The #1 is sewn up, but how do we think this will hold up after this week? Golden managed a respectable 4 weeks top 10, but Dolly's Glasto slot for example had her top 10 for a good 10ish weeks. I'd like to see this manage another week top 3 or at least top 5. And around 5+ weeks top 10.

 

Has it been noted that it's #1 on Amazon now?

If SBIT hits #1 she will he 2nd place for most UK number ones by a female and #10 for overall album #1s :cheer:

 

Current standings taken from the OCC -

 

ARTIST

MADONNA 12

BARBRA STREISAND 6

KYLIE MINOGUE 6

CELINE DION 5

DIANA ROSS 4

RIHANNA 4

KATE BUSH 3

EVA CASSIDY 3

NORAH JONES 3

AVRIL LAVIGNE 3

SUSAN BOYLE 3

AMY WINEHOUSE 3

 

They have included Evita for Madonna so should include A Star is born for Barbara. Also Gaga is not on that list she has 4 too.

 

Midweek info :cheer:

 

Kylie is now on 23,984 (2,672 yesterday)

Lewis is now on 11,523 (3,033 yesterday)

She still leads with more than double figures 🥳

The #1 is sewn up, but how do we think this will hold up after this week? Golden managed a respectable 4 weeks top 10, but Dolly's Glasto slot for example had her top 10 for a good 10ish weeks.

 

I really think it’s going to hang around for a while - it’s not like a studio album that needs constant promo and singles to keep it selling.

 

Also she has the rest of her summer tour and Pride show to keep interest going and BMG have said the GH campaign will last until Q4, I’m sure after the great start they will be pulling out all the stops.

Edited July 2, 20195 yr by ___∆___

Thank you Stewie on Sayhey for this extra info....Kylie, Queen Of Physicals and Downloads. Anyone know what Golden streamed week one?

 

 

 

Kylie is now on 23,984 (2,672 yesterday)

Lewis is now on 11,523 (3,033 yesterday)

 

CD: 12,700

Digital: 3,922

Streaming: 427

Vinyl LP: 4,931....Wowsers.

Tape: 2,004

Golden sold 1870 sale equivalent streams. I feel like Step Back in Time should have more streams given its full of already established hits.

I'm quite surprised the streaming is that low too. I wonder if there's much streaming data missing from the mids so far?

 

Nice to see the vinyl sales are high! Decent showing for the cassettes too. Did we ever find out how many cassettes Golden sold in its first week?

Found this in the sales topic from the time:

 

1 NEW 'GOLDEN' Kylie

Total Sales: 48,032 (Beat Showman who sold 35,372)

CD: 28,152

Digital: 9,010

Streaming: 1,870

Vinyl: 6,398

 

Think the remainder is cassette sales.

^^ Queen of physicals.

 

I’m actually please cassette sales are down considerably - as there are 5 versions and still readily available sales ‘should’ be higher, hopefully this will put an end to BMGs obsession with the format! 1 is a novelty, 5 is a blatant p!sstake.

It's an incredible collection. Wall-to-wall bangers and beauties all in a solid tracklist order with no sudden jolts or disruptions. This is how you do a greatest hits!

 

Well done to her - what a phenomenal week this will be for her :wub:

^^ Queen of physicals.

 

I’m actually please cassette sales are down considerably - as there are 5 versions and still readily available sales ‘should’ be higher, hopefully this will put an end to BMGs obsession with the format! 1 is a novelty, 5 is a blatant p!sstake.

 

Agree though don’t forget that Golden’s initial cassette sales were bolstered by the signed offer week one...though I can’t recall how many there were?

I've just done my share and bought the mint vinyls on Amazon and the CD/Booklet on ZOOM, as well as the streams on Spotify of course. Excited to give her a new number 1 album!

Kylie’s 1992 ‘Greatest Hits’ has remained steady on iTunes all week so far and is currently #67 - think people are assuming it’s the latest album as if you search for Kylie’s GH it’s listed first before SBIT. Would love it to creep in at #100 of something so that Kylie can bookend the Top 100 :P

I've just done my share and bought the mint vinyls on Amazon and the CD/Booklet on ZOOM, as well as the streams on Spotify of course. Excited to give her a new number 1 album!

 

Never heard of Zoom before - I just checked them out. Are they a popular site? Kylie is #1 and #3 on their chart :cheer:

Albumism identifies 5 tracks they'd liked to have seen on the collection:

 

“Finer Feelings”

Let’s Get To It (1991)

 

Historically, “Finer Feelings” is a necessity on any Kylie Minogue retrospective as it marks her first collaboration with Dave Seaman and Steve Anderson—Brothers in Rhythm—who oversaw the production of the single edit for “Finer Feelings.” Pulling the latent pop-soul element forward that sat at the surface of the Stock-Aitken-Watermen LP version, the single took on a whole new form. More importantly, Seaman and Anderson went on to be major players in Minogue’s seminal deConstruction Records period that she used to assist in her departure from Stock-Aitken-Waterman’s ubiquitous bubblegum style. Anderson continues to work with Minogue today as the music director for her concert tours; he has also kept writing and producing on other projects with her. That being said, their friendship and longtime creative courtship began here.

 

“Where Is The Feeling?”

