Posted March 22, 200619 yr X-Factor stars head for chart summit 21 March 2006 - 11:08:19 Courtesy of Music week Two weeks after Chico’s chart-topping success, X-Factor’s legacy looks set to continue this weekend with two fellow evictees on course to debut at the album chart’s summit. Retail reports suggest Journey South and Andy Abraham (both Sony BMG) will enter at numbers one and two respectively, both without releasing a single in advance of their albums. Prince’s Universal debut, 3121, is likely to enter within the top five, with Beverley Knight’s Voice - The Best Of (Parlophone) the sole other new entry in the Top 30. The compilation market is receiving an 18% boost thanks to this Sunday’s Mother’s Day, with the majority of the Top 20 comprising of Mum-related titles all experiencing week-on-week sales boosts of up to 400%. In the singles market, Embrace could be on course for their first number one single to date, with Nature’s Law (Independiente) outselling its nearest rival, Ne-Yo’s So Sick (Def Jam), by a narrow margin. Pink’s Stupid Girls (RCA) is set to mark its physical release by rising high from outside the Top 40, as is Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Gold Lion (Polydor), Sean Paul’s Temperature (VP/Atlantic), The Strokes’ Heart In A Cage (Rough Trade) and MVP’s Bounce, Shake, Move, Stop! (Positiva). The recent change in chart rules that dictate singles can chart one week before its physical release is dramatically reducing the amount of new entries into the Top 40, with just four genuine new entries on course to chart this weekend. =================================================================== Summary Singles 01 Embrace - Nature's law [NEW ENTRY] 02 Ne*Yo - So Sick [CLIMBER] Top 10 Pink - Stupid Girls [CLIMBER] Michael Jackson - Bad [NEW ENTRY] Top 20 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion [NEW ENTRY] Sean Paul - Temperature[CLIMBER] The Strokes - Heart In A Cage [NEW ENTRY] Top 30 MVP - Bounce, Shake, Move, Stop [NEW ENTRY] Top 40 Nelly feat. Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp - Grillz [CLIMBER] Kooks - Naive [DOWNLOAD ONLY] Lacuna Coil - Our Truth [NEW ENTRY] Top 75 Rammstein - Mann Gegan Mann Killing Joke - Hosannas From The Basement Of Hell Richard Hawley - Born Under A Bad Sign ================================== Albums 01 Journey South 02 Andy Abraham Top 5 Prince Top 15 Beverley Knight Top 40 My Chemical Romance Courtesy of Andy70 @ Haven
March 22, 200619 yr Author Wednesday Update Singles 01 Embrace - Nature's law [NEW ENTRY] 02 Ne*Yo - So Sick [CLIMBER] (only 200 copies behind) :o Top 5 Pink - Stupid Girls [CLIMBER] Top 10 Michael Jackson - Bad [NEW ENTRY] Top 15 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion [NEW ENTRY] Top 20 Sean Paul - Temperature[CLIMBER] ================================== Albums 01 Journey South 02 Andy Abraham Top 5 Prince Top 10 Beverley Knight Courtesy of Andy70 & Airboy^@ Haven
March 24, 200619 yr Author I'm unpinning this, I don't think anything else is coming thru this week. That's your lot this week.
March 24, 200619 yr ne*yo is sooo gonna be #1 hehe It's the question everyone's asking but no one knows. Not even the OCC.
March 24, 200619 yr I really hope Embrace can beat Ne*Yo and tomorrow is probably the day when Ne*Yo would take over the number 1 spot.
March 24, 200619 yr i hope ne* you overtakes, it is possible coz r&b usually increases during the week
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