This day will go down in history not only because Mariah finally got to number one. Number one on the sales chart 'Live It Up' by Mental As Anything is nowhere to be found on the official singles chart. It's the first time ever the best selling single of the week failed to make the official top 100.

 

For the first time ever, the most-purchased eligible single of the week fails to appear anywhere on the published chart, the 3,375 downloaded sales of 1987 hit Live It Up by Mental As Anything barely half those required to register on the official Top 100.

 

Edited December 11, 20204 yr by Tefo

Not band download sales for ‘Live It Up’!

not bad? that's terrible, that's like 480 copies a day on average for the #1 song on downloads

I do wonder how much longer the download chart will be a thing. I mean, they don't produce a physical singles chart, because no-one releases CD singles anymore...I know downloads are slightly different, as I can imagine that paid downloads will always be a thing, but I can only imagine how few downloads you need to make the top 100.

I do wonder how much longer the download chart will be a thing. I mean, they don't produce a physical singles chart, because no-one releases CD singles anymore...I know downloads are slightly different, as I can imagine that paid downloads will always be a thing, but I can only imagine how few downloads you need to make the top 100.

 

Yes they do x

 

Coldplay the real #1 of the week :cheer:

Yes they do x

 

Coldplay the real #1 of the week :cheer:

 

....I had no idea this was still a thing! I know that only chart geeks will really care, but I would be interested to know how many CD singles someone has to sell to reach #1, or even to make the chart at all!

I know some local bands who have got high up there before, IIRC it's more sales than you'd think. (the vast majority being vinyl singles of course)

Why would a random song from 1987 be the best selling song of the week in 2020? :w00t:

Edited December 11, 20204 yr by marcin

Why would a random song from 1987 be the best selling song of the week in 2020? :w00t:

 

Think it was a campaign by Rangers FC fans.

Yes they do x

 

Coldplay the real #1 of the week :cheer:

 

Khruangbin slaying, almost a year on chart :cheeseblock:

 

Bon Iver triple-slaying, ten years on chart :cheeseblock: :cheeseblock: :cheeseblock:

Edited December 11, 20204 yr by Sour Candy

Yes they do x

 

Coldplay the real #1 of the week :cheer:

 

Omg someone bring me where I can buy ‘Christmas Lights’.....

Bon Iver triple-slaying, ten years on chart :cheeseblock: :cheeseblock: :cheeseblock:

 

'Blood Bank' is an EP that is too short for the album chart rather than just a single so I guess that partly explains its longevity, but still rather impressive that it has continued trickle selling in physical form (even if it's literally 1 or 2 copies per week) so consistently for over a decade :lol:

....I had no idea this was still a thing! I know that only chart geeks will really care, but I would be interested to know how many CD singles someone has to sell to reach #1, or even to make the chart at all!

 

It's mostly 7" singles now.. and at the top end some weeks it's probably getting close to download numbers! Single digit sales at the lower end though I imagine.

Some positions/sales from the 4th December physical chart:

 

#40 - Coldplay - Christmas Lights - 31 12" Vinyl

#51 - Dermot Kennedy - Giants - 25 physicals (23 7" Vinyl, 2 CDs)

#57 - Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber - Monster - 23 CDs

#74 - The Weeknd - Blinding Lights - 15 physicals (14 7" Vinyl, 1 Cassette)

#85 - Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go - 12 CDs

 

12,304 physicals sold overall

 

 

Previous week, 27th November:

 

#4 - Tate McRae - You Broke Me First - 292 CDs

#5 - Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber - Monster - 217 CDs

#18 - Dermot Kennedy - Giants - 33 physicals (32 7" Vinyl, 1 CD)

#24 - Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go - 28 CDs

#60 - Wes Nelson - See Nobody - 10 CDs

#70 - Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper - Holy - 9 CDs

#85 - Wham! - Last Christmas - 6 7" Vinyl

 

5,241 physicals sold overall

Cool info, I’m heading shopping tomorrow so might scour hmv for some Xmas vinyl

Thanks for the info! Honestly, it makes no sense to me that they still publish top 100 physical singles and at the same time only top 40 for vinyl albums. I wonder how long before they cut the physical chart down to top 40 only. Maybe they havn't done it so far because this chart has very long history and used to be the official chart for many years but surely it will happen someday. No one will publish full top 100 where you only need 2 copies to chart.

The number 100 surely has none of 0 sales, likely in alphabetical order by that part of the chart

Yes they do x

 

Coldplay the real #1 of the week :cheer:

Tori has a top 4 single! :o :cheer:

Some positions/sales from the 4th December physical chart:

 

#60 - Wes Nelson - See Nobody - 10 CDs

#70 - Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper - Holy - 9 CDs

#85 - Wham! - Last Christmas - 6 7" Vinyl

 

1 physical sale between #60 and #70...crazy. It makes me want to release a CD single just to get myself in the chart! :lol:

Bon Iver - Blood Bank was re-released recently as a new anniversary edition in vinyl

guess thats why it's charting