Posted November 28, 201114 yr Midweek Charts: Murs exacting revenge on Rihanna Source: MW 11:15 | Tuesday November 29, 2011 By Paul Williams Olly Murs is set to exact revenge on Rihanna for piping him to the number one spot on the UK singles countdown last Sunday by replacing her at the top of the artist albums chart. His second Epic album In Case You Didn’t Know looks poised to debut at number one this coming Sunday after selling more than 50,000 copies during its first day of release, according to the Official Charts Company. Rihanna’s Def Jam/Mercury album Talk That Talk, which debuted at one last weekend, has also now been overtaken by Reprise/Warner Bros act Michael Buble’s Christmas, which moves 3-2, while Syco acts Il Divo and One Direction complete the top five sellers. Singles Murs is also now outselling Rihanna on the singles chart with his Dance With Me Tonight around 2,000 sales ahead of the Barbadian superstar’s Calvin Harris collaboration We Found Love, which topped the chart again last Sunday after the Murs single led in the early midweeks. However, it appears too late for the one-time X Factor runner-up to make it to number one as both tracks are being outsold significantly by the newly-issued charity single from the reality TV show. The X Factor Finalists 2011’s cover of the Rose Royce ballad Wishing On A Star had sold 56,328 units up to the close of business on Monday with Murs more than 35,000 sales behind in second place and Rihanna third. It is shaping up to be a good week for Syco with Wishing On A Star almost a certainty to top the singles chart, while the company’s newly-issued Il Divo album Wicked Game is the week so far’s fourth biggest artist album. It is just ahead of the same company’s One Direction album Up All Night, which debuted at two last Sunday and is now down to fifth place. Exactly a year ago Take That’s Progress was heading for its third week at number one and now their accompanying live album Progress Live is readying a chart debut, albeit more modestly. The Polydor album is currently showing up as a new entry at number six. Albums This week’s market further throws the spotlight on the relative fortunes of Joe McElderry and Olly Murs since they finished in first and second places respectively on The X Factor 2009. While Murs’ new album should debut at number one this week, McElderry’s own brand new album, the UCJ-handled Classic Christmas, is down in 12th place. Murs performed on last Sunday’s X Factor results show, as did Island/Lava’s Jessie J whose first album and latest single are both now experiencing big sales uplifts. Sales of the title track of the album Who You Are are up 168% on the week to send it 37-7, while the album’s sales have risen nearly 50% to move it 29-23. In the same week Take That’s live album arrives, a new Kylie Minogue concert recording will also show up in the chart. The Parlophone-issued Aphrodite Les Folies – Live In London is presently appearing as a new entry at 37, six places above Island’s newly-released Greatest Hits by N-Dubz. Universal’s Kelly Rowland album Here I Am arrives in 54th place, meaning, with Gary Barlow part of Take That’s line-up and Tulisa Contostavlos in N-Dubz, all three of the performing X Factor judges will have new entries on the chart this week. Back on the singles chart and Virgin’s Emeli Sande will score her second hit with Daddy currently debuting in 18th place, while the Christmas season has truly arrived with Warner Bros’s Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl classic Fairytale Of New York set to make its annual return to the Top 40 on Sunday when it is likely to be joined by Mariah