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Posted by: Jay Something Jul 29 2020, 06:59 PM

I thought it would be a good idea to have a dedicated thread that focuses on any chart activity for this new ‘Melanie C’ album era!

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‘Melanie C’ album is currently #1 on the pre-orders chart on UK iTunes!

UK iTunes (songs):
#35 - In and Out of Love
#753 & #1065 - Blame It on Me

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Feel free to use this topic for any worldwide Melanie C chart action!

Posted by: Jay Something Jul 29 2020, 07:00 PM

Blame It On Me

UK Download Chart Run:

29/05 - #66
05/06 - #89
out
26/06 - #80
03/07 - #100
10/07 - #93
out

UK Sales Chart Run:

29/05 - #66
05/06 - #90
out
26/06 - #80
out
10/07 - #94
out

Posted by: Chemistry Jul 29 2020, 07:04 PM

That's actually very good! Especially since it's still a few more months till release, she could rank up some nice pre-orders and hopefully debat well.

Nice to see the single entering the top 40 as well.

Posted by: Liam.k. Jul 29 2020, 07:11 PM

I have high hopes for this album what with 9 weeks of pre-orders, lots of formats/bundles and the slight build of momentum that's occurred during the era so far. I for one will be listening to the album and am already anticipating buying it, having never invested in a Mel C album before now!

Posted by: Spiceboy Jul 29 2020, 07:16 PM

She never got a fifth week on the download chart BIOM is easily the most successful solo spice single since Loving you!

Posted by: dancinqueen Jul 29 2020, 07:37 PM

Is there a preorder chart? Where can we see that? It might be the last time we see her at numba1 😂❤️

Posted by: Voodoo Jul 29 2020, 08:18 PM

Posted by: dancinqueen Jul 29 2020, 08:42 PM

Duck yeah! She’s doing great. I’m gonna see tomorrow if I can buy some more items to gift my friends. Some bundles are expensive but worth it ❤️

Posted by: Spiceboy Jul 29 2020, 11:22 PM

Seeing Mel above Kylie and The Killers what a sight!

Posted by: masahiro Jul 30 2020, 12:35 AM

Does Deluxe Book 3LP count towards to the charts as 1 copy?

btw, the book LPs are 1,812 copies left.

Posted by: Jay Something Jul 30 2020, 03:03 AM

I wonder how many copies there were in the first place I wish I'd thought to check when the pre-order went live! It'll be interesting to track how well those sell. I'll be a bit annoyed if they're eventually reduced in price if she struggles to shift them

Posted by: Spiceboy Jul 30 2020, 09:32 AM

I won’t be I’ll be delighted

Posted by: Mr.X Jul 30 2020, 09:48 AM

Same. That bloody book is too bloody expensive. It better be worth it!

Posted by: Jay Something Jul 30 2020, 10:53 AM

There's now 1,807, so it's not exactly selling fast... eek! Honestly I'm kind of surprised that it's not a particularly limited item... presumably it's a run of 2000 or more. I would have thought somewhere between 500 and 1000 would have been a safer bet for her to be able to sell out an expensive item like that.

Lol I'll keep an eye on the stock levels, if there's still loads left nearer to the time of release then I might consider cancelling.

Posted by: Spiceboy Jul 30 2020, 11:07 AM

How could you take those sales away from Mel!?!?

(Ps how do you find out how many there are left?)

Posted by: vibe Jul 30 2020, 11:39 AM

If you get the book in the bundle it makes it more worth it.

Book plus deluxe cd and cassette comes to £90

Posted by: Spiceboy Jul 30 2020, 11:42 AM

Yeah I saw that, you basically get the cassette for free doing it that way... however shipping costs go up for bundles.

Posted by: Spice Girls Net Jul 30 2020, 06:37 PM

iTunes UK

#37 - In And Out Of Love
#326 - I Turn To You
#356 - Blame It On Me
#466 - Who I Am

Posted by: Spiceboy Jul 30 2020, 10:16 PM

Melanie is currently #1 on iTunes on pre-order chart in the UK, Australia, Italy, Ireland, Spain and Finland. How satisfying. I know it means nothing whatsoever really but it's nice to see her at #1 on something lol.

Posted by: masahiro Jul 31 2020, 02:34 AM

I know this is silly question, but...
If she did "Cassette + digital download" or something kinda, it counts as 2 copies or 1?
(I just thought I could get digital download from her official store but couldn't )

I wanted to "some apparel + digital album" bundle as well for sales...

Posted by: Jay Something Jul 31 2020, 03:09 AM

I'm not 100% certain about this but I don't tend to notice UK stores doing "physical + download" bundles! US artist stores seem to do that though. Maybe there's a UK chart rule that restricts it.

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In and Out of Love is the 31st song out of 84 in the new UK New Music Friday playlist on Spotify.

Posted by: masahiro Jul 31 2020, 04:13 AM

It wasn't a bundle but Emma's My Happy Place could get 3 songs download from her store,
so I thought it was obvious. (and same time, I feel wasteful spending too much )
thanks poor buddy Jay!

Posted by: Jay Something Jul 31 2020, 05:38 AM

(I've spent way too much lately! Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Troye Sivan, Kylie... wasn't the best timing for an expensive Melanie C format )

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Just noticed that Blame It on Me - Acoustic has moved up to #3 in Melanie's popular songs list on Spotify, moving ahead of original Blame It on Me

Posted by: Spiceboy Jul 31 2020, 07:43 AM

It needs to be the FIRST song!!!

Posted by: Jay Something Jul 31 2020, 08:14 AM

If only! I was pretty surprised to see it 10 places higher than McFly's new song though!

Posted by: Jay Something Jul 31 2020, 10:28 AM

24 hours later and it’s down to 1,796 hmm. Doesn’t seem like this one is going to sell like hot cakes.

Posted by: ilovepollo Jul 31 2020, 12:18 PM

I can't believe it only sold around 200 copies of the book edition. Only 200 fans around the world have bought it? It should be wrong, I bet more people would buy it. I didn't had any doubt about buying it or not, I bought it immediately. it's expensive, but it's a new album in almost 4 years... she deserves it.

Posted by: ilovepollo Jul 31 2020, 12:19 PM

Where can you see the stock levels?

Posted by: dancinqueen Jul 31 2020, 12:28 PM

You can see stock levels for all items?

Posted by: Mr.X Jul 31 2020, 01:10 PM

Sorry but a £80 book, in a middle of a pandemic where most people are loosing their incomes on a daily rate? It's a bit of a wild ask, in my opinion. Like, I get why she would do that, but for an artist of her statue who doesnt have a really large audience, it will be a hard sell.

Im sure it will eventually sell out, and she will make a mint out of it, so I wouldnt really worry too much. Selling 200 in the space of a few days, for that price, is probably quite good. She aint no Ariana or Taylor Swift who have millions of fans who would jump at a chance to buy everything they can. We're talking of an average committed fanbase of like 50,000 across the world - it's not exactly going to be a case where everyone within that fanbase will buy it in a heartbeat, specially to those fans whom she and her solo work isn't a priority.

I bought it only because I got a new income stream confirmed this week (thankfully) but otherwise I wouldnt have done it. We have a massive recession about to hit us and I want to keep my savings intact so that I can prepare for that.

The only way I would go into my savings for unessential stuff like this, would be if the Spice Girls as a group released something or launched a new tour. Otherwise, Im keeping my money tightly in my savings account for now

Again, I think she will eventually sell it out.

Posted by: dancinqueen Jul 31 2020, 02:50 PM

This. And I’m sure many fans will buy or stream the album like they did with VOM. It’s like she has a new vehicle to drive more sales. Let’s see what happens, I’m confident.

Posted by: sammy01 Jul 31 2020, 04:51 PM

The thing Emma had over Mel C was it was her first album in 13 years. It felt a bit of an event and I'm sure a lot of us thought it might never happen so it got a lot of excitement and hype from all sides of the Spice fanbase.

I'm sure if this was Melanie's first album in 13 years it would feel a bigger deal and more special too.

Posted by: Mr.X Jul 31 2020, 04:57 PM

Whilst I agree, I do think that there is much more momentum for this new Mel C album, overall, even within the fanbase. Bunton is my favourite solo, but My Happy Place would have made much better within the Spice fanbase and the general public if it wasnt a covers album with two originals. That really killed much buzz. The only reason I bought it was because it was Emma.

Emma has the backing of a strong record label, which is why promo was robust and she managed to get ok results. Had she been independent, I dont think she would have had much momentum.

This time, it is different with Mel C. She has much better support from the general public and press this time, which makes us feel confident that she might do well. I think she might be able to shift good numbers (for a solo Spice) this time, probably the best in her career for a decade. That doesnt mean it will sell bucketloads, but she might shift over 20k in the UK in the long run...

And lets be honest - if she has record label support like Emma, she would make much better numbers!

Posted by: Jay Something Jul 31 2020, 11:03 PM

For the book item: if you add it to your cart & change the number to 2000, it then changes that number to show how many are in stock! There’s 1,795 now. The only thing that isn’t clear is how many there were in the first place.

This method doesn’t work for the other items though. For instance it let me add 100,000 violet vinyl to the basket

Posted by: sammy01 Aug 1 2020, 01:29 AM

Given how few are selling now I think it is safe to assume it was limited to 2,000 copies.

Posted by: Spiceboy Aug 1 2020, 07:57 AM

OMG please buy 100,000 copies let’s get her to NUMBA ONEEEE!

Posted by: Mr.X Aug 1 2020, 10:09 AM

Yeah, buy it all in one transation and it counts as ONE sale

Posted by: ilovepollo Aug 1 2020, 11:52 AM

Have you seen that if you add to the cart the bundle of 3xLP book + deluxe cd, you can add 2000 or more? It's weird

Posted by: dancinqueen Aug 1 2020, 12:40 PM

Kinda OT, even if it’s still related to charts, IAOOL is currently in two of Spotify’s playlists: the Friday one and the New Dance a Revolution as their 13th song.

Posted by: Spiceboy Aug 1 2020, 02:16 PM

What? If you buy multiple copies in one transaction it’s one sale?? What about the bundles are they counted as one sale? Surely not?

Posted by: Jay Something Aug 1 2020, 03:00 PM

Oh that’s weird! It makes me wonder whether the amount shown for the book by itself isn’t necessarily how many there actually are, I guess it could just be random.



There’s definitely no problem in regards to bundles - for instance the Vinyl Book/CD/Cassette bundle will definitely count as 3 sales!

When it comes to buying multiples of the same format in the same transaction, I don’t think there’s proof that it would count as just one sale. It possibly stems from fans being cautious. I personally doubt that if you bought 2 or 3 copies of the same CD that it would only register as one sale.

Posted by: Spiceboy Aug 1 2020, 03:16 PM

Well to be on the safe side I’ll be doing separate transactions!!!

I’m buying the HMV vinyl and shipping them for people who are wanting them abroad.

Posted by: Spice Girls Net Aug 2 2020, 03:47 PM

Melanie is currently at 856k Spotify listeners. It would be great if she could reach 900k by the time the album is out

Posted by: Chemistry Aug 7 2020, 07:34 AM

Mel now has an average of 893K monthly listeners on Spotify! Surely this is the highest number we have seen in a long time.

Posted by: Jay Something Aug 7 2020, 08:31 AM

If this number really is an indication of how many copies are in stock, 6 days later it's down to 1,788.

Posted by: Voodoo Aug 7 2020, 08:36 AM

It is actually the highest it has ever been since Spotify launched.

Posted by: Chemistry Aug 8 2020, 05:57 AM

Moved up to 901K listeners. Go Mel!!

Posted by: Spiceboy Aug 8 2020, 09:39 AM

Going for that million listeners come on Melanie!!

Posted by: isanka Aug 20 2020, 09:05 AM

Stock Left on the store.

Standar : 220
LP : 89
Cassette : 350
Deluxe 2CD : 772
Violet LP : 346
3 LP Deluxe Book : 1778
Book + Deluxe 2CD + Cassette : 326
Violet LP + Deluxe 2CD + Cassette : 338
Violet LP + Deluxe 2CD : 359
Deluxe 2CD + Cassette : 343

Posted by: isanka Aug 20 2020, 09:12 AM

Minimal estimation of what she already sold.

Standar : 220 (est. 500) (sold: 280)
LP : 89 (est. 500) (sold: 411)
Cassette : 350 (est. 500) (sold: 150)
Deluxe 2CD : 772 (est. 1000) (sold: 228)
Violet LP : 346 (est. 500) (sold: 154)
3 LP Deluxe Book : 1778 (est. 2000) (sold: 222)
Book + Deluxe 2CD + Cassette : 326 (est. 500) (sold: 174)
Violet LP + Deluxe 2CD + Cassette : 338 (est. 500) (sold: 162)
Violet LP + Deluxe 2CD : 359 (est. 500) (sold: 141)
Deluxe 2CD + Cassette : 343 (est. 500) (sold: 157)

Total amount of bundle: 2079
Total album sale : 2875

Maybe more album will sell soon for the pre-register for her live concert.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Aug 20 2020, 10:48 AM

That enough to get her top 30 alone which is a good start.

Posted by: Jay* Aug 20 2020, 11:20 AM

A lot of her sales will come from outside of the UK though.

It’s still early days and I hope that upcoming promo & support from Radio 2 will get these formats selling. I’m a little concerned that she over-egged it by having so many vinyl versions tbh.

Regarding the book format, I think it should have only included the album on vinyl, i.e. not including the 2 additional vinyl (which are completely pointless anyway), and have it priced at £45-£50 instead of £75.

Posted by: Voodoo Aug 20 2020, 11:41 AM

There is no way she produced only 500 copies of the standard version while producing 2000 copies of the pricey book. These estimations are simply wrong and way off.

Posted by: isanka Aug 20 2020, 12:06 PM

This is why i said Minimal estimation.

Posted by: sammy01 Aug 20 2020, 09:11 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if it was only 500, she knows surely that the regular cd and some of these formats will be cheaper and easier to get or pick up from HMV, Amazon etc.

Most hard-core fans aren't going to order a singular standard cd, they will go for a bundle. Sales through her site will be her main fanbase, supermarkets, Amazon, hmv's sales will be more casual fans and more likely to just pick up a regular cd. That is why cassettes are always sold through artists webstore as no one but hard-core fans are picking up cassettes from an artist.

Posted by: Jay* Aug 29 2020, 02:33 AM

Some of Melanie's old singles have had their artworks changed from HQ files into scans of physical copies. How odd?!

