I'm looking forward to seeing sales for manic street preachers and steps in todays album update.

I expect Steps to get around 10-15k for the week and then to plummet week 2

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Official Singles/Albums Chart Update Top 100

Source: OCC

Missing Data: unknown

 

Top 100 Singles

 

1 Ed Sheeran - Shivers (27,129) *

2 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (14,016)

3 Drake feat. Lil Baby - Girls Want Girls (13,654)

4 Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (12,213)

5 Joel Corry & Jax Jones feat. Charli XCX & Saweetie - OUT OUT (11,020)

 

6-10

8 Central Cee - Obsessed With You

9 Glass Animals - Heat Waves

 

11-20

11 Drake feat. Young Thug & Future - Way 2 Sexy *

12 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever

13 Rain Radio & DJ Craig Gorman - Talk About

14 Ed Sheeran - Visiting Hours

15 Anne-Marie & Little Mix - Kiss My (Uh Oh)

18 Doja Cat - Woman

20 Jonasu - Black Magic

 

21-30

23 Mimi Webb - 24/5 *

24 Becky Hill & Topic - My Heart Goes (La Di Da)

26 The Weeknd - Take My Breath

28 Digga D - 2k17 *

29 Dave - Verdansk ^

 

31-40

31 Clean Bandit & Topic feat. Wes Nelson - Drive

32 Marshmello & Jonas Brothers - Leave Before You Love Me

33 David Guetta, MistaJam & John Newman - If You Really Love Me (How Will I KNow)

34 Clinton Kane - I GUESS I'M IN LOVE

36 Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix - Heartbreak Anthem

40 Dermot Kennedy - Better Days *

 

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Top 100 Albums

 

1 Manic Street Preachers - The Ultra Vivid Lament (19,186) *

2 Steps - What the Future Holds, Pt. 2 (16,277) *

3 The Stranglers - Dark Matters (10,076) *

4 The Vaccines - Back in Love City (6,661) *

5 Drake - Certified Lover Boy (6,241)

 

6-10

6 Metallica - The Black Album ^

7 Kacey Musgraves - star-crossed ^

9 Marillion - Fugazi ^

 

11-20

11 Amyl and the Sniffers - Comfort to Me *

14 Saint Etienne - I've Been Trying To Tell You *

15 Low - Hey What *

16 Steve Hackett - Surrender of Silence *

20 Hawkwind - Somnia *

 

21-30

21 Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space ^

23 Jean-Michel Jarre - Welcome To The Other Side *

26 Arlo Parks - Collapsed in Sunbeams ^

29 Hayley Williams - FLOWERS for VASES / descansos *

 

31-40

35 Foy Vance - Signs of Life *

39 Baby Keem - The Melodic Blue *

 

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Manics have the midweek Number 1 album with Steps 3k behind at Number 2.

 

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/m...s-chart__34017/

Interesting to see the gap between Drake and Manics.

is the Metallica album allowed in the main album chart? it's a compilation of different artists covering songs from that album...

great for the Manics, hope they manage to hold on

funny that the Manics and Steps already had a similar chart battle exactly 21 years ago in September 1998

Rooting for the Manics to get what will amazingly only be their second ever number one album :D

 

Decent showing for The Vaccines although I've got a feeling it's gonna fall by Friday and become their lowest charting album to date (all their previous albums have made the top 4).

 

Good start for Saint Etienne too, but I'm not hopeful it will stay top 40 come Friday.

I heard Steps were 3.5 behind Manics at the weekend so hopefully that's .5 made up :unsure:

A lot of new enteries in the album top 40 by the looks of things, except there will be quiet a few weeks a bit like that leading up to Christmas

Singles update added with top 5 sales

Its great opening sales for both the Manics and Steps, both should easily make 25k, i do like the manics but would have loved steps to have got the number 1.

The Anxiety are now just outside the top 40 at #41! Hopefully they can make it in

1 Ed Sheeran - Shivers (27,129) *

2 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (14,016)

3 Drake feat. Lil Baby - Girls Want Girls (13,654)

4 Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (12,213)

5 Joel Corry & Jax Jones feat. Charli XCX & Saweetie - OUT OUT (11,020)

Much stronger start than I was expecting, though it looks like it would still be slightly behind Bad Habits if the latter wasn't ACR. As it is, though, it seems like BH will be #3 at best come Friday.

is the Metallica album allowed in the main album chart? it's a compilation of different artists covering songs from that album...

great for the Manics, hope they manage to hold on

funny that the Manics and Steps already had a similar chart battle exactly 21 years ago in September 1998

I think Metallica also rereleased the original album this week on various formats too

Steps are now doing a signed vinyl for £15 in their bid for no1, think that's their only ever signed vinyl, none of this 'art card' nonsense.

I think Metallica also rereleased the original album this week on various formats too

Yeah that's right, 'The Metallica Blacklist' which is the covers album will only be in the compilation chart.

Much stronger start than I was expecting, though it looks like it would still be slightly behind Bad Habits if the latter wasn't ACR. As it is, though, it seems like BH will be #3 at best come Friday.

Actually it would almost certainly be just ahead of Bad Habits anyway as the paid for sales aren’t halved on ACR. Would be a very interesting Ed vs Ed battle for #1 if Bad Habits wasn’t on ACR!

 

Drake may rally to #2 due to the Spotify lag but I’m not convinced as he’s still sinking whereas Bad Habits is very stable.

Actually it would almost certainly be just ahead of Bad Habits anyway as the paid for sales aren’t halved on ACR.

Ah yeah that's true I didn't think of that. Ed's increased his lead by 3k since yesterday so it seems like Shivers would've ended up at #1 regardless, but it's a shame that we don't get an interesting Ed vs Ed chart battle this week, with Shivers basically guaranteed #1 thanks to Bad Habits being on ACR.

The #2 sales will be very low regardless, under 40k for sure.

Ahh, I thought it might be too late for Dermot to break through. Rooting for Better Days to hold on!