Posted March 5, 201214 yr Chart News: Singles 4 StooShe Source 6 Marcus Collins 14,140 Source 7 Tinchy Stryder/Pixie Lott Source Albums 1 Bruce Springsteen Source 2 Military Wives Source 11 Chris Issak ======================================================= New Releases Singles: Marcus Collins, Tinchy Stryder ft. Pixie Lott, StooShe feat. Travie McCoy Albums: Bruce Springsteen, Chiddy Bang, Doris Day, The Civil Wars, Dry The River, Gilbert O'Sullivan, The Jezabels, Katie Melua, The Fray, Mary Bryne, Lionel Richie, Military Wives, Sinead O'Connor. ======================================================= Please note new changes to the Sunday Chart Predictions thread topic: You can still post your own predictions for the week to generate chat to the topic. There will be no mids from MW for Tuesday, if there is any chart info, please provide a source, so the info can be checked out first, we just have to be careful what to post on here on a Tuesday. On Wednesday Radio 1 Chart Top 40 mid update will be posted with links to Radio 1 and any other chart info from MW and OCC from 4pm On Thursdays there will be no mids from MW but any chart info that is found please provide a source. On Friday an update from MW from 11am onwards. To keep everyone in the loop of all chart action please refer to the iTunes thread topic.
March 5, 201214 yr Author Midweek Charts: Springsteen looking to Boss albums Source: MW 15:50 | Wednesday March 7, 2012 By Paul Williams Bruce Springsteen is bidding to hold off a challenge from Christmas chart-toppers the Military Wives and become only the 10th act in history to score nine number ones on the UK albums chart. His brand new Columbia album Wrecking Ball has opened up a lead of around 16,000 sales, according to the Official Charts Company. However, it is facing a strong challenge from In My Dreams, the first album from Decca signings the Military Wives who famously led last year’s festive singles chart with Wherever You Are alongside choirmaster Gareth Malone. If Wrecking Ball does remain at one when the final chart is published on Sunday it will become Springsteen’s ninth number one on the chart, a feat only previously achieved by The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Madonna, The Rolling Stones, U2, Abba, Michael Jackson, Queen and Robbie Williams. Springsteen and the Military Wives lead a busy week for new albums with 12 cropping up among the Top 40 positions in the latest Sales Flashes. They include Dramatico act Katie Melua whose fifth studio album Secret Symphony is currently ranked fifth and Lionel Richie whose country-flavoured Mercury album Tuskegee is eighth, helped by him chatting and performing on Jonathan Ross’s ITV1 show last Saturday. Among the other new entries is a new Union Square-issued Gilbert O’Sullivan best of at 16, potentially returning him to the Top 20 for the first time in eight years, and RCA’s Dry The River in 14h place with Shallow Red. Other new albums showing up come from acts including Sinead O’Connor with her One Little Indian debut How About I Be Me (And You Be Me) at 23, while other arrivals take in Little Demon’s Justin Fletcher, double Grammy-winning Civil Wars with the Columbia-issued Barton Hollow, a Stranglers album through Coursegood, The Fray via Columbia and Regal/Parlophone’s Chiddy Bang. Within the Top 10 Virgin act Emeli Sande’s Our Version Of Events and XL’s Adele album 21, which were one and two on last Sunday’s chart, are the third and fourth top sellers respectively in the new week so far, while Asylum/Atlantic’s Ed Sheeran set + has drifted 3-6 and Polydor’s Lana Del Rey debut Born To Die 4-7. Parlophone act Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto has moved 6-10 in the week so far and Island act Gotye’s Making Mirrors slips 6-10. Just outside the Top 10, Chris Issak’s Rhino album Beyond The Sun leaps 30-11 following his performance on BBC1’s Let’s Dance For Sport Relief. On singles Island signing Gotye featuring Kimbra’s Somebody That I Used To Know is around 5,000 sales ahead in its quest to be number one for a fourth week. Behind it is Virgin’s Emeli Sande with Next To Me, which moves 3-2, while Cash Money/Island’s Nicki Minaj progresses 5-3 in the week to date with Starships as the Atlantic-issued Wild Ones by Flo Rida featuring Sia holds at four. Warner Bros’s new girl group Stooshe lead the new entries with Love Me, featuring Travie McCoy, in fifth place, while X Factor runner-up Marcus Collins’ first single, the RCA-issued White Stripes cover Seven Nation Army, is debuting at six. Also showing up as a brand new entry in the Top 10 is Island release Bright Lights by Tinchy Stryder featuring Pixie Lott. =================================================== Wednesday Update Top 40 Only Source: Radio 1/OCC Top 40 Singles Source: OCC =================================================== Top 40 Albums Source: OCC
