November 22, 201114 yr Cringe. By your wording I think you spend too much time on these forums. Maybe if you actually go outside and go in an HMV store you'll see for yourself. Maybe the reason people have said it in the past is because, erm, it's true? :unsure: Or maybe it's just that there's a hardcore few suffering from extreme DELUSION who will scramble for any old excuse to justify the absolute failure of a second rate Girls Aloud. If the stores aren't stocking the album properly, it's because the Saturdays simply HAVEN'T justified it. They're hardly Coldplay. The example of Joe McElderry used just now completely works against the Saturdays, because he's proof that even with "stocking problems" you can STILL make a success of things. Unless you're going to argue that the stores and the record label were actually budgeting for a #16 position and 30k total sales, then it's simply a case that the album has underperformed.
November 22, 201114 yr My HMV only has 20 copies of The Saturdays new album in stock. All 20 are still on the shelf. This made me LOL!
November 23, 201114 yr Midweek Chart: Rihanna outselling One Direction's first album Source: MW 11:09 | Tuesday November 22, 2011 By Paul Williams ......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. A third week? It's Rihanna & Calvin's FIFTH week. It's not even the third week of this run; it's the second. Once again, Music Week can't even get the basic facts right.
November 23, 201114 yr Or maybe it's just that there's a hardcore few suffering from extreme DELUSION who will scramble for any old excuse to justify the absolute failure of a second rate Girls Aloud. If the stores aren't stocking the album properly, it's because the Saturdays simply HAVEN'T justified it. They're hardly Coldplay. The example of Joe McElderry used just now completely works against the Saturdays, because he's proof that even with "stocking problems" you can STILL make a success of things. Unless you're going to argue that the stores and the record label were actually budgeting for a #16 position and 30k total sales, then it's simply a case that the album has underperformed. Thats very true Joe still made no2 and sold well second week and beyond. I just meant that people were saying that it wasn't in some shops which happened to him initially too. Maybe the Saturdays fans should complain to the stores. It's obviously underperforming anyway as you say.
November 23, 201114 yr The whole situation with Pixie Lott and The Saturdays shows exactly what the problems are with releasing in the packed fourth quarter. Yes, it can guarantee massive sales on one hand but on the flip side it can make an underperforming album look even worse. Mariah Carey's Charmbracelet, Whitney's Just Whitney and Duffy's Endlessly are my favourite examples of this. Those were even sort surprises, but The Saturdays charting somewhere in Top 30-40 region during the Q4 doesn't surprise me at all.
November 23, 201114 yr I think this is olly murs agent or manager. Twitter ( 15 mins ago) @sarahmodestmgmt: Rihanna has closed the gap today in the midweeks!! Need the Murs army to keep buying the single and help Olly get his third No.1!! X
November 23, 201114 yr No sign of will youngs Come on single? Im not surprised michael jacksons album is failing! Im a die hard fan and im not buying it! How many times do the want to sale, sale, resale, resale and RESALEEEE his hits!!! They should be ashamed!
November 23, 201114 yr Music week Midweek Chart update: Now! album outsells rest of compilations market 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.
November 23, 201114 yr No sign of will youngs Come on single? Im not surprised michael jacksons album is failing! Im a die hard fan and im not buying it! How many times do the want to sale, sale, resale, resale and RESALEEEE his hits!!! They should be ashamed! Sadly not timberlake_x, airplay has been minimal this time apart from good old Radio2 who are always tremendous in supporting him, Jealousy is still being played on the commercials, Echoes is still doing well though so that's good. B-) Have to say I agree about the Michael Jackson album, although at this time of year it will be bought as a present.
November 23, 201114 yr Update is in, please be patient as I'm not well. Shall I send for the nurse Mart!n? http://www.gifshare.com/uploads/images/20071023/full_size/7808_sexynurse.gif
November 23, 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 23, 201114 yr 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. At that rate, she'll definitely catch him! :w00t:
November 23, 201114 yr Martin shouldn't Will be in the main update :D Please make that Will and Kelly Rowland.
November 23, 201114 yr BTW's sales spike is apparently over as it dropped few places below The Saturdays in one day.
November 23, 201114 yr 2 -1 TTT (89,473) 3-1 1D ~76K 3 -2 OM 42K 4 -2 WFL (38,262) I hope I can provide the numbers this way..
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