20.1k sales so far (600 sold on Sunday). Ed seems certain to overtake and ABBA might, but I don’t think it’s possible for JLS to be any lower than #4, so that would be a decent result!

 

The previous studio albums all went Top 3, so it would be nice if they could manage to stay ahead of ABBA this week. With the signings and any price cuts, they could do it!

I guess around 25k for the week maybe? Not too bad, but going by Sunday's sales it'll fall like a rock (but that's to be expected).

Hopefully they will roll out the price cuts to follow the iTunes one - they could easily get the #3 if they do.

 

Just noticed there is a signed Christmas card bundled with the CD on Chalky’s too.

They are on very decent sales, should manage 30k by the end of week, probably not enough to hold number 2 but could sneak the number 3.

They are on very decent sales, should manage 30k by the end of week, probably not enough to hold number 2 but could sneak the number 3.

 

I think 30k is a bit out of reach if they were already on 600 daily sales on Sunday to be fair - I'd assume it'll end up closer to 25k unless there's a random sales jump. Still, I thought it would do around 15k, so that's 10k more than I expected.

Nice to see the album go top 5 at #4. I did expect Ed and ABBA to overtake them later in the week, but just lovely to see that they can still get a top 10 album after all this time.

 

Their Lorraine interview from yesterday:

 

Debuts at 35 here in Ireland.

Full set from tonight's Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball:

 

Eternal Love:

 

 

The Club Is Alive:

 

 

She Makes Me Wanna:

 

 

Everybody In Love:

 

 

Backstage with Roman Kemp and the breakfast crew and Ed Sheeran:

 

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It really is criminal how much more success One Direction had than JLS they have so much more charisma and stage presence that One Direction ever had.

Not that it's surprising but it was down to 36 in the Monday midweeks.

It's surprising to me as I thought it'd be lower.

It's surprising to me as I thought it'd be lower.

 

It'll be in the final chart :arrr:

Some very lovely news this evening - Oritsé has just got engaged to his girlfriend Kazz:

 

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The boys' old performances of "Beat Again" and "Everybody In Love" from the TOTP Christmas specials in 2009 are now on their YouTube channel:

 

 

 

So too is their Tour Diary:

 

 

The album is Album of the Week at Radio 2 all this week:

 

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2.0 Chart Run: 4-39-70-168-(out)

 

Sales total as of 31st December 2021 (which was its last week in the chart): 29,741

2.0 Chart Run: 4-39-70-168-(out)

 

Sales total as of 31st December 2021 (which was its last week in the chart): 29,741

 

It did pretty much what I expected it to. On the other hand, I have no idea what their expectations were so...

I don't that's a bad chart run for the album. 3 weeks Top 100 and 30k sales is a lot more than some acts making a studio album return would achieve.

 

Looking back through this thread, I'm surprised they would perform Club is Alive over Beat Again at the Jingle Bell Ball.

Beat Again kicked their career off in a big style... Club is Alive was not that well received if I remember correctly.

They did perform Beat Again I think…

They did perform Beat Again I think…

 

Ok. Just above it says "full set". It would make sense to play Beat Again.