YES Jade! So Happy !

Ahhhhh I’m made up!!! She really put the effort in to get above 21P and it paid off without a single reduction too!

I really hope she does some sort of post saying she’s at 3 because we have literally battled so hard 😂

IMPRESSIVE WELL DONE MOTHER, DESERVED🙏

Now its official 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 woot woot woot congratulations JADE on Top 3

Amazing for her, highest album position for an ex girlband member after Cheryl Cole, pretty damn impressive! 😍

YEEESSSS!

So pleased she managed to overcome 21P in the end! A top 3 album! So proud.

On 18/09/2025 at 17:26, JosephBoone said:

01 67,654 Ed Sheeran - Play [34,988 CDs, 8,710 vinyl, 5,668 cassettes, 8,872 downloads, 9,416 streaming]

02 24,710 Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend

03 23,262 JADE - THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY!

04 21,612 Twenty One Pilots - Breach

05 9,505 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Perimenopop

She was closer to Sabrina than TØP were to her!

Annoying that it was such a close battle. But had it not been a competitive week, I think the sales would have been about 15-17k!

I can’t believe how close she was to Sabrina and how much of a gap she made from 21P incredible!

I’m so happy!!!

Thrilled for Jade! Top 3 is highly deserved!

I don't think I'd commented yet on how I feel about the album, but in short I think it's such a triumph! I don't think there's any weak spots on the album, literally every song holds my attention and I'm still eager to play it from front to back. I will say that Glitch in particular has grown on me so much over the week! That really crept up on me, what a bop. I think the absolute gem of the album is Self Saboteur.

23,262 first week units for “THAT’S SHOWBIZ BABY!”

@777666jason @Tafty @Scene @Slayer @Mr. C. Joel

Fantastic first week sales, I genuinely expected her to do between 10-15k so she has totally outdone my expectations! So close to #2 also, less than 1.5k in it! ☠️

So proud of our jade 🌟

Amazing sales!

Great sales! Shame we don't know how much of those are streams which is the main type of consumption from now on.

She did great this week. I'm a little miffed sabrina pulled ahead but top 3 is great for her and impressive sales.

Well done Jeeeeed!!! Deserved #1, but we'll accept #3

Sooooo happy she managed to secure top 3 in the end! Not everyone can say they have a top 3 critically acclaimed debut album. 😍 and those sales!! 10k more than most of our predictions lol.

• JADE's sales were enough to bag her the #1 on 17 out of 38 weeks.

• JADE has the highest debut sales for a British solo female of the year, so far.

• It's the 27th highest sales of the year for an album, so far.

• JADE is the 4th biggest debut sales for a solo female album of the year.

• JADE is the 9th highest selling solo female album of the year.

• JADE has the highest selling debut album of the year, so far.

• JADE has the highest charting debut album of the year, so far.

• Highest sales for a #3 album this year, so far.

• 2nd highest charting solo album EVER (!) from a former UK girl-group member.

(Points #2, #4 & #5 will 100% be overtaken in a couple of weeks by Olivia Dean - but lets celebrate what we can whilst we can!!)

But unless I'm missing something incredibly obvious... I think she may have the biggest opening sales for a debut album on LOCK?

FULL rundown of the sales:

107,124 Sam Fender - People Watching [#1]

85,305 Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend [#1 (1)]

67,654 Ed Sheeran - Play [#1]

55,577 Lady Gaga - MAYHEM [#1]

46,812 Taylor Swift - Lover (Live from Paris) [#1]

43,238 Robbie Williams - Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [#1]

42,372 Central Cee - CAN'T RUSH GREATNESS [#1]

35,655 Mumford & Sons - RUSHMERE [#1]

34,091 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet [#1 (1)]

33,694 The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow [#1]

32,591 Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend [#1 (2)]

31,195 Stereophonics - Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait [#1]

30,136 Wolf Alice - The Clearing [#1]

29,948 Pulp - More [#1]

29,206 Tate McRae - So Close to What [#2 - Sam F PW]

28,945 Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT [#1]

28,223 Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia [#1]

27,823 The Darkness - Dreams on Toast [#2 - Mumford & Sons RUSHMERE]

26,522 Ghost - Skeletá [#2 - Stereophonics MELMECMEW]

26,014 Wet Leg - moisturizer [#1]

25,947 YUNGBLUD - Idols [#1]

25,032 The K's - Pretty on the Internet [#1]

24,710 Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend [#2 - Ed PLAY]

23,772 Tom Grennan - Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be [#1]

23,542 Manic Street Preachers - Critical Thinking [#2 - Sabrina SNS (1)]

23,420 The Lottery Winners - KOKO [#1]

