Posted October 25, 201114 yr UK Midweek Chart update: Coldplay sales hit 95k already 12:10 | Tuesday October 25, 2011 By Paul Williams Source: MW Singles In a week in which the fate of EMI’s future ownership could be determined, the UK major also has a very good chance of sitting at the top of the singles chart this coming Sunday with the Virgin-issued Read All About It by Professor Green featuring Emeli Sande the week’s biggest seller so far. Performed on ITV1’s X Factor results show last Sunday, the single has sold around 67,000 copies so far this week, around 14,000 more than fellow new release and its current closest challenger, the Syco-handled Earthquake by Labrinth featuring Tinie Tempah. Def Jam/Mercury’s single We Found Love by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris, which spent a third week at the top last Sunday, is now in third place. Kelly Clarkson is matching her album’s position this week on singles with Mr Know It All moving 6-4, while Peacefrog’s Charlene Soraia single Wherever You Will Go drops 3-5. Island act Rizzle Kicks appear poised to score a second Top 10 hit in their own right (they also topped the chart with Olly Murs) with When I Was A Youngster a new entry at seven. As they head to the top of the artist albums chart, Coldplay will also return to the singles chart this week. Paradise is new at 12 in the chart week so far, one position ahead of fellow new release, the Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen single You Make Me Feel by Cobra Starship featuring Sabi. Albums Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto is challenging Adele’s 21 to become the fastest-selling album in the UK this year after opening with more than 95,000 sales. The Parlophone act are certainties to debut at number one this coming Sunday with what will be their fifth chart-topping album out of five releases. They begin the week by outselling nearest rival Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds by nearly four copies to one, according to the Official Charts Company. Having debuted at one last Sunday, the Sour Mash-issued Gallagher album is the week-to-date’s second-biggest artist album and is around 10,000 sales ahead of Reprise/Warner Bros act Michael Buble’s brand new album Christmas. Buble is joined among the top five sellers by RCA artist Kelly Clarkson whose Stronger is showing up as a new entry at four, while Elektra/Atlantic Bruno Mars who, like Clarkson, performed on last Sunday’s X Factor show, climbs 9-5 with Doo-Wops & Hooligans. Sales of Mars’ album are up 158% on the week, while the track he performed, Runaway Baby, is presently a new entry at 20 on the singles countdown. As Coldplay’s new album looks to challenge its opening-week sales of 208,090, achieved in January, XL act Adele’s album 21 faces the prospect of dropping out of the top five for the first time since its release. Placed fourth last Sunday, it is currently the ninth biggest artist seller of the new chart week. Ahead of Adele, Tom Waits is aiming to achieve only his second UK Top 10 album – the first, Mule Variations, reached number nine in May 1999 – with the newly-released Anti release Bad As Me the week so far’s sixth top seller. Former Savage Garden frontman Darren Hayes’ new solo album Secret Codes And Battleships – released on his Powdered Sugar label – is new at 11, while Sony’s re-issue of Paul Simon’s Grammy-winning Graceland crops up in 14th position. Also currently showing up as new entries among the Top 20 positions are albums from Roadrunner’s Machine Head (16th place) and Epic/Syco’s Ronan Parke (19th), while in 21st and 22nd positions respectively are new albums from Demon’s The Soldiers and Because/Ed Banger’s Justice. Tuesday Update Top 40 Only Singles 1 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande [67k] 2 Labrinth ft. Tinie Tempah [53k] 3 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris 4 Kelly Clarkson 5 Charlene Soraia Top 10 7 Rizzle Kicks Top 15 12 Coldplay Cobra Starship 14 Ed Sheeran Top 20 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Bruno Mars [RB] Top 30 Bruno Mars [MY] Top 40 38 Sneakbo 40 Lady GaGa [TEOG] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Coldplay [95k] 2 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds [being outsold by 4:1; 10k ahead of #3] 3 Michael Buble 4 Kelly Clarkson 5 Bruno Mars [sales up 158% week-on-week] Top 10 Tom Waits Top 15 11 Darren Hayes Paul Simon Top 20 Machine Head Ronan Parke Top 30 The Soldiers Justice Top 40 NO SALES INFO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTIST UPDATES Singles Maroon 5 5+1 The Wanted 5+3 LMFAO 5+4 Gym Class Heroes 5+5 Christina Perri 10+1 Ed Sheeran 20+3 Matt Cardle 30+9 Albums Adele [21] 5+4
October 25, 201114 yr Author UK Midweek Chart update: Coldplay claim biggest first-week sales since May 10:59 | Wednesday October 26, 2011 By Paul Williams Coldplay’s Xylo Myloto has needed just two days to achieve the highest first-week album sales in the UK for an entire week since the end of May. The Parlophone album clocked up 122,508 sales up to the close of business on Tuesday, according to the Official Charts Company, more than any newly-released album has sold in an entire week since Interscope/Polydor’s Lady GaGa album Born This Way debuted at number one with 215,639 sales five months ago. Xylo Myloto’s total for the week so far is already more than their first album Parachutes sold (70,951) to debut at number one across its first week in 2000, but the first-week tallies of their subsequent albums were significantly higher. The 2002 album A Rush Of Blood To The Head began with 273,924 sales, 2005’s X&Y 464,471 and Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends 302,074 in 2008. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, released by Sour Marsh, remains the week to date’s second biggest album, while Virgin’s Professor Green featuring Emeli Sande track Read All About It is the top-selling single with Syco’s fellow new release Earthquake by Labrinth featuring Tinie Tempah in second place.Wednesday Update Top 40 Only Singles 1 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande 2 Labrinth ft. Tinie Tempah 3 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris 4 Kelly Clarkson 5 Charlene Soraia Top 10 7 Rizzle Kicks Top 15 12 Coldplay 13 Ed Sheeran Cobra Starship Top 20 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Bruno Mars [RB] Top 30 Bruno Mars [MY] Top 40 37 Coldplay & Rihanna [POC] 39 Sneakbo 40 Lady GaGa [TEOG] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Coldplay [122.5k] 2 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 3 Michael Buble 4 Kelly Clarkson 5 Bruno Mars Top 10 Tom Waits Top 15 13 Darren Hayes The Soldiers Caro Emerald Top 20 Ronan Parke Top 30 Paul Simon Machine Head Justice Top 40 Noah & The Whale Sting Ben Howard NO SALES INFO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTIST UPDATES Singles Maroon 5 5+1 LMFAO 5+3 The Wanted 5+4 Gym Class Heroes 5+5 Christina Perri 10+1 Ed Sheeran [TAT] 20+1 Albums Matt Cardle 5+1 Steps 5+4 Adele [21] 5+5; [19] 10+5 Rihanna 10+6 Will Young 20+3 Jessie J 30+4 Lady Gaga 30+6 Beyonce 30+10
October 25, 201114 yr Author Thursday Update Top 40 Only Singles 1 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande 2 Labrinth ft. Tinie Tempah 3 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris 4 Kelly Clarkson 5 Charlene Soraia Top 10 7 Rizzle Kicks Top 15 12 Ed Sheeran 13 Coldplay Top 20 Cobra Starship Bruno Mars [RB] Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Top 30 Bruno Mars [MY] Top 40 35 Coldplay & Rihanna [POC] 38 Sneakbo ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Coldplay 2 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 3 Michael Buble 4 Kelly Clarkson 5 Bruno Mars Top 10 Tom Waits Top 15 The Soldiers Top 20 16 Darren Hayes Caro Emerald Ronan Parke Top 30 Example Paul Simon Sting Top 40 Justice Machine Head Ben Howard NO SALES INFO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTIST UPDATES Singles Maroon 5 5+1 LMFAO 5+3 The Wanted 5+4 Gym Class Heroes 5+5 Christina Perri 10+1 Ed Sheeran [TAT] 20+2 Albums Matt Cardle 5+1 Steps 5+3 Adele [21] 5+5; [19] 10+4 Rihanna 10+5 Will Young 20+3 Jessie J 30+4 Lady Gaga 30+6
October 25, 201114 yr Author Friday Update Top 40 Only Singles 1 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande 2 Labrinth ft. Tinie Tempah 3 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris 4 Kelly Clarkson 5 Charlene Soraia Top 10 7 Rizzle Kicks Top 15 12 Ed Sheeran [LH] 13 Coldplay Top 20 Cobra Starship Bruno Mars [RB] Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Top 30 Bruno Mars [MY] Top 40 35 Coldplay & Rihanna [POC] 38 Sneakbo ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Coldplay 2 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 3 Michael Buble 4 Bruno Mars 5 Kelly Clarkson Top 10 Tom Waits Top 15 The Soldiers Top 20 Caro Emerald Ronan Parke 20 Darren Hayes Top 30 Example Sting Noah & The Whale Top 40 Paul Simon Justice Machine Head NO SALES INFO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTIST UPDATES Singles Maroon 5 5+1 LMFAO 5+3 The Wanted 5+4 Gym Class Heroes 5+5 Christina Perri 10+1 Ed Sheeran [TAT] 20+1 Albums Matt Cardle 5+1 Adele [21] 5+3; [19] 10+4 Steps 5+4 Rihanna 10+5 Will Young 20+4 Jessie J 30+2 Lady Gaga 30+7
October 25, 201114 yr OH MY GOD!!!!! YOU WILL NEVER BELIEVE WHO IS NUMBER 3 IN THE ALBUM CHART Ronan Parke?
October 25, 201114 yr OH MY GOD!!!!! YOU WILL NEVER BELIEVE WHO IS NUMBER 3 IN THE ALBUM CHART Michael Buble?
October 25, 201114 yr OH MY GOD!!!!! YOU WILL NEVER BELIEVE WHO IS NUMBER 3 IN THE ALBUM CHART Well, the biggest possible surprise would be Coldplay. :lol: Of course absolutely no-one would believe that, though.
October 25, 201114 yr I'd be shocked if Darren Hayes was no3. Shocked but delighted but I can't see it.
October 25, 201114 yr I think that Joe Jonas will be the biggest surprise!! Maybe, their singles underperformed but who knows..
October 25, 201114 yr OH MY GOD!!!!! YOU WILL NEVER BELIEVE WHO IS NUMBER 3 IN THE ALBUM CHART Michelle McManus!!!!!
October 25, 201114 yr i wouldnt be surprised if matt cardle is number 2 and noel gallagher is number 3. noel wasnt selling that much more towards the back end of the week
October 25, 201114 yr Paradise showing up at #12 :D I was a bit worried it would remain ineligible (or have the 'single version' in the iTunes top 20 made ineligible at least) but 'tappears not. Very pleased, hopefully Princess Of China can join it in at least the top 30 by Sunday. I also look forward to seeing where their album charts... I think it might be top 10 :lol: Also great to see Maroon 5 out of the top 5 (I want Rizzle Kicks to overtake them but they probably won't) and AKA... What A Life! still climbing. :D Edited October 25, 201114 yr by Bré
October 25, 201114 yr OH MY GOD!!!!! YOU WILL NEVER BELIEVE WHO IS NUMBER 3 IN THE ALBUM CHART Obviously MW cant believe it either... having a re-count.. :unsure:
October 25, 201114 yr Obviously MW cant believe it either... having a re-count.. :unsure: Coldplay have broken the system with how big their sales are :o :kink:
October 25, 201114 yr Anyone else think Music Week are being very cruel, keeping us hanging on like this? :)
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