July 26, 20223 yr down to 29, better than most This made me interested to check out the 2nd week positions of #1, #2 or #3 peaking albums in 2022: 01-02 Harry Styles - Harry's House 01-04 The Weeknd - Dawn FM 01-04 Central Cee - 23 01-04 Wet Leg - Wet Leg 01-04 Noel Gallagher - C'mon You Know 01-05 Michael Buble - Higher 01-05 Paolo Nutini - Last Night in the Bittersweet 01-06 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Unlimited Love 01-06 Digga D - Noughty by Nature 01-06 Florence + the Machine - Dance Fever 01-06 George Ezra - Gold Rush Kid 01-10 Years & Years - Night Call 01-11 Blossoms - Ribbon Around the Bomb 01-13 Stereophonics - Oochya 01-17 Arcade Fire - We 01-24 Charli XCX - Crash 01-24 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia 01-26 Bastille - Give Me the Future 01-39 Rex Orange County - Who Cares 01-72 Frank Turner - FTHC 01-96 Wombats - Fix Yourself Not the World 01-139 Don Broco - Amazing Things * 02-03 Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers 02-04 Drake - Honestly Nevermind 02-06 Arrdee - Pier Pressure 02-07 Machine Gun Kelly - Mainstream Sellout 02-07 Burna Boy - Love Damini 02-08 Tears for Fears - The Tipping Point 02-12 Future - I Never Liked You [02-Midweek 29 Mabel - About Last Night] 02-35 Yard Act - The Overload 02-36 Ghost - Impera 02-49 Bad Boy Chiller Crew - Disrespectful 02-74 Sigrid - How to Let Go 02-118 Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation 02-128 Marillion - An Hour Before It's Dark 02-xx Father John Misty - Chloe and the Next 20th Century 03-05 Post Malone - Twelve Carat Toothache 03-28 Knucks - Alpha Place 03-38 Foals - Life Is Yours 03-45 Black Country New Road - Ants from Up There 03-45 Avril Lavigne - Love Sux 03-45 Rammstein - Zeit 03-49 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 03-53 Alt-J - The Dream 03-72 Jack White - Fear of the Dawn 03-88 Placebo - Never Let Me Go 03-140 Jamie Webster - Moments 03-xx Sea Girls - Homesick xx = fell out of the Top 200 * #1 wasn't Don Broco's first week in the chart, but it was its first week being physically available. ~~~ Yes it's absolutely true that many albums experience significant second week falls. Generally it's happening to artists who rely strongly on physical sales and don't have much of a streaming presence. It's maybe a concern that Mabel has veered towards being that kind of artist already. This is only her second album, so not ideally where she'd be at at this early stage of her career. Particularly considering this is coming off the back of a debut album that did achieve longevity thanks to streaming (even prior to her label taking the mickey by continually adding new singles to it to further extend that album's chart life). Wednesday midweeks will give us a better indication on where 'About Last Night' could chart on Friday. I can't really detect an artist in the above lists who is at a similar level to Mabel. Obviously Avril Lavigne has been around for 20 years, but her album was midweek #31 on Monday in its second week before ending up at #45. Sigrid was midweek #49 and ended up at #74.
July 27, 20223 yr when you think about it, it's pretty unusual for an artist to have album 1 charting cos of streams mainly and then album 2 mainly cos of physicals
July 27, 20223 yr I can't really detect an artist in the above lists who is at a similar level to Mabel. Sigrid is probably the closest I can think of, even though I know she was nowhere near as big as Mabel during era 1.
July 27, 20223 yr Sigrid actually had great physical sales from both album 1 & 2 on week 1 and didn't rely on streams
July 29, 20223 yr Lies! No way would they scrap an album that they had pressed vinyls for, sold ticket/cd bundles, pressed picture discs and had booked all the TV appearances and Banquet signings etc... I don't think that was the case with this album - it looks like it was almost scrapped just before announcement instead of just before release. Pressed albums do get cancelled sometimes - Amelia Lily for example!
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