Posted November 28, 20213 yr Thanks to all who took part in last week's Chart Predictions Quiz. I'm not sure the format's been done before as is, so hopefully people enjoyed it. Twelve people took part: Coffin A Feel rio309 chrissmith276 PeteFromLeeds n4yr Doctor Blind jimwatts LewisGT Ansel JulianT Jade Danvember
November 28, 20213 yr Author 1. How many copies will Adele's '30' sell in its opening week? (points: 10, 8, 6, 4 and 2 for the five closest guesses respectively) Coffin A Feel: 235000 | rio309: 288850 | chrissmith276: 506000 | PeteFromLeeds: 700000 | n4yr: 326713 | Doctor Blind: 285450 | jimwatts: 262144 | LewisGT: 263000 | Ansel: 300000 | JulianT: 248000 | Jade: 337000 | Danvember: 269000 Seen by many as something of an underperformance, '30' sold what is still a whopping 261,856 copies last week. Jimwatts somehow managed to predict this to within 288 copies (colour me seriously impressed!) and therefore is awarded the maximum of 10 points. Great predictions from LewisGT and Dan too. Points awarded: jimwatts 10 (262,144) LewisGT 8 (263,000) Danvember 6 (269,000) JulianT 4 (248,000) Doctor Blind 2 (285,450)
November 28, 20213 yr Can't believe my random guess of 2^18 was so close :o It was still 144 sales off 262k, just in the wrong direction!
November 28, 20213 yr Author 2. Who will have the second highest new entry on the album chart behind Adele? (points: 10 if correct, 6 if your answer is the third highest entry, 3 if your answer is the fourth highest entry, nothing otherwise) Coffin A Feel: Ed Sheeran | rio309: James Blunt | chrissmith276: D-Block Europe | PeteFromLeeds: Elbow | n4yr: D-Block Europe | Doctor Blind: Elbow | jimwatts: Elbow | LewisGT: Oasis | Ansel: Elbow | JulianT: Elbow | Jade: Oasis | Danvember: Elbow I must admit, If I'd been taking part in this I'd have picked James Blunt and received a big fat zero for this question. And this is despite me being a huge Oasis fan! I just didn't think that a live album would attract quite so many sales but of course the Knebworth gig was nothing short of legendary (I should know - I was there!) Anyway going back to the question, well done to Jade and LewisGT who both correctly predicted Oasis for this question. Clearly Buzzjack completely under-estimated the collective selling power of Alison Krauss & Robert Plant because nobody went for them and instead Elbow was the most popular answer. Well done to the couple who went for D-Block Europe and pick up 3 points for their trouble. Points awarded: Jade, LewisGT 10 n4yr, chrissmith276 3
November 28, 20213 yr I was expecting everyone to pick Oasis. I was shocked it was just Jade and me but I'm glad it was :lol:
November 28, 20213 yr Yeah I was fairly confident with the Oasis answer and then panicked when I saw so many people picking Elbow thinking have I missed something?! :lol: Glad that actually was a good answer, I definitely need it :kink:
November 28, 20213 yr Author 3. How many copies will the #10 album sell? (points: 10, 8, 6, 4 and 2 for the five closest guesses respectively) Coffin A Feel: 10000 | rio309: 10250 | chrissmith276: 9678 | PeteFromLeeds: 10500 | n4yr: 8724 | Doctor Blind: 8500 | jimwatts: 8192 | LewisGT: 9000 | Ansel: 6000 | JulianT: 7800 | Jade: 5770 | Danvember: 8500 The #10 album was 'Between Us' by Little Mix and it sold 9,497 copies. With an impressive prediction of 9,678 (only 181 copies out) the full 10 points go to chrissmith276! Points awarded: chrissmith276 10 (9,678) LewisGT 8 (9,000) Coffin A Feel 6 (10,000) rio309 4 (10,250) n4yr 2 (8,724)
November 28, 20213 yr Oooops I didn't anticipate quite as many high new entries this week and presumed sales would be a fair bit slower, which was a bit dumb as we get closer to Christmas. Never mind :blush:
November 28, 20213 yr Going for a power of 2 didn't work for me there :lol: Elbow's last album entered at #1 with 27k so I didn't expect such a comedown, but then I suppose the last Oasis album opened with more!
