 2015, 10:49 PM
Is Madonna's Celebration and Rebel Heart EP charting anywhere? Thanks.
Posted by: liamk97 17th March 2015, 11:16 PM
Yes, just down 2 to #22.
Celebration is #30; the EP hasn't charted separately so I'm assuming its sales are just added to the original album's position.
Posted by: Iain H 18th March 2015, 02:11 AM
A contestant on "The Voice" sang Take Me To Church at the weekend. I'm guessing that's the biggest factor for Hozier being no.3 in the Tuesday update.
Posted by: aeroco 18th March 2015, 09:56 AM
Celebration is #30; the EP hasn't charted separately so I'm assuming its sales are just added to the original album's position.
Thank you.
Re the EP that would be odd, the track list is totally different.
Though as it is just a digital release maybe it is outside the midweek chart at the moment.
Posted by: AntoineTTe 18th March 2015, 10:03 AM
Thanks
Posted by: pippa 18th March 2015, 11:15 AM
Kendrick performing better than i anticipated but i feel it wont stay number 1. I can see Sam Smith back at number 1 by the end of the week. I am happy with Hozier climbing, the song is adorable, that said, i would like to see his album achieve a new peak.
Posted by: AntoineTTe 18th March 2015, 11:17 AM
I think Take Me to Church has had ample time in the Top 10. Time to make way for new music.
Posted by: pippa 18th March 2015, 12:07 PM
Take Me To The Church was a slow grower and took a while to reach the top 10, the longer it stays top 10 and helps it on the road to becoming a million seller the happier i will be as it is so different to everything else in the top 10.
Posted by: Joe. 18th March 2015, 03:38 PM
Kendrick has increased his lead at #1! 3k ahead of #2 and Sam Smith is still #3.
Marina down to #6 Looking like she might even miss the top 10.
http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/kendrick-lamar-set-for-first-uk-number-1-album-with-to-pimp-a-butterfly__8719/
Liam, what are Marina and Madonna's sales?
Posted by: Taylor Jago 18th March 2015, 03:58 PM
Great. In the top 3 we have a really tedious borefest aswell as a bad voice gel (sorry, but Sam Smith and John Legend's voices have no harmony whatsoever)
Posted by: ¡bré! 18th March 2015, 04:04 PM
Hooray for Kendrick increasing his lead. Only stretched by about a thousand over Sam though, still nowhere near far enough ahead to survive the weekend but his chances of a #2 debut are looking better.
Posted by: liamk97 18th March 2015, 04:11 PM
Marina is pretty much in the middle of 7.4k and 7.5k and Madonna is 7.2k - Madonna outsold her by over 400 copies between today and yesterday's updates.
Posted by: Šþinniŋğ Åđɑ 18th March 2015, 04:19 PM
Hoping Tough Love can make the top 15. I was rather expecting it would be 8 or 9 today not 10 
So good to see Kelly falling slowly as well as Marlon holding up quite well. Also Style seems to be hanging around the 20 region for a while now; I don't know if this is good or bad
MNEK is pretty much confirmed for top 40 this week as well as Pitbull who I believe is also benefitting from streaming. And PTG also doing really well. Some great songs doing well this week to make up for a somewhat shitty top 10
Kygo 
please! I'd love to see it reach top 40 soon! 
1 Sam Smith feat. John Legend - Lay Me Down (36.0k)
2 Years & Years - King (23.5k)
If it wasn't for SSJL King would probably have spent 3 weeks at #1 on quite low sales
Wow, and this is coming from a fair SS/JL fan!
Posted by: Joe. 18th March 2015, 04:20 PM
Ouch, hopefully Froot can hold onto the top 10 at very least.
Posted by: jmmc 18th March 2015, 04:23 PM
Trouble #51, it'd be nice if it could go top 40 eventually but streaming...
