August 1, 20223 yr Beyonce should still do like 25k so it's not bad for album that gets most of its units from streaming. Drake's latest did 27k and Post Malone's did 11k.
August 1, 20223 yr One has to seriously question the logic behind not making the vinyl widely available in UK stores. It’s all a little silly, really. Especially when vinyl’s are such a big thing right now, especially in the UK. Also, it seems like those pose boxsets do not count for the UK charts.
August 1, 20223 yr Ooh pretty close in the singles but guess Bey’s streams are dropping off now so she won’t get any closer. Shows dropping the video could have done it though. And Harry could be on for an 18th week in the Top 3 after all - Central Cee might overtake George but looks too far behind Harry given they’re doing similar Spotify numbers. Edited August 1, 20223 yr by JulianT
August 1, 20223 yr Beyonce should still do like 25k so it's not bad for album that gets most of its units from streaming. Drake's latest did 27k and Post Malone's did 11k. I think she’ll end up with something similar to Drake, which isn’t bad by any means. But that doesn’t negate from the fact that her numbers could and should have been much higher with a proper rollout of the CD and vinyl. What I’m confused about is why the rollout of the CD’s, Vinyls, and boxsets seemed so centred to the US when the music on the album is a lot more UK friendly?
August 1, 20223 yr Does anyone have first weeks sales for the rest of her studio albums? (and The Carters)? 113,117 - Dangerously in Love 35,012 - B'Day 38,609 - I Am... Sasha Fierce 89,211 - 4 67,858 - BEYONCÉ 73,392 - Lemonade Not sure about The Carters.
August 1, 20223 yr I think she’ll end up with something similar to Drake, which isn’t bad by any means. But that doesn’t negate from the fact that her numbers could and should have been much higher with a proper rollout of the CD and vinyl. What I’m confused about is why the rollout of the CD’s, Vinyls, and boxsets seemed so centred to the US when the music on the album is a lot more UK friendly? I don’t think Beyoncé has ever had a dedicated UK store. The last 2 releases were propped up by digital sales (which are now obviously non-existent) and with Lemonade we were all forced to buy the music, as it wasn’t available anywhere apart from Tidal. Still disappointing sales though, but it’s doing well on streaming so hopefully enough to beat B’day’s first week and not be her lowest debut.
August 1, 20223 yr I don’t think Beyoncé has ever had a dedicated UK store. The last 2 releases were propped up by digital sales (which are now obviously non-existent) and with Lemonade we were all forced to buy the music, as it wasn’t available anywhere apart from Tidal. Still disappointing sales though, but it’s doing well on streaming so hopefully enough to beat B’day’s first week and not be her lowest debut. You say digital sales are obviously non-existent but they are currently 21.3% of Beyonce's total (which will of course decline) so not non-existent. Low yes, but not non-existent. They can still make a difference....
August 1, 20223 yr Loving James Hype and Luude climbing up further to top 30 today. Eliza Rose 54 *. (A potential BJSC Win and a UK hit at the same time practically!!). No idea where it's coming from though. Edited August 1, 20223 yr by Roba.
August 1, 20223 yr Eliza Rose 54 *. (A potential BJSC Win and a UK hit at the same time practically!!). No idea where it's coming from though. The vocal style of the track is quirky and so very TikTok-friendly I think.
August 1, 20223 yr Loving James Hype and Luude climbing up further to top 30 today. Eliza Rose 54 *. (A potential BJSC Win and a UK hit at the same time practically!!). No idea where it's coming from though. It's currently #1 and #2 on Spotify Viral Songs so must be doing pretty decent numbers combined
August 1, 20223 yr Disappointing for Bey really but not surprising at all since she didn’t even put the CD up for preorder on UK stores like Amazon and HMV until 10 days ago. You also can’t purchase the vinyl from anywhere but her website so that 13k is just solely CD sales and streaming. If the vinyl had was up for sale from places like Amazon and HMV, I suspect we’d be seeing something closer to 30k. M :blink: You think that HMV and Amazon selling the vinyl would have contributed an additional 16,500+ sales?
