This would mean that one could intentionally stream/buy the least popular song repeatedly to have an unprecedented negating of the album's tracks' popularity.

haha - yes, chart manipulation like that would be possible, but you'd have to be totally insane to do it AND you'd simultaneously be boosting albums chart position and putting money into the pocket of an artist you presumably loathed at the same time?

haha - yes, chart manipulation like that would be possible, but you'd have to be totally insane to do it AND you'd simultaneously be boosting albums chart position and putting money into the pocket of an artist you presumably loathed at the same time?

I'm reminded of the 2009 Christmas campaign where Rage Against The Machine were on Sony and thus it was feeding into the very institution that was being spited :lol: Still, I wouldn't doubt the resourcefulness of some of the more eager online fanbases around if there was a close battle for #1 against an artist like Sheeran.

I doubt Leona would have had multiple streaming entries given that her album didn't even manage multiple #1s from traditional single releases, with all the weight of TV promo behind them.

 

She was one singer in a big market.

 

The industry was very different back then, it's hard to compare like with like.

I actually think the terrible album market might help artists like Ed and Adele get higher sales than they would have 10 years ago with the same popularity. People have pretty much stopped buying albums these days, so on the rare occasion a huge album comes along it gets far more attention and people talk about it more, so I'd think more people probably jump on the bandwagon and buy it, partly because they rarely ever buy albums and are in the mood to discover something new. I think if the market was as it was in 2007 then 25 and ÷ would have had smaller first week sales. Might be completely wrong though! :P

Update incoming! Bear with me ^_^

It isn't like Leona was anywhere near as big as Ed is. She did what half of what Ed is going to open with in a better sales climate and in Q4.

 

 

You are aware Spirit spent 8 weeks at #1, has sold over 3 million copies and is within the top 25 selling albums of all time in the UK?

These Ed songs are showing no sign of slowing down, he had 15 positions of yesterday's top 16 sellers (excluding #7) with 'Save Myself' also in the top 20. This Ed album takeover won't be just for this week...

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Thursday Top 40 Update

Missing Data:

 

Singles

 

1 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (112.3k)

2 Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl (68.2k) *

3 Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (58.7k)

4 Ed Sheeran - Perfect (49.6k) *

5 Ed Sheeran - New Man (43.3k) *

 

6-10

7 Ed Sheeran - Happier *

8 Ed Sheeran - Dive *

9 Ed Sheeran - Supermarket Flowers *

10 Ed Sheeran - How Would You Feel (Paean)

 

11-20

11 Ed Sheeran - What Do I Know? *

12 Ed Sheeran - Barcelona *

13 Ed Sheeran - Nancy Mulligan *

14 Ed Sheeran - Eraser *

17 Ed Sheeran - Hearts Don't Break Around Here *

18 Ed Sheeran - Bibia Be Ye Ye *

19 Ed Sheeran - Save Myself *

 

21-30

25 Martin Jensen - Solo Dance

26 Lorde - Green Light *

 

31-40

39 Little Mix feat. Machine Gun Kelly - No More Sad Songs *

 

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

 

Albums

 

1 Ed Sheeran - ÷ (590.1k) *

2 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (41.8k)

3 Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer (23.3k)

4 Ed Sheeran - x (20.1k)

5 Ed Sheeran - + (15.2k)

 

6-10

6 Alison Krauss - Windy City *

7 Collabro - Home *

9 Sleaford Mods - English Tapas *

 

11-20

13 Daniel O'Donnell - Back Home Again *

15 James Arthur - Back from the Edge

18 Grandaddy - Last Place *

 

21-30

21 X Japan - We Are X *

23 Train - a girl a bottle a boat

30 Temples - Volcano *

 

31-40

32 Foster & Allen - The Gold Collection *

39 Celine Dion - My Love: The Essential Collection ^

40 Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of ^

 

NO OTHER SALES INFO

If you dont like Ed Sheeran, its probably worth giving the Chart Show on friday a miss :lol:

Worst top 10 ever

Blimey, where did all those Ed Sheeran songs come from? :unsure:

The worst Top 20 ever!

 

Why? Aside from the fact that album tracks should not be included until they are officially singles, Ed Sheeran is a heady mix of Simply Red, Phil Collins and Westlife all rolled into one beige (slightly ginger) MOR, mum-friendly artist - Listen to Galway Girl and Perfect and you'll see what I mean. Dire.

 

RIP The singles chart.

RIP The OCC

 

You are aware Spirit spent 8 weeks at #1, has sold over 3 million copies and is within the top 25 selling albums of all time in the UK?

 

Boom! haha - also sold more than + and x?

 

Amazing sales for Ed, good on him.

yes, but the demographic that was buying Spirit is not the streaming kind, so doubt she would be clogging Spotify, it's a bit like Take That, they also sold cazillons of albums in the 00s and now they cannot even make the Spotify top 200

Out of interest, is the Ed domination taking place in other countries too or just the UK?

yes, but the demographic that was buying Spirit is not the streaming kind, so doubt she would be clogging Spotify, it's a bit like Take That, they also sold cazillons of albums in the 00s and now they cannot even make the Spotify top 200

10 years ago the demographic was also different. So we can't know really what her streams would have been if streaming would've been a thing in 2007.

In a way though I agree Leona is much more an album seller, I would compare her a bit like to Adele and Adele wasn't doing that badly on streaming either.

Julia Michaels was at #48 on Monday's update so I hope she can crack into the top 40 tomorrow if Little Mix miss out

Who is Ed Sheeran? :unsure:

Out of interest, is the Ed domination taking place in other countries too or just the UK?

 

Not to the same level, no. He has a few songs top 10 in most countries' Spotify but not the entire top 16 in any other major market.

You are aware Spirit spent 8 weeks at #1, has sold over 3 million copies and is within the top 25 selling albums of all time in the UK?

 

Yes I am, I'm also aware that that Ed's album is going to open with 300k more than Leona's did and will no doubt be at #1 a lot longer than 8 weeks total.

 

Saying Leona would be doing what Ed is now is like saying Dido or Norah Jones would be too. Non of those are in Ed's league right now.