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Posted by: liamk97 2nd March 2015, 11:43 PM

Sunday Chart Predictions
Predicting the 08/03 to 14/03 chart



Y&Y king of castle or Marlon to chase them piece by piece?
We're into the third month and Sound of 2015 winners Years & Years are set to get 2015's third number one with 'King'. Also new to the Top 10 should be Marlon Roudette's 'When the Beat Drops Out' whilst Alex Adair's 'Make Me Feel Better' should make the Top 20. Imagine Dragons could be looking at a possible re-entry with 'Demons' following the performance from a contestant on The Voice UK whilst Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds may score a fourth Top 40 hit if 'The Ballad of Mighty I' can climb in due to Noel's performance on Graham Norton Show. Furthermore, Madonna's 'Living for Love' may benefit from the release of its physical CD.

In the albums, Noel's band should take top spot with second album Chasing Yesterday - self-titled debut album also hit #1 back in 2011, taking Noel's overall total of #1s (including Oasis) to 10. Hoping to make the Top 10 is Kelly Clarkson's Piece By Piece, The Overtones' Sweet Soul Music and The Shires' Brave, with further entries coming from Steven Wilson, Jon Hopkins, RuPaul, Purity Ring, Ghostpoet and Welcome to Night Vale.

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Posted by: liamk97 2nd March 2015, 11:43 PM

Tuesday Update Top 40 Only

Singles

1 Years & Years - King (42.7k) *
2 Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (21.3k)
3 Marlon Roudette - When The Beat Drops Out (19.5k) *
4 Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFive Seconds (15.1k)
5 Hozier - Take Me To Church (14.9k)

6-10
6 Alex Adair - Make Me Feel Better *

11-20
13 Sam Smith - Lay Me Down
18 Imagine Dragons - Demons ^
19 Taylor Swift - Style
20 Axwell & Ingrosso - Something New

21-30
25 Taylor Swift - Blank Space
30 Paloma Faith - Only Love Can Hurt Like This

31-40
31 George Ezra - Blame It On Me
34 Ed Sheeran - Bloodstream
38 Taylor Swift - Shake It Off ^


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Albums

1 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday (48.6k) *
2 Ed Sheeran - X (10.2k)
3 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour (10.1k)
4 George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage (6.5k)
5 Kelly Clarkson - Piece By Piece (6.0k)

6-10
6 Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. *
8 The Shires - Brave *
9 The Overtones - Sweet Soul Music *

11-20
14 Paolo Nutini - Caustic Love
18 Imagine Dragons - Night Visions

21-30
23 Ella Henderson - Chapter One
28 Europe - War Of Kings *

31-40
31 Neil Diamond - The Greatest Hits ^
32 Ghostpoet - Shedding Skin *
39 Carole King - A Beautiful Collection*
40 Purity Ring - Another Eternity *

Posted by: liamk97 2nd March 2015, 11:43 PM

Official Singles/Albums Chart Update Top 100
Source: OCC

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

1 Years & Years - King (55,9k) *
2 Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (31.2k)
3 Marlon Roudette - When The Beat Drops Out (24.3k) *
4 Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFive Seconds (23.3k)
5 Hozier - Take Me To Church (21.6k)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/updatesingles/print

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

1 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday (59.3k) *
2 Ed Sheeran - X (14.0k - 57 copies ahead of Sam Smith)
3 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour (14.0k)
4 George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage (9.0k)
5 Royal Blood - Royal Blood (8.2k)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/updatealbums

Click on the above relevant links after 4pm

Posted by: liamk97 2nd March 2015, 11:43 PM

Thursday Update Top 40 Only

Singles

1 Years & Years - King (66.2k) *
2 Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (40.6k)
3 Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFive Seconds (31.5k)
4 Marlon Roudette - When The Beat Drops Out (28.7k) *
5 Hozier - Take Me To Church (28.1k)

6-10
9 Alex Adair - Make Me Feel Better *

11-20
14 Sam Smith - Lay Me Down
18 Kanye West feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney - All Day *
20 Taylor Swift - Style

21-30
26 Imagine Dragons - Demons ^


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Albums

1 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday (66.8k) *
2 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour (17.9k)
3 Ed Sheeran - X (17.6k)
4 George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage (11.2k)
5 Royal Blood - Royal Blood (10.6k)

6-10
6 Kelly Clarkson - Piece By Piece
8 Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. *
9 The Shires - Brave *
10 The Overtones - Sweet Soul Music *

11-20
16 Paolo Nutini - Caustic Love
20 Imagine Dragons - Night Visions

21-30
22 Ella Henderson - Chapter One
29 Olly Murs - Never Been Better

31-40
31 Carole King - A Beautiful Collection*
33 Neil Diamond - The Greatest Hits ^
34 Europe - War Of Kings *
38 Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac ^
40 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds ^

Posted by: liamk97 2nd March 2015, 11:44 PM

Friday Update Top 40 Only

Singles

1 Years & Years - King (76.4K) *
2 Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (50.2k)
3 Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFive Seconds (39.6k)
4 Hozier - Take Me To Church (34.6k)
5 Marlon Roudette - When The Beat Drops Out (33.1k) *

