March 27, 201213 yr Was hoping for more for Madonna. This figure is bolstered by the itunes proorder, I reckon she will sell 75k this week.
March 27, 201213 yr My main concern for Madonna is that with the likelihood of getting a hit single from this album at all slimmer than ever, she won't have anything to keep the sales afloat later on, so she'll be relying on the first week being as high as possible. :( It's a shame though, this album is SO much better than the disgrace that was Hard Candy! Although 'Girl Gone Wild' is the worst song on there (regular edition), so what do you expect? Edited March 27, 201213 yr by Silver Rocket
March 27, 201213 yr Author @679artists: Plan B and ill Manors current sat in the Top 5 in the midweeks! https://twitter.com/#!/679artists @SPatel25: Tuesday Singles Midweeks are looking FANTASTIC for @ChrisBrown. #TurnUpTheMusic is in at #1!! https://twitter.com/#!/SPatel25
March 27, 201213 yr Better than I'd hoped for Madonna although it will clear 70k-80k max. Her failing to get a single from this album above #37 shows just how much of an achievement Kylie taking All The Lovers to the top three was in 2010 in the respect of her being a similar aging 80s pop legend struggling to adapt to the download era in the singles chart. Speaks volumes about the quality of that single more than anything else though :wub:
March 27, 201213 yr Are you sure that Madonna would've failed to reach top 3 in 2010 :P She did go top 3 with Celebration, only under a year earlier..
March 27, 201213 yr She did go top 3 with Celebration, only under a year earlier.. And promptly vanished entirely. All The Lovers CLIMBED into the top 3 and had a very decent chart run. Then while Madonna's follow-up single missed the top 100, Kylie managed two more top 40 hits and one other top 100 hit on top of that. Edited March 27, 201213 yr by Bréyhound
March 27, 201213 yr Madonna was always going to get #1, and these seem like healthy sales so far. It just depends how well she will hold up in the coming weeks.
March 27, 201213 yr Would much rather see Madonna hold the #1 spot for a week or two now - but I imagine the sales'll be concentrated to this week and then the same'll happen next with - so #1 will be either Nicki Minaj or Labrinth and it'll continue like this until Emeli Sande, Adele or Ed Sheeran reclaim the top spot. Any notable single releases next week? Can't think of any off the top of my head - 'Climax' by Usher has been pushed back two weeks to April 18, I believe.
March 27, 201213 yr Madonna is likely to drop off considerably next week I think. I think most of the album buyers will be hard core fans.
March 27, 201213 yr Any notable single releases next week? Can't think of any off the top of my head - 'Climax' by Usher has been pushed back two weeks to April 18, I believe. Why :arrr: (this post is directed at the record companies of the UK, not you :P) But why do record labels feel like they have to hold back international hits. Acts like Labrinth and Emeli Sande benefit from held back releases - they've had long runners with 'Earthquake' and 'Next To Me' respectively. But when a song is smashing worldwide why can't they just RELEASE the thing here :teresa: I wish 'Call Me Maybe' and 'We Are Young' were in the current UK top 10, but that can't be because they're not released for another MONTH -_-
March 27, 201213 yr Hey, you stole my joke... :P Oops Sorry But to be fair if it was my joke, it wouldn't be funny :lol:
March 27, 201213 yr Check this Out, Chris Brown is number 1 at the moment says the official chart company http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/c...hat-track-1306/
March 28, 201213 yr No major surprise seeing Madoona at number 1 but she wont make 100,000 sales this week, i think around 85,000 overall this week. After that i cant see the album having major staying power and will probably just about manage platnum sales eventually.Additionally, i believe this will be the first madonna album that will not manage a decent size hit single. Edited March 28, 201213 yr by pippa
March 28, 201213 yr Why (this post is directed at the record companies of the UK, not you But why do record labels feel like they have to hold back international hits. Acts like Labrinth and Emeli Sande benefit from held back releases - they've had long runners with 'Earthquake' and 'Next To Me' respectively. But when a song is smashing worldwide why can't they just RELEASE the thing here Probably to coincide with increased promotion - maybe the artist will be in the UK that week?
