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Posted by: Tinasha 8th January 2017, 01:12 PM

The biggest chart shake up of 2017 comes from the biggest UK male artist of the moment, Mr Sheeran, making the biggest chart battle of the week being between Ed Sheeran and Ed Sheeran, as he releases not one but two singles 'Shape of You' and 'Castle of the Sky'. Elsewhere in the singles chart we should see rises into the top 10 from JP Cooper and top 40 new entries from Snakehips' new collaboration with MØ 'Don't Leave'.

As far as albums go, can YouMeAtSix knock Little Mix's four week #1 album down a place and debut at #1?

Breakdown of the week
- Saturday and Sunday: Information on Twitter from MintRoyale only. Please do not make requests, we do not have any information other than what's posted.
- Monday: OCC Top 100 + Radio 1 Chart Update 5:30pm to 5:45pm.
- Tuesday: Top 40 update as and when we receive them with requests, this is NOT 100% guaranteed however. The OCC may publish sales flashes of their own accord but likewise, this is not guaranteed. Twitter and social media is your friend for today. Please post any information you find with a source. Do not nag for updates, we will post a top 40 update if we receive one.
- Wednesday: Top 40 update from Music Week from 5:45, and potential top 5 sales but this is not guaranteed.
- Thursday: See Tuesday.

Other notes (please read)
- You may make requests Tuesday to Thursday but outside the top 40, specific positions will not be revealed (unless deemed necessary by a mod).
- Please do not demand a midweek update, one will be posted as and when we receive the information. Patience is a virtue.
- Sales information will be given out as deemed necessary by a moderator, please bear this in mind when making requests. Most requests for sales will be ignored.
- To keep everyone in the loop of all chart action, please refer to the iTunes and Spotify threads.

Posted by: Tinasha 8th January 2017, 01:12 PM

Official Singles/Albums Chart Update Top 100
Source: OCC
Missing Data: Spotify (Sunday), Apple Music (Sunday)

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

1 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (112.5k) *
2 Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (102.6k) *
3 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (18.8k)
4 Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie - Rockabye (16.5k)
5 Little Mix - Touch (15.1k)

6-10
7 JP Cooper - September Song
8 Starley - Call On Me
9 Jax Jones feat. RAYE - You Don't Know Me

11-20
12 The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming
19 ZAYN & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever

21-30
22 Tom Zanetti feat. Sadie Ama - You Want Me
23 Snakehips & MØ - Don't Leave *
25 Charli XCX feat. Lil Yachty - After the Afterparty
26 Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello - Bad Things *

31-40
31 Sean Paul feat. Dua Lipa - No Lie *
34 Robin Schulz & David Guetta feat. Cheat Codes - Shed a Light *
40 Little Mix feat. Charlie Puth - Oops *

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

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

1 You Me At Six - Night People (10.3k)
2 Little Mix - Glory Days (8.6k)
3 Pete Tong, The Heritage Orchestra & Jules Buckley - Classic House (7.8k)
4 George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (6.0k)
5 David Bowie - Legacy (5.8k)

6-10

11-20
11 The Weeknd - Starboy
13 George Michael - Twenty Five ^
16 Ed Sheeran - x ^
17 Sundara Karma - Youth is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect *
20 Bradley Walsh - Chasing Dreams

21-30
23 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Moana (OST)
24 The Shires - My Universe
27 Ed Sheeran - + ^
28 David Bowie - Blackstar ^

31-40

Click on the above relevant links.

Posted by: Tinasha 8th January 2017, 01:12 PM

Tuesday Update Top 40 Only
Missing Data:

Singles

1
2
3
4
5

6-10


11-20


21-30


31-40


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

Albums

1
2
3
4
5

6-10


11-20


21-30


31-40

Posted by: Tinasha 8th January 2017, 01:12 PM

Wednesday Update Top 40 Only
Source: Music Week
Missing Data:

Singles

1 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (165,742) *
2 Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (145,750) *
3 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (30,468)
4 Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie - Rockabye (27,648)
5 Little Mix - Touch (25,661)

6-10
7 JP Cooper - September Song
8 Starley - Call On Me
9 Jax Jones feat. RAYE - You Don't Know Me

11-20
12 The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming
17 ZAYN & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever

21-30
22 Tom Zanetti feat. Sadie Ama - You Want Me
23 Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello - Bad Things *
27 Charli XCX feat. Lil Yachty - After the Afterparty
28 Sean Paul feat. Dua Lipa - No Lie *

31-40
31 Snakehips & MØ - Don't Leave *
32 Robin Schulz & David Guetta feat. Cheat Codes - Shed a Light *

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

Albums

1 Little Mix - Glory Days (12,974)
2 You Me At Six - Night People (12,047) *
3 Pete Tong, The Heritage Orchestra & Jules Buckley - Classic House (11,220)
4 George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (8,435)
5 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together (8,325)

