some of the tactics use by the Manics definitely take advantage of the fans

 

for the acoustic gig/Q&A, there are both bundle tickets with a physical copy and regular tickets, so thats fine, although I'm not sure how many regular tickets are there, think it's limited.

but they also announced a new tour gig, and in order to get pre-sale tix, you need to buy the album.. which is a rip-off for fans that bought it on day 1

The first Manics Banquet Records show has sold out, a second one goes on sale at 6pm this evening.

some of the tactics use by the Manics definitely take advantage of the fans

 

for the acoustic gig/Q&A, there are both bundle tickets with a physical copy and regular tickets, so thats fine, although I'm not sure how many regular tickets are there, think it's limited.

but they also announced a new tour gig, and in order to get pre-sale tix, you need to buy the album.. which is a rip-off for fans that bought it on day 1

 

same applies for steps though?

no one is forcing you to buy multiple formats

 

unless you're Joseph x

Central Cee is high on Hot Hits playlist (#16). That must have helped it debut high as well. Most songs take several weeks or months to get that high on Hot Hits

same applies for steps though?

 

have Steps also released new tour dates and you can access a pre-sale if you buy the album?

some of the tactics use by the Manics definitely take advantage of the fans

 

for the acoustic gig/Q&A, there are both bundle tickets with a physical copy and regular tickets, so thats fine, although I'm not sure how many regular tickets are there, think it's limited.

but they also announced a new tour gig, and in order to get pre-sale tix, you need to buy the album.. which is a rip-off for fans that bought it on day 1

 

It’s no different to Steps (and 99% of other artists though) that reduce the price of physicals on day 1 ripping off fans that have pre-ordered? At least they are offering an intimate gig as an incentive to buy another copy.

^I'm talking more about putting out new tour dates midweek with a pre-sale that you can only access if you buy the album (again)

^I'm talking more about putting out new tour dates midweek with a pre-sale that you can only access if you buy the album (again)

 

I guess the same as Steps announcing HMV signings where you could only get access with ordering a copy of the album rather than taking along one you already had? I bought the bundles from their site but ‘had’ to buy another copy to go to the signing.

 

Week after week acts pull out all the stops to get #1 - price reductions, new versions, signings, intimate shows, personlised signed copies etc.,

 

As a side note Steps have just announced 2 download albums to their site with new mixes etc., - Afterparty and Morning After versions, £4.99 each or both for £8.

Ah, makes sense. Both This Is My Truth and Step One were released the same week too and charted at 1 and 2, so I wouldn't be at all surprised if the former obliterated the latter by 100k.

I'd so love for Steps to get it this week, but I'm not so sure there's much juice left in the tank...most huge fans have probably bought three formats at least by now!

From Music Week, sales were 136k to 41k.

 

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Wednesday Top 40 Update

Source: Music Week

Missing Data: Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube (all for Tuesday)

 

Singles

 

1 Ed Sheeran - Shivers (39.3k) *

2 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (22.9k)

3 Drake feat. Lil Baby - Girls Want Girls (22.7k)

4 Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (20.0k)

5 Joel Corry & Jax Jones feat. Charli XCX & Saweetie - OUT OUT (17.8k)

 

6-10

6 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 Dave & Stormzy - Clash

14 Rain Radio & DJ Craig Gorman - Talk About

15 Doja Cat - Woman

16 Digga D feat. ArrDee - Wasted

17 Ed Sheeran - Visiting Hours

 

21-30

21 Jonasu - Black Magic

23 Mimi Webb - 24/5 *

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

25 The Weeknd - Take My Breath

28 Digga D - 2k17 *

29 Dave - Verdansk ^

 

31-40

31 Clinton Kane - I GUESS I'M IN LOVE

32 Marshmello & Jonas Brothers - Leave Before You Love Me

33 Clean Bandit & Topic feat. Wes Nelson - Drive

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

37 Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix - Heartbreak Anthem

38 THE ANXIETY, WILLOW & Tyler Cole - Meet Me at Our Spot *

40 Dermot Kennedy - Better Days *

 

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Albums

 

1 Manic Street Preachers - The Ultra Vivid Lament (21.6k) *

2 Steps - What the Future Holds, Pt. 2 (20.1k) *

3 The Stranglers - Dark Matters (11.0k) *

4 Drake - Certified Lover Boy (10.4k)

5 The Vaccines - Back in Love City (8.1k) *

 

6-10

6 Metallica - The Black Album ^

8 Kacey Musgraves - star-crossed *

 

11-20

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

15 Amyl and the Sniffers - Comfort to Me *

16 Marillion - Fugazi ^

17 Low - Hey What *

19 Death of Guitar Pop - Pukka Sounds *

20 Steve Hackett - Surrender of Silence *

 

21-30

28 Arlo Parks - Collapsed in Sunbeams ^

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

 

31-40

31 Hawkwind - Somnia *

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

Could someone explain to me how this is calculated? According to the charts I have looked at, Stay is no 1 on UK Spotify, Girls Want Girls is no 1 on Apple Music, Cold Heart is no 1 on iTunes, and Bad Habits is no 1 on Youtube. So how does Shivers end up being a considerable amount above all of these overall?

Could someone explain to me how this is calculated? According to the charts I have looked at, Stay is no 1 on UK Spotify, Girls Want Girls is no 1 on Apple Music, Cold Heart is no 1 on iTunes, and Bad Habits is no 1 on Youtube. So how does Shivers end up being a considerable amount above all of these overall?

A number of reasons! Bad Habits and STAY are on ACR (see here for more information on that), iTunes doesn't amount to loads when Cold Heart is lagging slightly on streaming (still doing well but not enough for #1!), and when it comes to Girls Want Girls vs Shivers, the latter is performing more consistently across all platforms, and also has physicals available to push it further ahead.

 

Hope that answers your question!

Could someone explain to me how this is calculated? According to the charts I have looked at, Stay is no 1 on UK Spotify, Girls Want Girls is no 1 on Apple Music, Cold Heart is no 1 on iTunes, and Bad Habits is no 1 on Youtube. So how does Shivers end up being a considerable amount above all of these overall?

 

ACR for several songs like Stay, Bad Habits...

And good physical sales for Shivers (more than 10k signed CD singles sold on his website).

Stay, Bad Habits are on ACR so their streams are halved

Shivers is doing well everywhere + its actually #1 cos of high CD single sales

iTunes sales are very low, same as streams from Youtube

Stay, Bad Habits are on ACR so their streams are halved

Shivers is doing well everywhere + its actually #1 cos of high CD single sales

iTunes sales are very low, same as streams from Youtube

Shivers would still be #1 comfortably with the CD sales deducted. In fact, deduct download sales and he still has a decent lead.

Thanks for the reply. I was just wondering if there was another platform where Shivers is far ahead, making up for lagging behind on all of these!

Looks like at this stage 'Bad Habits' would still be #1 if it wasn't on ACR?

Drake is closing the gap on BH

Looks like at this stage 'Bad Habits' would still be #1 if it wasn't on ACR?

Correct!