23,262 JADE - THAT'S SHOWBIZ, BABY! [#3 - Ed PLAY]

22,843 Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Who Believes In Angels? [#1]

21,666 Playboi Carti - MUSIC [#1]

21,015 Oasis - Time Flies... 1994-2009 [#1 (1)]

20,843 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid [#1]

19,474 Morgan Wallen - I'm the Problem [#1]

18,848 Lorde - Virgin [#1]

17,761 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet [#1 (2)]

16,412 Those Damn Crows - God Shaped Hole [#1]

15,643 Reneé Rapp - BITE ME [#1]

15,606 Ed Sheeran - +–=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) [#1 (1)]

15,074 Oasis - Time Flies... 1994-2009 [#1 (2)]

14,759 Elton John - Diamonds [#1]

14,528 James Marriott - Don't Tell the Dog [#1]

13,870 Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII [#1]

10,191 Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess [#1]

9,908 Ed Sheeran - +-=÷× (Tour Collection) [#1 (2)]

9,684 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet [#1 (3)]

And contains 7 top 100 singles the best of the year so far 🤭

23 minutes ago, Tafty said:

• JADE's sales were enough to bag her the #1 on 17 out of 38 weeks.

• JADE has the highest debut sales for a British solo female of the year, so far.

• It's the 27th highest sales of the year for an album, so far.

• JADE is the 4th biggest debut sales for a solo female album of the year.

• JADE is the 9th highest selling solo female album of the year.

• JADE has the highest selling debut album of the year, so far.

• JADE has the highest charting debut album of the year, so far.

• Highest sales for a #3 album this year, so far.

• 2nd highest charting solo album EVER (!) from a former UK girl-group member.

(Points #2, #4 & #5 will 100% be overtaken in a couple of weeks by Olivia Dean - but lets celebrate what we can whilst we can!!)

But unless I'm missing something incredibly obvious... I think she may have the biggest opening sales for a debut album on LOCK?

FULL rundown of the sales:

107,124 Sam Fender - People Watching [#1]

85,305 Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend [#1 (1)]

67,654 Ed Sheeran - Play [#1]

55,577 Lady Gaga - MAYHEM [#1]

46,812 Taylor Swift - Lover (Live from Paris) [#1]

43,238 Robbie Williams - Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [#1]

42,372 Central Cee - CAN'T RUSH GREATNESS [#1]

35,655 Mumford & Sons - RUSHMERE [#1]

34,091 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet [#1 (1)]

33,694 The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow [#1]

32,591 Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend [#1 (2)]

31,195 Stereophonics - Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait [#1]

30,136 Wolf Alice - The Clearing [#1]

29,948 Pulp - More [#1]

29,206 Tate McRae - So Close to What [#2 - Sam F PW]

28,945 Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT [#1]

28,223 Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia [#1]

27,823 The Darkness - Dreams on Toast [#2 - Mumford & Sons RUSHMERE]

26,522 Ghost - Skeletá [#2 - Stereophonics MELMECMEW]

26,014 Wet Leg - moisturizer [#1]

25,947 YUNGBLUD - Idols [#1]

25,032 The K's - Pretty on the Internet [#1]

24,710 Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend [#2 - Ed PLAY]

23,772 Tom Grennan - Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be [#1]

23,542 Manic Street Preachers - Critical Thinking [#2 - Sabrina SNS (1)]

23,420 The Lottery Winners - KOKO [#1]

23,262 JADE - THAT'S SHOWBIZ, BABY! [#3 - Ed PLAY]

22,843 Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Who Believes In Angels? [#1]

21,666 Playboi Carti - MUSIC [#1]

21,015 Oasis - Time Flies... 1994-2009 [#1 (1)]

20,843 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid [#1]

19,474 Morgan Wallen - I'm the Problem [#1]

18,848 Lorde - Virgin [#1]

17,761 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet [#1 (2)]

16,412 Those Damn Crows - God Shaped Hole [#1]

15,643 Reneé Rapp - BITE ME [#1]

15,606 Ed Sheeran - +–=÷× (TOUR COLLECTION) [#1 (1)]

15,074 Oasis - Time Flies... 1994-2009 [#1 (2)]

14,759 Elton John - Diamonds [#1]

14,528 James Marriott - Don't Tell the Dog [#1]

13,870 Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII [#1]

10,191 Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess [#1]

9,908 Ed Sheeran - +-=÷× (Tour Collection) [#1 (2)]

9,684 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet [#1 (3)]

That last bullet point is actually WILD!? WTH???

Incredibly pleased for her but that's INSANE and quite disheartening that there are only 2 former UK girl group members who have peaked top 3?