July 6, 20231 yr Author Have been given a few accurate totals - pleased that I’m not more than a couple of k off for any of them: Raye’s UK No.1 single Escapism feat. 070 Shake 850,748 sales. PinkPantheress Boy’s A Liar (Warner Records), which is at No.4 overall (730,466). Messy In Heaven (Columbia) by Venbee & Goddard is at No.11 (541,204). Mae Stephens is at No.50 If We Ever Broke Up (273,608 sales). Miley Cyrus’ Flowers (1,248,655)
July 6, 20231 yr This is what I got for albums released in 2023: Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent [136.8] Substract [133.5] Trustfall [109.5] Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd [76] But here we are [54] Council skies [52.7] Endless summer vacation [50.7] Crop Circle 2 [48.3] 72 seasons [44.8] Post Malone-The Diamond Collection [36] Cracker Island [34] What Ifs & Maybes [34.5] Rap Game Awful [33.8] Gloria [31.6] This is Why [31.4] The Show [30.6] My 21st century blues [29.4] Portals [29] The record [29] Queen of me [29] Memento Mori [27] Songs of Surrender [25] Amelia [23] Anxiety Replacement Therapy [22] So Much (For) Stardust [21.5] The Good Witch [20.7] Power to Play [20.5] From Nothing to a Little Bit More [20]
July 6, 20231 yr Author Can give the album YTD postions for now: 1 Weeknd Highlights 2 Taylor Midnights 3 Harry’s House 4 Sza 5 Elton 6 New Lewis 7 Eminem CC 8 Ed Subtract 9 Fleetwood Mac Don’t Stop 10 Old Lewis 11 Arctics AM 12 Ed = 13 ABBA 14 P!nk 15 Oasis Time Flies 16 Taylor 1989 17 Queen 18 Ed Divide 19 Taylor Lover 20 Olivia 21 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 22 Harry Fine Line 23 Taylor Folklore 24 Little Mix 25 Beyoncé 26 New Lana 27 Weeknd Starboy 28 Whitney 29 Jacko 30 Elvis 31 Eminem CC2 32 Metro Boomin 33 Oasis Morning Glory 34 Taylor Reputation 35 Lana Born To Die 36 Arctics Whatever… 37 Maroon 5 38 Bob Marley 39 50 Cent 40 Foos But Here We Are
July 6, 20231 yr Hell N Back is from 2019 although it's very much a 2023 hit, hope it's stay in the top 100 isn't too brief. This is tangential to the discussion but I feel like more credit should be given to the fact that when older songs get boosted up the chart, a significant reason they do so well is that they have a base-line weekly streaming performance that the new chart run is riding on top of. For new songs they always start from 0 so it's harder to hang around as well. So by that token, if "Hell N Back" just came out a few months ago, it'd probably not make the chart at all, and most of its streams are from before 2023 (I have 12 scrobbles of it from 2020-2022 and none since, we exist!).
July 6, 20231 yr Author The Official Top 40 Biggest Songs of 2023 so far Miley Cyrus’s Flowers retains its position as the biggest song of 2023 so far, Official Charts can confirm. The disco-influenced self-love anthem completed a 10-week stay at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart earlier this year, giving Miley her first UK chart-topper in nearly a decade. Flowers also helped Miley claim the coveted Official Chart Double, when its parent album Endless Summer Vacation debuted at Number 1 during Flowers’ reign. According to Official Charts Company data, Flowers has racked up a total of 1.2 million UK chart units since its release in January; with over 147 million streams and in excess of 80,000 downloads making it the most-streamed and most-downloaded song of the year so far. Flowers also claims the biggest week of any track in 2023, pushing a mammoth 126,000 chart units during its second week at Number 1. It went on to become the longest-running Number 1 single by a female artist this side of the decade in the process, equalling the epic 10-week chart-topping runs of Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You and Rihanna's Umbrella. Holding steady at second place is RAYE and 070 Shake’s Escapism. The experimental, electronic banger became RAYE’s first ever UK Number 1 single in January, and has so far this year shifted over 850,000 chart units. Rounding out the Top 5 