Omfg THIS!!!!!!!!!!! CHEESY FAD!!!!!! You also forgot TALENTLESS DRAKE and TALENTLESS SAUSAGE ROLL MAN!!! Harry is okay, but overhyped. He is in NO WAY more talnted than Mal C. She should have been getting this success, but thr music industry is sexist.

 

Spice Girls and sexism, on top of Sheeran and Capaldi being inserted into the discussion.

 

We’re heading for a full house of Buzzjack Bingo in this thread :lol:

 

The other one I was going to mention was George Michael with 'Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1' which I thought the OCC counted as a different #1 when it was re-released packaged with MTV Unplugged, but actually the list posted above does not count that separately (it is counted separately on Wikipedia, I had kind of assumed the canon there was the same as the OCC's but apparently not).

I was thinking 'Older' too but remembered it just missed out on #1 on last year. I imagine that would have been considered a 'new' #1 and add to George's tally given it was released on a different label (Music Week acknowledged it had a different sales total to the original album).

I’d imagine that Radiohead charted separately with OKNOTOK and Kid A Mnesia now I think about it. Neither were quite number ones though I don’t think

Spice Girls and sexism, on top of Sheeran and Capaldi being inserted into the discussion.

 

We’re heading for a full house of Buzzjack Bingo in this thread :lol:

 

It’s always at this point in the year I forget Ladbaby exists until Big Fat Padam has to remind us all 😂

Spice Girls and sexism, on top of Sheeran and Capaldi being inserted into the discussion.

 

We’re heading for a full house of Buzzjack Bingo in this thread :lol:

 

 

It’s always at this point in the year I forget Ladbaby exists until Big Fat Padam has to remind us all 😂

 

!!!

 

:rofl: :rofl:

She will probably release Speak Now (Taylor’s Mum’s Version) in the next couple of weeks anyway!

Edited July 11, 20232 yr by funki_munki

The Taylor vs Madonna argument wasn't what I thought all the new pages would be about. Was hoping a surprise Tuesday midweek. :lol:

 

Happy to see Kylie holding on - hopefully she'll be safe for another week in the top 10!

The Taylor vs Madonna argument wasn't what I thought all the new pages would be about. Was hoping a surprise Tuesday midweek. :lol:

The fact that an artist (Taylor, in this case) will most likely end up as the female artist with most UK #1 albums all because of a technicality of going into a studio on a boring lazy Sunday and re-recording her albums is a joke. This isn't a personal remark on Taylor - I'm neither a Taylor fan or hater and have no opinion on her music, talent or voice. I'm just saying it's unfortunate and a chart stat travesty.

At the rate she releases new albums she'll probably overtake Madonna by the end of the decade regardless of whether you double count the Taylor's Versions or not.

The fact that an artist (Taylor, in this case) will most likely end up as the female artist with most UK #1 albums all because of a technicality of going into a studio on a boring lazy Sunday and re-recording her albums is a joke. This isn't a personal remark on Taylor - I'm neither a Taylor fan or hater and have no opinion on her music, talent or voice. I'm just saying it's unfortunate and a chart stat travesty.

 

Well seemingly all Madonna needs to do is re-release some old albums with a different catalogue number (and assume enough people are interested) and she can sail back into pole position without even having to go to the effort of going into the studio. Would you be up in arms about it if she did?

Yeah I'm not expecting 'Padam' to stay top 10 come Friday, I was just surprised to see it as high as #9 even at this stage.

Read on Twitter it’s up to no8 but can’t find the update on here.

 

We don't get Tuesday updates most of the time. (apart from Kylie leaks the last few weeks because she's seemingly the only artist that inspires people to leak them)

The fact that an artist (Taylor, in this case) will most likely end up as the female artist with most UK #1 albums all because of a technicality of going into a studio on a boring lazy Sunday and re-recording her albums is a joke. This isn't a personal remark on Taylor - I'm neither a Taylor fan or hater and have no opinion on her music, talent or voice. I'm just saying it's unfortunate and a chart stat travesty.

 

100% agree.

100% agree.

 

And I'm not here to take away from Tay Tay's achievements, she's done so well, and has a huge fanbase - but re-recording the same album (who cares if it's a diff catalogue number/record company), shouldn't be counted as a new #1 - it makes a farce of the charts.

 

The problem we now have (all because of the OCC's ever-changing goalposts) is that I/many more now discount a lot of new chart records/achievements, and we cherry-pick what is a chart record and what isn't - it used to be far more black and white - and this debases the value of the charts, which is sad.

 

 

 

 

Well seemingly all Madonna needs to do is re-release some old albums with a different catalogue number (and assume enough people are interested) and she can sail back into pole position without even having to go to the effort of going into the studio. Would you be up in arms about it if she did?

 

 

I mean I don't get this point? When has Madonna re-released an album and had a new charting album from it? :blink:

The fact that an artist (Taylor, in this case) will most likely end up as the female artist with most UK #1 albums all because of a technicality of going into a studio on a boring lazy Sunday and re-recording her albums is a joke. This isn't a personal remark on Taylor - I'm neither a Taylor fan or hater and have no opinion on her music, talent or voice. I'm just saying it's unfortunate and a chart stat travesty.

 

 

Taylor will probably do it based on new albums alone nevermind the re-releases.

 

I do think it is stupid that a "Taylor's Version" counts as a new number one though. Fair enough if it outpeaks the older version then it's a #1 but if the original already has a #1 it shouldn't be "another" #1 album to add to her list? :blink:

 

Speak Now initially charted at #6 so it makes sense it's a new #1 album in her tally, (same for Fearless), but Red was already a #1 so it shouldn't be counted twice, it's basically a re-release like The Fame Monster or Spirit.

Edited July 12, 20232 yr by spiceboy

I wish other artists would care as much as Taylor does in their work. Some can't even be bothered remastering tired sounding old albums.

 

 

:P :P :P

I think the Taylor’s versions argument is interesting but they are essentially a different album in the sense that they are re-recorded with completely new vocals even if they are as close sounding to the original as possible it’s not a re-release in the they’ve kept the original album and added extra tracks.

 

The UK release of The Fame Monster didn’t completely re-record the original The Fame album there was just an extra disc attached which is why it was classed as a climb to #1 and you couldn’t buy The Fame Monster separately which is why it charted as The Fame in the UK.

 

Taylor may well by very savvy and clever but I don’t think she’d have actually wanted to re-record her first 6 albums it’s just so that she can fully own those tracks. I do wonder what the reasoning of the order of the re-released was and why they aren’t in order I’m guessing it’s legal matters possibly? I can actually see her debut being the last one released now which would be kind of poetic in a way of closing the Taylor’s Versions chapters.

 

It would still feel very strange seeing someone other than Madonna as the female with the most #1s but I presume her singles record should remain intact longer than her albums one.

Edited July 12, 20232 yr by Jord

What I don't understand though, is why it's so hard for people to comprehend that someone may actually overtake ANY kind of record by anyone? Re-recordings included or otherwise. It doesn't diminish the legacy of the artist who previously had that record.