Calvin Harris has announced Video for "This Is What You Came For" will be released on Friday, should be enough to keep it in Top 5 for a few more weeks.

Also new remixes apparently.

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Must admit I will be quite happy if Kungs don't get to no1. Doesn't sound like a no1 song to me and don't get the love. Each to their own though.

 

Shame Nick Jonas has flopped.

Well, I've listened to the Rick Astley album on Spotify and as it's not Thursday that's an extra 0.1 of a sale or whatever.

Well, I've listened to the Rick Astley album on Spotify and as it's not Thursday that's an extra 0.1 of a sale or whatever.

 

It is a lot less than that actually. 1,000 streams to 1 album sale; therefore at best you've contributed about 0.01 of a sale - and it is always rounded DOWN.

 

Now as Rick once sang: 'You know the rules and so do I' :D

In the unlikely event of Rick Astley obtaining the number 1 album, i do agree he will suffer a big fall next week but i dont think it will do the 1-29 that Christina Aguilera managed some years back.

 

I do find it strange that Rick Astley is a chart topic in this day and age and for him to be in with even a small chance of number 1 is more surprising. I never expected this at all. I do enjoy seeing acts that were once big back in the limelight( even if only short-lived).

 

It is not surprising when you consider the unprecedented low sales in the dying album chart - huge fanbase precipitated falls will become increasingly common as sales continue to slide, until the point where streaming starts to dominate...

 

and then you get Justin Bieber at number 1 for 22 consecutive weeks ! (Genuinely this happened on the album streaming chart)

I am not looking forward to such occurrences happening. The futire of the albums market will be interesting. I sometimes believe albums will be something of the past and artists will just release songs as individuals.

In the unlikely event of Rick Astley obtaining the number 1 album, i do agree he will suffer a big fall next week.

Well may be Tom thinks he has it in the bag, he has packed his bags and has gone to Paris for tomorrow.

This may open door for Rick, I'm sure he has some surprises lined up - in the UK.

The Rick publicity machine has stepped up and started a campaign to try and get #RickAstley50 trending.

I think Rick will get it now with this price reduction he has, but Tom's done his fair share of promo this week too in all fairness :P

Rick had a lot of ads in between big brother tonight which might help.

Tbh I think Rick Astley might surprise us and actually have a certain element of longevity in him (say, making it to Silver, for instance) so I'm not too worried about him getting to #1 and disappearing without a trace. That said, Tom Odell is probably much more reliable of having a stable chart run, especially with it being festival season and, I presume, he'll be appearing at a few of those, so a bigger part of me hopes he'll get there instead.

I just hope that John Newman can help Sigala push Drake off the top next week

I just hope that John Newman can help Sigala push Drake off the top next week

Me too Hadji, me too.

Think Rick will get it - The album is #1 on the main Amazon chart and the iTunes price reduction has sent it to #2 (Best selling artist album as a compilation is #1) plus he has an album signing tomorrow which could add another 100-200 sales which might be all it takes? He has also been pushing Spotify on his social media.

 

Such a good move from his team to reduce the album on iTunes.

I can see Rick holding up quite well as well. Isn't he getting a ton of airplay on Radio 2?

 

Like I don't think he'll hang around the top 5 for more than one or two weeks, but I expect he'd have a much more respectable run than quite a few of the year's previous #1 albums.

I'm not convinced Rick will hang around so long - Yes there is a lot of press regarding the success of his comeback and if he makes it to #1 there will be media interest but after that I think the campaign will die down quickly, Can see him getting a 8-10 week chart run at best which is incredible TBH!

but he won't do a 1-29 like some are saying

I'll be gutted if Tom Odell doesn't get the number 1 spot :cry:

The News Media are all on board with the Rick Astley / Tom Odell battle now (articles in Daily Mail, Express and The Sun online this morning). Unsurprisingly they all seem to be slanted to the Rick comeback side of the Story.

I just hope that John Newman can help Sigala push Drake off the top next week

Sigala won't be going anywhere near #1