by the way I just realised if it weren't for 1D instant grats Becky Hill would be top 40 in the sales chart :(

LOL at streaming gifting Sam Smith two top ten hits on the same week at the expense of Taylor Swift in both cases. Shouldn't have removed 1989 from Spotify...

 

-_- 'Shake It Off' and 'Blank Space' are infinitely superior to the Sam Smith songs, how very annoying.

It has just occurred to me that the Gareth Malone monstrosity is my birthday #1. :manson:

 

You'll always remember your 18th birthday with this smash. ^_^

Blank Space might find it hard to break the top 10 without streaming now....

Blank Space might find it hard to break the top 10 without streaming now....

 

No way. It's been shunted down a bit on iTunes by all the new releases but it barely has any airplay yet and nearly got to #1 on iTunes based on just the video premiere, I'm pretty certain that it'll be a #1 contender in a few weeks (maybe could get there in the new year).

I think at best it'll have a I Knew You Were Trouble Like run, can't see it ever genuinely challenging for #1 with zero streaming points.

It's probably the best bet for a sales #1 that doesn't get there overall (in the near future anyway).

Sam Smith is doing so well, 3 singles within the top 20 and a 4th further down the chart and all from a huge selling album. I like all his singles apart from the awful money on my mind.Poor Paloma though, really wanted the new single to do more.

9 N 1 Sam Smith Like I Can

10 10 16 Sam Smith I'm Not The Only One (15wks T75)

 

11 R 2 Taylor Swift Blank Space (1wk T75 (NE))

12 5 13 Taylor Swift Shake It Off

 

21 16 14 George Ezra Blame It On Me

22 19 25 George Ezra Budapest (24wks T75)

Quite amusing to see three different artists with back to back singles in the Top 30 :)

Edited November 17, 201411 yr by Mango

There was a (unsuccessful) campaign to get Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine back in the Top 40 with 'The Only Living Boy in New Cross' last week - did they get to the Top 200 in the end?

There was a (unsuccessful) campaign to get Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine back in the Top 40 with 'The Only Living Boy in New Cross' last week - did they get to the Top 200 in the end?

 

Nope. Not Top 200. I tried the Indie and Rock/Alternative charts where below the T5 in those charts you can see entries from 200-1000, but it isn't even there. : (

Thanks Doctor Blind - wow, just goes to show you how well things are selling naturally and that the day of the chart campaign is pretty much over. Oh well, I wasted 79p buying it again! Worth it though...

Not sure about the end of the chart campaign, but it certainly needs to be more publicised than the Carter USM one (I for one had no idea there was a campaign for it) an probably also needs to have a reason for it to be in a certain week. "Ding Dong..." certainly worked as a campaign thing not that long ago...

The reason was that this weekend sees their last ever gigs - Saturday at Brixton Academy is the last. The campaign didn't really get much further than an e-mail to the fans list by their manager though.

 

I reckon chart campaigns will only ever work if the media get hold of it, or if it's tied to a huge group (e.g. supporters of a big football club). The only reason the media have for getting hold of a campaign usually is because it's in pretty poor taste. c.f. Ding Dong.

 

Mind you, they did get Altern 8 in to 33 in the Christmas chart last year - not entirely sure how they managed that one!

Singles:

 

New entries ([#] = number of chart singles for artist(s) in order listed):

#1 Gareth Malone's All Star Choir - Wake Me Up [1^[A]]

#8 The Veronicas - You Ruin Me [3]

#9 Sam Smith - Like I Can [9^[B]]

#20 Kendrick Lamar - i [8]

#45 One Direction - 18 [21^[C]]

#46 Ella Henderson - Yours [3]

#47 One Direction - Where Do Broken Hearts Go [22^[C]]

#54 One Direction - Night Changes [23^[C]]

#56 Becky Hill - Losing [3]

#65 One Direction - Girl Almighty [24^[C]]

#68 Paloma Faith - Ready For The Good Life [12^[D]]

#74 One Direction - Fool's Gold [25^[C]]

#77 George Ezra - Listen To The Man [4]

 

Re-entries:

#11 Taylor Swift - Blank Space [music video premiere]

#39 Brian Wilson and Various Artists - God Only Knows [promoted on Children In Need telethon]

#73 Foo Fighters - Something From Nothing [release of album 'Sonic Highways']

#86 Andrew W.K. - Party Hard [used in an advert for Android]

#94 Rixton - Me And My Broken Heart

#98 Ellie Goulding - How Long Will I Love You [possibly boosted by Children In Need?]

 

New peaks within the top 100:

#7 Tom Odell - Real Love [from #21; first full week of availability]

#11 Taylor Swift - Blank Space [from #99; see above]

#25 Hozier - Take Me To Church [from #26]

#57 Ariana Grande and The Weeknd - Love Me Harder [from #66]

#73 Foo Fighters - Something From Nothing [from #84; see above]

 

Dropping out (* = for the first time since entering):

#57 The 1975 - Medicine *

#62 Ben Howard - I Forget Where We Were

#65 Krishane feat. Melissa Steel - Drunk And Incapable *

#67 Watermät - Bullit *

#70 The Magician feat. Years & Years - Sunlight *

#73 Milky Chance - Stolen Dance *

#74 John Legend - Ordinary People

#78 James Blunt - When I Find Love Again *

#83 Fuse ODG feat. Sean Paul - Dangerous Love

#91 Sigma - Nobody To Love

#92 Ed Sheeran - I'm A Mess

#93 Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne and Tyga - Loyal *

#94 Milky Chance - Down By The River *

#95 Ed Sheeran - Lego House

#96 Labrinth - Let It Be *

#97 Ed Sheeran - Tenerife Sea

#98 Jessie Ware - Say You Love Me *

#99 5 Seconds Of Summer - Amnesia

#100 Mary J Blige - Right Now *

 

