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With a release of a version featuring Stormzy and a Major Lazer remix, will 'Shape of You' maintain its run at #1 or will The Chainsmokers & Coldplay's collaboration 'Something Just Like This' - released following Wednesday night's BRIT Awards - manage to climb to the top? The Top 40 may also see debuts from Calvin Harris' 'Slide' (which features Frank Ocean and Migos of 'Bad and Boujee' fame), Jason Derulo's 'Swalla' (featuring Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign), Zedd & Alessia Cara's 'Stay', Bruno Mars' 'That’s What I Like' and KATO & Sigala's 'Show You Love' (with vocals from Hailee Steinfeld).

 

Rag'n'Bone Man's album has been achieving high sales the past couple of weeks, but will that be enough to keep Stormzy's debut album Gang Signs & Prayer from the top spot? Other entries to the chart may include Future's HNDRXX (just one week after his previous album), Little Big Town's The Breaker, Rhiannon Giddens' Freedom Highway and Thundercat's Drunk. The effects of the BRIT Awards should also continue to be felt in this week's chart.

 

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 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (60.1k)

2 The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This (25.8k)

3 Katy Perry feat. Skip Marley - Chained To the Rhythm (20.2k - 88 sales ahead)

4 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (20.2k)

5 Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (19.4k)

 

6-10

6 Stormzy - Big For Your Boots

8 Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me

 

11-20

11 Calvin Harris feat. Frank Ocean & Migos - Slide *

16 Rag'n'Bone Man - Skin

20 Anne-Marie - Ciao Adios

 

21-30

21 Train - Play That Song

22 Stormzy - Cold *

23 Stormzy - First Things First *

24 Little Mix - Shout Out to My Ex

26 Stormzy feat. Ghetts & J Hus - Bad Boys *

27 Jason Derulo feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign - Swalla *

29 Maroon 5 feat. Future - Cold

30 Stormzy - Mr Skeng *

 

31-40

31 Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay *

33 Lana Del Rey - Love *

35 Stormzy feat. Kehlani - Cigarettes & Cush *

37 The 1975 - The Sound ^

38 Stormzy - Shut Up ^

 

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Top 100 Albums

 

1 Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer (34.7k) *

2 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (32.9k)

3 Ed Sheeran - x (3.7k)

4 George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (3.3k - 53 sales ahead)

5 Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (3.3k)

 

6-10

9 Emeli Sandé - Long Live the Angels

 

11-20

12 Rick Wakeman - Piano Portraits

13 The 1975 - I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it

17 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together ^

18 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Moana (OST)

20 David Bowie - Legacy

 

21-30

21 Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams

22 Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway *

23 Future - HNDRXX *

28 The Shires - My Universe

30 Little Big Town - The Breaker *

 

31-40

31 Thundercat - Drunk *

32 Wham! - The Final

33 David Bowie - Blackstar ^

36 Blossoms - Blossoms ^

37 Train - a girl a bottle a boat ^

39 Roy Orbison - Black & White Night 30 *

40 Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes *

 

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Wednesday Top 40 Update

Source: Music Week

Missing Data:

 

Singles

 

1 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (100.7k)

2 The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This (43.4k)

3 Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (33.7k)

4 Katy Perry feat. Skip Marley - Chained To the Rhythm (33.5k)

5 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (33.3k)

 

6-10

6 Stormzy - Big For Your Boots

7 Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me

10 Calvin Harris feat. Frank Ocean & Migos - Slide *

 

11-20

16 Rag'n'Bone Man - Skin

19 Anne-Marie - Ciao Adios

 

21-30

21 Stormzy - Cold *

22 Stormzy feat. Ghetts & J Hus - Bad Boys *

23 Stormzy - First Things First *

24 Train - Play That Song

27 Stormzy - Mr Skeng *

28 Maroon 5 feat. Future - Cold

29 Stormzy feat. Kehlani - Cigarettes & Cush *

30 Little Mix - Shout Out to My Ex

 

31-40

31 Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay *

33 Jason Derulo feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign - Swalla *

35 Stormzy - Shut Up ^

38 Lana Del Rey - Love *

 

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Albums

 

1 Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer (47.5k) *

2 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (46.8k)

3 Ed Sheeran - x (6.2k)

4 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Trolls (OST) (5.1k)

5 Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (4.9k)

 

6-10

6 Little Mix - Glory Days

8 George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael

10 Rick Wakeman - Piano Portraits

 

11-20

12 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together ^

13 Emeli Sandé - Long Live the Angels

16 The 1975 - I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it

18 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Moana (OST)

20 Future - HNDRXX *

 

21-30

22 Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams

23 David Bowie - Legacy

29 Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway *

 

31-40

33 Wham! - The Final

34 David Bowie - Blackstar ^

35 Thundercat - Drunk *

37 Train - a girl a bottle a boat ^

38 Blossoms - Blossoms ^

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Thursday Top 40 Update

Missing Data:

 

Singles

 

1 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (116.3k)

2 The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This (50.3k)

3 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (39.6k)

4 Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (39.4k)

5 Katy Perry feat. Skip Marley - Chained To the Rhythm (38.9k)

 

6-10

6 Stormzy - Big For Your Boots

7 Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me

10 Calvin Harris feat. Frank Ocean & Migos - Slide *

 

11-20

17 Rag'n'Bone Man - Skin

18 Anne-Marie - Ciao Adios

 

21-30

21 Stormzy - Cold *

22 Train - Play That Song

23 Stormzy feat. Ghetts & J Hus - Bad Boys *

24 Stormzy - First Things First *

26 Maroon 5 feat. Future - Cold

28 Stormzy - Mr Skeng *

29 Little Mix - Shout Out to My Ex

 

31-40

31 Stormzy feat. Kehlani - Cigarettes & Cush *

32 Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay *

37 Stormzy - Shut Up ^

38 Jason Derulo feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign - Swalla *

40 Lana Del Rey - Love *

 

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

 

Albums

 

1 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (56.0k)

2 Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer (53.3k) *

3 Ed Sheeran - x (7.6k)

4 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Trolls (OST) (6.1k)

5 Adele - 25 (5.9k)

 

6-10

6 Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

8 George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael

10 Rick Wakeman - Piano Portraits

 

11-20

12 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together ^

13 Emeli Sandé - Long Live the Angels

17 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Moana (OST)

 

21-30

21 Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams

22 Future - HNDRXX *

23 David Bowie - Legacy

30 David Bowie - Blackstar ^

 

31-40

33 Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway *

36 Train - a girl a bottle a boat ^

37 Thundercat - Drunk *

38 Blossoms - Blossoms ^

40 Robbie Williams - The Heavy Entertainment Show ^

from Minty:

Hope Stormzy can hang in at number 1 on the album chart, bloody rag and bone man is lurking close.

 

^guess that means Stormzy is @1 but not by much

Due to The BRITS airing Wednesday night, I would imagine Rag'N'Bone Man should sell around the same as he did the week just passed, so around 65-70k. I think Stormzy should still do it with streams involved.

 

I'm not that surprised it is pretty close though. Should be a big selling top 2 in general.

Was expecting Stormzy to be safe!

 

I'm mystified as to how Rag'n'Bone Man keeps turning in such stellar sales, Hozier delivered a similar sound way better imo and never had such astronomical album sales. Granted I'm basing this opinon on the singles and grats I've heard, I think I need to listen to the album at some point.

I don't think Hozier was ever really pushed to the older Radio 2 album buying audience in the same way as Rag'N'Bone Man is being.

agree, Hozier especially cos of the lyrics, topic of Take me to church + the video, that probably puff off many old buyers :)

I suspected people were overestimating Stormzy. I've seen figures of 70k+ being bandied about whereas I thought 40k or 50k was more reasonable (but still an impressive amount for such an artist.

from Minty:

Hope Stormzy can hang in at number 1 on the album chart, bloody rag and bone man is lurking close.

 

^guess that means Stormzy is @1 but not by much

"How far is he ahead"

@martipujolar Not enough, and he'll have had a lot of first day excitement sales.

I'm sure Stormzy will still sell a lot (50k+), it's just that Rag'n'Bone Man seems to be doing amazingly well (it should easily be the year's 2nd-biggest album at this rate, behind you-know-who). I don't think he's being overestimated, I think we were all underestimating RnB Man's stability.

The Stormzy takeover on Spotify is similar in magnitude to The Weeknd last November when they racked up 15,854 SES - so given no streaming is included yet I'd still expect a comfortable 50K and I think I initially predicted 60-70K which I am still happy with...

Minty posted that he cannot reveal the data but that Stormzy's streams are huge, thought Sat mids didn't have streams?

 

There are some stats I have to keep secret, but his 'Day 1 streams' are also an absolute fu***ng madness.

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Minty posted that he cannot reveal the data but that Stormzy's streams are huge, thought Sat mids didn't have streams?

 

There are some stats I have to keep secret, but his 'Day 1 streams' are also an absolute fu***ng madness.

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That tweet was from someone who works at Spotify UK - retweeted by Minty but only stating what we can see from the Spotify chart. His streams ARE huge, but they aren't included in the midweeks as yet...

Surely Stormzy should be fine if he is ahead on Mint's info, especially if streams are not included in that info?

 

That would mean he is slightly ahead just by physical sales and with streams added he would have the bigger lead we would expect him to have?

I'm still going for over 100K, or at least not far off, the hype is unbelievable.

Shame Stormzy's sales are being damaged due to the CD being made unavailable in supermarkets

What'd you guys think of the album?

 

He's fully independent / distributed by ADA (Merky Records)

Hope Rag N Bone Man gets the number one spot