November 28, 20213 yr Author 4. How many Greatest Hits collections will there be in the Top 100? * (points: 10 if correct, 6 if 1 out, 3 if 2 out, nothing otherwise) Coffin A Feel: 6 | rio309: 12 | chrissmith276: 21 | PeteFromLeeds: 10 | n4yr: 12 | Doctor Blind: 9 | jimwatts: 24 | LewisGT: 21 | Ansel: 21 | JulianT: 19 | Jade: 23 | Danvember: 21 I counted (and double-counted) 19 greatest hits collections in this week's Top 100, which is a few less than usual, probably explained by the high number of new entries and Christmas collections present this week. JulianT predicted this spot on for 10 points, nobody was one away and a handful of you were 2 away (picking up 3 points). Points awarded: JulianT 10 LewisGT, Ansel, Dan, chrissmith276 3
November 28, 20213 yr Author I counted 20 in this weeks chart. I wonder which album we disagree on. Let's come back to that
November 28, 20213 yr Author 5. How many new entries will there be in the top 10? (points: 10 if correct, 6 if 1 out, 3 if 2 out, nothing otherwise) Coffin A Feel: 3 | rio309: 3 | chrissmith276: 3 | PeteFromLeeds: 6 | n4yr: 4 | Doctor Blind: 7 | jimwatts: 5 | LewisGT: 5 | Ansel: 3 | JulianT: 6 | Jade: 4 | Danvember: 5 Less ambiguously, there were exactly 6 new entries in this week's Top 10. JulianT and PeteFromLeeds were spot on for the full 10 points, but unsurprisingly most people scored some points on this question. Points awarded: JulianT, PeteFromLeeds 10 LewisGT, jimwatts, Dan, Doctor Blind 6 n4yr, Jade 3
November 28, 20213 yr Yep as mentioned earlier I blindly answered that thinking it was about the singles chart - well, that went better for me than the past couple :lol:
November 28, 20213 yr Author I counted 20 in this weeks chart. I wonder which album we disagree on. These are my 19 but maybe I've missed one or not realised it's a Greatest Hits. 09 NE 01 James Blunt ~ The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004 - 2021) 10 04 02 Little Mix ~ Between Us 24 14 1021 Abba ~ Gold: Greatest Hits 25 19 211 Elton John ~ Diamonds 28 25 42 The Weeknd ~ The Highlights 29 26 973 Queen ~ Greatest Hits 33 28 158 Fleetwood Mac ~ 50 Years: Don't Stop 36 45 429 Oasis ~ Time Flies: 1994-2009 38 30 489 Eminem ~ Curtain Call: The Hits 52 40 08 The Script ~ Tales from The Script: Greatest Hits 57 54 342 The Beatles ~ 1 58 49 523 Michael Jackson ~ Number Ones 64 53 23 Whitney Houston ~ I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston 66 57 217 Maroon 5 ~ Singles 67 66 262 David Bowie ~ Legacy 69 58 240 George Michael ~ Twenty Five 72 67 1005 Bob Marley and The Wailers ~ Legend 91 84 432 Foo Fighters ~ Greatest Hits 97 86 141 Elvis Presley ~ The 50 Greatest Hits What's your additional one? Edited November 28, 20213 yr by Mangø
November 28, 20213 yr Author Yep as mentioned earlier I blindly answered that thinking it was about the singles chart - well, that went better for me than the past couple :lol: I did put that the first five questions relate to the album chart and the remaining five questions relate to the singles chart, but maybe I could have made it clearer or specified it per question, sorry!
November 28, 20213 yr I did put that the first five questions relate to the album chart and the remaining five questions relate to the singles chart, but maybe I could have made it clearer or specified it per question, sorry! Haha it's fine don't worry I just rushed a bit too much (speaking of which... better do the next quiz ASAP :lol:)
November 28, 20213 yr The Gregory Porter album. I was assuming it was a greatest hits album because of “the collection” but I honestly haven’t even read about it. :lol:
November 28, 20213 yr Author 6. Who will be at number one in the singles chart? (points: 10 if correct, 6 if your answer is at #2, 3 if your answer is at #3, nothing otherwise) Coffin A Feel: Adele | rio309: Adele | chrissmith276: Adele | PeteFromLeeds: Adele | n4yr: Adele | Doctor Blind: Adele | jimwatts: Adele | LewisGT: Adele | Ansel: Adele | JulianT: Adele | Jade: Adele | Danvember: Adele At the time of compiling these questions, this week's number one was slightly less predictable but with the release of 30, it was clear that it was only ever going to be Adele! And of course no one dropped any points on this one. Points awarded: Everyone 10 :cheer:
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