As expected Kendrick is now #1. Why couldn't he have just stuck to plan? (I can't complain too much, as I just downloaded his album too)

Given the success of Drake's album (debuting at #3) on less than a full week on sale, I think the hype around Kendrick's album could cause an upset for Marina and the Diamonds sadly. Saying that, Marina's album campaign began back in October and with the lack of single success, if the album can't even hit #1 then it's going to reflect badly.

I didn't really ever see Marina as a competitor for the top spot with or without a "hit"

 

Kendrick hasn't got physicals until next week though.

I don't think Kendrick will sell many physicals. It's common for Urban and Hip-Hop acts to sell very well digitally. I'm not sure if he will be #1 officially, and I don't think Marina will be either.

As expected Kendrick is now #1. Why couldn't he have just stuck to plan? (I can't complain too much, as I just downloaded his album too)

Word is that it wasn't at all planned, TDE seemed quite angry about it on Twitter.

I was just put back on preorder in the US, but the clean version is still available.

Something odd it going on then. It's still to buy here? From a first brief listen it's a good album though, really hoping he can do well with this release.

So is there any word as to whether pre-orders are included in the initial update now? I can't believe enough Marina fans bought the album to get it to no 1 in the space of a couple of hours whereas it took Madonna a while to go top 10.

It's blatantly obvious the pre-orders were added on again for Marina :P Why is another matter, they only seem to be applying the new rules to some releases.

 

Hoping Kendrick can make at least the top 5 this week if Drake could go top 3 on 2 days of downloads!

Top 100 update (17/03/2015, 22:00)

 

Earl Sweatshirt's new album is being released in a similar manner to Kendrick's, announced only a couple of weeks before release. I know he isn't a massive name but hip hop in particular seems to be increasingly going down this route (Kanye is doing something similar, stringing us along with no release date but it'll reportedly be out very soon after we find out what that date is). I wouldn't mind seeing this become a major trend across all genres, it certainly makes album releases seem more EXCITING.

 

Madonna EP thing at #23 seems to be a bunch of songs that aren't on her album. I hadn't heard anything about this release.

 

Of Monsters And Men's new album doing remarkably well on pre-orders for a band who had precisely one hit which is now long in the past, have they done some promotion recently? Other pre-orders: 'Now! 90' #102, James Bay standard #152, The Staves #169, All Time Low #172, Florence + The Machine #173 (I'd have expected them to be doing a fair deal better than this TBH...), Blur #175, Shawn Mendes #176, The Vaccines 'English Graffiti' #183, Courtney Barnett 'Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit' #191.

 