6-10
6 David Bowie - Legacy
10 Ed Sheeran - x ^

11-20
11 The Weeknd - Starboy
17 George Michael - Twenty Five ^
19 Bradley Walsh - Chasing Dreams
20 Sundara Karma - Youth is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect *

21-30
23 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Moana (OST)
24 Ed Sheeran - + ^
25 The Shires - My Universe
29 David Bowie - Blackstar ^

31-40
33 Jess Glynne - I Cry When I Laugh
35 Sia - This Is Acting

Posted by: Tinasha 8th January 2017, 01:13 PM

Thursday Update Top 40 Only
Missing Data:

Singles

1 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (190.8k) *
2 Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (165.1k) *
3 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (36.2k)
4 Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie - Rockabye (33.0k)
5 Little Mix - Touch (31.1k)

6-10
7 JP Cooper - September Song
8 Starley - Call On Me
9 Jax Jones feat. RAYE - You Don't Know Me

11-20
12 The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming
17 ZAYN & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever

21-30
22 Tom Zanetti feat. Sadie Ama - You Want Me
23 Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello - Bad Things *
27 Sean Paul feat. Dua Lipa - No Lie *
28 Charli XCX feat. Lil Yachty - After the Afterparty

31-40
31 Snakehips & MØ - Don't Leave *
33 Robin Schulz & David Guetta feat. Cheat Codes - Shed a Light *

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

Albums

1 Little Mix - Glory Days (15.2k)
2 Pete Tong, The Heritage Orchestra & Jules Buckley - Classic House (13.9k)
3 You Me At Six - Night People (13.0k) *
4 George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (9.7k - 35 copies ahead)
5 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together (9.7k)

6-10
6 David Bowie - Legacy
10 Ed Sheeran - x ^

11-20
11 The Weeknd - Starboy
18 George Michael - Twenty Five ^
19 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Moana (OST)
20 Bradley Walsh - Chasing Dreams

21-30
23 Sundara Karma - Youth is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect *
24 Ed Sheeran - + ^
25 The Shires - My Universe
28 David Bowie - Blackstar ^
29 Wham! - The Final

31-40
33 Jess Glynne - I Cry When I Laugh
36 Sia - This Is Acting

Posted by: JosephStyles 8th January 2017, 01:17 PM

Shape of You on 83k according to OCC, Castle on the Hill not far behind, both are individually outselling the rest of the top 10 combined!

Posted by: Jonjo 8th January 2017, 01:28 PM

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ed-sheeran-heading-for-huge-official-chart-comeback__17680/

Article here! Massive. I assume that's without Saturdays streaming, too!!

Posted by: Dobbo 8th January 2017, 01:32 PM

Well it's about time we had some good singles sales after how laughable they were over the usually prolific Christmas period.

Biggest selling January #1 since Babylon Zoo then?

Posted by: Tinasha 8th January 2017, 01:33 PM

Yep! Crazy!

Posted by: Mart!n 8th January 2017, 01:33 PM

Wow I can't remember the last top 2 singles selling so fast, that could easily be around 300k+ by the end of the week for both tracks... massive

Posted by: timjimlee 8th January 2017, 01:35 PM

Suspect Pete Tong et al will be competing in Top 3 as well.

Posted by: Danuary 8th January 2017, 01:46 PM

Ed Sheeran could've released on Wednesday and made it to last week's #1 easily then!! Insane sales.

Posted by: Davidson 8th January 2017, 01:49 PM

I mean I thought Ed would have a big comeback of maybe around 150-180k but it's looking like both tracks could come close to 'Hello' like sales which is crazy. I knew he was huge but I didn't think he was quite Adele huge.

Posted by: SePetember Song 8th January 2017, 02:13 PM

So we could have Shape of You, Castle On the Hill, Don't Leave, Shed a Light, Bad Things and No Lie all enter the chart this week. In January

Posted by: mdh 8th January 2017, 02:24 PM

Wow, those sales are ridiculous! Expect he'll easily smash 200k by the end of the week.

Posted by: Dobbo 8th January 2017, 02:33 PM

Very plausible indeed! I think though this will become a common feature in the streaming age as a lot of songs which take a while to take off on streaming would have already entered the sales top 40 back in Nov/Dec. Plus the post-Christmas flush out allows room for debuting tracks alongside all the previous years' best sellers.

Posted by: JosephStyles 8th January 2017, 02:38 PM

I think we've got a potentially very exciting chart this week, with those six new entries that Pete mentioned all being quite likely to enter, plus a potential clearout of half the top 10? Double Ed is guaranteed to enter of course and then JP Cooper, Starley and Jax Jones are all potentially looking to jump in too...

Posted by: Hadji 8th January 2017, 03:36 PM

Clean Bandit could drop to #4 but #3 seems more likely

Posted by: N-S 8th January 2017, 03:51 PM

Q1 becoming the new Q4.

Posted by: vidcapper 8th January 2017, 04:34 PM

What have The Saturdays got to do with it?