6-10
10 Alex Adair - Make Me Feel Better *

11-20
14 Sam Smith - Lay Me Down
18 Kanye West feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney - All Day *
20 Taylor Swift - Style

21-30
28 Imagine Dragons - Demons ^


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Albums

1 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday (73.2k) *
2 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour (22.0k)
3 Ed Sheeran - X (21.1k)
4 George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage (13.5k)
5 Royal Blood - Royal Blood (12.8k)

6-10
6 Kelly Clarkson - Piece By Piece
8 Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. *
9 The Shires - Brave *
10 The Overtones - Sweet Soul Music *

11-20
17 Paolo Nutini - Caustic Love
20 Imagine Dragons - Night Visions

21-30
22 Ella Henderson - Chapter One
28 Olly Murs - Never Been Better
30 Carole King - A Beautiful Collection*

31-40
34 Neil Diamond - The Greatest Hits ^
33 Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac ^
38 Europe - War Of Kings *
39 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds ^

Posted by: Mart!n 3rd March 2015, 10:16 AM

I can't believe we are into March and King is going to be the second #1 of 2015, as Mark Ronson dates back to last year.

Posted by: Hadji 3rd March 2015, 10:19 AM

Well 2015 need to make it up and increase on more one-week number ones. They'll have no chance of beating 2014's record of 37 number ones

Posted by: Taylor Jago 3rd March 2015, 11:05 AM

First of all, the record's for 2000, with 42 number ones. Secondly, this year we can break the record for fewest number ones (held by 1992 with 12)

Posted by: Hadji 3rd March 2015, 11:08 AM

Also, that year and 1971 are the only years to go without a one-week #1

Posted by: ThePensmith 3rd March 2015, 11:14 AM

Fingers crossed Marlon Roudette can go top 5/top 10. Brilliant single that.

Posted by: §þiŋŋiŋğ Å&# 3rd March 2015, 11:22 AM

Wanting Marlon and Adair to do well here, as well as King to sell +100k this week
Also wouldn't mind a top 40 re-entry for Demons

Absolutely

Posted by: Joe. 3rd March 2015, 01:48 PM

Mint Royale @MintRoyale · 30m 30 minutes ago
Years and Years are number 1 by miles this week. Impressive.


Mint Royale @MintRoyale · 29m 29 minutes ago
But Noel Gallagher’s album is more impressive, big old sales of 48,635 so far.

Posted by: gooddelta 3rd March 2015, 01:50 PM

That is impressive for Noel, he has a large fanbase still. Liam's band did next to nothing in comparison.

Posted by: Jade 3rd March 2015, 01:54 PM

Yeah Beady Eye's albums both missed number one, although both went top three, unlike the (soon to be) two no.1's for Noel! Fantastic sales for him, great to see the demand is still there; I will add to that total myself sometime this week.

Posted by: Mango 3rd March 2015, 01:56 PM

Brilliant sales for Noel, I did actually believe he could come close to 100k!

Posted by: gavindeejay 3rd March 2015, 02:01 PM

Excellent sales for Noel Gallagher. Hopefully he can push over 100k this week. Looking forward to seeing Years and Years sales if they're miles ahead.

Posted by: §þiŋŋiŋğ Å&# 3rd March 2015, 02:31 PM

So by 'miles' they could be on for 140k odd?

Posted by: ETH▲N 3rd March 2015, 02:32 PM

G'won Years & Years

Posted by: Cameron 3rd March 2015, 02:39 PM

When HMV more or less have a wall dedicated to Noel, there was no way he could miss #1

Posted by: Smartiepants70 3rd March 2015, 02:40 PM

Great news about Noel! I hope Ballad of the Mighty I can go top 40 this week, I love that song.

Does anyone know what his first week sales of the last album were? I have a feeling it was about 120 K - he was up against Matt Cardle I remember. I don't know what it sold overall but it seemed to have a good run.

Posted by: SKOB 3rd March 2015, 02:45 PM

Great for Noel!

Posted by: Jade 3rd March 2015, 02:56 PM

His first week sales for the debut were 122,530, so yes you're right!

Posted by: Mart!n 3rd March 2015, 03:01 PM

Mids are in, Noel Gallalgher 48k

Posted by: Smartiepants70 3rd March 2015, 03:02 PM

Thanks - my memory isn't usually that reliable

Posted by: Mart!n 3rd March 2015, 03:09 PM

Tuesday Update Top 40 Only

Singles

1 Years & Years - King (42.7k) *
2 Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (21.3k)
3 Marlon Roudette - When The Beat Drops Out (19.5k) *
4 Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFive Seconds (15.1k)
5 Hozier - Take Me To Church (14.9k)

6-10
6 Alex Adair - Make Me Feel Better *

11-20
13 Sam Smith - Lay Me Down
18 Imagine Dragons - Demons ^
19 Taylor Swift - Style
20 Axwell & Ingrosso - Something New

21-30
25 Taylor Swift - Blank Space
30 Paloma Faith - Only Love Can Hurt Like This

31-40
31 George Ezra - Blame It On Me
34 Ed Sheeran - Bloodstream
38 Taylor Swift - Shake It Off ^


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Albums

1 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday (48.6k) *
2 Ed Sheeran - X (10.2k)
3 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour (10.1k)
4 George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage (6.5k)
5 Kelly Clarkson - Piece By Piece (6.0k)

6-10
6 Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. *
8 The Shires - Brave *
9 The Overtones - Sweet Soul Music *

11-20
14 Paolo Nutini - Caustic Love
18 Imagine Dragons - Night Visions

21-30
23 Ella Henderson - Chapter One
28 Europe - War Of Kings *

31-40
31 Neil Diamond - The Greatest Hits ^
32 Ghostpoet - Shedding Skin *
39 Carole King - A Beautiful Collection*
40 Purity Ring - Another Eternity *

Posted by: Mullo 3rd March 2015, 03:12 PM

Any Madonna info...