1. To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

2. In the Lonely Hour (Deluxe Edition) - Sam Smith

3. Fifty Shades of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Various Artists

4. Chilled - Ministry of Sound - Various Artists

5. FROOT - Marina and The Diamonds

6. Hozier - Hozier

7. Tracker (Deluxe Version) - Mark Knopfler

8. Rebel Heart (Deluxe Version) - Madonna

9. In the Lonely Hour - Sam Smith

10. Chasing Yesterday (Deluxe) - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

11. x (Deluxe Edition) - Ed Sheeran

12. Move On Up: The Very Best of Northern Soul - Various Artists

13. The Immaculate Collection - Madonna

14. 1989 (Deluxe) - Taylor Swift

15. x - Ed Sheeran

16. V - Maroon 5

17. The Greatest Hits - Simply Red

18. + - Ed Sheeran

19. Now That's What I Call Music 89 - Various Artists

20. 1989 - Taylor Swift

21. Royal Blood - Royal Blood

22. All-Time Greatest Hits - Neil Diamond

23. Rebel Heart - EP - Madonna

24. If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake

25. Duets: Re-Working the Catalogue - Van Morrison

26. The Workout Mix 2015 - Various Artists

27. Chaos and the Calm (Deluxe Version) - James Bay

28. Night Visions - Imagine Dragons

29. Drones - Muse

30. Madness (Deluxe Edition) - Sleeping With Sirens

31. The Very Best of Dolly Parton - Dolly Parton

32. Brit Awards 2015 - Various Artists

33. The Balcony - Catfish and the Bottlemen

34. Hold Back the River - EP - James Bay

35. Fan of a Fan the Album (Deluxe Version) - Chris Brown X Tyga

36. Wanted On Voyage - George Ezra

37. V (Deluxe Version) - Maroon 5

38. 1000 Forms of Fear - Sia

39. BBC Radio 1's Dance Anthems 2015 Mixed by Danny Howard - Various Artists

40. Furious 7 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Various Artists

41. A Perfect Contradiction Outsiders' Edition (Deluxe Version) - Paloma Faith

42. The Veronicas - The Veronicas

43. New Eyes - Clean Bandit

44. Caustic Love - Paolo Nutini

45. Halcyon Days - Ellie Goulding

46. Smoke + Mirrors (Deluxe) - Imagine Dragons

47. Fitness Beats 2015 - Various Artists

48. The Nation's Favourite 70s Number Ones - Various Artists

49. Chapter One (Deluxe Version) - Ella Henderson

50. Defected Presents Most Rated Miami 2015 - Various Artists

51. Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Various Artists

52. Wanted On Voyage (Deluxe Version) - George Ezra

53. Lady Sings the Blues - Rebecca Ferguson

54. Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Various Artists

55. Chasing Yesterday - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

56. Beneath the Skin (Deluxe) - Of Monsters and Men

57. Title (Deluxe) - Meghan Trainor

58. St. Patrick's Day Party - 30 Favourite Irish Songs - Various Artists

59. Goon - Tobias Jesso Jr.

60. Feeling Funky - Various Artists

61. No Sound Without Silence - The Script

62. Now That's What I Call Power Ballads - Various Artists

63. Motion - Calvin Harris

64. BBC Introducing Presents..., Vol. 1 - Various Artists

65. The 1975 - The 1975

66. Strangers to Ourselves - Modest Mouse

67. Integrity> - Jme

68. Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson

69. Complete Madness - Madness

70. Celebration (Deluxe Version) - Madonna

71. Wilder Mind (Deluxe Version) - Mumford & Sons

72. Voices - Various Artists

73. Jungle - Jungle

74. Magic: The Collection - Various Artists

75. Legend (Remastered) - Bob Marley & The Wailers

76. Now That's What I Call Running 2014 - Various Artists

77. Back to Front - Lionel Richie

78. The Ultimate Collection - John Denver

79. BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2014 - Various Artists

80. I Don't Like S**t, I Don't Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt - Earl Sweatshirt

81. The Weekender - Ministry of Sound - Various Artists

82. Chapter One - Ella Henderson

83. Running Trax 2015 - Ministry of Sound - Various Artists

84. Time Flies... 1994-2009 - Oasis

85. The Best of Marvin Gaye - Marvin Gaye

86. The Day Is My Enemy - The Prodigy

87. Piece By Piece (Deluxe Version) - Kelly Clarkson

88. 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole

89. Passion: Even So Come (Deluxe Edition/Live) - Passion

90. I Forget Where We Were - Ben Howard

91. Coming Up for Air (Deluxe Album) - Kodaline

92. Bright City - Bright City

93. More Songs About Girls E.P. - Robbie Coles

94. Hozier (Deluxe Version) - Hozier

95. Listen (Deluxe) - David Guetta

96. The 1st Mini Album ‘Ice Cream Cake’ - EP - Red Velvet

97. Now That's What I Call Disney - Various Artists

98. The Playlist - Club Classics - Various Artists

99. Pop Party 14 - Various Artists

100. Never Been Better (Deluxe Edition) - Olly Murs

 

New artist album releases this week

New single EP releases this week

Charting on pre-orders alone

The Madge EP contains the songs from the super deluxe edition of Rebel Heart which isn't on iTunes!

Makes sense releasing albums straight away these days IMO always said this.

 

Don't understand tho why Drake's new album hasn't had any radio 1 playlist support since it was released?

Isn't Florence + the Machine's album out in June? I think being Top 200 on iTunes at this stage is nothing to worry about, especially when they're bound to do a lot of promotion nearer the time (Radio 1's Big Weekend for instance). Even though 'What Kind of Man' made the Top 40, I doubt many people are aware Florence has made a return just yet.

Don't understand tho why Drake's new album hasn't had any radio 1 playlist support since it was released?

 

Because it's not really an album and doesn't have any singles :P

 

Isn't Florence + the Machine's album out in June? I think being Top 200 on iTunes at this stage is nothing to worry about, especially when they're bound to do a lot of promotion nearer the time (Radio 1's Big Weekend for instance). Even though 'What Kind of Man' made the Top 40, I doubt many people are aware Florence has made a return just yet.

 

I suppose you're right, it is still quite a while away from release. Just seems a tad concerning that it was only initially top 100 for a couple of days and has been nowhere near since. Hopefully it will pick up as the release date gets closer.

Because it's not really an album and doesn't have any singles :P

 

 

I've heard Preach a couple of times.

Because it's not really an album and doesn't have any singles :P

I suppose you're right, it is still quite a while away from release. Just seems a tad concerning that it was only initially top 100 for a couple of days and has been nowhere near since. Hopefully it will pick up as the release date gets closer.

 

Yeh Florence will have at least one more single before June if not 2. Just shows you how big James Bay will be next week as his albums been constantly top 100 since Xmas.

 

What was the Drake album then? I'm genuinely confused and haven't really looked it up, I just know it has 16 songs on it. Just thought radio 1 would jump on his new material.

Drake's new release is classed as a mixtape isn't it? Not really sure what a mixtape actually is - if it's as many songs as the Drake release is, I'd class it as an album too or if it were to have 5 tracks, it would be like an EP.

Oh right so each song is mixed into the other, I didn't realise that.

That is not at all what mixtape means :P In the context of hip hop, mixtapes are generally collections of songs released for free and often contain mostly freestyles over instrumentals of existing songs by other artists. They're also not generally promoted. 'If You're Reading This It's Too Late' was released as a paid download so that it 'technically' counts as an album allowing him to be free of his 4-album record deal (at least according to popular rumours) but it is not intended to be the actual follow-up to 'Nothing Was The Same'.

Yeh I know I've heard a few of Dizzee Rascals mixtapes just couldn't describe it as well as yourself Bre :P

Edited March 18, 201510 yr by steve201