August 18, 20168 yr That's not the best part! 'In The Zone' has a shambles peak of just #13!!!! It didn't even debut there either! :drama: (Although, it did debut at #14 so only just managed to out peak it!) That's so crazy, TBH. Meanwhile it opened in America with sales almost at 700k. People like to say Britney used to be the most popular in the UK, but I have never bought that. The only reason it seems that way is because of her single peaks. She would have so many more #1's and top ten hits if her singles were available for sale. That and the clear channel drama.
August 18, 20168 yr Really not sure what went wrong with In The Zone in the UK, it's baffling, in terms of its entry position & its eventual peak. The era seemed so huge otherwise. Week Ending 29 November 2003 01 ( NE ) Number Ones (by Michael Jackson) 1 wk 02 ( NE ) A Present For Everyone (by Busted) 1 wk 03 ( 01 ) Life For Rent (by Dido) 8 wks 04 ( NE ) Greatest Hits (by Red Hot Chili Peppers) 1 wk 05 ( 02 ) In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 (by R.E.M.) 4 wks 06 ( NE ) Body Language (by Kylie Minogue) 1 wk 07 ( NE ) Let It Be... Naked (by The Beatles) 1 wk 08 ( 04 ) Guilty (by Blue) 3 wks 09 ( 06 ) Bryn (by Bryn Terfel) 4 wks 10 ( 11 ) The Very Best Of Sheryl Crow (by Sheryl Crow) 6 wks 11 ( 05 ) Ladies Night (by Atomic Kitten) 2 wks 12 ( 03 ) Try This (by Pink) 2 wks 13 ( NE ) Beg For Mercy (by G Unit) 1 wk 14 ( NE ) In The Zone (by Britney Spears) 1 wk 15 ( 12 ) The R. In R & B: Greatest Hits Collection Volume 1 (by R Kelly) 9 wks 16 ( 09 ) As Time Goes By: Great American Songbook Volume II (by Rod Stewart) 5 wks 17 ( 18 ) Elephunk (by The Black Eyed Peas) 15 wks 18 ( 07 ) Pure (by Hayley Westenra) 10 wks 19 ( 13 ) Three (by Sugababes) 4 wks 20 ( 10 ) The Definitive Collection (by Lionel Richie & The Commodores) 2 wks Outsold by a G-Unit album! :drama: Atomic Kitten & P!nk higher in their second weeks. Even Kylie entering at 6 was seen as an underperformance (and is somewhat unfairly regarded as a bit of a flop moment for her), so Britney at 14 was pretty disastrous. Then two huge #1 singles couldn't get 'In The Zone' to go any higher than #13?! Ugh! Curiously it was at #15 the week before the 'Toxic' single came out, but then dropped to #18 in the week 'Toxic' entered at #1. It's so weird a hit like that didn't benefit the album all that much. The album finally clawed its way up to #13 while 'Everytime' was in its 4th week in the singles chart ('ITZ' was languishing at #32 in the same week 'Everytime' entered at #1, so the album still took time to get going while this was a hit single). Week Ending 17 July 2004 01. (NE) ROOM ON THE 3RD FLOOR (by McFly) 1 wk 02. (01) SCISSOR SISTERS (by Scissor Sisters) 23 wks 03. (02) A GRAND DON'T COME FOR FREE (by The Streets) 9 wks 04. (05) CONFESSIONS (by Usher) 16 wks 05. (04) HOPES AND FEARS (by Keane) 9 wks 06. (03) UP ALL NIGHT (by Razorlight) 2 wks 07. (06) THE SOUL SESSIONS (by Joss Stone) 33 wks 08. (07) THE VERY BEST OF (by The Jacksons) 2 wks 09. (38) ELEPHUNK (by Black Eyed Peas) 48 wks 10. (16) SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW (by Outkast) 41 wks 11. (12) FRANZ FERDINAND (by Franz Ferdinand) 22 wks 12. (14) THE COLLEGE DROPOUT (by Kanye West) 21 wks 13. (19) IN THE ZONE (by Britney Spears) 34 wks 14. (23) O (by Damien Rice) 54 wks 15. (33) UNDER MY SKIN (by Avril Lavigne) 7 wks 16. (21) FINAL STRAW (by Snow Patrol) 26 wks 17. (10) ORIGINAL PIRATE MATERIAL (by The Streets) 96 wks 18. (20) FEELS LIKE HOME (by Norah Jones) 22 wks 19. (NE) OVER THE COUNTER CULTURE (by The Ordinary Boys) 1 wk 20. (42) FRIDAY'S CHILD (by Will Young) 32 wks Oh well. A more positive comment I can make about the album's commercial performance here is that it's her third best selling studio album out of the eight!
August 18, 20168 yr Awesome! Britney coming for that #1 album! Would her album debuting at #1 help her standing with radio there?
August 18, 20168 yr Sadly I'm not sure it will :( but it will get her a bit of good publicity with it being reported that she's achieved her first ever #1 album!
August 19, 20168 yr I think it will manage a #1, although with very poor sales and I can definitely see it being a really low selling album in general. That aside, I'm glad she's about to be #1 in the UK with what is shaping up to be a really great album. Edited August 19, 20168 yr by Hurricane
August 19, 20168 yr Author Well Frank Ocean just release his album as Apple Music only. Which means next week it'll probably be general sale. There's that thing to come out of nowhere....
August 19, 20168 yr Britney Jean had a Q4 release. There's absolutely no way this will miss the top 5, not because she'll do huge numbers but because of how the album chart looks at the moment. I just think that outside Twitter/social, her campaign isn't resonating with people at all.. But it'll be interesting to see how this release goes. But I just wouldn't be surprised if she doesn't set the charts alight.
August 19, 20168 yr Author I just think that outside Twitter/social, her campaign isn't resonating with people at all.. But it'll be interesting to see how this release goes. But I just wouldn't be surprised if she doesn't set the charts alight. That's not really the point, it's more to do with the convenience of the time of year, and week she's chosen rather than her doing huge numbers.
August 19, 20168 yr That's not really the point, it's more to do with the convenience of the time of year, and week she's chosen rather than her doing huge numbers. Guess we'll only have to wait and see - personally, I hope she does secure her first UK #1 album...
August 19, 20168 yr Author Guess we'll only have to wait and see - personally, I hope she does secure her first UK #1 album... I don't she will now, because of Frank Ocean. But she should still be 2 or 3, I'd imagine.
August 19, 20168 yr whats a britney spears uk number one album Get out (leave) Right now It's the end of you & me.
August 19, 20168 yr Well Frank Ocean just release his album as Apple Music only. Which means next week it'll probably be general sale. There's that thing to come out of nowhere.... Good ******* bye :arrr::angry: Why has everybody suddenly jumped on that bandwagon, there's only like 2 good songs on his last album :cry::cry::cry:
August 19, 20168 yr The #1 album this week sold 7,948 copies. We nothing out apart from Frank Ocean, surely Top 2 is a cert? How amazing would that be?! :o Edited August 19, 20168 yr by Rob Spears