For example:


https://music.apple.com/gb/album/think-about-it-ep/1498880721
https://open.spotify.com/album/4NHq7LmnbxiIFbc0YOLs2S?si=Y9ycSvDLS6umSv85tnHhhQ


https://music.apple.com/gb/album/weak-single/1499742362
https://open.spotify.com/album/4v3l9QuplBhPhuV39FWd36?si=FyZdY68YRPaDQdYcuUcn1Q

This Time single has also been changed to a scan of This Time album cover.

Other odd changes include "(Edited Version)" added to I Want Candy and Carolyna EPs and Stages.

Posted by: tommie Aug 29 2020, 02:36 AM

It probably has something to do with her new management, but I can't for the life of me figure out why they'd change to scanned copies?

Posted by: JosephStyles Aug 29 2020, 02:38 AM

That's... baffling? And it looks so ugly

Posted by: Voodoo Aug 29 2020, 01:13 PM

All the Red Girl catalog was re-uploaded to streaming & download services early this year since Melanie changed her digital distributor. I imagine they didn't find the original HQ files of the artworks, so they had to scan them.

Posted by: sammy01 Aug 29 2020, 08:31 PM

How professional........

Posted by: Jay* Aug 29 2020, 09:23 PM

Posted by: isanka Aug 31 2020, 06:23 AM

Here you can found most of her Singles and Albums artwork in High Resolution. As well as many other artists.

https://www.steveyb.co.uk/
https://www.steveyb.co.uk/nggallery/all/Melanie-C

Posted by: Jay* Sep 15 2020, 02:13 PM

iTunes UK:
#1036 - I Turn to You

There's no sign of In and Out of Love

Posted by: Mr.X Sep 15 2020, 02:55 PM

Did it ever make the chart? I really dont get why she didnt put out a single on iTunes for this, like she did for the others...

Posted by: Jay* Sep 15 2020, 03:42 PM

The highest position noted down in this thread for it is #35 on iTunes on its release day!

Posted by: tommie Sep 16 2020, 05:47 PM

Fearless

iTunes:
#7 Brazil
#55 Spain
#86 Malaysia
#92 United Kingdom
#103 Italy
#210 Netherlands
#357 Australia

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#588 United Kingdom

Album: High Heels - EP

iTunes:
#534 United Kingdom

Posted by: Jay* Sep 16 2020, 08:04 PM

Fearless up to #73 in the UK.

Glad to see In and Out of Love has reemerged, hopefully it’ll keep climbing...

Posted by: Chemistry Sep 29 2020, 11:38 AM

Blame It On Me is on 922K streams now, should be getting to a million soon with the album being released this week. Quite bizarre to see the acoustic version is at almost 700K already! That usually does not happen with acoustic versions or remixes.

Posted by: isanka Sep 29 2020, 12:46 PM

Here a little Graphic of Melanie's Spotify daily Audience since 2015. i put some writings on it.

https://www.zupimages.net/up/20/40/z8od.jpg

Posted by: Jay* Oct 1 2020, 01:45 AM

^ Excellent to see her Spotify audience has grown quite significantly

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In and Out of Love is still B List on Radio 2! That is its 4th week on B List. They've played it 33 times so far.

Interestingly that's more support than they gave to Who I Am, which spent 3 weeks on the B List and achieved 31 plays.

High Heels: B-B-B-out [30 plays]
Who I Am: B-B-B-out [31 plays]
Blame It on Me: A-A-A-A-B-out [72 plays]
In and Out of Love: B-B-B-B... [33 plays]

I'm glad that they've kept In and Out of Love in the playlist during her upcoming album release week. Looking at these stats though, I'm really surprised that they weren't more supportive of Who I Am.

I still fear that it was a bit of a mistake for Melanie to not have her album pre-order going on while she had that A-list exposure with Blame It on Me. She only announced her pre-order 2 weeks after it was dropped from their playlists.

Posted by: vibe Oct 1 2020, 05:59 AM

I don’t think having the album available for more order would have made much difference.

I do think Melanie should have had a single package available for In and out of love tho.

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 1 2020, 07:44 AM

What? How could not having an album up for pre-order when she was top 30 on airplay not make a difference. You saw the airplay made the song linger in the iTunes chart for ages, so people were actively looking it up and downloading it (albeit it small numbers) you don't think any of those looking it up and downloading it might have pre-ordered an album instead?

Melanie fans rushed to buy Blame it on me first day/week so those weeks of it staying in the iTunes chart were obviously casual fans or the general public who she absolutely wants to try and get an album pre-order from.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 1 2020, 04:58 PM

Spot on tbh

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 1 2020, 07:09 PM

Melanie C - Album
iTunes

#6 Philippines
#8 Australia
#9 Singapore
#18 New Zealand

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 1 2020, 08:49 PM

Imagine if these were her actual charting positions across the world

Posted by: Spice Girls Net Oct 1 2020, 09:10 PM

iTunes

Melanie C

#3 Philippines
#7 Australia
#9 Singapore
#20 New Zealand

Northern Star

#647

Posted by: Jay* Oct 2 2020, 12:52 AM

Starts at #6 on UK iTunes!

It would be #5 if Louis Tomlinson fans hadn't taken it upon themselves to download his album today for some reason, his album is #1 now...

Posted by: vibe Oct 2 2020, 04:01 AM

4 on iTunes UK

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 2 2020, 04:03 AM

I know iTunes is not that relevant, but WOW

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#1 Argentina
#2 Brazil
#2 Spain
#4 United Kingdom
#4 Ireland
#4 Philippines
#5 Italy
#5 Romania
#7 Finland
#7 Israel
#8 Sweden
#8 Turkey
#9 Australia
#9 Norway
#11 France
#11 Singapore
#12 Austria
#13 Germany
#16 South Africa
#19 Denmark
#19 Netherlands
#19 Switzerland
#24 New Zealand
#55 Belgium
#170 Russia

Apple Music:
#68 Cyprus
#108 Spain
#156 Australia
#217 United Kingdom
#233 Brazil
#323 Netherlands
#495 New Zealand

Posted by: Jay* Oct 2 2020, 04:33 AM

Great to see a lot of Top 20 positions

Current UK iTunes Top 10:

1 Queen & Adam Lambert - Live Around the World
2 Corey Taylor - CMFT
3 Bon Jovi - 2020
4 Melanie C - Melanie C
5 Louis Tomlinson - Walls
6 Mariah Carey - The Rarities
7 Róisín Murphy - Róisín Machine (Deluxe)
8 Amanda Holden - Songs From My Heart
9 Michael Kiwanuka - KIWANUKA
10 Various Artists - NOW That's What I Call Music! 106

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 2 2020, 04:36 AM

I hope some social media and today live performances can help her keeping that position.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 2 2020, 05:28 AM

WTF look at United States 😂

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#1 Argentina
#2 Brazil
#3 Ireland
#3 Spain
#4 United Kingdom
#4 Philippines
#5 Italy
#5 Romania
#7 Finland
#7 Israel
#8 Sweden
#8 Turkey
#9 Australia
#9 Norway
#11 France
#11 Germany
#11 Singapore
#12 Austria
#16 Netherlands
#17 South Africa
#17 Switzerland
#19 Denmark
#24 New Zealand
#26 United States
#26 Belgium
#90 Canada
#174 Russia

Apple Music:
#68 Cyprus
#88 Spain
#146 Australia
#214 United Kingdom
#246 Brazil
#332 New Zealand
#333 Netherlands

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 2 2020, 06:08 AM

Great to see her have such a good start on iTunes fingers crossed it’s visibility helps with some extra sales!

Posted by: Chemistry Oct 2 2020, 06:51 AM

#4 is quite a good start, isn't it? I'm not that familiar with the charts anymore these days and know iTunes does not count for much, but it seems like a decent start.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 2 2020, 12:18 PM

She’s at #23 in the States. I didn’t see this coming 😂🥰

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 2 2020, 02:25 PM

Down to #7 now Amanda Holden, Mariah Carey, Blackpink all risen above her.

Posted by: Andrew. Oct 2 2020, 03:12 PM

I didn't think Mariah would be a threat as her last (highly underrated btw) album only did 3k in Week One, but maybe the publicity from her book has helped this? Top 20 is my barometer for success tbh and I'm certain she'll be there.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 2 2020, 03:34 PM

I'm desperate for a top 10 but I know it's not going to happen.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 2 2020, 03:46 PM

It would be a pity. The Colour and Light Livestream was amazing, there are some great reviews out there and she put lots of efforts. She deserves a top10, she’d deserve a #1!

Let’s hope she lands in the top20 at least, it would still be an improvement from VOM

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 2 2020, 03:52 PM

Mariah seems to have become the gif and meme go to woman on social media. There seems a lot more goodwill towards her than a couple of years ago.

Posted by: tommie Oct 2 2020, 04:27 PM

Thinking about buying it on iToonz just to see if I can get it to #1 in Sweden

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 2 2020, 04:52 PM

Good Enough

iTunes:
#122 New Zealand

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#38 Israel
#148 United Kingdom

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#2 Argentina
#2 Brazil
#3 Mexico
#4 Chile
#4 Spain
#5 Israel
#7 United Kingdom
#7 Italy
#7 Sweden
#8 Ireland
#9 Australia
#9 Turkey
#12 Netherlands
#13 Canada
#14 Austria
#16 Germany
#18 France
#21 Belgium
#21 Switzerland
#25 United States
#26 South Africa
#131 Romania

Apple Music:
#31 Spain
#39 Brazil
#44 United Kingdom
#62 Cyprus
#91 Sweden
#92 Netherlands
#138 Ireland
#153 Australia
#153 Portugal
#170 Vietnam
#172 Argentina
#195 Latvia
#232 Italy
#243 Philippines
#254 Germany
#318 New Zealand
#333 Finland
#353 Austria
#375 Luxembourg

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 2 2020, 04:53 PM

Go for it! We need to see the album at #1 somewhere.

Posted by: Andrew. Oct 2 2020, 04:53 PM

Almost top 40 on Apple Music

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 2 2020, 04:58 PM

So close to 1,000,000 monthly listeners on Spotify!

Posted by: tommie Oct 2 2020, 05:02 PM

I did! If it goes to #1 in Sweden it'll be hilarious and all on ME!

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 2 2020, 08:09 PM

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#61 Israel
#83 United Kingdom
#384 South Africa

When You're Gone

iTunes:
#38 Chile
#90 United Kingdom

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#2 Brazil
#3 Argentina
#4 Chile
#4 Mexico
#4 Spain
#5 United Kingdom
#5 Israel
#6 Sweden
#7 Australia
#7 Italy
#7 Turkey
#10 Ireland
#12 Canada
#15 Germany
#16 Austria
#21 Denmark
#22 France
#22 Netherlands
#23 Norway
#23 Switzerland
#25 Belgium
#27 Thailand
#29 United States
#33 South Africa
#137 Romania

Apple Music:
#28 Spain
#34 Brazil
#42 United Kingdom
#55 Sweden
#72 Netherlands
#91 Argentina
#99 Portugal
#101 Cyprus
#103 Chile
#124 Ireland
#164 Luxembourg
#170 Australia
#176 Israel
#180 Singapore
#196 El Salvador
#197 Finland
#207 Germany
#208 Italy
#223 New Zealand
#284 Mexico
#333 Austria
#345 Philippines
#474 Switzerland

Posted by: Jay* Oct 2 2020, 08:38 PM

Amazon UK positions:

#26 - Deluxe CD
#152 - Standard CD
#767 - Black Vinyl
#17020 (Lol) - Cassette

The signed standard CD has never had a chart position, but I’ve noticed that with some other signed items on Amazon. It’s possibly a glitch. I’m sure that’ll have been her best selling version on Amazon.

Posted by: Jay* Oct 2 2020, 09:45 PM

UK iTunes:

#78 - In and Out of Love
#89 - When You're Gone
#242 - Never Be the Same Again
#266 & #1038 - Who I Am
#282 - I Turn to You
#417 - Blame It on Me
#800 - Overload
#1232 - Northern Star
#1491 - Spice Up Your Life

#6 - Melanie C
#568 - Northern Star

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 2 2020, 10:01 PM

I have no idea if that is good or not but yay for Mel

Posted by: Liam.k. Oct 2 2020, 10:06 PM

Nice boost for 'When You're Gone'! I feel like it's one of those songs people forget existed and have been reminded how good it was.

Posted by: tommie Oct 3 2020, 12:58 AM

I honestly loathe When You're Gone

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 3 2020, 02:52 AM

When you're gone is ageless for me, I have always enjoyed it.

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 3 2020, 07:35 AM

When You're Gone is so overrated, but it clearly gives Mel some clout so let's have it!

Posted by: vibe Oct 3 2020, 07:52 AM

WYG is an anthem no one dislikes it

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 3 2020, 07:53 AM

She’s #8 on Amazon. Glad to see her climbing.

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 3 2020, 08:01 AM

Keep downloading & streaming! We can make it!

Good Enough

iTunes:
#60 Brazil
#87 New Zealand

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#68 Israel
#70 United Kingdom

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#2 Brazil
#4 Argentina
#4 Chile
#4 Mexico
#4 Spain
#6 United Kingdom
#6 Israel
#7 Singapore
#7 Sweden
#8 Italy
#8 Turkey
#10 Australia
#13 New Zealand
#14 Canada
#15 Germany
#16 Denmark
#20 Ireland
#21 Austria
#22 France
#23 Belgium
#24 Switzerland
#26 Netherlands
#27 Norway
#29 Thailand
#33 United States
#40 South Africa
#141 Romania
#203 Russia

Apple Music:
#26 Spain
#32 Brazil
#35 United Kingdom
#36 Chile
#39 Sweden
#53 Argentina
#73 Portugal
#75 Cyprus
#75 Netherlands
#124 Israel
#140 Australia
#156 Singapore
#168 Latvia
#181 Mexico
#182 Ireland
#198 Italy
#209 Germany
#221 Philippines
#226 Finland
#228 Luxembourg
#260 Austria
#358 New Zealand
#391 Switzerland
#401 Canada
#493 Indonesia

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 3 2020, 08:01 AM

erm who wants to tell vibe?!

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 3 2020, 08:04 AM

He means no one with taste dislikes it 🤣

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 3 2020, 08:05 AM

Clearly some tastes are compromised

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 3 2020, 08:09 AM

Are you sure? I see the deluxe version @ #20 at the moment.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 3 2020, 08:22 AM

You right. Dunno why from mobile I get a different chart.

