Could there be a chance Taylor is number 1 on single sales this week? #4 is pretty high for a song with no streams at all. (oops forgot that Union J didn't have streams either!)

Edited December 7, 201411 yr by FrostytheWallaby

Fantastic discography there for Take That

11 for The Pogues/Kirsty. Had it on Now 10 - on vinyl ha! I think its the only instance of a Christmas song being on a proper Now album?

 

Yes, the only proper one unless you count stuff like 'Stay Another Day' and the cover version of 'The Power Of Love'. I don't, and even less I count the dance remix of 'The Power Of Love' that was on Now 46 in the summer.

03 01 02

 

Take That

These Days

III | 2014

 

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Chart run: 1-3

 

Release date: 23-11-2014

Format: digital single

Label: Polydor

 

Chart sales: 60k+

 

Video here:

 

Biography

Take That are a British pop group that formed in 1990 currently consisting of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, and Mark Owen. The original line-up also featured Jason Orange and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the group's lead singer and primary songwriter. Owen and Williams would provide backing vocals, with Donald and Orange serving primarily as dancers. In total, the group have had 27 top 40 singles and 16 top 5 singles in the United Kingdom alone, 11 of which have reached number 1, as well as having seven number 1 albums. Internationally the band have had 54 number one hits and 35 number-one albums. Robbie Williams left the band in 1995 while the four remaining members completed their world tour and released a final single before splitting up in 1996.

 

After filming a 2005 documentary about the group and releasing a new greatest hits album, a four-piece Take That without Williams officially announced a 2006 reunion tour around the UK, entitled The Ultimate Tour. On 9 May 2006, it was announced that the group were set to record new material together once again; their fourth studio album, Beautiful World, was released in 2006 and was followed up with The Circus, in 2008. The group achieved new success as a four-piece, scoring a string of chart hits across the UK and Europe while taking the number of records sold to 45 million worldwide. Williams rejoined Take That in 2010 for the band's sixth studio album, Progress. It was released on 15 November of that year and became the fastest selling album of the 21st century and the second fastest selling album in British history, whilst also making it the first album of new material to feature Take That's original line-up since their 1995 album, Nobody Else. Since 2011, Take That have set the new record for the fastest selling tour of all time in the UK with Progress Live, beating the previous record set by their Circus Live Tour in 2009, won the BRIT Award for Best British Group, and were named as Amazon's top-selling music artist of all time. In 2012, the band were announced by Forbes as the fifth highest-earning music stars in the world. In the same year, the Official Charts Company revealed the biggest selling singles artists in British music chart history with Take That currently placed at 15th overall, making them the most successful boy band in UK chart history. - Wikipedia

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

1991 38 Promises -1-

1992 47 Once You've Tasted Love -2-

1992 07 It Only Takes A Minute -3-

1992 15 I Found Heaven -4-

1992 07 A Million Love Songs -5-

1992 03 Could It Be Magic -6-

1993 02 Why Can't I Wake Up With You? -1-

1993 01 Pray -2-

1993 01 Relight My Fire (Take That Feat. Lulu) -3-

1993 01 Babe -4-

1994 01 Everything Changes -5-

1994 03 Love Ain't Here Anymore -6-

1994 01 Sure -1-

1995 01 Back For Good -2- MILLION SELLER

1995 01 Never Forget -3-

1996 01 How Deep Is Your Love -1-

2006 01 Patience -1-

2007 01 Shine -2-

2007 17 I'd Wait For Life -3-

2007 02 Rule The World -4- MILLION SELLER

2008 01 Greatest Day -1-

2009 14 Up All Night -2-

2009 09 Said It All -3-

2010 02 The Flood -1-

2011 28 Kidz -2-

2011 52 Happy Now -3-

2011 15 Love Love -4-

2014 01 These Days -1-

 

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over 100k for ed? wow.