Posted by: Mart!n 3rd March 2015, 03:12 PM

#52

Posted by: Mart!n 3rd March 2015, 03:13 PM

single #35
Album non mover

Posted by: Mullo 3rd March 2015, 03:14 PM

Thanks.
And Kelly?

Posted by: Smartiepants70 3rd March 2015, 03:15 PM

Oops I should've kept my mouth shut...thanks anyway.

I'm afraid to ask but...Is Madonna still top 40?

EDIT: just seen, thanks

Posted by: Mart!n 3rd March 2015, 03:19 PM

#11

Posted by: Taylor Jago 3rd March 2015, 03:24 PM

Hopefully Gravity is ahead of Ayo this week.
Anyway, very good Tuesday sales for King! Pretty much certain for 100,000 copies then! It's a great song, so it definitely deserves its success.

Posted by: §þiŋŋiŋğ Å&# 3rd March 2015, 03:24 PM

Ooh yay thanks again for these Mart!n
Royale Mint was correct about the big Y&Y sales but I think a lot of the 40k is from pre-orders still I can see them getting 130-150k
Marlon next in line for an unlucky #3 with two massive tracks above it I doubt he'll catch up and streaming will doubtfully help him. Hozier to overtake Rihanna please
Even better an idea is for Alex to overtake them both, but I doubt that will happen sadly
Hoping Demons doesn't slip too much later in the week. I know it's been around the chart for a while but it is a very good song
Also wanting Style to stay top 25 and possibly top 20 on sales
Also for A&I climb

Posted by: Rob 3rd March 2015, 03:25 PM

What did Kelly Clarkson's previous albums open with for comparison? 6,000 sales already off the back of a minor hit seems quite good so far?

Posted by: Joe. 3rd March 2015, 03:26 PM

Obviously they don't seem like much in comparison to the number 1, but I'm really impressed with those album sales for Kelly. I'm sure Heartbeat Songwill sneak back into the top 10 by Sunday too, her streaming is really kicking off...

Where is Charli in singles/albums please Martin?

Posted by: Taylor Jago 3rd March 2015, 03:30 PM

Recap:

Singles:
11. Kelly Clarkson - Heartbeat Song
14. Chris Brown & Tyga - Ayo
15. DJ Fresh feat. Ella Eyre - Gravity
24. Charli XCX feat. Rita Ora - Doing It
35. Madonna - Living For Love
40. Disciples - They Don't Know
52. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Ballad Of The Mighty I
54. Calvin Harris feat. HAIM - Pray To God
66. Britney Spears - Everytime

Albums:
10. Taylor Swift - 1989
15. Imagine Dragons - Smoke + Mirrors
36. Texas - Texas 25
38. Madonna - Celebration
70. Charli XCX - Sucker

Posted by: Mart!n 3rd March 2015, 03:30 PM

Single #24
Album #70

Posted by: Mart!n 3rd March 2015, 03:32 PM

Calvin Harris & Haim #54 for anyone that wants to know., Such a great track, not sure how well it will do next week.

And the Disciples are down to #40 oucher....

Britney Spears - Everytime #66

Posted by: John-James 3rd March 2015, 03:36 PM

1989?

Posted by: Mart!n 3rd March 2015, 03:38 PM

8 fingers + 2 thumbs =

Posted by: zzmyth 3rd March 2015, 03:39 PM

With Rihanna at #2 on Spotify ATM and #3 (combined) on iTunes.... anything below #3 this week I will not understand it

Posted by: Taylor Jago 3rd March 2015, 03:42 PM

I really wish Thinking Out Loud would have a big fall, but it's probably #15 at the lowest.

Posted by: mr_aly 3rd March 2015, 03:45 PM

I really wish you would stop going on about it so much, but we can't have it all can we?

Posted by: Simon. 3rd March 2015, 03:47 PM

Can I have a Texas 25 update please

Posted by: Taylor Jago 3rd March 2015, 03:49 PM

Shouldn't there be a ^ there?

Posted by: Mart!n 3rd March 2015, 03:51 PM

#36




Oh yeah there should be, its just a minor thing, not really an emergency issue.

Posted by: mowino 3rd March 2015, 04:01 PM

If Kanye can manage two T10s this week, that would be amazing. Can't see that happening though

Posted by: Mango 3rd March 2015, 04:04 PM

Unless 'Pray To God' manages to climb past #43 at some point, it unbelievably runs the risk of becoming Calvin's lowest peaking single ever (the #43 was for 'Merrymaking At My Place' in 2007). That would be quite a travesty seen as it's arguably one of his best ever songs.

