October 23, 201312 yr The Saturdays already out of the Top 30 albums!! Top 40 you mean ;) Eek at that though.
October 23, 201312 yr Looks like no Lady Gaga as Jameela said there'd be 11 new entries. The OCC betta fix this by the end of the week -_- Maybe she should have released it as a single 'in its own right', though I would wager that she couldn't care less about UK chart positions.
October 23, 201312 yr Maybe she should have released it as a single 'in its own right', though I would wager that she couldn't care less about UK chart positions. This is the 2nd release now.
October 23, 201312 yr Top 40 you mean ;) Eek at that though. No I meant Top 30 - It's #34, Didnt expect it to free fall quite that much!
October 23, 201312 yr It's within the Top 40, it's #34. No I meant Top 30 - It's #34, Didnt expect it to free fall quite that much! Oh that's not what it say to me :unsure: haha I got last week's where they were #6 :lol: That's not a good drop all the same. Edited October 23, 201312 yr by *Rob*
October 23, 201312 yr Maybe she should have released it as a single 'in its own right', though I would wager that she couldn't care less about UK chart positions. I hear she's apparently planning on doing just that worldwide. Could mean a low entry this week if she does it soon and then a climb next week with X Factor (if she even performs this).
October 23, 201312 yr Why is Gaga's DWUW not chart eligible????? Many other songs you get automatically with your pre-order have charted before.... I read somewhere that OCC allows 2 songs from each album from pre-order, that's why Katy's WOA was not allowed to chart after Roar and Dark Horse... But this is her 2nd song, not 3rd... Don't get it.
October 23, 201312 yr 'Walking On Air' was only Katy's 2nd. 'Roar' was released as a standard single. 'Walking On Air' is now charting by the way (from a secret but reputable source it was #54 yesterday) so that seems to confirm the theory that only 1 pre-order track per album can chart. I hope they change that in light of the 'Do What U Want' situation. Poor brave Steven Wilson going to miss the top 40 with his latest album :( Hopefully the same fate will not happen to my other favourite album chart superstar Joe Bonamassa.
October 23, 201312 yr 'Walking On Air' was only Katy's 2nd. 'Roar' was released as a standard single. 'Walking On Air' is now charting by the way (from a secret but reputable source it was #54 yesterday) so that seems to confirm the theory that only 1 pre-order track per album can chart. I hope they change that in light of the 'Do What U Want' situation.Is that not because the album is now released though? :unsure: (i'm not up on these rules and technicalities of the chart anymore. SO CONFUSING.)
October 23, 201312 yr That rule is unfair... You don't get a song from free. You're charged NOW for that song you get automatically and then you're charged for the rest of the album when it's released... It's a paid download that should be counted.
October 23, 201312 yr Is that not because the album is now released though? :unsure: (i'm not up on these rules and technicalities of the chart anymore. SO CONFUSING.) Yes, it is because the album is released, so it's not a '2nd pre-order track' any more. Like how before they changed the pre-order rule Coldplay's 'Paradise' became eligible when their album came out.
October 23, 201312 yr For all those Reconnected fans: MIDWEEK UPDATE! Ok guys... this IS do-able! We're literally JUST outside of the top 40. We've been in it this week already and now it's literally just slipped out today for the official midweeks. In other words, bombing quite unspectacularly.
October 23, 201312 yr That rule is unfair... You don't get a song from free. You're charged NOW for that song you get automatically and then you're charged for the rest of the album when it's released... It's a paid download that should be counted. The rule is to stop an artist releasing a single a week off an album with big-ish pre-orders and thus gaining 'hit' after hit that drop the week after and sales end up not even counting towards the songs when the album drops.
October 23, 201312 yr But what about the copies from people who download just the track and have not pre-ordered the album? Why don't count those ones? Obviously, most of DWUW downloads would be from the album pre-order, but maybe a... 30%? could be proper downloads... Are those copies wasted?
October 23, 201312 yr Yes, it is because the album is released, so it's not a '2nd pre-order track' any more. Like how before they changed the pre-order rule Coldplay's 'Paradise' became eligible when their album came out. So are Eminem's 3 singles all seperate from the album preorder?
October 23, 201312 yr Interesting that James Blunt and Katy Perry sold around the same number of copies on Tuesday, especially after Katy's huge lead on Monday. Depending on whether Katy continues slowing down so dramatically the race could be closer than expected.
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