Posted by: Mango 18th March 2015, 04:31 PM
Madonna at #68 with 'Ghosttown', so hopefully she can get another Top 100 hit. Also nice to see Kodaline's 'The One' in the Top 100
Posted by: Atonement 18th March 2015, 04:37 PM
omg yess Rihanna at #3 again!! Hope she can hold on to it (and gets her ass off of her piles of money to promote).
Posted by: ► ▲ N 18th March 2015, 04:46 PM
Kygo at #44 is great to see, hoping this means he can finally go top 40 next week
Posted by: Mango 18th March 2015, 04:50 PM
He might even sneak it this week
Posted by: HausofFrasier 18th March 2015, 04:50 PM
So Sam Smith is looking likely to hold off Madonna and then Kendrick off the #1 album spot in the space of two weeks. Fun times.
To think i used to like him (a week ago). 
Posted by: Taylor Jago 18th March 2015, 04:54 PM
The tedious borefest is FourFiveSeconds, not Lay Me Down.
Posted by: Mango 18th March 2015, 04:58 PM
I wouldn't bet my life on that. Tulisa was #23 I think in the Wednesday mids and finished outside the Top 40 on Sunday. She was probably more front-loaded though and I'm not sure how MNEK is doing on streaming, I guess he'll probably make it but it's definitely not a foregone conclusion...
Posted by: Šþinniŋğ Åđɑ 18th March 2015, 05:01 PM
Of course but I was referring to your comment about their voices not being harmonic
Posted by: Hadji 18th March 2015, 05:01 PM
Hope Sam Smith gets caught by streaming this Sunday
Posted by: JosephStyles 18th March 2015, 05:02 PM
He will not be caught by streaming.
Posted by: liamk97 18th March 2015, 05:04 PM
Haha, that's what I've been thinking!
I do still like him and his music really but I'm not liking him chart-wise recently. I find the thought of him overtaking Kendrick more forgivable though as, apart from the Madonna being my #1 musician, we at least weren't ever expecting Kendrick to go to #1 and it means that finally we get an album spend two consecutive weeks at #1 in 2015.
Posted by: ETH▲N 18th March 2015, 06:35 PM
Tough Love already down to #10?! 
Hopefully 'Firestone' can sneak into the top40 by Sunday!
Posted by: steve201 18th March 2015, 07:21 PM
Apparently Kendrick has broken the streaming for albums which prob wasnt the hardest record to beat but is impressive none the less
Posted by: Šþinniŋğ Åđɑ 18th March 2015, 07:31 PM
Do you serve a sauce with that?
Posted by: Joe. 18th March 2015, 07:39 PM
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/18/kendrick-lamars-to-pimp-a-butterfly-breaks-spotify-streaming-records
Tracks from the much-anticipated follow up to Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City, notched up 9.6m streams on the album’s first full day of release
Kendrick Lamar’s new album, To Pimp a Butterfly, has broken streaming records on Spotify. Tracks from the follow up to Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City notched up 9.6m streams on the album’s first full day of release, more than any other LP has recorded in the streaming service’s seven-year existence. This beats the previous record holder, Michael Bublé’s Christmas, which garnered 9.5m streams on Christmas Eve in 2014.
The news comes after a surprise release for the album, which was expected to arrive a week later and may have been launched by Interscope without Lamar’s full knowledge. Anthony Tiffith, CEO of Top Dawg Entertainment, which represents Lamar, tweeted: “I WOULD LIKE 2 PERSONALLY THANK @Interscope FOR f***ING UP OUR RELEASE … SOMEBODY GOTS 2 PAY 4 THIS MISTAKE !!!!”
The record has received rave early reviews. The Guardian said: “The full 80-minute epic itself is an ambitious and at times overwhelming reflection of its multifaceted complexity.”
On 17 March, Kanye West Tweeted to say: “KENDRICK IS AN INSPIRATION. THANK YOU FOR THE VIBRATIONS AND THE SPIRIT. YOUR MEANING, MESSAGE AND EXECUTION ARE GIFTS TO THE WORLD.”