Posted by: Nick F1 3rd March 2015, 04:08 PM

great to see Britney back in the chart

where is Imagine Dragons Smoke + Mirrors? Don't tell me that Night Visions is higher

Posted by: Mart!n 3rd March 2015, 04:10 PM

#15

Posted by: zzmyth 3rd March 2015, 04:19 PM

So one thing I dont understand is.... Marlon was NEVER above Rihanna on iTunes and its #55 on Spotify... I mean ... how the hell is he #3 and selling 25% more than Rih?

Posted by: highlander69 3rd March 2015, 04:21 PM

Fantastic sales for Noel, really chuffed for him. A shame Kelly's sales are so low. I expected more as she's been on just about everything promoting it.

Posted by: Tom Moroder Kay 3rd March 2015, 04:26 PM

Personally I am absolutely OVER THE MOON for Marlon Really hope it can stay top 3, but I think Rihanna will take over, and maybe Hozier too. Top 5 will still be great though especially given how badly New Age bombed a couple of years back.

Posted by: Taylor Jago 3rd March 2015, 04:31 PM

You can buy music from other sites than iTunes, you know (Google Play, Amazon, the Official Charts Company site, etc.).

Posted by: Mango 3rd March 2015, 04:36 PM

Pre-orders?

Posted by: zzmyth 3rd March 2015, 04:39 PM

^^^But preorders would've put him ahead of Rih on itunes... at least in the beginning.... and the other one saying that a song is selling 5K outside iTunes.... please

Posted by: ¡bré! 3rd March 2015, 04:55 PM

New releases are always higher on the Tuesday mids than iTunes indicates. There's some reason for it which I can never remember but the answer is essentially 'pre-orders' yes. Rihanna will be back ahead by Sunday anyway (though I hope Marlon can hang onto the top 5).

Posted by: Taylor Jago 3rd March 2015, 04:57 PM

(iTunes is owned by Apple, by the way).
Those sales were without iTunes data. The entire top 5 was still over 10,000 copies. So zzmyth, there is actually quite a lot of sales elsewhere than iTunes.

Posted by: ¡bré! 3rd March 2015, 05:01 PM

That was only missing one day of iTunes sales.

Posted by: §þiŋŋiŋğ Å&# 3rd March 2015, 05:03 PM

Oh, I thought OCC just linked to iTunes rather than hosting the tracks

Posted by: vidcapper 3rd March 2015, 05:22 PM

That would hardly work for just *anyone* though.

Posted by: vidcapper 3rd March 2015, 05:25 PM

I'm surprised Ellie is so far back - I'd have thought her huge streaming would have seen her much closer.

Posted by: soundseekerz 3rd March 2015, 05:43 PM

Is that Britney Spears 'Everytime' the song? She doesn't have an album named everytime. Unless its another budget album

Posted by: ETH▲N 3rd March 2015, 05:50 PM

Terrific start for Years & Years, hopefully 'King' will take off on streaming to help it well over the 100k chart sales mark~

Ecstatic that Marlon Roudette is looking good for a top6 finish this week ~ just hope Alex Adair can hold onto his top 10 berth!

Posted by: girl_from_oz 3rd March 2015, 06:00 PM

Are album streams being counted in the early midweeks, Steven Wilson at 6, impressive for him but the lbum isn't streaming so will affect his position on Sunday

Posted by: Doctor Blind 3rd March 2015, 06:16 PM

Streaming peaks on Friday and Saturday, whereas sales (particularly of new releases) peaks on the Sunday. I'm therefore quite sure that she'll close the gap slightly by Sunday.

Posted by: Nick F1 3rd March 2015, 06:17 PM

yeah he meant the song, he just put her in wrong section. She's no.66 on singles!

Posted by: Taylor Jago 3rd March 2015, 06:31 PM

Fixed.

Posted by: Taylor Jago 3rd March 2015, 06:35 PM

Could I know the position for Ayo and Gravity, please? Thanks in advance.

Posted by: Mart!n 3rd March 2015, 07:07 PM

Ayo #14
Gravity #15

Posted by: Hadji 3rd March 2015, 07:33 PM

I hope Kanye West - "All Day" can enter tomorrow's update

Posted by: Aphrodite 3rd March 2015, 11:55 PM

Great to see Marlon Roulette finally achieving a much deserving hit. Really impressed with Noel Gallagher's sales already,i was a casual Oasis fan but always preferred the singles that Noel was lead on, loved his debut album and i will purchasing the new album later in the week. I know sales are low but am happy to see Kelly Clarkson add another top 10 album to her name.

Could i ask for any information on Take That please.

Posted by: Taylor Jago 4th March 2015, 10:12 AM

Thanks Martin!

Posted by: Mart!n 4th March 2015, 10:28 AM

Wednesday's update will be totally different from now on, post 3 on page 1 is viewable but the links with the current chart will be made active after 4pm, the full top 100 can be accessible on OCC site. If we get any sales info, sales are not always guaranteed, top 5 sales for singles and albums will be added at some point.

