Posted November 22, 200619 yr Oasis and Westlife lead albums chart battle Source: MW The much-anticipated battle in this week’s album chart will be an unlikely two-horse race between Oasis and Westlife, according to early retail reports. Oasis’s Stop The Clocks (Big Brother) is currently beating all comers, but with only 1300 sales separating it and Westlife’s The Love Album (S), the eventual victor is unlikely to become clear until the weekend. Both albums sold in excess of 50,000 copies on release yesterday. The Beatles are poised to debut at three with Love (Apple), while U2’s U218 (Mercury) has a battle on its hands with George Michael’s 25 (Aegean/Sony) for the number four spot. In a Christmas market saturated with greatest hits packages, Westlife’s Love Album and Razorlight’s self-titled effort could be the only albums in the Top Ten containing new recordings this week. Away from the Top Ten, new albums from Foo Fighters (RCA), Fron Male Voice Choir (UCJ), Tom Waits (Anti) and Akon (Universal) will chart. In the singles market, Take That are in contention for their first number one in a decade with Patience (Polydor), while Emma Bunton’s Children In Need single Downtown (19) the probable number two. Singles from The Feeling (Island), Red Hot Chili Peppers (Warner Bros), Lemar (RCA/White Rabbit) and Pink (LaFace) are likely high risers after getting released physically yesterday, while Nelly Furtado (Geffen), Booty Luv (Ministry Of Sound) and Jet (Atlantic) are set to enter the chart. ================================================================ Singles 01 Take That - Patience 19k 02 Emma - Downtown 9k Top 15 Nelly Furtado - All Good Things [Download] Top 20 Feeling - Love It When You Call [Climber] Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh) [Climber] Top 25 Lemar - Someone Should Tell You [Climber] Top 40 Pink - Nobody Knows [Climber] Booty Luv - Boogie 2 Nite [Download] Jet - Bring It On [New Entry] ============================================= Albums 01 Oasis 53k 02 Westlife 51.5k 03 The Beatles 31k 04 George Michael 05 U2 Top 10 Razorlight Top 20 Foo Fighters Fron Male Voice Choir Top 40 Tom Waits Akon Courtesy of Airboy^ at havenforum
November 22, 200619 yr Author Oasis and Beatles struggling in race for Number One Westlife take a lead in the UK album chart Oasis's 'Best Of' collection 'Stop The Clocks' is being beaten by Westlife's 'The Love Album' in the battle for the Number One position on the album chart. The so called 'Super Monday' (November 20) included big albums released from The Beatles, Jay-Z, Foo Fighters and U2, but according to HMV's Gennaro Castaldo the race is being won by Westlife. "At the moment Westlife are 14,000 sales ahead of Oasis. It's between those two at the moment," he told NME.COM. "People don't rush out to buy 'Best Of's, which Oasis, The Beatles (whose 'LOVE' LP is actually a 'mash up' of their best-known songs) and U2 all have out at the moment. Westlife are benefiting from having a studio album out which people feel they have to get hold of on the week of release." "Westlife are likely to be Number One on Sunday (November 26) in the album chart, which is quite a coup for them."
November 23, 200619 yr Author Wednesday Update Top 20 Only Singles 01 Take That - Patience 31k 02 Emma - Downtown 15k 03 Akon - Smack That 12k Top 15 Nelly Furtado - All Good Things [Download] Top 15 Feeling - Love It When You Call [Climber] Top 20 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh) [Climber] Lemar - Someone Should You ============================================= Albums 01 Westlife 102k 02 Oasis 88k 03 The Beatles 69k 04 U2 36k 05 George Michael Top 10 Razorlight Top 15 Fron Male Voice Choir Courtesy of Andy at havenforum =========================================== Wednesday Tuesdays
November 24, 200619 yr Author That's your lot this week, Big album releases again next week from Take That, Il Divo and G4, so its gonna be another huge selling week in the album chart.
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