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There is no stopping Ed at the moment, his run at #1 will continue with 'Shape of You', unless 'Galway Girl' takes another step up to #1, furthermore his album tracks are not going to drop by that much due to streaming. Steps have released a brand new single titled 'Scared of the Dark' from their forthcoming new studio album 'Tears on the Dancefloor' also performing tonight on the Ant & Dec Saturday Night Takeaway Show on ITV1. Other brand new releases this week from Nicki Minaj collaborating with Drake & Lil Wayne on 'No Frauds' and her solo single 'Regret In Your Tears', Louisa Johnson with her follow up single to 'So Good' with 'Best Behaviour', Stargate feat. Sia & P!nk 'Waterfall', Just Us 'Cloudbusting' and a new track from Lorde 'Liability'. And Julia Michaels hoping to chart inside the top 40 with 'Issues'.

 

Ed Sheeran will continue to dominate the #1 album for some time, hardly any competition this week, Laura Marling will be the highest new charting album this week titled 'Semper Femina' vying for a top 5 entry. Other new album releases from Mallory Knox 'Wired', Circa Waves 'Diifferent Creatures', Bush with Gavin Rossdale 'Black And White Rainbows' and one half of Soft Cell best remembered for that #1 smash 'Tainted Love' of the 80s Marc Almond releases another greatest hits package titled 'Hits and Pieces – The Best of Marc Almond & Soft Cell'.

 

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: N/A

 

Top 100 Singles

 

1 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (41.7k)

2 Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl (34.9k)

3 Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (21.3k)

4 The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This (19.0k)

5 Ed Sheeran - Perfect (16.8k)

 

6-10

7 Katy Perry feat. Skip Marley - Chained to the Rhythm

8 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human

10 Martin Jensen - Solo Dance

 

11-20

11 Steps - Scared of the Dark *

15 Jax Jones feat. RAYE - You Don't Know Me

19 Anne-Marie - Ciao Adios

20 Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me

 

21-30

21 Calvin Harris feat. Frank Ocean & Migos - Slide

23 Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa - Scared to Be Lonely

26 Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay

30 Dua Lipa - Be the One

 

31-40

37 Bruno Mars - That's What I Like *

39 Nicki Minaj feat. Drake & Lil Wayne - No Frauds *

40 Julia Michaels - Issues *

 

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Top 100 Albums

 

1 Ed Sheeran - Divide (158.0k)

2 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (16.1k)

3 Laura Marling - Semper Femina (9.0k) *

4 Ed Sheeran - x (8.4k)

5 Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer (6.3k)

 

6-10

7 Soft Cell & Marc Almond - Hits & Pieces: The Best of... *

8 Circa Waves - Different Creatures *

9 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Beauty & The Beast *

 

11-20

12 Mallory Knox - Wired *

13 The Shins - Heartworks *

 

21-30

21 Paul Weller - Jawbone OST *

24 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together

26 Marti Pellow - Mysterious *

29 Little Comets - Worhead *

 

31-40

34 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend

36 Celine Dion - My Love: The Essential Collection

37 Bush & Gavin Rossdale - Black & White Rainbows *

40 Olly Murs - 24 HRS ^

 

Click on the above relevant links.

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Tuesday Top 40 Update

Missing Data: Spotify (Monday)

 

Singles

 

1 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (57.1k)

2 Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl (49.2k)

3 Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (29.6k)

4 The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This (25.2k)

5 Ed Sheeran - Perfect (23.9k)

 

6-10

8 Ed Sheeran - Supermarket Flowers

10 Katy Perry feat. Skip Marley - Chained to the Rhythm

 

11-20

12 Martin Jensen - Solo Dance

13 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human

17 Jax Jones feat. RAYE - You Don't Know Me

18 Steps - Scared of the Dark *

19 Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me

20 Anne-Marie - Ciao Adios

 

21-30

21 Calvin Harris feat. Frank Ocean & Migos - Slide

25 Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa - Scared to Be Lonely

27 Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay

 

31-40

31 Dua Lipa - Be the One

36 Bruno Mars - That's What I Like *

38 Julia Michaels - Issues *

 

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Albums

 

1 Ed Sheeran - ÷ (194.3k)

2 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (19.6k)

3 Ed Sheeran - x (10.6k)

4 Laura Marling - Semper Femina (10.2k) *

5 Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer (8.3k)

 

6-10

7 Soft Cell & Marc Almond - Hits & Pieces: The Best of... *

9 Circa Waves - Different Creatures *

10 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Beauty & The Beast *

 

11-20

14 The Shins - Heartworks *

15 Mallory Knox - Wired *

 

21-30

23 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together

27 Paul Weller - Jawbone OST *

29 Marti Pellow - Mysterious *

 

31-40

32 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend

34 Celine Dion - My Love: The Essential Collection

38 Olly Murs - 24 HRS ^

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Wednesday Top 40 ONLY Update

Source: Music Week

Missing Data:

 

Singles

 

1 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (68,444)

2 Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl (59,479)

3 Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (35,528)

4 The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This (30,352)

5 Ed Sheeran - Perfect (28,800)

 

6-10

8 Ed Sheeran - Supermarket Flowers

 

11-20

11 Katy Perry feat. Skip Marley - Chained to the Rhythm

12 Martin Jensen - Solo Dance

13 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human

17 Jax Jones feat. RAYE - You Don't Know Me

18 Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me

19 Anne-Marie - Ciao Adios

20 Calvin Harris feat. Frank Ocean & Migos - Slide

 

21-30

24 Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa - Scared to Be Lonely

25 Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay

27 Steps - Scared of the Dark *

 

31-40

31 Dua Lipa - Be the One

36 Bruno Mars - That's What I Like *

37 Julia Michaels - Issues *

 

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

 

Albums

 

