May 30, 201313 yr Sugababes aren't *gone*, just not around right now (i.e they are still recording and stuff). All Saints and Spice Girls days have been LONG gone, so I don't know why you brought them up. :P I echo the surprise of Stooshe being so high. I'm not sure whether its pre-orders have been around since Autumn - I don't recall it appearing high on iTunes at all. However it does seem that the album has been leaked for ages as I've seen it on many personal charts for weeks. I do hope London With the Lights On can remain Top 10, although the highest I can see it by the end of the week is #9. :( Pssh, Sugababes are as gone as the dodo-bands of Spice, Saints, Girls and any others :P Nah I think Saturdays have way more impact/ success than Little Mix, who are still cresting the diminishing X Factor wave But Saturdays come nowhere near Girls Aloud, let's be honest. And maybe it's a good thing no pop band comes close to the Spices, it just makes them all the more rare a pop phenomenon. Edited May 30, 201313 yr by Michael.
May 30, 201313 yr But what about Bananarama they were a pop phenomenon right?? or were they just a "Of The Time Band" and nothing else?
May 30, 201313 yr Author But what about Bananarama they were a pop phenomenon right?? or were they just a "Of The Time Band" and nothing else? And what's Bananarama got to do with this week's mids :wacko: I'm so out of the loop. Can someone fill me in.... if you want to talk about retro acts, use the retro forum -_-
May 30, 201313 yr Looking at the singles, it wouldn't surprise me if Paramore "do a Dev" - only going top 10 on iTunes for a fraction of the week but making it officially because they sold more consistently than everything around them. They're ahead of the four songs between 10 and 13 in the mids and, unless she gets a bit boost from Graham Norton, I think "Live It Up" is coming from too far back.
May 30, 201313 yr Looking at the singles, it wouldn't surprise me if Paramore "do a Dev" - only going top 10 on iTunes for a fraction of the week but making it officially because they sold more consistently than everything around them. They're ahead of the four songs between 10 and 13 in the mids and, unless she gets a bit boost from Graham Norton, I think "Live It Up" is coming from too far back. Unfortunately I don't think Paramore will go top 10 what is quite tragic, 'Still Into You' is without doubt in the top 20 songs of 2013.
May 30, 201313 yr Rod Stewart will blatantly return to No 1 on the album chart next week fueled by Father's Day sales.
May 30, 201313 yr Good shout should be decent sales because of that or hip dads will get the QOTSAS album!!
May 30, 201313 yr I think that Still Into You could be the new Primadonna and just about miss out on the Top 10 on numerous occasions over the next couple of weeks. Let's hope not though!
May 30, 201313 yr Just realised there's almost a 25k gap in sales from 'Blurred Lines' and 'La La La' on both Wednesday updates (it was established earlier in the thread but it didn't really understand fully for some reason). Must mean it will sell over 170k then. Olly Murs' success with 'Dear Darlin'' is fantastic! As is the returns for Of Monsters and Men and Daniel Merriweather, hoping both can remain Top 20 - not sure of their iTunes performances right now - but it does seem almost certain the former will remain there regardless. So this 76% drop week-by-week means Daft Punk have sold approximately 25k so far this week, probably means 50k-60k for Sunday, which is not too bad considering. Good ol' Radio 1 giving big boosts for Ellie Goulding, Jake Bugg and Paramore; bought the latter's recent album today too. :wub:
May 30, 201313 yr Good shout should be decent sales because of that or hip dads will get the QOTSAS album!! Father's Day isn't until the week after (16th), so it's not likely to have as much of an effect next week.
May 30, 201313 yr It's amazing how many good songs seem to stall at number 11 And 12. I think 11 should be the new number one!
May 31, 201313 yr Midweek Charts update: Thicke heading for 2013's top weekly sales Source: MW by Paul Willams Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines is set to achieve the highest weekly sales for a single in the UK this year having already shifted 140,000 copies. With two days of trading still to go, the Interscope/Polydor release featurring TI and Pharrell Williams had sold 139,724 units by the end of business on Thursday, according to the Official Charts Company. That left it only 23,660 units behind 2013's biggest weekly sale for a single achieved by Columbia act Daft Punk's Get Lucky and also featuring Williams. Blurred Lines, which will become US R&B singer Thicke's first UK Top 10 hit, has so far this week sold more copies than the combined efforts of its two nearest rivals. These are led by Virgin act Naughty Boy whose La La La with Sam Smith debuted at 1 last Sunday but now drops to 2 in the midweeks, while Get Lucky slips 2-3. Nettwerk act Passenger also loses a place, falling to 4 with Let het Go, while Lava/Republic act Jessie J's brand new track Wild with Big Sean and Dizzee Rascal arrives at 5. Daft Punk will achieve a second week at 1 leading the UK artist albums chart this Wednesday, despite sales of their Columbia set Random Access Memories falling 73%, while Decca act Rod Stewart will hold at 2 with Time. Laura Marling is presently a new entry at 4 with her new Virgin album Once I Was An Eagle and first under Universal ownership, while Nettwerk's Passenger climbs 7-4 with All The Little Things and Rudimental gain a place to 5 with their Asylum/Atlantic debut Home. Stooshe's first album London With The Lights On, released through FutureCut/QWorks and Warner Bros, shows up as a new entry at 6 in the latest Sales Flashes, while Atlantic act Bruno Mars' Unorthodox Jukebox, Bastille's Virgin album Pompeii and Ellie Goulding's Polydor-issued Halcyon will appear in or around the Top 10 after being boosted by televised Radio 1 Big Weekend performances. Friday Update Top 40 Only Singles 1 Robin Thicke/T.I./Pharrell 139,724 :o 2 Naughty Boy/Sam Smith 3 Daft Punk 4 Passenger 5 Jessie J Top 10 6 Olly Murs Top 20 Of Monsters And Men Paramore 17 Jennifer Lopez Stylo G Top 30 Daniel Merriwether Bruno Mars [WIWYM] Macklemore/Ryan Lewis [TS] Top 40 33 Ellie Goulding [ACH] 37 Script Bruno Mars [Treasure] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Daft Punk 2 Rod Stewart 3 Laura Marling 4 Passenger 5 Rudimental 6-10 6 StooShe Bruno Mars Bastille 9 Ellie Goulding 10 Emeli Sande Top 20 Alice In Chains Black Star Riders Jake Bugg 21-30 21 Olly Murs 24 Imagine Dragons Stereophonics Paramore Wings 31-40 Ben Howard Lumineers 36 Taylor Swift 37 Of Monsters & Men NO SALES INFO
May 31, 201313 yr I love that Paramore song, have since the first time I heard it, I'm surprised how long it's taken to reach the popularity that it has at the moment
May 31, 201313 yr Was really hoping Little Talks could get into the top 10 this week, a song that good never getting there is criminal (but then, pretty much every good song seems to miss the top 10, so why am I surprised?)... Anyway, at least it's looking to return to its original peak which is good :)
May 31, 201313 yr Author I think Daft Punk's album is on 37k or thereabouts. And the singles that have fallen out from last week's top 40 are Emmelie De Forest, The 1975, John Legend, Little Mix, The Saturdays, Psy, Iggy Azalea, AlunaGeorge and Evanescence.
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