March 5, 201214 yr Author Midweek Charts update: Gotye achieves 2012's first half million tally 11:28 | Friday March 9, 2012 Source: MW By Paul Williams Gotye’s Somebody That I Used To Know has this week become the first single in 2012 to surpass half a million UK sales as it heads for a fourth week at number one. The Island release, which features the vocals of Kimbra, has sold around 56,000 copies this week up until the end of trading on Thursday, according to Official Charts Company statistics. This takes its 2012 sales up to 533,000 units, while it sold around 6,600 copies before the year began. For this current week so far it is only 16,000 sales ahead if its nearest rival, Virgin act Emeli Sande’s Next To Me, so should secure a third consecutive week at number one on Sunday and fourth in total. Cash Money/Island’s Nicki Minaj is not far behind Sande in third place as Starships rises two notches in the week to date from where it stood on last Sunday’s chart. The Atlantic-issued Wild Ones by Flo Rida featuring Sia holds at four and Warner Bros-signed girl band Stooshe’s first single Love Me, which features Travie McCoy, is showing up as a new entry at five. There are also Top 10 entries from Island’s Tinchy Stryder (featuring Pixie Lott) and RCA’s X Factor runner-up Marcus Collins with his debut outing Seven Nation Army. Columbia’s Bruce Springsteen seems assured of a ninth UK number one album with Wrecking Ball, which is about 18,000 sales ahead currently of fellow new release In My Dreams, the first album by Decca’s Christmas chart-toppers the Military Wives. Emeli Sande’s Virgin album Our Version Of Events drops 1-3 in the week to date and Adele’s second XL album 21 2-4, while Katie Melua’s new Dramatico set Secret Symphony appears as a new entry at five. Mercury’s Lionel Richie also arrives in the Top 10 with Tuskegee showing up as a new entry presently at seven. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Friday Update Top 40 Only Singles 1 Gotye/Kimbra (56k) 2 Emeli Sande (40k) 3 Nicki Minaj 4 Flo Rida/Sia 5 StooShe/Travie McCoy Top 10 6 Tinchy Stryder/Pixie Lott 8 Marcus Collins David Guetta/Nicki Minaj Top 15 15 LMFAO Top 20 Lil' Wayne/Jay-Z 20 Jay-Z/Kanye West Top 30 Olly Murs Cover Drive 28 Coldplay 30 Maroon 5 Top 40 31 Rihanna/Jay-Z Flo Rida [GF] Labrinth Drake/Rihanna Dot Rotten ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Bruce Springsteen (18k ahead) 2 Military Wives 3 Emeli Sande 4 Adele 5 Katie Melua Top 10 Lionel Richie Top 15 Chris Issak Gilbert O'Sullivan 14 The Civil Wars Top 20 Justin Fletcher 20 Dry The River Top 30 Sinead O'Connor Top 40 Doris Day The Stranglers The Fray Mary Bryne NO SALES INFO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTIST UPDATES Singles Kelly C 6+6 Dappy 10+3 Rihanna/Calvin Harris 20+6 Arctic Monkeys 30+3 Coldplay (CB) 30+7 Cher Lloyd 20+20 Albums Lana Del Rey 4+4 Coldplay 5+4 Gotye 5+5 Adele [19] 10+5 Black Keys 20+1 Olly Murs 20+4 Rihanna [TTT], 30+2 [Loud] 30+6 Rebecca Ferguson 30+3
March 6, 201214 yr Author I think Gotye is safe for a 4th week at #1, can't see Marcus troubling the top spot, at the most #5 or #6 plus whatever physicals he sells. The album chart should see quite a few new entries with Mother's Day approaching, Bruce Springsteen, Military Wives and Lionel Richie are probably the three main albums to watch out for this week. Can anyone predict where Dappy is going to fall to..... #14 :unsure:
March 6, 201214 yr Can anyone predict where Dappy is going to fall to..... #14 :unsure: At the rate he's dropping on iTunes? He'll be lucky to have a place in the top twenty, but I'll guess that he will...just...#20 on Sunday.
March 6, 201214 yr Author Stooshe are at #4 per their Twitter. That can't be right, they are well behind on LPB
March 6, 201214 yr That can't be right, they are well behind on LPB They have another version, and their EP charted the highest. Also there's other download sites to consider. I don't think #4 is completey unrealistic. (Not disputing the face that it MAY be wrong, but just sayin' it COULD be right! :P)
March 6, 201214 yr I think Gotye is safe for a 4th week at #1, can't see Marcus troubling the top spot, at the most #5 or #6 plus whatever physicals he sells. The album chart should see quite a few new entries with Mother's Day approaching, Bruce Springsteen, Military Wives and Lionel Richie are probably the three main albums to watch out for this week. ISTM that Katie Melua should benefit significantly from the Mothers Day effect, too.
March 6, 201214 yr Twitter WOO @TinchyStryder IS #7 IN THE MIDWEEKS WITH #BRIGHTLIGHTS !!! Congrats to Chris Isaak & his album Beyond The Sun re-entering the UK album charts at No 11 in today's midweeks after a weekend of TV promo!
March 6, 201214 yr That can't be right, they are well behind on LPB Yeah but dont forget Tuesday mids were always vague B-)
March 6, 201214 yr I will be very dissapointed if Bruce Springsteen is not the no.1 album in the chart come Sunday.
March 6, 201214 yr Beginning to get irritated by the fact MW don't publish the midweeks daily anymore, no excuse really as they're obviously being compiled and it's just treating their paying subscribers like crap. Think I'll end my sub now.
March 6, 201214 yr I wonder if The Fray will get another top ten album in the UK. 'Heartbeat' bombed and their last album only sold about 50K. :(
March 6, 201214 yr Poor start for Marcus Collins, I cannot see his album over troubling the charts either. Early indicators suggest bye bye Marcus :yahoo: Album chart will see alot of movement this week and I am positive Bruce Springsteen will at at least challenge for the top spot even if he misses out. My Dappy prediction is number 13 this week.
March 6, 201214 yr pleased to see Marcus at 6, I hope it falls to 8-10 by Sunday :D (preferably out of the top 10 but probably won't happen :P )
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