October 17, 201213 yr However, Jake Bugg is getting an awful lot of free publicity from being ahead of her :lol: LOL, as usual you guys are overestimating Leona's relevancy. No one cares about that, I don't think the general public was under the impression she would have a good debut.
October 17, 201213 yr ^^Agreed, although i think Mumford and Sons will end up no1 its terrible news that Leona isnt there in the first update - fair play to Jake Bugg for selling so well already 0 cant wait to see him in Feb next year!!
October 17, 201213 yr I'm hoping that Bat for Lashes can get a Top 5 debut to match 2009's "Two Suns".
October 17, 201213 yr After it's shocking chart run am pleased to see Lawson 'Taking Over Me' back at #82 and I see 'Rule The World' has been reduced to 59p and up to #80 - That has always been a steady seller so can see it going back into the Top 50 officially over the coming weeks if it stay's at that price.
October 17, 201213 yr Twitter Jake Bugg's album (12,951) is #1 on the UK album mid-weeks ahead of Leona Lewis (10, 494), Mumford 3, Muse 4, Ellie 5 http://t.co/e4HGE0Y3 Just having a lunchtime perv on the UK mid weeks and I reckon the SYCO team are all spending their lunch-break cruising UK retailers and purchasing a bunch of the LEONA LEWIS’ third LP per person as at the mo she’s flagging a coupla thousand units behind the JAKE BUGG. 1. (-) JAKE BUGG – Jake Bugg (12,951) 2. (-) LEONA LEWIS – Glassheart (10, 494) 3. (1) MUMFORD & SONS – Babel (8,166) 4. (3) MUSE – The 2nd Law (4,561) 5. (2) ELLIE GOULDING – Halcyon (3,675) Reckon if they drained the Thames they’d find the entire back catalogue of the WESTLIFE and the 5IVE, unplayed.
October 17, 201213 yr So top 3 albums will all do probably ~25-30k by Sunday. An interesting battle Edited October 17, 201213 yr by SKOB
October 17, 201213 yr The XX had a Mercury Prize to their name. If Jake Bugg can beat Leona Lewis (even if he doesn't make number one) that will be a tremendous achievement. It'd still be a tremendous achievement for him even if he dropped to #10 by the end of the week.
October 17, 201213 yr Twitter Jake Bugg's album (12,951) is #1 on the UK album mid-weeks ahead of Leona Lewis (10, 494), Mumford 3, Muse 4, Ellie 5 http://t.co/e4HGE0Y3 Is that today's or yesterday's midweeks, as Bugg was 2.5k ahead in yesterday's midweeks which equates to the gap posted above.
October 17, 201213 yr Is that today's or yesterday's midweeks, as Bugg was 2.5k ahead in yesterday's midweeks which equates to the gap posted above. Those are yesterday's figures I do believe. Today's midweek report won't be released until after the BBC Radio 1 countdown, right?
October 17, 201213 yr Twitter (James Ingham) New entries in album midweeks: 1) Jake Bugg 2) Leona Lewis 4) Bat For Lashes. 7) Rebecca Ferguson 10) Bellowhead 61) Brandy. #albummidweeks New entries in singles midweeks: 1) Calvin Harris 4) Lawson, 16) Rebecca Ferguson, 20) Taylor Swift 26) Tyler James #singlesmidweeks
October 17, 201213 yr Author Thanks for the info, I'm glad to see Bat For Lashes top 5. If those are all the album new entries inside the 40, Nos 11 to 40 are going to be climbers and fallers.
October 17, 201213 yr New entries in singles midweeks: 20) Taylor Swift Already? It has only had one day's worth of sales...
October 17, 201213 yr Author Midweek Charts: Harris on course for No1 single Source: MW by Paul Williams Calvin Harris is heading to the top of the UK singles chart for the first time in more than three years as Jake Bugg and Leona Lewis fight a close battle for album honours. Harris, whose last three fronted hits have all peaked at No 2 in the UK, currently sits at No 1 in the midweeks with his newly-issued Columbia track Sweet Nothing, according to the Official Charts Company. He is paired on the release with Florence Welch having previously helped Florence + The Machine top the singles countdown for the first time thanks to a remix of Spectrum. The Scottish DJ and artist's first and only No 1 single in his own right to date is I'm Not Alone in 2009, although he has led the listigs in conjunction with Dizzee Rascal (2008) and Rihanna (2011). Sweet Nothing is significantly ahead of its closest rival, Virgin act Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin's Don't You Worry Child, which debuted at No 1 last Sunday. However, matters are far less clear at this stage of the week in the artist albums market. At present just a few thousand sales separate the self-titled debut album from Mercury act Jake Bugg and Leona Lewis's third Syco album and fellow brand new release Glassheart with Bugg ahead. Lewis's two previous albums Spirit and Echo both reached No 1. Having climbed back to No 1 last Sunday, Gentlemen Of The Road/Island act Mumford & Sons fall to 3 in the midweeks with Babel, while Muse's Helium 3/Warner Bros set The 2nd Law dips 3-5 and Ellie Goulding's Polydor set Halcyon is down to 6 having debuted at 2 last weekend. UK folk act Bellowhead are set for their biggest-charting album by far in the UK with the newlly-issued Navigator title Broadside presently showing up as a new entry at 10 on Sales Flashes. Their current peak is 57, achieved by last album Hedonism in 2010. Just above it is Parlophone act Bat For Lashes' new album The Haunted Man at 4. Ed Sheeran's Asylum/Atlantic debut + has a chance of heading back into