Posted by: Queen LeQueefa 8th January 2017, 04:53 PM

Are you a Saturdays fan too, Vicapper?

And probably nothing, unless they're talkin about no. 28 hits tbh!

Posted by: Bré 8th January 2017, 05:18 PM

'Castle On The Hill' coming to be the highest selling #2 since...? Poor Ed having a certain #1 denied by that Ed.

Posted by: common sense 8th January 2017, 05:20 PM

He's not as huge as Adele. His album won't sell 800k first week. Maybe 400k?

Posted by: Hassaan 8th January 2017, 05:41 PM

James Arthur's Impossible did 223,770 in the week of Xmas No. 1 (eventually clinched by The Justice Collective). It might beat that, so in that case it'll be the highest since Joe McElderry managed 450,838 for No. 2 being beaten by Rage Against the Machine.



Of course it won't, if it's being released in the spring rather than in the run-up to Christmas.

Posted by: 777666jason 8th January 2017, 05:51 PM

I know just curious would 1 have sold a lot more if he only released one of these singles?

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 8th January 2017, 05:54 PM

I doubt it would have made much difference sales wise i think most people are buying both songs. The only negative for Ed is he has probably knocked himself out of having another number 1 unless one knocks the other off. Great to see him having such huge sales, lets hope the album gets huge opening sales aswell.

Posted by: SKOB 8th January 2017, 07:26 PM

It's interesting to see that Ed's songs don't hurt each other. Drake and The Weeknd have released two tracks on a same day but one of the songs have always been a lot more popular than the other.

Posted by: ___∆___ 8th January 2017, 07:51 PM

Anyone know if the David Bowie EP 'No Plan' will count towards the singles or album chart (Or neither?), it has 4 tracks and is currently #2 on the iTunes album chart.

Posted by: Danuary 8th January 2017, 07:54 PM

I think 4-track EPs count toward the singles chart! Although Bowie's probably not selling enough for it to have a chance of charting officially.

Posted by: ___∆___ 8th January 2017, 07:58 PM

Thanks, I thought it might be counted towards the singles chart - might have had a chance to chart if it was being counted towards albums.

Posted by: Robbie 8th January 2017, 08:59 PM

If the lead track is 'Lazarus', under chart rules sales of the EP could count towards the sales of that track rather than being counted as a separate release. It depends how the OCC treat the release and / or how the record label have requested how the EP is treated.

Posted by: 777666jason 8th January 2017, 09:27 PM

It does look like more people are favouring shape of you and the gaps on iTunes and Spotify are increasing between the
Hence it is likely to take off most maybe last longer in long run

Posted by: Steve201 8th January 2017, 09:34 PM

He's not as big as Adele but dare I suggest more of a singles artist than she is if you know what I mean?

Posted by: Dobbo 8th January 2017, 09:34 PM

I just hope Shape Of You prevents Castle On The Hill ever going to #1, after a couple more listens it's really turning into a fave of mine.

Posted by: Hadji 8th January 2017, 09:50 PM

If he releases his album near Xmas, I can see him getting something like 600k first week sales

Posted by: Bré 8th January 2017, 10:00 PM

'Shape Of You' is clearly the bigger hit / more commercially friendly song (Capital FM are gonna start hammering it if they haven't already, I don't see them taking to 'Castle On The Hill' near as much) and I think the gap between them will grow rapidly quite soon. I hope 'Castle On The Hill' can still have a decent chart run itself though, I much prefer it (although I like both of them).

Posted by: Tinasha 8th January 2017, 10:12 PM

Both Shape of You and Castle On The Hill are on S on Capital and are both already being played every hour. In the rolling UK airplay Catsle on The Hill is actually higher at #29 so far with Shape Of You at #39.

Posted by: Steve201 8th January 2017, 10:17 PM

Yeh I prefer Castle on the Hill so I do - quite heavy for Ed too dare I say. The other one sounds ready made for the pop chart/commercial/capital playlist market!

Posted by: Jonjo 8th January 2017, 10:21 PM

I can see radio taking to COTH much more than SOY, but SOY will definitely resonate with the general public a lot more. I do think COTH is the better song. I like both of them, but that one has so much more repeatability for me. So I hope it can last just as long in the charts as SOY.

Posted by: Bré 8th January 2017, 10:21 PM

Fair enough, but I doubt that'll continue in the long run, especially with 'Shape Of You' already pulling ahead on iTunes/Spotify. I'd be happy to be wrong though.

'Castle On The Hill' must sound extremely out of place on Capital surely...

Posted by: mdh 8th January 2017, 10:32 PM

In the world of Year 13 Snapchat stories Shape Of You is already proving the more popular, although I'd assume the likes of Heart and local radio stations will take to Castle On The Hill - where as Capital are bound to prefer Shape Of You.

Posted by: Steve201 8th January 2017, 10:44 PM

Yeh COTH could do well on the AirPlay chart as radio 1&2 will play it!

