Single & Album Summary

 

Lily Allen looks set to climb to #1 with 'Somewhere Only We Know' with her long awaited proper new single 'Hard Out Here' hopefully featuring inside the top 10 unless Gary Barlow or Bastille throw a spanner in the works with a late surge with their respectable new singles 'Let Me Go' and 'Of The Night. The latter is a mash-up of 90’s pure dance classics of ‘Rhythm Of The Night’ by Corona and ‘Rhythm Is A Dancer’ by SNAP!. With further new single releases from JLS, Boyzone, and a another pointless track from Justin Bieber feat. R. Kelly.

 

The top 2 albums will probably consist of Robbie Williams and Jake Bugg, with Lady Gaga down to #3 or #4. Further new album releases from Daughtry, JLS, Gabrielle, Gareth Malone, and Five Finger Death Punch, plus the new compilation album NOW 86.

 

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Midweek Charts: Robbie swinging to No 1

Source: MW

by Paul Williams

 

Robbie Williams is heading for his 11th UK No 1 artist album, while his erstwhile Take That colleague Gary Barlow is locked in the year's closest singles chart battle.

 

Williams' new Island set Swing Both Ways is currenty oustelling its three closest rivals combined, according to Official Charts Company data, and has a lead of nearly 40,000 sales over EMI act Jake Bugg's Shangri-La in second place.

 

If, as expected, Swing Both Ways does make it to No 1 this Sunday it will put him equal with Elvis Presley and The Roling Stones with 11 No 1s and only behind The Beatles (15) and Madonna (12). It would also make it the 1,000th release to top the main UK albums chart.

 

However, Gary Barlow, who features as a co-writer on the Deluxe Edition of Swing Both Ways, is facing a tougher job to score a No 1 on the singles chart. At present his new Polydor release Let Me Go, which he performed on The X Factor last Sunday, finds itself just 15 sales behind Virgin act Bastille's brand new track Of The Night at No 1 in the midweeks. Of The Night is taken from an extended version of the band's debut album All This Bad Blood, which is out next week, and is looking to beat their singles chart peak of 2 achieved by Pompeii.

 

Let Me Go, meanwhile, is taken from Barlow's his Novemebr 25-issued new solo album Since I Saw You Last - his first in 14 years - and is aiming to become his third solo No 1 in all following Forever Love (1996) and Love Won't Wait (1997), while Sing with the Commonwealth Band also topped the chart in 2012.

 

Back on artist albums and JLS are looking to say goodbye with another Top 10 album. The soon-to-split RCA act's Goodbye - The Greatest Hits is new at 4 in the midweeks with their four studio sets having peaked at 1, 2, 2 and 3 respectively.

 

Eminem's set The Marshall Mathers LP 2 drops 2-3 in the week to date, but is holding up a lot better than his Interscope/Polydor colleague Lady Gaga's Artpop. After debuting at No 1 last Sunday, it now drops to 9 with sales sinking by 84% on the week.

 

Also in the Top 10, Celine Dion's Columbia album Loved Me Back To Life is down 3-5 as RCA's Elvis Presley retrospective The Nation's Favourite Elvis Songs drops a place to 6. Little Mix's second Syco album Salute is down to 7 after entering at No 4 last weekend, while the Decca-issued Music Of The Night by Andre Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra climbs 11-8 and James Arthur's self-titled Syco debut is down 9-10.

 

After an X Factor performance, RCA act Miley Cyrus races 32-20 wih Bangerz as weekly sales improve 84%, while other new arrivals include Decca act Gareth Malone's Voices at No 21, Daughtry's Decca set Baptized at 24, Five Finger Death Punch's The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell on the Eleven Seven label at 28 and Gabrielle's Island debut Now And Always - 20 Years Of Dreaming at 37.

 

On singles Bastille and Gary Barlow could be joined by two Lily Allen singles in the Top 10. As her John Lewis TV ad campaign theme Somewhere Only We Know drops 2-3 it is joined by fellow Parlophone single Hard Out Here, which is brand new at 7 in the week to date. Between them, Polydor act Ellie Goulding's How Long Will I Love You is down 3-4, Martin Garrix's Positiva/Virgin single Animals drops 1-5 and Eminem's Intersccope/Polydor single The Monster with Rihanna falls 4-6.

 

Defected/Ministry of Sound act Storm Queen's former No 1 Look Right Through drops 6-8, while Little Mix's Move slips 5-9 and their Syco colleagues One Direction's Story Of My Life is down 8-10.

 

As their best of heads for the Top 10, RCA act JLS's single Billion Lights debuts at 14 in the midweeks and Def Jam/Virgin EMI's Justin Bieber continues his new single every week with PYD with R Kelly new at 17 in the week to date.

