What a welcome surprise to see Dido climbing to number 2 today.

Top 3 starting to look safe for Dido now.

 

Slightly disappointed (but not surprised) to see James Morrison and David Gray declining.

I will settle for both holding a Top 20 position at the end of the week now.

 

Disappointed still for the Louis Tomlinson performance.

So Dido was the @1 seller on Monday with 2.3k

Just ahead of Tom and Dave

While sigrid and Foals did poorly

 

Really hope she can pull it off

So Dido was the @1 seller on Monday with 2.3k

Just ahead of Tom and Dave

While sigrid and Foals did poorly

 

Really hope she can pull it off

Dave sold 2.7k.

Has Dido any promotion coming up for Wednesday or Thursday.

 

Oh, I guess I was wrong about Dido then. :magic: This is an impressive performance from her. Who knew so many casual purchasers would be here for a Dido album in 2019. x

Oh, I guess I was wrong about Dido then. :magic: This is an impressive performance from her. Who knew so many casual purchasers would be here for a Dido album in 2019. x

 

The album is exceptional and she has really been putting in the promo. Such an underrated artist in general. She gets lumped in with Norah Jones and Katie Melua and yet, third album aside, she mostly puts out quite contemporary music each era.

I'm not knocking her music (it's not really something I'm that interested in, but I did hear and enjoy the Kendrick Lamar collab on one of her more recent albums, I also do like most of her older hits), it's just surprising that she's still relevant enough to the public to be contending for the #1.

Didos first two albums were that big that I think there’s always interest in her to chart highly in week 1.

 

But this is the most active she’s been in terms of promotion for ages.

 

Plus the album itself is really strong I’d say it’s her strongest since Life For Rent.

I'm not knocking her music (it's not really something I'm that interested in, but I did hear and enjoy the Kendrick Lamar collab on one of her more recent albums, I also do like most of her older hits), it's just surprising that she's still relevant enough to the public to be contending for the #1.

 

I think people are rediscovering her music. No doubt all the buyers are over 25. People forget artists if they’re not in the forefront and Dido basically removed herself from the public eye for 15 years. Plus the third album was extremely uncommercial, there wasn’t really a promotional single on it.

 

But what I said about the stigma is still true. She gained a reputation for being boring which meant radio have been reluctant to promote her. Again, Safe Trip Home didn’t help with this.

Total chart battle! Waiting to see who will drop the price of their album to £4.99 first :lol:

 

Currently on iTunes -

#1 Dido

#2 Dave

#3 Tom Walker

#4 James Morrison

#5 Sigrid

#6 Foals

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Pitchfork gave 9.0 to Everything But the Girls' Walking Wounded in their Sunday review so Dido fits that trend quite well. She'll get lots of new (and returning) fans with this astounding album.

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Didos first two albums were that big that I think there’s always interest in her to chart highly in week 1.

 

But this is the most active she’s been in terms of promotion for ages.

 

Plus the album itself is really strong I’d say it’s her strongest since Life For Rent.

 

Artists such as Dido can generally pull off an impressive opening week.

I always worry about the 2nd week drop and hope Dido can maintain a decent chart position for week 2.

 

If everything sold the same for the rest of the week, the Top 5 albums would be:

 

1) Dido

2) Dave

3) Foals

4) Tom Walker

5) Sigrid

 

It's likely that streaming will see Dave overtake but it seems likely at this stage that Dido will keep the #2 position.

Having heard one of Dave's songs (the number 1 song from last year), I just don't understand why he's doing so well. Dido should overtake the Foals either in tomorrow's update or Thursdays but Dave seems to be the competition now.

Having heard one of Dave's songs (the number 1 song from last year), I just don't understand why he's doing so well. Dido should overtake the Foals either in tomorrow's update or Thursdays but Dave seems to be the competition now.

That song is not on the album and for good reason - it doesn’t fit the album, which is much more of a body of work than a collection of individual songs. Wasn’t keen on Funky Friday at all but this has some great, well written moments.

 

Really pleased Dido is looking to have a solid first week. Nice to see another interesting chart battle this year. Album chart is much more interesting than the singles currently.

Dave is campaigning hard on twitter

Dave is campaigning hard on twitter

 

Whatever he’s doing is working on iTunes - he’s moved 7-2-1 on there.

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Dave being #1 wouldn't surprise me now then, I clearly underestimate his ability to sell on twitter (the same thing happened when I thought 'Funky Friday' going to #1 was unlikely). Plus his streaming is very stable.

This is the first Dido album I've invested in since Life For Rent. The numerous Spotify song releases since December as well as the music being poppier than I imagined she'd release, in a pretty dull music climate, I'm really not surprised she's holding up so well.

Interesting how Michael Jackson re-enters the top 40 a week after LN aired.

 

Having listened to Juice's album I'm glad to see him climb from yesterday.