are SZA with Kill Bill (3), PinkPantheress’s viral anthem boy’s a liar (4) and Taylor Swift’s former chart-topper, Anti-Hero (5). Brand new in the year-to-date Top 10 is Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding’s third collaboration, trance banger Miracle (7). Enjoying eight weeks at the top of the Official Singles Chart, Miracle became Calvin’s 11th and Ellie’s fourth Number 1 single. It also helped Ellie enter the Official Charts record books as one of the British female solo artists with the most Number 1 singles ever. Two massive Afrobeats singles are enjoying a place in the year-to-date Top 10; Rema’s Number 3-peaking Calm Down (6) and Libianca’s People (8), which climbed all the way to Number 2 on the Official Singles Chart and spent 12 weeks at the top of the Official Afrobeats Chart. TikTok’s influence on the Official Singles Chart continues, with some of 2023’s biggest songs having found new success via the video-sharing platform; for many, years after their initial release. Miguel’s Sure Thing, originally released in 2010 (10), David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s I’m Good (Blue), which was originally demoed in 2017 (12) and The Weeknd’s 2016 cut Die For You (13) are all among the year’s biggest tracks to date. Other viral hits still making an impact this year include Meghan Trainor’s Made You Look (17), Lizzy McAlpine’s breakthrough chart entry Ceilings (18) and Coi Leray’s Players (22), which samples Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s The Message. Further down, Ed Sheeran’s former Number 1 single Eyes Closed continues to resonate (23), as does Switch Disco & Ella Henderson’s slow-burning dance smash React (26). Up-and-coming US singer-songwriter David Kushner scored his first-ever UK Top 10 single earlier this year with haunting ballad Daylight; the track now named one of the biggest breakout hits of the year so far (28). Sure to rise as the year goes on, Dave and Central Cee already make the year’s Top 40 to date with Sprinter (35). The track holds the distinction of acquiring 2023’s biggest first-week sales so far, accumulating 108,000 units during its first week of sale, and boasts the biggest week of streams for a rap song ever in UK Chart history, surpassing Stormzy’s 2019 hit Vossi Bop and Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road to take the title. Finally, Stephen Sanchez’s Until I Found You rounds off the list at Number 40. Originally blowing up on TikTok, Stephen got a big break recently as he was handpicked by Elton John to perform the track live during his Sunday headline set at Glastonbury. Official Top 40 Biggest Songs of 2023 so far POS TITLE ARTIST PEAK 1 FLOWERS MILEY CYRUS 1 2 ESCAPISM RAYE FT 070 SHAKE 1 3 KILL BILL SZA 3 4 BOY'S A LIAR PINKPANTHERESS 2 5 ANTI-HERO TAYLOR SWIFT 1 6 CALM DOWN REMA 3 7 MIRACLE CALVIN HARRIS/ELLIE GOULDING 1 8 PEOPLE LIBIANCA 2 9 AS IT WAS HARRY STYLES 1 10 SURE THING MIGUEL 4 11 MESSY IN HEAVEN VENBEE & GODDARD 3 12 I'M GOOD (BLUE) DAVID GUETTA & BEBE REXHA 1 13 DIE FOR YOU WEEKND 3 14 CREEPIN' METRO BOOMIN/WEEKND/21 SAVAGE 7 15 UNHOLY SAM SMITH & KIM PETRAS 1 16 FORGET ME LEWIS CAPALDI 1 17 MADE YOU LOOK MEGHAN TRAINOR 2 18 CEILINGS LIZZY MCALPINE 6 19 I AIN'T WORRIED ONEREPUBLIC 3 20 GREEN GREEN GRASS GEORGE EZRA 3 21 10:35 TIESTO & TATE MCRAE 8 22 PLAYERS COI LERAY 7 23 EYES CLOSED ED SHEERAN 1 24 POINTLESS LEWIS CAPALDI 1 25 ANOTHER LOVE TOM ODELL 10 26 REACT SWITCH DISCO & ELLA HENDERSON 4 27 CUFF IT BEYONCE 5 28 DAYLIGHT DAVID KUSHNER 2 29 MISS YOU OLIVER TREE & ROBIN SCHULZ 3 30 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) ELIZA ROSE/INTERPLANETARY 1 31 LET GO CENTRAL CEE 6 32 BAD HABITS ED SHEERAN 1 33 AFRAID TO FEEL LF SYSTEM 1 34 SOMEONE YOU LOVED LEWIS CAPALDI 1 35 SPRINTER DAVE & CENTRAL CEE 1 36 RED FLAGS MIMI WEBB 12 37 SHIVERS ED SHEERAN 1 38 MR BRIGHTSIDE KILLERS 10 39 US AGAINST THE WORLD STRANDZ 9 40 UNTIL I FOUND YOU STEPHEN SANCHEZ 14 ©2023 Official Charts Company. All rights reserved.