Kylie Minogue (1994)

 

On Kylie Minogue, “Where Is The Feeling?”—a cover of minor club charter for Within a Dream—was reimagined as an acid jazz stomper worthy of The Brand New Heavies. However, when it was sent forward as her fifth album’s third and final single, it was recast as a gorgeously thalassic, alternative pop piece that, on its maxi-single pressing, audaciously sprawled into a thirteen-minute Donna Summer-esque epic. Sadly forgotten despite its engrossing esoteric air, “Where Is The Feeling?” has only appeared on one compilation, the non-Minogue officiated Hits+ (2000) that rounded up all but one of her deConstruction singles. More than any other song on this list, “Where Is The Feeling?” deserves to have its story told on the next singles package Minogue drafts going forward.

 

“Some Kind Of Bliss”

Impossible Princess (1998)

 

A collision of Britpop muscle and symphonic pop grace featured on her sixth studio LP Impossible Princess, “Some Kind Of Bliss” has never quite gotten its rightful due as one of Minogue’s braver single options, though its stock among discerning Minogue aficionados continues to grow. A polarizing choice to lead from what was to be an equally polarizing parent record, “Some Kind Of Bliss” saw Minogue team with the Manic Street Preachers for a bright, bursting rock-pop paean to the challenges and triumphs of life. It doesn’t hurt that Minogue gives a duly passionate vocal take, “Some Kind Of Bliss” needs to be dusted off and celebrated for the kinetic piece of high art that it is.

 

“Flower”

The Abbey Road Sessions (2012)

 

Written with her most sympathetic creative partner (Steve Anderson) during the X (2007) sessions, “Flower” was left off that album and curiously reprised on the partnering tour for X (KylieX2008). It wouldn’t find its way onto a studio project until The Abbey Road Sessions five years later. A stripped-down acoustic piece with demure orchestral touches, “Flower” candidly details Mingoue’s post-cancer concerns about mortality and her future, the latter aspect resting on the topic of childbirth. Given the personal effects of the track, that she led The Abbey Road Sessions with this as the introductory single was a striking move. Of course, the commercial returns were limited, but it garnered close to uniform critical praise. Like Impossible Princess and specific sides of X that had Minogue drop her guard and expose her vulnerability, “Flower” makes for a gripping and ultimately moving listening experience.

 

“Into The Blue”

Kiss Me Once (2014)

 

Kiss Me Once is the only album to have no representation on Step Back In Time, indicative of the brief flux in Minogue’s creative quality and confidence. With that said, “Into The Blue” is something of a diamond in the rough. As anthemic as “All The Lovers” or “Better The Devil You Know,” this adult contemporary chestnut was the sole single that managed any chart headway at all from Kiss Me Once (UK #12). In what should have been another “out of the park” smash, Minogue instead found herself contending with ageist radio outlets as early as 2007 which impeded “Into The Blue” from going any farther than it did.

Read the full article here.

To be honest, I do find it pretty strange that Into the Blue is always getting snubbed from things. I get that she’s not massive on the KMO era at all, but I’d expect ITB (forget the rest of the era) to be given at least some acknowledgement?

It's a shame Into the Blue wasn't included :( I think it's the biggest glaring omission. It would have been nice for every studio album (non-Christmas) to have been represented by at least one single.

 

Found this in the sales topic from the time:

 

1 NEW 'GOLDEN' Kylie

Total Sales: 48,032 (Beat Showman who sold 35,372)

CD: 28,152

Digital: 9,010

Streaming: 1,870

Vinyl: 6,398

 

Think the remainder is cassette sales.

Thanks Liam! So 2,602 Golden cassettes in the first week. That rose to 2,847 copies by 25 July 2018.

 

I'm pretty impressed that Step Back in Time cassette sales amount to 2k actually. I know a fair few fans will have bought all 5 for the sake of their collections, but I feel like the current price of one cassette (£15, but £20 with postage) is a bit too much to attract casual sales for it. The original Golden cassette was only £5 (or £7.50 with postage), and as aeroco pointed out there were some signed copies put on sale too. Even if Step Back in Time cassette sales don't reach Golden's, they're certainly generating more money!

Look at this totally unexpected surprise:

 

https://themusicnetwork.com/kylie-mi...-albums-chart/

 

Kylie poised to land her sixth #1 ARIA album

 

 

Kylie Minogue is gunning for another #1 debut on the ARIA Albums Chart.

 

Her career retrospective Step Back In Time: The Definitive Collection is well placed to become her sixth #1 on the chart.

 

She’s tipped to knock off the likes of Billie Eilish (12 weeks on the chart), as well as other heavyweights Bruce Springsteen, Elton John and P!NK.

 

The Aussie has topped the chart with Fever (2001), Kiss Me Once (2014), Light Years (2000), X (2007) and last year’s Golden, as well as 12 additional Top 10 albums since 1989’s Kylie peaked at #2.

 

Kylie fever is ramping up worldwide, blowing away a massive Glastonbury crowd.

 

It was an emotional performance, with the singer originally billed to headline the festival in 2005 but was forced to pull out after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

 

BBC reports that her set had the biggest crowd of the weekend, and her Sunday evening set also had the highest TV audience.

 

According to midweek data, The Black Keys’ new LP Ley’s Rock and Chris Brown’s Indigo are also tilting at Top 5 album debuts.

It would be good and it's quite unexpected.