March 28, 201213 yr No major surprise seeing Madoona at number 1 but she wont make 100,000 sales this week, i think around 85,000 overall this week. After that i cant see the album having major staying power and will probably just about manage platnum sales eventually.Additionally, i believe this will be the first madonna album that will not manage a decent size hit single. You're right but considering the current chart climate I'd compare this era to American Life. Its singles peaked quite high but were pretty much fanbase only sort of hits with low overall sales. I think GMAYL will outsell at least Hollywood in the long run. Chart runs: American Life {2}-12-20-25-35-43-50-67-70-48-45->11 Hollywood {2}-15-22-33-48-60-60->7 Love Profusion {11}-33-38-42-50-62->6
March 28, 201213 yr Author Midweek Charts: Madonna set to surpass Elvis on all-time list Source: MW 15:45 | Wednesday March 28, 2012 By Paul Williams Madonna is on course to overtake Elvis Presley with the most UK number one albums by a solo act of all time as her newly-issued MDNA heads to the top this weekend. The album, her first released through Interscope/Polydor since her departure from long-time home Warner, had sold around 39,000 copies up to the end of business on Tuesday, according to the Official Charts Company. That is more than the next five albums combined. If, as expected, MDNA does reach number one this Sunday it would be Madonna’s 12th chart-topper, one more than Elvis Presley has managed. Only The Beatles with 15 number ones have topped the chart more times. A long distance behind Madonna in second place in the week so far is David Guetta with his Postiva/Virgin-issued Nothing But The Beat, while XL’s Adele album 21 progresses 5-3, despite weekly sales dropping 29%, and Emeli Sande’s Virgin debut Our Version Of Events holds at four. Below them are two albums with triple-digit percentage rises: Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream and Jessie J’s Who You Are. Sales of Perry’s Virgin album Teenage Dream are up 258% on the week to move 34-5 following the release of an extended The Complete Confection version, which includes her number one single Part Of Me. Meanwhile, there is a 184% week-on-week increase for Jessie J’s Island/Lava album to send it 23-6 following her exposure as a judge on BBC One’s The Voice last Saturday. The same programme has also helped several of her singles see a jump in sales, including Domino, which moves 14-13 on the midweeks with a 10.3% rise, Mamma Know Best, which is new at 40 after contestant J Marie Cooper performed it, and Price Tag, up 87-61 following Voice hopeful Jessica Hammond’s interpretation. Also enjoying a renaissance thanks to The Voice is Columbia act Train’s 2001 hit Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me), up 108-41 on the midweeks after being the choice of contestant Justin Grennan. Back on albums and Paul Weller’s Island album Sonik Kicks, having debuted at one last Sunday, is the new chart week’s seventh top seller. MDNA is one of 10 brand new releases showing up among the Top 40 positions, a list also including a repackaging by Rhino of her Warner albums, called The Complete Studio Albums 1983-2008. This is the 39th top seller in the week to date. Decca artist Noah Stewart’s first album Noah crops up as a new entry at 10, while En Vivo, a new live/video album by EMI’s Iron Maiden, debuts at 11. Other albums appearing as midweek new entries include titles from Roadrunner’s Shinedown, DC3’s Alter Bridge, Interscope/Polydor’s All-American Rejects, EMI Classics’ Crowe/Hanslip/Bell/LSO/Jenkins, Warner Bros’s Mars Volta and V2’s Blood Red Shoes. On singles Chris Brown looks on course to achieve his first UK chart-topper with his brand new RCA single Turn Up The Music’s sales nearly double that of nearest rival, She Doesn’t Mind by Atlantic artist Sean Paul. Brown’s current UK chart peak is two, achieved by his first hit Run It! in 2006. Katy Perry, who debuted at one last Sunday as Paul entered at two, drops to three on the midweeks with her Virgin single Part Of Me, while Gotye featuring Kimbra’s Island single Somebody That I Used To Know slips 3-4 and Cash Money/Island’s Nicki Minaj holds at five with Starships. Fewer than 100 sales behind Minaj at this stage of the week in sixth position is Ill Manors, the brand new single from 679/Atlantic’s Plan B, while Atlantic single Wild Ones by Flo Rida featuring Sia climbs 8-7 to swap positions with Positiva/Virgin’s David Guetta featuring Sia’s Titanium, while Syco’s Labrinth falls 4-9 with Last Time and Virgin’s Emeli Sande 9-10 with Next To Me. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Wednesday Update Top 40 Only Source: Radio 1/OCC Top 40 Singles N/E 1 Chris Brown 2 Sean Paul 3 Katy Perry 4 Gotye/Kimbra 5 Nicki Minaj N/E 6 Plan B (100 copies behind) UP 7 Flo Rida/Sia UP 13 Jessie J UP 17 Azealia Banks UP 24 Rihanna/Jay-Z UP 27 LMFAO [sFPR] UP 31 Labrinth [Earthquake] N/E 32 B. Traits/Elizabeth Troy UP 34 Drake/Rihanna UP 36 Maroon 5/Christina N/E 40 Jessie J [MKB] http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/singles/print =================================================== Top 40 Albums N/E 1 Madonna (39k) 2 David Guetta 3 Adele 4 Emeli Sande 5 Katy Perry UP 7 Jessie J N/E 10 Noah Stewart N/E 11 Iron Maiden N/E 14 Shinedown N/E 15 Alter Bridge N/E 21 All American Rejects N/E 29 Karl Jenkins N/E 31 The Mars Volta N/E 36 Blood Red Shoes UP 37 Nicki Minaj N/E 39 Madonna [TCSA] http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/albums/print Please Note: Next week's Radio 1 Chart Update will commence from 4pm to 4:30pm, hopefully MW mid report to follow at some point.
March 28, 201213 yr Unofficial Here ''MDNA sold 5,786 yesterday in the U.K. Adding onto Monday's sales which were: 32,845. Thus the total sales so far stand at: 38, 631 '' I hope this isn't true, is unfairly to low!
March 28, 201213 yr Author Unofficial Here ''MDNA sold 5,786 yesterday in the U.K. Adding onto Monday's sales which were: 32,845. Thus the total sales so far stand at: 38, 631 '' I hope this isn't true, is unfairly to low! MW report will be added after 4pm to confirm.
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