 

 

Wednesday Update Top 40 Only

Source: Radio 1/OCC

 

Top 40 Singles

 

1 Bastille - Of The Night * (45,9k 15 sales ahead)

2 Gary Barlow - Let Me Go * (45,9k)

3 Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know (43,4k)

4 Ellie Goulding - How Long Will I Love You (32,9k)

5 Martin Garrix - Animals (22,7k)

 

6-10

7 Lily Allen - Hard Out Here *

 

11-20

14 JLS - Billion Lights *

17 Justin Bieber feat. R. Kelly - PYD *

18 Ellie Goulding - Burn

20 Ylvis - The Fox

 

21-30

21 Avicii - Wake Me Up

28 Rudimental feat. Emeli Sandé - Free

 

31-40

34 AWOLNATION - Sail ^

35 Jason Derulo/2 Chainz - Talk Dirty

36 Eminem - Berzerk ^

39 Boyzone - Love Will Save The Day *

 

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/updatesingles/print

 

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/g...-the-year-2624/

 

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Top 40 Albums

 

1 Robbie Williams - Swings Both Ways * (63,2k)

2 Jake Bugg - Shangri La * (23,9k)

3 Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (17,7k)

4 JLS - Goodbye: The Greatest Hits * (15,1k)

5 Céline Dion - Loved Me Back To Life * (12,5k)

 

6-10

7 Little Mix - Salute

8 Andre Rieu - Music Of The Night

9 Lady Gaga - Artpop

 

11-20

14 The Killers - Direct Hits

15 Ellie Goulding - Halcyon

18 Michael Bublé - Christmas

20 Miley Cyrus - Bangerz

 

21-30

21 Gareth Malone - Voices *

22 Rod Stewart - Merry Christmas Baby

24 Daughtry - Baptized *

28 Five Finger Death Punch - The Right Side Of Heaven/The Righteous Side Of Hell Vol. 2 *

30 Kings Of Leon - Mechanical Bull

 

31-40

31 One Direction - Up All Night

37 Gabrielle - Now And Always – 20 Years Of Dreaming *

 

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/updatealbums/print

 

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/r...-number-1-2623/

Midweek Charts update: Lily Allen overtakes Bastille and Barlow

Source: MW

by Paul Williams

 

Lilly Allen has pushed ahead of early front runners Bastille and Gary Barlow on her way to a possible third UK No 1 single on Sunday.

 

At the end of play on Wednesday it looked like either Virgin act Bastille's Of The Night and Polydor's Gary Barlow with Let Me Go would debut at the top this weekend with just 15 sales separating them, according to the Offciial Charts Company. But Allen has transformed the race with the Parlophone-issued Somewhere Only We Know now ahead of previous leaders Bastille, albeit by fewer than 200 sales up to the end of business on Thursday.

 

If it does make it Somewhere Only We Know, the soundtrack to John Lewis's TV Christmas campaign, would give Allen a third UK No 1 single after 2006's Smile and The Fear in 2008. It would also be the first No 1 single penned by Keane and the first for Parlophone since it was acquired by Warner. Allen and Parlophone are aso on course for a second Top 10 hit this week with her Hard Out Here new at 8 in the midweeks.

 

Below Allen, Bastille are now at No 2 in the week to date and Barlow at 3, while Polydor act Ellie Goulding slips 3-4 with How Long Will I Love You and Eminem's Interscope/Polydor single The Monster featuring Rihanna loses a place to 5.

 

On artist albums Robbie Williams' new Island set Swing Both Ways will on Friday surpass the total first-week sales of its 2012 predecessor Take The Crown on its way to debuting at No 1. It surpassed 80,000 sales on Thursday, around 50,000 more than its closest rival, EMI act Jake Bugg's Shangri-La, new in second place. Eminem's Interscope/Polydor-issued The Marshall Mathers LP 2 drops 2-3 and Celine Dion's Columbia-handled Loved Me Back To Life 3-4, while RCA act JLS's farewell Goodbye - The Greatest Hits is new at 5.

 

On compilations Universal and Sony's newly-issued Now! 86 is on the verge of surpassing 200,000 sales and continues to outsell the market's 50 other leading titles combined.