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 3 2020, 11:12 AM

Urgh apparently she is at No.6 in midweeks on album chart with 3,254 units sold...

That is extremely low and hope that it doesnt inc her website sales yet cos otherwise, it's really not good is it

Posted by: Andrew. Oct 3 2020, 11:24 AM

No chance of top 10 then Tbf my order and some other fans’ STILL hasn’t been shipped so would it not be counted yet?

Do we know what Emma got on the Saturday mids as a comparison x

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 3 2020, 11:26 AM

It is about what I expected. Unless there is some missing data from her website (can happen but seems unlikely) then 6k and a fight to be top 10 by week end like Emma was is looking likely.

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 3 2020, 11:30 AM

With webstores it doesn't matter when they ship in the UK the webstore just reports the sales to the OCC.

However in the US they stopped that as things like Mariah Carey releasing a vinyl for AIWFCSY that shipped months after Christmas but the webstore had release date of before Christmas and reported the sales for the Christmas chart week to help Mariah get to number 1. So Billboard made the rule the item has to have shipped to count towards the chart.

Posted by: Jay* Oct 3 2020, 11:49 AM

(Sorry to continue something off topic, but Mariah’s CD, 2 cassettes, 7” and 12” all shipped before Christmas! It was just a signed CD that was sent out weeks afterwards)

Relative to last week, 3,254 sales on Saturday is quite high for that position. Midweek #6 on Monday 28th (i.e. 3 days of sales) was 3,333. This indicates that this week is set to be a stronger sales week! I think Monday mids will give a clearer picture.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 3 2020, 01:35 PM

Yes... YOURS!

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 3 2020, 01:38 PM

Urrghh I feel sick This is going to be a long week, I kind of hope if she aint gonna be top 10 she falls out pretty quickly as I can't bear the thought of an Emma situation where it misses it at the very last hurdle!

Wonder if she would have achieved those sales last week too? In which case she would have been higher ffs!

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 3 2020, 01:56 PM

Good Enough

iTunes:
#69 Brazil
#1348 United Kingdom

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#86 United Kingdom

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#3 Brazil
#4 Chile
#4 Mexico
#6 Spain
#7 United Kingdom
#7 Sweden
#8 Turkey
#12 Australia
#12 Ireland
#12 New Zealand
#13 Denmark
#13 Italy
#17 Canada
#20 Austria
#20 Germany
#31 Netherlands
#34 France
#35 United States
#68 Switzerland
#198 Romania

Apple Music:
#26 Spain
#29 Sweden
#31 Brazil
#34 United Kingdom
#42 Chile
#68 Luxembourg
#71 Cyprus
#90 Netherlands
#92 Singapore
#94 Finland
#104 Israel
#105 Argentina
#118 Portugal
#147 Australia
#152 Ireland
#173 Italy
#174 Germany
#178 Bahrain
#180 Philippines
#186 Latvia
#247 Switzerland
#248 Mexico
#276 New Zealand
#278 Austria
#402 Denmark
#433 Canada
#499 Indonesia

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 3 2020, 02:02 PM

Finally! For the first time ever, Melanie has accumulated more than 1,000,000 monthly listeners on Spotify:


https://i.postimg.cc/mrr9WzRc/Spotify-2.png

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 3 2020, 02:03 PM

Does Deezer count towards the UK chart?

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 3 2020, 02:04 PM

Of course!

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 3 2020, 02:18 PM

May have just signed up to help with streaming...

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 3 2020, 02:44 PM

It being still Top10 on iTunes is good, as it is its second day there. I know it doesnt count for much, but its nice it is holding up steady so far... I think over the week might be the trouble.

Hope she has loads of promo lined up!

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 3 2020, 03:55 PM

Her Spotify shows now 1,029,240 monthly listeners. It’s growing 😍

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 3 2020, 04:14 PM

Was thinking surely she can get on all the daytime talk shows? She should be hitting up every single one this week, each one on different days to give her as much exposure as possible!

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 3 2020, 05:27 PM

Melanie C is #8 on iTunes Worldwide Albums.

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 3 2020, 05:33 PM

Here's hoping. She really needs to be as visible as possible.

I also dont get why she never does Jools Holland show.... They are friends and she has toured extensively with him on his own tours and has recorded music with him. Yet, she never gets a performance or interview slot on that show whenever she is promoting/touring...

Also, why not Graham Norton or Jonathan Ross?...

Posted by: Liam.k. Oct 3 2020, 05:43 PM

Also pretty decent when you consider Version of Me sold 4,084 across the whole of its first week. As you say, Monday will give a clearer picture - hopefully the promo of The One Show will have boosted it a bit.

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 3 2020, 06:30 PM

A fan on Spice Circle is suggesting 200,791 track streaming on Spotify world wide so far.

No idea if that is any good, but I would assume it isnt that great or how many equivalent of sales that would mean...

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 3 2020, 06:31 PM

She performed High Heels on Graham Norton on New Years Eve.

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 3 2020, 06:33 PM

Don't forget there are many other streaming platforms. All of them count.

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 3 2020, 06:45 PM

Yes I know. I am talking about the current GN or JR seasons and her own current promo schedule.

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 3 2020, 06:46 PM

Yes, I am aware. But Im interested in knowing if those Spotify WW streams mean that much at all

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 3 2020, 06:51 PM

Graham Norton and Jonathan Ross are hard slots to get, normally you need to backing of a big record label or film company etc to get on them. Ps Jonathan Ross has been cancelled (thankfully as he was shit), I'd adore a Graham Norton sofa interview and performance though!

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 3 2020, 06:56 PM

Oh I didnt know about Jonathan Ross. He was definitely quite terrible and mysoginistic, so it wont be missed much tbh

Graham is a tricky one. He has a lot of power and influence and he has always been quite horrible to the girls, specially Victoria and Geri. I doubt he would ever have Emma or Mel B there unless they were there as a part of the Spice Girls. Mel C has the best change to go there solo, but the last time she did an interview was during the Spice Girls reunion and obviously she was getting more high standard gigs because of the reunion (and it is not like Graham was any kind at all to the girls during that interview...)..

But I would hope she could get in there at least for a chat. A performance would be amazing of course, but yeah she might need the backing of a record label for that.

Hopefully the Spice Girls do an interview with Graham next year to announce the tour

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 3 2020, 07:24 PM

He poked fun at Victoria quite a few times for being a bad singer, but was funny. As for Geri, especially the old ‘You know what I mean’ Geri, I can imagine where this comes from, she wasn’t really the guest of the dreams as she used to not let the other speak.

I hope Mel gets to perform on TV a bit more.

Posted by: Spice Girls Net Oct 3 2020, 08:39 PM

UK iTunes

91. In and Out of Love
194. When You're Gone
421. I Turn To You
492. Who I Am
494. Blame It On Me
673. Never Be the Same Again
1406. Overload
1444. Good Enough


7. Melanie C
666. Northern Star

Posted by: schizo_spice Oct 3 2020, 08:50 PM

It's a shame she didn't get that BGT slot Amanda Holden just had.

Posted by: Spice Girls Net Oct 3 2020, 09:06 PM

Trust someone like Amanda Holden to release her debut album the week Melanie's albums coming out.

Amanda's album is just covers and she's got the advantage of being on Heart Radio and being on BGT every weekend.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 3 2020, 11:30 PM

If it hadn't been Amanda it would likely have been someone else and not Melanie sadly. She was supposed to have an Xtra Factor performance and was actually replaced on that at the last minute... nevermind prime time BGT.

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 4 2020, 12:36 AM

Why is Amanda Holden even releasing music?!

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 4 2020, 07:45 AM

By the way, both this Amanda and the great Roísín have less Spotify listeners. Especially the first one. Let’s hope Mel’s team put out some other ideas to push the sales.

https://twitter.com/melaniecmusic/status/1312395768540659712?s=21

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 4 2020, 09:22 AM

Down to #9 on itunes now. Amanda is #1 following her performance last night.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 4 2020, 10:30 AM

Exactly!

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 4 2020, 10:32 AM

I wish she released last week as she would have def got top 10, either way it will be mels highest charting album for years.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 4 2020, 10:38 AM

It's going to be soooooo frustrating if she just misses out. An Emma situation all over again where if she released the week before she would have been a safe top 10

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 4 2020, 10:52 AM

Keep downloading & streaming! Every download / stream counts!

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#133 United Kingdom

When You're Gone

iTunes:
#192 United Kingdom

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#4 Brazil
#5 Chile
#9 Spain
#10 United Kingdom
#10 Mexico
#15 Australia
#15 Italy
#18 Ireland
#22 Germany
#26 Canada
#27 Switzerland
#55 France
#93 United States
#195 Russia
#210 Austria

Apple Music:
#21 Sweden
#37 Spain
#44 United Kingdom
#53 Argentina
#69 Brazil
#72 Chile
#77 Israel
#105 Luxembourg
#165 Finland
#170 Singapore
#173 Netherlands
#179 Australia
#188 Vietnam
#199 Latvia
#208 Switzerland
#234 Italy
#235 Germany
#269 Philippines
#296 Norway
#306 Ireland
#311 Austria
#324 Indonesia
#356 New Zealand

Posted by: tommie Oct 4 2020, 01:06 PM

It'll very likely be her highest charting album since Reason, which is nothing to sniff at (Beautiful Intentions charted at #24; Version of Me #25). This should end up somewhere in the top 15, top 20 at worst with maybe around 6k sales. It's frustrating since that would've given her an easy top 10 last week (#10 sold 4.5k; #5 6.5k).

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 4 2020, 03:10 PM

Roísín release actually has more streams than Melanie's, and that is what counts in the end Amanda's is quite behind on streams though, but she will have the upperhand on sales

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 4 2020, 03:32 PM

Roisin might be unexpected competition her album is ahead of Melanie's on Amazon and iTunes.

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 4 2020, 03:40 PM

Roisin is ICONIC, a gay icon, and she did a performance on Graham last night, so that would bring much more attention. Also, her album is excellent!

Posted by: tommie Oct 4 2020, 03:44 PM

I don't really think Roisin is much of a threat - if she performed on Graham last night, that's why she's currently ahead. She hasn't really had much mainstream radio exposure though, so that peak will be short-lived. I hope she makes the top 40 at least though.

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 4 2020, 04:04 PM

Her album is incredible though and she has a big gay following but yes I doubt it will make much of a dent. If it goes Top20, taht would be excellent news for Roisin!

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 4 2020, 07:34 PM

On optimism, apparently Mel has now been BUMPED UP THE CHARTS to a healthy #4 and it is only 1 sale/unit away from #3

Don't hold me to it, but I think this might be the first time a solo spice has gone UP the charts in the mid weeks since the 90s ah!

Posted by: tommie Oct 4 2020, 07:58 PM

I'd imagine that it would have to do with when orders where shipped if that's the case?

Tomorrow we'll get the first official midweeks.

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 4 2020, 08:11 PM

I might have to buy a cd, I was gutted Emma missed the top 10 with 6.6k sold, seeing a solo Spice top 10 would be so nostalgic.

Posted by: vibe Oct 4 2020, 08:25 PM

Apparently she is at 4 with 4800 sales

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 4 2020, 08:29 PM

Apparently 4,838 copies sold so far. This means she has already outsold first week sales of Version Of Me (4,084 copies), Stages (2,326 copies), The Sea (3,735 copies) and This Time (4,500 copies)!

She won't hit Beautiful Intentions sales (8,970 copies), but she will certainly outpeak it

Mel is just one copy away from number 3 which is Bon Jovi. I imagine he will be a stronger seller throughout the week though, can certainly see him opening over 10k.

These are the ones above Mel at the minute
#1 Queen
#2 Oasis (rabid fanbase!!)
#3 Bon Jovi
'#4 Melanie C

Posted by: JosephStyles Oct 4 2020, 08:30 PM

She's already sold more than last week's #10 had sold! More will probably be needed this week but that's a VERY good figure to be on already

Posted by: KM AIR Oct 4 2020, 08:39 PM

Just bought a copy ..so has she passed Bon Jovi ? Lol

Posted by: Rob90 Oct 4 2020, 08:48 PM

Great start! It's held up well on iTunes over the weekend. Just need a bit of promo to keep it up there through the week.

Posted by: ___∆___ Oct 4 2020, 08:53 PM

Time to wheel out a £4.99 CD and iTunes reduction - go Mel

Posted by: Geri WAP Oct 4 2020, 09:05 PM

She's doing great, I'm really hope she can outsell VOM with this album in the UK at least

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 4 2020, 09:07 PM

The album has moved up one place on iTunes UK!

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#126 United Kingdom

Who I Am

iTunes:
#202 Spain
#319 Switzerland
#1053 United Kingdom

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#4 Brazil
#9 United Kingdom
#9 Spain
#13 Mexico
#23 Australia
#35 Germany
#39 Switzerland
#40 Italy
#61 Canada
#125 United States
#183 France

Apple Music:
#33 Spain
#47 United Kingdom
#54 Argentina
#54 Brazil
#82 Cyprus
#92 Sweden
#93 New Zealand
#94 Chile
#111 Vietnam
#115 Netherlands
#158 Israel
#183 United Arab Emirates
#191 Australia
#205 Germany
#221 Luxembourg
#233 Finland
#264 Italy
#278 Ireland
#392 Norway
#398 Switzerland
#424 Philippines
#460 Mexico
#494 Austria

Posted by: Sideout Oct 4 2020, 10:13 PM

A top 5 debut would be amazing. Fingers crossed!

Posted by: Spice Girls Net Oct 4 2020, 10:15 PM

Why does Morning Glory have to be celebrating its 25th anniversary the week Melanie’s album is out. It’s like an ABBA Gold or a Queen’s Greatest Hits, Morning Glory is a classic album and does well on a normal week. Not the best timing.

Even if Melanie dropped out of the Top 5 in the final charts I just want a Top 10

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 4 2020, 10:58 PM

I hope so

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 4 2020, 10:59 PM

DO IT MEL!

Posted by: Jay* Oct 4 2020, 11:42 PM

Great sales after just 2 days! She has already outsold last week’s #10 and #9 - that’s kind of frustrating, because she would have been guaranteed a Top 10 peak last week, whereas this week she’s not out of the woods yet, given that there’s a lot of competition... anything could happen.

The standard CD has increased from £9.99 to £11.50 on Amazon today

Posted by: Jay* Oct 4 2020, 11:46 PM

Very glad that it's managing to hold onto the Top 10, it helps for visibility


Completely forgot to comment on this! I'm so happy to see how improved her streaming has become during this era. The figure has now increased a bit more to 1,045,302.

