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It's a Chainsmokers vs. James Arthur chart battle again this week, with The Weeknd and Daft Punk's 'Starboy' also posing a threat. Zara Larsson's 'Ain't My Fault' and Matoma & Becky Hill's 'False Alarm' should continue their ascent up the chart and Dua Lipa's 'Blow Your Mind (Mwah)' may also enter the Top 40.

 

In the albums, Bruce Springsteen's new compilation Chapter & Verse (released to coincide with his 67th birthday) seems the biggest contender for #1, with new albums Shine a Light by Billy Bragg & Joe Henry, FEAR by Marillion, The Black Parade/Living with Ghosts by My Chemical Romance, Young as the Morning Old as the Sea by Passenger and Illuminate by Shawn Mendes all aiming for Top 10 placings.

 

Breakdown of the week

- Saturday and Sunday: Information on Twitter from MintRoyale only. Please do not make requests, we do not have any information other than what's posted.

- Monday: OCC Top 100 + Radio 1 Chart Update 5:30pm to 5:45pm.

- Tuesday: Top 40 update as and when we receive them with requests, this is NOT 100% guaranteed however. The OCC may publish sales flashes of their own accord but likewise, this is not guaranteed. Twitter and social media is your friend for today. Please post any information you find with a source. Do not nag for updates, we will post a top 40 update if we receive one.

- Wednesday: Top 40 update from Music Week from 5:45, and potential top 5 sales but this is not guaranteed.

- Thursday: See Tuesday.

 

Other notes (please read)

- You may make requests Tuesday to Thursday but outside the top 40, specific positions will not be revealed (unless deemed necessary by a mod).

- Please do not demand a midweek update, one will be posted as and when we receive the information. Patience is a virtue.

- Sales information will be given out as deemed necessary by a moderator, please bear this in mind when making requests. Most requests for sales will be ignored.

- To keep everyone in the loop of all chart action, please refer to the iTunes and Spotify threads.

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Official Singles/Albums Chart Update Top 100

Source: OCC

Missing Data:

 

Top 100 Singles

 

1 James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (30,423)

2 The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey - Closer (28,043)

3 The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - Starboy (20,491) *

4 Calvin Harris - My Way (18,825)

5 DJ Snake feat. Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You

 

6-10

 

11-20

11 Ellie Goulding - Still Falling For You

14 Teddy Mac - The Songaminute Man - You Make Me Feel So Young *

20 Emeli Sandé - Hurts

 

21-30

22 Bob Marley & The Wailers feat. LVNDSCAPE & Bolier - Is This Love

25 Zara Larsson - Ain't My Fault

29 offaiah - Trouble

30 Matoma & Becky Hill - False Alarm

 

31-40

38 DNCE - Cake By the Ocean ^

40 Craig David & Sigala - Ain't Giving Up ^

 

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

 

Top 100 Albums

 

1 Passenger - Young As the Morning Old As the Sea (11,528) *

2 Bruce Springsteen - Chapter & Verse (11,073) *

3 Shawn Mendes - Illuminate (10,482) *

4 Marillion - F E A R (8,771) *

5 Bastille - Wild World (4,402)

 

6-10

6 Airbourne - Breakin' Outta Hell *

7 My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade / Living with Ghosts *

8 Joe Bonamassa - Live at the Greek Theatre *

9 Warpaint - Heads Up *

10 David Bowie - Where Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) *

 

11-20

12 Billy Bragg & Joe Henry - Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad *

 

21-30

25 Fleetwood Mac - Mirage ^

27 Vangelis - Rosetta *

30 Billie Marten - Writing of Blues and Yellows *

 

31-40

32 Chris de Burgh - A Better World *

38 Idina Menzel - idina. *

 

Click on the above relevant links.

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Tuesday Update Top 40 Only

Missing Data: Unknown

 

Singles

 

1 James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (41.0k)

2 The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey - Closer (37.3k)

3 The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - Starboy (28.0k) *

4 Calvin Harris - My Way (24.7k)

5 DJ Snake feat. Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (23.8k)

 

6-10

 

11-20

11 Ellie Goulding - Still Falling For You

18 Teddy Mac - The Songaminute Man - You Make Me Feel So Young *

20 Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl

 

21-30

21 Emeli Sandé - Hurts

25 Zara Larsson - Ain't My Fault

28 Justin Timberlake - CAN'T STOP THE FEELING!

29 offaiah - Trouble

30 Matoma & Becky Hill - False Alarm

 

