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? I would assume it means the entire album market (as in all sales of all albums) is up 13% on this time last week. Obviously no surprise at Bastille being #1 (:P) and Stereophonics/Dido making up the top 2 (thought Dido might have been #2 though), rather surprised and very pleased at Laura also being top 5 though after she's underperformed on iTunes! Edited March 5, 201312 yr by Bré
March 5, 201312 yr Well done to Stereophonics and Dido considering no Radio 1 support. Quite don't mind Bastille though so a pretty good top 3 for the albums lets hope it sticks. Only bought Dido's and will buy the new phonics one soon. If songs continue to be good I can envision owning Bastille's by the end of the year too.
March 5, 201312 yr Nice clear out in the albums top 5, too many old albums clogging up the chart recently (Emeli Sande I'm looking at you!)
March 6, 201312 yr I hope some of this weeks albums can hold up for a couple of weeks and not fall out of the top 10 like bricks after 1/2 weeks. Id say Bastille at any rate will hold out for a while airplay for Pompeii should rocket this week. Dido & the Phonics will fall out of the top 40 within a month. But 20\20 experience will do well in a couple of weeks with the 2 singles off it too!!
March 6, 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 6, 201312 yr Brillant to see the phonics as high as 30, made my day - should hold up okay!! Really like this song!
March 6, 201312 yr errr...nope. Thought it would be a long shot, hoping Gary can get a number 1 this week
March 6, 201312 yr Mikey your messing with my head thought Bastille was no1 in the singles there lol!! Bastille have a 6,500 lead in the albums! Edited March 6, 201312 yr by steve201
March 6, 201312 yr Next up, its @the1975 at 27 in the #OfficialChart Update with their new single 'Chocolate'. This makes us feel like summers coming! :) :yahoo: :w00t: :dance: :cheer: :wub:
March 6, 201312 yr So if Dido and Laura are below Emeli in this update they must be heading for 20-25k for bthe week - Phonics maybe 35-40k and Bastille maybe 65k at a push?
March 6, 201312 yr If The 1975 hold on, then that'll by Dirty Hit Records' first top 40 hit. The label also handle releases by Little Comets, Marika Hackman & General Fiasco, and they're owned by former Aston Villa defender Ugo Ehiogu.
March 6, 201312 yr Hope Stereophonics have a big lead over Emeli, even if they don't then you have to assume Bastille will end up 10k ahead of them and therefore probably 40k minimum. Hopefully it's more like 60k, gives them a chance of getting a second week at #1 as "Pompeii" airplay increases before Justin takes over. The 1975 are really going on me, my mate's been raving about them for the best part of a year and I really hope "Chocolate" keeps climbing. That reaching the top 10 and Imagine Dragons making #1 would make a fantastic Spring.
March 6, 201312 yr I probably should hate this, but it's half decent. Got to be this year's Karmin though.
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