 

107,000 copies it sold this week. That's the fastest one week sales for a #2 album of the year so far

Album chart new entries (6-40)

 

9 (new entry) McBusted - "McBusted"

 

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Chart run: 9- (1 week)

 

Top 100 hit singles from this album:

12 Air Guitar

 

Chart history:

2014 09 McBusted

 

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20 (new entry) Il Divo - "A Musical Affair - Live In Japan"

 

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Chart run: 20- (1 week)

 

Top 100 hit singles from this album:

none

 

Chart history:

2004 01 Il Divo

2005 01 Ancora

2006 02 Siempre

2007 32 The Complete Collection

2008 01 The Promise

2011 06 Wicked Game

2012 17 The Greatest Hits

2013 05 A Musical Affair

2014 20 A Musical Affair - Live In Japan

 

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40 (new entry) Kiesza - "Sound Of A Woman"

 

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Chart run: 40- (1 week)

 

Top 100 hit singles from this album:

01 Hideaway

04 Giant In My Heart

30 No Enemiesz

 

Chart history:

2014 40 Sound Of A Woman

 

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Very pleased with a top 40 scrape for Kiesza, considering it's been left until the high sales period of December (and long after the major hype for her died). I'd have expected it to only do about this well even off the back of 'Hideaway' to be honest!

 

Who knew there was such demand for a 'live in Japan' Il Divo album though :lol:

Actually surprised UJ have held into top 2 thought Take That or Taylor may have knocked then down

Why can't they ever get the stats right. 12 number 1s and 7 number 1 albums Radio 1!

WD mums for getting Take That a #1 album :cheer:

 

These Days is quite good, definitely feels weird that this is a #1 single when The Flood and Rule The World only made #2

Solid track from the eternal TT. Just hope they have few more decent Singles charting from the album.

Has Union J flopped at getting the #1 spot yet?

Actually surprised UJ have held into top 2 thought Take That or Taylor may have knocked then down

 

Selling the physical single for 49p in 200+ Morrisons stores really helped them - Think they would have been #3 otherwise

Solid track from the eternal TT. Just hope they have few more decent Singles charting from the album.

 

Get Ready For It could be a good single for them, especially with the exposure of being the closing song on the new film Kingsman

Has Union J flopped at getting the #1 spot yet?

It hasn't been announced but I very much doubt they'll go to #1, Ed's lead on them has been increasing in the midweeks ever since he overtook.

 

Will be interesting as to whether they can get the sales #1 though

Kiesza just scraping it! Should be 39 places higher though.

Phew @ Kiesza making the top forty with 'Sound Of A Woman' :heart:, obviously it deserves to be considerably higher! :cry:

02 00 01

 

Union J

You Got It All

You Got It All - The Album | 2014

 

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Chart Run: 2

 

Release date: 30-11-2014

Format: digital single

Label: Simco Limited

 

Video here (George version, main version not currently available on YouTube):

 

Biography

Union J (originally Triple J) are a British boy band consisting of members Josh Cuthbert, JJ Hamblett, Jaymi Hensley and George Shelley.They were formed in 2011 and originally a trio, consisting of Cuthbert, Hamblett and Hensley then, Shelley was later added to the group in 2012 through the ninth series of British television music competition The X Factor, in which they finished fourth. They subsequently signed a record deal with Sony Music subsidiary RCA Records, and released their debut single "Carry You" in June 2013. Their self-titled debut studio album, Union J, followed in October 2013 and peaked at number six on the UK Albums Chart.

 

In April 2014, Union J left RCA and signed with Epic Records. Their second studio album You Got It All will be released later in 2014. It was preceded by the lead single "Tonight (We Live Forever)" and "You Got It All". - Wikipedia

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2013 06 Carry You -1-

2013 08 Beautiful Life -2-

2014 09 Tonight (We Live Forever) -1-

2014 02 You Got It All -2-

 

Discussion Thread Here

01 04 24

 

Ed Sheeran

Thinking Out Loud

x | 2014

 

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Chart Run: *26-25-29-23-28-20-18-16-13-17-18-24-19-18-17-10-4-2-1-2-2-4-4-1

 

*Chart ineligible for 1 week before allowed to chart

 

Release date: 13-06-2014 / 24-11-2014

Format: instant grat / Vinyl

Label: Warner Music

 

Chart sales: 700k+

 

Video here:

 

Biography

Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. Raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he moved to London in 2008 to pursue a musical career. In early 2011, Sheeran released an independent extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project, which caught the attention of both Elton John and Jamie Foxx. He then signed to Asylum Records. His 2011 debut album, +, containing the singles "The A Team" and "Lego House", was certified quintuple platinum in the United Kingdom. In 2012, he won two BRIT Awards for Best British Male and British Breakthrough. "The A Team" won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.