 

 

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Friday Update Top 40 Only

 

 

Singles

 

1 Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know (60,7k - 200 copies ahead)

2 Bastille - Of The Night * (60,5k)

3 Gary Barlow - Let Me Go * (58,5k)

4 Ellie Goulding - How Long Will I Love You (47,2k)

5 Eminem feat. Rihanna - The Monster (33,5k)

 

6-10

8 Lily Allen - Hard Out Here *

 

11-20

14 Katy Perry - Roar

16 JLS - Billion Lights *

18 Ellie Goulding - Burn

19 Avicii - Wake Me Up

20 Ylvis - The Fox

 

21-30

23 Justin Bieber feat. R. Kelly - PYD *

28 Rudimental feat. Emeli Sandé - Free

29 Jason Derulo feat. 2 Chainz – Talk Dirty

 

31-40

31 AWOLNATION - Sail ^

36 Eminem - Berzerk ^

37 Dizzee Rascal feat. Teddy Sky

38 Avicii - Hey Brother *

 

 

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Albums

 

1 Robbie Williams - Swings Both Ways * (82,8k)

2 Jake Bugg - Shangri La * (31,5k)

3 Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (27,9k)

4 Céline Dion - Loved Me Back To Life * (19,4k)

5 JLS - Goodbye: The Greatest Hits * (19,3k)

 

6-10

7 Andre Rieu - Music Of The Night

 

11-20

17 Michael Bublé - Christmas

18 Ellie Goulding - Halycon

20 Rod Stewart - Merry Christmas Baby

 

21-30

21 Miley Cyrus - Bangerz

22 Gareth Malone - Voices *

29 One Direction - Up All Night

30 Kings Of Leon - Mechanical Bull

 

31-40

31 Daughtry - Baptized *

34 One Direction - Take Me Home

35 Five Finger Death Punch - The Right Side Of Heaven/The Righteous Side Of Hell Vol. 2 *

 

 

 

Presumably the new 1D track 'Diana' (currently #1 on iTunes) won't be chart eligible?

Presumably the new 1D track 'Diana' (currently #1 on iTunes) won't be chart eligible?

 

It won't chart in the official chart its the same as the Eminem and Lady Gaga tracks situation.

Think Gaga will fall further than #3 or #4, Celine was outselling it for the 2nd half of last week. Wouldn't be surprised to see Gareth Malone in the top 5 given the time of year.

Aston ‏@AstonMerrygold 37s

Greatest hits is currently looking like a #4 in the midweeks so far you're doing amazing for us #love

Official Charts ‏@officialcharts 23s

 

#News: @robbiewilliams' edges ahead of @JakeBugg and @JLSOfficial in the race to the UK's 1000th #Number1 album: http://goo.gl/6dssYm

 

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/r...r-1-album-2620/

 

Robbie Williams’ Swings Both Ways is edging ahead of Jake Bugg and JLS in the battle to become the UK’s 1000th Official Number 1 album.

 

According to the Official Charts Company’s latest sales data, Robbie Williams is leading the race to become the UK’s 1000th Number 1 album this weekend. After 24 hours on sale, the 39-year-old’s new album, Swings Both Ways, is ahead of its closest rivals, Jake Bugg’s Shangri La and JLS's greatest hits collection, Goodbye.

 

Should Robbie maintain his lead through to Sunday, Swings Both Ways will become the 1000th album to top the UK’s Official Albums Chart in its 57-and-a-half year history. It will also become Robbie’s 11th solo album to reach Number 1, which would equal Elvis Presley’s tally of UK Number 1 albums. Elvis scored the UK’s 1000th Official Number 1 single in 2005 with the double A-side One Night/I Got Stung which was re-released to celebrate what would have been his 70th birthday year.

 

“The race is on – and it is fitting that Robbie Williams is in the lead to become the 1000th Official Number 1 Album,” comments Martin Talbot, the Official Charts Company’s Chief Executive. “His new album Swings Both Ways echoes the very first Number 1 album, Frank Sinatra’s Songs For Swingin’ Lovers – and Robbie is a genuine legend of the Official Albums Chart.

 

“But there is a way to go until the winner passes the finish line and is unveiled this Sunday, it is by no means over yet,” he adds.

 

Swings Both Ways is Robbie’s second swing album. He previously topped the Official Albums Chart in December 2001 with Swing When You’re Winning (which included the Number 1 single Something Stupid FT Nicole Kidman).

 

The very first Number 1 album back in July 1956 was Frank Sinatra’s classic Songs For Swingin’ Lovers – in the chart compiled and published in Record Mirror magazine. In the three and half years after the chart was launched in July 1956, 17 albums hit Number 1 during the 1950s. In turn, 56 albums topped the album chart in the 1960s, 147 did so in the 1970s, 182 in the 1980s, 215 in the 1990s and 269 in the 2000s. The 1000th Number 1 of all time will be the 114th of this decade.

 

Tune into BBC Radio 1’s Official Chart Show with Jameela Jamil this Sunday (November 24) from 4pm to see if Robbie manages to score the UK’s 1000th Official Number 1 album. Log on to www.officialcharts.com on Sunday at 7pm, which is the only place to find the Official Albums Chart Top 100 in full.

