February 21, 201214 yr But with Robbie Williams, most people would have owned most of the tracks already, given that each of his albums have sold about 10,000,000 copies each (bar Rudebox, which has sold approximately 17). :lol: If Adele does Turning Tables tonight-might that challenge for No 1 on Sunday? People are massively overestimating Adele tonight I reckon. 21 will likely go back to #1 but if she performs something new the best she's going to get is top 20 I reckon. She's sold 4 million copies of 21 and Turning Tables (which is the most chart friendly thing she could perform) has been hanging around iTunes for ages now so it must have sold a decent amount too. Rumour Has It doesn't really work live either.
February 21, 201214 yr I can't see anything other than Song 2 and maybe Parklife getting a boost from tonight. Would love them to bag a #1 from this, but I think that's just fantasy. My current top 5 would be: 01. The Universal 02. Beetlebum 03. This Is A Low 04. Out Of Time 05. Tender PS expect Gotye to remain #1 till the weekend, when someone with the Brits effect may take him. Emeli and Adele will comfortably be top 2 albums I imagine.
February 21, 201214 yr 21 will obviously get a boost but her singles probably not so much, not enough for top ten anyway. This Is A Low is a tear-jerker. They should perform it but they have only 11 minutes I know they won't. I have the Hyde Park dvd and I've never watched any music dvd as many times as I've watched that one. Perfection!
February 21, 201214 yr My Blur favourites; 1. Song 2 2. There's No Other Way 3. End Of A Century 4. Parklife 5. To The End I already have the Best Of... so won't be buying it again. From memory, that album under-performed (as far as I was concerned, compared with my expectations of what it deserved), so I hope it makes a return to the top 10. But with Robbie Williams, most people would have owned most of the tracks already, given that each of his albums have sold about 10,000,000 copies each (bar Rudebox, which has sold approximately 17). As you've pointed out, a lot of the Brit Award's audience would be unfamiliar with much of Blur's output, and they've sold nowhere near as many records as Robbie (I don't even think "Parklife", their biggest selling album, has broken through the million mark, but correct me if I'm wrong) therefore more people seem likely to go out and download their songs. It didn't really underperform I suppose, it passed the million mark in 2008, MW confirmed it when it did. Dunno if that makes its their biggest selling, suppose parklife is the other big contender. They are really good but really why now? No recent output they should have got it years ago or not at all seems slight barrel scraping although they are brill
February 21, 201214 yr It didn't really underperform I suppose, it passed the million mark in 2008, MW confirmed it when it did. Dunno if that makes its their biggest selling, suppose parklife is the other big contender. They are really good but really why now? No recent output they should have got it years ago or not at all seems slight barrel scraping although they are brill Best of... sold 1,005,000 copies to the end of 2009, whilst "Parklife" had sold 1,260,000 to the end of the 90s so I'd be relatively sure that it's still ahead (although that PL total is calculated on the sales of the time so may be revised down :( )
February 21, 201214 yr Author Best of... sold 1,005,000 copies to the end of 2009, whilst "Parklife" had sold 1,260,000 to the end of the 90s so I'd be relatively sure that it's still ahead (although that PL total is calculated on the sales of the time so may be revised down :( ) Well I hope Best of... doesn't get a boost now after their dreadful performance on the BRITs.
February 21, 201214 yr I liked it! Though it got ropey later on ITV2... Can't believe they told Adele to pipe down! Thought she'd win everything and we'd get a big medley performance! Hope she can take 21 to the top for a 21st week this week ;)
February 21, 201214 yr Best of... sold 1,005,000 copies to the end of 2009, whilst "Parklife" had sold 1,260,000 to the end of the 90s so I'd be relatively sure that it's still ahead (although that PL total is calculated on the sales of the time so may be revised down :( ) They better not revise Parklife down to below a million :(
February 21, 201214 yr They better not revise Parklife down to below a million :( I suspect you'll find out on Sunday :o Though as it was a 94 release (the year with the biggest recalculation down) you'd better prepare yourself! :mellow: Having said that sales since 1999 will have increased its haul. :D
February 21, 201214 yr I suspect you'll find out on Sunday :o Though as it was a 94 release (the year with the biggest recalculation down) you'd better prepare yourself! :mellow: Having said that sales since 1999 will have increased its haul. :D Gahh! Fingers crossed for me! Out of interest, what are Radiohead's Ok Computer sales? Would they be revised down too? (these are my fave 2 albums ever so I am interested!)
February 21, 201214 yr Gahh! Fingers crossed for me! Out of interest, what are Radiohead's Ok Computer sales? Would they be revised down too? (these are my fave 2 albums ever so I am interested!) No, all sales from 1997 onwards should be unaltered as the charts were then on DUS (defined universe sales) 94-96 is the period mainly covered by the "revision". :) Its sales were 980k in the 90s only.
February 21, 201214 yr Song 2 has two versions in the 70s on iTunes so far and Parklife has a version in the 80s and another in the 120s. Both should go top 100 this week then (Song 2 maybe top 75), maybe Girls & Boys too (2 versions top 150). I slightly underestimated them then, but still I doubt they'll have anything in the top 40.
February 21, 201214 yr No, all sales from 1997 onwards should be unaltered as the charts were then on DUS (defined universe sales) 94-96 is the period mainly covered by the "revision". :) Its sales were 980k in the 90s only. Ah! Thanks Barry - so OK Computer well over a million I expect then :D
February 21, 201214 yr Blur will no doubt benefit from a big boost in album sales. Adele, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay will get big boost as well. Emeli Sandé and Lana Del Rey should keep up their sales fairly well too.
February 21, 201214 yr Song 2 has two versions in the 70s on iTunes so far and Parklife has a version in the 80s and another in the 120s. Both should go top 100 this week then (Song 2 maybe top 75), maybe Girls & Boys too (2 versions top 150). I slightly underestimated them then, but still I doubt they'll have anything in the top 40. It's just a shame that Tender and This Is A Low (easily their best performances on the night) were relegated to ITV2.
February 22, 201214 yr Oh dear Parklife sounded awful.. But in general, Blur are better in live doing slower anthemic songs such as Beetlebum and Tender. Edited February 22, 201214 yr by SKOB
February 22, 201214 yr I think Ed Sheeran's album will get the biggest boost from the Brits this year.
February 22, 201214 yr Whats the full story with Sunday's chart - is it live from the studio or something - is Reggie still the official presenter?
February 22, 201214 yr The biggest boosts album wise are for Adele, Ed, Florence & Coldplay. Also been great for Blur, Noel, Rihanna, Lana & Bruno. Its also slightly boosted Olly & One Direction. Edited February 22, 201214 yr by Karma
February 22, 201214 yr Whats the full story with Sunday's chart - is it live from the studio or something - is Reggie still the official presenter? Sadly yes. Basically it's the same but there will be live streaming of the top 10 on the website with music videos every week :zzz:
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