Posted March 4, 201312 yr Chart News: ======================================================= Single & Album Summary Bruno Mars could be in a shot for the #1 single this week following his promotional spot on Jonathan Ross show last weekend, otherwise Justin Timberlake spending a second week on top. The only new entries I can pin this week are pretty unknown female acts Bridget Mendler and Arlissa trying to debut in the top 40 chart with their debut singles "Ready Or Not" and "Stick And Stones". With climbers from P!nk/Nate Ruess, The Script, The 1975 and Stereophonics. Fleetwood Mac make a welcome return with "Everywhere" due to the wonder pony Three.com TV advert. New album releases from Bastille, Dido, Stereophonics, Laura Mvula making up the new entries inside the top 10 other contenders from Jimi Hendrix, Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell and Kate Nash all vying for a position inside the top 40 Album chart. ======================================================= 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.
March 4, 201312 yr Author Midweek Charts: Bastille aiming to give Universal chart-topping first Source: MW by Paul Williams South London band Bastille are presently poised to become the first Virgin Records act under Universal ownership to debut at No 1 on the UK artist albums chart. The group's introductory set Bad Blood leads the latest midweeks by around 6,000 sales with new albums from Stereophonics and Dido in second and fourth places, according to the Official Charts Company. Its success follows their single Pompeii charting at No 2 last Sunday. If Bastille's album does remain at the top by the time the full-week chart is published this weekend it will make them the first act on Virgin to debut at No 1 on the countdown since the record company was acquired by Universal. However, fellow Virgin act Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events has returned to No 1 since the takeover and was there last Sunday, although it now drops to 3 in the midweeks. Joining Bastille and Sande in the top five at this stage of the week are Stereophonics and Dido with respectively their eighth and fourth studio albums. Stereophonics' new set Graffiti On The Train is their first away from V2/Universal and has been issued on their Stylus/Ignition label. It is new at 2 at this stage, nine places better than the debut and peak of their previous studio effort Keep Calm And Carry On in 2009. Dido's new studio album Girl Who Got Away is at 4 and follows chart-toppers No Angel and Life For Rent and Safe Trip Home, which made it to 2 in 2008. A fourth brand new album is among the Top 10 positions at present, RCA act Laura Mvula's debut album Sing To The Moon at 4. Fourth on the BBC Sound Of 2013 poll, Mvula is currently on the Radio 1 A list, while has enjoyed exposure on the likes of Graham Norton's BBC One chat show. Following his performance on Jonathan Ross's ITV1 programme last Saturday, Bruno Mars sees sales of his Atlantic album Unorthodox Jukebox rise 118% on the week as it climbs 6-5, while the Les Miserables soundtrack from Polydor drops 3-7 and Gentlemen Of The Road/Island act Mumford & Sons' Babel falls 2-8. Josh Groban's Reprise/Warner Bros album All That Echoes holds its position of 9 as Ben Howard's Brits lift starts to reduce with his Island debut Every Kingdom dropping 4-10 in the week to date. Guesting on Graham Norton last Friday, Epic act Olly Murs' enjoys a 137% sales pick-up for his album Right Place Right Time, while Army Of Two which he performed climbs 19-12 on the midweek singles chart. A Nonesuch albums pairing of Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell is new at 22 in the week so far with Old Yellow Moon, while other new albums appearing include a new set from former Westlife member Brian McFadden on his own BMF label and a new set from the vaults from Jimi Hendrix via Sony's Legacy Recordings. Bruno Mars' Jonathan Ross appearance is putting pressure on Justin Timberlake at the top of the singles market. Timberlake's RCA track Mirrors remains in charge, having moved to No 1 last Sunday, but Mars' Atlantic-issued When I Was Your Man races 7-2 with sales up 57% on the week. Bastille's Virgin single Pompeii drops a place to 3 and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz's Thrift Shop on the Macklemore label holds at 4. Syco's One Directionare down two places to 5 with One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks). US actress and singer Bridgit Mendler, who stars as Teddy Duncan in the Disney Channel series Good Luck Charlie, is set for her first UK hit with the Polydor-issued Ready Or Not new at 7in the midweeks. Ahead of her, RCA act Pink climbs 10-6 with Just Give Me A Reason featuring Fun's Nate Ruess, while the Positiva/Virgin-issued I Could Be The One by Avicii Vs Nicky Romero falls 5-8 and Mercury act Taylor Swift's I Knew You Were Trouble 6-9. Baauer's Harlem Shake on the Mad Decent label rounds off the Top 10, dropping 8-10. A quarter of a century after first becoming a hit, Fleetwood Mac's Everywhere is set for a spetacular return to the Top 40 this Sunday thanks to its use in a 3 TV ad. Originally peaking at 4 in 1988, the Warner Bros single sprints 87-14 in the midweeks. Another oldie revived is Sarah McLachlan's RCA-handled Angel, which is back at 34 in the midweeks after Olympian Beth Twiddle was accompanied by it on ITV1's Dancing On Ice last Friday. If it stays this high, the track will beat its current UK peak of 36 achieved in 1998. Wednesday Update Top 40 Only Source: Radio 1/OCC Top 40 Singles 1 Justin Timberlake 2 Bruno Mars 3 Bastille 4 Macklemore/Ryan Lewis/Wanz 5 One Direction 6-10 6 P!nk/Nate Ruess 7 Bridgit Mendler 11-20 12 Olly Murs 14 Fleetwood Mac 19 The Lumineers 21-30 22 The Script 24 Bruno Mars 27 The 1975 30 Stereophonics 31-40 34 Sarah McLachlan 35 Birdy 36 Drake 37 Olly Murs/Flo Rida http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/singles/print http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/j...les-chart-1895/ =================================================== Top 40 Albums 1 Bastille (6.5k ahead) 2 Stereophonics 3 Emeli Sande 4 Dido 5 Bruno Mars 6-10 6 Laura Mvula 11-20 11 Olly Murs 14 P!nk 20 Fleetwood Mac 21-30 22 Emmylou Harris 27 The Script 28 Jimi Hendrix 30 Neil Diamond 31-40 33 Brian McFadden 37 Lana Del Rey http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/albums/print http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/b...lbum-race-1894/