the Top 10 following his chat and performance on Jonathan Ross's ITV1 show last Saturday. It rises 29-11 in the midweeks as Pink's RCA set The Truth About Love drops 4-8. An X Factor performance last Sunday from one-time runner-up Rebecca Ferguson has helped a newly-overhauled version of her RCA debut Heaven enter at 7 on the midweeks, while Backtrack is new at 16 on the singles midweeks. Having debuted at 6 in the US last week, Diana Krall's new Verve album Glad Rag Doll is new at 13 in the midweeks. Also heading for the albums chart this Sunday is Sunken Condos, the first album in six-and-a-half years from Reprise/Warner Bros's Donald Fagen, which is new at 22 at this stage in the week. New entries in and around the Top 40 are also expected from Placebo with their Vertigo/Mercury debut B3, Dirty Hit's Little Comets, V2's Martha Wainwright, Hands On Music's Show Of Hands and Columbia/Legacy's Art Garfunkel. Lawson look like scoring their third straight top five singles hit following When She Was Mine and Taking Over Me with the Globa Talent/Island-issued Standing In The Dark debuting at 4 in the midweeks. And likely to move back into the Top 10 this Sunday is Mercury act Taylor Swift with We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together rising 12-7 following her X Factor performance. The same programme is also behind the revival of Mary J Blige's 2001 hit No More Drama after it was performed by contestant James Arthur. The Universal track is at 37 on Sales Flashes. Island act PSY's Gangnam Style holds at 3, while XL act Adele's Skyfall drops 2-6. There is a one-place drop to 5 for Def Jam/Mercury act Rihanna's Diamonds, while Parlophone act Conor Maynard's Turn Around featuring Ne-Yo holds at 8, the Polydor-issued Anything Could Happen by Ellie Goulding slips 5-10 and Atlantic's Flo Rida stays at 9 with I Cry. Justin Bieber's Def Jam/Mercury track Beauty And The Beast with Nicki Minaj will leap into the Top 40 this Sunday, while there will also be new entries from Universal's The Voice finalist Tyler James and Parlophone's Pet Shop Boys. And the late John Denver's 1974 RCA chart-topper Annie's Song is set for a Top 40 return after being used in an ad by Talk Talk. Wednesday Update Top 40 Only Source: Radio 1/OCC Top 40 Singles 1 Calvin Harris/Florence Welch 2 Swedish House Mafia/John Martin 3 PSY 4 Lawson 5 Rihanna 6-10 7 Taylor Swift [We Are Never...] 11-20 15 Maroon 5 16 Rebecca Ferguson 18 Paloma Faith 20 Taylor Swift [iKYWT] 21-30 22 Disclosure/Sam Smith 24 Justin Bieber/Nicki Minaj 26 Tyler James 29 Pet Shop Boys :cheer: 31-40 31 John Denver 37 Mary J.Blige 38 Everything Everything http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/singles/print http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/c...old-again-1650/ =================================================== Top 40 Albums 1 Jake Bugg (4k ahead) 2 Leona Lewis 3 Mumford & Sons 4 Bat For Lashes 5 Muse 6-10 7 Rebecca Ferguson 10 Bellowhead 11-20 11 Ed Sheeran 13 Diana Krall 20 One Direction 21-30 22 Donald Fagen 23 Art Garfunkel 25 Friar Alessandro 31-40 Placebo http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/albums/print http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/c...-number-1-1649/
October 17, 201213 yr http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/c...-number-1-1649/ 18 year old British newcomer Jake Bugg could deny global superstar Leona Lewis her third Number 1 album this Sunday, according to today’s Official Albums Chart Update. 'I drink to remember, I smoke to forget', the much hyped Nottingham singer/songwriter Jake Bugg, who has drawn comparisons with a young Noel Gallagher, has been hijacking radio in recent weeks with the swaggering anthem Two Fingers, picking up a host of celebrity fans including Lily Allen, Chris Martin, Elton John and Noel himself, to name but a few. The latest Official Charts Company sales data shows that Bugg’s self-titled debut album has made a promising start to the week, leading by more than 4,000 copies over Leona Lewis’s new album, Glassheart (2) at this midway stage. Glassheart, Leona’s third studio album featuring lead single Trouble, sees Leona working with an executive producer for the first time, Fraser T Smith, who collaborated on Adele’s huge selling 21. The pair first met over ten years ago when Leona was unknown and recording demos, working hard for that first big break. Leona said: “Glassheart is an album I’ve poured my heart and soul into. It’s raw, emotional and progressive. I’m so proud of this record”. Mumford And Sons’ Babel slides two places to Number 3, while Natasha Khan AKA Bat For Lashes is on course for her second Top 5 album with The Haunted Man (4). This week’s Top 5 is completed by former chart topper Muse’s The 2nd Law (5).
October 17, 201213 yr much hyped Nottingham singer/songwriter Jake Bugg So hardly unknown :lol: ...Seems like he has it in the bugg too now.
October 17, 201213 yr He wasnt unknown but compared to Leona and her Xfactor promo places he is. He is one of those indie artists who has slowly built his profile like 'most' artists used to have to do!! Edited October 17, 201213 yr by steve201
October 17, 201213 yr Jake Bugg is 4k ahead according to OCC report. YASSSS!!! I wish they will post the gap between Calvin and SHM.
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