Posted by: Jay* Oct 5 2020, 12:49 AM

I just looked back to see what Emma's My Happy Place had sold as of the Sunday midweeks. She was #5 with 3,911. So interestingly Melanie is 927 copies ahead of Emma at this stage.

Another titbit of information is that #3 - #7 in Sunday's mids "are separated by less than 600 units".

Posted by: tommie Oct 5 2020, 03:23 AM

A lot will depend on if the main increase from Saturday to Sunday (3.3k -> 4.8k) came from delayed shipping numbers or not. Either way, I'd say she might make 7k+ come the end of the week now. Emma was similarily front loaded and still managed to make 6.6k sold with 900 less copies at this point.

Posted by: Jay* Oct 5 2020, 05:17 AM

I truly hope she can manage 7k+, that would be a very nice result! With 5 more sales days to be taken into account, I would be surprised if she doesn't at least manage to pass 6k. I'm looking forward to today's midweeks, it should give us a much clearer picture.

~~~

iTunes UK:
#9 - Melanie C
#1273 - Stages (!)

#135 - In and Out of Love
#337 - Blame It on Me
#348 - When You're Gone
#704 - Never Be the Same Again
#735 - Who I Am
#1016 - I Turn to You
#1351 - Good Enough

Posted by: tommie Oct 5 2020, 05:34 AM

I think it'll also depend on if there's any big dispatch increase today - Emma increased 1.1k from Monday to Tuesday, probably because of dispatches being sent from somewhere while she mostly did 300-600 copies sold during the rest of the week. We don't have Emma's Saturday numbers, so we don't know how her numbers looked from Saturday to Sunday.

Today we should at least see if there's any general interest in the album or if she'll end up doing a few hundred copies a day for most of the week.

Posted by: SouthernStar88 Oct 5 2020, 09:09 AM

Hello everyone, I am writing here after many months, I hope you are all well ... I find the Melanie C album fantastic, my expectations, I must admit were not so high ... but, listening to it instead I was struck, there's not a single track to skip, they are all very enjoyable expecially the album tracks in my opinion.
I have always think that The Sea was her best album since Northern Star however I think Melanie C surpassed it.. I hope it all translates into a top 10 peak, it would be really deserved and a huge joy for both Melanie and us fans ... what time is mid-week broadcast today? I tried to download the album in mp3 from both amazon UK and Itunes UK but the transaction from Italy does not go successful. Can you tell me if there's a chance to do it?

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 5 2020, 09:29 AM

It will be revealed this evening. Not sure about the exact time.


I think you need a UK address / credit card in order to purchase from iTunes UK.

However, if you download the album from iTunes Italy, you will contribute to the Italian Albums Chart.

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 5 2020, 09:32 AM

The album is up to #7 on iTunes UK!

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#94 United Kingdom

Who I Am

iTunes:
#245 Switzerland
#261 Spain
#753 United Kingdom

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#5 Brazil
#7 United Kingdom
#10 Spain
#21 Mexico
#23 Australia
#31 Ireland
#34 Italy
#36 Switzerland
#51 Germany
#64 Canada
#147 United States
#234 France

Apple Music:
#38 Spain
#53 United Kingdom
#86 Netherlands
#112 Brazil
#114 Sweden
#130 Chile
#175 Singapore
#182 Australia
#189 Poland
#246 New Zealand
#250 Ireland
#254 Switzerland
#295 Germany
#349 Finland
#407 Luxembourg
#416 Italy
#432 Indonesia

Posted by: Jay* Oct 5 2020, 10:00 AM

Welcome back SouthernStar88! Glad you're enjoying the album so much!

Really happy and quite surprised that the album is staying Top 10 on iTunes and managing to climb.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 5 2020, 10:57 AM

Welcome SouthernStar88!

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 5 2020, 01:34 PM

The album has climbed to #6 on iTunes UK!

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#86 United Kingdom

Blame It On Me

iTunes:
#38 Vietnam
#330 United Kingdom

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#6 United Kingdom
#39 Australia
#74 Canada
#89 Germany
#170 United States
#446 Spain

Apple Music:
#34 Spain
#47 United Kingdom
#107 Brazil
#117 Sweden
#123 Ireland
#125 Israel
#126 Netherlands
#150 Latvia
#152 Finland
#165 Vietnam
#168 Poland
#168 United Arab Emirates
#189 Chile
#202 Australia
#246 Switzerland
#275 Norway
#288 Germany
#318 Italy
#395 New Zealand
#449 Luxembourg

Posted by: isanka Oct 5 2020, 02:00 PM

Midweek #7 with 5,314 sales (+ 476)

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 5 2020, 02:09 PM

Are those sales confirmed? That would mean thats all the pre-orders now counted in, surely she will sell at least another 1k for the week which would put her on close to 6.5k, i hope its enough for top 10 as last week number 10 sold about 4.5k.

Posted by: Lukuzz Oct 5 2020, 02:43 PM

Really hope it sticks top 10 but I see another Emma situation happening. Either way itll be her best since 2003.

Posted by: vibe Oct 5 2020, 03:20 PM

It’s bloody going to end up at 11 isn’t it !!!

Posted by: adancing Oct 5 2020, 03:51 PM

She chose a bad week to release on... Even if she manages 6k and up she will end up outside the top 10... Sad

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 5 2020, 04:07 PM

Her sales will be higher than Emmas and im not saying that in a competitive way against Emma but the chart position may be the same or lower.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 5 2020, 04:18 PM

Amanda Holden will prob overtake her and maybe lana del rey but she should stay ahead of roisin murphy and 21 savage.

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 5 2020, 04:23 PM

Jay can confirm but he did some calculations and she is looking like ending up at 11 by 300 copies. Streaming is getting slowly added in and 3 albums behind her will all do 8k+ when all their predominantly streaming sales are added in. That would put her at 10 then Amanda is 1k behind but closed the gap by 500 yesterday, so by Wednesday but definitely Thursday she will be ahead if all stays as is.

Tomorrow will be more revealing as it will show if anyone's sales are trending up or down.

She could well do over 7k and finish at 11. One really shocking thing is Amanda is doing slightly better on streams than Melanie.

This is all assuming everyone sells the same for the rest of the week as they sold yesterday, there might be unreported sales but no way to know that.

Posted by: schizo_spice Oct 5 2020, 04:28 PM

Number 11 really haunts the Spice Girls doesnt it.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 5 2020, 04:46 PM

Not to diss this Amanda person and her Stage-ish tunes, but even if Melanie C gets only a Top20, I’m sure Melanie C the Album will have a longer live: more singles, more gigs, more festivals and interest from all around the world.

By the way, that Amanda person is above the Queen in many charts... that says a lot about the world we are living 😂

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 5 2020, 04:49 PM

Wow was expecting Holden to be top 5 with having the two biggest promo slots of the weekend! Melanie needs to be getting on every single day time show this week, there is only 400 copies between her and #4, while aparaently 1.1k between her and #11. She needs to do anything she can to keep the lead. Quick do some scandalous Geri esque promo stunt!!

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Oct 5 2020, 04:57 PM

I think she stands a reasonable chance of holding the top 10! Considering what a bloodbath week it is, she's doing very well.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 5 2020, 04:59 PM

Im starting to think number 11 is coming but i hope she pulls out all the stops that she can, a price reduction maybe tomorrow or Wednesday might help.

Posted by: Andrew. Oct 5 2020, 05:01 PM

I just feel #11 coming. Why does this ALWAYS happen with 90’s pop girls, it’s like they want to miss the top 10 :’)

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 5 2020, 05:04 PM

I love the "positivity" in this thread.

Top 10 is very much doable. I can't see 4 albums climbing above her.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 5 2020, 05:14 PM

The problem is streaming let's break it down...

#7 = Melanie C (5,314 sales)
- physicals = 4,608
- downloads = 563
- streaming = 143

Then you have 3 albums at #10, #11, #13 who all get big streams which will continue to be added through the week:

#10 = 21 Savage and Metro Booming (3,247 sales)
- physicals = 0
- downloads = 67
- streaming = 3,180

#11 = Pop Smoke (2,993 sales)
- physicals = 40
- downloads = 33
- streaming = 2,920

#13 = Bryson Tiller (2,555 sales)
- physicals = 0
- downloads = 117
- streaming = 2,438

Their streams are huge and will continue to be huge giving them a big boost up the charts while Melanie is mainly a physical seller and they won't continue to sell at this rate. I've said it so many times streaming is an utter farce, I mean it allows an album with 0 physical sales to chart wtf?

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 5 2020, 05:25 PM

And those are only 2 days worth of streaming for those 3 albums as streaming sales are 1 day behind. So they are all looking at 8k+ for the week.

Amanda sold 500 copies more than Melanie yesterday and is 1k behind with 4 days of sales to go and is even doing slightly better on streaming.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 5 2020, 05:36 PM

https://twitter.com/melaniecmusic/status/1313165285445246976?s=21
Let’s hope this helps a bit - she needs some TV promo.

Posted by: vibe Oct 5 2020, 05:38 PM

Streaming sales are a joke u didn’t even have to play the whole album for it to count .

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 5 2020, 05:41 PM

Queen C!

----------------

What are the chances she is going to overtake Roger Waters / Corey Taylor / BLACKPINK? I imagine the first two are quite front-loaded.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 5 2020, 05:50 PM

I think she’s just seen the midweek chart as she finally posted an IG story promoting the album and showing the good reviews. It bothers me that she doesn’t do enough on social media. Roísín has been working her ass off on IG.

By the way, so happy I got these two records ❤️

Posted by: Andrew. Oct 5 2020, 05:53 PM

I'd be surprised if those four albums (Amanda, Pop Smoke and the other two) didn't pass her but is there a chance of her overtaking anyone?

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 5 2020, 06:08 PM

Possibly I guess???

Posted by: SouthernStar88 Oct 5 2020, 06:22 PM

Thank you Jay* and dancingqueen

So...official midweek position is #7?
There is an official website where we can read it?
Finger crossed for a top 10 on friday

Posted by: SouthernStar88 Oct 5 2020, 06:27 PM

Surely

Posted by: tommie Oct 5 2020, 06:46 PM

To be fair, Amanda had two of the biggest tv slots of the weekend so she'll partly be artificially boosted as well - we'll see if she can keep up as the week goes on.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 5 2020, 06:51 PM

Omg that bus is AMAZING!!!

Posted by: SouthernStar88 Oct 5 2020, 07:09 PM

Aww 😍
However I agree, she needs also more TV promo slots

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 5 2020, 07:11 PM

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

Posted by: Spice Girls Net Oct 5 2020, 07:19 PM

What’s the best place to get the album this week for it to count this week? I hear ordering from certain sites and waiting for dispatch might not contribute to Friday’s sales?

I already have it from iTunes.

How about amazon mp3, HMV etc?

Posted by: SouthernStar88 Oct 5 2020, 07:25 PM

Thank you

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 5 2020, 07:25 PM

Mel has gone back up to #6 on iTunes good to see her rise again! One of them is a Now album so technically #5.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 5 2020, 07:29 PM

That’s good!

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 5 2020, 07:34 PM

Downloading the album from the likes of AmazonMP3 will obviously count straight away, as it's a download.

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 5 2020, 07:46 PM

She has been number 1 on itunes and Amazon all day though and these sales are only to midnight last night. No doubt she is getting plenty of promo from her Heart show every morning too.

Posted by: Spice Girls Net Oct 5 2020, 07:55 PM

It’s such a stupid question but I’m getting so anxious.
I want a top 10 this week

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 5 2020, 08:08 PM

I see that HMV website doesn't have the CDs in stock during release week.

However, the distributor https://www.propermusic.com/label.html?label=Red+Girl+Media still has them available.

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 5 2020, 09:14 PM

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#107 United Kingdom

Who I Am

iTunes:
#151 Spain
#339 Australia
#380 United Kingdom
#478 Switzerland

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#6 United Kingdom
#40 Australia
#40 Switzerland
#65 Canada
#162 Germany
#203 United States
#483 Spain

Apple Music:
#35 Spain
#43 United Kingdom
#63 Brazil
#76 Netherlands
#88 Sweden
#107 Ireland
#132 Finland
#134 Vietnam
#150 Latvia
#176 Cyprus
#194 Israel
#232 Norway
#240 New Zealand
#256 Australia
#267 Switzerland
#304 Germany
#345 Italy
#498 Indonesia

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 6 2020, 12:01 AM

That's good, she needs to plug the ass out of the album online now and really get behind it, they put the work in to the multi formats so she doesn't need to take her foot of the peddle now.

Posted by: Jay* Oct 6 2020, 03:10 AM

I’m so nervous! I truly want this to be Top 10, another “#11 in a busy week” outcome like Emma would be cruel.

I’m hoping that she does a price reduction for the download and standard CD, but I have a feeling she won’t. Her standard is over £11 on Amazon at the moment, it’s too much to attract casual purchases!

Posted by: adancing Oct 6 2020, 04:42 AM

Hahahahaha yeah let her pull a Geri Halliwell page 6 scandal

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 6 2020, 06:49 AM

Still #6 on U.K. iTunes this morning.

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 6 2020, 07:07 AM

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#49 Poland
#107 United Kingdom

Blame It On Me

iTunes:
#104 Vietnam
#109 Poland
#609 United Kingdom

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#6 United Kingdom
#46 Australia
#46 Switzerland
#64 Canada
#199 Germany
#242 United States

Apple Music:
#43 Spain
#44 United Kingdom
#55 Cyprus
#69 Brazil
#79 Sweden
#86 Netherlands
#112 Finland
#118 Vietnam
#144 Ireland
#186 Singapore
#229 Australia
#279 Norway
#327 Germany
#341 New Zealand
#382 Italy
#394 Switzerland
#451 Mexico

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 6 2020, 09:10 AM

WILD that the price of teh CD is now at £11... talk about not helping

Posted by: Jay* Oct 6 2020, 11:31 AM

Mid #8 today, 5,690 sales so far... only 376 sales yesterday

Her team is foolish if they don’t do a price reduction asap. Don’t go down without a fight, Melanie...

Posted by: tommie Oct 6 2020, 11:35 AM

Looks like she'll sell similar amounts to Emma (ie 300-400 a day) with all the pre-order sales gone. Four days left, so she should be safe for over 6.5k, but might struggle to make it to 7k (which would be a nicer figure).

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 6 2020, 12:19 PM

^there is only 3 days left of sales this week.

I can't see her holding onto the top 10. I'd say she is certain for #11 unless there is unreported sales or she has something up her sleeve.

Posted by: isanka Oct 6 2020, 12:36 PM

There is 67,982,082 peoples in the UK. Anyone need a copie of it.

Posted by: pippa Oct 6 2020, 01:12 PM

Everyone buy a copy as Christmas presents this week

Posted by: vibe Oct 6 2020, 01:28 PM