Posted by: Davidson 8th January 2017, 11:44 PM

I think we need to forget about the whole "only one can do well in a dual release" mentality when looking at these two songs. They are both looking at doing 250k+ this week and both will be in the top 10 for a hell of a long time I suspect, probably for months on end. I reckon the next three or four weeks we will see Ed claiming the two top spots unless something really big comes along.

Both songs will remain two of the biggest hits of 2017, they have both already shown to be sales and streaming giants, and radio seems happy supporting both at the same time. His power is just immense.

Posted by: Tinasha 8th January 2017, 11:48 PM

Yeah, I agree with the above. I think Ed is going to occupy the top 2 officially for at least 3 weeks. Castle on The Hill may not be going to #1 this week but it's still selling a lot and has the second highest 1 day streaming record now.

Posted by: mr_pmt 9th January 2017, 12:56 AM

So, is this the modern day way of doing a double A-side?

Posted by: iain 9th January 2017, 08:33 AM

I wonder if Ed will drip release any more songs up to the release of the album. WE could potentially be looking at an Ed no 1 for some time yet if he does.

Posted by: FleetSeb 9th January 2017, 09:30 AM

Castle on the Hill sounds SO much like a Mumford & Sons second album song, starts and builds exactly the same way. And the intro to Shape of You reminds me a lot of Rockabye.

I like both, prefer COTH but can see why Shape of You is more popular as it definitely sounds more 2016/17. I reckon if they had been released in 2010-12 COTH would have been the bigger song.

Posted by: Dark Horse 9th January 2017, 10:17 AM

I wish Ed had released one of his singles on Christmas week, then we wouldn't have had Rockabye which is the most awful Christmas number 1 atrocity since the birth of Jesus Christ...

Posted by: timjimlee 9th January 2017, 10:30 AM

That is quite a statement you make given the "quality" of previous Christmas Number 1's, seems you prefer the likes of Mr Blobby, Renée and Renato and Bob The Builder.

Posted by: Mart!n 9th January 2017, 11:08 AM

I wouldn't want Ed releasing anymore singles just yet, top 2 is enough, otherwise he will be occupying the top 3/5 for a few more weeks, just makes the singles chart look so boring, week on week. The more singles he releases will just make the chart more staler, other acts won't even bother.

Posted by: Karma 9th January 2017, 11:41 AM

I have to be honest, if i was Ed and his team - i would release more in the next few weeks - he would make history occupying the whole top 5 if he did release another 3 songs for example! There's no stopping him.

Posted by: M4NG0 9th January 2017, 11:51 AM

Yep, that's exactly what it is!


I disagree - there's such a thing as over-exposure, I think the two singles thing is the perfect strategy.

Posted by: Dark Horse 9th January 2017, 12:42 PM

Oops i almost forgot about those...

Posted by: ankietarrr 9th January 2017, 12:46 PM

Where I can see sales live?

Posted by: mr_pmt 9th January 2017, 12:54 PM

Not to mention most of them in recent years have been ultra cheap, nasty thrown together dreary cover versions.

Posted by: GTH 9th January 2017, 12:56 PM

I agree, too much of one artist and people get sick of them. Better to reign it in with just the two songs for a while.

Posted by: JosephStyles 9th January 2017, 01:05 PM

http://digitalsalesdata.com/diydsd.php?Region=143444 provides an estimate of iTunes sales, and mdh combines these figures with http://kworb.net/spotify/country/gb_daily.html to give an estimate of daily sales http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=196737. This is as close as you'll get to seeing up to date sales figures!

Posted by: Karma 9th January 2017, 01:25 PM

Yeah i agree with you there, definitely perfect strategy so far. To be honest, once the album is released the individual songs could be downloaded and streamed enough to make the singles chart anyway, and he could occupy many positions in the official top 10!

Posted by: GTH 9th January 2017, 02:19 PM

This is why I actually quite liked ADELE's strategy in regards to only having the singles being promoted at the time go on streaming services and then after things have calmed down a bit put the whole album up.

I imagine if 25 was available straight away to streaming she would have had quite a few top 40 entries for a while, which might have been overkill.

It also made it more rewarding to buy the album as you felt you were getting something extra than those who would have been listening to it for free via streaming.

No chance of Ed doing anything like that of course seeing as streaming has played a huge role in the overall success of X globally. Can't imagine he would restrict access to his music in any form.

Posted by: 777666jason 9th January 2017, 02:39 PM

Yeah but he Taylor swift bestie now was he when x was first release

Posted by: JosephStyles 9th January 2017, 02:43 PM

I assume so, yes, because they did Everything Has Changed a fair while before x was released. Not that this really would have any impact on whether the new album goes on streaming services or not, hasn't stopped people like Selena Gomez, Ellie Goulding and Hailee Steinfeld who are in Taylor's "squad"

Posted by: 777666jason 9th January 2017, 03:14 PM

I know lol

Part of me would like the album all at once just to beat drake

Posted by: slowdown73 9th January 2017, 05:25 PM

Just because you don't like rockabye doesn't mean it's not a good track. It's far better than all the dreary X factor winning singles and a lot of charity xmas hits. I don't particularly like Ed Sheeran so I'm glad he didn't dominate the xmas chart but unfortunately he will do now.

