Two out of three ain't bad.

Damn you, I was gonna make that joke.

Can I ask a question? I've been away from the chart world in general for a while, always checked out album charts but the singles chart became very dull and predictable imo.

But I've got back into it lately.

I know streaming dominates the singles chart etc, but what about the album chart? Is itunes still important? And does Amazon's downloads make any impact?

Many thanks

Can I ask a question? I've been away from the chart world in general for a while, always checked out album charts but the singles chart became very dull and predictable imo.

But I've got back into it lately.

I know streaming dominates the singles chart etc, but what about the album chart? Is itunes still important? And does Amazon's downloads make any impact?

Many thanks

The album chart is odd these days as it’s effectively a combination of 2 completely different methods of consumption. Most weeks the top end is dominated by physical sales to artists’ fanbases. Outside the top 10 it’s very much dictated by streaming of tracks that happen to be on the album. These days they separate the statistics not into sales vs streams but into physical sales vs the rest, and downloads appear in the “rest” along with streams. So it’s hard to assess the impact of downloads but I suspect it’s mostly pretty low. We know ABBA, Ed and Adele managed to do 20k or so of downloads in their respective first weeks but that was dwarfed by their physical sales, and now a few months after release the chart performance will be primarily dictated by streaming.

 

Hope that helps a bit! :)

downloads account for very little these days

 

if I remember it well, last week Wombats went to #1 in albums with 13K, of which 300 were downloads

 

in singles, Bruno was #1 with 45K, of which 1,800 were downloads, so Bruno did about 350 copies a day on iTunes

Trying to think of another act who have aimed for #1 multiple times... I'm sure it'll come to me...

 

Every act aims for number 1 with every release! Otherwise they wouldn't bother their arses releasing stuff.

Album chart is bad way official chart need fix issues specially get old album 20 years go in there new album struggle twin Atlantic entry 27 then drop out top 100 because old album kick them out bring 2 album only rule and acr fix issues

Edited January 24, 20224 yr by Everton

Album chart is bad way official chart need fix issues specially get old album 20 years go in there new album struggle twin Atlantic entry 27 then drop out top 100 because old album kick them out bring 2 album only rule and acr fix issues

The new Twin Atlantic album struggled because only 2.7k people bought it, I doubt it even sold 500 in the second week.

The new Twin Atlantic album struggled because only 2.7k people bought it, I doubt it even sold 500 in the second week.

 

Album chart must very low sales bottom end top 100

jnr Choi to the moon Look like definitely drop out top 100 no long available

The album chart is odd these days as it’s effectively a combination of 2 completely different methods of consumption. Most weeks the top end is dominated by physical sales to artists’ fanbases. Outside the top 10 it’s very much dictated by streaming of tracks that happen to be on the album. These days they separate the statistics not into sales vs streams but into physical sales vs the rest, and downloads appear in the “rest” along with streams. So it’s hard to assess the impact of downloads but I suspect it’s mostly pretty low. We know ABBA, Ed and Adele managed to do 20k or so of downloads in their respective first weeks but that was dwarfed by their physical sales, and now a few months after release the chart performance will be primarily dictated by streaming.

 

Hope that helps a bit! :)

 

 

Thanks it certainly does ,

 

All this discussion of who is worse out of Ed and Westlife like they both aren't absolutely dreadful.

Every act aims for number 1 with every release! Otherwise they wouldn't bother their arses releasing stuff.

Yes I know, I was referring to the irony of Ed being called out for it.

All this discussion of who is worse out of Ed and Westlife like they both aren't absolutely dreadful.

 

PREACH!!!!

 

Biggest Desperate Debbies OF ALL TIME!

but the quality of the music you release vs. the drive to get it high up the charts are two different things

it's undeniable that Westlife's output is easily the worst in the history of music, especially those albums full of usuless covers

but at the same time the label was the smartest and would go to any extreme to get the #1 in a way similar to what Ed is doing now

but thats a good thing, if the label wouldn't have cared they would have easily had 4/5 #1s less

as the label always picked the slowest weeks for release, crazy promo etc but thats. good thing

 

 

 

It's NOT good. They manipulate the charts and rhen pollute it with their absolute DRIVEL.

Album chart must very low sales bottom end top 100

At no. 185 last week David Bowie's - TOY (Toy:Box) sold 953 copies.

 

So over a thousand sales to make the Top 100 albums and 2,000 sales to make the Top 50.

Edited January 24, 20224 yr by ben08

it's undeniable that Westlife's output is easily the worst in the history of music, especially those albums full of usuless covers

I don't think something subjective like music can be "undeniable"... it might not be your cup of tea but "the worst in the history of music" is a bit dramatic!

I don't think something subjective like music can be "undeniable"... it might not be your cup of tea but "the worst in the history of music" is a bit dramatic!

 

She's not wrong though :lol: It truly is the worst in the HISTORY of music!

She's not wrong though :lol: It truly is the worst in the HISTORY of music!

 

Is Bjork a she?

^haha not me, the real Björk is :D