She needs to get the deluxe on streaming to increase numbers.
She prob should have released a single this week too (saved one).

However the album is here, it is bloody great. If it misses the top 10 it is not the end of the world.

Posted by: tommie Oct 6 2020, 02:35 PM

Of course, she's done very well to get her best position since Reason, increased her numbers significantly since her last record and getting good reviews for a former Spice Girl album. A top ten would just be the cherry on top at this point.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 6 2020, 03:20 PM

If it’s not top10, I hope it’s not under 15.
That said, I’m quite impressed by the reviews. I’m happy she’s getting some recognition. She doesn’t have enough visibility to reach a wider audience and here the help of a Major would do wonders. Was it Emma last record released indie or?

Posted by: Rob90 Oct 6 2020, 03:55 PM

Risen to #5 on iTunes.#4 without comp. This is going to be so close to top 10 if it misses out.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 6 2020, 04:04 PM

I hope we can get an update today.

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Oct 6 2020, 04:10 PM

I think we have, it's #8.

I'm gonna add a copy too!

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 6 2020, 04:27 PM

On Sunday I expected the album to tank on iTunes. She’s up to #5 (#4 if we don’t count the compilation). If I were her team, I would invest all my energy to promote her Spotify.

Posted by: Chemistry Oct 6 2020, 05:04 PM

I am beyond shocked she is climbing on iTunes tbh! Who would have thought?

Blame It On Me just passed the 1 million mark on Spotify as well, her third song to do so this era.

Posted by: hermespice Oct 6 2020, 05:35 PM

Well.... just bought two more copies today!! One for the Q&A and one at Morrison’s. I’m broke 😂

Posted by: dromeda Oct 6 2020, 05:45 PM

I find it interesting (and strange) that Melanie decided not to add INTO YOU to the album.
It is a very good song that would fit the album perfectly. Now, stranger than that... this song is not streaming anywhere. Maybe the deluxe version on Streaming would help?? What a waste....

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 6 2020, 06:48 PM

Number 8 and 1.8k ahead of #11

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 6 2020, 06:58 PM

Does anybody know what the gap is in sales between Melanie C and Corey Taylor as he has had a bigger fall from #5-#7 than Mel... perhaps she can overtake him tomorrow? (I'm being optimistic!)

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 6 2020, 08:37 PM

It didnt give how far she was behind the ones ahead of her such as Corey, just how much she was ahead of the number 11.

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 6 2020, 09:29 PM

The album is climbing on Apple Music UK!

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#140 United Kingdom

First Day of My Life

iTunes:
#146 Switzerland

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#6 United Kingdom
#44 Australia
#89 Germany
#90 Russia
#233 Canada
#277 United States

Apple Music:
#41 United Kingdom
#42 Spain
#72 Brazil
#89 Cyprus
#113 Netherlands
#135 Sweden
#140 Portugal
#149 Vietnam
#163 Lebanon
#167 Chile
#168 Ireland
#170 Singapore
#195 Estonia
#211 Finland
#215 Australia
#284 Germany
#375 Italy
#390 Switzerland
#440 Philippines
#449 New Zealand
#483 Norway

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 6 2020, 10:36 PM

If only sales on those charts accounted for more than they actually do.

Posted by: Liam.k. Oct 7 2020, 12:47 AM

If everything sells at the same rate, Mel C should end up at #9. Seems like she'll end up with a decent enough lead over #10 too. Fingers crossed things keep heading this way!

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 7 2020, 05:13 AM

Up to #5 on iTunes

Posted by: Jay* Oct 7 2020, 05:32 AM

Continually impressed by how well it’s holding up on iTunes![code][/code]

I truly hope so! I’m a little worried her sales will slow down a little too much in comparison to 21 Savage’s streaming sales. Touch wood she’s done enough to stay ahead of Bryson Tiller too.

I know that 1999 and 2020 charts can’t be meaningfully compared, but regardless, it would still be great if ‘Melanie C’ entered at a higher position that ‘Northern Star’ did (that opened at #10)!

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 7 2020, 06:17 AM

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#142 United Kingdom

Good Enough

iTunes:
#155 Brazil

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#5 United Kingdom
#27 Australia
#93 Germany
#114 Russia
#168 Canada
#324 United States

Apple Music:
#46 Spain
#48 United Kingdom
#79 Vietnam
#81 Brazil
#82 Chile
#100 Sweden
#104 Cyprus
#119 Netherlands
#180 Australia
#199 Paraguay
#255 Ireland
#281 Philippines
#306 Germany
#345 Finland
#388 Italy
#407 New Zealand

Posted by: isanka Oct 7 2020, 07:16 AM

Maybe she will release the deluxe version next week on streming services to reboost the interest of the album on the second week.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 7 2020, 07:28 AM

I hope so too. I think it makes more sense having the promo on the second week to avoid having a huge drop.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 7 2020, 08:25 AM

Up to #5 on iTunes.

I ordered the blue vinyl and the cassette I caved 🙈🙈🙈

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 7 2020, 09:01 AM

Down to #8 because of 3 Van Halen entries. Glad to see that Amanda person down at #3, her album is a joke, same rubbish as Stages. By the way, I think Melanie is doing great, she also on the Amazon chart at #16.

Posted by: isanka Oct 7 2020, 09:16 AM

Albums from Van Halen will probably make a big impact on the charts.

Posted by: Rob90 Oct 7 2020, 09:23 AM

At least it wont bother the top 10 this week!! Get that top ten Mel

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 7 2020, 09:26 AM

Down to #9 Johnny Nash randomly appearing at #4?? Why are Van Halen and Nash suddenly there? Also Holden back at #2

Posted by: isanka Oct 7 2020, 09:29 AM

Both of them died today.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 7 2020, 09:36 AM

Ah haven’t seen the news, how sad.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 7 2020, 11:01 AM

By the way, WTF with a Melanie C? Her IG is dead, she isn’t doing anything to keep her fans engaged and this week is crucial. Melanie Cray Cray 😂

iTunes: up to #8

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 7 2020, 11:39 AM

First Day of My Life

iTunes:
#110 Switzerland

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#184 United Kingdom

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#8 United Kingdom
#35 Russia
#44 Malta
#57 Australia
#88 Bulgaria
#113 Canada
#136 Germany
#358 United States

Apple Music:
#21 Cyprus
#43 Spain
#50 United Kingdom
#71 Vietnam
#73 Brazil
#117 Paraguay
#138 Chile
#139 Sweden
#141 Netherlands
#155 Greece
#173 New Zealand
#253 Australia
#286 Germany
#305 Philippines
#332 Ireland
#366 Switzerland
#459 Finland
#492 Italy

Posted by: isanka Oct 7 2020, 11:53 AM

Mid #8 today, 6,102 sales so far... 412 sales yesterday

Posted by: Jay* Oct 7 2020, 12:17 PM

She's only 486 sales away from selling more than last week's #5 album did. If only she'd chosen last week... a Top 5 album would have been extra remarkable!

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 7 2020, 02:22 PM

Oh stop it Jason STOP IT!! 😭

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Oct 7 2020, 03:04 PM

Still on course for top 10 would you say?

Posted by: adancing Oct 7 2020, 03:15 PM

Hopefully she would stay top 10 come friday

Posted by: Spice Girls Net Oct 7 2020, 03:22 PM

Down to #11 this afternoon but it’s been in the Top 10 since Friday which is really good

Posted by: adancing Oct 7 2020, 03:41 PM

I thought its mentioned she's at 8 today? U mean itunes?

Posted by: Liam.k. Oct 7 2020, 03:45 PM

I’m fairly confident she’ll make it now going by the data we have and trends of the week so far, but don’t want to be too definite and look a fool if she misses.

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 7 2020, 04:06 PM

iTunes

---------

First Day of My Life

iTunes:
#158 Switzerland

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#180 United Kingdom

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#9 Spain
#11 United Kingdom
#34 Australia
#44 Malta
#54 Russia
#81 Canada
#88 Bulgaria
#181 Germany
#427 United States

Apple Music:
#20 Cyprus
#38 Spain
#46 United Kingdom
#68 Brazil
#82 Vietnam
#130 Netherlands
#146 Finland
#153 Greece
#162 Sweden
#166 Paraguay
#187 Singapore
#213 New Zealand
#250 Australia
#295 Germany
#312 Philippines
#316 Ireland
#483 Italy

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 7 2020, 04:22 PM

Posted by: vibe Oct 7 2020, 05:15 PM

2k ahead is that enough ?

Posted by: ___∆___ Oct 7 2020, 05:17 PM

Roisin has added a double vinyl bundle today with download - the vinyl is not available until December but the download counts for this week.

The extra signed CD’s Mel put on Amazon have sold out - I wish she would reduce the download to £4.99 tomorrow on iTunes to secure those extra last minute sales.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 7 2020, 06:22 PM

Roísín and Melanie already had a chart battle back in 2000 when Never Be The Same Again reached #1 and Moloko #2. I love them both and they follow each other on IG. Roísín also commented with a heart to a post by Melanie. Queens supporting each other.

Posted by: ___∆___ Oct 7 2020, 07:08 PM

Amazon are doing a £5 off £25 offer today so just added the Mel C album to take me to the required amount - extra sale!

Posted by: Rob90 Oct 7 2020, 07:10 PM

Back at #10 on iTunes. Corey at #15. Think she may take over him last minute.

Posted by: Andrew. Oct 7 2020, 07:16 PM

I’m worried Lewis f***ing Capaldi will overtake her with his desperation

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 7 2020, 07:26 PM

Yay!

First Day of My Life

iTunes:
#114 Switzerland

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#136 United Kingdom

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#9 Spain
#10 United Kingdom
#37 Australia
#44 Malta
#84 Russia
#89 Bulgaria
#114 Canada
#242 Germany
#402 United States

Apple Music:
#43 Cyprus
#45 Spain
#47 United Kingdom
#58 Brazil
#111 Vietnam
#112 Chile
#121 Netherlands
#137 Greece
#146 Finland
#173 Sweden
#177 Poland
#182 Portugal
#243 New Zealand
#257 Australia
#283 Ireland
#311 Germany
#311 Philippines
#459 Switzerland
#461 Italy

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 7 2020, 07:27 PM

Back at #10. Love how she’s holding on instead of free falling. The White Album is already a success, Geri stylers paid off.

Posted by: Lukuzz Oct 7 2020, 07:29 PM

Glad it's still top 10 on iTunes, hopefully it can keep that up tomorrow too. Currently taking part in the streaming party.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 7 2020, 08:17 PM

Ooh I may use this as an excuse to buy the regular vinyl

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 7 2020, 08:20 PM

Like why does he need to be top 10 again? He has been number one for flipping months thanks to streaming, give someone else a chance ffs

Posted by: Liam.k. Oct 7 2020, 08:35 PM

Mel's on track for #8 based on today's midweeks. Pop Smoke should overtake her, but Corey Taylor should fall behind. 21 Savage might overtake too due to streaming but I think everything else is too far behind.

Posted by: Spice Girls Net Oct 7 2020, 08:38 PM

Melanie C

UK iTunes

#12 - Melanie C
#389 - Stages
#710 - Northern Star

#138 - In and Out of Love
#1000 - When You're Gone

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 7 2020, 08:53 PM

Damn dropped out of the top 10 again! That top 10 exposure on iTunes is vital for casual sales!

Posted by: Spice Girls Net Oct 7 2020, 08:59 PM

It's gone back to #11 in just the last 10 mins. Hopefully it'll go back into the Top 10

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 7 2020, 09:03 PM

Fingers crossed I keep checking

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 7 2020, 11:32 PM

I am slightly worried Lewis Capaldi could be a threat as he has just released some limited editions but hopefully not enough to overtake Mel.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 8 2020, 07:27 AM

Even with all those new entries she’s holding on at #13.

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 8 2020, 09:12 AM

Some of the things she is doing to sell extra copies are beyond tacky. A Q&A you have to buy a cd to take part in and giving fans on spice circle signed art cards to auction off to buy more cds with.

Just put the regular cd 4.99 on itunes and Amazon.

Posted by: adancing Oct 8 2020, 09:27 AM

So I guess by today's update we will know if she will hit or miss the top 10, can't wait!

Posted by: vibe Oct 8 2020, 09:37 AM

Oh please all artists do things like this.

Kylie sold cassettes for 99p

Lewis capaldi is currently selling signed cds for £5

No one is forced to buy .

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Oct 8 2020, 09:46 AM

I think that confirms the lowest she'll be is #10 even if 21 Savage and Lewis overtake though, which is good news.

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 8 2020, 10:06 AM

Fans are being forced to buy a cd though if they want to take part in the Q &A.

Price reductions and different formats are the usual. Giving your fans art cards to auction off to go buy more cds is tacky and the reason not done by Melanie herself is the OCC wouldn't look very kindly on it.

Posted by: Liam.k. Oct 8 2020, 10:09 AM

Surely anyone who wants to take part in a Q&A with Mel C would want her album though?

Posted by: ___∆___ Oct 8 2020, 10:25 AM

I wish Kylie sold cassettes for 99p! The ones for ‘Golden’ were £8, the ‘Step Back In Time’ ones were £15 and the new ‘Disco’ one is £8 - across all 3 campaigns she is yet to reduce in week 1 to get sales.

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 8 2020, 10:40 AM

Which is fine if this was put up with the album pre-order but was announced Tuesday and only those with a UK address can buy a ticket/cd as they want UK sales.

Pretty much everyone I've seen say they have purchased a ticket/cd already has a cd on spice circle.

Posted by: Lukuzz Oct 8 2020, 10:53 AM

I have a feeling it'll be at 9 or 10 in todays update. 😬🤞🏽Hoping it can hang on.. Just

Posted by: isanka Oct 8 2020, 11:11 AM

Thursday midweeks - #8 - 6.381 units (+279)

#9 is only 100 copies behind
#10 is 1.150 copies behind
#11 is 2.008 copies behind

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 8 2020, 11:26 AM

F!!k, that’s scary. I go back to stream the new album. I might buy another copy, let’s see what’s left.

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 8 2020, 11:29 AM

She will hold on I'm sure, 2k is a massive gap even with extra streaming added in.

Posted by: Liam.k. Oct 8 2020, 11:38 AM

I have a feeling that #9 is Corey Taylor after falling behind Mel C, with Pop Smoke leapfrogging them both. #10 and #11 will be 21 Savage and Bryson Tiller.

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 8 2020, 12:14 PM

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#111 United Kingdom

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#14 United Kingdom
#56 Malta
#110 Australia
#115 Bulgaria
#708 United States

Apple Music:
#22 Cyprus
#45 Spain
#58 United Kingdom
#64 Brazil
#77 Laos
#99 Chile
#100 Paraguay
#138 Netherlands
#142 Vietnam
#168 New Zealand
#213 Sweden
#277 Australia
#307 Ireland
#366 Germany
#445 Italy
#451 Philippines

Posted by: tommie Oct 8 2020, 12:26 PM

*prepares for the 11th position of disappointment*

Posted by: Andrew. Oct 8 2020, 12:32 PM

Omg I’m actually so nerveracked :’) With Louise I’d accepted she’d probably be #11 by this stage but I’m not sure at all for Mel.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 8 2020, 12:32 PM

No don’t say that!! #10 minimum!!