Artists reaching new career peaks this week:

Gareth Malone's All Star Choir [**-1]

Hozier [26-25]

Tom Odell [10-7]

 

Albums:

 

New entries ([#] = number of chart albums for artist(s) in order listed):

#1 Pink Floyd - The Endless River [23]

#2 Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways [10]

#5 Queen - Queen Forever [30^[E]]

#7 Cheryl - Only Human [4^[F]]

#12 Rumer - Into Colour [3]

#17 Donny Osmond - The Soundtrack Of My Life [12^[G]]

#18 Machine Head - Bloodstone & Diamonds [7]

#23 Garth Brooks - Man Against Machine [8]

#31 Neil Diamond - All-Time Greatest Hits [44] ^[H]

#33 Whitney Houston - Live - Her Greatest Performances / The Ultimate Collection [12] ^[I]

#38 Röyksopp - The Inevitable End [6]

#66 Whitney Houston - Live - Her Greatest Performances [13]

#72 Hookworms - The Hum [1]

#94 Tim Wheeler - Lost Domain [1^[J]]

 

Re-entries:

#19 Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits [99p on Google Play / release of new album 'Sonic Highways']

#37 James Blunt - Moon Landing [re-released]

#46 Bryan Adams - Reckless [re-released]

#49 Queen - The Platinum Collection - Greatest Hits I II & III [airing of 'The Nation's Favourite Queen Song']

#54 Queen - Greatest Hits [airing of 'The Nation's Favourite Queen Song']

#81 AC/DC - Back In Black [anticipation for new album 'Rock Or Bust']

#86 Tom Odell - Long Way Down [boosted by success of new single 'Real Love' / John Lewis advert]

#88 Emeli Sandé - Our Version Of Events

#89 AC/DC - Iron Man 2 [anticipation for new album 'Rock Or Bust']

#92 Pink Floyd - The Division Bell [release of new album 'The Endless River']

#95 Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair [re-released]

 

New peaks within the top 100:

none

 

Dropping out (* = for the first time since entering):

#49 Wings - Venus And Mars

#57 John Rutter - The John Rutter Songbook *

#60 Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy

#62 Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste *

#64 Wings - Wings At The Speed Of Sound

#67 Young Fathers - Dead *

#69 Wiley - Snakes & Ladders *

#71 Imagine Dragons - Night Visions *

#72 Yusuf - Tell 'Em I'm Gone *

#73 Black Veil Brides - Black Veil Brides *

#78 Counting Crows - Somewhere Under Wonderland

#81 Chris Brown - X *

#83 Eminem - Curtain Call - The Hits

#84 The Flaming Lips - With A Little Help From My Fwends *

#87 Gregory Porter - Liquid Spirit

#88 Mallory Knox - Asymmetry *

#89 Bon Jovi - Greatest Hits

#90 Lady Antebellum - 747 *

#91 Foster & Allen - Gold & Silver Days *

#92 Angel - Possession With Intent *

#93 Cilla Black - The Very Best Of

#94 Stephen Schwartz - Wicked - Original Broadway Cast Recording

#96 The XCERTS - There Is Only You *

#97 Il Divo - The Greatest Hits

#100 Jessie Ware - Tough Love *

 

Artists reaching new career peaks this week:

Hookworms [**-72]

Tim Wheeler [**-94] ^[K]

 

Longest running entries (with an unbroken top 100 run since entering for the first time):

 

Singles:

1 90wks Bastille - Pompeii

2 67wks OneRepublic - Counting Stars

3 51wks Pharrell - Happy

4 49wks Idina Menzel - Let It Go

5 43wks Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne - Rather Be

6 41wks John Legend - All Of Me

7 39wks Sam Smith - Money On My Mind

8 32wks Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX - Fancy

9 31wks Kiesza - Hideaway

=10 30wks Mr Probz - Waves

=10 30wks Paloma Faith - Only Love Can Hurt Like This

 

Dropping out:

Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne and Tyga - Loyal [from #8]

 

Albums:

1 110wks Ellie Goulding - Halcyon

2 63wks The 1975 - The 1975

=3 62wks Arctic Monkeys - AM

=3 62wks London Grammar - If You Wait

5 37wks Pharrell - G I R L

6 36wks Paloma Faith - A Perfect Contradiction

=7 31wks Paolo Nutini - Caustic Love

=7 31wks The Vamps - Meet The Vamps

9 26wks Coldplay - Ghost Stories

10 25wks Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour

 

Dropping out:

Imagine Dragons - Night Visions [from #2]

 

Notes:

^[A] Gareth Malone has also had 1 hit as a solo artist

^[B] +1 as a member of Various Artists [God Only Knows]

^[C] +1 as part of Various Artists [God Only Knows]; +1 as part of The X Factor Finalists 2010

^[D] +1 as a member of The Justice Collective; +1 as a member of Various Artists [God Only Knows]

^[E] +2 as part of Queen + Paul Rodgers

^[F] +9 as a member of Girls Aloud

^[G] +10 as a member of The Osmonds; +4 as a member of Donny & Marie Osmond

^[H] Charting for the first time due to the airing of an ITV special

^[I] Charting separately to the standalone 'Live - Her Greatest Performances' album due to being bundled with another separately available album

^[J] +7 as a member of Ash

^[K] As a solo artist