Posted November 21, 201114 yr Midweek Chart: Rihanna outselling One Direction's first album Source: MW 11:09 | Tuesday November 22, 2011 By Paul Williams Rihanna’s newly-released Talk That Talk looks likely to deny former X Factor contestants One Direction an instant number one with their debut album, but Olly Murs appears poised to steal the Barbadian superstar’s singles crown. The Def Jam/Mercury artist’s new album is currently around 6,000 ahead of fellow new release Up All Night by Syco’s One Direction, while Official Charts Company figures suggest this coming Sunday’s UK artist albums chart will be headed by three brand new albums as the RCA-issued Greatest Hits by Westlife is presently in third place. While she is outperforming One Direction on album sales, Rihanna is unable to compete with another of the show’s former finalists – Olly Murs – on the singles chart. The Epic artist’s newly-issued Dance With Me Tonight is the week-to-date’s top-selling single with around 34,000 copies sold so far, 6,350 sales more than Rihanna’s second-placed We Found Love, which topped the singles chart for a third week last Sunday and was performed on the X Factor results show that same evening. Several other cuts from Rihanna’s new album are also showing up in the chart, including You Da One and the title track featuring Jay-Z, while sales of her Cash Money/Island-issued single Take Care with Drake have increased by 535% on the week to move it 12-9 on the chart. The X Factor theme extends further down the singles countdown as the show’s judge Kelly Rowland’s new Universal single Down For Whatever, which features The Ways, is showing up as a new entry at three, while 2010 runner-up Rebecca Ferguson’s first single Nothing’s Real But Love, which she performed on last Sunday’s show, is new at seven. Meanwhile, En Vogue’s Atlantic-handled Don’t Let Go (Love), which reached number five in January 1997, is the week to date’s 16th top seller after the song was covered by X Factor contestants Little Mix on last Saturday’s show. Atlantic artist Flo Rida has the week so far’s fourth biggest single with Good Feeling, which entered at two on last Sunday’s chart, while the track it samples – Levels by Universal-signed Swedish DJ Avicii – rubs alongside it as a new entry at five. Back on the albums chart and there could well be five new entries in the top six on this coming Sunday’s chart as 50 Words For Snow – Kate Bush’s second new album this year – is presently ranked in fifth place, while a place below the Fish People/EMI album is Here And Now, the newly-released album from Roadrunner’s Nickelback. Reprise/Warner Bros’s Michael Buble album Christmas, which climbed to number one last Sunday, is now in fourth place. As his single Lego House remains among the week’s 10 biggest one-track downloads, Asylum/Atlantic act Ed Sheeran is enjoying a strong pick-up in sales of his debut album +. Its sales are up 54% on the week, although it drops 7-9 because of the wave of new entries above it. The rush of new entries continues lower down and is led by Polydor act The Saturdays in 16th position with On Your Radar, while other new arrivals to this Sunday’s chart will include new sets from Reprise/Warner’s Seal, 19 Recordings/RCA’s Daughtry and Peacefrog’s Charlene Soraia. An A&M/Polydor re-issue of The Rolling Stones’ 1978 album Some Girls is ranked in 32nd place, while Sony’s latest posthumous Michael Jackson album Immortal is 36th. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Top 40 Only Singles 1 Olly Murs (34,000) 2 Rihanna/Calvin Harris (27,729) 3 Kelly Rowland 4 Flo Rida 5 Avicii Top 10 7 Rebecca Ferguson Drake Top 15 Coldplay 15 Lady Gaga [MTN] Top 20 16 En Vogue Top 30 22 One Direction [WMYB] Ed Sheeran [TAT] Slow Moving Millie Christina Perri [ATY] Top 40 Elbow ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Rihanna (58,830) 2 One Direction (53,000) 3 Westlife 4 Michael Buble 5 Kate Bush Top 10 Nickelback Top 20 16 Saturdays Top 30 Seal James Morrison Top 40 Rolling Stones Daughtry Michael Jackson Caro Emerald NO SALES INFO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTIST UPDATES Singles Maroon 5 5+5 One Direction [GBY] 10+1 Prof. Green/Emile 10+3 JLS 7+7+7 Saturdays 12+12 Cher Lloyd 13+13 Kelly Clarkson 20+9 Pixie Lott 30+3 Wanted 30+4 Katy Perry 30+9 Albums JLS 4+4 Ed Sheeran 4+5 Adele [21] 5+6 [19] 20+10 Lady Gaga [bTW] 7+7 Susan Boyle 10+5 Wanted 10+8 Noel Gallagher 10+10 Cher Lloyd 7+7+7 Jessie J 20+5 Will Young 13+13 Rihanna 13+14 James Morrison 14+14 Pixie Lott 30+5 Matt Cardle 30+7
November 21, 201114 yr Author Midweek Chart update: Now! album outsells rest of compilations market Source: MW 10:34 | Wednesday November 23, 2011 By Paul Williams The latest Now That’s What I Call Music album has broken through 130,000 sales just two days after release to outsell the rest of the top 200 compilations combined. The EMI TV and UMTV release Now! 80 had shifted 134,607 copies by the end of business on Tuesday, according to Official Charts Company figures, around 114,000 copies more than the next biggest compilation, UMTV’s Pop Party 9. Sales so far this week of compilations ranking between positions two and 200 in the market total 123,741 units, about 11,000 units fewer than Now! 80 has sold on its own. The Now! release will easily become the week’s biggest album seller overall as it is already more than 45,000 sales ahead of Def Jam/Mercury’s newly-issued Rihanna album Talk That Talk, which leads the artist albums market. Around 13,000 sales behind Rihanna in second place on albums is Syco act One Direction first album Up All Night, while the RCA-issued Westlife album Greatest Hits is third, making the top three sellers all new releases. Meanwhile, in its 44th week on sale, XL’s Adele album 21 could drop out of the Top 10 for the first time this coming Sunday. Having been in eighth position on last Sunday’s chart, it the 11th biggest seller so far this week, although its sales are 17.3% up on the week and it is only a few hundred sales behind Fiction/Polydor act Snow Patrol’s Fallen Empires in 10th spot. On singles the Def Jam/Mercury single We Found Love by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris is closing the gap on Epic’s new Olly Murs single Dance With Me Tonight at the top. Having been around 6,400 sales behind a day ago, it has now shortened that gap to 4,000 sales. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Singles 1 Olly Murs (42k) 2 Rihanna/Calvin Harris (38,262) 3 Flo Rida 4 Kelly Rowland 5 Avicii Top 10 8 Rebecca Ferguson Drake Top 15 11 Coldplay 15 Lady Gaga [MTN] Top 20 19 En Vogue Top 30 22 One Direction [WMYB] Christina Perri [ATY] Slow Moving Millie Olly Murs [HSAB] Top 40 34 Rihanna ft. Jay Z [TTT] Bruno Mars [MY] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Rihanna (89,473) 2 One Direction (76k) 3 Westlife 4 Michael Buble 5 Kate Bush Top 10 Nickelback Top 15 15 Saturdays Top 30 Seal Will Young James Morrison NO SALES INFO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTIST UPDATES Singles Maroon 5 5+5 One Direction [GBY] 10+2 Prof. Green/Emile 10+3 JLS 7+7+7 Saturdays 12+11 Kelly Clarkson 20+5 Cher Lloyd 13+13 Wanted 30+3 Pixie Lott 30+9 Albums JLS 4+2 Ed Sheeran 4+4 Adele [21] 5+6 [19] 20+10 Susan Boyle 10+3 Lady Gaga [bTW] 7+10 Wanted 10+8 Noel Gallagher 10+10 Cher Lloyd 7+7+9 Jessie J 20+7 Rihanna [Loud] 20+8 Matt Cardle 30+4 Pixie Lott 30+7