July 6, 20231 yr Author The Official Top 40 Biggest Albums of 2023 so far Lewis Capaldi boasts 2023’s biggest new release album of the year so far, with second album Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent already landing in the Top 10 less than two months after its release, Official Charts can reveal. In May, the record saw Lewis claim the biggest opening week of his career and the biggest first week for an album of 2023 so far, netting over 95,000 chart units in its first seven days of release. At the time, Lewis Capaldi told Official Charts: “Fastest-selling album of the year…it feels good! Thanks very much, guys – I’ll see you out there. Lots of shows, lots of smiles, lots of high fives. It means the world; I love you so much.” Lewis is also the only artist to boast two albums in the Top 10 of 2023 to date, with his 2019 debut Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent at Number 10 on the list. Another new release for 2023, Ed Sheeran’s sixth studio album – (Subtract) also places in the year-to-date Top 10 (8), while his 2021 release = (12) and 2017 record ÷ (18) claim Top 40 positions, too. Elsewhere, Pink’s ninth studio album TRUSTFALL is one of 2023’s biggest new releases and the most-downloaded album of the year so far (14). Lana Del Rey’s 2023 release Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd comes in at Number 26 on the list after reaching the Official Albums Chart summit in March, while her enduring 2012 debut Born To Die also lands at Number 35. Just missing out on a place in the year-to-date Top 40 is Foo Fighters’ But Here We Are (41). The group’s first studio album following the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins last year, the former Number 1 LP narrowly misses out on a place on the list after just one month of release. Topping the list and claiming the Official biggest album of 2023 to date is The Weeknd with The Highlights. The Canadian singer-songwriter, real name Abel Tesfaye, boasts first place on the list at the midway mark with his 2021 hits compilation, which previously peaked at Number 2 on the Official Albums Chart upon its release. The Weeknd’s 2016 LP Starboy also lands on the year-to-date list at Number 27. Having peaked at Number 5 on its release, the record’s experienced renewed popularity thanks, in part, to the viral success of a 2023 remix of its single Die For You featuring Ariana Grande. Taylor Swift’s Midnights places at Number 2 on the list of 2023’s biggest albums so far; the album having helped Taylor break Official Chart records upon its release as she became the female artist to claim nine UK Number 1 albums in fastest succession ever; surpassing Madonna’s previous record. Taylor also boasts a further four albums in the year-to-date Top 40; 2014 LP 1989 (16), 2019 release Lover (19), 2020’s folklore (23) and 2017’s Reputation (34). Rounding out the Top 5 albums of 2023 so far, Harry Styles’ Love On Tour stadium shows provide Harry’s House extra longevity (3), SZA’s SOS holds strong in the upper echelons (4) and Elton John’s hits compilation Diamonds proves its endurance following his Glastonbury headline slot this summer (5). Official Top 40 Biggest Albums of 2023 so far POS TITLE ARTIST PEAK 1 THE HIGHLIGHTS WEEKND 2 2 MIDNIGHTS TAYLOR SWIFT 1 3 HARRY'S HOUSE HARRY STYLES 1 4 SOS SZA 2 5 DIAMONDS ELTON JOHN 2 6 BROKEN BY DESIRE TO BE HEAVENLY SENT LEWIS CAPALDI 1 7 CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS EMINEM 1 8 - ED SHEERAN 1 9 50 YEARS - DON'T STOP FLEETWOOD MAC 5 10 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT LEWIS CAPALDI 1 11 AM ARCTIC MONKEYS 1 12 = ED SHEERAN 1 13 GOLD - GREATEST HITS ABBA 1 14 TRUSTFALL PINK 1 15 TIME FLIES - 1994-2009 OASIS 1 16 1989 TAYLOR SWIFT 1 17 GREATEST HITS QUEEN 2 18 DIVIDE ED SHEERAN 1 19 LOVER TAYLOR SWIFT 1 20 SOUR OLIVIA RODRIGO 1 21 RUMOURS FLEETWOOD MAC 3 22 FINE LINE HARRY STYLES 2 23 FOLKLORE TAYLOR SWIFT 1 24 BETWEEN US LITTLE MIX 3 25 RENAISSANCE BEYONCE 1 26 DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A TUNNEL UNDER LANA DEL REY 1 27 STARBOY WEEKND 5 28 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - THE BEST OF WHITNEY HOUSTON 13 29 THE ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON 1 30 ELV1S - 30 NUMBER 1 HITS ELVIS PRESLEY 1 31 CURTAIN CALL 2 EMINEM 3 32 HEROES & VILLAINS METRO BOOMIN 3 33 WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY OASIS 1 34 REPUTATION TAYLOR SWIFT 1 35 BORN TO DIE LANA DEL REY 1 36 WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM THAT'S WHAT I'M ARCTIC MONKEYS 1 37 SINGLES MAROON 5 32 38 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING 1 39 LEGEND BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS 5 40 BEST OF 50 CENT 39 ©2023 Official Charts Company. All rights reserved.
July 6, 20231 yr Author 80,000 downloads for Flowers is impressive - As It Was only did about 60k in 2022.
July 6, 20231 yr That should also ensure that LadBaby continue to never have the best seller of the year in pure sales, even if they do release something again.
July 6, 20231 yr it's ridiculous the OCC makes a top 40 list x albums and do not mention any sale so the reader doesn't have the faintest idea about how many copies the #1 has sold also the article starting with Lewis, and even talking about Lana, but only mentioning The Weeknd towards the end of the article... really good journalism
July 6, 20231 yr Author I guess The Highlights must be on something like 220k now? Vidcapper has just said that he won’t be able to provide any more sales updates unfortunately. I wouldn’t have time to track album totals as well haha.
July 6, 20231 yr oh too bad they cannot provide updates anymore:/ I have The Highlights on 650K overall, so if he was on 438.8K by the end of 2022, I make it to be 211.2K for this year so far
July 6, 20231 yr I think the change is displayed compared to last week, not last month. I mean Dave didn’t go 45-36 in a month. Hopefully Dave will challenge the top of the year. But I don’t see it even coming close to Miley. That makes so much more sense haha. Thanks. Yeah I think Miley has this, at least 99% sure. For a song to sell 1.5 million (it might need significantly more) in 6 months it's going to have to be such a massive hit and we have no sign of one and with each week that passes it gets harder. I think the only other possibility is a song that's already in the top 20 YTD goes viral and becomes a hit again pretty soon, like what happened with Levitating in the US. I agree, I think Dave might have a chance of top 10 but it's fallen too fast to overtake Miley. Miracle which was another potential contender before I don't think can do it anymore.
July 6, 20231 yr Isn't the Havenforum guy not doing albums every week anymore? Only been doing a few updates a year but looks like we won't be getting any now: Alas something has gone catastrophically wrong with my sales database, and I really can't afford the time to unpick what has gone wrong, so alas I will not be posting any more apdates. Thank you for the support over the years.
July 7, 20231 yr This is my attempt at estimating those sales... only 4 releases from 2023 making the top 40 :/ 1 THE HIGHLIGHTS WEEKND 211K 2 MIDNIGHTS TAYLOR SWIFT 187K 3 HARRY'S HOUSE HARRY STYLES 165K 4 SOS SZA 152K 5 DIAMONDS ELTON JOHN 146K 6 BROKEN BY DESIRE TO BE HEAVENLY SENT LEWIS CAPALDI 137K 7 CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS EMINEM 136K 8 - ED SHEERAN 134K 9 50 YEARS - DON'T STOP FLEETWOOD MAC 128K 10 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT LEWIS CAPALDI 118K 11 AM ARCTIC MONKEYS 116K 12 = ED SHEERAN 116K 13 GOLD - GREATEST HITS ABBA 116K 14 TRUSTFALL PINK 110K 15 TIME FLIES - 1994-2009 OASIS 100K 16 1989 TAYLOR SWIFT 96K 17 GREATEST HITS QUEEN 96K 18 DIVIDE ED SHEERAN 89K 19 LOVER TAYLOR SWIFT 87K 20 SOUR OLIVIA RODRIGO 83K 21 RUMOURS FLEETWOOD MAC 82K 22 FINE LINE HARRY STYLES 82K 23 FOLKLORE TAYLOR SWIFT 78K 24 BETWEEN US LITTLE MIX 78K 25 RENAISSANCE BEYONCE 78K 26 DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A TUNNEL UNDER LANA DEL REY 76K 27 STARBOY WEEKND 76K 28 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - THE BEST OF WHITNEY HOUSTON 76K 29 THE ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON 75K 30 ELV1S - 30 NUMBER 1 HITS ELVIS PRESLEY 75K 31 CURTAIN CALL 2 EMINEM 75K 32 HEROES & VILLAINS METRO BOOMIN 75K 33 WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY OASIS 73K 34 REPUTATION TAYLOR SWIFT 70K 35 BORN TO DIE LANA DEL REY 68K 36 WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM THAT'S WHAT I'M ARCTIC MONKEYS 65K 37 SINGLES MAROON 5 62K 38 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING 60K 39 LEGEND BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS 60K 40 BEST OF 50 CENT 57K
July 7, 20231 yr Sad that Vidcapper isn’t doing this in some capacity any longer, he must have done them for 20 years now!
July 7, 20231 yr I guess the OCC are too embarrassed that The Highlights is and will be #1 album of the year, so they are not highlighting it in their articles.
July 7, 20231 yr Sad that Vidcapper isn’t doing this in some capacity any longer, he must have done them for 20 years now! Vidcapper has now posted the YTD Albums 2023 - 2nd Quarter on Haven forun. See here.
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