October 11, 201213 yr I'm pleased that Mika is pretty much over now, he was never that good and "We Are Golden" was certainly career-killingly awful so I'm glad it seems to have done the job. I hope Ellie Goulding can hang on to #1 in the albums and that Adele makes it eventually - I'm pleased that Swedish House Mafia will finally have a #1, but it's going to be forgotten a lot quicker than "Skyfall", so I hope Adele can do it another time.
October 11, 201213 yr Incredible opening sales for Swedish House Mafia, great to see a Swedish act shifting singles in such a vast quantity! <cough>ABBA<cough> :P That is a MEGA flop for Mika's third album (which I didn't know about until Monday). A possible connection there? :)
October 11, 201213 yr Swedis House Mafia doing so much better than i believed they would, maybe this success will encourage them to hold of on taking a break, however it will be worth seeing if this single sales success translates into the new album doing well for them.
October 11, 201213 yr <cough>ABBA<cough> :P That wasn't exactly recently though was it. And the point that I was making is that it's usually domestic or US acts that attract the huge first week sales like SHM are on course for so it's nice to see a European act managing it. Reminds me of when the likes of ATB and Fragma opened with sales of around 200k (or quite a bit higer in the case of the former) back in 1999/2000!
October 11, 201213 yr Amazing top 2 sales, adele reaching 100k too would be an achievement on par with SHM being the years fastest selling single, but i think theyll stall at around 135k, mid week figs are always exagerated once people see them!
October 11, 201213 yr I presume Sweden hasn't had such a successful act since ABBA! You forgot about Roxette which are the biggest Swedish export after Abba, they sold more than 85 million records worldwide, scored 4 US number 1's ( while Abba only have 1), and they had many worldwide number 1 not to mention 20 UK top 40 hits ...... Edited October 11, 201213 yr by Big Mistake
October 11, 201213 yr Ooo, and Ace of Base were quite big at the time. All That She Wants But to be honest, I prefer the subtle #1s, like Robyn's But nothing beats this, in my book, at least; However, I believe Edited October 11, 201213 yr by Monza
October 11, 201213 yr That wasn't exactly recently though was it. I didn't realise there was a time limit? Besides, it's hard to argue that Abba won't be the measuring stick for all succeeding Swedish acts.
October 11, 201213 yr I didn't realise there was a time limit? Besides, it's hard to argue that Abba won't be the measuring stick for all succeeding Swedish acts.The measuring stick is going to be given to LorQueen once she unleashes/releases her album over here, later in the month. RECORD BREAKING SALES. ADELE-WHO? :smoke:
October 11, 201213 yr The measuring stick is going to be given to LorQueen once she unleashes/releases her album over here, later in the month. RECORD BREAKING SALES. ADELE-WHO? :smoke: :blink: Umber-trolling huh? :teresa:
October 11, 201213 yr The measuring stick is going to be given to LorQueen once she unleashes/releases her album over here, later in the month. RECORD BREAKING SALES. ADELE-WHO? :smoke: If only! :wub: Just wished they had given her new single just a tiny bit of promotion over here after the success of 'Euphoria'
October 12, 201213 yr Author Not a very good day since LPB goes wacko, no charts from MW at the moment. Maybe its a sign of some sorts. :(
October 12, 201213 yr Author Midweek Charts update: Mumford vying for UK chart-topping return Source: MW by Paul Willams Mumford & Sons look like returning to the top of the UK artist albums chart this weekend after overturning an early sales lead by Ellie Goulding. The Gentlemen Of The Road/Island band's Babel, which secured a second consecutive week at the top of the Billboard 200 chart in the US this week, lost their chart-topping status in the UK last Sunday after just seven days to Muse. It then stood behind Polydor act Ellie Goudling's newly-issued album Halcyon at the beginning of this week, accoding to the Official Charts Company. However, Goulding's album has now dropped to 2 in the midweeks and Babel has narrowly moved ahead of it with Muse's Helium 3/Warner Bros album The 2nd Law placed 3rd. Pink's RCA set The Truth About Love falls 3-4, while there are three other new entries among the Top 10 titles, two by Jeff Lynne. His brand new solo set Long Wave is new at 5, while the ELO-billed Mr Blue Sky - The Very Best Of, which features new versions by him of some of the group's most famous songs, is new at 7. Both albums are released by the Frontiers label. The other new entry is US band All Time Low with the Hopeless-issued Don't Panic at 7. Swedish House Mafia's brand new Virgin single Don't You Worry Child featuring John Martin is on course to achieve one of the highest first-week sales of the year having already surpassed 100,000 sales with two days of trading still to go. It leaves in its wake XL act Adele's Bond theme Skyfall, which on midweek sales has to settle for a two-place climb to 2. Having debuted at No 1 last Sunday, Def Jam/Mercury Rihanna falls to 3 with Diamonds, while Island act PSY's Gangnam Style drops 2-4 and Ellie Goulding's Anything Could Happen holds at 5. Syco act Leona Lewis's brand new single Trouble with Childish Gambino presently registers as a new entry at 6. ===================== Singles 1 Swedish House Mafia/John Martin (100k) 2 Adele 3 Rihanna 4 PSY 5 Ellie Goulding 6 Leona Lewis/Childish Gambino ===================== Albums 1 Mumford & Sons 2 Ellie Goulding 3 Muse 4 P!nk 5 Jeff Lynne 7 ELO/All Time Low ??
October 12, 201213 yr Author That's all we have for the time been, no charts from MW, not sure if they are going to turn up now its gone midday, they are usually on time, will check from time to time.
October 12, 201213 yr I have a feeling that we aren't going to get the full top 40 midweeks today. Music Week seem to have attempted to publish the singles and albums midweeks but they aren't displaying - the charts are completely blank. Hopefully Isabelle Nesmon, the chart manager at MW, will notice this and will arrange to have them reposted.
October 12, 201213 yr Author I have a feeling that we aren't going to get the full top 40 midweeks today. Music Week seem to have attempted to publish the singles and albums midweeks but they aren't displaying - the charts are completely blank. Hopefully Isabelle Nesmon, the chart manager at MW, will notice this and will arrange to have them reposted. This happened before just got the blank template, and we never had the charts that Friday, I've actually logged out for now. I try later.
October 12, 201213 yr Great to see Pink's album holding up so well. Think I may have to invest in a copy.
October 12, 201213 yr Swedish House Mafia success with this single is a huge surprise to me. I had a feeling Mumford and Sons would take back the number 1 album position from Elle Goulding, hopefully Elle will have decent sales though.
October 12, 201213 yr Why exactly are SHM doing so well after the brilliant Greyhound stalled at #13? I know they're splitting up but they're hardly a band anyway.
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