May 22, 201214 yr You would imagine, but their singles are hardly lighting up the charts. Nor did Amy Winehouse's really.
May 22, 201214 yr Nor did Amy Winehouse's really. She was always very much an albums act and she still got a top 10 out of it. Bee Gees may not get anything in the top 40 despite having numerous #1s.
May 22, 201214 yr Nor did Amy Winehouse's really. Amy Winehouse's singles didn't do particularly well in the first place. With such a limited discography as hers, 5 top 40 entries and 8 top 100 entries (including one in the top 10), several of those actually reaching new peaks, is very much 'lighting up the chart'. Bee Gees have a grand total of one song in the iTunes top 100 so far and it's all the way down at #77. Unrelated but I just checked and this is Joe Bonamassa's sixth charted release this decade so far, including the two Black Country Communion albums. People think Rihanna releases too often... this guy is pretty much second only to Glee :lol:
May 22, 201214 yr Amy Winehouse's singles didn't do particularly well in the first place. With such a limited discography as hers, 5 top 40 entries and 8 top 100 entries (including one in the top 10), several of those actually reaching new peaks, is very much 'lighting up the chart'. Bee Gees have a grand total of one song in the iTunes top 100 so far and it's all the way down at #77. Unrelated but I just checked and this is Joe Bonamassa's sixth charted release this decade so far, including the two Black Country Communion albums. People think Rihanna releases too often... this guy is pretty much second only to Glee :lol: That's what I meant :D Her singles didn't do to great before she died, but Back to Black still managed to get to number one for three extra weeks
May 22, 201214 yr That's what I meant :D Her singles didn't do to great before she died, but Back to Black still managed to get to number one for three extra weeks That's the exact opposite of Bee Gees' situation though - Bee Gees were extremely successful when they were active but are doing bugger all in terms of the 'death effect' :P
May 22, 201214 yr That's the exact opposite of Bee Gees' situation though - Bee Gees were extremely successful when they were active but are doing bugger all in terms of the 'death effect' :P Similar with Whitney Houston too, even with most of her albums on the budget chart, I bet if you moved them onto the official albums chart, they wouldn't have done hugely well!
May 22, 201214 yr Joe Bonamassa number 1 :manson: Please don't let this happen :drama: My dad is a massive fan and he told me Joe would be #1 and I laughed. Blues is my worst favourite type of music EVER, closely followed by country and folk. Edited May 22, 201214 yr by Thermometer
May 22, 201214 yr That album top 3 is just TOO BIZARRE to stay there even tomorrow let alone on Sunday.
May 22, 201214 yr I hope The Enemy and The Temper Trap are two of the other four, I'd like Ben Howard to still be top 10 but I doubt it, will hopefully not drop much (sales) though.
May 22, 201214 yr I think the death effect is different with a group in this case, as there is still a surviving member of the band left. I know it's now just a Bee Gee as opposed to the Bee Gees, but even so... Plus, they're stuff's ancient.
May 22, 201214 yr I think the death effect is different with a group in this case, as there is still a surviving member of the band left. I did think about that actually - it's one specific person who has died, not the whole group. However, when Freddie from Queen died, the group's albums went back in the chart I think, although Freddie was main singer in the group, so again it's different.
May 22, 201214 yr I did think about that actually - it's one specific person who has died, not the whole group. However, when Freddie from Queen died, the group's albums went back in the chart I think, although Freddie was main singer in the group, so again it's different. Another thing I've kind of noticed is that the death effect always seems to be greater when the death has come as a surprise or out of the blue (Amy, Whitney, Jacko) rather than as a result of natural causes or long running illness. Just a thought...
May 23, 201214 yr Author Midweek Charts: Bonamassa and Mayer lead albums Source: MW 16:20 | Wednesday May 23, 2012 By Paul Williams Joe Bonamassa and John Mayer are poised to take advantage of the weak artist albums market by claiming high chart entries and the biggest UK hits of their careers. Blues rock guitarist Bonamassa and fellow American Mayer are currently occupying the top two positions on the latest midweeks taking in buying up to the end of Tuesday, according to Official Charts Company Data. For Bonamassa, whose Provogue label issued Driving Towards The Daylight is at this stage of the week showing up as a new entry at one, it will mark by far his highest chart position yet in the UK. His current peak is 12, achieved by his last album Dust Pool in 2011. Mayer is also heading for a new chart peak with his newly-released Columbia album Born And Raised, which is currently in second place, easily set to beat his UK chart peak of 35 managed by 2009 album Battle Studies. Also set to make a high debut is former Blue Nile frontman Paul Buchanan who previously reached number 10 when part of the band with High in 2004, while his Newsroom-issued solo set Mid Air appears as a new entry at eight in the week to date. Ahead of him The Enemy’s third album and first on Cooking Vinyl, Streets In The Sky, is new at four, while there are two other brand new albums presently among the Top 10 positions. Tom Jones' latest Island album Spirit In The Room is seventh and Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic act Fun’s debut Some Nights is ninth, while the