Posted February 25, 201313 yr Chart News: ======================================================= Single & Album Summary Justin Timberlake vs. Bastille for #1 this week other new single releases this week from Laura Mvula, Wiley, Paramore, and Miles Kane. And climbers from Olly Murs and The Script. New album releases from Atoms For Peace, Palma Violets, Josh Groban, Johnny Marr, Hillsong United, Glee Cast, Michael Ball, Petula Clark ======================================================= 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. Use Twitter and search for midweeks to find any mid info. 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.
February 25, 201313 yr Author Midweek Charts: Timberlake targeting first No 1 since SexyBack Justin Timberlake could be heading for his first UK No 1 single in more than six years as Emeli Sande looks to keep control of the artist albums chart. After flying 28-4 on last Sunday's chart, mainly as a result of being performed at the Brit Awards, Timberlake's RCA single Mirrors has now secured a narrow lead on the midweek listings, according to the Official Charts Company. His only UK singles chart-topper to date is SexyBack in 2006. Timberlake, who also appeared as a guest on Jonathan Ross's ITV1 show last Saturday but did not perform, is currently around 2,000 sales ahead of Pompeii, the brand new single from Virgin Records' south London band Bastille. Pompeii should comfortably become their highest-charting release yet, beating the band's present peak of 21 achieved by Bad Flaws last year, and make Bastille an early new success for Virgin since it came under Universal ownership. Also signed to Virgin, Emeli Sande is continuing to clock up the numbers for the record company's new owner with Our Version Of Events looking to spend its 10th on-consecutive week at No 1 this coming Sunday. Having returned to the top last weekend following her Brits wins and performance, Sande's debut is 42% ahead in the latest midweeks where it faces its closest challenger from Atoms For Peace, a supergroup including Radiohead's Thom Yorke, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and record producer Nigel Godrich among its line-up. Their first XL album Amok shows up as a new entry at 2 in the week so far, just a few hundred sales ahead of Mumford & Sons whose Gentlemen Of The Road/Island album Babel slips a place to 3. Atoms For Peace are one of five acts with brand new albums currently among the week's Top 10 sellers. They include Johnny Marr's first solo album The Messenger on Warner Bros at 6 and US artist Josh Groban whose brand new Reprise/Warner Bros set All That Echoes topped the US albums chart a couple of weeks ago and could now score him a first Top 10 album in the UK. It is new at 7 at this stage of the week, five places higher than his current UK chart peak of 12, achieved by Awake in 2006. Rough Trade act Palma Violets' debut 180 shows up at 8, while Michael Buble's new album Both Sides Now via USM Media registers at 9. Just missing out on the Top 10, Porcupine Tree frontman Steven Wilson's K Scope/Snapper album The Raven That Refused To Sing makes its mark on the midweeks at 13. Following his best sales week yet thanks to his Brits performance and two wins, Island's Ben Howard holds at 4 at this stage of the week with Every Kingdom as the Polydor-issued Les Miserables soundtrack remans at 6. Jake Bugg's self-titled Mercury debut slides 6-10. Petula Clark is set to chart with a new studio album for the first time in more than four decades. The Sony-issued Lost In You is new at 23 in the latest Sales Flashes, putting it on course for her first chart album of new material since 1968's The Other Man's Grass Is Greener. Since then a handful of retospectives have charted for her in the UK, most recently Then And Now - The Very Best Of Petula Clark, which reached No 17 in 2008. Other albums set to enter the chart this coming Sunday include another Glee Cast release from Epic and new sets from Caitlin Rose via the Names label, Justin Hayward on Eagle, Hillsong Music's Hillsong United and Rock Action's Mogwai. One Direction last Sunday opened with the highest first-week sales of the year so far to achieve their third UK No 1 single with One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks). However, the Comic Relief track is now down to 3 in the midweeks with sales sliding 38%. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's former chart-topper Thrift Shop featuring Wanz on the Macklemore label drops 2-4, while Mercury act Taylor Swift's I Knew You Were Trouble is back up a place to 5. It swaps places with the Positiva/Virgin single I Could Be The One by Avicii Vs Nicky Romero, slipping 5-6. Wiley is looking for a third consecutive Top 10 single (he also reached No 6 as a featured artist on Conor Maynard's Animal) with the Warner Bros-issued Reload featuring Chip new at 7, while Bruno Mars' Atlantic single When I Was Your Man dips 7-8 and Bauuer's YouTube sensation Harlem Shake on the Mad Decent label falls 3-8. After cracking the singles Top 10 for the first time last weekend, Island's Ben Howard slips 9-10 with Only Love. Now, the first cut from their forthcoming, self-titled album, is new at 23 for Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic's Paramore, while RCA's BBC Sound Of 2013 shortlisted Lauara Mvula is new at 25 at this stage of the week with Green Garden. Wednesday Update Top 40 Only Source: Radio 1/OCC Top 40 Singles 01 Justin Timberlake (2k ahead) 02 Bastille* 03 One Direction 04 Macklemore 05 Avicii 6-10 07 Wiley* 11-20 12 Ellie Goulding 13 P!nk/Nate Ruess 14 Adele 20 Olly Murs 21-30 23 Paramore* 25 Laura Mvula* 28 Zedd 31-40 32 Swedish House Mafia http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/singles/print http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/j...rt-battle-1886/ =================================================== Top 40 Albums 01 Emeli Sande 02 Atoms for Peace* 03 Mumford and Sons 04 Ben Howard 05 Les Miserables 6-10 06 Johnny Marr* 07 Josh Groban* 08 Palma Violets* 09 Michael Ball* 11-20 13 Steven Wilson* 21-30 23 Petula Clark* 26 Adele 31-40 36 Glee Cast* 39 Caitlin Rose* http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/albums/print http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/e...-number-1-1885/
February 25, 201313 yr Author Midweek Charts update: Bastille giving early lift to Virgin's new bosses Source: MW by Paul Willams London four-piece Bastille are set to deliver an early success for Virgin Records under Universal ownership as they head for a top three UK singles chart debut this weekend. The group's newly-issued Pompeii is comfortably at No 2 in the midweeks in the week to date, according to the Official Charts Company, around 7,000 sales behind RCA act Justin Timberlake's Mirrors moving 4-1. One Direction's Syco single One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks), whcih debuted at No 1 a weekend ago, is itself about 7,000 sales behind Bastille at No 3. Wherever it exactly lands on Sunday when the week's final chart is announced, Pompeii will achieve a new chart peak for Bastille whose current best showing on the chart is 21 with the track Flaws last year. Their first album Bad Blood is releasd on Monday. In further success for Virgin, Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events looks likely to achieve its 10th non-consecutive week leading the UK artist albums chart. As was the case on last Sunday's chart, behind it at No 2 is Mumford & Sons' Gentlemen Of The Road/Island album Babel, while the Polydor-issued Les Miserables soundtrack climbs 5-3, Island's Ben Howard holds at 4 with Every Kingdom and the collective Atoms For Peace, whose members include Thom Yorke, Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers and producer Nigel Godrich, are new at 5 at this stage of the week with the XL-issued Amok. There are also brand new entries presently in the Top 10 from Reprise/Warner Bros's Josh Groban, Johnny Marr with a first solo set via Warner Bros, Michael Ball on USM Media and Rough Trade's Palma Violets. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Friday Update Top 40 Only Singles 1 Justin Timberlake (7k ahead) 2 Bastille 3 One Direction (7k behind Bastille) 4 Macklemore/Ryan Lewis/Wanz 5 Taylor Swift Top 10 Wiley/Chip Top 15 11 Pink/Nate Ruess 14 Adele Top 20 Olly Murs Top 30 27 Laura Mvula Zedd/Foxes Paramore Script Top 40 Swedish House Mafia 40 The 1975 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Emeli Sande 2 Mumford & Sons 3 Les Miserables 4 Ben Howard 5 Atoms For Peace Top 10 Josh Groban 7 Johnny Marr 9 Michael Ball Palma Violets Top 20 Steven Wilson Top 30 22 Petula Clark Pink 25 Adele Top 40 Neil Diamond NO SALES INFO
February 26, 201313 yr Josh Groban will challenge for no1 album over the next 3 weeks as Mothers Day comes up - he's another Buble and Palma Violets & Johnny Marr should debut top 20 other than that another week for Emeli or Les Miserable! The singles will be a battle between 1D & Mirrors!! Big few weeks for albums from next Monday until after Easter!
February 26, 201313 yr Author twitter David Balls @davidballs Great to see @BASTILLEdan smashing it in the midweeks. Very well deserved. So far that's all I can find, but that could mean anything
February 26, 201313 yr i reckon JT will be number 1 in the mid weeks, but Bastille could nick it at the end of the week
February 26, 201313 yr Justin will have gained a big enough lead on Sunday to hold of Bastille to get number 1, thats my take on the situation.
February 26, 201313 yr twitter So far that's all I can find, but that could mean anything WTFFFF? Y to say this but no where there at?!
February 26, 201313 yr Author WTFFFF? Y to say this but no where there at?! errr... it could mean anywhere in the top 3, go figure.
February 26, 201313 yr I think Bastille will be #1 in the midweeks, as the EP is doing well. However JT may catch up by the end of the week with his lead on iTunes and his newly available BRITS performance. ;)
February 26, 201313 yr Wasn't the Brits version released on Wednesday night / Thursday morning?Not Justin's. The rest of them were (bar Mumfords, who were added the Thursday night/Friday sometime?) Justin's only became available today.
February 26, 201313 yr I have a feeling Bastille will steal the #1 by the end of the week for some reason.
February 26, 201313 yr Wouldn't be "stealing" if they were number 1 during the mids, all week. I still think Bastille have this tied up.
February 26, 201313 yr I don't know. I don't think that Justin Timberlake or Bastille will get the #1 this week. Neither of them sound like potential #1s to me. But if I had to choose one out of those two contenders based on who I think will get it, Justin Timberlake would get it. And if I had to choose out of these contenders based on who I want to get it, Bastille would get it. :wub:
February 26, 201313 yr Who possibly could get number 1 if not Bastille or JT? I reckon Bastille will be number 1 until Friday, where unless they're still increasing on iTunes, JT will overtake and be around 5k by the end of the week. Not that I mind who, what a bloody great top 2!
February 26, 201313 yr Who possibly could get number 1 if not Bastille or JT? Well, one of them will probably go to #1 - they just don't sound like big #1s to me.
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