31-40

40 Craig David & Sigala - Ain't Giving Up ^

 

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

 

Albums

 

1 Bruce Springsteen - Chapter & Verse (13.3k) *

2 Passenger - Young As the Morning Old As the Sea (12.9k) *

3 Shawn Mendes - Illuminate (11.5k) *

4 Marillion - F E A R (9.2k) *

5 Bastille - Wild World (5.5k)

 

6-10

6 Airbourne - Breakin' Outta Hell *

7 My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade / Living with Ghosts *

8 Joe Bonamassa - Live at the Greek Theatre *

9 Warpaint - Heads Up *

 

11-20

12 David Bowie - Where Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) *

15 Electric Light Orchestra - All Over The World: The Very Best Of ELO

16 Billy Bragg & Joe Henry - Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad *

 

21-30

28 Fleetwood Mac - Mirage ^

29 Vangelis - Rosetta *

 

31-40

35 Billie Marten - Writing of Blues and Yellows *

36 Chris de Burgh - A Better World *

40 Bastille - Bad Blood ^

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Wednesday Update Top 40 Only

Source: Music Week

Missing Data:

 

Singles

 

1 James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (53,399)

2 The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey - Closer (47,362)

3 The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - Starboy (36,308) *

4 Calvin Harris - My Way (31,140)

5 DJ Snake feat. Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (30,282)

 

6-10

 

11-20

11 Ellie Goulding - Still Falling For You

18 Anne-Marie - Alarm

19 Calvin Harris feat. Rihanna - This Is What You Came For

 

21-30

23 Zara Larsson - Ain't My Fault

26 Teddy Mac - The Songaminute Man - You Make Me Feel So Young *

28 Justin Timberlake - CAN'T STOP THE FEELING!

 

31-40

37 Cheat Codes & Dante Klein - Let Me Hold You (Turn Me On)

40 Craig David & Sigala - Ain't Giving Up

 

 

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

 

Albums

 

1 Bruce Springsteen - Chapter & Verse (14,959) *

2 Passenger - Young As the Morning Old As the Sea (14,267) *

3 Shawn Mendes - Illuminate (12,495) *

4 Marillion - F E A R (9,518) *

5 Bastille - Wild World (6,649)

 

6-10

6 Airbourne - Breakin' Outta Hell *

7 My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade / Living with Ghosts *

8 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend

9 Warpaint - Heads Up *

10 Joe Bonamassa - Live at the Greek Theatre *

 

11-20

15 Justin Bieber - Purpose

16 ELO - All Over the World: The Very Best of ELO

18 David Bowie - Where Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) *

20 Billy Bragg & Joe Henry - Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad *

 

21-30

 

31-40

33 Fleetwood Mac - Mirage ^

34 Vangelis - Rosetta *

38 Billie Marten - Writing of Blues and Yellows *

39 Chris de Burgh - A Better World *

40 Bastille - Bad Blood ^

 

NO OTHER SALES INFO

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Thursday Update Top 40 Only

Missing Data:

 

Singles

 

1 James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (65.8k)

2 The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey - Closer (57.2k)

3 The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - Starboy (45.2k) *

4 Calvin Harris - My Way (37.6k)

5 DJ Snake feat. Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You (36.7k)

 

6-10

 

11-20

11 Ellie Goulding - Still Falling For You

18 Anne-Marie - Alarm

 

21-30

21 Emeli Sandé - Hurts

23 Zara Larsson - Ain't My Fault

27 Justin Timberlake - CAN'T STOP THE FEELING!

28 Matoma & Becky Hill - False Alarm

29 Sia feat. Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills

 

31-40

31 offaiah - Trouble

33 Teddy Mac - The Songaminute Man - You Make Me Feel So Young *

37 Cheat Codes & Dante Klein - Let Me Hold You (Turn Me On)

38 Dua Lipa - Blow Your Mind (Mwah) *

39 Hailee Steinfeld & Grey feat. Zedd - Starving

 

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

 

Albums

 

1 Bruce Springsteen - Chapter & Verse (16.4k) *

2 Passenger - Young As the Morning Old As the Sea (15.9k) *

3 Shawn Mendes - Illuminate (13.4k) *

4 Marillion - F E A R (9.8k) *

5 Bastille - Wild World (7.7k)

 

6-10

6 Airbourne - Breakin' Outta Hell *

7 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend

8 My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade / Living with Ghosts *

 

11-20

11 Warpaint - Heads Up *

13 Joe Bonamassa - Live at the Greek Theatre *

15 Justin Bieber - Purpose

19 David Bowie - Where Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) *

 

21-30

23 Billy Bragg & Joe Henry - Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad *

 

31-40

35 Fleetwood Mac - Mirage ^

37 Vangelis - Rosetta *

39 Bastille - Bad Blood ^

If you're top 40 on Spotify and top 50 on iTunes, could that secure a top 40 placing?