 

Sheeran began to be known in the United States in 2012. He made a guest appearance on Taylor Swift's fourth studio album, Red, and wrote songs for One Direction. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards and he performed the song in duet with Elton John during the ceremony. He spent much of 2013 touring North America as the opening act for Taylor Swift's Red Tour. His second studio album is titled x, read as "multiply", and is scheduled for worldwide release on 23 June 2014. He was nominated for Best New Artist at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. - Wikipedia

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2011 03 The A Team -1- MILLION SELLER

2011 04 You Need Me, I Don't Need You -2-

2011 09 Drunk -4-

2011 05 Lego House -3-

2012 35 Hush Little Baby (Wretch 32 Feat. Ed Sheeran)

2012 25 Small Bump -5-

2012 34 Wish You Were Here (Ed Sheeran, Richard Jones, Nick Mason, Mike Rutherford & David Arnold)

2012 07 (All Along The) Watchtower (Devlin Feat. Ed Sheeran)

2012 07 Everything Has Changed (Taylor Swift Feat. Ed Sheeran)

2012 18 Give Me Love -6-

2013 13 I See Fire -OST-

2014 18 One -IG1-

2014 01 Sing -1-

2014 08 Don't -IG2/2-

2014 01 Thinking Out Loud -IG5/3-

2014 44 Photograph -IG7-

2014 59 Afire Love -IG3-

2014 49 I'm A Mess -AT-

2014 46 All Of The Stars -OST-

2014 57 Nina -AT-

2014 60 Bloodstream -IG4-

2014 62 Tenerife Sea -AT-

2014 71 Runaway -AT-

2014 38 Make It Rain -OST-

 

Album Discussion Here

> #1 [ from #4]

> ED SHEERAN

> "Thinking Out Loud" [3rd single from "x"]

> 26-25-29-23-28-20-18-16-13-17-18-24-19-18-17-10-4-2-1-2-2-4-4-1-

> 24 weeks top 40

 

> #2 [ NEW ENTRY]

> UNION J

> "You Got It All" [2nd single from "You Got It All - The Album"]

> 2-

> 1 week top 40

 

> #3 [ from #1]

> TAKE THAT

> "These Days" [1st single from "III"]

> 1-3-

> 2 weeks top 40

 

> #4 [ from #8]

> TAYLOR SWIFT

> "Blank Space" [2nd single from "1989"]

> 99-x(1)-11-9-8-4-

> 4 weeks top 40; 5 weeks top 100

 

> #5 [ from #3]

> OLLY MURS feat. TRAVIE MCCOY

> "Wrapped Up" [1st single from "Never Been Better"]

> 3-3-5-

> 3 weeks top 40

 

> #6 [ from #5]

> CLEAN BANDIT and JESS GLYNNE

> "Real Love" [7th single from "New Eyes"]

> 2-5-6-

> 3 weeks top 40

 

> #7 [ NEW ENTRY]

> BLONDE feat. MELISSA STEEL

> "I Loved You" [non-album single]

> 7-

> 1 week top 40

 

> #8 [ from #6]

> ONE DIRECTION

> "Steal My Girl" [1st single from "FOUR"]

> 3-11-7-9-3-6-6-8-

> 8 weeks top 40

 

> #9 [ NON-MOVER]

> DAVID GUETTA feat. SAM MARTIN

> "Dangerous" [4th single from "Listen"]

> 5-9-9-

> 3 weeks top 40

 

> #10 [ from #11]

> CALVIN HARRIS feat. ELLIE GOULDING

> "Outside" [4th single from "Motion"]

> 6-6-10-11-10-

> 5 weeks top 40

 

> #11 [ from #10]

> MEGHAN TRAINOR

> "All About That Bass" [1st single from "Title"]

> 75-67-53-33-1-1-1-1-2-3-5-11-10-11-

> 11 weeks top 40; 14 weeks top 75

 

> #12 [ from #2]

> BAND AID 30

> "Do They Know It's Christmas? (2014)" [non-album single]