Posted by: Mart!n 4th March 2015, 04:07 PM

Official Singles/Albums Chart Update Top 100
Source: OCC

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

1 Years & Years - King (55,9k) *
2 Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (31.2k)
3 Marlon Roudette - When The Beat Drops Out (24.3k) *
4 Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFive Seconds (23.3k)
5 Hozier - Take Me To Church (21.6k)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/updatesingles/print

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

1 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday (59.3k) *
2 Ed Sheeran - X (14.0k - 57 copies ahead of Sam Smith)
3 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour (14.0k)
4 George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage (9.0k)
5 Royal Blood - Royal Blood (8.2k)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/updatealbums

Posted by: Mart!n 4th March 2015, 04:08 PM

Single Commentary

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/years-years-king-set-to-claim-official-singles-chart-throne__8339/


King is currently nearly 32,000 copies ahead of its nearest competitor, Ellie Goulding’s Love Me Like You Do (2).




Album Commentary

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/noel-gallaghers-high-flying-birds-charge-ahead-in-albums-race__8340/

Source: OCC

Posted by: Jonjo 4th March 2015, 04:09 PM

Come on Kelly! Stay top 10 with 'Heartbeat Song' and staying at #6 for the album would be wonderful <3

Posted by: ¡bré! 4th March 2015, 04:21 PM

#21 for Kanye off one day of sales, fantastic! Hope he can finish top 20 for the week then, I expect his sales will drop off rapidly by the end of the week though so I won't hold my breath. Pleasing to see Marlon still in the top 3 for today as well, and Alex Adair still as high as #8.

Posted by: Joe. 4th March 2015, 04:23 PM

All Day sounded fantastic on the radio. I hope this manages to be a top 10 hit for him at some point.

Posted by: §þiŋŋiŋğ Å&# 4th March 2015, 04:27 PM

32k copies ahead! it is going to sell BUCKETS

Fingers crossed Marlon keeps off Thinking Out Loud pt 2 45s off #3 and preferably Hozier above it as well. Poor Alex Adair though I hope he makes a top 10

Good to see Kelly isn't falling too fast, also great to see Style still climbing, I can't see it go top 10 for definite but top 15 is possible.
Demons should keep top 30 this week, and hopefully A&I stay top 25 as they have fallen since yesterday (should've kept the Robin Schulz remix as the official release )

So is Bloodstream at #35 the one with Rudimental, or is it Radio 1 error?

Shame to see Disciples fall. At least it's not that big a fall as some others (for example) but doubtfully he'll stay top 40

In 41-100:
at Sheeran climbing again. Doesn't seem Pray To God is going to get top 40 even
Cassy O' on the climb again, can't see it do any better than LTTM though. Great to see The Veronicas in top 100 update but that's not going to be top 100 combined officially I'm afraid

Why on earth is I See Fire still around?
One Last Time to smash the top 20 AT LEAST, and not semi-flop like LMH did
Nice to see Omi re-enter (pun intended )

Posted by: Rob 4th March 2015, 04:54 PM

What did Kelly Clarkson's previous albums open with for comparison?

Posted by: Atonement 4th March 2015, 04:58 PM

Hopefully Rihanna can overtake Marlon before the end of the week. I want 45S to peak top3.

Posted by: liamk97 4th March 2015, 05:02 PM

40,509 My December (#2, 2007)
39,858 All I Ever Wanted (#3, 2009)
29,233 Stronger (#5, 2011)
20,624 Greatest Hits: Chapter One (#26, 2012)
17,631 Breakaway (#10, 2005)
4,981 Wrapped In Red (#65, 2013)

Not sure about Thankful but it debuted at #95 so probably her slowest starter.

Posted by: Jonjo 4th March 2015, 05:08 PM

So her most successful studio albums since 'Breakaway' (not including the Xmas album) start off slower than the least successful ones ('Stronger' has sold more than AIEW, right? ) PBP will break that tradition though unfortunately. Still loving this album though.

Posted by: Jay ジ 4th March 2015, 05:28 PM

Funny to see 'My December' as her highest first week sale (and her highest peaking album). A pity that era didn't develop into greater success.

Posted by: FleetSeb 4th March 2015, 06:21 PM

My December is still Kelly's greatest album IMO - if her label had been more supportive and it had been a success I think subsequent albums would have been very different. Although Stronger did have some great tracks too. For me (Thankful aside as I don't really count that) All I Ever Wanted is her weakest and My December is her strongest.

Posted by: HausofFrasier 4th March 2015, 06:23 PM

I didn't get a chance to hear it, but my first thought was that it would have been severely butchered like it was at the Brits so it works with censoring too, that is good to hear! (i guess they just censor "n****" and the rest is normal..)

Posted by: mr_aly 4th March 2015, 06:25 PM

All I Ever Wanted had some killer tracks on it. I'd at least say Stronger, Thankful and this new one are weaker. (although the new one is better than I was expecting)

Posted by: Noahspike 4th March 2015, 06:37 PM

Yep, 'Stronger' should be near enough to platinum at this stage. It was on 262k by Y/E 2012.

Total sales for Kelly's albums as of October 2011 (don't think there've been any more recent updates):

Breakaway: 1,557k
All I Ever Wanted: 192k
Thankful: 148k
My December: 148k

Posted by: Jo' 4th March 2015, 06:47 PM

FFS is #01 on Spotify & #03 on iTunes.
Marlon is #53 on Spotify & #06 on iTunes.