Carey’s own enduring RCA-handled All I Want For Christmas Is You. Tuesday Top 40 Only Singles 1 X Factor Finalists 2011/JLS/One Direction (56,328) 2 Olly Murs (20/21k - 2k ahead) 3 Rihanna/Calvin Harris (18/19k) 4 Flo Rida 5 Avicii Top 10 7 Jessie J Top 15 Bruno Mars LMFAO Charlene Soraia Top 20 Emile Sande Top 30 Jason Derulo Olly Murs [HSAB] Slow Moving Millie Katy Perry Top 40 Florence + The Machine Pogues/Kirsty MacColl Beyonce Nickelback ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Olly Murs (50,000) 2 Michael Buble 3 Rihanna 4 Il Divo 5 One Direction Top 10 Take That [Progress Live] Top 15 Joe McElderry [Classic Christmas] Top 30 23 Jessie J Top 40 Cee-Lo Green Tony Bennett David Guetta Kylie Minogue [Aphrodite Les Follies - Live In London] NO SALES INFO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTIST UPDATES Singles Ed Sheeran [LH] 4+4, [TAT] 30+3 Maroon 5/Christina 5+4 Kelly Rowland 5+5 Coldplay 10+2 Lady Gaga [MTN] 10+10 One Direction [GBY] 20+1, [WMYB] 20+4 Kelly Clarkson 20+5 Rebecca F 20+6 JLS 30+2 Rihanna/Jay Z [TTT] 30+9 Albums Coldplay 5+3 Ed Sheeran 5+4 Adele [21] 5+5, [19] 30+10 JLS 10+1 Susan Boyle 10+4 Florence 10+5 Noel Gallagher 10+6 Snow Patrol 10+7 Lady Gaga [bTW] 10+10 Nickelback 20+4 Cher Lloyd 20+6 Will Young 20+7 James Morrison 30+3 Matt Cardle 30+4 Rihanna [Loud] 30+8
November 28, 201114 yr Author Midweek Charts update: Pogues lead Christmas chart assault 14:26 | Wednesday November 30, 2011 By Paul Williams Source: MW The Pogues’ Fairytale Of New York is heading back to the UK Top 40 this Sunday for a seventh consecutive year and is set to lead a string of Christmas classics back into the chart. The Warner-handled track, which features the late Kirsty MacColl, originally reached number two on the chart in 1987 and turned up again in 36th position in 1991, but since 2005 and the rise of the download era it has made the Top 40 every single year. Having reached number three in 2005, six in 2006, four in 2007, eight in 2008, 12 in 2009 and 17 last Christmas, it is now on course to climb back into the Top 40 again this coming weekend, according to the Official Charts Company. It is currently the 33rd biggest seller of the week, while Mariah Carey’s own enduring Christmas hit All I Want For Christmas Is You is in 39th place, having been in 64th position on last Sunday’s chart. A number of other Christmas evergreens are likely to mount a chart comeback as the calendar moves ever nearer to December 25. Just outside the Top 75 sellers presently are Last Christmas by Wham!, Lady Gaga’s version of White Christmas, Wizzard’s I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday and Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin’ Stevens. Syco’s X Factor Finalists 2011 single Wishing On A Star is on course to debut at number one this Sunday, while Epic act Olly Murs’ Dance With Me Tonight is at present winning a close battle with Def Jam/Mercury’s Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris single We Found Love for second place. Murs’ newly-issued second album In Case You Didn’t Know is around 19,000 sales ahead of Reprise/Warner Bros signing Michael Buble’s Christmas at the head of the artist albums market so far this week. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Top 40 Only Singles 1 X Factor Finalists 2011/JLS/One Direction 2 Olly Murs 3 Rihanna/Calvin Harris 4 Flo Rida 5 Avicii Top 10 Jessie J Top 15 Bruno Mars 14 LMFAO Charlene Soraia Top 20 18 Emile Sande Top 30 Jason Derulo Olly Murs [HSAB] Katy Perry Slow Moving Millie Top 40 Florence + The Machine 33 Pogues/Kirsty MacColl Beyonce 39 Mariah Carey :cheer: Example [MR] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Olly Murs (19k ahead) 2 Michael Buble 3 Rihanna 4 One Direction 5 Il Divo Top 10 Ed Sheeran 10 Take That [Progress Live] Top 15 Bruno Mars 13 Joe McElderry [Classic Christmas] Top 30 23 Jessie J Cee-Lo Green Top 40 Tony Bennett N-Dubz David Guetta Rod Stewart NO SALES INFO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTIST UPDATES Singles Kelly Rowland 5+4 Maroon 5/Christina 5+5 Coldplay 10+3 Lady Gaga [MTN] 10+10 One Direction [GBY] 20+2, [WMYB] 20+4 Kelly Clarkson 20+5 Rebecca F 20+6 JLS 30+5 :ouch: Albums Coldplay 5+3 Adele [21] 5+4, [19] 30+7 JLS 10+1 Snow Patrol 10+4 Susan Boyle 10+5 Noel Gallagher 10+6 Florence 10+7 Lady Gaga [bTW] 20+1 Cher Lloyd 20+5 Will Young 20+6 Nickelback 20+7 James Morrison 30+2 Matt Cardle 30+6 Rihanna [Loud] 30+9
November 28, 201114 yr Author Midweek Charts update: X Factor single selling slower than predecessors 10:44 | Thursday December 1, 2011 Source: MW By Paul Williams This year’s X Factor charity single is selling at a slower pace than its three predecessors, but the reworking of the Rose Royce hit Wishing On A Star is still a certainty to reach number one this Sunday. The Syco-issued X Factor Finalists 2011 single had sold more than 80,000 copies by the end of business on Wednesday having registered 56,328 sales when the Official Charts Company unveiled its first midweek figures of the week on Tuesday. This compares to the 2010 cover of David Bowie’s Heroes having opened with around 72,000 sales on the first midweek chart a year ago before going on to sell 144,014 units across its entire first week. The sales of Wishing On A Star are likely to be even further down on the opening-week sales of the first two X Factor charity singles. The 2008 cover of Mariah Carey’s Heroes debuted at one after selling 313,244 copies, while the 2009 reworking of the Michael Jackson hit You Are Not Alone topped the chart with 193,176 sales. Wishing On A Star currently has a lead of around 45,000 units over Epic’s Olly Murs single Dance With Me Tonight in second place, while the Def Jam/Mercury-issued We Found Love by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris is third. On albums Murs is ahead by about 19,000 units of Reprise/Warner Bros act Michael Buble’s Christmas with his newly-issued second album In Case You Didn’t Know and Rihanna is in third place on this countdown as well, with Talk That Talk. Like We Found Love, her album was number one last Sunday. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thursday Update Top 40 Only Singles 1 X Factor Finalists 2011/JLS/One Direction (80k) 2 Olly Murs (35k) 3 Rihanna/Calvin Harris 4 Flo Rida 5 Avicii Top 10 Jessie J Top 15 Bruno Mars 14 LMFAO Charlene Soraia Top 20 19 Emile Sande Jason Derulo Top 30 Olly Murs [HSAB] Katy Perry Slow Moving Millie Top 40 Florence + The Machine 32 Pogues/Kirsty MacColl Beyonce 37 Mariah Carey Example [MR] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Olly Murs (19k ahead) 2 Michael Buble 3 Rihanna 4 One Direction 5 Il Divo Top 10 6 Adele [21] Ed Sheeran 10 Take That [Progress Live] Top 15 Bruno Mars 13 Joe McElderry [Classic Christmas] Top 30 22 Jessie J Cee-Lo Green Top 40 Tony Bennett N-Dubz David Guetta Rod Stewart NO SALES INFO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTIST UPDATES Singles Kelly Rowland 5+4 Maroon 5/Christina 5+5 Coldplay 10+3 Lady Gaga [MTN] 20+1 One Direction [GBY] 20+2, [WMYB] 20+4 Kelly Clarkson 20+5 Rebecca F 20+6 JLS 30+5 Albums Coldplay 5+4 JLS 10+1 Susan Boyle 10+4 Snow Patrol 10+5 Florence 10+6 Noel Gallagher 10+7 Lady Gaga [bTW] 20+1 Cher Lloyd 20+5 Will Young 20+6 Nickelback 20+7 James Morrison 30+4 Matt Cardle 30+6 Rihanna [Loud] 30+7 Adele [19] 30+8