> 1-2-12-

> 3 weeks top 40

 

> #13 [ NON-MOVER]

> SAM SMITH

> "Like I Can" [5th single from "In The Lonely Hour"]

> 9-15-13-13-

> 4 weeks top 40

 

> #14 [ NON-MOVER]

> JAMES NEWTON HOWARD

> "The Hanging Tree" [album track from "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I - Original Motion Picture Score"]

> 14-14-

> 2 weeks top 40

 

> #15 [ from #7]

> LABRINTH

> "Jealous" [2nd single from "Take Me To The Truth"]

> 7-15-

> 2 weeks top 40

 

> #16 [ from #77]

> ELLA HENDERSON

> "Yours" [3rd single from "Chapter One"]

> 46-66-77-16-

> 1 week top 40; 3 weeks top 75; 4 weeks top 100

 

> #17 [ from #52]

> MARIAH CAREY

> "All I Want For Christmas Is You" [1st single from "Merry Christmas"]

> 5-2-2-2-8-28-50-x(6)-59-x(662)-78-46-23-8-4-6-20-x(45)-59-45-37-17-12-17-25-x(46)-77-51-29-19-21-18-x(46)-96-48-22-23-25-31-x(46)-...

...-100-64-27-12-11-17-x(46)-88-56-30-20-21-20-55-x(45)-98-68-47-14-12-13-30-x(46)-68-52-17-

> 37 weeks top 40; 51 weeks top 75; 57 weeks top 100

 

> #18 [ from #67]

> THE POGUES feat. KIRSTY MACCOLL

> "Fairytale Of New York" [1st single from "If I Should Fall From Grace With God"]

> 40-19-8-2-2-4-19-39-68-x(1)-82-89-x(198)-64-49-38-36-69-x(728)-3-5-12-41-63-x(44)-46-23-10-6-13-x(46)-81-33-12-8-4-9-x(46)-62-44-19-...

...-13-12-19-91-x(45)-85-58-31-18-18-12-x(45)-91-75-51-27-26-19-17-x(47)-47-23-15-13-13-68-x(45)-91-53-27-15-18-12-32-x(46)-85-53-16-15-...

...-14-24-x(46)-80-67-18-

> 48 weeks top 40; 65 weeks top 75; 74 weeks top 100

 

> #19 [ from #21]

> ONE DIRECTION

> "Night Changes" [2nd single from "FOUR"]

> 54-23-21-19-

> 3 weeks top 40; 4 weeks top 75

 

> #20 [ from #15]

> WRETCH 32

> "6 Words" [3rd single from "Growing Over Life"]

> 8-15-20-

> 3 weeks top 40

 

> #21 [ from #40]

> SIA

> "Chandelier" [1st single from "1000 Forms Of Fear"]

> 6-9-11-16-18-14-20-21-22-25-30-29-30-30-35-36-34-28-22-33-37-40-21-

> 23 weeks top 40

 

> #22 [ from #17]

> SAM SMITH

> "I'm Not The Only One" [4th single from "In The Lonely Hour"]

> 93-x(9)-69-40-17-9-5-3-6-6-9-12-12-10-10-10-10-17-17-22-

> 17 weeks top 40; 18 weeks top 75; 19 weeks top 100

 

> #23 [ from #19]

> TOM ODELL

> "Real Love" [non-album single]

> 21-7-14-19-23-

> 5 weeks top 40

 

> #24 [ from #27]

> GEORGE EZRA

> "Blame It On Me" [4th single from "Wanted On Voyage"]

> 56-61-43-27-20-10-7-6-9-13-12-12-16-21-28-27-24-

> 14 weeks top 40; 17 weeks top 75

 

> #25 [ from #16]

> JESSIE J, ARIANA GRANDE and NICKI MINAJ

> "Bang Bang" [1st single from "Sweet Talker"]

> 1-2-2-5-4-4-7-13-16-16-25-

> 11 weeks top 40

 

> #26 [ from #25]

> IDINA MENZEL

> "Let It Go" [1st single from "Frozen - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack"]

> 67-67-57-44-36-31-22-20-20-23-18-31-22-31-30-27-17-11-15-13-11-11-12-13-13-15-19-21-21-21-25-25-27-30-28-29-32-36-44-51-54-60-...

