Posted March 12, 201214 yr Chart News: Singles 2 Alexandra Burke Source ======================================================= New Releases Singles: Alexandra Burke, The Maccabees, Noel Gallagher High Flying Birds, Paul Weller, Jason Mraz, Swedish House Mafia. Climbers: Azealia Banks ft. Lazy Jay, Tyga, M.I.A., Black Keys. Albums: Marcus Collins, Michael Kiwanuka, Grimes, Micheal Bolton, Tyga, VCMG ======================================================= 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 12, 201214 yr Author Midweek Charts: Wives and Mothers shaping albums countdown Source: MW 15:45 | Wednesday March 14, 2012 By Paul Williams Military Wives appear to be capitalising on Mother’s Day gift buying after moving ahead of BBC Sound Of 2012 winner Michael Kiwanuka in the race to top this Sunday’s UK artist albums chart. The Christmas singles chart-toppers debuted at number two behind Bruce Springsteen last Sunday with their Decca debut In My Dreams, but they have now overturned an early lead this week attained by Kiwanuka’s with his newly-issued Polydor introductory set Home Again. In My Dreams was around 2,000 sales ahead up to the end of business on Tuesday, according to Official Charts Company Data, with Kiwanuka placed second, Virgin’s Emeli Sande holding her position of three achieved last weekend with Our Version Of Events, Adele remaining at four with her XL album 21 and Springsteen’s Columbia-handled Wrecking Ball falling 1-5. Also debuting in the Top 10 in the week so far is X Factor 2011 runner-up Marcus Collins whose self-titled RCA effort is seventh, just a few sales behind Polydor’s Lana Del Rey album Born To Die in sixth position. The Top 10 is completed by Asylum/Atlantic’s Ed Sheeran dropping 5-8 with +, Coldplay’s Parlophone album Mylo Xyloto holding at nine and Mercury act Lionel Richie’s Tuskegee slipping 7-10. Other new albums cropping up lower down in the midweeks include a new Sony-issued Michael Bolton retrospective (number 15), Polydor-signed Jason Donovan’s Sign Of Your Love (33) and 4AD’s Grimes with Visions (40). The week’s biggest percentage sales gain belongs to Demon’s Justin Fletcher whose Hands Up – The Album moves 16-13 with a 57% week-on-week sales increase. The singles chart this weekend is likely to be led for a fifth week by Island’s Gotye featuring Kimbra with Somebody That I Used To Know. It was around 7,000 sales ahead up to the close of trading on Tuesday of the newly-issued Syco single Elephant by Alexandra Burke and Erick Morillo in second place. Cash Money/Island’s Nicki Minaj holds at three with Starships, while Virgn’s Emeli Sande drops 2-4 with Next To Me and the Atlantic-issued Wild Ones by Flo Rida featuring Sia falls 4-5. Outside the Top 10, Atlantic’s Jason Mraz arrives in 23rd position in the week so far with I Won’t Give Up, while Sour Marsh’s Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds start at 28 with Dream On. Virgin act Swedish House Mafia crop up as a new entry at 40 with Greyhound, while Island’s Paul Weller arrives in 45th position with That Dangerous Age following his appearance on Jonathan Ross’s ITV1 chat show last Saturday. ==================================== Wednesday Update Top 40 Only Source: Radio 1/OCC OCC: Top 40 Singles Chart ==================================== OCC: Top 40 Album Chart
March 12, 201214 yr Author Midweek Charts update: Sande taking on Military Wives Source: MW 13:41 | Friday March 16, 2012 By Paul Williams Emeli Sande is mounting a late challenge to Military Wives to top the UK artist albums chart this weekend after pushing ahead of Michael Kiwanuka. BBC Sound of 2012 winner Kiwanuka’s debut Polydor album Home Again opened its week of release leading the Official Charts Company’s midweek sales figures, but it was firstly overtaken by Decca’s Military Wives album In My Dreams and has now been surpassed by Virgin act Sande’s Our Version Of Events. The Sande album, which was placed third on last Sunday’s chart, is the only album that was in last week’s Top 10 to grow its sales this week. It is 5.3% ahead of last week’s numbers in second place, around 9,000 units behind Military Wives. Adele’s XL album 21 matches its position of four achieved on last week’s chart in the week so far while, having debuted at number one last weekend, Columbia-signed Bruce Springsteen is now down to five with Wrecking Ball. The Top 10 at this stage of the week also includes X Factor 2011 runner-up Marcus Collins’ self-titled RCA debut showing up as a new entry at six and Positiva/Virgin’s David Guetta climbing 11-10 with Nothing But The Beat. Island’s Gotye featuring Kimbra single Somebody That I Used To Know had sold nearly a further 50,000 downloads this week up to the end of business on Thursday as it heads to number one for a fifth week. Cash Money/Island’s Nicki Minaj is now its nearest challenger with Starships in second place, while the Syco single Elephant by Alexandra Burke and Erick Morillo is cropping up as a new entry at three having begun the week in runners-up spot. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Friday Update Top 40 Only Singles 1 Gotye/Kimbra (50k) 2 Nicki Minaj 3 Alexandra Burke 4 Emeli Sande 5 Flo Rida/Sia Top 10 6 David Guetta/Sia David Guetta/Nicki Minaj Top 15 13 Jay-Z/Kanye West 15 Swedish House Mafia Top 20 Lil' Wayne 17 Jason Mraz Top 30 Pitbull/Chris Brown Taio Cruz/Flo Rida Lana Del Rey [VG] 25 Coldplay [CB] 26 Azealia/Lazy Jay 28 Rihanna/Jay-Z 29 Lloyd/Andre 3000/Lil' Wayne Top 40 LMFAO -[sFPR] 40 M.I.A. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Military Wives 2 Emeli Sande (9k behind) 3 Michael Kiwanuka 4 Adele [21] 5 Bruce Springsteen Top 10 6 Marcus Collins David Guetta Top 15 Michael Bolton Top 20 Olly Murs Top 30 Bruno Mars LMFAO 25 Will Young 26 Rebecca Ferguson Top 40 Mary Bryne 35 Kelly Clarkson Jason Donovan Andre Rieu NO SALES INFO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTIST UPDATES Singles StooShe 5+4 Marcus 5+5 Tinchy/Pixie 5+6 Kelly C 7+7 Dappy 20+7 Olly Murs 30+1 Rihanna/Calvin Haris 30+5 Maroon 5/Christina 30+6 Coldplay 30+7 Albums Lana Del Rey 4+3 Ed Sheeran 4+4 Gotye 10+3 Adele [19] 14+4 1D 30+2 Rihanna [TTT] 30+4 [Loud] 30+9 Katy Perry 30+10
March 13, 201214 yr Author Vince Clarke (Yazoo, Erasure) and Martin Gore (Depeche Mode) release their first album this week its a new side project under VCMG. And hopefully Gotye for another week please.
March 13, 201214 yr Author http://twitter.com/#!/alexandramusic Alexandra #2 in the midweeks Dan Wootton Big congrats to @alexandramusic who is No2 in the midweeks with her new single Elephant.
March 13, 201214 yr http://twitter.com/#!/alexandramusic Alexandra #2 in the midweeks Wow she as done so well with so little radio play :D
March 13, 201214 yr Wow I was expecting #3 at best. :o I think she will fall at least one place throughout the week though.
March 13, 201214 yr Vince Clarke (Yazoo, Erasure) and Martin Gore (Depeche Mode) release their first album this week its a new side project under VCMG. And hopefully Gotye for another week please. You're ignoring the fact that Vince Clarke was originally in Depeche Mode.
March 13, 201214 yr Congratulations to Alexandra Burke because she proves that radio stations just sucks...
March 13, 201214 yr Author You're ignoring the fact that Vince Clarke was originally in Depeche Mode. Actually I didn't forget, I just copied the first bit from somewhere else :lol:
March 13, 201214 yr http://twitter.com/#!/alexandramusic Alexandra #2 in the midweeks Great news for Alexandra so pleased for her. I hope she doubles her promotion this week though.
March 13, 201214 yr Congratulations to Alexandra Burke because she proves that radio stations just sucks... At least she should gain significant benefit from *having* to be played on the chart update/chart show, if R1 have been snubbing her before.
March 13, 201214 yr At least she should gain significant benefit from *having* to be played on the chart update/chart show, if R1 have been snubbing her before. One play on the radio is not going to be a significant benefit.
March 13, 201214 yr One play on the radio is not going to be a significant benefit. While true, didn't that Alors on Dance (or whatever it was called) song shoot up rapidly within the low top 100 whenever it was played just once on Radio 1? Obviously the fact that Alexandra is at a higher position means there wouldn't be such a huge effect in terms of position but it might keep her stable for a few hours. :kink:
March 13, 201214 yr I'd like to think top 3 was a guarantee now. But stranger things have happened. Just shows she still has a strong fan base regardless of shocking airplay!
March 13, 201214 yr While true, didn't that Alors on Dance (or whatever it was called) song shoot up rapidly within the low top 100 whenever it was played just once on Radio 1? Obviously the fact that Alexandra is at a higher position means there wouldn't be such a huge effect in terms of position but it might keep her stable for a few hours. :kink: Well, there are exceptions for some songs for some reason (perhaps most notably Baz Lurhmann's 'Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)' which seems to re-enter the iTunes top 100 for a day or two every time it gets played on Radio 1) but the majority of the time one radio play will not cause a significant boost :P I think 'Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)' and 'Alors On Danse' benefit from being quite unusual songs whereas Elephant is just another dance-pop song. Edited March 13, 201214 yr by Bré
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