November 28, 201213 yr Author Midweek Charts: Murs targeting chart double Source: MW by Paul Willams Olly Murs is looking to simultaneously top the UK singles and albums charts for the first time as he leads the two midweek countdowns. His newly-issued third Epic album Right Place Right Time is off to a strong sales start, having shifted more than 60,000 copies in two days, according to the Official Charts Company, more than double the tally of its nearest rival, Take Me Home by Syco's One Direction. At the same time Troublemaker, which debuted at No1 on the singles chart last week and features Flo Rida, is currently around 9,000 sales ahead of Atlantic act Bruno Mars whose Locked Out Of Heaven is enjoying a huge sales boost after being performed on the X Factor results show last Sunday. Sales are up 64% on the week to move it 9-2 in the midweeks, while sales of Def Jam/Mercury act Rihanna's Diamonds are up 33% after featuring on the same programme. As a result it lifts 10-3 on Sales Flashes, although the Barbadian's X Factor appearance cannot prevent sales of her album Unapologetic dropping 53% and it falls 1-3 as a result. As Christmas rapidly approaches, the number of best of albums in the market sharply rises with four debuting inside the midweek Top 20. They are led at 4 by Polydor's Girls Aloud with Ten, while Columbia set The Very Best Of by Neil Diamond arrives at 11, Memory Lane - The Best Of by Island's McFly at 15 and Syco act Il Divo's The Greatest Hits at 19. RCA act Kelly Clarkson's Greatest Hits - Chapter One starts at 25. A new Sony-issued version of Jeff Wayne's The War Of The Worlds, billed as New Generation, is new at 7, while Warner Music Entertainment's Katherine Jenkins debuts at 18 in the week so far with This Is Christmas. It is 13 places behind Reprise/Warner Bros act Michael Buble's own festive set Christmas, which holds at 5, while Rod Stewart's Verve debut Merry Christmas, Baby slips 6-8, despite sales growing by 8%. It swaps places with Virgin act Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events, which climbs 8-6, while Island act Robbie Williams' Take The Crown falls 9-10 but with a 27% sales hike. This follows a series of shows he played at the O2. Following publicity surrounding their own O2 show at the weekend, sales of The Rolling Stones's Polydor best of GRRR rise 42%, although it drops 11-10, while a Strictly Come Dancing appearance on BBC1 helps to lift sales of The Script's Phonogenic/Epic album #3 by 135% as it climbs 30-22,. Other big sales gainers include Decca act Alfue Boe's Storyteller (+57% as it moves 15-16) and Asylum/Atlantic's Ed Sheeran with + (+32%, although drops 18-24). Alicia Keys' RCA set Girl On Fire is new at 14. The same 10 tracks are among the top 10 singles at this stage of the week as they were last Sunday, but in a different order. Below Olly Murs, Bruno Mars and Rihanna, Syco act Labrinth's Beneath Your Beautiful featuring Emeli Sande holds at 4, Island act Robbie Williams' Candy climbs 8-5 and Alicia Keys' RCA single Girl On Fire drops 5-6. Gabrielle Aplin's Parlophone single The Power Of Love holds at 7 as Island act PSY's Gangnam Style falls 6-8, One Direction's Syco single Little Things slips 3-9 and Decca act The Lumineers' Ho Hey is up 11-10. The midweek chart's highest arrival is Kesha with Die Young on Kemosabe/RCA, while Interscope/Polydor's Imagine Dragons are new at 25 with Hear Me and at 31 with Radioactive. Athlete's 2005 Parlophone single Wires, which peaked at 4, is back in at 26 after being performed by X Factor contestant Rylan Clark in a sing-off, which he lost. Wednesday Update Top 40 Only Source: Radio 1/OCC Top 40 Singles 1 Olly Murs/Flo Rida (9k ahead) 2 Bruno Mars 3 Rihanna 4 Labrinth/Emeli Sande 5 Robbie Williams 6-10 10 Lumineers 11-20 11 Ke$ha 12 Christina Perri 13 Swedish House Mafia/John Martin 17 Script/Will.i.am 21-30 23 Ladywell Primary School 25 Imagine Dragons [HM] 26 Athlete 27 P!nk 28 Taylor Swift [iKYWT] 30 DJ Fresh 31-40 31 Imagine Dragons [Radioactive] 36 Naughty Boy/Emeli Sande 38 The Pogues/Kirsty MacColl http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/singles/print http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/o...-1-double-1735/ =================================================== Top 40 Albums 1 Olly Murs (60k) 2 One Direction (30k) 3 Rihanna 4 Girls Aloud 5 Michael Buble 6-10 7 Jeff Wayne 9 Robbie Williams 10 Rolling Stones 11-20 11 Neil Diamond 14 Alicia Keys 15 McFly 18 Katherine Jenkins 19 II Divo 21-30 22 Script 25 Kelly Clarkson http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/albums/print
November 28, 201213 yr Author Imagine Dragons, Hear Me and Radioactive have charted separately I don't know what has happened there, probably they haven't been combined.
November 28, 201213 yr So disappointed at that album position for McFly! Really thought it would shift more than that! Just hope their special on ITV in December boosts it back up again!
November 28, 201213 yr Author Imagine Dragons, Hear Me and Radioactive have charted separately I don't know what has happened there, probably they haven't been combined.
November 28, 201213 yr Author Any idea of Susan Boyle's ranking? Thanks. #21 Full album chart will be available after 4:30pm just use the links available to you
November 28, 201213 yr So disappointed at that album position for McFly! Really thought it would shift more than that! Just hope their special on ITV in December boosts it back up again!I thought it would be top 10 at least but still an improvement on Above The Noise. I think it will rise around xmas and of course their ITV1 TV show Love is Easy Is At 33 so down 1 on Sunday so that's not too bad
November 28, 201213 yr Did Greg start with The Pogues? He skipped them and Radioactive to play I Knew You Were Trouble, Wires, Hear Me, O Holy Night, Die Young and now Troublemaker. Edited November 28, 201213 yr by ♪ Thermometer ♫
November 28, 201213 yr Bruno Mars and Rihanna both got a huge boost from their X Factor performance then. Hope Olly can hold on to the #1 spot there and do a double this week.
November 28, 201213 yr McFly single only down two places this week after falling from 10 to 31 last week :o not a great start for the album though. Also I wasn't expecting Rihanna to be back up to 3 or Robbie back up to 5!
November 28, 201213 yr McFly single only down two places this week after falling from 10 to 31 last week :o not a great start for the album though. Also I wasn't expecting Rihanna to be back up to 3 or Robbie back up to 5!It just needed some air play and a bit of promotion that's all. I think it will rise during their ITV1 special and same with the album too
November 28, 201213 yr Is that like 3 times in such a small space of time where an act has done the double? :o Great to see Bruno Mars and Rihanna back in the Top 3 and Robbie Williams on the climb, making the 1-6 drop not so bad. Woo at The Pogues Top 40 in the Top 40 – I’m sure they’ll be joined by Mariah Carey come Sunday. Hope Robbie can remain Top 10 for a few more weeks after the 1-5-10 fall, and great to see Rolling Stones back in the Top 10. I’m surprised that Alicia Keys’ Girl On Fire has missed the Top 10, although I’m not too worried as it could have a similar initial start as The Element of Freedom had – Top 20 debut, followed by a small descent before jumping into the Top 10. Hopefully she has a single due for release in January to help boost it. Kylie still Top 40 – that rumoured midweek yesterday was obviously fake like I thought.
November 28, 201213 yr It just needed some air play and a bit of promotion that's all. I think it will rise during their ITV1 special and same with the album too Which just goes to show that if they had promoted it the week of releasing the single instead of the week after, it probably would have entered higher than Number 10!
November 28, 201213 yr Olly is selling two times whatever OneD is selling. Not surprised. Wasn't he outselling 1D by 2.0 in the last midweek? Edited November 28, 201213 yr by øbscure
November 28, 201213 yr What -_- Alicia Keys in at #14? Wtf! She did promote, was on X Factor not long ago. Can't believe it. Little Mix down to #9 :o Ouch. Example down 23 places, may even be out of top 40 after one week :o Disappointed with Kelly in at #25 too. :blink: Massive drop for Subo but no promo hardly surprising, she wasnt going to continue to have huge albums simply with cover albums after cover albums. JLS new album is nearly out of top 40 too, OneD have completely overshadowed them it's unbelievable! So many albums under performing right now... Edited November 28, 201213 yr by Karma
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