November 21, 201114 yr Author Midweek Chart update: Rihanna album smashes through 100,000 sales 12:45 | Thursday November 24, 2011 Source: MW By Paul Williams Rihanna’s new album Talk That Talk has broken through 100,000 UK sales in just three days to become one of the fastest sellers of 2011. The Def Jam/Mercury album, which was released on Monday, reached nearly 110,000 sales by the end of play on Wednesday, according to the Official Charts Company, to put it on course to top the UK artist albums chart this coming Sunday. Syco act One Direction’s first album Up All Night will also break through 100,000 sales in its first week on sale, having surpassed the 90,000 mark on Wednesday. It is the week so far’s second-biggest artist seller, while the RCA-issued Greatest Hits by Westlife is third, although Reprise/Warner Bros’s Michael Buble album Christmas is rapidly closing the gap in fourth place. Rihanna is also in with a fighting chance of simultaneously topping the UK singles and artist albums charts this weekend as We Found Love featuring Calvin Harris is just 2,000 sales behind Epic act Olly Murs’ newly-released single Dance With Me Tonight in first place. The Murs single is one of what could be three new entries in the top five with Universal’s Kelly Rowland featuring The Waves release Down For Whatever currently fourth and Island’s Avicii single Levels fifth. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thursday Update Top 40 Only Singles 1 Olly Murs (49,700) 2 Rihanna/Calvin Harris (47,703) 3 Flo Rida 4 Kelly Rowland 5 Avicii Top 10 8 Rebecca Ferguson Drake Top 15 11 Coldplay 15 Lady Gaga [MTN] Top 20 20 En Vogue Top 30 22 One Direction [WMYB] Christina Perri [ATY] 29 Rihanna ft. Jay Z [TTT] Slow Moving Millie Top 40 Olly Murs [HSAB] Katy Perry [TOTGA] 38 Rihanna [YDO] Bruno Mars [MY] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Rihanna (109,171) 2 One Direction (90,000) 3 Westlife 4 Michael Buble 5 Kate Bush Top 10 Nickelback Top 20 17 Saturdays Top 30 Will Young Seal James Morrison Top 40 Hugh Laurie NO SALES INFO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTIST UPDATES Singles Maroon 5 5+4 One Direction [GBY] 10+2 Prof. Green/Emile 10+3 JLS 7+7+7 Kelly Clarkson 20+3 Saturdays 20+5 Cher Lloyd 20+6 Wanted 30+7 Albums JLS 4+2 Ed Sheeran 4+4 Snow Patrol 10+1 Adele [21] 5+5 [19] 20+10 Susan Boyle 10+2 Wanted 10+5 Lady Gaga [bTW] 10+8 Noel Gallagher 10+9 Cher Lloyd 20+3 Jessie J 20+7 Rihanna [Loud] 20+8 Matt Cardle 30+4 Pixie Lott 30+9
November 21, 201114 yr Author Midweek Chart update: Rihanna poised to overtake Murs 10:47 | Friday November 25, 2011 By Paul Williams Source: MW Singles Rihanna looks increasingly likely to deny Olly Murs a third UK number one single this weekend after her We Found Love hit with Calvin Harris closed the sales gap on Murs’ Dance With Me Tonight to just 49 units. Epic signing Murs’ newly-issued single had begun the week some 6,350 sales ahead of Def Jam/Mercury’s Rihanna single, but at the end of business on Thursday its lead had almost evaporated with We Found Love poised to surpass it, according to Official Charts Company Data. Meanwhile, the title track of Rihanna’s album, which features Jay-Z, is making rapid sales progress as an individual download and is likely to show up as a new entry somewhere in the singles Top 40 on Sunday as might fellow album cut You Da One. Albums If We Found Love, which secured a third week at number one last Sunday, does remain in charge Rihanna is likely to achieve a chart-topping double as her brand new album Talk That Talk continues to have a comfortable lead in the artist albums market. It was around 20,000 sales ahead at the close of trading on Thursday of Syco’s newly-released One Direction album Up All Night, which has now broken through 100,000 sales. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Friday Update Top 40 Only Singles 1 Olly Murs {49 units ahead} 2 Rihanna/Calvin Harris 3 Flo Rida 4 Avicii 5 Kelly Rowland Top 10 8 Rebecca Ferguson Drake Top 15 11 Coldplay 15 Lady Gaga [MTN] Top 20 Top 30 One Direction [WMYB] 22 En Vogue 27 Rihanna ft. Jay Z [TTT] Christina Perri [ATY] Olly Murs [HSAB] Top 40 Slow Moving Millie 33 Katy Perry [TOTGA] 36 Rihanna [YDO] Bruno Mars [MY] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Rihanna {20k ahead} 2 One Direction {>100k} 3 Michael Buble 4 Westlife 5 Kate Bush Top 10 Nickelback Top 20 20 Saturdays Top 30 Seal Will Young James Morrison Top 40 Hugh Laurie NO SALES INFO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTIST UPDATES Singles Maroon 5 5+4 Prof. Green/Emile 10+2 One Direction [GBY] 10+4 JLS 10+10 Kelly Clarkson 20+3 Saturdays 20+5 Cher Lloyd 20+6 Wanted 30+9 GaGa [TEOG] 30+10 Albums JLS 5+1 Ed Sheeran 5+3 Adele [21] 5+5 [19] 20+10 Snow Patrol 10+1 Susan Boyle 10+2 Wanted 10+5 Noel Gallagher 10+7 Lady Gaga [bTW] 10+8 Cher Lloyd 20+3 Jessie J 20+7 Rihanna [Loud] 20+8 Matt Cardle 30+4 Pixie Lott 30+10
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November 22, 201114 yr Author Can Rihanna do the double this week or will One Direction debut at #1 with their debut album, all will be revealed from 11:00 onwards, its going to be an interesting Album battle this week. P.S. I'm still fragile so be patient.
November 22, 201114 yr Like to think The Saturdays can potentially get a top 10 with On Your Radar, it's a great pop album - I'm surprised with how good it is, and is fully deserving of a spot in the top 10 but it probably won't. :( Edited November 22, 201114 yr by Encore
November 22, 201114 yr The Sats probably should've released the album after All Fired Up. Its probably going to do worse than Wordshaker... The Axe doth loom
November 22, 201114 yr OT, but I predict Sugababes and Saturdays will split, making way for new girlband Little Mix, next year.
November 22, 201114 yr [10] Regarding chart positions when posted when you see a sum/subtraction for example 22+4, 40-7, if you add/subtract both figures together it gives you the actual position for the track. Its just simple addition or subtraction. Go Figure. I'm new here and I was just wondering why this is done? Are you not allowed to give the actual position?
November 22, 201114 yr I'm new here and I was just wondering why this is done? Are you not allowed to give the actual position? That is exactly why we can't give the position.
November 22, 201114 yr 01 Olly Murs 07 Kelly R 09 Rebecca F 25 En Vogue 01 Rihanna 02 ID 05 Westlife 11 Saturdays
November 22, 201114 yr 01 Olly Murs 07 Kelly R 09 Rebecca F 25 En Vogue 01 Rihanna 02 ID 05 Westlife 11 Saturdays I take it these are your predictions
November 22, 201114 yr Author Olly Murs #1 in the singles, oh dear Westlife #1 in the albums. just kidding Rihanna
November 22, 201114 yr OT, but I predict Sugababes and Saturdays will split, making way for new girlband Little Mix, next year. It's safe to say Sugababes will never be heard of again, The Saturdays are on shaky ground but we'll see how this album does. Edited November 22, 201114 yr by Silver Rocket
November 22, 201114 yr Hello all, been lurking here for literally years, thought I'd finally do the decent thing and sign up... Please be gentle with me :unsure:
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