Posted April 9, 201214 yr Chart News: Singles 7 Sway ======================================================= New Releases - Singles: Usher, Justin Bieber, Lana Del Rey [bJ], Sway ft. Flux Pavilion, Breathe Carolina, You Me At Six, Fun ft. Janelle Monae Climbers: Azealia ft. Lazy J, Kanye West ft. Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz New Releases - Albums Alabama Shakes, Counting Crows, Florence + The Machine (MTV - Unplugged), Ramin ======================================================= 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.
April 9, 201214 yr Author Midweek Charts: Adele in hot pursuit of Alabama Shakes Source: MW 14:54 | Wednesday April 11, 2012 By Paul Williams US rock band Alabama Shakes have taken an early week in the race to top this weekend’s UK artist albums chart, but Adele’s 21 is only a few hundred sales behind. Sales of XL’s Adele album are up 22% on the week, mainly as a result of BBC One broadcasting again last Thursday her concert last year at the Royal Albert Hall. If the album does return to number one its run will be extended to 22 weeks. Having debuted at one last Sunday, Cash Money/Island’s Nicki Minaj album Pink Friday – Roman Reloaded has suffered a 71% dive in sales in the week so far, placing it at three on the midweeks. Island/Lava’s Jessie J has progressed 8-4 on the midweeks with Who You Are, despite its own sales falling 22%, while Virgin’s Emeli Sande currently remains in fifth position where she sat on last Sunday’s chart with Our Version Of Events. Lana Del Rey looks like taking advantage of a quiet week for new releases with a Top 10 return for Polydor-issued Born To Die as it progresses 11-7 in the week to date, while Sony-handled Moshi Monsters album Music Rox drops 4-8, Syco’s Labrinth slips 2-9 with Electronic Earth and Asylum/Atlantic’s Ed Sheeran holds at 10 with +. Counting Crows’ first Cooking Vinyl album Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation) is currently appearing as a new entry at 11, a place above Masterworks/Columbia’s newly-issued self-titled Ramin album. Florence + The Machine will also be among the new entries this Sunday with the Island album MTV Unplugged registering presently in 17th position. Lionel Richie’s Mercury album Tuskegee is enjoying a 151% boost in sales following the screening of an ITV1 special on Good Friday. This has lifted it on the midweeks from 26-13. Justin Bieber last week recorded the second-highest first-week sales for a download in history in the US with Boyfriend and the Def Jam/Mercury track now looks like becoming his highest-charting single so far in the UK. Bieber until now has got as high as number three in the UK, achieved with Baby featuring Ludacris in 2010, but he looks like going one better with Boyfriend securely in second place on the midweeks. Ahead of it is Interscope/Polydor act Carly Rae Jepsen’s Call Me Maybe, which debuted at one on Sunday, while RCA act Usher appears in third place with newly-released Climax. Nicki Minaj’s Cash Money/Island single Starships is currently fourth, where it stood on last Sunday’s chart, while Gotye featuring Kimbra’s Island single Somebody That I Used To Know drops 3-5 and Atlantic/VP act Sean Paul falls 2-6 with She Doesn’t Mind. UMTV’s Sway is heading for his first Top 10 single with Level Up at present appearing as a new entry at seven, while the current Top 10 is completed by Positiva/Virgin’s David Guetta featuring Sia dropping 7-8 with Titanium, Atlantic’s Flo Rida featuring Sia falling 8-9 with Wild Ones and Virgin’s Katy Perry down 6-10 with Part Of Me. Despite Boyfriend’s spectacular sales start in the US last week, Fun featuring Janelle Monae managed to hold onto the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for a fifth week with We Are Young and now the Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic single is about to become a UK hit. It is the 36th top seller in the week so far, three places below Rainbow Mix’s self-released cover of the same song. Also heading for a Top 40 debut are Fearless/Columbia's Breathe Carolina with Blackout. Meanwhile, Phil Oakey and Giorgio Moroder’s 1984 Virgin hit Together In Electric Dreams is shaping up for a Top 40 return following its use in an EDF TV ad. It moves 118-38 on the midweeks. =========================================== Wednesday Update Top 40 Only Source: Radio 1/OCC Top 40 Singles 1 Carly Rae Jepsen 2 Justin Bieber* 3 Usher* 4 Nicki Minaj 5 Gotye/Kimbra Top 10 7 Sway* Top 20 16 Script 17 Rizzle Kicks [MDTH] Top 30 23 Breathe Carolina* 27 Drake Top 40 33 Rainbow Mix* 34 Wheatus¬ 36 Fun feat Janelle Monáe* 37 Train¬ 38 Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder¬ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/singles/print =================================================== Top 40 Albums 1 Alabama Shakes* 2 Adele 3 Nicki Minaj 4 Jessie J 5 Emeli Sande Top 10 7 Lana Del Rey Top 20 11 Counting Crows* 12 Ramin* 13 Lionel Richie 17 Florence + The Machine [MTV Unplugged]* 20 Rizzle Kicks Top 30 25 Script [script] 28 Noel Gallagher Top 40 31 Black Keys 34 Halestorm* 37 Stereophonics 39 Script [s&F]¬ 40 Maverick Sabre http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/albums/print *New Entries ¬Re-Entries
April 9, 201214 yr Author Midweek Charts update: Adele eyeing chart-topping return Source: MW 11:41 | Friday April 13, 2012 By Paul Williams Adele’s 21 looks like it is heading back to the top of the UK artist albums chart this weekend for a 22nd week at number one. Buoyed by BBC One repeating a recording of her concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall a week ago, the album has increased its sales by 11.5% on the week and currently leads the Official Charts Company’s midweek table. Its lead of around 1,800 units up to the end of business on Thursday is a narrow one, but the Adele album is in the ascendance at retail having at the beginning of the week sat behind Rough Trade act Alabama Shakes’ debut album Boys & Games. Previously leading the market, this has now dropped down to number three on Sales Flashes with Cash Money/Island act Nicki Minaj also now ahead in second place with Pink Friday – Roman Reloaded. This debuted at number one last Sunday. Adele’s likely return to number one in the UK could be accompanied by a revisit to the top spot in the US as well next week with 21 expected to achieve a 24th week heading the Billboard 200. Other than 21, sales of all the other albums in last week’s Top 10 are down, giving Polydor act Lana Del Rey the chance to creep back into the top end of the chart. Born To Die was placed 11th on last Sunday’s chart, but with its sales down only 1.9% in the week so far, compared to up to 72% for some titles, it has moved up to sixth place in the midweeks. Ahead of it, Island/Lava’s Jessie J moves 8-4 with Who You Are and Virgin’s Emeli Sande holds at five with Our Version Of Events. Former Canadian Idol contestant Carly Rae Jepsen is set for a second week at number one on the UK singles chart with Call Me Maybe’s sales 68% ahead of those of nearest rival, Def/Jam Mercury act Justin Bieber’s newly-released Boyfriend, up to the end of trading on Thursday. RCA’s brand new Usher single Climax will probably join them in the top five on Sunday. It is placed third currently in the midweeks, although is only a few hundred sales ahead of the Island-issued Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye featuring Kimbra in fourth position. Cash Money/Island’s Nicki Mianj is five with Starships. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Friday Update Top 40 Only Singles 1 Carly Rae Jepsen 2 Justin Bieber 3 Usher 4 Gotye/Kimbra 5 Nicki Minaj Top 10 6 Sway 8 fun./Janelle Monae Top 20 Script Top 30 22 Breathe Carolina Drake Top 40 Wheatus Train 37 Beyonce 39 Rainbow Mix Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Adele (1.8k ahead) 2 Nicki Minaj 3 Alabama Shakes 4 Jessie J 5 Emeli Sande Top 10 6 Lana Del Rey Top 15 Gotye Ramin Adele [19] 14 Lionel Richie Top 20 Counting Crows Rizzle Kicks Top 30 Florence + The Machine [MTV Unplugged] Maverick Sabre Ben Howard Black Keys Top 40 Script [s&F] NO SALES INFO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTIST UPDATES Singles Katy P 10+2 Azealia 10+3 Olly Murs 20+1 Alexandra 20+6 Kelly C 20+9 Albums Ed Sheeran 5+5 Madonna 10+5 Coldplay 10+8 Rihanna 10+9 Katy P 20+6 Noel Gallagher 30+1 Lostphrophets 30+4
April 10, 201214 yr Author Carly for a second week at #1 most likely in the singles chart, Fun would probably end up between #4 to #7, its lost 2 days of sales. Hopefully Fun will improve next week as I don't see Conor Maynard #1 material. There's hardly any new album releases for the next few weeks, most likely a top 10 entry for Breathe Carolina, with the other new albums already mentioned above. Nicki Minaj should secure another week unless Adele can snatch the #1 album again.