Posted by: JosephStyles 9th January 2017, 05:27 PM

Radio 1 chart update is at 5:30, the top 100s will appear any time from 5:45, the update will be up around then also

Posted by: M4NG0 9th January 2017, 05:33 PM

Yes Greg, September Song is "surely a contender" for Number 1 this week

Posted by: JosephStyles 9th January 2017, 05:38 PM

Official Singles/Albums Chart Update Top 100
Source: OCC
Missing Data: Spotify (Sunday), Apple Music (Sunday)

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

1 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (112.5k) *
2 Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (102.6k) *
3 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (18.8k)
4 Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie - Rockabye (16.5k)
5 Little Mix - Touch (15.1k)

6-10
7 JP Cooper - September Song
8 Starley - Call On Me
9 Jax Jones feat. RAYE - You Don't Know Me

11-20
12 The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming
19 ZAYN & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever

21-30
22 Tom Zanetti feat. Sadie Ama - You Want Me
23 Snakehips & MØ - Don't Leave *
25 Charli XCX feat. Lil Yachty - After the Afterparty
26 Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello - Bad Things *

31-40
31 Sean Paul feat. Dua Lipa - No Lie *
34 Robin Schulz & David Guetta feat. Cheat Codes - Shed a Light *
40 Little Mix feat. Charlie Puth - Oops *

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

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

1 You Me At Six - Night People (10.3k)
2 Little Mix - Glory Days (8.6k)
3 Pete Tong, The Heritage Orchestra & Jules Buckley - Classic House (7.8k)
4 George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (6.0k)
5 David Bowie - Legacy (5.8k)

6-10

11-20
11 The Weeknd - Starboy
13 George Michael - Twenty Five ^
16 Ed Sheeran - x ^
17 Sundara Karma - Youth is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect *
20 Bradley Walsh - Chasing Dreams

21-30
23 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Moana (OST)
24 The Shires - My Universe
27 Ed Sheeran - + ^
28 David Bowie - Blackstar ^

31-40

Click on the above relevant links.

Posted by: Mart!n 9th January 2017, 05:40 PM

Amazing!!!

Posted by: slowdown73 9th January 2017, 05:41 PM

So Rag n Bone have been denied no1 slot by Ed Sheeran!

Posted by: Hadji 9th January 2017, 05:42 PM

The first song since 2015's Xmas #1 to pass 100k paid-for sales in a week. I'd have much preferred for Ed to release one of the songs this week and one of them next week. I just hope both his songs get turns at #1. I also hope that Sean Lipa, Snakehips and MGK can remain top 40 and that Starley can remain top 10

Posted by: 777666jason 9th January 2017, 05:43 PM

I'm sure little mix are trying to tease us 40 again in midweeks

Posted by: slowdown73 9th January 2017, 05:43 PM

Shed a light finally entering the top 40.

Posted by: mdh 9th January 2017, 05:44 PM

Thanks for doing my promo for me

Lovely to see it looking like we'll have 5 new tracks in the top 10 - would also be nice if The Weeknd could sneak in again! Really hoping that one of the three climbers from 7-9 can reach the top 5, that'd be cool.

Posted by: timjimlee 9th January 2017, 05:45 PM

Low Sales for You Me At Six in the Album update, wouldn't be surprised to see Little Mix stay at number 1 this week or even Pete Tong to steal it.

Fantastic to see George Michael and David Bowie also in the Top 5.

Posted by: Danuary 9th January 2017, 05:48 PM

JP Cooper, Starley and Jax Jones are all brilliant additions to the top 10

Posted by: liamk97 9th January 2017, 06:02 PM

Disappointing sales for You Me At Six - little over 10k after three days of sales when Cavalier Youth sold 23.5k after 2 days. I should imagine Little Mix will overtake with ease. Still, it saves us, at least for a little while, from a #1 album having a big second week fall, which You Me At Six would likely have had.

Great to see such huge sales in the singles to compensate for the albums. Surely both Ed Sheeran songs are on track for an easy 200k+ each!

Posted by: Chig66 9th January 2017, 06:12 PM

Flippin' 'eck! That's more chart units clocked up by Shape Of You in just three days than all but seven weeks' number ones made (in the whole week) for the entirety of last year!
And that's with one day's streaming points missing!

Posted by: common sense 9th January 2017, 06:19 PM

Wish Ed had waited a week to release to give Human a week at No.1

The George Michael L&G compilation now back in stock on Amazon and seen it in Asda today too so that accounts for it's climb.

Posted by: Hadji 9th January 2017, 06:20 PM

And if that happened, Clean Bandit would probably clinch a tenth week at the top

Posted by: ML Hammer95 9th January 2017, 06:21 PM

Can't believe Jax Jones looks like being a Top 10 hit soon, a welcome variation on the dominant 2016 dance trends.