Surely Illuminate will be #1 or #2?

Surely Illuminate will be #1 or #2?

It's not been doing very well on Amazon, I'd be very surprised if he managed to beat Bruce by Friday.

Handwritten is gold certified after all and he has two hit singles right now... Will have massive streaming success. But yea Bruce's traditional sales are hard to beat if he's doing what he usually does sales-wise.

Illuminate has been number 1 on ITunes since Friday (rather impressively as the Deluxe edition is £11.99).

In all likelihood Shawn's Album will sell one of the higher percentages of downloads ( rather than CDs ) this week, Bruce's Album will be the other way round...

Bruce's last studio Album opened at beginning of 2014 with 48k, the archives have been well and truly plundered since then with at least 2 box sets and several concert performances being Released.

However latest Album (Chapter & Verse) looks more than just a regular compilation, it contains 5 unreleased songs and is a companion piece to Autobiography released this week.

Given Bruce's track record of 10 times at the top Shawn may struggle to make it to number 1 overall.

Must remember Usher was higher then Led Zeppelin all week on Itunes last week and he ended at 7 while Zeppelin ended up at 3

very interesting week in albums and difficult to call, if it was a studio album sure Bruce would walk it but it's another Best Of and he's got quite lot of them already... still think he'll do it, cannot see Shawn Mendes doing more than 10K... ideally, Passenger would surprised them both :)

 

also very interesting in singles with James Arthur doing double than Chainsmokers on itunes, while we have the opposite situation on streaming... although James Arthur seems to have it right now...

I'm thinking #6 for Shawn. :)

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Official Singles/Albums Chart Update Top 100

Source: OCC

Missing Data:

 

Top 100 Singles

 

1 James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (30,423)

2 The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey - Closer (28,043)

3 The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - Starboy (20,491) *

4 Calvin Harris - My Way (18,825)

5 DJ Snake feat. Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You

 

6-10

 

11-20

11 Ellie Goulding - Still Falling For You

14 Teddy Mac - The Songaminute Man - You Make Me Feel So Young *

20 Emeli Sandé - Hurts

 

21-30

22 Bob Marley & The Wailers feat. LVNDSCAPE & Bolier - Is This Love

25 Zara Larsson - Ain't My Fault

29 offaiah - Trouble

30 Matoma & Becky Hill - False Alarm

 

31-40

38 DNCE - Cake By the Ocean ^

40 Craig David & Sigala - Ain't Giving Up ^

 

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

 

Top 100 Albums

 

1 Passenger - Young As the Morning Old As the Sea (11,528) *

2 Bruce Springsteen - Chapter & Verse (11,073) *

3 Shawn Mendes - Illuminate (10,482) *

4 Marillion - F E A R (8,771) *

5 Bastille - Wild World (4,402 )

 

6-10

6 Airbourne - Breakin' Outta Hell *

7 My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade / Living with Ghosts *

8 Joe Bonamassa - Live at the Greek Theatre *

9 Warpaint - Heads Up *

10 David Bowie - Where Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) *

 

11-20

12 Billy Bragg & Joe Henry - Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad *

 

21-30

25 Fleetwood Mac - Mirage ^

27 Vangelis - Rosetta *

30 Billie Marten - Writing of Blues and Yellows *

 

31-40

32 Chris de Burgh - A Better World *

38 Idina Menzel - idina. *

 

Click on the above relevant links.

Didn't expect to see Passenger at #1!

I had a feeling Shawn was being underestimated, it's good to see him at #3 and not far off #1. I don't expect him to take the top spot but I'm happy now! :D

Just the nine new entries in the Top 10 Album update then

I had a feeling Shawn was being underestimated, it's good to see him at #3 and not far off #1. I don't expect him to take the top spot but I'm happy now! :D

I still think he has a decent chance, his streaming will be a lot higher than the other Albums at the top end of the chart.

yep I had the feeling Passenger might be #1 and that those that were saying Mendes was gonna be #1 were off

will be interesting to get sales