Wow great battle at the top of the singles chart - hope Eminem manages another no1, stretching his longevity to another decade. Think this *could* be its only shot at no1, the Weeknd & Roddy will have better chances next week.

I don't know why, but I expected a little better for Halsey albums wise :( Maybe she would've fared better last week.

 

They really picked the worst possible week for her, I think. :(

She will sell around 8-9k so not great, seemed to bbe more hype than that. Hopefully the current single continues to improve on spotify as it is daily.

I think Halsey has done pretty well for such a competitive week tbh - it'll still be her highest charting album to date, and the highest charting song from it is a pretty distant memory at this point, the subsequent singles / teaser tracks haven't really made that much impact (I expect 'You should be sad' will continue to grow into a biggish hit for her though and that could help the album show a decent amount of longevity, certainly should hold up better than 2 of the 3 new entries ahead of it at least lol). Doing extremely well in the US too.

She will sell around 8-9k so not great, seemed to bbe more hype than that. Hopefully the current single continues to improve on spotify as it is daily.

 

I feel like the campaign got significantly derailed since 'Without Me' a year ago, but maybe with 'You Should Be Sad' and (hopefully) '3am' in the future it can push for good longevity.

Graveyard was just really weak and Nightmare was too out there, had she released You Should Be Sad after Without Me and then the album, that would have been a much better scenario.

Do shop pre orders count for the album chart? Ie if HMV order 5k copies or something? Or is it only when individuals buy them?

 

 

Only when individuals buy them. Across the counter sales. What are shipped to stores will count towards certifications though, ie silver, gold and platinum, if and when record companies apply for them.

Edited January 22, 20206 yr by Crazy Chris

Graveyard was just really weak and Nightmare was too out there, had she released You Should Be Sad after Without Me and then the album, that would have been a much better scenario.

 

Yeh agree with all the points above too. I still felt there was a lot more hype even if the grats didn't stick around or do overly well, thought she may have sold better even if her chart position is decent. Maybe that was just in the circles I am in though lol. The albums brilliant though and I'm not a fan. I will continue to stream it I think in the coming weeks.

Roddy Ricch has just released a music video :o

 

...although unfortunately it's not going to help because it's not for 'The Box', it's just another random album track (and not even one of the more popular ones). Curious decision!

Very hard to predict who will actually be Number 1 on Friday.

Louise, still holding that Top 10 position, but can she hang on in there, i sure hope so.

 

Really healthy album sales for January! Even Halsey will do about 10k and she is number 6!!! To think some years in January that is enough for number 1! But this week Eminem will be number 1 with over 30k

It is welcoming to see the Top 4 albums easily over 10k sales

Never thought I’d see the day where I’m rooting for Eminem to be #1 but here we are! He’d be the first to have a #1 in the 00s, 10s and 20s.

 

Also hoping Louise can cling on to the Top 10, hopefully the signing tomorrow is enough.

Never thought I’d see the day where I’m rooting for Eminem to be #1 but here we are! He’d be the first to have a #1 in the 00s, 10s and 20s.

 

Also hoping Louise can cling on to the Top 10, hopefully the signing tomorrow is enough.

 

Nice stat, another reason why I hope 'Godzilla' goes to no1!

Louises signing tomorrow could be her best shot at holding Top 10.

Nice stat, another reason why I hope 'Godzilla' goes to no1!

 

I can’t think of many other artists who could realistically reach that the way things are, besides Rihanna... Gaga?

Calvin Harris as well. (Who is apparently releasing a new song very soon as it happens, as is Gaga).

 

Interesting to note, if 'Godzilla' gets #1 I am pretty sure it'll be the first time an artist has been #1 posthumously since Eva Cassidy in late 2007 - the only other artists to have had #1s since then who are not still living are Robin Gibb and Avicii (x2). Plus one half of Bingo Players. (I may have missed other members of groups / collectives, especially random choir members of course).

http://i.imgur.com/E6o8dx1.png

 

Thursday Top 40 Update

Missing Data: Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube (all for Wednesday)

 

Singles

 

1 Eminem feat. Juice WRLD - Godzilla (38.5k - 359 ahead) *

2 Roddy Ricch - The Box (38.1k)

3 Stormzy feat. Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy - Own It (37.5k)

4 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (36.1k)

5 Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go (33.7k)

 

6-10

10 DigDat feat. Aitch - Ei8ht Mile *

 

11-20

11 Eminem feat. Ed Sheeran - Those Kinda Nights *

18 Eminem - Darkness *

 

21-30

24 Trevor Daniel - Falling

28 Halsey - You should be sad

 

31-40

33 Jonas Brothers - What a Man Gotta Do *

35 The 1975 - Me & You Together Song *

39 BTS - Black Swan *

 

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

 

Albums

 

1 Eminem - Music to Be Murdered By (29.5k) *

2 Courteeners - More. Again. Forever. (23.8k) *

3 Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong (14.3k) *

4 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (12.5k)

5 Stormzy - Heavy Is the Head (9.1k)

 

6-10

6 Halsey - MANIC *

8 Louise - Heavy Love *

9 Mac Miller - Circles *

 

11-20

12 DigDat - Ei8ht Mile *

14 Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka ^

16 Gabrielle Aplin - Dear Happy *

 

21-30

25 Mura Masa - R.Y.C *

27 Magnum - The Serpent Rings *

 

31-40

34 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits

39 Queen - The Platinum Collection

359 sales between #1 and #2 on the final day, amazing how it's still too close to call!

The rounding could have been different yesterday but it appears Eminem has pulled ahead slightly since the last update, so I'd imagine he'll take it by 200-300 copies in the end after todays stream are counted