I personally don't think her performance at The Brits did her any favours.

I don't think its the leaks at all. I think we just have to face the fact that outside her core 20k fan base there is little to no interest in the music she now makes.

 

I really hope Ghosttown can have some crossover and spark some interest but I doubt it.

 

 

I refuse to believe that.

 

This album leaked three times. To say that had no effect would be untrue.

 

 

It is what it is. Of course the leaks will have cost her some sales, but in truth we will never know to what extent they affected the album's success. We know she isn't the sales juggernaut she once was, but that doesn't mean she can't or won't continue to make music, which is surely what really matters.

 

I hope she can hold onto No.1 and I hope Ghosttown will reach more people and keep the album selling - it deserves to outsell both Hardy Candy and MDNA - but at the end of the day what's important to me is I really like (most of) the album.

I personally don't think her performance at The Brits did her any favours.

 

Really? I don't think 'Living For Love' would have made the top 40 without that whirlwind publicity at any rate.

Really? I don't think 'Living For Love' would have made the top 40 without that whirlwind publicity at any rate.

But it wasn't great publicity, let's be honest.

But it wasn't great publicity, let's be honest.

 

 

(Virtually) all publicity is good publicity.

 

I'm sure the Brits saga did her more good than bad in terms of sales of the single and album.

 

But it wasn't great publicity, let's be honest.

 

Any publicity is good publicity they always say.

 

But in general, the hyped up Brits performance would have gotten Living For Love into the top 40 fall or no fall. But I kind of think if the performance had been solid from start to finish people would have focused on the song a bit more and maybe it could have charted higher? We'll never know.

Edited March 13, 201510 yr by Joe.

And we have an update without sales for now, bear with me

And we have an update without sales for now, bear with me

 

Sam isn't one? :(

Friday Update Top 40 Only

 

Singles

 

1 Flo Rida ft. Sage the Gemini - G.D.F.R (50.7k) *

2 Years & Years - King (45.4k)

3 Sam Smith & John Legend - Lay Me Down (41.6k)

4 Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (38.5k)

5 Rihanna feat. Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFiveSeconds (35.5k)

 

6-10

6 Usher ft. Juicy J - I Don't Mind *

 

11-20

20 Mumford & Sons - Believe

 

21-30

21 Taylor Swift - Style

 

31-40

34 Calvin Harris ft. HAIM - Pray to God *

38 G.R.L - Lighthouse *

 

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 

Albums

 

1 Madonna - Rebel Heart (29.7k) *

2 Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (22.6k)

3 Ed Sheeran - x (18.3k)

4 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday (16.5k)

5 George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage (10.7k)

 

6-10

6 Rebecca Ferguson - Lady Sings the Blues *

7 Paloma Faith - A Perfect Contradiction

10 Blue - Colours *

 

11-20

13 Meghan Trainor - Title

15 Emeli Sande - Our Version Of Events

16 Ella Henderson - Chapter One

 

21-30

21 Maroon 5 - V

22 Calvin Harris - Motion

23 Olly Murs - Never Been Better

24 Take That - III

25 Ed Sheeran - +

28 Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac

29 Madonna - Celebration

30 Answer - Raise a Little Hell *

 

31-40

31 Matthew E White - Fresh Blood *

32 Clean Bandit - New Eyes ^

33 Bryan Ferry - Avonmore *

38 John Legend - Love in the Future

40 Spandau Ballet - The Very Best Of Spandau Ballet - The Story ^

Friday Update Top 40 Only

 

Singles

 

1 Flo Rida ft. Sage the Gemini - G.D.F.R *

2 Years & Years - King

3 Sam Smith & John Legend - Lay Me Down

 

I don't think now that LMD will do it.. if it isn't passes Y&Y and they were 10K lower than Flo... so they are far away, I don't get how but... :|

I don't think now that LMD will do it.. if it isn't passes Y&Y and they were 10K lower than Flo... so they are far away, I don't get how but... :|

Sam Smith's sales will boost tonight from his CR performance but if that atrocity from Flo Rida gets #1, at least Sam Smith will get it the following week

I'm surprised that King is still ahead of Lay Me Down. Where are the original version of LMD and Thinking Out Loud, please?

It's gonna be such a close Top 3 on Sunday! My ideal scenario would be Years & Years #1, SS/JL #2, Flo Rida #3. Although tbh I'm not fussed which way round #2 and #3 are as long as Years & Years get another week at the top.

 

Calvin has climbed a couple of places so should finish comfortably Top 40 on Sunday.

...I said she is not relevant to young people AND she's trying to stay contemporary so not appealing to older buyers. I honestly can't see what is risky about Madonna's new stuff. Its not like she's gone metal. She's riding a trend of pop electronica. People always said she was the master of reinvention, its because she stayed on trend. But as an artist she is facing a lot of obstacles, ageism and sexism among them. She's not a hot, young, pop starlet. The industry is geared against her. But lets not pretend she is breaking standards here. Its decent enough pop but the industry won't play her to the core audience for that style, and the stations that will play older artists would rather play Michael Buble. She's not getting exposure because of that horrible limbo...

 

 

Madonna has used every tacky trick in the book to try to stay relevant and continue selling albums for at least the last decade, and I commend her for it because it worked. Her reliance on hot producers and song writers, and most significantly featured artists, maintained her position on 'youth radio' for years after she would otherwise have been relegated to only stations for older listeners. The youth took an interest because they liked Britney Spears or Justin Timberlake. Frankly seeing her desperately trying to hold onto relevance, prancing around in next to nothing and kissing woman young enough to be her daughter was an embarassment. She has chosen to release this album at a time of year when sales are still low, and when there is little credible competition from other new releases so it's not too difficult for her to achieve a #1 album. She's the latest in a line of artists who have thrown their toys out of the pram when they realised Radio1 wouldn't play them any more including Cliff Richard and most recently Robbie Williams.

Youth radio has to draw a line somewhere and the majority of people under 30 - Radio 1's target audience - just aren't interested in Madonna at all. People get older, the world moves on. She's a legacy artist and needs to accept that rather than keep bitching. She'll still have the support of the biggest UK radio station (Radio 2) and large national networks such as Heart and Capital so listeners WILL hear her music if they seek it out. They may just have to realise they are NOT part of Radio 1's demographic.

I'm sure this album will make a good debut on the chart but I'm pretty sure it'll sink fairly quickly - maybe not as an embarassing as performance of the single, but it will still drop quickly.

 

I dont think the problem with Madonna is the leaks. She just isnt relevant anymore. Radio arent supporting her and many younger people dont connect with her. She is 57 and no artist will continue to have the same level of success which she endured in the past.

I dont think the problem with Madonna is the leaks. She just isnt relevant anymore. Radio arent supporting her and many younger people dont connect with her. She is 57 and no artist will continue to have the same level of success which she endured in the past.

THIS exactly.

 

I wish people would just get over the fact that she's past her commercial peak and her albums won't sell anything like they used to. It doesn't even matter. Just enjoy the music :)

Where are the original version of LMD and Thinking Out Loud, please?

 

Thinking Out Loud #18

LMD #19

 

I dont think the problem with Madonna is the leaks. She just isnt relevant anymore. Radio arent supporting her and many younger people dont connect with her. She is 57 and no artist will continue to have the same level of success which she endured in the past.

 

You're speaking on behalf of younger people then?

Sorry to annoy...but Clarko?

COME ON FLO RIDA, hang in there! (even if Sam/John get it next week, any lower amount of weeks is an improvement)

 

That confirms Lighthouse won't scrape in though, which was inevitable but still sad to see. :(