OUCH at J Lo, not even top ten in the first update... I dread to think where it'll end up come Friday, can't see it staying top 40! (I also gave it a listen and it's really not very good).

Great to see Paloma start at #2, really hope she holds it, but let's wait for the sales info!

Cast will end up top 30, similar to Kula Shaker last week who also started in the top 10, still not bad going for them though, for a largely forgotten 90s Britpop band.

Edited February 19, 20241 yr by Mangø

Let's be honest at the time it was bigger for Beyonce to be on an Ed single than it was for him. He was at his all time high then and she was not where she is now or early 2000s.

 

I don’t think Beyoncé’s star has ever dimmed since her DC days. Sure, she wasn’t hitting the top of the UK chart but her level of acclaim has only risen since her self-titled album.

Agree Beyoncé has gone from being a huge commercial star to being not quite so huge but critically acclaimed, which is interesting as I think many big artists go the other way if anything and are perceived to “sell out”.

I don’t know why anybody’s surprised about JLo when her last album only reached #41 here! It’s a shame, the album is really good, but even at her peak she was never a very big album seller here

Great to see IDLES ahead of Paloma, hopefully they're far enough ahead of Noah to be secure at #1!

 

Official Chart Update

Full update in this post, click the arrow to go to it! No sales for Benson sadly.

 

I agree with No Sleeep about J-Lo - I had no real expectations for her to chart that highly. Her last top 10 album was 13 years ago, and even On the Floor being gigantic and another top 10 in I'm Into You couldn't get Love? to go platinum. Multiple formats can only make so much difference, and it's not like she's had any singles success in a long time. Shame, as I think it's a strong, consistent album!

bey unsurprisingly at #1, but dua still high at #2. hopefully she can hold on to top 3 by end of the week!

 

and djo in at #31. i reckon itll be top 20 at least by friday! im loving the song, yay for it being a hit!

Great to see IDLES at #1! Much higher than I was expecting for Crawlers too.

 

No3 :o

What’s the craic with the Bob Marley GHs, is the one for the new film in the compilation chart? If so will Legend sell a lot more with the film out?

Think that does look like a secure #1 for IDLES, hooray *.* pretty good sales for both them and Paloma, they've already beaten the opening of their last album and Paloma should do similar numbers to her last.

Ugh, can somebody please stop that Kygo + Ava Max thing? :puke2:

Be interesting to see how much Djo can climb by Friday, given its streaming seems to be rapidly increasing by the day

Ugh, can somebody please stop that Kygo + Ava Max thing? :puke2:

 

diamonds & dancefloors was filled to the brim with bangers, and this shit is her hit??? im so annoyed lol

diamonds & dancefloors was filled to the brim with bangers, and this shit is her hit??? im so annoyed lol

 

Its annoying that there are a shed load of amazing dance songs out... and its this pile of sh!te that gains popularity. Even for a Kygo song its bad

Ugh, can somebody please stop that Kygo + Ava Max thing? :puke2:

 

 

haha agree. I really the production but NOT the song it's sampling/re-doing/interpreting or whatever. OG is still tired, stale. Not the kind of song that was a big-huge hit back in the day yet obscure enough to warrant a 'fresh take' (like 'Higher Love' which was fresh, unique, stellar). This is more like his re-working 'Hot Stuff' lol & some of his others that fell flat. Nothing really special or next level about this.

Edited February 19, 20241 yr by JK1

Whatever is amazing, hope it can eventually go top 10 x

BEYONCÉ AT #1!! :wub:

Whatever is amazing, hope it can eventually go top 10 x

This!! In the very minority but I totally agree

Let's be honest at the time it was bigger for Beyonce to be on an Ed single than it was for him. He was at his all time high then and she was not where she is now or early 2000s.

You are totally right. Most of the replies you get forget that the remix with Beyonce only accounted of 18% of the total sales in the first of its release. So No, He did her a favour at that time and not the other way around

Whatever is amazing, hope it can eventually go top 10 x

omg THIS!