A 75k+ opening for Dua would be pretty amazing. I don't really see it, but could see her maybe landing in the No.3-6 region with around 30-40k?

 

Hard to predict as Swan Song underperformed, but then that was a different beast being a standalone from a film soundtrack (and not that amazing).

can’t see Dua going straight in at number one tbh. Especially with Dance Monkey being so big.

can’t see Dua going straight in at number one tbh. Especially with Dance Monkey being so big.

Yeah I agree, I can't see it going straight to Number 1, unless it's all kinds of amazing.

I can see Dua at least debuting top 10. Likely within the top 5.

 

Looking at how well Selenas doing this week I think Dua should do better than that as UK wise (and UK wise alone!) she’s a bigger name here. Aside from Adele she’s our biggest female and she does well on streaming too.

 

She could have another huge smash on her hands but athe least she’ll do a Taylor Swift ME! (But that’s only if it’s poorly received).

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I'd be extremely surprised if Dua managed to debut at #1 even if there wasn't such a strong incumbent tbh.

 

Kanye closing most of the gap in the albums chart now, should definitely be on course for #2 (although likely on lower sales than 'ye'). 'Follow God' looking like it'll be the highest charting song from a Kanye album since 'Stronger' getting to #1 in 2007 though which seems pretty crazy considering the very muted reception this album is getting! (Wording that carefully because of course 'I Love It' got to #3 but ended up only being for Lil Pump's album, as did the non-album single 'FourFiveSeconds', but still 'Follow God' will likely only be one place below those two).

 

Glad that 'Orphans' hasn't been collapsing too hard over the week, hope it'll hang onto a debut in the mid 20s.

Kygo and Whitney please?

Dua Lipa at highest will be debut low Top 5.

did a quick search at the BPI for live albums that are at least multi-platinum and found these.

 

Phil Collins - Serious Hits Live = Platinum x 4

U2 - Live under a red blood sky = Platinum x 3

Simple Minds - Live in the city of Light = Platinum x 2

Robbie William - Live at Knewborth = Platinum x 2

Beatles - Live at the BBC = Platinum x 2

 

just shows how popular was Phil Collins in the late 90s, he really was the male-Adele :o

 

Unplugged by The Corrs must be up there too, it had a great chart run for a live album. Such a good record too, I still regularly listen to songs like No Frontiers and Radio, which was way better than the studio version on In Blue.

I feel like Dua could put up a good fight next week! It sounds massive, has BIG hype, and they seem to be getting everything right for its push (video release on the first day, Graham Norton performance on Friday etc).

Unplugged by The Corrs must be up there too, it had a great chart run for a live album. Such a good record too, I still regularly listen to songs like No Frontiers and Radio, which was way better than the studio version on In Blue.

 

2x Platinum as of January 2017 when it was last updated

Unplugged by The Corrs must be up there too, it had a great chart run for a live album. Such a good record too, I still regularly listen to songs like No Frontiers and Radio, which was way better than the studio version on In Blue.

 

I wasn't counting unplugged albums as live, thought mostly they're like in a studio and acoustic versions but it's not live in concert in a proper venue

but if you count them, checking BPI, these are the multiplatinum unplugged albums

Eric Clapton - Unplugged = 4 x platinum

Nirvana - Unplugged in new York = 3 x platinum

The Corrs - Unplugged = 2 x platinum

If you don't count Unplugged albums (Which I would) then you can't really count The Beatles Live At The BBC either (especially as most of it isn't in front of an audience).

 

The popularity of the Phil Collins album may have been enhanced by the fact that he hadn't released a Hits compilation at that point.

 

 

The corrs unplugged was/is a brilliant album, they are so much better live than studio.

The Motörhead live record ‘No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith’ also went to number one in the UK album chart in June 1981, and is one of the better live records.

 

In addition, Judas Priest’s live record ‘Unleashed in the East’ went platinum in America.

there are many live albums that have charted and many that have gone platinum, just posted the multi-platinum to see the biggest sellers

but many artists have had platinum (300,000 copies) albums, Take That, Dire Straits, Busted, Biffy Clyro etc etc

 

for me, depends on the unplugged, but many are just albums made in the studio without anybody present and basically with electric guitars replaced by acoustic guitars... that doesn't make it a live album, like performing in a stadium in front of thousands...

Anyone know if Megan McKenna’s This will chart anywhere this week?

Dua Lipa new single is on Snapchat as lense, For me I’m not convinced on it.

Anyone know if Megan McKenna’s This will chart anywhere this week?

 

All XF releases from the finals are blocked each year from charting so no.

These ‘Best of/Gold’ releases are proving to be really popular - have to hand it to the record company behind them, comprehensive mid priced triple disc releases - they could be trickle sellers for years. The Bay City Rollers one has been progressing in every update.