There is no doubt possible Rihanna will overtake Marlon this week.

Posted by: Mart!n 4th March 2015, 08:23 PM

Top 5 sales added, with the update on page 1 or previous page

Kelly Clarkson's album is on sales of 8.0k

Posted by: Joe. 4th March 2015, 08:50 PM

Yeah, it sounded fine. I wasn't even thinking about he censoring. The Allan Kingdom parts especially just sound so good.

Judging by those sales, Marlon could miss the top 5.

Posted by: §þiŋŋiŋğ Å&# 4th March 2015, 09:15 PM

It could be #3 and #5 swapping places by Sunday. I'd like 45s to go #5 but I can see Marlon drop to #4, maybe #5

Posted by: zzmyth 4th March 2015, 09:28 PM

Im sorry but Rihanna has #3 pretty much on lock this week... She is #1 on spotify and selling much more than #3 and #5

Posted by: Taylor Jago 4th March 2015, 10:20 PM

Well I don't.

Posted by: Fruity 4th March 2015, 11:37 PM

Rihanna haters *rolls eyes* Can you not?

You may not love this song but its obvious it deserves AT LEAST a top 3 peak. Lack of streaming screwed it over until now... But regardless, it is a huge success and has been holding top 3 on iTunes pretty much since release 6 weeks ago. I hardly think Marlon Roudette deserves a higher placing.

Posted by: sammy01 5th March 2015, 12:24 AM

The peak of 45S doesn't matter as it is obvious Rihanna was never bothered about where it peaked. She'd be sat on a #1 right now had she held it back in the UK and had it on pre-order for 4 weeks and had sales and streaming all impact in one week.

Posted by: Hadji 5th March 2015, 12:42 AM

She could stop Usher or Flo Rida from knocking Years & Years off the top spot next week

Posted by: JosephStyles 5th March 2015, 12:52 AM

Flo Rida or Usher won't come CLOSE to Years & Years...

Posted by: Jonjo 5th March 2015, 03:20 AM

Lower sales for Y&Y than I had anticipated, judging by the lead on iTunes etc..

Hoping Kelly can do 12k in the albums at least.

Posted by: MrIndependent 5th March 2015, 09:40 AM

Years and Years don't have a streaming advantage yet. Their streaming units will be much more impressive next week.

Posted by: Mart!n 5th March 2015, 09:53 AM

#1 singles into their second weeks probably gain at least 20k+ in stream sales got to take that into account as usually first week sales don't hardly have any stream sales, at the moment Y&Y are only 2% on streams for this week. I should imagine Y&Y can at least hold on for a second week, a third week is possible, unless Rihanna can climb that week, but I think it be too late by than.

You got to remember the #1 act will have the advantage of added streams the following week, unless a new release is high on pre-orders. I think that's how it works.

Posted by: §þiŋŋiŋğ Å&# 5th March 2015, 10:45 AM

Oh, I haven't checked Spotify for a while, sad to hear

Nah, Stay deserved #1 compared to 45s, and I'm not even that keen on it
I'm not a Rihanna hater at all, I like and love a lot of her tracks, but 45s is so boring

Posted by: Taylor Jago 5th March 2015, 12:19 PM

FYI, I really like most of Rihanna's tracks (Disturbia, Russian Roulette, Only Girl, We Found Love, Diamonds, Stay, Unfaithful and Princess Of China are all great songs) but FourFiveSeconds is really quite tedious to be honest. I'm also pleased that Paul McCartney has got himself another top 5 hit. When The Beat Drops Out is far more deserving of the #3 spot.

Posted by: Hadji 5th March 2015, 12:48 PM

Rihanna's got more chance of doing that than Usher and Flo Rida put together

Posted by: §þiŋŋiŋğ Å&# 5th March 2015, 01:48 PM

SO agree with this whole post

Posted by: JosephStyles 5th March 2015, 01:49 PM

She does but even then, she won't topple them.

Posted by: Mart!n 5th March 2015, 03:49 PM

Thursday Update Top 40 Only

Singles

1 Years & Years - King (66.2k) *
2 Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (40.6k)
3 Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFive Seconds (31.5k)
4 Marlon Roudette - When The Beat Drops Out (28.7k) *
5 Hozier - Take Me To Church (28.1k)

6-10
9 Alex Adair - Make Me Feel Better *

11-20
14 Sam Smith - Lay Me Down
18 Kanye West feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney - All Day *
20 Taylor Swift - Style

21-30
26 Imagine Dragons - Demons ^


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


Albums

1 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday (66.8k) *
2 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour (17.9k)
3 Ed Sheeran - X (17.6k)
4 George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage (11.2k)
5 Royal Blood - Royal Blood (10.6k)

6-10
6 Kelly Clarkson - Piece By Piece
8 Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. *
9 The Shires - Brave *
10 The Overtones - Sweet Soul Music *

11-20
16 Paolo Nutini - Caustic Love
20 Imagine Dragons - Night Visions

21-30
22 Ella Henderson - Chapter One
29 Olly Murs - Never Been Better

31-40
31 Carole King - A Beautiful Collection*
33 Neil Diamond - The Greatest Hits ^
34 Europe - War Of Kings *
38 Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac ^
40 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds ^

Posted by: Mart!n 5th March 2015, 03:50 PM

A lot of movement going down the singles chart, Madonna is just hanging by her fingernails at #40.