November 28, 201114 yr Author Friday Update Top 40 Only Singles 1 X Factor Finalists 2011/JLS/One Direction 2 Olly Murs 3 Rihanna/Calvin Harris 4 Flo Rida 5 Avicii Top 10 Jessie J Top 15 Bruno Mars 14 LMFAO Charlene Soraia Top 20 Jason Derulo Top 30 21 Emeli Sande Olly Murs [HSAB] Katy Perry 28 Pogues/Kirsty MacColl Slow Moving Millie Beyonce Top 40 31 Mariah Carey Example [MR] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Olly Murs 2 Michael Buble 3 Rihanna 4 One Direction 5 Il Divo Top 10 6 Adele [21] Ed Sheeran Top 15 11 Take That [Progress Live] Bruno Mars 13 Joe McElderry [Classic Christmas] Top 30 22 Jessie J Cee-Lo Green Top 40 Tony Bennett N-Dubz David Guetta Rod Stewart NO SALES INFO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTIST UPDATES Singles Kelly Rowland 5+4 Maroon 5/Christina 10+1 Coldplay 10+3 Lady Gaga [MTN] 10+8 One Direction [GBY] 20+3, [WMYB] 20+4 Kelly Clarkson 20+5 Rebecca F 20+7 JLS 30+6 Albums Coldplay 5+4 JLS 5+5 Susan Boyle 10+4 Snow Patrol 10+5 Florence 10+6 Noel Gallagher 10+7 Lady Gaga [bTW] 20+1 Cher Lloyd 20+5 Will Young 20+6 Nickelback 20+7 James Morrison 30+2 Matt Cardle 30+5 Rihanna [Loud] 30+7 Adele [19] 30+8
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November 29, 201114 yr Tuesday Top 40 Only Singles 1 X Factor Finalists 2011/JLS/One Direction 2 Olly Murs 3 Rihanna/Calvin Harris 4 Flo Rida 5 Avicii Top 10 Jessie J Top 15 Bruno Mars LMFAO Charlene Soraia Top 20 Emile Sande Top 30 Jason Derulo Olly Murs [HSAB] Slow Moving Millie Katy Perry Top 40 Florence + The Machine Pogues/Kirsty MacColl Beyonce Nickelback ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Olly Murs 2 Michael Buble 3 Rihanna 4 Il Divo 5 One Direction Top 10 Take That [Progress Live] Top 15 Joe McElderry [Classic Christmas] Top 30 23 Jessie J Top 40 Cee-Lo Green Tony Bennett David Guetta Kylie Minogue [Aphrodite Les Follies - Live In London] NO SALES INFO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTIST UPDATES Singles Ed Sheeran [LH] 4+4, [TAT] 30+3 Maroon 5/Christina 5+4 Kelly Rowland 5+5 Coldplay 10+2 Lady Gaga [MTN] 10+10 One Direction [GBY] 20+1, [WMYB] 20+4 Kelly Clarkson 20+5 Rebecca F 20+6 JLS 30+2 Rihanna/Jay Z [TTT] 30+9 Albums Coldplay 5+3 Ed Sheeran 5+4 Adele [21] 5+5, [19] 30+10 JLS 10+1 Susan Boyle 10+4 Florence 10+5 Noel Gallagher 10+6 Snow Patrol 10+7 Lady Gaga [bTW] 10+10 Nickelback 20+4 Cher Lloyd 20+6 Will Young 20+7 James Morrison 30+3 Matt Cardle 30+4 Rihanna [Loud] 30+8
November 29, 201114 yr Any idea where Ed Sheeran is in both single and album chart (and can you please include him in the artist update.....ta muchly) Edited November 29, 201114 yr by Balsamic
November 29, 201114 yr Any sign of Westlife in the albums? Just checking up with how my predictions are looking so far. :D Edited November 29, 201114 yr by Jáhq
November 29, 201114 yr Glad to see Cher still at #26 in the albums :D I take it the saturdays album as fell outta the top 40 after 1 week? :(
November 29, 201114 yr Author Just realised N-Dubz GHs has bombed HA. Nothing major new album releases apart from Amy's to come out next week, so we should see albums just switching places until the middle of the new year, Rebecca Ferguson's album is nothing major, she's falling on iTunes with her single, I think she will struggle to get a top 10 album next week with the Xmas rush its going to get lost among the big albums. On the singles front, there is nothing much to say
November 29, 201114 yr Tuesday Top 40 Only Singles Top 40 Pogues/Kirsty MacColl :cheer: :yahoo: :dance:
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