Posted by: steve201 18th March 2015, 07:55 PM
Cool to think Bubles album was streamed so much on Xmas eve - could stay in the post Xmas week because of that this yr. Hope this means Kendrick remains at the top this week!
Posted by: Doctor Blind 18th March 2015, 09:22 PM
He won't the gap is well over 11K, and only closed by a few hundred today. So your new-#1-every-week wish will not be granted!
Posted by: Jonjo 18th March 2015, 09:50 PM
Really hope Rihanna can stick at #3 (or at least climb!). Really loving how big 'FourFiveSeconds' is becoming.
Posted by: steve201 18th March 2015, 10:51 PM
I like how you out it. It's clear streaming has made a weekly no1 turnover a lot less likely compared to last years disasterous weekly pre order no1s which was becoming ridiculous!
Posted by: ¡bré! 18th March 2015, 11:12 PM
I like how you out it. It's clear streaming has made a weekly no1 turnover a lot less likely compared to last years disasterous weekly pre order no1s which was becoming ridiculous!You may be right about streaming making weekly #1 turnover less likely but don't forget that 'Uptown Funk' would have had those 6 straight weeks at #1 (and 'Love Me Like You Do' its 4) streaming or no streaming
Posted by: mr_aly 19th March 2015, 03:02 PM
Hasn't there only been one (maybe two) occasions where streaming has changed what the official and sales #1 is as well?
Posted by: Doctor Blind 19th March 2015, 03:07 PM
One - when "You Got It All" by (recently dropped) Union J charted at #2 but would have been #1 on sales. They fell to #34 the following week, and would have fallen 1-22 if the chart had no streaming incorporated.
Posted by: gooddelta 19th March 2015, 03:10 PM
It's not streaming that dramatically reduced the No.1 turnover recently, it's a combination of a couple of massive songs coming out when literally nothing else is around.
Posted by: buzz_person 19th March 2015, 03:17 PM
Ouch on both counts.
Posted by: Joe. 19th March 2015, 03:40 PM
If they'd had their single up for streaming Union J arguably might have held on to their career for a little longer, as if they'd made the #1 it would have dropped from the chart nowhere near as fast due to the 'Number 1 effect'.
Posted by: JosephStyles 19th March 2015, 03:48 PM
Sadly they wouldn't have been #1 even with streaming, most likely Ed Sheeran's streaming put him a safe distance ahead. Would've given it a *bit* more longevity though.
Posted by: AntoineTTe 19th March 2015, 06:09 PM
You can't possibly dismiss Hozier's Take Me To Church as "literally nothing".
But I guess streaming was probably making up a significant part of his chart sales also.
Posted by: fchd 19th March 2015, 06:14 PM
But even that was released about seven months ago
Posted by: AntoineTTe 19th March 2015, 06:16 PM
Yep but it was "around" when the two big songs in question were at number 1.
Posted by: Simon. 19th March 2015, 07:10 PM
Doubt it, they were dropped like most X Factor groups as they are basic and uninspired imo.
Posted by: gooddelta 19th March 2015, 07:32 PM
But I guess streaming was probably making up a significant part of his chart sales also.
Sorry, I meant in terms of new releases. Last year there were at least one or two major singles released every week.
Posted by: Šþinniŋğ Åđɑ 19th March 2015, 07:34 PM
I take it there is no update today
Posted by: AntoineTTe 19th March 2015, 07:41 PM
I agree. I guess you made it sound like they were default number 1s when their sales held up, albeit with streaming added.
Posted by: Joe. 19th March 2015, 07:44 PM
Question. Do album streams get counted in the midweeks?
Posted by: JosephStyles 19th March 2015, 07:46 PM
It would have been posted if so.
I presume so! I don't see why they wouldn't tbh.
Posted by: Mango 19th March 2015, 08:23 PM
I love the way you prefixed your question with the word question
But yeah I'm pretty certain they do.