Posted by: Jay* Oct 8 2020, 01:00 PM

I don’t want to jinx her, but it really looks like she’s done enough! The midweeks indicate that she’s on course to stay at #8 tomorrow... although this last day could be a bit unpredictable if there’s late physical sales data reported (sometimes that happens).

Really hope #8 can happen

This is correct! Pop Smoke is #6, Roger Waters #7.

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Oct 8 2020, 01:04 PM

She won't lose 2k in a day will she?

Posted by: Jay* Oct 8 2020, 01:08 PM

She’ll probably end up being 1k ahead of #11 tomorrow tbh! So it looks safe... nevertheless I’ll still worry a little until it’s officially confirmed 😆

Posted by: Rob90 Oct 8 2020, 01:17 PM

Looks good for top ten! A purchased an extra stanard copy in my lunch hour today. Every little helps!

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 8 2020, 01:22 PM

Fingers crossed, it would a shame if she loses out at the last minute.

Posted by: Rob90 Oct 8 2020, 01:25 PM

Is it possible she could overtake Roger waters???. Sales from the online meet thing probs havnt been included for Thursday's total.

Posted by: Spice Girls Net Oct 8 2020, 01:28 PM

The cut off point for the Banquet Records Live stream was 1pm today for it to be counted and tallied for Friday. I think it'll be a couple of hundred hopefully.

I also got a copy from that site and I also downloaded on Amazon today.

Fingers crossed for that Top 10

Posted by: Alberto! Oct 8 2020, 01:37 PM

What I've been doing additionally these last couple of days was to just put the album on repeat on my Spotify (Premium) as background (or sometimes admittedly when I was leaving the house for an hour or two =p).

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 8 2020, 02:21 PM

Spotify doesn’t count repeat plays so only the first play would have counted.

Posted by: Lukuzz Oct 8 2020, 02:51 PM

Has there been an update today?

Posted by: Jay* Oct 8 2020, 02:52 PM

Yep! Still #8

Posted by: Lukuzz Oct 8 2020, 02:57 PM

Ah great

Posted by: vibe Oct 8 2020, 03:12 PM

Yes don’t repeat plays
Make playlists and have a few other songs in between

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 8 2020, 03:27 PM

I can't cope with this, tomorrow can not come quickly enough!!

Posted by: Jay* Oct 8 2020, 03:28 PM

Alberto said he put the album on repeat, and those streams would count because 10 different songs are played. I think the 'repeat plays don't count' thing is only if it's one particular song on repeat.


Fingers crossed! In today's mids she's 301 copies behind Roger.

Posted by: Liam.k. Oct 8 2020, 03:49 PM

Yeah it seems like she's at least set for #8! Not out of the question that she could overtake Roger Waters either.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 8 2020, 04:00 PM

I can't see that happening then she as didn't sell 300 copies in todays update and surely Rodger will sell another 100 copies at the very least so she would need to sell 4-500 plus in the last update right?

Posted by: Jay* Oct 8 2020, 04:16 PM

^ The purchases made from Banquet / Resident could provide her with a decent boost!

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 8 2020, 04:26 PM

I got a copy of the regular cd today, was only going to get the vinyl but Sainsburys had joint care tablets (gotta look after those knees) on offer so I used the extra money to buy a copy.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 8 2020, 04:33 PM

Hopefully Mel C is safe now, she should stay ahead of Corey Taylor and Savage & Metro Boomin, even if Lewis Capaldi overtakes he would push savage out.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 8 2020, 04:52 PM

We all knew you were a Melanie C stan deep down

Posted by: jark Oct 8 2020, 04:59 PM

I think she'll be #9 tomorrow as she was just 100 copies ahead today. Amazing result!

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 8 2020, 05:20 PM

But Corey Taylor was above her in the previous update he has fallen two places to be behind Melanie... think she will outsell him, he may fall further.

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 8 2020, 05:45 PM

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#114 United Kingdom

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#4 Turkey
#13 United Kingdom
#56 Malta
#100 Australia
#115 Bulgaria
#207 Canada

Apple Music:
#23 Cyprus
#51 Spain
#54 United Kingdom
#63 Brazil
#93 Laos
#100 Paraguay
#109 Chile
#121 Greece
#132 Netherlands
#143 Vietnam
#188 Malta
#242 New Zealand
#277 Sweden
#291 Ireland
#311 Philippines
#326 Germany
#342 Australia
#363 Finland
#430 Italy

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 8 2020, 05:47 PM

Back at #13, glad to see she’s still on iTunes. Wondering if her team is going to do something with Spotify and Deezer to boost them.

Posted by: Rob90 Oct 8 2020, 06:48 PM

#11 on iTunes. Can't remember the last spice related release that has stayed so stable through release week ha ha

Posted by: Spice Girls Net Oct 8 2020, 07:00 PM

There’s approximately 120+ fans on zoom who’ve joined this evening so that’s 120 sales at least and some people may not have even joined but bought a copy

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 8 2020, 07:16 PM

That’s impressive. As I said, her team should now try to invest more time on Spotify. And lower the price of the CD!

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 8 2020, 07:27 PM

I see it at #14 at the moment.

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 8 2020, 07:40 PM

Next week she needs to go all out to avoid a 9-out chart run. Itunes £4.99 regular and add the deluxe for £7.99. Put the deluxe on streaming sites and reduce the standard to £4.99 on Amazon. Use the interest and intrigue of her getting top 10 to garner some inquisitive sales because of the cheap price.

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 8 2020, 07:42 PM

I love Melanie C, I'm critical because I like her. I mean I couldn't give a flying f*** what Westlife release or the quality, they won't get critique from me as I just don't even give them time of day.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 8 2020, 08:08 PM

Join her marketing team now!!! I bet none of this happens I mean she is on Sunday Brunch this weekend so that's a good promo slot to keep it up there, a shame Radio 2 have dropped IAOOL, would have been great if they picked up Fearless just to keep exposure of her music out there. Also she didn't do any of the daytime chat shows this week so she should try get on them next week instead, surely she can get This Morning, Lorraine and Loose Woman slots? A Graham Norton slot would be a dream but alas a dream is all it will be.

I have to say though considering she is not on a major record label she has had some excellent promotion this week

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 8 2020, 08:26 PM

I plan on getting the blue HMV vinyl so I'll pick that up next week sometime, so she has 1 sale next week!

I'd also reduce the cassette on her site to £5 as it really hasn't sold well so she could probably do with shifting some of the stock of it.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 8 2020, 11:13 PM

Tge price reductions would be good to help it next week and defo a good idea to clear out the cassettes.

Posted by: Jay* Oct 9 2020, 06:44 AM

So excited and nervous to find out her final chart position! 🤭

Please note that BuzzJack has a rule that chart spoilers shouldn’t be posted before the official chart is announced. If her position leaks early today, we can’t discuss it until it’s officially revealed at after 5:45pm BST! Thank you

Posted by: tommie Oct 9 2020, 07:11 AM

Can't it be put in spoiler tags though?

Posted by: tommie Oct 9 2020, 07:13 AM

Surprised Radio 2 dropped In & Out Of Love since the album is doing well. With that said, they might be preparing for Fearless/the next single.

Posted by: Jay* Oct 9 2020, 07:22 AM

Unfortunately not Any mentions are prohibited

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 9 2020, 08:41 AM

It seems like Blame It On Me has been her biggest hit this era so far, right? Across all 3 formats, its had almost 2million Spotify streams, which is her best in a loooooong time..

Who I Am has more YouTube streams but ultimately that is due to the adverts as much as the views, whilst Spotify is more genuine engagements with the song.

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Oct 9 2020, 09:12 AM

I find they usually remove a song from the playlist during the week an artist's album is out, from observing the playlist generally.

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 9 2020, 09:32 AM

I really hope she doesn't push Fearless, I can't see radio 2 audiences liking it at all. Overload is the obvious last single as it has a catchy chorus.

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 9 2020, 09:49 AM

Yeah Fearless has been a bit of a damp squid of a single, to be honest. There was very little to no funfair around its release...

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 9 2020, 11:04 AM

Don’t get the hate 😂 Fearless is one of the best and finally something different with attitude. I agree the lyrics are not that great, but we are used to hear WAP stuff so I don’t think it’s the worst thing around. Plus, Nadia Rose is the sh*t! I love her.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 9 2020, 11:40 AM

I absolutely love Fearless it’s such a different vibe and so smooth! I do agree it doesn’t quite translate as a single but I think it’s easy listening on the radio. Would love Radio 2 to pick it up, and Good enough needs to be the next single!

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 9 2020, 11:49 AM

WAP is brilliant and the lyrics are clever and fun lol

I love Nadia Rose and Melanie C but Fearless as a stand alone track doesnt work. It works as an album track and not much more, unfortunately...

Posted by: Spice Girls Net Oct 9 2020, 12:20 PM

I think today’s gonna be a good day 😊

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 9 2020, 12:24 PM

Just saw Well done everyone

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 9 2020, 01:05 PM

The album is on freefall on iTunes though, which was to be expected. Hope the second week drop isnt as bad as it might actually be

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 9 2020, 02:11 PM

What about international charts Jay? Can we post already?

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 9 2020, 02:21 PM

She has also reached 1,103,360 listeners on Spotify! Great numbers, as in the beginning of this era she had like 600,000 listeners.

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 9 2020, 02:26 PM

International charts are fine.

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 9 2020, 02:27 PM

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 9 2020, 02:28 PM

Debuts at Number 80 here in Ireland, im disappointed with that as i was hoping for an Irish Top 40 for her.

Posted by: Jay* Oct 9 2020, 02:36 PM

Yeh, posting international peaks is fine! I'm dying to say something about the UK

Fabulous to see her listeners shoot up to over 1.1m!

#80 is quite a bit lower than I expected in Ireland... but I guess quite a few of her fans there would have ordered from Melanie's official store? Maybe those wouldn't count to the Irish chart?

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 9 2020, 02:37 PM

Dont sneer at it, as it is her highest charting since Reason apparently!

#27 on German charts.

Version of Me was #34

Posted by: Chemistry Oct 9 2020, 02:43 PM

27 in Germany is quite good, isn't it? She was massive there during First Day... and the Beautiful Intentions era, but that's also a while ago, she still making top 30 is pretty nice to see.

Posted by: dachiki Oct 9 2020, 02:44 PM

In Belgium:

- Top: 132 (V)

- Top: 181 (W)

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 9 2020, 02:47 PM

Think so! It's a traditionally tough one to crack

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 9 2020, 02:47 PM

Is that any good?

Posted by: Chemistry Oct 9 2020, 02:56 PM

I honestly doubt so.. Belgium is quite a small country, so this is probably like 50 copies tbh.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 9 2020, 03:23 PM

That would make sense as the sales wouldnt have counted to the Irish chart.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 9 2020, 03:37 PM

No spoilers, but it seems the trend is good. This time (buy This Time!) she put all efforts in the UK, mostly. I’m sure she’s gonna promote the record around the world whenever allowed and like with VOM she’ll get some top10s in different countries. The album is her best to date and has lots of potential IMO.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 9 2020, 03:39 PM

I don't understand why they wouldn't have counted towards the Irish chart? All the other sales to other countries do don't they?

Posted by: Jay* Oct 9 2020, 03:49 PM

Each country's chart only counts the sales that are bought within that country. So anyone abroad who ordered 'Melanie C' from her official store, those sales don't actually count towards any chart. I wondered whether Melanie's official store might include Ireland too, but judging by #80, it seems not.

The positions achieved in other country's so far will be from sales made in that country's high street music stores or online stores, so the #27 in Germany will have been sales from sites such as Amazon.de and Saturn.de.

Countries like Belgium, I guess those low positions are mainly a result of a few iTunes sales and streams. If she has many Belgian fans, I assume they'd have ordered physicals from the official store. Therefore they didn't contribute to their own country's chart.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 9 2020, 04:02 PM

Omg that is so rubbish... and ridiculous! So they are essentially lost sales! I'm sure quite a few German fans likely ordered copies of the vinyls, cassettes etc not available in other countries which should be contributed to Germany's chart.

Posted by: JosephStyles Oct 9 2020, 04:08 PM

Officially announced as #8, what an amazing achievement!! I'm so happy for her

Posted by: Jay* Oct 9 2020, 04:16 PM

I'm so happy for her... and us, the fans *.*

It's been 17 and a half years since Reason reached #5 and became her last Top 10 album. Over the years I never even entertained the idea of Melanie C ever achieving another Top 10 again, particularly when she had three albums in a row miss the Top 40. It seemed beyond her capabilities as an independent artist. So this is really fantastic! #8 is a great position; it's nice that she's nicely within the Top 10 and it wasn't a close call at #10.

This is also the first solo Spice Top 10 album since Emma's Free Me in February 2004! 16 and a half years ago!

Posted by: dachiki Oct 9 2020, 04:16 PM

With 7 265 sales

Posted by: Lukuzz Oct 9 2020, 04:18 PM

Wow fantastic achievement to get another top 10, 17 years after the last, never would have thought a solo spice record would manage that in 2020

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 9 2020, 04:18 PM

Congrats to her and Geri that inspired the album cover. Is this her fourth best opening in terms sales?

Posted by: Blond 2.0 Oct 9 2020, 04:22 PM

WOW amazing so happy for her

Posted by: Jay* Oct 9 2020, 04:25 PM

It is indeed! Behind Reason (30,876), Northern Star (17,773) and Beautiful Intentions (8,970).

Kind of funny to think that Beautiful Intentions achieved those sales with just one CD. Times have certainly changed, with all the different formats put on sale these days!

Posted by: Spice Girls Net Oct 9 2020, 04:32 PM

First and only Spice Girl to have 3 Top 10 albums in the UK

Melanie C also has a Top 10 album in the 90s, 00s and 20s

Posted by: Chemistry Oct 9 2020, 04:33 PM

YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