 

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Note on the above link, there are some interesting chart stats.

One Direction's album leaked :o HA

 

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a53...campaign=twdsuk

One Direction's album leaked :o HA

 

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a53...campaign=twdsuk

 

30 HOURS ago?

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/r...r-1-album-2620/

 

Robbie Williams’ Swings Both Ways is edging ahead of Jake Bugg and JLS in the battle to become the UK’s 1000th Official Number 1 album.

 

According to the Official Charts Company’s latest sales data, Robbie Williams is leading the race to become the UK’s 1000th Number 1 album this weekend. After 24 hours on sale, the 39-year-old’s new album, Swings Both Ways, is ahead of its closest rivals, Jake Bugg’s Shangri La and JLS's greatest hits collection, Goodbye.

 

Should Robbie maintain his lead through to Sunday, Swings Both Ways will become the 1000th album to top the UK’s Official Albums Chart in its 57-and-a-half year history. It will also become Robbie’s 11th solo album to reach Number 1, which would equal Elvis Presley’s tally of UK Number 1 albums. Elvis scored the UK’s 1000th Official Number 1 single in 2005 with the double A-side One Night/I Got Stung which was re-released to celebrate what would have been his 70th birthday year.

 

“The race is on – and it is fitting that Robbie Williams is in the lead to become the 1000th Official Number 1 Album,” comments Martin Talbot, the Official Charts Company’s Chief Executive. “His new album Swings Both Ways echoes the very first Number 1 album, Frank Sinatra’s Songs For Swingin’ Lovers – and Robbie is a genuine legend of the Official Albums Chart.

 

“But there is a way to go until the winner passes the finish line and is unveiled this Sunday, it is by no means over yet,” he adds.

 

Swings Both Ways is Robbie’s second swing album. He previously topped the Official Albums Chart in December 2001 with Swing When You’re Winning (which included the Number 1 single Something Stupid FT Nicole Kidman).

 

The very first Number 1 album back in July 1956 was Frank Sinatra’s classic Songs For Swingin’ Lovers – in the chart compiled and published in Record Mirror magazine. In the three and half years after the chart was launched in July 1956, 17 albums hit Number 1 during the 1950s. In turn, 56 albums topped the album chart in the 1960s, 147 did so in the 1970s, 182 in the 1980s, 215 in the 1990s and 269 in the 2000s. The 1000th Number 1 of all time will be the 114th of this decade.

 

Tune into BBC Radio 1’s Official Chart Show with Jameela Jamil this Sunday (November 24) from 4pm to see if Robbie manages to score the UK’s 1000th Official Number 1 album. Log on to www.officialcharts.com on Sunday at 7pm, which is the only place to find the Official Albums Chart Top 100 in full.

 

Jake Bugg is much better... sad.

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/r...r-1-album-2620/

 

“But there is a way to go until the winner passes the finish line and is unveiled this Sunday, it is by no means over yet,” he adds.

 

Was this just said to generate further interest? Considering Robbie is doing better than Jake even in all download sites it shouldn't be that close, right?

If they end up back to back this could only mean low sales for Robbie and very high for Jake. :unsure: I cannot see Robbie doing anything less than 'Take The Crown'.

Jake Bugg is much better... sad.

 

I don't understand why Jake released his album this week. I know album sales are usually higher in this quarter and with Xmas not far away but it's normally pop acts that sell better as people are starting to buy their presents and unfortunately I don't think many people will be asking for the new Jake Bugg album :rolleyes:

yeah it seems very quick for Jake to return the record company must want to build on the momentum.

 

Robbie musnt be doing great if hes just ahead, prob wont break 100k in sales then!

where is gabrielle?

where is gabrielle?

 

Her new single is not out until 23rd December, however considering 'Home' missed the top 40 I wouldn't expect much from it.

Her new single is not out until 23rd December, however considering 'Home' missed the top 40 I wouldn't expect much from it.

 

Think he means eye patch woman who has a GH out this week :P

I don't understand why Jake released his album this week. I know album sales are usually higher in this quarter and with Xmas not far away but it's normally pop acts that sell better as people are starting to buy their presents and unfortunately I don't think many people will be asking for the new Jake Bugg album :rolleyes:

 

 

I asked for the new Jake Bugg album ^_^

It won't chart in the official chart its the same as the Eminem and Lady Gaga tracks situation.

 

Is it just me, or would anyone else refuse to buy instant grat tracks because you *know* they won't chart?

 

[sorry, that's a bit OT]

If anyone has any info on Little Queens then please post! Hoping they can stay top 15 in the albums chart!