Kelly's album on sales of 9.5k

Posted by: MC Delroy 5th March 2015, 03:58 PM

Which bus takes me to Uptown Funk Mart!n?

Posted by: Mango 5th March 2015, 04:01 PM

Looks like both Years & Years and Noel will struggle to clear 100k this week then.

Posted by: Mango 5th March 2015, 04:03 PM

I don't think there's a bus that goes there, you need to find Julio and ask him to get the stretch

Posted by: Rush 5th March 2015, 04:04 PM

Have Kelly Clarkson/David Guetta/Maroon 5 (10/11/12 yesterday) changed order?

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 5th March 2015, 04:06 PM

Is heartbeat loud still #10 and where is blank space and 1989?
Thanks in advance

Posted by: Mart!n 5th March 2015, 04:06 PM

#7 wherever that takes you

Posted by: Mart!n 5th March 2015, 04:08 PM

In the same order as yesterday



For Heartbeat see above comment
Blank Space #30
1989 #7

Posted by: Rush 5th March 2015, 04:08 PM

Thank you!

Posted by: MC Delroy 5th March 2015, 04:09 PM

Thanks. Hozier & Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars will probably both overtake Marlon Roudette by Sunday then.

Posted by: SLlewellyn 5th March 2015, 04:26 PM

"Uptown Funk" to take its first fall of more than one place then this week. Unless of course it is close between Marlon, Hozier and Ronson in which case streaming could give it the edge and bump it up to #4 (yes, I know Hozier's streaming is strong too).

Another two days for "All Day" to edge nearer to the T10, would love to see it make it there officially!

Posted by: Taylor Jago 5th March 2015, 04:28 PM

Heartbeat Loud peaked at #50 last November.

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 5th March 2015, 04:33 PM

I meant song

Posted by: Taylor Jago 5th March 2015, 04:36 PM

Recap:

Singles:
7. Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk {#7 Weds)
10. Kelly Clarkson - Heartbeat Song (#10 Weds)
11. David Guetta feat. Emeli Sandé - What I Did For Love (#11 Weds)
12. Maroon 5 - Sugar (#12 Weds)
30. Taylor Swift - Blank Space (#30 Weds)
40. Madonna - Living For Love (#38 Weds)
95. Britney Spears - Everytime (#76 Weds)

Albums:
7. Taylor Swift - 1989 (#8 Weds)

I'm assuming #6 is Earned It, #8 is Hold Back The River, #13 is Ayo and #15 is Gravity, but I don't know for sure so I won't put them above.

EDIT: I just noticed the sum of the positions was 117. In a quite amusing coincidence, today the oldest living person celebrated their 117th birthday, the first person to do so in the 21st century.

Posted by: Taylor Jago 5th March 2015, 04:37 PM

I know you did. But in case you wanted to know, Heartbeat Loud isn't in the top 100. Unfortunately.

Posted by: §þiŋŋiŋğ Å&# 5th March 2015, 05:13 PM

Depressing result for me
As suspected, Y&Y seem to have clung onto pre's which mean 100k now seems a challenge for them
Added to which, 45s has now got to #3 confortably, and it's looking like Hozier will overtake Marlon as well
Also Alex Adair may not make the top 10 as deserved (top 5 preferably)

I wish it was #10
Do you like that Andy C anyway?

Do you have proof via a source?

Posted by: mr_aly 5th March 2015, 05:23 PM

Oxford Circus

Posted by: mowino 5th March 2015, 05:37 PM

5-4-5-5-5-3? About time I say

Posted by: GTH 5th March 2015, 05:40 PM

Would rather Alex Adair and Marlon Roudette swapped around. Much prefer Alex's song to Marlon. Not keen on his voice tbh. Wasn't a fan of New Age when they tried to make that single happen.

Posted by: MrIndependent 5th March 2015, 05:43 PM

Years & Years might scrape 100k.

As for Noel, 90-95k looks likely.

Posted by: pippa 5th March 2015, 06:13 PM

The Top 3 album sales will be good this week. Ed Sheeran X getting nearer to reaching 2 million sales now and surpassing his plus album. X has many sales left to come yet, it should most certainly reach 2.5 million at some point if not more.

Posted by: Nick F1 5th March 2015, 06:14 PM

any info for Britney?

Posted by: liamk97 5th March 2015, 06:33 PM

Possibly for Y&Y. That seems a bit ambitious for Noel - if he sells the same amount he did between today's update and yesterdays (7.5k), it would take him to 89k and I think his sales are only going to slip further. 80k+ is definitely do able.


#95

Posted by: FrankGregory 5th March 2015, 07:09 PM

Doing It?!

Posted by: Rob S 5th March 2015, 09:46 PM

Madonna will slip at least 20 places then shame it couldn't grab a 2nd week but guess it's pleasing it even got as high as 26.

Posted by: AntoineTTe 5th March 2015, 09:47 PM

Hozier to take number 4 - I'd laugh if he kept Rihanna and her band at 4

Posted by: Taylor Jago 5th March 2015, 10:45 PM

I think I would do the same.