...-53-48-54-54-36-42-28-19-25-26-

> 39 weeks top 40; 52 weeks top 75

 

> #27 [ from #32]

> HOZIER

> "Take Me To Church" [3rd single from "Hozier"]

> 79-86-49-49-35-28-26-32-31-33-34-34-25-31-32-27-

> 12 weeks top 40; 14 weeks top 75; 16 weeks top 100

 

> #28 [ from #29]

> SAM SMITH

> "Stay With Me" [3rd single from "In The Lonely Hour"]

> 1-2-2-4-5-6-7-10-10-13-16-13-13-16-15-16-15-12-16-23-27-23-15-17-18-16-21-29-28

> 29 weeks top 40

 

> #29 [ from #37]

> GEORGE EZRA

> "Budapest" [3rd single from "Wanted On Voyage"]

> 72-x(3)-94-x(6)-68-x(20)-4-5-3-5-5-4-6-5-6-7-13-17-19-11-12-10-15-18-17-16-19-22-29-37-29-

> 25 weeks top 40; 27 weeks top 75; 28 weeks top 100

 

> #30 [ from #28]

> ED SHEERAN

> "Don't" [2nd single from "x"]

> 19-17-22-26-38-35-23-11-8-8-13-17-16-22-25-31-28-22-14-20-26-30-28-30-

> 24 weeks top 40

 

> #31 [ from #20]

> CALVIN HARRIS feat. JOHN NEWMAN

> "Blame" [3rd single from "Motion"]

> 1-2-4-5-6-8-7-9-11-15-20-20-31-

> 13 weeks top 40

 

> #32 [ from #26]

> TAYLOR SWIFT

> "Shake It Off" [1st single from "1989"]

> 4-4-6-4-5-3-3-4-2-5-3-5-12-18-26-32-

> 16 weeks top 40

 

> #33 [ from #18]

> JAMES BAY

> "Hold Back The River" [2nd (?) single from TBA debut album]

> 18-33-

> 2 weeks top 40

 

> #34 [ from #31]

> JOHN LEGEND

> "All Of Me" [3rd single from "Love In The Future"]

> 72-28-29-9-8-6-3-5-2-4-4-4-5-4-3-6-6-5-10-10-9-11-13-14-20-19-17-15-19-19-24-23-22-23-29-18-22-23-26-4-14-22-31-34-

> 43 weeks top 40; 44 weeks top 75

 

> #35 [ NON-MOVER]

> MAROON 5

> "Animals" [2nd single from "V"]

> 86-x(3)-67-63-60-32-27-31-35-34-35-35-

> 7 weeks top 40; 10 weeks top 75; 11 weeks top 100

 

> #36 [ from #36]

> YEARS & YEARS

> "Desire" [4th (?) single from TBA debut album]

> 22-36-

> 2 weeks top 40

 

> #37 [ from #23]

> CHERYL

> "I Don't Care" [2nd single from "Only Human"]

> 1-4-13-23-37-

> 5 weeks top 40

 

> #38 [ NEW ENTRY]

> ED SHEERAN

> "Make It Rain" [non-album single]

> 38-

> 1 week top 40

 

> #39 [ from #86]

> WHAM!

> "Last Christmas" [non-album single]

> 2-2-2-2-2-3-8-11-21-33-38-51-67-x(39)-32-10-6-6-14-36-68-x(45)-85-63-47-45-71-x(1090)-50-23-14-16-40-x(47)-67-36-26-27-45-x(48)-53-...

...-39-41-34-x(48)-57-53-56-61-x(48)-55-26-28-34-x(48)-55-34-41-35-87-x(47)-91-44-40-36-68-x(47)-86-39-

> 34 weeks top 40; 55 weeks top 75; 59 weeks top 100

 

> #40 [ from #36]

> BEYONCÉ

> "7/11" [5th single from "BEYONCÉ"]

> 36-40-

> 2 weeks top 40

 

WD Ed. Poor Union J (especially if they're #1 on sales) but honestly #2 is a really fantastic performance for them after everyone wrote them off after their last single!

Dire top 3, I'm switching off - only stuck around to listen to Take That for the first time.