We should be celebrating later on today for both chart results (unless something drastic happened in the last tracking hour :lol: ) but feeling confident about where she’ll be!

Ariana has the #1 album in the U.K.!! Her 4th #1 album in a row, congrats to her :wub:

 

'motive' has just been revealed at #16 also - her 24th top 20 hit to date ^_^ (which should turn into 25th soon!)

COME THROUGHHH!!! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

 

An icon that deserves everything!

27,472 Sales in the UK!

 

I did expect more but happy to see she’s #1 across both charts!

 

Her second chart double here too :wub:

Disappointed that she didn't break 30k but oh well - she beat off the competition and got that chart double, yay!

 

All her first weeks:

 

Yours Truly: 7,164

My Everything: 23,766

Dangerous Woman: 19,582

Sweetener: 44,755

thank u, next: 65,214

positions: 27,472

 

So lands in at third.

 

Intrigued to see what the second week drop and general longevity will be like. The lead single is holding up well and hopefully '34+35' will take off in a big way too.

 

2nd week drops for her #1 albums:

 

Dangerous Woman: 1-8 (omg her best album done so dirty)

Sweetener: 1-3

thank u, next: 1-1

I agree that it's an easy listen. I think the short durations for most of the tracks make me want to hit replay after it's done.

That's what I'm doing too - it's so easy to listen to all of the tracks instead of cherry-picking.

 

I am so pleased that she's gone another Top 10 single under her belt and another #1 album this week. A true superstar!

I think she’ll stay top 5 this week!

 

Possibly #5. Realistically the absolute highest she’ll be is #3 because Kylie and LM have probably both outsold her first week just today but Giggs and Dutchavelli do well on streams so they may have a good week.

 

I don’t think she’ll drop any lower than #6 but her strong streams and the fact some physicals are counting for week two could mean she stays at number 3.

What's disappointing is the pure sales, only 9k :( But I guess it's hardly a shock. Hopefully it can serve longevity.

Yeah I wish those had been stronger. She was at a disadvantage with no pre-orders, vinyl formats or signed items but I was hoping for more of an impact from the late dispatches than that. My last minute extra CD purchases weren't shipped in time so at least I'm contributing to week #2 now :lol:

 

The constant 'Ariana is flopping' energy has been exhausting this week so I'm looking forward to the forum moving on to the next battle and just enjoying the music

So happy it stayed at #1 (I knew it was going to but that first set of midweeks did shock me).

 

I am not going to lie, those sales are very underwhelming considering what I thought she'd do, but it matters how it holds up now before we make any grand claims of flopping etc. If she can keep her singles out there and keep the album sales afloat this can still turn into a very decent era for her.

 

I think Jordan compared it to ANTI, and I can see that happening for it sales wise! (hopefully anyway)

So happy it stayed at #1 (I knew it was going to but that first set of midweeks did shock me).

 

I am not going to lie, those sales are very underwhelming considering what I thought she'd do, but it matters how it holds up now before we make any grand claims of flopping etc. If she can keep her singles out there and keep the album sales afloat this can still turn into a very decent era for her.

 

I think Jordan compared it to ANTI, and I can see that happening for it sales wise! (hopefully anyway)

That could be a good comparison! I think the album is a mood that the GP will enjoy over winter (resists urge to write an essay on ANTI’s mishandling in the UK :kink:)

I did compare it to ANTI! I think its a sort of similar type of situation. They both had lower week one sales than what you’d have expected but ANTis chart run was pretty strong (it had more weeks on the chart than two of Rihanna’s #1 albums too that ended up a peaking at #7 so Ari at least got her #1 here and with slightly more sales too) :wub:

 

However they both were announced shortly before the drop (I mean ANTis was a day or so before but still no pre order and lack of physicals in week one) they also both had their fair share of bad reviews at first because of them being both artists least pop sounding albums.

 

All in all though I think the long run is more important for Ariana this time. This could end up being a real era in terms of post album tracks / singles etc. I definitely think that pov is the album seller though. If she pushes that as a single throughout winter (like early 2021 after 34+35 slows down) I think that could be a real hit for her.

 

With ANTI too (this may also happen with positions too) the stans ended up beginning to love that album and overtime it gained a cult following. Positions the album is already growing on people the more they hear it so I do think it’ll end up still being a success for her in the long run.

All in all though I think the long run is more important for Ariana this time. This could end up being a real era in terms of post album tracks / singles etc. I definitely think that pov is the album seller though. If she pushes that as a single throughout winter (like early 2021 after 34+35 slows down) I think that could be a real hit for her.

A G R E E D about pov <3 <3

 

> Ariana releases no more singles from it, and says she hates the album in 2 weeks time and moves on to a new project :magic:

 

(:()

Thankfully that doesn’t look like the case:

 

@1324738832508588036

 

:lol:

I’m already prepping myself for her Unapologetic next Q4 :cheeseblock: After AG7 I can see her taking a break for 2 years+ though.

 

Tbf with the sales, her streaming was similar to Sweetener which was still considered a big success. Thank u, next was a freak, once in a career era.

My two CDs have now dispatched :cheer: looks like I definitely did make a blunder with the third CD and cassette so I won't be getting them until December along with the t-shirt. Well, at least I'm helping out these future weeks :lol: looking forward to flicking through the booklet.

 

I do hope that a vinyl materialises at some point - either by her own store for a future sales boost or a fancy looking one from Urban Outfitters.

I was under the impression that nothing was being reported from her store yet but Jay posted a break-down of today's figure and that included over 1000 cassettes? Surely they must be from her store? :thinking: could it be that some people are receiving theirs but not others? definitely no word at all on my cassette or CD yet!

I got my CD yesterday. :cheer:

Late/new to the discussion but I honestly don't see her pushing more singles from this... that being said while at first I was underwhelmed by the album I listened to it fully through with my headphones last night and it hit me! It definitely has amazing production and think it's meant to be a cohesive project more than singles as she did in the past. Overall my third favorite album after TU,N and My Everything which I know is an unpopular opinion but why try is one of my all time favs!

I got my CD yesterday. :cheer:

Mine are now here too! :cheer:

 

I hate to work the late shift last night and then this morning so here's a belated celebration on the #1 single/album double :cheer:

 

Hopefully can hold well from here to make up for the opening week sales not being as high as they could have been.