God, where is Sweet Lies by Wilkinson?!

God says it's well outside the top 100 as of yesterday's top 200 mids, likely in a similar position today.

I would not be surprised if Michael Ball & Alfie Boe will be #1 next week.

Next week might be too soon but they have a TV special lined up for Friday 9th December on ITV1, looking strong for that week & the week after.

Just a reminder guys that we only have the top 40 and there is no other sales information other than what's been posted!

Next week might be too soon but they have a TV special lined up for Friday 9th December on ITV1, looking strong for that week & the week after.

 

Well they have a real chance of Xmas no1 then IMO!

Michael Ball and Alfie Boe look to be the Elvis of last year with a surprise huge selling album. They most certainly are in with a shout of number 1 at some point in the coming weeks.

God says it's well outside the top 100 as of yesterday's top 200 mids, likely in a similar position today.

 

Cheers God, you're a star! :D

Will Little Mix have the best first week sales for a girl band album since SpiceWorld? Or is there a really obvious one I am missing ?

Girls aloud got 85,670 first week for "out of control" in 2008 and 84,354 in 2006 for "The sound of girls aloud". So approx another 5,000 by Friday?.

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SevenSeize, What about the Bruno prediction then? Still think he will get the #2 - apparently you are never wrong!

I know you were joking but, actually, Bruno could quite possibly be #2! As of today, Metallica is on track for 58.3k and Bruno is on track for 57.9k, but Metallica are likely to sell at a lesser rate before Friday whereas Bruno could have some streams needed to be added on.

Will Little Mix have the best first week sales for a girl band album since SpiceWorld? Or is there a really obvious one I am missing ?

Destiny's Child's Survivor debuted with 118k, so possibly the highest since that?

Bruno had an unusually high boost in sales yesterday, especially for a Tuesday when he's not even here to do promo. It makes me think some missing sales were added from earlier in the week. Tour bundle or official store pre ordered copies possibly?

 

This is what I have found to be the highest debut sales for an album by a girl group:

 

191,856 | Spice Girls - Spiceworld (#1, 1997)

155,000 | Spice Girls - Spice (#1, 1996) *

117,967 | Destiny's Child - Survivor (#1, 2001)

85,717 | Girls Aloud - What Will the Neighbours Say? (#6, 2004)

85,670 | Girls Aloud - Out of Control (#1, 2008)

84,354 | Girls Aloud - The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits (#1, 2006)

84,000 | All Saints - Saints & Sinners (#1, 2000)

81,962 | Girls Aloud - Chemistry (#11, 2005)

81,231 | Little Mix - Glory Days (#1, 2016)

80,000 | Atomic Kitten - Feels So Good (#1, 2002)

75,787 | Spice Girls - Greatest Hits (#2, 2007)

73,390 | Spice Girls - Forever (#2, 2000)

67,996 | Destiny's Child - Destiny Fulfilled (#5, 2004)

65,781 | Sugababes - Taller in More Ways (#1, 2005)

64,772 | Sugababes - Angels With Dirty Faces (#2, 2002)

63,118 | Sugababes - Three (#3, 2003)

60,053 | Little Mix - Get Weird (#2, 2015)

 

* In regards to Spice, Music Week revealed (on the week their Greatest Hits debuted) that it debuted with 114,305, meaning its sales had since been downgraded).

 

I've put Glory Days in there for comparison, although it will have no trouble becoming fourth.

81k for a #11 debut back in 2005 is insane! Looks like the charts have switched since then and it's the albums chart that is struggling in comparison to the singles chart back in 2005!

So its official they biggest girl group since spice girls in the UK at least

If she was inside the top 40 her position would have been posted.

I figured as much . Thanks for responding

I know you were joking but, actually, Bruno could quite possibly be #2! As of today, Metallica is on track for 58.3k and Bruno is on track for 57.9k, but Metallica are likely to sell at a lesser rate before Friday whereas Bruno could have some streams needed to be added on.

Fair play to him - does anyone know when the Carpool Karaoke (from Bruno) will be available as well?

Has this album underperformed for Metallica? Aren't they bigger album sellers than this? Or am I imagining it? (Even taking into consideration the decline in sales)

This is what I have found to be the highest debut sales for an album by a girl group:

 

191,856 | Spice Girls - Spiceworld (#1, 1997)

155,000 | Spice Girls - Spice (#1, 1996) *

117,967 | Destiny's Child - Survivor (#1, 2001)

85,717 | Girls Aloud - What Will the Neighbours Say? (#6, 2004)

85,670 | Girls Aloud - Out of Control (#1, 2008)

84,354 | Girls Aloud - The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits (#1, 2006)

84,000 | All Saints - Saints & Sinners (#1, 2000)

81,962 | Girls Aloud - Chemistry (#11, 2005)

81,231 | Little Mix - Glory Days (#1, 2016)

80,000 | Atomic Kitten - Feels So Good (#1, 2002)

75,787 | Spice Girls - Greatest Hits (#2, 2007)

73,390 | Spice Girls - Forever (#2, 2000)

67,996 | Destiny's Child - Destiny Fulfilled (#5, 2004)

65,781 | Sugababes - Taller in More Ways (#1, 2005)

64,772 | Sugababes - Angels With Dirty Faces (#2, 2002)

63,118 | Sugababes - Three (#3, 2003)

60,053 | Little Mix - Get Weird (#2, 2015)

Very consistent sales for Girls Aloud! :o

I think we all expected more from Metallica based on their last one selling 80K in 3 days

but looking at the sales of their other old albums, those 80K might be the exception rather than the rule, so I think we were all expecting too much

81,962 | Girls Aloud - Chemistry (#11, 2005)

65,781 | Sugababes - Taller in More Ways (#1, 2005)

 

These chart positions in the same year... With that sales difference. Girls Aloud really did have a few unlucky moments and almosts in their chart history. At least they managed Glory a few times, though, something the Saturdays never managed :(

Wonder whether some Black Friday deals will significantly influence the positioning in the Album chart next week.

For this week just noticed "Wild World" by Bastille and "Illuminate" by Shawn Mendes (regular editions) down to £4.99 on Amazon.

Looks like some other big selling Albums reduced as well (eg new Elvis compilation £6.99 etc).