Really hope the Killers can stay top 5, im surprised shot at the night is as high as top 25 i hope it holds up, i really want Keane to stay top 10 but it will be touch and go seeing they are only number 10 in the mid weeks.

 

THe material of artpop isnt connecting with me at all, i loved the fame/fame monster, borin this way as an album was ok but i loved marry the night and edge of glory so they saved the album for me but there is nothing on artpop making me buy it.

I'd just rather one of my favourite tracks of the year was not beaten to #1 by something completely dreadful. She's most likely going to get #1 anyway so I'll have to accept that, I just don't want it happening this week.

 

Me too, I think Animals deserves a week at number one but I can see it doing what Storm Queen did against Eminem, I reckon there will be 5-10k difference but Lily can have a go at number one next week

 

BTW, what were sales for Storm Queen on the first set of midweeks, wasn't it 45-50k then if so I'm confident Animals will do it easily

It's certainly looking likely to be closer than last week.

Thing is, The advert will probably get some prime time exposure on Saturday what with X Factor and all which will only extend its lead, and I think might just about swing it in her favour :( It would help if we knew by how much Martin was ahead.

Edited November 14, 201312 yr by Chez Wombat

I'd love it if Lily could make it this week with Somewhere Only We Know, as I think she'll stand a VERY good chance of #1 next week with Hard Out Here, and her knocking herself off the top spot would be quite something after being absent for so long. :lol: Still though, an all-Lily top 2 could be possible regardless next week? :o

I'd love it if Lily could make it this week with Somewhere Only We Know, as I think she'll stand a VERY good chance of #1 next week with Hard Out Here, and her knocking herself off the top spot would be quite something after being absent for so long. :lol: Still though, an all-Lily top 2 could be possible regardless next week? :o

 

That would be the best thing to happen to the charts in a long time.

If Lily Allen does manage that, has anyone else ever managed it before?

Without looking anything up, and showing my age, I think Frankie Goes to Hollywood (2 tribes and Relax) and Madonna (Into the groove and Holiday)!

 

Maybe I'm just overtired though - it's late!

I love Avril Lavigne as we have all figured by now.

 

But 14-OUT(of top 40) is just ridiculous. :( :lol:

Several dead people have replaced themselves at number one including the string of Elvis rereleases. I'm not sure whether a living act has ever done it although there have been cases where Cliff Richard and the Shadows were replaced by The Shadows and vice versa.

 

Holiday never made number one and FGTH did not replace themselves at the top although they did occupy numbers one and two simultaneously.

I believe the only artists who have done so are Elvis in 05 & John Lennon in 81, but maybe The Beatles managed it in their heyday?

 

On the subject of this week's chart it'd be much better for Animals to hit #1 this week and if Allen is to hit #1 next week then it should be with an original rather than a cover.

Yes, The Beatles did do it. At the end of 1963 I Want To Hold Your Hand replaced She Loves You. The latter song is one of the 40-something to return to number one in the same chart run.

I believe the only artists who have done so are Elvis in 05 & John Lennon in 81, but maybe The Beatles managed it in their heyday?

 

On the subject of this week's chart it'd be much better for Animals to hit #1 this week and if Allen is to hit #1 next week then it should be with an original rather than a cover.

 

ISTM that a good cover would be a better #1 than a bad original...

I did exactly the same. One song half as good as 'Bad romance' 'Edge of glory' or 'Poker face' would have changed my mind but not going near the album now .

 

How do you know if you haven't gone near the album?

That's the thing, I have listened to clips but am just not tempted enough to listen to album. I may change my mind but let's face it I'm not the only one. Most the public base buying an album on the songs they here before hand. It's a big market. Saying that, I am listening to more songs bit by bit that may change my mind.

Fair enough...But for an edgy and controversial pop star those numbers are reasonable. That's basically her fanbase - others will jump on the wagon later on, if they are about to.

 

She'll never have weekly sales as big as BTW's opening week. 99.999% of artists won't.

Edited November 14, 201312 yr by SKOB

It seems 'Do What U Want' is having its Sunday sales counted, surely they should subtract those sales like they did for the Eminem songs last week?