Posted by: Suedehead2 5th March 2015, 11:58 PM

And some people say that some of my links are contrived

Posted by: §þiŋŋiŋğ Å&# 6th March 2015, 10:23 AM

How on Earth do you connect these bizarre facts Taylor? Are you secretly Ryan Higa?

Posted by: mr_aly 6th March 2015, 10:45 AM

I think maybe Jonathan Ross next week could give it a second week.

Posted by: zzmyth 6th March 2015, 10:57 AM

ITUNES:

2 Rihanna and Kanye West and Paul McCartney - FourFiveSeconds 0.5856
7 Hozier - Take Me To Church 0.3866

SPOTIFY:

1 Rihanna and Kanye West and Paul McCartney - FourFiveSeconds 268K+266K+261K+242K+206K = 1,243M streams so far this week until thursday
4 Hozier - Take Me To Church 201K+203K+214K+206K+211K = 1,035M streams so far this week until thursday

I'm sorry to tell you it aint happening

Posted by: Mart!n 6th March 2015, 11:09 AM

Friday Update Top 40 Only

Singles

1 Years & Years - King (76.4K) *
2 Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (50.2k)
3 Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFive Seconds (39.6k)
4 Hozier - Take Me To Church (34.6k)
5 Marlon Roudette - When The Beat Drops Out (33.1k) *

6-10
10 Alex Adair - Make Me Feel Better *

11-20
14 Sam Smith - Lay Me Down
18 Kanye West feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney - All Day *
20 Taylor Swift - Style

21-30
28 Imagine Dragons - Demons ^


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


Albums

1 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday (73.2k) *
2 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour (22.0k)
3 Ed Sheeran - X (21.1k)
4 George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage (13.5k)
5 Royal Blood - Royal Blood (12.8k)

6-10
6 Kelly Clarkson - Piece By Piece
8 Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. *
9 The Shires - Brave *
10 The Overtones - Sweet Soul Music *

11-20
17 Paolo Nutini - Caustic Love
20 Imagine Dragons - Night Visions

21-30
22 Ella Henderson - Chapter One
28 Olly Murs - Never Been Better
30 Carole King - A Beautiful Collection*

31-40
34 Neil Diamond - The Greatest Hits ^
33 Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac ^
38 Europe - War Of Kings *
39 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds ^

Posted by: Mullo 6th March 2015, 11:11 AM

Usual question....where is Madonna?

And Heartbeat Song? Please...

Posted by: Mart!n 6th March 2015, 11:13 AM

Only have top 40 for now, everybody should know the drill by now, Madonna has fallen out

Heartbeat Song #9

Posted by: Mullo 6th March 2015, 11:14 AM

well there was always a chance Madge had clung on in...

Posted by: Mart!n 6th March 2015, 11:33 AM

Just to summarise at the bottom of the 40, Disciples are at #39 some recovery there, All About The Bass #40 and Clean Bandit are still lingering in the 36-40 bracket, I reckon Madonna could be at #41, I shall know more later, if we get any sales this afternoon.

Top 10 albums no change from yesterday

Posted by: Taylor Jago 6th March 2015, 12:19 PM

Recap:

Singles:
9. Kelly Clarkson - Heartbeat Song (#10 Weds, #10 Thurs)
39. Disciples - They Don't Know (#40 Weds)
40. Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass (#39 Weds)
44. Madonna - Living For Love (#38 Weds, #40 Thurs)

No albums so far

Posted by: Hadji 6th March 2015, 12:33 PM

Was hoping that "Pray To God" would make the top 40. Shocked to see "All Day" stranded in the top 20. Thought it would be top 10 seeing as it's #5 on iTunes and it's also available to stream. Capital also need that song on their playlist

Posted by: Mart!n 6th March 2015, 03:15 PM

Top 5 sales added, with the update.

Kelly Clarkson's album on sales of 10.9k

I'm off for a cup of tea and biccie

Posted by: Mart!n 6th March 2015, 03:41 PM

Madonna's single is at #44

Posted by: §þiŋŋiŋğ Å&# 6th March 2015, 03:57 PM

Friday Update
1 Years & Years - King (76.4K) * no 100k then
3 Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFive Seconds (39.6k)
4 Hozier - Take Me To Church (34.6k)
5 Marlon Roudette - When The Beat Drops Out (33.1k) *
10 Alex Adair - Make Me Feel Better *
20 Taylor Swift - Style

My ideal #3 #4 #5 chart would've been the other way around
Looking unlikely Adair will make the top 10 which just doesn't seem right
The only good news for me today is that Style is still climbing

Posted by: Doctor Blind 6th March 2015, 04:02 PM

Looking at the way things are going I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Marlon Roudette slide to #7 by Sunday. Years & Years on for just under 100K, but they may just sneak over if their streaming continues to blossom (up to #10 on the Spotify chart, and registering around 370K streams so far this week).

Posted by: FrankGregory 6th March 2015, 05:28 PM

Intimidated by my ORA, where Charli at?

Posted by: Taylor Jago 6th March 2015, 06:18 PM

No. Next question.

Posted by: Dobbo 6th March 2015, 06:40 PM

I would so much rather it was Alex Adair smashing it at #1 not Y&Y. Infinitely better track.