April 10, 201214 yr I think that Florence and the Machine's MTV Unplugged may be in the Top 40 on Wednesday, but then drop to low Top 75 by the end of the week. Unless the MTV Unplugged album is what is being promoted on adverts on YouTube, then it may reach low Top 40 by Sunday. That said, I can't think of an example of an "MTV Unplugged" album which as been moderatly successful.
April 10, 201214 yr That said, I can't think of an example of an "MTV Unplugged" album which as been moderatly successful. Nirvana?
April 10, 201214 yr Nirvana? Yeah, there's that, although I think that any that have been successful won't have been recent.
April 10, 201214 yr Author I think that Florence and the Machine's MTV Unplugged may be in the Top 40 on Wednesday, but then drop to low Top 75 by the end of the week. Unless the MTV Unplugged album is what is being promoted on adverts on YouTube, then it may reach low Top 40 by Sunday. That said, I can't think of an example of an "MTV Unplugged" album which as been moderatly successful. I'm not really expecting the album to be top 40, the MTV Unplugged albums hardly do anything, its just one of the new albums that are more likely to enter the chart from these weeks' weak selection. Its #82 on the iTunes Album chart, more likely top 50/60 by the time you take out the compilations and EPs above it.
April 10, 201214 yr @SwayUK: So..... #LevelUp is number #7 in the national early midweek charts! Its gonna take ALOT of support to keep it there, but I have faith in you
April 10, 201214 yr @SwayUK: So..... #LevelUp is number #7 in the national early midweek charts! Its gonna take ALOT of support to keep it there, but I have faith in you Great to see Sway in the top 10. :yahoo: I should buy the EP sometime this week to keep it there
April 10, 201214 yr 1. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe 2. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend 3. Usher - Climax After Sunday and Monday sales
April 10, 201214 yr @SwayUK: So..... #LevelUp is number #7 in the national early midweek charts! Its gonna take ALOT of support to keep it there, but I have faith in you Awwww. :wub:
April 10, 201214 yr 1. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe 2. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend 3. Usher - Climax After Sunday and Monday sales Are these sales or a prediction? Please provide a source if they are for real.
April 10, 201214 yr Are these sales or a prediction? Please provide a source if they are for real. There my predictions but im 99.9% confident that it's the acutal top 3 at the moment
April 11, 201214 yr Im intrigued in a sense with how Madonna will perform this week in the album chart, overall the mdna era seems like its going be a complete disaster.
April 11, 201214 yr She's still scoring airplay hits all over the world. Just because the UK and US don't play her singles doesn't mean the era is a disaster. The album has sold a million worldwide already which makes it the second biggest seller of the year. Edited April 11, 201214 yr by SKOB
April 11, 201214 yr But the uk and us should really be her biggest markets and they are the 1st and 3rd biggest markets in the world overall!
April 11, 201214 yr Well you can also say that Eros Ramazzotti's career is a disaster because he has never touched the UK and US charts (and yet, somehow he's one of the biggest selling artists in Europe) But, let's not go there.. Edited April 11, 201214 yr by SKOB
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