1 Ed Sheeran - ÷ (220,836)

2 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (22,230)

3 Ed Sheeran - x (12,411)

4 Laura Marling - Semper Femina (10,706) *

5 Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer (9,648)

 

6-10

6 Ed Sheeran - + (8,485)

7 Soft Cell & Marc Almond - Hits & Pieces: The Best of... *

9 Circa Waves - Different Creatures *

10 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Beauty & The Beast *

 

11-20

16 The Shins - Heartworks *

17 Mallory Knox - Wired *

18 The Beatles - Abbey Road ^

 

21-30

23 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together

29 Paul Weller - Jawbone OST *

30 Celine Dion - My Love: The Essential Collection

 

31-40

33 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend

34 Marti Pellow - Mysterious *

38 Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac

40 Olly Murs - 24 HRS ^

 

NO OTHER SALES INFO

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Thursday Top 40 Update

Missing Data: Apple Music, Spotify (both Wednesday)

 

Singles

 

1 Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (81.4k)

2 Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl (71.3k)

3 Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (42.4k)

4 The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This (36.3k)

5 Ed Sheeran - Perfect (34.4k)

 

6-10

8 Ed Sheeran - Supermarket Flowers

 

11-20

11 Katy Perry feat. Skip Marley - Chained to the Rhythm

12 Martin Jensen - Solo Dance

13 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human

17 Jax Jones feat. RAYE - You Don't Know Me

18 Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me

19 Anne-Marie - Ciao Adios

20 Calvin Harris feat. Frank Ocean & Migos - Slide

 

21-30

22 Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay

24 Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa - Scared to Be Lonely

30 Steps - Scared of the Dark *

 

31-40

31 Dua Lipa - Be the One

36 Bruno Mars - That's What I Like *

37 Julia Michaels - Issues *

 

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

 

Albums

 

1 Ed Sheeran - ÷ (254.0k)

2 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (26.2k)

3 Ed Sheeran - x (14.5k)

4 Laura Marling - Semper Femina (11.5k) *

5 Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer (11.4k)

 

6-10

7 Soft Cell & Marc Almond - Hits & Pieces: The Best of... *

9 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Trolls

10 Circa Waves - Different Creatures *

 

11-20

11 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Beauty & The Beast *

17 The Shins - Heartworks *

18 Mallory Knox - Wired *

19 The Beatles - Abbey Road ^

 

21-30

23 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together

29 twenty one pilots - Blurryface

 

31-40

31 Celine Dion - My Love: The Essential Collection

32 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend

33 Paul Weller - Jawbone OST *

38 Olly Murs - 24 HRS ^

I hope Steps can enter inside the top 10 but with virtually no streaming top 40 might be more realistic!

I hope Steps can enter inside the top 10 but with virtually no streaming top 40 might be more realistic!

They're at #141 on Spotify. At least they're not doing a Robbie and having 0 streaming. I'd say top 30 sounds realistic

Steps are #1 in the mids according to Minty

I actually think with tonight's promo they could make the top 15.

Steps are #1 in the mids according to Minty

Remember that is without streaming data. They'll drop significantly by Monday.

 

Also, they're only so 'high' on streaming because of New Music Friday effect, I'd expect them to fall out of the top 200 tomorrow.

I hope Steps do get a good chart position on Friday! Hopefully as the week progresses they'll do more promo and maybe airplay will pick up once radio notices they are doing well!

Top 40 is realistically a good aim for Steps at the moment. The latest Kworb update showed a massive drop so they're not guaranteed to be sticking around for very long. If they perform it tonight it'll work wonders, and they may well get a top 20 out of this. Which I doubt anyone would have predicted a few weeks ago to be honest.

I think there will be a huge boost for Steps after tonight's SNTA performance - especially as they have a new dance routine for 'Scared of the Dark'.

 

They also have a few TV interviews planned for next week which should stop it going into freefall.

I think there will be a huge boost for Steps after tonight's SNTA performance - especially as they have a new dance routine for 'Scared of the Dark'.

 

They also have a few TV interviews planned for next week which should stop it going into freefall.

 

We don't know if they're definitely performing the new track yet though. Apparently, acts are not really encouraged to promote new material on this show for some reason, and they were seemingly booked to do a sing-along section, which would suggest something like Tragedy.

 

Fingers crossed they get to do Scared of the Dark though.

How long will Ed Sheeran stay at number one in the album charts for, will he get knocked off by Depehde Mode in a couple of weeks or will Take That knock him off number one

I'd say neither. I think he'll be quite comfortable for the next couple of months.

We don't know if they're definitely performing the new track yet though. Apparently, acts are not really encouraged to promote new material on this show for some reason, and they were seemingly booked to do a sing-along section, which would suggest something like Tragedy.

 

Fingers crossed they get to do Scared of the Dark though.

 

I'd be surprised if they didn't - Robbie Williams and Jennifer Hudson performed their new singles on the show. If Jennifer Hudson can get to promo new material then I'm sure Steps can - I'm sure the Steps team will be pushing for it after the initial success of the track.

J-Hud only performed Spotlight on Saturday Night Takeaway :kink:

Im happy to see the Steps comeback going well, for them to even get a top 40 hit would be great for them, streaming will hammer them which is the case with most acts who are around for years.

 

Its also looking good that the album should do ok for them. You could also see Steps greatest hits coming back into the top 100, hopefully!!

 

Im hoping Ed Sheeran has massive sales again this week to eliminate sales from the following week as i really want the new Take That album to get to number 1 but im not confident it will happen based on the performance of the Giants single and the decline in sales of their their Three album.

 

I'd say neither. I think he'll be quite comfortable for the next couple of months.

 

Agreed, can't see anyone deposing him for a few weeks. TT will have to settle for No.2.