Posted November 25, 200916 yr Susan Boyle looks on course to achieve one of the highest first-week tallies for a debut album in history after her inaugural offering I Dreamed A Dream took just a day to top 130,000 sales. With the highest first-day sales of the year so far for an album, the Syco release is currently outselling the rest of the week’s top five sellers combined, according to Official Charts Company figures, and could well beat the highest first-week sales of 375,872 for a debut album set by Leona Lewis two years ago. Boyle’s virtually guaranteed debut at the top of the artist albums chart this coming weekend will be accompanied by her first hit single as her cover of The Rolling Stones’ Wild Horses, which she performed on The X Factor last Sunday, is poised to debut in or around the Top 10 of the singles chart. The strong sales for the Britain’s Got Talent runners-up’s album will mean yet another week when the top of the UK albums chart is filled by an X Factor star guest, while her nearest sales challengers have both performed on the show this season: 2008 finalists JLS and 2006 winner Leona Lewis. However, Peter Kay looks likely to break X Factor’s stranglehold on the top of the UK singles chart where the last five chart-toppers have been by artists who have performed on the show. Kay’s Children In Need single The Official BBC Children In Need Medley, which debuted at 18 on the chart last Sunday, has opened up a 17,000 sales lead in the week so far. Its closest rival is The X Factor Finalists 2009’s version of the Michael Jackson hit You Are Not Alone, which debuted at number one last weekend. Lady GaGa’s Interscope/Polydor single Bad Romance is the biggest sales gainer among the Top 10 sellers in the week so far just as a new version of her The Fame album, entitled The Fame Monster, heads towards a Top 10 debut on the albums chart. Rihanna’s brand new album Rated R is also expected to start life in the Top 10, while fellow Mercury act Mariah Carey’s Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel is not far behind. Like Boyle, both Carey and Rihanna will have new entries in both the singles and albums charts this coming Sunday with Carey expected to enter the singles countdown with her cover of the Foreigner chart-topper I Want To Know What Love Is and Rihanna claiming another hit with Russian Roulette. On the albums chart another busy week for new albums should result in chart entries this weekend from the likes of Epic’s The Priests and Decca’s Fron Male Voice Choir as well as new retrospectives from Janet Jackson (Polydor), UB40 (Virgin) and Britney Spears (Jive/RCA). Source: MW =========================== Top 40 Only Singles http://images.musicnet.com/albums/034/803/557/c.jpeg 1 Peter Kay 51.4k 2 X Factor Finalists 34k 3 Black Eyed Peas 18.5k 4 Jason Derulo 5 Lady GaGa Top 10 Ke$ha 10 Susan Boyle Top 15 11 Rihanna Top 20 Michael Buble Pixie Lott 19 Mariah Top 30 30 Dizzee Rascal Top 40 Chipmunk ft. Talay Riley 40 Susan Boyle [iDAD] ================================== Albums http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/88697554542.JPG 1 Susan Boyle 133.6k 2 JLS 3 Leona Lewis 4 Queen 5 BEPs Top 10 6 Lady GaGa [The Fame Monster] Top 15 11 Rihanna 15 Mariah Top 20 Priests Top 30 26 Janet Jackson Fron Male Voice Choir UB40 Top 40 31 Britney Spears Muse Mika 40 Enya SPECIAL NOTICE: Don't go all tandem in the thread, keep it on topic, otherwise I won't be bothered to answer any requests whatsoever, I hate trolling thru pages of CRAP to read. Please don't PM me for any chart info. What you see on the forum is all I have. From now on I won't be answering any requests, chart mods are available to answer all your requests, or anyone with a MW account is always at hand or anyone that has access to chart info. Please do not post actual positions unless you have been given permission to do so.
November 25, 200916 yr Author Wednesday Update Top 40 Only Singles http://images.musicnet.com/albums/034/803/557/c.jpeg 1 Peter Kay 69k 2 X Factor Finalists 3 Jason DeRulo 4 BEP 5 Lady GaGa Top 10 6 Rihanna 9 Susan Boyle Top 15 Michael Bublé Top 20 Mairah Carey Pixie Lott Top 30 30 Taio Cruz Top 40 34 Susan Boyle [iDAD] 35 Lady GaGa [Telephone] Taken By Trees Chipmunk ft. Talay Riley 40 Rihanna [WYT] ================================== Albums http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/88697554542.JPG 1 Susan Boyle 196.4k 2 JLS 3 Leona Lewis 4 Queen 5 BEPs Top 10 6 Lady GaGa [The Fame] *TFM appears to have been added to TF sales* Michael Buble Top 15 13 Rihanna 15 Mariah Top 20 Priests Top 30 25 Janet Jackson Fron Male Voice Choir Shirley Bassey Top 40 32 UB40 Britney Spears Enya 38 Muse SPECIAL NOTICE: Don't go all tandem in the thread, keep it on topic, otherwise I won't be bothered to answer any requests whatsoever, I hate trolling thru pages of CRAP to read. Please don't PM me for any chart info. What you see on the forum is all I have. From now on I won't be answering any requests, chart mods are available to answer all your requests, or anyone with a MW account is always at hand or anyone that has access to chart info. Please do not post actual positions unless you have been given permission to do so. Artists Mini Update Cheryl Cole FFTL 4+4 3 Words 6+6 Leona Happy 5+5 Pixie Lott CMO 9+9 Alexandra Bad Boys 10+9 Overcome 10+7