Posted by: steve201 19th March 2015, 09:45 PM
Ha the point last night I made was basically in relation to songs with high preorders but low sales so we won't see song selling 65k unless sales drop ridiculously low.
Posted by: Sapeod 19th March 2015, 10:40 PM
Easy #1 for Sam Smith then. Good to see Years & Years with some great sales at #2 too.
Ed Sheeran still in the album top 5 is ridiculous though How long has he been there?
Posted by: _Nīck_ 19th March 2015, 10:52 PM
Ed Sheeran still in the album top 5 is ridiculous though
How long has he been there?30+ weeks now?!
Didn't it dip to #6 for one glorious week a while back!
Posted by: Cody Slayberry 19th March 2015, 11:19 PM
So Sam Smith #1 this week 
, then Jess next week, then Ed/Rudimental the following week?
Posted by: Mart!n 20th March 2015, 11:49 AM
Problem with the MW database, from what I can make out Firestone is #38, Pitbull #30, MNEK #29 Tough Love #11 that's all the new entries.
There isn't an album chart yet.
Once everything is fixed, I add an update.
Posted by: Mart!n 20th March 2015, 12:07 PM
Friday Update Top 40 Only
Singles
1 Sam Smith feat. John Legend - Lay Me Down (51.5k)
2 Years & Years - King (39.6k)
3 Rihanna feat. Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFive Seconds (32.1k)
4 Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (30.6k)
5 Hozier - Take Me To Church (30.3k - 88 copies ahead of James Bay)
6-10
6 James Bay - Hold Back The River
11-20
11 Tough Love *
13 Marlon Roudette - When The Beat Drops
21-30
21 Taylor Swift - Style
24 Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato - Up
27 Ed Sheeran - Bloodstream
29 MNEK - The Rhythm *
30 Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo - Time Of Our Lives *
31-40
38 Firestone feat. Conrad Sewell - Kygo *
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Albums
1 Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly (22.8k) *
2 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour (19.2k)
3 Mark Knopfler - Trucker (14.6k) *
4 Ed Sheeran - x (12.8k)
5 Van Morrison - Duets: Reworking The Catalogue (10.7k) *
6-10
7 Marina & The Diamonds - FROOT
11-20
12 Bjork - Vulnicura ^
18 Maroon 5 - V
19 Ed Sheeran - +
21-30
23 Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves *
24 Sleeping With Sirens - Madness *
29 Imagine Dragons - Night Visions
31-40
33 Simply Red - 25 - The Greatest Hits ^
34 Neil Diamond - All Time Greatest Hits
35 REM - Automatic For The People ^
37 The Veronicas - Veronicas *
39 Tobias Alesso Jr - Goon *
Posted by: Mart!n 20th March 2015, 12:09 PM
Madonna's album at #6
Posted by: Mullo 20th March 2015, 12:14 PM
Do we know where Clarko is??
Posted by: Mart!n 20th March 2015, 12:20 PM
Single #16
Album #27
Posted by: Mullo 20th March 2015, 12:21 PM
Album #27
isnt avicii at 16?
Posted by: Cameron 20th March 2015, 12:24 PM
The Veronicas at both #30 and #37?
Posted by: Lee_J11 20th March 2015, 12:29 PM
Tough Love looking to do a GRL?
Posted by: Mango 20th March 2015, 12:29 PM
Happy that 'Firestone' has sneaked in, will hopefully even be a couple of places higher come Sunday
Posted by: Mart!n 20th March 2015, 12:32 PM
Hang on,,, need to amend a few bits. 
Posted by: Mart!n 20th March 2015, 12:37 PM
No... I was looking at the wrong column
Posted by: mr_aly 20th March 2015, 12:46 PM
They've already done that at this stage, I'd probably say it'll do an Alex Adair or lower.
Posted by: Joe. 20th March 2015, 12:48 PM
Thanks Martin as always.
I know it's unlikely but I'm hoping this Kendrick hype can win him a #1 album.