Posted by: common sense 9th January 2017, 06:23 PM

Yes, agreed. You can't assume anything chart-wise these days.

Posted by: 🚡🚟🍥-b 9th January 2017, 06:55 PM

Not really, its still a little bit tropical in a Clean Bandit sort of way (definitely not as much as most recent dance tracks though). Also it is still rather minimal too and has those infernal pitched voices.

So glad Tom Zanetti won't be a big hit, we definitely don't need that kind of dull bassline house back after it was so dominant in 2014 and early 2015

Posted by: King Rollo 9th January 2017, 07:02 PM

OCC website says that Ed Sheeran will be the first act to enter at no.1 and no.2 with two new tracks. Does this mean that someone else has already done it with re-releases? I can't think of it happening before.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 9th January 2017, 07:03 PM

Really hope all those newies can cling on! And that Water Under the Bridge can keep its Top 40 position!

Posted by: GTH 9th January 2017, 07:06 PM

Come on Oops!! Hoping it can manage it this week after just missing out in the last chart.

Really glad the Moana soundtrack is chart eligible. Great to follow its progress. Was a shame the Frozen soundtrack was only in the compilation chart

Posted by: Rob S~ 9th January 2017, 07:11 PM

amazing to see JP, Starley & Jax all top 10, all quite good to very good songs & that Machine track is growing so hope that gets a chart play. It would be nice if Adele snuck back in without kicking LM out again & Sage to shoot in to keep the freshness going!

Posted by: SKOB 9th January 2017, 07:13 PM

Oops is such a cringe fest but maybe it's just because of Charlie Puth. He's awful

Hope Joanne can stay in top 40

Posted by: Karma 9th January 2017, 07:31 PM

Yeah i think that was perfect for Adele, but Ed will be available everywhere, and rightly so for Ed Sheeran. The marketing of this campaign is 10/10.

Posted by: Chig66 9th January 2017, 07:33 PM

The OCC website says that the two Ed Sheeran tracks have clocked up just under 4 million streams each.
So, if we guesstimate that figure as 3.9 million each, that means the chart units shown above include 26,000 streaming points for each song. That gives a breakdown for each song so far as;

1. Shape Of You: 86,500 sales + 26,000 streaming points = 112,500 chart units
2. Castle On The Hill: 76,600 sales + 26,000 streaming points = 102,600 chart units

This means that Shape of You has already sold more than ANY number one last year, beating Lukas Graham's best week in just three days. Castle On The Hill has almost done it too (and will do easily before Thursday night).
As Hadji says above, the next sales target to beat is the 124,340 that A Bridge Over You sold, just over 12 months ago.

Posted by: Suedehead2 9th January 2017, 07:33 PM

He will be the first artist to have new (or re-) entries at numbers one and two.

Posted by: 777666jason 9th January 2017, 07:54 PM

Be curious to see the sales with the old ratio just to see how far off Adele he would be it's easily going to be the fastest since her

Posted by: pippa 9th January 2017, 08:03 PM

Based on the sales information provided to date, i would not rule Little Mix out of staying at number 1 for another week.

Posted by: Chig66 9th January 2017, 08:05 PM

The sales are still as shown, obviously, but, for the benefit of those who can't be bothered to work out the chart units, under the old 100:1 ratio, today's figures would be;

1. Shape Of You: 86,500 sales + 39,000 streaming points = 125,500 chart units
2. Castle On The Hill: 76,600 sales + 39,000 streaming points = 115,600 chart units

(Using the same assumption as above, that just under four million streams for each song so far is 3.9 million each.)

Posted by: Doctor Blind 9th January 2017, 08:13 PM

Adele was at 164.5K by the Monday in her release week (total: 332,599)

That suggests around 227K and 207K totals for Ed's singles - obviously large error bars around that.

Posted by: 777666jason 9th January 2017, 08:21 PM

I didn't mean now I mean at the end of the week

Posted by: mr_pmt 9th January 2017, 08:35 PM

Fabulous for Jax Jones top 10.

At the end of last year I was thinking it probably wouldn't do anything, but it's taken off so quickly!

Posted by: 777666jason 9th January 2017, 08:43 PM

Oh and I bet it sucks to be Rag n Bone man would have finally peaked at number one this week poor guy

Posted by: burbe 9th January 2017, 09:31 PM

I think it will - there's streaming data missing and that's WUTB's strength atm.

Posted by: Dobbo 9th January 2017, 09:52 PM

Annoying that You Don't Know Me looking to go top 10 when the FAR superior RAYE track didn't make it...

5 new songs in the top 10 would be the first time that's happened since the week the Chart moved to a Friday I think?

Posted by: Steve201 9th January 2017, 10:35 PM

I asked this earlier in the week - means literally enter at the top 2 spots whereas Justin has risen to the top 2/3 last year!