November 25, 200916 yr Author Thursday Update Top 40 Only Singles http://images.musicnet.com/albums/034/803/557/c.jpeg 1 Peter Kay 84.3k 2 X Factor Finalists 3 Jason DeRulo 4 BEP 5 Lady GaGa Top 10 6 Rihanna 9 Susan Boyle Top 15 Michael Bublé Top 20 Mairah Carey 17 Pixie Lott Top 30 23 Sugababes [AAG] Top 40 Taio Cruz 32 Lady GaGa [Telephone] 35 Susan Boyle [iDAD] Taken By Trees Chipmunk ft. Talay Riley 39 Rihanna [WYT] ================================== Albums http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/88697554542.JPG 1 Susan Boyle 248.3k 2 JLS 3 Leona Lewis 4 Queen 5 BEPs Top 10 6 Lady GaGa Michael Buble Top 15 14 Rihanna 15 Mariah Top 20 Priests Top 30 Shirley Bassey 25 Janet Jackson Fron Male Voice Choir UB40 Top 40 33 Enya Britney Spears 39 Muse ================================ Artists Mini Update Britney 3 15-2 Cheryl Cole FFTL 4+4 3 Words 6+6 Leona Happy 5+6 Alexandra Bad Boys 10+9 Overcome 10+7
November 25, 200916 yr Author Friday Update Top 40 Only Singles http://images.musicnet.com/albums/034/803/557/c.jpeg 1 Peter Kay 101.6k 2 X Factor Finalists 3 Jason DeRulo 4 BEP 5 Lady GaGa Top 10 6 Rihanna 9 Susan Boyle Top 15 Michael Bublé Top 20 Pixie Lott 17 Mariah Carey Top 30 30 Lady GaGa [Telephone] Top 40 Taken By Trees 35 Susan Boyle [iDAD] Chipmunk ft. Talay Riley 40 Rihanna [WYT] ================================== Albums http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/88697554542.JPG 1 Susan Boyle 304.3k 2 JLS 3 Queen 4 Leona Lewis 5 BEPs Top 10 6 Michael Buble 7 Lady GaGa Top 15 14 Rihanna Top 20 Chris Moyles 17 Mariah Carey Priests Top 30 Shirley Bassey 26 Janet Jackson Fron Male Voice Choir Top 40 UB40 33 Enya 36Britney Spears Muse ================================ Artists Mini Update Britney 3 15-2 Cheryl Cole FFTL 4+4 3 Words 6+6 Leona Happy 5+6 Spirit 60-1 Alexandra Bad Boys 10+9 Overcome 12+6 Sugababes AAG 15+9
November 26, 200916 yr Susan seems very much poised to outsell Spirit's first week, she's selling about 50k a day.
November 26, 200916 yr Glad Cheryl is holding up well.I imagine Rihanna's album will sell next week after the X Factor appearance
November 26, 200916 yr I like Susan Boyle, but was hoping Leona's record would still stand, but I think Susan's going to get fastest debut ever now. Here's a comparison of the midweeks day by day so far with 'Spirit'. Susan/ Leona (rounded to nearest K) ...................Susan - Leona Monday........ 134K - 123K Tuesday....... 196K - 180K Wednesday...248K - 230K Full week.......???K - 376K I think Susan's going to do round about 390-400K. (The record for fastest selling first week sales by a female ever(any album, not just debut) is Dido at 400,351 with 'Life for rent'.). Spiidey, what do you reckon? Edited November 26, 200916 yr by Olympus
November 26, 200916 yr I like Susan Boyle, but was hoping Leona's record would still stand, but I think Susan's going to get fastest debut ever now. Here's a comparison of the midweeks day by day so far with 'Spirit'. Susan/ Leona (rounded to nearest K) ...................Susan - Leona Monday........ 134K - 123K Tuesday....... 196K - 180K Wednesday... 248K - 230K I think Susans going to do round about 400K. 11K and than 16K and now 18K... I think she should do 400K.
November 26, 200916 yr About A Girl an any other sugainfo if you have any this week Ryan. Thanks very much in advance!
November 26, 200916 yr I like Susan Boyle, but was hoping Leona's record would still stand, but I think Susan's going to get fastest debut ever now. Here's a comparison of the midweeks day by day so far with 'Spirit'. Susan/ Leona (rounded to nearest K) ...................Susan - Leona Monday........ 134K - 123K Tuesday....... 196K - 180K Wednesday...248K - 230K Full week.......???K - 376K I think Susan's going to do round about 390-400K. Spiidey, what do you reckon? Hey Olympus! Yep, was just doing the exact same thing about 5 minutes ago. (Cumulative) sales differentials:- Monday: 10.7k Tuesday: 16.9k Wednesday: 18.3k Subo defintiely not trailing off (increasing lead in fact) therefore I reckon she'll top out at around 20-25k more than Leona's Spirit, so will come in around 395-400k. Masive sales in the current climate!!! :o
November 26, 200916 yr Where's Will in albums please :) Dropped a place in todays mids 5+ 6 Would love to know sales though :D
November 26, 200916 yr Rihannas abit of a flop hey! Kind of expected really, because of the stupid decision not to release a single before the album!! (same for MC) Rihanna will surely pick up after XF performance.
November 26, 200916 yr Kind of expected really, because of the stupid decision not to release a single before the album!! (same for MC) Rihanna will surely pick up after XF performance. I don't understand why they did that. They released nearly every single track as a single on GGGB, yet this time nobody had any clue what the hell is going on! :lol:
November 26, 200916 yr Thanks Ryan, X Factor Finalists can they catch Peter Kay. DVD single should be around for the weekend, which should save it.
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