I am so happy for her. This is an amazing achievement, especially also seeing how decent the sales are compared to the opening weeks of most of her other albums. Ofcourse the UK charts have changed a lot (and it's sad to see 7k gets you to #8 in a busy week), but just really good. Also press-wise, to say she got a top 10 album.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 9 2020, 04:36 PM

Successful Spice - empowering women through Music

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 9 2020, 04:43 PM

Well done Melanie, the whole album isn't to my taste but it is cohesive and at least fun and more interesting than he last few. She absolutely rinsed the fans with formats and released 4 videos she wanted this top 10 so must be very satisfying.

Posted by: Jay* Oct 9 2020, 04:51 PM

Was hoping the Music Week write-up would give more info than the first week sales... I wanted some new totals. Oh well...

Interesting to see that Melanie actually overtook Roger Waters in the end (he sold 7,096). I'm a bit infuriated to see that Lewis Capaldi ended up at #7 because of his desire to keep his Top 10 streak up (he sold signed "test pressing" CDs for £5 in a bid to stay Top 10). Melanie could have been #7 without that shenanigans. He sold 7,999, 734 more copies than Melanie. In the Thursday midweeks Melanie had sold 6,381 and Lewis was only on 3,776...

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 9 2020, 04:52 PM

Also the only Spice Girl to have a top 30 album on the UK in 4 consecutive decades.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 9 2020, 04:52 PM

Do we know something about the indie chart and sales chart? I’m just curious.

EDIT:

#1 indie
#6 vinyl
#7 sales

Posted by: Andrew. Oct 9 2020, 05:00 PM

Top 10 Top 8

Lewis though, imagine how tired we are!

Posted by: Andrew. Oct 9 2020, 05:02 PM

#9 in Scotland. Weirdly Beautiful Intentions peaked there as well.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 9 2020, 05:05 PM

That’s good!

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 9 2020, 05:08 PM

Yeah 4 top 10 albums in Scotland for Melanie

Bloody Lewis Capaldi stopping her from getting to #7

Posted by: Slick Oct 9 2020, 05:10 PM

Longevity Spice

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 9 2020, 05:14 PM

Mommy is a popstar Spice

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 9 2020, 05:19 PM

This is huge, i was fully expecting number 10 at the very best today so a single didgit peak is a brill outcome.

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Oct 9 2020, 05:21 PM

I'm so made up for her! Thoroughly deserved. ♥

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 9 2020, 05:22 PM

Its very well deserved and im sure all in the mel c camp will be very happy with this.

Posted by: Rob90 Oct 9 2020, 07:16 PM

Great result given the tough competion. Red girl records now has a uk top 10 album aswell as single.I am Sure she and her team must be over the moon. The change of management really has worked wonders she should of done it years ago before release of the sea. Still can't belive she made it!😀

Posted by: dromeda Oct 9 2020, 07:25 PM

AMAAZING!! Now she should release one more single/videomusic quickly (Good Enough).

Posted by: SouthernStar88 Oct 9 2020, 07:42 PM

I'm so happy , this is so deserved!!!!!!!
this is also her first top 10 album with Red Girl Records, even greater satisfaction!

Posted by: Sideout Oct 9 2020, 10:11 PM

I'm so happy for Mel. She deserves all the success with this album.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 10 2020, 02:31 AM

If she could get a 2nd week top 75 I'd be very happy with it,,I'm so happy she held that top 10 as I would have so hated number 11.

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 10 2020, 06:42 AM

I think it will be a massive struggle for her to stay top 100 this week.

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 10 2020, 07:29 AM

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#184 United Kingdom

When You're Gone

iTunes:
#662 United Kingdom

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#32 United Kingdom
#81 Malta
#110 Australia
#152 Bulgaria
#298 Germany
#388 Canada
#1035 United States

Apple Music:
#65 Spain
#86 Argentina
#90 United Kingdom
#96 Chile
#123 Brazil
#128 Vietnam
#150 Cyprus
#190 Sweden
#221 Netherlands
#264 Australia
#370 Ireland

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 10 2020, 07:41 AM

She’s still at 32 on iTunes. I wasn’t expecting to find her at all 😂

It’s the right time to: a) lower the price on iTunes, CD b) promote the streaming c) more interviews (exclusive about BIOM being about Victoria)

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 10 2020, 07:58 AM

Jay, do you happen to have the breakdown of physical, digital & streaming sales for the album?

Posted by: Spice Girls Net Oct 10 2020, 08:25 AM

The album debuted at #37 on the ARIA album charts in Australia.

It’s Melanie’s highest charting album since 1999’s ‘Northern Star’ which peaked at #32

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 10 2020, 08:49 AM

Effing Rhona. I hope she can promote the record soon in those countries. No sign of the US chart tho.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 10 2020, 08:50 AM

Great stuff

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 10 2020, 08:54 AM

What is this about BIOM being about a Spice Girl? Sounds like fans being a bit to me

But yes, she does need to change tactics like reducing the prices of physical items and the iTunes ones too... Lets see... I would imagine it would depend on the first midweeks...

Lets brace ourselves for a big drop. It's gonna happen, lets be honest, so we might as well be ready.

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 10 2020, 09:04 AM

She absolutely needs to do something, the euphoria of a top 10 will be dampened hugely if it falls out of the top 100 this week.

She should be doing everything to keep it top 75 this week, because otherwise that top 10 changes nothing. It was still the same old fans buying it just they bought 8 copies not 4 this time. Now she has to get casuals and non fans buying out of curiosity. Oh that new Melanie C album that is doing well is only 4.99 I'll take a punt and buy/download it see what the fuss is about.

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 10 2020, 09:19 AM

https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/queen-and-adam-lambert-debut-at-1-on-the-aria-albums-chart

https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/queen-and-adam-lambert-debut-at-1-on-the-aria-albums-chart

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 10 2020, 09:21 AM

It's like how everyone always says Northern Star is about Mel B cos she is Northern... well so is Melanie C! It's ridiculous always looking for any link with no substance.

Posted by: Rob90 Oct 10 2020, 09:36 AM

Posted by: Rob90 Oct 10 2020, 09:39 AM

Great position in Australia.do we know the swiss position yet?#27 in Germany and she normally charts a few places higher in Switzerland

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 10 2020, 09:41 AM

This! And they need to hurry

Posted by: tommie Oct 10 2020, 10:08 AM

Honestly, most of us expects a huge drop this week. It's obvious everything was pushed to at least give it a decent peak and Mel C being able to push this as a top ten album is good enough since most people actually don't follow the charts. The next goal would be trying to achieve a decent sales total, but I doubt that'll happen.

Posted by: Jay* Oct 10 2020, 10:13 AM

Not yet Hopefully in a couple of days!

Great that she went Top 40 in Australia

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 10 2020, 10:26 AM

Melanie said "there is so much more to come", so I hope that means she will keep the album campaign going until Christmas and beyond, into the new year, leading to the European tour.

This album has the potential to superpass the total sales of This Time, The Sea, Stages & Version of Me.

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 10 2020, 10:27 AM

The album is climbing on iTunes!

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#209 United Kingdom

When You're Gone

iTunes:
#873 United Kingdom

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#22 United Kingdom
#97 Australia
#105 Malta
#182 Bulgaria
#348 Germany
#408 Canada
#937 United States

Apple Music:
#64 Spain
#90 United Kingdom
#109 Chile
#128 Vietnam
#129 Brazil
#131 Cyprus
#280 Sweden
#281 Australia
#304 Netherlands
#312 Ireland
#379 Philippines
#397 Italy

Posted by: Chemistry Oct 10 2020, 10:36 AM

Great debut in Australia! And nice to see it jumped 10 places on UK iTunes as well this morning.

Posted by: tommie Oct 10 2020, 10:56 AM

I do think there does seem to be a bit more casual interest in this album than her previous efforts, but obviously she has to keep it going. If it manages to stay top 75 this week it would be a small achievement I guess. Her doing 20k+ in total would be a step up from her previous ones which mostly did between 10-15k in the UK since Beautiful Intentions.

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 10 2020, 11:30 AM

The cassette and standard cd £5 on her store
Standard download £4.99, deluxe added £7.99
Amazon standard edition £5
A social media advert made with clips from the 3 videos (I'm ignoring Fearless) with the tag 'the brilliant new top 10 album from Melanie C' that she could put on twitter and social media and get her fans to share.

The whole point of being top 10 is it being a vehicle to promote and sell the album to non fans otherwise what is the point. She might as well have had 1 cd again and 1 video and saved her money charted at 30 and spent a fraction of the cash she has.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 10 2020, 11:34 AM

JOIN HER TEAM NOW!!!

I'd re-download the deluxe if she put it on iTunes. Also if she reduces the black standard vinyl I'll grab a copy of that too, that's 2 sales already I'm sure lots of other fans would do the same, plus the added attraction of casual shoppers would boost it's sales and hopefully avoid such a sharp decline.

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 10 2020, 11:36 AM

Deluxe on streaming sites is a must too.

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 10 2020, 11:42 AM

Keep climbing!

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#221 United Kingdom

First Day of My Life

iTunes:
#481 Switzerland

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#20 United Kingdom
#79 France
#85 Australia
#105 Malta
#182 Bulgaria
#937 United States

Apple Music:
#58 Cyprus
#69 Spain
#85 United Kingdom
#124 Chile
#128 Vietnam
#179 Brazil
#303 Australia
#330 Sweden
#354 Philippines
#369 Italy
#401 Netherlands
#461 Ireland

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 10 2020, 11:45 AM

It would be top 10 on iTunes at 4.99, the extra exposure being in the top 10 and front page would be worth it too.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 10 2020, 12:00 PM

She’s up to #20? What happened? 😂
I agree with Sammy. Mel needs to do something. She’s not even posting on Social Media, lazy social Spice. 😂

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 10 2020, 12:08 PM

She doesn't need to use all her ammunition at once. She can save the inevitable price reduction for a later stage in the album campaign.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 10 2020, 12:23 PM

Totally agree!

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 10 2020, 12:30 PM

I disagree. #20 at full price would generate much more revenue than #10 at half price.

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 10 2020, 12:39 PM

Like this project is about revenue haha. I mean no record label would have spent out on 4 videos for an album likely to go 8-105-192-Out.

We all like to say it benefitted Emma releasing on a record label but there is no way BMG spent anywhere near what Mel C has on this album. That isn't knocking Mel C, she clearly invested that money from SW19 into her solo career but it is obvious this era isn't about making a profit but getting that top 10, building her profile and self satisfaction.

Posted by: tommie Oct 10 2020, 01:27 PM

The issue is that "saving" it would only be worth it if she was the type of artist whose albums charted for weeks. It's always harder to get an album to re-chart once it's left the charts than it is to keep it charting.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 10 2020, 01:34 PM

Its def not a money making project and we knew it would be more or less a 1 week wonder album which is the case for any solo spice album. I think the aim was top 10 and profile building and it def done the job there. Mel is very lucky that she has the money to invest in her solo career and its prob one of things that helped make her decision on the spice girls reuniting. Not every artist is in the same financial situation as her.

Posted by: Chemistry Oct 10 2020, 01:59 PM

Unfortunately missed the top 100 here in The Netherlands, not surprising as she didn't make the album charts since BI (and that only made #98 before dropping out the next week).

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 10 2020, 02:00 PM

Not to mention you want supermarkets to keep stocking it which they won't if the album bombs out the top 200 in 3 weeks.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 10 2020, 06:59 PM

Another interesting info. Melanie C has now 7 top10 albums (3 on her own and 4 with the Spice Girls), Geri and Victoria have 5, Emma 6, and Mel B 4.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 11 2020, 01:49 AM

I'm glad she has the lead now and happy with emma second.

Posted by: tommie Oct 11 2020, 05:31 AM

Let's be real here - if Melanie wanted to make money off her solo career she'd be better off signing up to OnlyFans and promising a solo song a month for $25.

Posted by: dancinqueen Oct 11 2020, 07:21 AM

Tomorrow is Monday and she’s at #24 on iTunes. I expect her to do something, she has a whole week to lower some prices, release some exclusive content or whatever she wants too. I hope she doesn’t abandon the project.

I have a feeling there’s something Spice related going on and they’re trying to look as much distant as possible. Otherwise, this stinks. The day Melanie got her #8 Emma was promoting the album of a random guy 😂

Posted by: tommie Oct 11 2020, 07:27 AM

Mel should do a hot lesbian duet with Geri! And do a special page 3 spread! PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS HERE GUYS!

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 11 2020, 10:15 AM

Mel B did like her insta post about being #8 tbf and Emma promoted Mel’s album on release week.

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 11 2020, 11:02 AM

You do love a conspiracy dont you? Emma did promote Mel's album when it mattered - during the week! She also promoted her other friends' release on the day of its release. Lol its simple

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 11 2020, 11:23 AM

Down to #34 on iTunes let’s see if Sunday Brunch helps at all.

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 11 2020, 12:06 PM

#34 isn't so bad for her on 2nd week. Problem is her sales from her webstore will be non existent this week bar a handful as that is where all big fans order from and they will have got the album first week. This week should be all about itunes, Amazon, streaming and supermarkets, that is where she will pick up casual sales and streams and that is where she needs to be pushing hard right now.

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 11 2020, 12:23 PM

It's up to #20 right now.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 11 2020, 12:43 PM

Yay back up to 20! 😍

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 11 2020, 12:45 PM

Above Blackpink too which charted 6 places higher than her!

Posted by: Voodoo Oct 11 2020, 12:55 PM

In and Out of Love

iTunes:
#272 United Kingdom

When You're Gone

iTunes:
#913 United Kingdom

Album: Melanie C