August 1, 20223 yr 90% of +20k are doing it thanks to singed cassette, CD, Vinyl bundles and all that different versions. last week's #1 did 20k [8,333 CDs, 6,945 vinyls, 2,757 cassettes, 520 downloads, 1,756 streaming] and this is his store. (he also had amazon exclusive signed CD and green vinyl) SIGNED PANIC PREVENTION POSTER AND CASSETTE X 3 £18.99 SIGNED KINGS & QUEENS POSTER AND CASSETTE X 3 £18.99 SIGNED CARRY ON THE GRUDGE POSTER AND CASSETTE X 3 £18.99 SIGNED TRICK POSTER AND CASSETTE X 3 £18.99 SIGNED POSTCARD, DELUXE CD, PALE CASSETTE AND POCKET PRINT TEE BUNDLE £29.99 SIGNED POSTCARD, PALE CASSETTE, AND DELUXE CD £13.99 ORLANDO WEEKS SIGNED PRINT, LP + CASSETTE BUNDLE £32.99 SIGNED POSTCARD, STORE EXCLUSIVE LP, DELUXE CD AND HAT BUNDLE £48.99 SIGNED POSTCARD, STORE EXCLUSIVE LP, DELUXE CD, GREEN CASSETTE AND HAT BUNDLE £53.99 SIGNED POSTCARD, STORE EXCLUSIVE LP, AND LIMITED WHITE LP BUNDLE £47.99 SIGNED POSTCARD, STORE EXCLUSIVE LP AND GREEN CASSETTE BUNDLE £28.99 THE THEORY OF WHATEVER [ORLANDO WEEKS ALT ART/YELLOW VINYL] £29.99 THE THEORY OF WHATEVER ORLANDO WEEKS CASSETTE £5.99 THE THEORY OF WHATEVER PALE CASSETTE £5.99 THE THEORY OF WHATEVER DELUXE CD £10.99 THE THEORY OF WHATEVER BLUE VINYL + 7" £29.99 THE THEORY OF WHATEVER GREEN CASSETTE (STORE EXCLUSIVE) £5.99 THE THEORY OF WHATEVER CD £10.99 THE THEORY OF WHATEVER WHITE VINYL £29.99 obviosuly Beyonce could add nice numbers if she has done this.
August 1, 20223 yr I genuinely thought that diabolical Central Cee track had a shot at no.1 this week which would have been a new low for the UK charts but today's figures shows it's got no chance, this week anyhow.
August 1, 20223 yr :blink: You think that HMV and Amazon selling the vinyl would have contributed an additional 16,500+ sales? It really becomes tiresome seeing posters scrabble around for excuses! I thought two other singles from the album would have been top 10 now too but they are already outside on the first update(and I do hope they make it by Friday by the way) maybe there’s just less interest in this era?
August 1, 20223 yr There is also a backlash developing over a certain song on the album which I'm sure is not helping
August 1, 20223 yr Yeah the midweeks say 0 vinyls sold which is a shame, as I assume she would have sold a great deal of them here. I've seen so many people posting theirs on social media here.
August 1, 20223 yr 2.8k download sales is actually really good by recent standards at least. Orbital in the top 5 for now *.* lol at 3 The Cribs albums in the top 10 though, I presume they all got a vinyl release this week? Cool to see 'Dig Your Own Hole' making a re-appearance in the top 40 too. Checking the top 100s, I somehow totally missed that the Fred again../SHM/Future song was doing anything at all so was a bit of a shock to see that in the top 50 - it in no way deserves to be a bigger hit than 'Jungle' boo. Wow at the big rise for Eliza Rose too, not quite a BJSC winner in the end but could be on course to be quite a big real world hit at this rate.
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