Marina at #7 isn't too bad, I'm thinking #9 on Sunday, but as long as it holds onto the top 10 I'll be happy. Hopefully some sales appear later!
Posted by: Mart!n 20th March 2015, 01:08 PM
We have top 5 sales, James Bay is just 88 copies away from the top 5
Posted by: Joe. 20th March 2015, 01:13 PM
Kendrick still going strong, ever so slightly increasing his lead on Sam. Could be a close one this weekend.
Do you have no sales outside the top 5?
Posted by: Hadji 20th March 2015, 01:28 PM
Pitbull & Ne-Yo should climb a bit higher with the streaming effect. Glad Kygo is in the top 40. Hope he stays in there on Sunday. Where abouts has Iggy Azalea climbed to?
Posted by: ¡bré! 20th March 2015, 01:50 PM
Sam sold more than Kendrick yesterday but only by a few hundred. There's still a 3.6k gap so it might be close but I'm expecting Sam will still win as his sales shoot up at the weekend.
Mark Knopfler's album seems to have registered negative sales for yesterday for some reason? Must have been a problem with the Thursday update (which we never got anyway).
Posted by: MJ2015 20th March 2015, 01:52 PM
On the first page you've got the singles Top 5 listed instead of the albums for today's update.
Posted by: Šþinniŋğ Åđɑ 20th March 2015, 02:08 PM
Hopefully MNEK's place in the top 40 is secure 
and fantastic news for Kygo (hoping it stays top 40!)
Posted by: Mart!n 20th March 2015, 02:13 PM
Only top 5 sales are implemented
#50
Posted by: Mart!n 20th March 2015, 02:18 PM
Sam Smith is hardly selling as much as last week, the #1 single is going to struggle, only sold 7.3k yesterday, my guess 70k for the week or just under. Years & Years could have had 3 weeks at #1. Jess Glynne should have no trouble bagging herself a #1 next week.
Posted by: jazzy_765 20th March 2015, 03:07 PM
I assume Madonna has overtaken Marina now? It will take forever for Madonna to even hit 100k at this rate
Posted by: liamk97 20th March 2015, 04:22 PM
Yes.
For Marina fans (Joe), based on how much she sold between today's update and what would have been yesterday's, Marina is on course for 10.3k. Noel is sure to overtake and George Ezra may do too, but that would still put her on track for #9.
Posted by: FleetSeb 20th March 2015, 04:33 PM
Go on James, get that top 5!
Posted by: gavindeejay 20th March 2015, 05:29 PM
Where's Calvin/Haim?
Posted by: Mart!n 20th March 2015, 06:02 PM
#36
Posted by: gavindeejay 20th March 2015, 06:11 PM
Thanks. I'm pretty gutted it's almost all over for this song (unless it gets a random WIDFL style boost). I hope Calvin can recover from this with the next single from 'Motion' (if there's one).
Posted by: Cremey 20th March 2015, 06:56 PM
Oh Marina :'(
I really thought this album would debut much higher and That it would sell more than 'Electra Heart's first week.. #deluded
Posted by: R0B S 20th March 2015, 07:02 PM
Ooh nice to see Marlon climbing It would be nice if it can keep the longevity up. Still confused as to why R1 snubbed it though
Posted by: Hadji 20th March 2015, 07:40 PM
Hope Kendrick can save us from another depressing chart double
Posted by: ETH▲N 20th March 2015, 07:44 PM
Oops looks like we're heading for the lowest weekly sales for a No1 this year then.
Fantastic to see Kygo in the top forty! 
Posted by: jazzy_765 20th March 2015, 07:46 PM
I must be one of few people who really doesn't like Sam Smith at the moment lol.... I completely agree that he is very talented but I just find I can't turn on the radio or tv music channels without him being on!! I find him far too overplayed....... (Plus he stopped Madonna getting another number 1 album )
Posted by: Taylor Jago 20th March 2015, 08:41 PM
Hoping Hold Back The River can get to #3 this week!
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