iTunes:
#20 United Kingdom
#64 Australia
#130 Malta

Apple Music:
#84 United Kingdom
#92 Spain
#160 Chile
#229 Brazil
#238 Ireland
#341 Australia
#363 Sweden
#435 Netherlands
#498 Italy

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 11 2020, 04:31 PM

Good its holding up in the downloads, i know it doesnt equate to much but at least a few people are still buying the album, as i said before if she stayed top 75 this week it would be a great bonus.

Posted by: Jay* Oct 11 2020, 04:43 PM

I think she'd need to sell around 1,400 copies to stay Top 75 in week 2. Up to 1,200 copies for Top 100.

I really hope she stays Top 100. It's kind of sad that a second week Top 100 would be quite an achievement in this day and age lol. I miss when albums experienced more graceful falls in the charts (even This Time managed a second week Top 100...), but since streaming became popular it's led to some really harsh falls for albums reliant on pure sales.

Since 2005, the second week positions for solo albums have been...

24-53 - Beautiful Intentions (fell 29 places)
65-75 - Life in Mono (10 places)
57-97 - This Time (40 places)
45-101 - The Sea (56 places)
41-115 - Passion (74 places)
11-121 - My Happy Place (110 places)
25-146 - Version of Me (121 places)

Stages was out of the Top 200 in week 2, meaning it fell over 151 places, and of course L.A. State of Mind didn't even chart in week 1

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 11 2020, 04:52 PM

Ya i hate the 2nd week fall for the albums but its become so common with so many artists now, i know the chances of top 75 are slim but im staying hopefully it will at least stay top 100. I was sure My Happy Place stayed top 100 on week 2 but i must be thinking of the midweeks.

Posted by: Jay* Oct 11 2020, 05:10 PM

90s queens Emma and Louise both fell 11-121 with their albums unfortunately Emma's album was #88 in one of the midweek updates in week 2.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 11 2020, 05:17 PM

Omg #101 for The Sea bloody typical

I'll never get over The Sea charting at #45 it deserved to be a top 40 at the very minimum!

Posted by: Babyboy Oct 12 2020, 01:41 PM

In and out of love is #97 on UK downloads singles chart

Posted by: tommie Oct 12 2020, 01:46 PM

She is the Charting* Queen, young and sweet, not even 47 ooh yeah.

* Not to be confused with Sharting, which is a whole other issue especially if you're wearing white

Posted by: Jay* Oct 12 2020, 01:55 PM

Wasn't expecting that to make the download chart! Nice that she's had four songs from this era manage to chart in the Top 100 (if only she could manage to chart in the main top 100 lol)

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 12 2020, 02:44 PM

Melanie C is #102 in the mids, which is awful. When streaming keeps being added through the week this will struggle to stay top 200.

Posted by: Jay* Oct 12 2020, 03:17 PM

Posted by: Andrew. Oct 12 2020, 03:31 PM

Posted by: schizo_spice Oct 12 2020, 03:39 PM

I feel bad for Mel as this was her money she'd invested into a project that she clearly had a lot of passion in and the returns just aren't there no matter how hard she tries.

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 12 2020, 04:03 PM

To be honest with you, that has been Mel's career since Reason. She always poured her millions into her career in the hopes that she can recover some of it or all during the promo across the world.

I bet she looses money every time, although she is a multi-millionaire, of course she is fine...

If she wants a better second week, she needs to really promote this week and do reductions of the costs of purchasing the album. In the end, it could actually be a bit more of income as more people would be enticed to purchase.

Unfortunately, no promo, no radio support and no streaminh platforms support, means she is invisible this week...

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 12 2020, 04:10 PM

This week has been pretty shit on her front. She has sold 11 cassettes in the last 4 days, it obviously isn't shifting when they are generally an easy sale. Stick it to 5 quid on her webstore and have her listening to it on a retro Walkman with one of her spice girls outfits on with her saying something like it might be 2020 but I'm still a 90s girl at heart.

Posted by: ___∆___ Oct 12 2020, 04:56 PM

Not just Mel of course but I never understand why artists that so commonly now have a huge 2nd week fall don’t do the reductions etc., as mentioned - surely it’s better to shift the CDs, Cassettes etc., on week 2 at a bit of a reduction to keep it afloat in the charts and prevent a warehouse full of stock - let’s face it if people don’t want a Mel C cassette on week 2 then they are never going to want it.

However I’m sure Mel expected this kind of drop and it’s been a huge step up in chart terms from her previous efforts.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 12 2020, 05:08 PM

Voodoo your comment has been deleted there is no need, Schizo wasn’t saying anything unkind at all. Sammy yours has been deleted as there is no need to fuel it further.

Posted by: schizo_spice Oct 12 2020, 05:12 PM

Thanks

Didn't even read Voodoos comment but have no idea how what I said couldve been construed as negative?

Posted by: DoggySwami Oct 12 2020, 05:46 PM

I think people give way too much importance to whether the album spends a second week in the charts or not. Charting at...#90, for example, is not going to make the difference between a successful campaign or not. Likewise, it may not make sense for her to put the album on sale if it means to get less money per copy. The casual public at large is not going to buy an album in 2020, they will listen on Spotify and if they spend any money they will rather pay a streaming subscription. Streaming, thankfully, has gone really well for her this era, with at least three singles crossing the 1 million mark already/very soon. Four if we count High Heels. That's where her efforts to gain new listeners should go.

She knows that most of the physical albums are going to sell on the first week, and she will have made arrangements for that. I can't imagine she still has a room full of unsold copies.

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 12 2020, 05:54 PM

1 million streams is nothing though, absolutely nothing. I know we applaud her for things like that as by her standards it is good but she can't rely on streaming for sales or money because her streaming numbers are so low.

This album will lose her shit loads of money any way, she might as well get as many sales out if it as she can. I mean 11 Cassettes in 4 days! If it was half price she would need to only sell 22 and she would be earning the same amount, 30 and she would have actually increased her profits and sales.

Posted by: vibe Oct 12 2020, 06:03 PM

Why are some people absolutely obsessed with discussing her money.

She wrote on 11 number 1’s . She is set for life , touring DJ gigs pa’s etc !!!

Stop talking about her money , it’s not your concern. Your not going to find her down the job centre anytime soon.

Posted by: Chemistry Oct 12 2020, 06:35 PM

Ikr

It's obviously sad to see her falling this hard, but still, there are soooo many artists releasing albums that won't even bother the top 40, she knows what she is doing and the tour last year surely made her a few millions. And who cares if she spends it on houses, cars or her career? I am sure she is still doing really well and earning royalties from Spice Girls music every month.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 12 2020, 06:58 PM

So disappointed but not shocked by this, i was hoping she would at least be top 75 in the midweeks if nothing else.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 12 2020, 07:21 PM

Amen

Posted by: JosephStyles Oct 12 2020, 08:32 PM

I'm not remotely surprised by that drop, it was what I had anticipated, but I'm very sad nonetheless as it absolutely deserves more! The most important thing truly is the top 10 peak though, nothing can take that from her and it got her a hell of a lot of good press - week 2 won't get any sort of press at all no matter how good or bad it goes.

Posted by: Sideout Oct 12 2020, 09:45 PM

Her social media team is not doing a great job. They should be posting on Twitter and Instagram everday. Melanie also should have been on TikTok this era to try and reach a younger audience. She has done a lot of press interviews and her social media never shares those. As a fan, you have to find those on YouTube yourself. Melanie is doing her career a disservice by not engaging on social media more often.

Sorry if this sounds too negative, but there's always room for improvement. This has more to do with her team than Melanie herself.

Posted by: jlj Oct 13 2020, 01:09 AM

I quite like the idea of doing promo / a discount in week 2 to try and prevent a second week drop.

It’s so common now though that unless your someone who’s either a global star or someone who’s main form of chart sales comes from streams that week two will always see a big decline it’s just worse when it’s people who’s heyday was well in the sales era. I think that’s why the main focus goes into week one try and get the best peak possible as week 2 will always see a huge drop no matter what.

If say the vinyl or cassettes come later or a price reduction it may have meant more time on the chart but then it may have peaked lower. I’d say she and label would rather a 8 - 108 chart run than a 16 - 76 one.

The fact she went top ten anyways is still great. That’s where the press etc would come from as well.

Posted by: Hallo'Riheen Oct 13 2020, 01:16 AM

I am surprised it looks like she’ll do worse than Emma and Louise on Week Two.

Posted by: ___∆___ Oct 13 2020, 10:48 AM

Signed CDs back in stock on Amazon - could help her pick up a few extra sales.

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 13 2020, 11:32 AM

Yes, if she reduces the prices

Posted by: Jay* Oct 13 2020, 12:34 PM

#112 today!

There’s currently 206 signed copies available on Amazon.

Posted by: pippa Oct 13 2020, 12:44 PM

The drop is not a surprise and also not deserved.
10,000 is what a solo Spice Girl album achieves these days so Mels Top 10 placement makes it a highlight.

Posted by: Jay* Oct 13 2020, 03:28 PM

A couple of entries in the US Billboard charts:

TOP ALBUM SALES
98 (NEW) 1 Melanie C

TOP CURRENT ALBUM SALES
60 (NEW) 1 Melanie C


I assume the Top Album Sales chart is just physicals and downloads?

I wonder what Billboard defines as a "current" album?

Posted by: Riser Oct 13 2020, 03:45 PM

According to Wikipedia, Top Album Sales is "a pure album sales chart" and Top Current Albums is " the same chart as Top Album Sales, with catalog titles removed. An album becomes a catalog title when it is more than 18 months old and has fallen below position 100 on the Billboard 200."

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever Oct 13 2020, 03:46 PM

Least she picked up even a few American sales and has a few fans left over there.

Posted by: Jay* Oct 13 2020, 03:47 PM

Thank you for explaining! *.* I wonder how many copies it takes to be Top 100 on top album sales?

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 13 2020, 03:57 PM

I know it's likely not many sales, but how cool for Mel to actually chart on an American chart in 2020!!

Posted by: Spice Girls Net Oct 13 2020, 04:16 PM

The album has entered the Swiss album charts at #50

Melanie's chart peaks in Switzerland

Northern Star #12
Reason #21
Beautiful Intentions #14
This Time #8
The Sea #13
Version of Me #24
Melanie C #50

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 13 2020, 07:08 PM

Ouch that's quite a fall for Melanie after having 6 top 30 albums!

Posted by: Rob90 Oct 14 2020, 09:12 AM

#8 this time
#50 Melanie c
Switzerland positions

#57 this time
#8 melanie c
Uk positions

How the tables have turned. She does well I think to still chart in the German territories as she hasn't had decent air play or hits since this time era over thirteen years ago.

Posted by: Jay* Oct 14 2020, 02:14 PM

'Melanie C' is midweek #114 today, a fall of two places. Currently predicted to end up at #133 on Friday.

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 14 2020, 02:30 PM

Ouch!

Posted by: Hallo'Riheen Oct 14 2020, 06:18 PM

After that #102 I was worried she'd fall straight out the top 200 so that's...something. It doesn't matter really, she has her first top 10 in 17 years and that's allT

Posted by: Rob90 Oct 14 2020, 06:41 PM

Holding up on iTunes currently #31. Must be streaming letting her down a lot of older albums seen to still get decent streams lower down the chart.

Posted by: JosephStyles Oct 14 2020, 06:50 PM

She's sold 93 album downloads all week, that goes to show how much the iTunes album chart matters...!!

Posted by: Mr.X Oct 15 2020, 12:04 PM

#89 on Spanish Charts. Not amazing but then again, it's Mel's only THIRD charting album in that country as far as we know...

Posted by: Jay* Oct 15 2020, 01:13 PM

#117 in today’s midweeks. It’s not collapsed quite as much as I feared it would, in relation to Monday’s midweek.

Monday - #102
Tuesday - #112
Wednesday - #114
Thursday - #117

It’s sold 942 copies so far this week, so at least it’ll manage 1k this week.

Posted by: Spice Girls Net Oct 15 2020, 01:47 PM

The album is #22 on iTunes at the moment which is pretty good considering it was released nearly 2 weeks ago

Posted by: tommie Oct 15 2020, 01:57 PM

Well, as JosephStyles said, from Friday-Tuesday it had accumulated 93 downloads, so it's all very low there. I guess it at least gives it some exposure if it can stay on the iTunes albums chart and might inspire a casual buy or two.

I guess we're looking at ~8.2k sold in two weeks.

Posted by: Rob90 Oct 15 2020, 02:40 PM

Up to#19 on iTunes. Highest it's been since week one I think.

Posted by: Jay* Oct 15 2020, 08:13 PM

It's certainly surprising that it's still hanging around in the iTunes chart!

~

Here's some more detailed midweek info, to expand on my earlier post:

#81 (402 sales) - Sunday
#102 (517 sales) [+115] - Monday
#112 (641 sales) [+124] - Tuesday
#114 (789 sales) [+148] - Wednesday
#117 (942 sales) [+153] - Thursday

942 sales =
702 Physicals (74.52%)
134 Streaming (14.23%)
106 Downloads (11.25%)

Melanie C is predicted to end up at #126, but I'm thinking she might slip to the 130s.

She's shifted a few copies, there's 143 left now. Still £10.99.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 15 2020, 11:27 PM

At least she is adding another 1k sales I guess, who knows maybe she might stick around the hundreds chart area for a few weeks and shift some more copies, it's better than nothing (I'm dreaming I reckon lol). Such a shame I was really hoping she might stick around the top75 for a second week Ah well 2 weeks is more than Version of me and Stages managed right?

Posted by: sammy01 Oct 16 2020, 04:28 AM

Stages and VOM both charted top 200 for 2 weeks. Stages was a random 2nd week later after release when she flogged the album on QVC. VOM had a big 2nd week drop but stayed top 200 for a 2nd week.

Posted by: Spiceboy Oct 16 2020, 06:43 AM

She needs to get on QVC and get flogging again!!!

Posted by: Jay* Oct 16 2020, 10:01 AM

Melanie's Red Girl albums:


24-53-91-136-x [Beautiful Intentions]

57-97-200-x [This Time]

45-101-x [The Sea]

50-x-151-x [Stages]

25-146-x [Version of Me]

8-? [Melanie C]


With hindsight it looks odd that This Time, an album that peaked as low as #57, still at least managed a second week in the Top 100. It was also rather fortunate to get that third week in the Top 200! I wonder whether The Sea was close to managing a third week in the Top 200?

I wish albums were able to have better stability now, but streaming makes it impossible. There's so many old albums or Greatest Hits that casually generate thousands of streaming units a week. In her second week on sale it's too much of a uphill struggle to combat those streaming friendly albums with her physical sales.