Reprise/Rhino Bee Gees retrospective Number Ones has moved 34-6 as part of a wave of tribute buying for Robin Gibb who passed away at the weekend. Another Reprise/Rhino Bee Gees album, The Ultimate, arrives in 32nd place. The only albums in the Top 10 on last Sunday’s chart to still be there at this stage of the week are XL act Adele’s 21, which climbs 4-3 with week-on-week sales up 23%, Virgin artist Emeli Sande’s Our Version Of Events dropping 3-5 and Island act Keane’s Strangeland sinking to 10th place after spending a second week at one last weekend. The Cooking Vinyl-issued Choice Of Weapon, the first new studio album from The Cult since 2007’s Born Into This, registers at this point in the week as a new entry at 12, while Australian band The Temper Trap’s self-titled second Infectious album is new at 14. The UMC/Universal album Words And Music by Saint Etienne, their first studio set since 2005’s Tales From Turnpike House, is 19th and former Guns N’ Roses man Slash further adds to the high number of new entries with his second solo set Apocalyptic Love, released by Roadrunner, currently ranked 20th. Hearmusic/Universal re-issue of Paul and Linda McCartney 1971 chart-toping Ram is 26th. Other albums set to debut this coming weekend includes sets from Kaleidoscope’s Heather Peace, Virgin’s Eric Prydz and former Supergrass man Gaz Coombes with a solo set through the Hot Fruit label. Global Talent/Island’s The Wanted could be heading for their third UK number one single following All Time Low and Glad You Came with newly-released Chasing The Sun around 10,000 sales ahead of its closest challenger, Atlantic/Fueled By Ramen single We Are Young by Fun featuring Janelle Monae. Interscope/Polydor act Carly Rae Jepsen is currently holding her position of three attained on last Sunday’s chart with Call Me Maybe as is Island act Alex Clare at four with Too Close, while the Columbia/Roc Nation single R.I.P. by Rita Ora featuring Tinie Tempah slips 1-5. Having switched Sony labels from Epic to RCA, Paloma Faith is on course to claim her highest position on the UK singles chart with Picking Up The Pieces currently registering at six after she performed it on last weekend’s The Voice results show. Her current peak is 15, achieved by New York in 2009. Island’s Gotye featuring Kimbra single Somebody That I Used To Know moves back up 10-7, while a year after topping the chart with On The Floor the combination of Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull is new at eight presently with the RCA-handles track Dance Again. The midweek Top 10 singles is completed by Def Jam/Mercury’s Rihanna slipping 6-9 with Where Have You Been and Columbia act Train falling 8-10 with Drive By. ==================================================================== Wednesday Update Top 40 Only Source: Radio 1/OCC Top 40 Singles 1 Wanted* (10k ahead) 2 fun./Janelle Monae 3 Carly Rae Jepsen 4 Alex Clare 5 Rita Ora/Tinie Tempah 6-10 6 Gotye/Kimbra 7 Paloma Faith* 8 Jennifer Lopez/Pitbull 11-20 14 Calvin Harris 18 Emeli Sande 20 Professor Green/Ruth Anne 21-30 24 Gavin DeGraw* 26 Coldplay & Rihanna 27 Skrillex 31-40 33 Martin Solveig* 34 Pitbull* 36 Jay-Z & Kanye West (Re) 38 Newton Faulkner* http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/singles/print http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/t...-number-1-1407/ =================================================== Top 40 Albums 1 Joe Bonamassa* 2 John Mayer* 3 Adele 4 The Enemy* 5 Emeli Sande 6-10 6 Bee Gees 7 Tom Jones* 8 Paul Buchanan* 9 fun.* 11-20 12 The Cult* 14 The Temper Trap* 19 Saint Etienne* 20 Slash* 21-30 24 Heather Peace* 26 Paul & Linda McCartney* 31-40 32 Bee Gees [ultimate] (Re) 33 Eric Prydz* 40 Gaz Coombes* http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/albums/print http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/g...ple-keane-1407/ * New Entry
May 23, 201214 yr The Wanted are number 1 midweek. Newton Faulkner at 40. I could have sworn I saw him in Liverpool this week. It was either him or a really good lookalike with a guitar outside lime street station anyway. Do that many people watch One Tree Hill. I guess its because they haven't used this song as the theme in years and reprised it for the finale meaning a lot of kids who got into it later heard it for the first time. Smallville ended and Remy Zero didn't get a lift though. Edited May 23, 201214 yr by Paramore
May 23, 201214 yr Delighted delighted with Newton Faulkner making a top 40 return and it is also a delight to see Martin Solveig muster up another top 40 hit.
May 23, 201214 yr Gavin DeGraw in, Probably from the Voice TV Series, But this week on E4 was the end of "One Tree Hill" final series which it was the theme tune.
May 23, 201214 yr Original chart run for Gavin DeGraw - Entered Chart Artist Song Peak ChartRun {Peak} 02/07/2005 Gavin DeGraw I Don't Want To Be 38 {38}-47-65->3
May 23, 201214 yr Ben Howard still top 40 :dance: Professor Green moving into the top 20 is great as the last single didnt do so well and Scissor Sisters still top 20 :rolleyes: is great as i was half expecting quiet a rather large drop for them. Seems likely Train will hold top 10 and hopefully this will go on to become their biggest hit to date and Jennifer Lopez finally charts with dance again. This time last week i believed Paloma Faith may be in the running for a number 1 single and fully expected a top 3 debut and sadly it has missed the top 5 and looks set to enter at number 6. Adele will end up number 2 i believe ahead of John Mayer and as much as it pains me to say it the Enemy will sadly drop out of the top 5,however, i do hope they dont lose out on a top 10 placing. Edited May 23, 201214 yr by pippa
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