Chart News:

 

Singles

1 Wiley (200 copies ahead) Source

2 Calvin Harris/Example Source

 

83 Madonna Source

 

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New Releases - Singles: Lawson, Redlight, Dizzee Rascal/Pepper, Of Monsters & Men, Mariah Carey/Rick Ross/Meek Mill, Pet Shop Boys

Climbers: Far*East Movement/Cover Drive, Justin Bieber/Big Sean, London Symphony Orchestra

 

New Releases - Albums: Karmin, Antony & The Johnsons

 

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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.

Midweek singles update: Wiley still holding off Calvin Harris

Source: MW

 

Wiley’s Heatwave is looking good for a second week at No.1 in the Official Singles Chart on Sunday.

 

According to an Official Charts Company Midweek update, the East London grime star’s Heatwave is leading over Calvin Harris Ft Example’s We’ll Be Coming Back (2). Both tracks sold over 100,000 copies upon their release last week.

 

The Midweek singles chart’s highest new entry comes from four-piece pop rockers Lawson who are looking on track to claim their second Top 5 single of the year.

 

Taking Over Me (3) is the follow up to debut single When She Was Mine which peaked at Number 4 earlier this summer, and will provide the band with their highest charting single to date if they can hold on to their midweek Number 3 position through until Sunday.

 

Redlight, who debuted on the Official Chart in January with the Top 20 dancefloor tune Get Out Of My Head, are back with new single Lost In Your Love at Number 5.

 

Elsewhere, Dizzee Rascal FT Pepper’s Scream is new in at 23, and Icelandic indie folk outfit, Of Monsters And Men are on course to score their first Official Chart Top 40 position with Little Talks.

 

Brit pop icons Blur are today’s Official Chart Update highest climbers, as Under The Westway climbs 89 places to Number 28. The band are due to close the BT London Live Olympic festival site in Hyde Park this weekend.?

 

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Midweek albums: Plan B back at No.1

Source: MW

 

Plan B’s Ill Manors is leading a tight albums race, having disloged Conor Maynard at the top of the Midweek chart update.

 

Maynard’s Contrast today slips into fifth place, behind Emeli Sande’s Our Version Of Events (Number 2), Maroon 5’s Overexposed (3) and Rihanna’s Talk That Talk (4).

 

However, less than 600 copies separating the Number 5 and the Number 1 album at the mid-way stage.

 

There is just one new entry in today’s Official Albums Chart Update Top 40, courtesy of Antony And The Johnsons. The band’s new live album, Cut The World, which was recorded in Copenhagen last September accompanied by the Danish National Chamber Orchestra, looks set to debut at Number 27 on Sunday.

 

This week’s highest climber is Paloma Faith’s Fall To Grace, up ten places from Number 16 to Number 6, while signature Olympics soundtrack Chariots Of Fire helps composer Vangelis’ Greatest Hits album, The Collection, climb eight places to re-enter the Top 40 at Number 38.

 

 

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Wednesday Update Top 40 Only

Source: Radio 1/OCC

 

Top 40 Singles

1 Wiley/Ms. D

2 Calvin Harris/Example

3 Lawson*

4 Florence + The Machine

5 Red Light*

 

6-10

8 Far East Movement/Cover Drive

 

11-20

17 Angel

 

21-30

23 Dizzee Rascal [scream]

25 Alex Clare

26 Justin Bieber [ALAYLM]*

27 Skrillex

28 Blur

 

31-40

35 Of Monsters and Men*

 

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/w...-number-1-1526/

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/singles/print

 

 

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Top 40 Albums

 

1 Plan B

2 Emeli Sande

3 Maroon 5

4 Rihanna

5 Conor Maynard (Less than 600 copies separating #1 and #5)

 

6-10

6 Paloma Faith

7 Ed Sheeran

8 Train

9 Adele

 

11-20

11 Lana Del Rey

12 Ben Howard

13 Nicki Minaj

14 Keane

17 Justin Bieber

18 Amy MacDonald

19 Jessie J

20 One Direction

 

21-30

24 Lady Antebellum

26 Katy Perry

27 Antony & The Johnsons*

29 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

 

31-40

31 Chris Brown

35 Linkin Park

38 Vangelis

 

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/c...r-maynard-1525/

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/albums/print

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Friday Update Top 40 Only

 

 

Singles

 

1 Wiley ft. Rhymez

2 Calvin Harris ft. Example

3 Lawson

4 Florence & The Machine

5 Redlight

 

6-10

8 Nicki Minaj

 

11-15

Far East Movement

12 will.i.am

15 Angel

 

21-30

Alex Clare

Justin Bieber ft. Big Sean

Skrillex

26 Dizzee Rascal

Of Monsters And Men

 

31-40

Dizzee Rascal ft. Armand Van Helden

Blur

39 Cheryl [uTS]

 

 

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Albums

 

1 Emeli Sande

2 Rihanna

3 Maroon 5

4 Plan B

5 Conor Maynard

 

6-10

Paloma Faith

Train

Ed Sheeran

Adele

Ben Howard

 

11-15

11 Nicki Minaj

Keane

Justin Bieber

 

16-20

Amy McDonald

Jessie J

 

21-30

One Direction

Lady Antebellum

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds

Vangelis

 

31-40

Chris Brown

LMFAO

Linkin Park

Antony & The Johnsons

Newton Falkner

 

 

NO SALES INFO

 

 

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ARTIST UPDATES

 

 

Singles

Maroon 5 5+1

Rudimental 5+2

Stooshe 5+4

Carly Rae Jepsen 10_6

Fun. 10+7

Coldplay & Rihanna 10+10

Underworld 20+1

Train 20+3

Gotye 20+10

Cheryl [CMN] 30+5

 

 

Albums

Lana Del Rey 10+2

Coldplay 20+2

Florence & The Machine 20+5

Katy Perry 20+7

Elton John vs. PNAU 30+7

Kelly Clarkson 30+8

Cheryl 30+10

 

The album chart will be dull :( I'm worried about next week too, where the highest new entries will possibly be Ryan O'Shaughnessy's EP (if it doesn't chart on the singles) and The Midnight Beast.