March 4, 201312 yr Author Midweek Charts update: Ross drives Bruno Mars demand Source: MW by Paul Willams Bruno Mars' Unorthodox Jukebox is heading for its highest weekly UK sales this year following his chat and performance on Jonathan Ross's ITV1 show. Demand for the Atlantic album has more than doubled since the TV appearance last Saturday, lifting it 6-5 in the midweeks with more copies sold at this point in the week than in any other week in 2013, according to Official Charts Company stats. Sales of When I Was Your Man, the song he performed, are also significantly up - rising 43% at this stage of the week - to lift it four places to a new peak of 3 in the lastest midweek singles chart. Virgin act Bastille join Mars in both the artist albums and singles top fives at this point of the week with their debut album Bad Blood heading to No 1 on Sunday, while the cut Pompeii is narrowly ahead of When I Was Your Man to hold onto runners-up place on singles. RCA act Justin Timberlake holds at 1, having climbed to the top last weekend, while Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz's Thrift Shop on the Macklemore label holds at 4 and Pink's RCA-issued Just Give Me A Reason with Fun's Nate Ruess vaults 10-5 with sales up 71%. Bridgit Mendler, star of the Disney Channel's Good Luck Charlie, will score a first UK hit this Sunday with the Hollywood/Polydor single Ready Or Not currently showing up as a new entry at 7. It is a busy week for new albums with four of the Top 10 artist sellers at present brand new entries. Besides Bastille at 1, Stereophonics' Graffiti On The Train on their Stylus/Ignition label are at 2, Didio is at 4 with Girl Who Got Away and her RCA colleague Laura Mvula at 7 with Sing To The Moon. Virgin's Emeli Sande is down to 3 having remained at No 1 last Sunday with Our Version Of Events. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Friday Update Top 40 Only Singles 1 Justin Timberlake 2 Bastille 3 Bruno Mars 4 Macklemore/Ryan Lewis/Wanz 5 P!nk/Nate Ruess Top 10 7 Bridgit Mendler Top 15 12 Disclosure/AlunaGeorge 13 Olly Murs 15 Fleetwood Mac Top 20 The Lumineers Top 30 21 Script 23 Bruno Mars 24 The 1975 29 Stereophonics Top 40 Drake Olly Murs/Flo Rida 40 Bastille [Flaws] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Bastille 2 Stereophonics 3 Emeli Sande 4 Dido 5 Bruno Mars Top 10 7 Laura Mvula 10 Olly Murs Top 15 13 P!nk Top 30 Biffy Clyro Script Neil Diamond Emmylou Harris Jimi Hendrix Top 40 Bruno Mars Lana Del Rey Andrea Bocelli Robbie williams Eva Cassidy NO SALES INFO
March 5, 201312 yr Author Looks like Justin Timberlake for a second week still ahead of Bruno Mars on LPB mind you not too fussed with Justin getting a second week I prefer singles to stay longer at #1. Bruno Mars can still overtake though later in the week unless Bastille improves their position. Can't believe Bridgit Mendler is still doing so well on there, I predicted top 20 at least. Other than that, the singles chart looks a bit boring. Guess the top 5 singles and albums in here.
March 5, 201312 yr Author tweeter nick stewart @colonelstewart early midweeks 1.Bastille 2.Stereophonics 3 Dido 5. Laura Mvula 17 Emmylou/Rodney .Overall market 13% up https://twitter.com/search?q=colonelstewart&src=typd
March 5, 201312 yr I really wanted Dido in the top 2! So angry right now! Who is this Bastille anyway? How come i've never heard of them?
March 5, 201312 yr I always thought from the outset that Dido's album had #4 written all over it, looks like that's exactly where it'll be on Sunday I'd say.
March 5, 201312 yr This week could be a stellar week for album sales - hope all the new entries can make 30k, if they do sales will be great & its Mothers Day on sunday so itll be an extra boost, some great big names entering the chart - Bastille could beat Biffy Clyros debut?? As for the singles i want a 2 weeker at no1 ONLY if Justin can maintain sales around 75-85k again if not Bastille would be a great wee no1 and show the charts are changing and maybe even jolt stations like capital to start looking at acts like Bastille!!
March 5, 201312 yr Bastille and Stereophonics should sell great numbers this week, over 50k for both?
March 5, 201312 yr YAY for Bastille :wub: Also great to see Mvula top 5, though i've not heard the album yet. Will be checking it out soon!
March 5, 201312 yr Speak for yourself... ;) Well you've been told about this already so this shouldn't be a surprise for you either.
March 5, 201312 yr Well you've been told about this already so this shouldn't be a surprise for you either. Well, I'm not surprised it's no surprise to other people here, but I am still surprised myself that Bastille appear to be leading both. A month ago I never would have imagined that could happen.
March 5, 201312 yr Author I suppose in fairness it is a good surprise to see any new debut album at no1! More like the top 3 to be new albums by Sunday, if #3 album (Les Mis) sold 21.5k last week, whoever is #3 on the albums come Sunday, take Dido as a casing point, all she needs 25k for the week, but since albums are up 13% on last week from the above comment, I should imagine the #3 album will sell around 42k plus.
March 5, 201312 yr Lets hope, would that be the total for the number 3 with a 13% increase? Or did they not mean 13% for the overall top 40 sales?
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