Posted by: Steve201 9th January 2017, 10:42 PM

Yeh but the peak of Human was around Xmas week it would have been a non-No1 if it had of peaked this week at the top IMO!

Posted by: Danuary 9th January 2017, 10:45 PM

Rag'n'Bone Man being the winner of BRITS critics choice and second in BBC Sound Of 2017 plus already having a huge hit single, sure, it must suck to be him right now

Posted by: 777666jason 9th January 2017, 10:47 PM

Yeah but to have a number 1 on your top of those if nothing else comes close and turns out to be a one hit wonder

I mean number 1 sounds better than top 5 single

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 10th January 2017, 12:12 AM

Great sales for both Ed Sheeran tracks, great start to the year in terms of sales and also a good number 1.

Ill be surprised if Little Mix dont reclaim the number 1 in the album chart by the end of the week as they are less than 2,000 behind and You Me At Six will be a little front-loaded.

Posted by: Rafael x 10th January 2017, 03:07 AM

Louis is T10 again! Hope he can stay there.

Posted by: Better Man 10th January 2017, 07:38 AM

Not always if it's a real hit
Robbie's Angels, Feel, Supreme were both Number 4 but who cares?

Posted by: liamk97 11th January 2017, 06:05 PM

Wednesday Update Top 40 Only
Source: Music Week
Missing Data:

Singles

1 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (165,742) *
2 Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (145,750) *
3 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (30,468)
4 Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie - Rockabye (27,648)
5 Little Mix - Touch (25,661)

6-10
7 JP Cooper - September Song
8 Starley - Call On Me
9 Jax Jones feat. RAYE - You Don't Know Me

11-20
12 The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming
17 ZAYN & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever

21-30
22 Tom Zanetti feat. Sadie Ama - You Want Me
23 Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello - Bad Things *
27 Charli XCX feat. Lil Yachty - After the Afterparty
28 Sean Paul feat. Dua Lipa - No Lie *

31-40
31 Snakehips & MØ - Don't Leave *
32 Robin Schulz & David Guetta feat. Cheat Codes - Shed a Light *

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

Albums

1 Little Mix - Glory Days (12,974)
2 You Me At Six - Night People (12,047) *
3 Pete Tong, The Heritage Orchestra & Jules Buckley - Classic House (11,220)
4 George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (8,435)
5 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together (8,325)

6-10
6 David Bowie - Legacy
10 Ed Sheeran - x ^

11-20
11 The Weeknd - Starboy
17 George Michael - Twenty Five ^
19 Bradley Walsh - Chasing Dreams
20 Sundara Karma - Youth is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect *

21-30
23 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Moana (OST)
24 Ed Sheeran - + ^
25 The Shires - My Universe
29 David Bowie - Blackstar ^

31-40
33 Jess Glynne - I Cry When I Laugh
35 Sia - This Is Acting

Posted by: cqmerqn 11th January 2017, 06:10 PM

Is it looking for good for Snakehips to remain top 40?

Nice to see Bad Things so high up

Posted by: Mart!n 11th January 2017, 06:11 PM

My guess he is on course for 250,000 to 260,000 for the week for both tracks near enough, probably 15k less for COTH

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 11th January 2017, 06:12 PM

Is Robbie still Top 40?

Posted by: Mart!n 11th January 2017, 06:14 PM

Yes

Posted by: Hadji 11th January 2017, 06:16 PM

The XX have a new album out on Friday so let's hope either them or George Michael can knock Little Mix off #1 in the albums

Posted by: mdh 11th January 2017, 06:18 PM

Are Little Mix in the top 40 with Oops?

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 11th January 2017, 06:18 PM

Position please?

Posted by: cqmerqn 11th January 2017, 06:19 PM

Louisa's position please? Going to be a big drop from 15 I presume

Posted by: SLlewellyn 11th January 2017, 06:23 PM

Poor You Me at Six. The only reason they released in January was to increase likelihood of another number-one album. Could end up at #3 at this rate behind Little Mix and Pete Tong, unless their push on social media to fans helps them out significantly.

Thrilled to see Jax Jones already T10 - hoping it can push for T5 status in the coming weeks.

Posted by: Mart!n 11th January 2017, 06:29 PM

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Posted by: Mart!n 11th January 2017, 06:51 PM

I think, but don't quote me on it, the new ratio is making some difference, obviously there be streaming data missing from yesterday, there are a few tracks that have taken a tumble, within the top 40, for instance Justin Timberlake is down to 37 from 21, One Dance is down to 40 from 24, Hailee Steinfeld down to 30 from 18, taking those as examples, there are a few others.

Posted by: Brian Quinn 11th January 2017, 07:01 PM

Could I have the position for Elvis' 'The Wonder Of You' please.

Thanks.

Brian

Posted by: liamk97 11th January 2017, 07:04 PM

#7

Posted by: timjimlee 11th January 2017, 07:27 PM

Ed impressing in the Album update with a return to the top 10 for 'X'.
Next week The XX will join him in the Top 10.

Posted by: pippa 11th January 2017, 08:15 PM

Great achievement for Ed Sheeran in the singles and i welcome seeing X returning to the top 10 albums, while i know the album will eventually reach 3 million i am hoping the release of his new album will speed up the process which now looks certain.

It is wonderful to see Little Mix have another week number 1 in the album chart. This will make it week 5 which is a great achievement in itself but, particularly great for a girlband.

Posted by: Steve201 11th January 2017, 11:33 PM

Awful album sales You me at 6 have done very little since the first mids. Good to see X back in the top 10 with all the hype!

Posted by: Rafael x 12th January 2017, 01:17 AM

Louis still at #10?

Posted by: Jason 12th January 2017, 02:03 AM

Yes

Posted by: JosephStyles 12th January 2017, 05:29 PM

Thursday Update Top 40 Only
Missing Data:

Singles

1 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (190.8k) *
2 Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (165.1k) *
3 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (36.2k)
4 Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie - Rockabye (33.0k)
5 Little Mix - Touch (31.1k)

6-10
7 JP Cooper - September Song
8 Starley - Call On Me
9 Jax Jones feat. RAYE - You Don't Know Me

11-20
12 The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming
17 ZAYN & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever

21-30
22 Tom Zanetti feat. Sadie Ama - You Want Me
23 Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello - Bad Things *
27 Sean Paul feat. Dua Lipa - No Lie *
28 Charli XCX feat. Lil Yachty - After the Afterparty

31-40
31 Snakehips & MØ - Don't Leave *
33 Robin Schulz & David Guetta feat. Cheat Codes - Shed a Light *

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

Albums

1 Little Mix - Glory Days (15.2k)
2 Pete Tong, The Heritage Orchestra & Jules Buckley - Classic House (13.9k)
3 You Me At Six - Night People (13.0k) *
4 George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (9.7k - 35 copies ahead)
5 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together (9.7k)

6-10
6 David Bowie - Legacy
10 Ed Sheeran - x ^

11-20
11 The Weeknd - Starboy
18 George Michael - Twenty Five ^
19 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Moana (OST)
20 Bradley Walsh - Chasing Dreams

21-30
23 Sundara Karma - Youth is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect *
24 Ed Sheeran - + ^
25 The Shires - My Universe
28 David Bowie - Blackstar ^
29 Wham! - The Final

31-40
33 Jess Glynne - I Cry When I Laugh
36 Sia - This Is Acting

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 12th January 2017, 05:44 PM

Don't Leave stable then! Hoping it can hang on to Top 40 for tomorrow.

Where are The Rolling Stones btw?

Posted by: shindymindy 12th January 2017, 05:45 PM

You me at six sold about 950 copies yesterday! Eek

Posted by: JosephStyles 12th January 2017, 05:48 PM

#9!

Posted by: Rafael x 12th January 2017, 05:50 PM

Louis still at #10, arrgh

Posted by: BrookeOlivia 12th January 2017, 05:53 PM

Thanks for the update Joseph! Looks like Little Mix will get their 5th week at #1, Longest #1 album by a girl band since Spice Girls 21 years ago. They are actually slaying so much right now

Posted by: Hadji 12th January 2017, 06:37 PM

I just hope Snakehips & MØ can hang onto top 40 tomorrow

Posted by: pippa 12th January 2017, 07:17 PM

Let the Little Mix slayage continue.

Im surprised Bradley Walsh is still holding on so strong, i never initially thought the album would do much, i was surprised by its high debut but expected a sharp drop and that has not happened.

Those Ed Sheeran sales are wonderful,if only every number 1 sold that much it would bring back the days of how prestigious a number 1 was. Shape of You has really pulled ahead of Castle on the Hill in sales, while Shape of You will easily pass 200,000 it would be wonderful of Castle on the Hill did the same.

Posted by: SLlewellyn 12th January 2017, 07:54 PM

Sad times for YM@6!

Posted by: Brian Quinn 12th January 2017, 07:54 PM

Is 'The Wonder Of You' still at 7?

Thanks.

Brian

Posted by: Steve201 12th January 2017, 11:39 PM

SOY will do 220k and COTH 185k, not bad lol!!

Posted by: cqmerqn 13th January 2017, 12:10 AM

I must say that I did expect more, not too bad though.

Posted by: vidcapper 13th January 2017, 08:24 AM

Highest weekly sales since Adele's Hello.

Posted by: gooddelta 13th January 2017, 09:53 AM

I suspect SOY might have managed 250k or more if COTH didn't exist. But it was a good strategy to show off two very different sides/sounds of the album.

Then again, Ed has such a high profile that the album would have sold in its hundreds of thousands first week out even if nobody had heard a note of music from it!

Posted by: cqmerqn 13th January 2017, 09:57 AM

True, but I did expect more.

Posted by: 777666jason 13th January 2017, 10:43 AM

Yeah but he will have lost 10-20k sales due to new streaming ratio