 

(cue Dave Taylor)

Mids are in... Passenger back in the chart at #30 :drama:

Midweek Charts update: Legends all aiming for Top 10

Source: MW

by Paul Williams

 

 

Chart legends The Beatles, Elvis Presley and Cliff Richard could be united in this weekend's UK artist albums Top 10.

 

The trio are among the most successful acts of all time in the UK with 33 No 1 albums collectively and are currently registering in the latest midweek Top 10, according to the Official Charts Company.

 

RCA's Elvis Presley compilation The Nation's Favourite Elvis Songs climbs 7-5 in the week to date, while both The Beatles and Cliff Richard are subject to new entries. Cliff's Rhino debut The Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll Songbook is new at No 8, while On Air - Live At The BBC - Vol 2, the first album of previously-unissued material by the Fab Four since Universal bought EMI, is new at No 10.

 

Interscope/Polydor's Lady Gaga leads the midweeks by around 16,000 sales with her third studio album Artpop, while Columbia's Deline Dion is new at 2 with Loved Me Back To Life in the week to date. There are also Top 10 entries from Syco's Little Mix, Vertigo/Virgin EMI's The Killers and Decca's Alfie Boe as Eminem's Interscope/Polydor album The Marshall Mathers LP 2 falls 1-3.

 

Dutch DJ Martin Garrix's Positiva/Virgin track Animals had surpassed 85,000 sales in its week of release up to the end of business on Thursday to lead midweek singles with Parlophone act Lily Allen's John Lewis Christmas TV soundtrack Somewhere Only We Know new at 2. Interscope/Polydor act Eminem's The Monster with Rihanna drops 2-3 and Syco-signed Little Mix's Move is down 3-4 as Ellie Goulding's Polydor single How Long Will I Love You races 117-5. It is the official BBC Children In Need theme for this year.

 

There are also Top 10 entries from Interscope/Polydor's Lady Gaga (with R Kelly) and Island's Robbie Williams.

 

 

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Friday Update Top 40 Only

 

 

Singles

 

1 Martin Garrix - Animals (85k) *

2 Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know (69k) *

3 Eminem feat. Rihanna - The Monster

4 Little Mix - Move

5 Ellie Goulding - How Long Will I Love You *

 

6-10

8 Lady Gaga feat. R. Kelly - Do What U Want *

10 Robbie Williams - Go Gentle *

 

11-20

12 The Poppy Girls - The Call (No Need To Say Goodbye) *

13 Céline Dion - Loved Me Back To Life *

17 Rizzle Kicks - Skip To The Good Bit

 

21-30

23 The Killers - Shot At The Night *

25 Keane - Somewhere Only We Know ^

27 Justin Bieber - All Bad *

30 Passenger - Let Her Go ^

 

31-40

33 Ellie Goulding - Burn

40 Rudimental/ Emeli Sande - Free *

 

 

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Albums

 

1 Lady Gaga - ARTPOP (56k)*

2 Céline Dion - Loved Me Back To Life (40k) *

3 Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2

4 Little Mix - Salute *

5 Elvis Presley The Nation's Favourite Elvis Songs

 

6-10

6 The Killers - Direct Hits *

7 Alfie Boe - Trust *

8 Cliff Richard - The Fabulous Rock ‘N’ Roll Songbook *

10 The Beatles - On Air - Live At The BBC Volume 2 *

 

11-20

11 Keane - The Best Of *

15 Daniel O’Donnell - A Picture Of You *

17 Russell Watson - Only One Man *

 

21-30

22 Rod Stewart - Merry Christmas Baby

23 Passenger - All The Little Lights

24 Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox

26 Ellie Goulding - Halycon

 

31-40

32 Rod Stewart - Time

37 Michael Buble - Christmas ^

38 Erasure - Snow Globe *

 

 

 

 

NO SALES INFO

It's far from his best single but I'm pleased Robbie's set to make the top ten now, wouldn't quite seem right for him to miss with a lead single. Woo for Ellie getting in the top five too, never thought it would do this well, when I first heard the album I suspected it would be a single but thought it would just go top 20, glad people have connected with it! I know it's for Children in Need but that's hardly a guarantee of success recently.