Posted October 11, 200619 yr My Chemical Romance's Parade on the march Source: Music Week My Chemical Romance are on course for the biggest UK hit of their career as the physical debut of Welcome To The Black Parade is set to send the single racing up the chart this weekend. The Reprise/Warner Bros act, who debuted at 23 with the single on Sunday on digital-only sales, are now putting up the biggest challenge to Vertigo/Mercury’s Razorlight number one position achieved on the same day with America. My Chemical Romance’s previous highest-charting UK hit was I’m Not Okay (I Promise), which reached number 19 on March 2005. Welcome To The Black Parade looks likely to be the only arrival into the Top 10 in what is a relatively quiet week for new releases. Several acts join My Chemical Romance in being set to win strong chart rises on the back of physical formats entering the market, among them Data’s Beatfreakz with their take on Rick James’ Superfreak and EMI Records’ Mercury-nominated Hot Chip with Over And Over. Both are poised to move into the Top 40, which is also likely to welcome Virgin’s Placebo, EMI Records’ Corinne Bailey Rae and the same record company’s Badly Drawn Boy. The artist albums chart is equally fairly quiet in terms of new releases having a big impact on the chart with Roadrunner-signed Orlando rock band Trivium likely to be the only Top 10 arrivals this Sunday. Their album The Crusade is presently challenging for a top five place. Vertigo/Mercury’s The Killers are naturally unable to sustain the sales pace for second album Sam’s Town, which opened with a first-week total of 268,946 units, but they appear set to hold off challenges from Polydor’s Scissor Sisters, Wind Up/Columbia’s Evanescence and Vertigo/Mercury’s Razorlight for their number one crown. Outside the Top 10 expect new entries from Luther Vandross with a J/Sony BMG-issued new retrospective, Polydor’s How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria winner Connie Fisher, Mercury’s Milburn, Sting with a release on Deutsche Grammophon, Edel-signed Chris De Burgh and Interscope/Polydor’s Lloyd Banks. ==================================================================== Singles 01 Razorlight - America 02 My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade Top 15 Beatfreakz - Superfreak Top 25 Hot Chip - Over and Over Top 40 Placebo - Meds Corinne Bailey Rae - Like A Star Badly Drawn Boy - Nothing's Gonna Change Your Mind ====================================== Albums 01 The Killers 02 Scissor Sisters 03 Evanescence 04 Razorlight Top 5 Trivium Top 15 Connie Francis Top 20 Luther Vandross Top 25 Milburn Top 30 Sting Top 40 Chris DeBurgh Lloyd Banks Top 75 The Bluetones Albert Hammond Jr Credit to Andy70 @ Havenforum
October 11, 200619 yr Author **Weds Update Top 20 Only** Singles 01 Razorlight - America 02 My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade (400 copies behind) Top 15 Beatfreakz - Superfreak Top 25 James Morrison - Wonderful World **Download** ====================================== Albums 01 The Killers 38k 02 Scissor Sisters 03 Evanescence 04 Razorlight Top 5 Trivium Top 15 Connie Fisher Luther Vandross Courtsey Airboy^ @ havenforum
October 12, 200619 yr Author **Thurs Update Top 20 Only** Singles 01 My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade 02 Razorlight - America Top 15 11 Beatfreakz - Superfreak Rest remains the same as yesterday, only the top 2 swapped places
October 12, 200619 yr Author **Fri Update Top 20 Only** Singles 01 My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade (2k lead) 02 Razorlight - America Top 10 10 Beatfreakz - Superfreak Top 20 James Morrison - Wonderful World **Download** =========================================== Albums 01 Killers 02 Scissor Sisters 03 Evanescence 05 Razorlight Top 10 Trivium Top 15 Connie Fisher Top 20 Luther Vandross Credit to Airboy^ at havenforum
October 12, 200619 yr looking good!! i want the Romance boys to get #1, i hope they can stretch their lead come sunday but razorlight's single is only 99p in hmv :rolleyes:
October 12, 200619 yr Well, well...MCR heading for No.1...and they're doing a signing this afternoon in Virgin Oxford Street which should help them along nicely...23 to No.1 is going to be quite a spectacular leap if it happens :-0 I can see their album out in a couple of weeks being a huge seller, although its out on the same week as Robbie so will have to settle for No.2...
October 12, 200619 yr Well, well...MCR heading for No.1...and they're doing a signing this afternoon in Virgin Oxford Street which should help them along nicely...23 to No.1 is going to be quite a spectacular leap if it happens :-0 I can see their album out in a couple of weeks being a huge seller, although its out on the same week as Robbie so will have to settle for No.2... Or No.3 as Bat Out Of Hell 3 is out that day too.
October 12, 200619 yr 01 My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade :cheer: :dance: :yahoo: I hope it stays that way ^_^
October 12, 200619 yr Author Cast your minds back to the Woolies chart on Monday it had Blazin Squad Top 10, well they are not even top 40 :rofl:
October 12, 200619 yr its good MCR are in the UK to support the track they can do it....boys get ready to leap to #1
October 12, 200619 yr I don't think anyone predicted that MCR would EVER get a #1 over here! :o I'm still in shock that they're Top 10!
October 12, 200619 yr I don't think anyone predicted that MCR would EVER get a #1 over here! :o I'm still in shock that they're Top 10! So am I... Also because they're flopping in the US...
October 12, 200619 yr Steady improvement for the Beatfreakz, does anybody know if they can climb, cos dance music tends to do well over the weekend... and :o at MCR, but also Razorlight have done a Nelly furtado and priced the cd at 99p so i think theyll climb, hope snow patrol are still climbing and :rofl: at blazin squad :rofl:
October 12, 200619 yr I'd hardly desrcibe My Chem as flopping in the US... They aren't exactly mainstream there, they are neither poppy/RnB/Hip-Hop/Country and were therefore never going to chart highly. They're alternative there and hence don't have mass appeal...
October 12, 200619 yr Author Steady improvement for the Beatfreakz, does anybody know if they can climb, cos dance music tends to do well over the weekend... Sorry unable to tell at the moment
October 12, 200619 yr i hope my chemical romance get the number 1 as razorlight have had the number 1,i love both songs,great year for new acts getting number 1's who havnt had number 1's before
October 12, 200619 yr I'm so pleased MCR are selling well :wub: It really will be a huge achievement for them if they make #1 :wub:
October 12, 200619 yr I thought MCR would pip it, they were so close on Wednesday! :o Its good to see 2 strong songs vying for the top spot, even if both will only sell around 30k each :(
October 12, 200619 yr Hopefully Razorlight will overtake MCR by sunday and get a 2nd week at the top.
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