Spends a second week at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart :cheer:

 

As for rankings, I can't remember when I last posted one but 'just like magic' definitely continues to blossom the most - can't believe it was only 8th for me first time!

'pov' up to #15 on Spotify, bounds ahead of '34+35'. :o

Oh wow, its highest position to date :o I was expecting it to run out of steam by now with no proper push, but it continues to impress :wub:

Me too! Watch 'positions', 'pov' and 'Santa Tell Me' knock '34+35' out of the UK chart. At least the latter already got a top 10 peak and it will get certified well in the long run. :lol:

This album is #10 in the mids behind 7 new entries! So another week top 10 looks achievable already as Ari will surely climb with streaming (see: her #5 to #3 rise last week)

 

Singles mids:

 

02. positions

21. 34+35

22. pov

 

'pov' coming to usurp '34+35' any day now!

'pov' has once again reached a new peak on Spotify at #13 :wub: '34+35' climbs to #16 and 'positions' is down to #2 behind Billie.

 

Presuming the album is still at #10 in the mids from the info we have - hopefully it starts climbing soon.

 

Songs:

 

1 BBC Radio 2 Allstars - Stop Crying Your Heart Out (22.3k) *

2 Ariana Grande - positions (21.7k)

3 Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am (21.1k) *

 

21 Ariana Grande - pov

 

G'won 'pov', climb into the top 20 *.* shall see if '34+35' has any video effect as that has just dropped.

pov hasn’t got Hot Hits either!

#10 for the albums is quite good considering this weeks really competitive.

 

Could see it maybe climbing a few places as well (well maybe to around ~8).

 

 

My very belated 2 cents on the album which I never posted xx

 

The title track is by far the best song on here but the album overall is definitely better than I was expecting it to be, 'just like magic' and 'nasty' stuck out as other immediate faves and other songs from it have already been growing on me (especially 'pov'). Still only heard most of the album tracks the once but I do plan to revisit them soon to see if any other songs do click more with another listen (I think there are quite a few that have the potential to do so).

 

Rough ranking (with the caveat that the only songs I've heard more than once are the top 6 and '34+35'):

 

1 positions

2 just like magic

3 nasty

4 pov

5 motive

6 my hair

7 west side (this has one of the best instrumentals on the album, I think it's just too underdeveloped and short, if it was fleshed out a bit more it could very easily be up there with the top 3 as my big takeaways from the album. Let us manifest a remix featuring Tinashe into reality pls)

8 34+35

9 off the table

10 safety net

11 love language

12 shut up

13 obvious

14 six thirty

 

I am really wanting 'safety net' to be one that grows on me as I don't like being so at odds with Jade's opinions :kink: I do think all of the top 10 are at least solid, the last 4 are more forgettable than anything else (apart from 'shut up' which also has a great instrumental but the lyrics are a little on the 'a choice' side).

 

I think I'd rank it either 3rd or 4th among her discog, a bit behind 'thank u, next'/'Dangerous Woman' and a bit ahead of 'Yours Truly'/'My Everything', and about level with 'sweetener'. Three pretty clear tiers of Ariana albums there for me.

'pov' has been added to Hot Hits :cheer:

 

I am really wanting 'safety net' to be one that grows on me as I don't like being so at odds with Jade's opinions :kink: I do think all of the top 10 are at least solid, the last 4 are more forgettable than anything else (apart from 'shut up' which also has a great instrumental but the lyrics are a little on the 'a choice' side).

 

I think I'd rank it either 3rd or 4th among her discog, a bit behind 'thank u, next'/'Dangerous Woman' and a bit ahead of 'Yours Truly'/'My Everything', and about level with 'sweetener'. Three pretty clear tiers of Ariana albums there for me.

Continuing to break my heart with the lack of enthusiasm for my favourites from albums this year, following Fiona Apple's 'Relay' -_- :kink: your top 3 ranking of Ariana albums makes up for it though *.*

Your album ranking matches mine also!

 

Yay at 'pov' being added to Hot Hits! A potential future top 10!

"pov" now a UK top 20 hit :clap:

Yessss 'pov' climbed to #19 today, brilliant!

 

More good news - the album has indeed spent another week in the UK top 10 - #9 this week! :D Was lowkey worried Lewis Capaldi and his new signed copies would keep her out or something, but nope, she actually climbed since the mids as hoped. 6 new entries above her so great stuff.

 

Edit - with 9,714 sales, less than 100 copies behind Sophie Ellis-Bextor in 8th. Hopefully certified silver in a couple of weeks.

Good sales this week that’s not too much of a drop from last week in terms of its actual sales at the end of the week.

 

I was thinking she’d stay top 10 as well that’s good going too! With both 34+35 and pov rising I think next weeks sales for the album will be similar too. Hoping she stays top ten again but we shall see!

Both 'My Everything' and 'Dangerous Woman' had dropped out of the top 10 by week three so this has already beaten both for that longevity! Fingers crossed for next week too. Her drop-off from last week was less than 2k sales so it's swiftly stabilising. As you say, the hits from the album will help that stability too. 'positions' still at #1 and both 'pov' and '34+35' climbing in the chart. I'm sure most of the new releases from this week will fade away - what are the big new releases for the next album chart?

BTS and Michael Ball and Alfie Boe are the biggest two I’d say.

 

Neil Diamond, Josh Groban and Iron Maiden too!

Ooh okay! Those 5, Kylie, Little Mix and AC/DC placing in the top 10 would free up 2 spaces so fingers crossed. AC/DC were quite front-loaded too.

 

Ready for this, 'Christmas & Chill', 'Christmas Kisses' and the Mariah collab to dominate the next couple of months of my life :lol:

I can’t remember much of Christmas & Chill bad stan alert! I did buy it but I can never listen to Xmas music until December but I will blast it. I actually seen a tweet from her the other day where she said it was her favourite body of work she’s ever done. Although I think at some point she’s tweeted every album / EP she’s ever done is her favourite she’s ever done. An enthusiastic queen when she’s hyping the current cycle :lol:

 

I think AC/DC could fall big this week well bigger than what Kylie did. I don’t think there’s as much scope for their album in week two and the fans they have and aren’t as obsessive either I don’t think there’s been additional formats. I think we may end up top ten again for sure after Christmas though if she does drop out this week. I imagine sales wise the drop won’t be too much even if it falls in “position” :lol:

 

I was gonna say I hope the album goes gold by year end but I didn’t realise how close that is!

We're hoping to do some kind of Christmas forum party and relevant survivor next month, especially now the Mariah collab is coming out - watch this space!

 

Back to this album - it's just been pointed out in the chart forum that 'positions' is now the longest running album in the top 10 with its 3 weeks :lol: :cheeseblock:

#19 in the mids today which is a little lower than I would've hoped, although same with Kylie at #14, here's to climbing throughout the week again!

 

positions #01

34+35 #16

pov #23