I just looked on iTunes albums chart, it seems Conor might be #1 when you take the compilations out of the way, if he stays #1 we could be looking at 12k for a #1 album this week or Emeli might just nip it. Also Delilah is at #3, and she sold just over 10k last week, surely she will sell even less this week.

 

Top 3 singles could end up the same as last week Lawson could just trail off by the end of the week, and I love to see Rudimental at #7 for a 5th week :o

 

And twitter is your friend for midweeks, just type midweeks in the search option to find any mid info, feel free to search away and share in your own time.

 

My predictions for the Top 10 Albums:

 

 

1 Conor Maynard

2 Emeli Sande

3 Plan B

4 Maroon 5

5 Adele

6 Delilah

7 Ed Sheeran

8 Rihanna

9 Train

10 Mike Oldfield

 

Whats the worst sales this year for the no1 album - 14k for elton john?? Wonder if we will beat that in the next 2 weeks...could be dire times ahead, a bit like orsons no1 in 2004 for the singles. After the next 2 weeks from the 20/8 onwards, it doesnt seem too bad!

Whats the worst sales this year for the no1 album - 14k for elton john?? Wonder if we will beat that in the next 2 weeks...could be dire times ahead, a bit like orsons no1 in 2004 for the singles. After the next 2 weeks from the 20/8 onwards, it doesnt seem too bad!

 

It's the lowest debut sales - Emeli Sande was number one on 13k in June.

Emeli Sande has overtaken Conor Maynard on iTunes. I would prefer Conor to spend a second week at number one - it's not fair for Emeli to have two sets of low sales at number one! :P

I think Plan B or Emeli Sande might have the #1 album this week, hopefully the former.

Emeli Sande has overtaken Conor Maynard on iTunes. I would prefer Conor to spend a second week at number one - it's not fair for Emeli to have two sets of low sales at number one! :P

 

Surely it's only an embarrassment if it's a new album?

Surely it's only an embarrassment if it's a new album?

 

It will be more embarrassing if a 6 month old album returned to number one instead of a new album.

It will be more embarrassing if a 6 month old album returned to number one instead of a new album.

Embarrassing for the state of the British music industry perhaps, but certainly not embarrassing for Emeli herself, which is what you seemed to be suggesting before!

Heatwave at No.1 in midweeks. WBCB at No.2. Separated by 200 sales. Gonna be a close week...

 

Source https://twitter.com/15bagz/status/232795504369614848

 

Appearently MDNA's 3rd single (Turn Up The Radio?) is at 83https://twitter.com/d2da2dv2di2dd/status/232841767857299456

Edited August 7, 201214 yr by tim94

I'm sure the really low sales are down to the Olympics, people are staying at home and are not bothering to download online either, I went into town shopping over the weekend and most of the shops were really quiet.

Embarrassing for the state of the British music industry perhaps, but certainly not embarrassing for Emeli herself, which is what you seemed to be suggesting before!

 

I don't think it will be embarrassing for Emeli, just for the music industry like you said. I said it wouldn't be fair for her to have two sets of low sales at number one.

Source https://twitter.com/15bagz/status/232795504369614848

 

Appearently MDNA's 3rd single (Turn Up The Radio?) is at 83https://twitter.com/d2da2dv2di2dd/status/232841767857299456

 

"MDNA so far a no.37 lead single ... A no.73 follow up .. And the 3rd track at no.83 in the midweeks ..... ? Single 4 ? "

 

:rofl:

 

Tragic.

Edited August 7, 201214 yr by Lady Gaga

Source https://twitter.com/15bagz/status/232795504369614848

 

This guy seems to just be tweeting old Example tweets, he tweeted that exact thing last week so I'm pretty sure it's not the same this week.

"MDNA so far a no.37 lead single ... A no.73 follow up .. And the 3rd track at no.83 in the midweeks ..... ? Single 4 ? "

 

:rofl:

 

Tragic.

 

it's a real shame since MDNA is one of her best albums ever... the lead single was average but 'Girl Gone Wild' and 'Turn up the radio' are two of her best singles since 'Hung up', it's bad that Madonna's new singles are struggling to reach the top 75 while there is so many crapp in the UK chart these past few years :puke2: ... that just shows how much the download chart have hurt older artists...

I don't think it will be embarrassing for Emeli, just for the music industry like you said. I said it wouldn't be fair for her to have two sets of low sales at number one.

 

I'm sure that any of the 3 possible number ones Emeli, Conor and Plan B reach number 1 this week, they are very likely to do so by scoring the lowest selling number 1 of all time & the first number 1 with less than 10 k sold and they will make history :yahoo: ....in a bad way.... :cry: