May 9, 20232 yr Also I'm not sure what point is being made by bringing critical success into this conversation at all but for what it's worth this is his most critically acclaimed album to date (it has a 73 on Metacritic which is still nothing to write home about but it's great by Ed Sheeran's standards, his previous high was 67 each for his first two albums and he dipped into the 50s with his last two) so mission accomplished?
May 9, 20232 yr Who knew this forum was so full of Ed stans? I don’t remember Adele getting this same level of defence when she was accused of underperforming with 30 (which did a whole lot better than -) Edited May 9, 20232 yr by No Sleeep
May 9, 20232 yr Who knew this forum was so full of Ed stans? I don’t remember Adele getting this same level of defence when she was accused of underperforming with 30 (which did a whole lot better than -) Actually this is the first time I noticed so much defense usually the proption of haters is much higher :P
May 10, 20232 yr Oh yh defo agree that compilations and 'Best of shouldn't be in the chart and shouldn't be able to add more than 1 song from a previous album. Why doesn't the OCC add these rules as they seem like common sense to me? Is there something I'm missing out on They won’t until it/a greatest hits ends up hogging the album #1 for weeks on end like the greatest showman did. So far none of the big streaming hit sets have got to number one and turnover at the top is high, so no immediate issue from a marketing perspective.
May 10, 20232 yr Who knew this forum was so full of Ed stans? I don’t remember Adele getting this same level of defence when she was accused of underperforming with 30 (which did a whole lot better than -) That’s the thing, same with Adele, to say it flopped because you compare it to other albums is absolute silliness when it’s #1 and fastest selling album of a year within days
May 10, 20232 yr I think a lot of people get some kind of innate thrill every time they say the word "flop", it's definitely one of those words that has almost lost its meaning at times with how often people use/misuse it.
May 10, 20232 yr I think a lot of people get some kind of innate thrill every time they say the word "flop", it's definitely one of those words that has almost lost its meaning at times with how often people use/misuse it. It’s the toxic Twitter culture - flop, outsold, tanked, when will your faves etc., People need to look up the meaning of flop before applying it to every artist and release :lol:
May 10, 20232 yr Essentially if a record charts anywhere then its not a flop, maybe an underperformer compared to prior records but not a flop.
May 10, 20232 yr Essentially if a record charts anywhere then its not a flop, maybe an underperformer compared to prior records but not a flop. Hmmm...
May 10, 20232 yr Essentially if a record charts anywhere then its not a flop, maybe an underperformer compared to prior records but not a flop. I'm not quite sure that's the right definition either, if Ed's comeback single charted at #99 for one week and then fell out of the chart, I would unequivocally consider that a flop.
May 10, 20232 yr http://i.imgur.com/B6faj0h.png Wednesday Top 40 ONLY Update Source: Music Week Missing Data: Singles 1 Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding - Miracle (25,366) 2 David Kushner - Daylight (23,026) 3 Ed Sheeran - Eyes Closed (21,346) 4 Libianca - People (17,699) 5 Rema - Calm Down (16,341) 6-10 7 Fifty Fifty - Cupid 10 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 11-20 11 Miley Cyrus - Flowers 12 The Krown Jewelz - Scrap the Monarchy * 15 George Ezra - Green Green Grass 17 Ed Sheeran - Curtains * 18 Ed Sheeran - Boat * 21-30 21 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero 22 Tyler, the Creator feat. Kali Uchis - See You Again 28 Bring Me The Horizon - Lost * 31-40 32 Glass Animals - Heat Waves 34 Rudimental, Charlotte Plank & Vibe Chemistry - Dancing Is Healing * 38 Tion Wayne - Healing * 40 Jazzy - Giving Me * ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Ed Sheeran - - (63,731) [48,154 physicals, 7,176 downloads, 8,401 streams] * 2 Nines - Crop Circle 2 (5,159) 3 The Weeknd - The Highlights (4,329) 4 Tunde - First Lap (3,903) * 5 Taylor Swift - Midnights (3,744) 6-10 6 Tom Meighan - The Reckoning * 7 Elton John - Diamonds 8 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop 9 Abba - Gold: Greatest Hits 10 Harry Styles - Harry's House 11-20 12 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 13 Ed Sheeran - = 14 Therapy? - Hard Cold Fire * 15 Taylor Swift - 1989 17 Ed Sheeran - ÷ 18 Queen - Greatest Hits 19 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 21-30 21 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009 22 Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson 23 Taylor Swift - Speak Now ^ 25 Taylor Swift - Folklore 26 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 27 Taylor Swift - Reputation 28 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 29 Elvis Presley - Elv1s: 30 Number 1 Hits ^ 30 Little Mix - Between Us 31-40 31 Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory 32 The Weeknd - Starboy 33 Lana Del Rey - Born to Die 34 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 ^ 35 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston 36 Harry Styles - Fine Line ^ 37 Metro Boomin - Heroes & Villains 40 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream ^ NO OTHER SALES INFO
May 10, 20232 yr Ed Sheeran has a further 3 songs starred out of the top 40 due to the 3 song rule which was brought in because of.......Ed Sheeran 31 - Life Goes On 32 - Salt Water 37 - End Of Youth
May 10, 20232 yr Curtains is a fantastic song, another radio will be eating up in a few weeks. Hopefully it will climb as the weeks go on.
May 10, 20232 yr Libianca looks set for ACR, about 3k down on last Wed. The Highlights heading for a 6th week at #2.
May 10, 20232 yr Fine with 'People' going to ACR now tbh as it has peaked ultimately and now finally starting to tire of it. Ugh at George still not on ACR though <_<
May 10, 20232 yr Kunt getting his usual suspicious midweek boost after adding all versions for 40p on BandCamp (Last count they had released 33 variations)
May 10, 20232 yr Will be nice to see The Kunts charting to remind us in future of the history of this week. Nice to see Rudimental and Jazzy entering!
May 10, 20232 yr When was the last time Ed did not have the #1 single during album release week? :thinking: Edited May 10, 20232 yr by Voodoo
May 10, 20232 yr When was the last time Ed did not have the #1 single during album release week? :thinking: 2014?
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