Madonna's new song is poop, so doubt it will get to no1. I'm a massive Madonna fan and I deffo won't be supporting it and I know other Madonna fans who won't.

 

Bit childish to suddenly stop supporting an artist just because you dislike a demo of their single.

Feeder? :o That has actually made my day, shows they kind of need to release 3 physicals though unfortunately. :( (Which it's a good job they did, not just releasing a 7" like they did with the last few releases!) The only way is down from now though cause the EP's probably fell out of the Top 40 on iTunes now, the physical is sold out on all formats and the single is doing bugger all on iTunes. :lol: Nice surprise though. :P

bugger, I really wanted David/Sia at #1

That is a bit of a shock, It must be very close.

Alyssa Reid won't last until Sunday. It's a bit of a non-event isn't it? Not a bad song but I think "Titanium" will sell better in the long run and Gotye's coming from too far back, the best he can hope for is #3 this week so I'm on Team Guetta / Sia.

 

Lana Del Rey #1 album as expected, my deluxe copy just arrived. :D Fantastic to see The Black Keys looking at a new peak as well at #23.

Don't go too far, we should see a MW mid report hopefully with some sales pretty soon.

Hope David Guetta can take the lead by Friday.

Interesting for Feeder. Saw them live nearly 2 years ago and they were amazing. Such an underrated band.

OCC Says Alyssa Ried leads by 5K

Hoping Alyssa keeps the lead, not a fan of Titanium but love Alone Again. :wub:

Yep Back to the Olden Days of music

 

The only other new entry in today’s Update is Feeder’s new single Borders (35), taken from forthcoming eighth studio album Generation Freakshow. As well as its digital format, Borders is available to fans in CD, 7” vinyl and for the first time since 2001’s Just A Day, cassette format also.

 

 

From OCC

http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-new...ber-1-01022012/

 

Video Games has shifted nearly 272,000 units since release

 

Source: OCC

Beautiful weel for Lana Del Ray with both the album and her singles doing well. Disapointing the same can not be said for Feeder who once again will go unnoticed and will more than likely be top 60 now when we see the new chart in Sunday.

 

Seal is jumping and falling at rapid rates, huge jump last week equal demise this week but its selling none the less and has also provided him with another Top 20 album in his career.

 

Im shocked David Guetta is not number 1 on the singles chart as to my knowledge he has been Number 1 all week on itunes, that said, I do believe he will be Number 1 on Sunday when the new chart is offically announced.

Midweek Charts: Del Rey boosts flagging albums market

Source: MW

15:50 | Wednesday February 1, 2012

By Paul Williams

 

 

Lana Del Rey’s Born To Die has become the first big-selling new album of 2012 after taking just three days to clock up nearly 70,000 sales.

 

The newly-issued Polydor album looks an absolute certainty to top the UK artist albums chart this weekend with Official Charts Company Data showing that by the end of business on Tuesday it had outsold its nearest seven challengers combined.

 

The strong sales for the US singer-songwriter are just what the market desperately needs after Asylum/Atlantic act Ed Sheeran’s + returned to number one last Sunday with the lowest sales for a chart-topping album since September 1995, just 20,607 copies. That is less than a third what Born To Die has sold this week with four more days of business still to go.

 

Also already beating the week-end sales tally of last week’s number one is Old Dies, which is showing up as a new entry at number two for Columbia’s Leonard Cohen. With around 26,000 sales already and more than 15,000 units ahead of Sheeran’s album in third place, Cohen looks very likely to debut at two on the week’s final chart this Sunday to equal his highest-charting album in the UK, achieved by 1969’s Songs From A Room.

 

Parlophone act Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto, which was second on last Sunday’s chart, is presently in fourth place, while XL’s Adele album 21 drops 3-5.

 

As her single Domino continues to perform strongly, holding at three in the midweeks, Lava/Island Jessie J sees her album Who You Are lift 13% in sales week-on-week to rise 7-6 on the midweeks. However, the biggest percentage sales gain belongs to Chistina Perri’s Atlantic album Lovestrong, up 106% to move it 37-10. Sales of her single Jar Of Hearts are also significantly up – by 98% - after Torvill and Dean danced to it on ITV1’s Dancing On Ice last Sunday evening.

 

 

TV has also helped to lift sales of Arctic Monkeys’ Suck It And See after the Domino act performed on Jonathan Ross’s ITV1 show last Saturday, albeit more modestly and from a lower base. The album moves 85-64 in the midweeks with an 84% increase.

 

A handful of independent albums should debut this coming Sunday: the Southern Fried-issued Be Strong by 2 Bears; Because Music’s self-titled Django Django album; David Arnold and Michael Price’s Silver Screen-issued Sherlock – Music From Series 1; and Proper-signed Gretchen Peters’ Hello Cruel World. A new Decca Louis Armstrong retrospective is also set to arrive, while the same company’s Etta James album At Last – The Best Of is on course to move into the Top 75 following the singer’s death on January 20.

 

Canadian teenager Alyssa Reid, a former contestant on her nation’s TV talent contest The Next Star On YTV, is currently leading the singles market with the newly-issued 3 Beat/AATW single Alone Again featuring Jump Smokers. It had sold around 40,000 copies up until the end of Tuesday, about 6,000 copies more than closest rival Titanium by Positiva/Virgin’s David Guetta featuring Sia. Sales of Titanium are up 45% on the week as it holds at two in the midweeks while Jessie J’s Domino remains third, Global Talent/Polydor’s Cover Drive drop to four after debuting at one on last Sunday’s chart with Twilight and the Atlantic-issued Wild Ones by Flo Rida featuring Sia holds a five.

 

Sales of Island’s Gotye featuring Kimbra single Somebody That I Used To Know have almost doubled on the week to move it 7-6, while sales of J/RCA’s Pitbull featuring Chris Brown release International Love are up 28% to lift it 10-9.

 

Lower down, rock gets a much-needed boost in the singles market with Feeder’s Borders, issued through their Big Teeth label, currently showing up as a new entry at 35.

:wub: So pleased for Lana, great sales.

Fantastic result for Lana Del Ray, I certianly did not expect her sales to be this high, would it be wishful thinking to say her opening sales will easily pass 100,000?

If this does happen it will surprise many as I dont think it was expected to do as well by many. Furthermore, it will be fantastic to see some extremely decent sales when the sales information is released as Leonard Cohen as it stands will have higher sales at number 2 than any of the number 1 albums have managed in recent weeks.

'Alone Again' is a little bit of a guilty pleasure, reminds me of something Cascada would do! :kink:

I under-estimated Lana, didn't think she do 70k at all, I guess some people were waiting for brand new album releases to hit the shelves after Xmas and the Jan dull period.

Titanium sold 65-70k last week + 45% this week - could be closing on 100k along with Alone again!!

I love 'Alone Again', but I don't like the UK radio edit of it :puke: It's much better without the rapping, which isn't normal for me but Jump Smokers is that bad. I'd prefer Titanium to be #1, because this week is its last chance.

 

I think the number ones will go

 

Alyssa Reid ft Jump Smokers 'Alone Again'

will.i.am ft Jennifer Lopez & Mick Jagger 'T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)'

DJ Fresh ft Rita Ora 'Hot Right Now'

 

Not sure after that, maybe a 2nd week for DJ Fresh, a return to #1 for will.i.am or Jessie J, or Gym Class Heroes could get it with Ass Back Home

 

Then Dappy ft Brian May 'Rockstar' the week after that