Posted March 30, 20242 yr Beyoncé challenges Benson Boone for #1 as her newest album impacts the singles chart. There's a potential top 40 debut for Camila Cabello & Playboi Carti's I Luv It, plus new tracks out from Twenty One Pilots, Vampire Weekend, St. Vincent, Leigh-Anne, Becky Hill, d4vd, Doechii/JT and Lorde COWBOY CARTER is set to become Beyoncé's fifth chart-topping album. Further new releases include Sum 41's Heaven :x: Hell and Ride's Interplay, along with albums from Sheryl Crow, Texas/Spooner Oldham, While She Sleeps, Gesaffelstein, Enrique Iglesias, Roc Marciano, Chastity Belt, Kelly Moran, Blu DeTiger, Yot Club, Sematary and Songer, plus EPs from MGK/Trippie Redd, J-Hope and ILLIT Sunday 6:00pm - 7:00pm Official Chart: First Look on BBC Radio 1 Monday from 5:45pm Official Chart Update on officialcharts.com * Wednesday from 5:45pm Top 40 update from Music Week, with top 5 sales information * updates are not compiled on bank holiday Mondays, so on those occasions, the Official Chart Update will arrive Tuesday during the afternoon. - As per the Friday chart thread, please do NOT post First Look spoilers before it airs on BBC Radio 1. - On any other days, information may come from outside sources but this is not regular. Anything we have will be posted, and anything that's posted must come with a source to prove its reliability. - Please do not demand a midweek update, one will be posted as and when we receive the information, and when a chart mod is available. - To keep everyone in the loop of all chart action, please refer to the iTunes and streaming threads.
March 30, 20242 yr Author Official Chart Update: Bank Holiday Week Singles (Top 100) 1 Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD 'EM 2 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 3 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 4 Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love) 5 Beyoncé - JOLENE * 6-10 7 Artemas - i like the way you kiss me 8 Beyoncé & Miley Cyrus - II MOST WANTED * 11-20 16 Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten 19 NewEra - Birds in the Sky 21-30 23 Jungle - Back on 74 25 The Blessed Madonna feat. Clementine Douglas - Happier 26 Benson Boone - Slow It Down * 28 Rudimental & Skepsis feat. Charlotte Plank & Riko Dan - Green & Gold 29 Mark Ambor - Belong Together * 31-40 31 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 35 Flo Milli - Never Lose Me 37 Jax Jones & Zoe Wees - Never Be Lonely * 39 Meghan Trainor & T-Pain - Been Like This * ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums (Top 100) 1 Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER * 2 Ride - Interplay * 3 Oliiva Rodrigo - GUTS 4 The Weeknd - The Highlights 5 Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine 6-10 8 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop 9 Elton John - Diamonds 10 Sum 41 - Heaven :x: Hell * 11-20 11 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits 16 Michael Jackson - The Essential 18 While She Sleeps - Self Hell * 19 Taylor Swift - reputation 20 j-hope - HOPE ON THE STREET VOL.1 * 21-30 21 Queen - Greatest Hits 23 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 30 Sheryl Crow - Evolution * 31-40 33 Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 35 Elvis Presley - ELV1S: 30 Number 1 Hits ^ 36 The Beatles - 1967-1970 ^
March 30, 20242 yr Author Music Week Top 40 Sales Flash Singles 1 Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD 'EM (37,588) 2 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things (32,504) 3 Teddy Swims - Lose Control (26,452) 4 Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love) (22,845) 5 Djo - End of Beginning (20,946) 6-10 6 Beyoncé - JOLENE * 7 Hozier - Too Sweet 8 Artemas - i like the way you kiss me 9 Beyoncé & Miley Cyrus - II MOST WANTED * 11-20 16 Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten 20 NewEra - Birds in the Sky 21-30 23 Jungle - Back on 74 25 The Blessed Madonna feat. Clementine Douglas - Happier 26 Benson Boone - Slow It Down * 28 Mark Ambor - Belong Together * 31-40 31 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 35 Flo Milli - Never Lose Me 37 Meghan Trainor & T-Pain - Been Like This * 38 Jax Jones & Zoe Wees - Never Be Lonely * ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER (28,396) [17,022 streaming, 7,791 sales physicals, 3,583 downloads]* 2 Oliiva Rodrigo - GUTS (5,539) 3 The Weeknd - The Highlights (5,209) 4 Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine (5,202) 5 Ride - Interplay (4,873) * 6-10 8 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop 9 Elton John - Diamonds 10 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits 11-20 12 Bob Marley & the Wailers - Legend 14 Sum 41 - Heaven :x: Hell * 16 Michael Jackson - The Essential 18 Taylor Swift - reputation 20 Queen - Greatest Hits 21-30 23 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 25 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009 27 j-hope - HOPE ON THE STREET VOL.1 * 28 While She Sleeps - Self Hell * 30 Ed Sheeran - ÷ 31-40 31 Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 32 Elvis Presley - ELV1S: 30 Number 1 Hits ^ 35 George Michael - Twenty Five ^ 36 The Beatles - 1967-1970 ^ 37 Lana Del Rey - Born to Die ^ 38 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent 39 Sheryl Crow - Evolution *
March 30, 20242 yr Reminder there's no First Look show this week and we're unlikely to get an update from the OCC tomorrow at all (template above just in case!). Official Chart Update will be Tuesday due to the bank holiday on Monday.
March 30, 20242 yr If my estimates are correct I’m giving Beyonce a 1800 sales lead over Benson for the first two days so Benson needs to gain 360 sales per day to stay 1
March 30, 20242 yr It will be interesting to see if Beyonce can outdo Dolly's peak of #7 with 'Jolene' (I believe that's the highest version to chart).
March 31, 20242 yr Which two other Beyoncé songs are likely to be in the chart with ‘Texas Hold Em’ this week? For me I’m thinking ‘Jolene’ and ‘II Most Wanted’, though I’d have preferred one of them to be ‘Bodyguard’.
March 31, 20242 yr Cowboy Carter coming out on April 12 physically wise, taking that into account, I except it to have at least two weeks at number one be it non consecutively
March 31, 20242 yr Cowboy Carter coming out on April 12 physically wise, taking that into account, I except it to have at least two weeks at number one be it non consecutively I doubt it will get that much of a boost. Most people who want the album will have bought it online anyway
March 31, 20242 yr I doubt it will get that much of a boost. Most people who want the album will have bought it online anyway I think it will still get a boost enough to go back to #1. Her store’s shipping is very expensive (like £8 minimum), plus I’d imagine a lot of people don’t bother finding the artist’s store and just buy from Amazon or HMV. There’s a bit of a controversy with the physical edition though, it’s missing 5 tracks and has no booklet and minimal packaging, a lot of fans are calling it false advertising and speculating it’s an older version of the album as it has no reference to the Cowboy Carter title and has “Beyincé” on the spine. I think the version coming in April has the full tracklist so that might help it then too. Tbh she should’ve just saved the extra tracks until then and called it a deluxe, the physical rollout is a bit of a mess!
March 31, 20242 yr Which two other Beyoncé songs are likely to be in the chart with ‘Texas Hold Em’ this week? For me I’m thinking ‘Jolene’ and ‘II Most Wanted’, though I’d have preferred one of them to be ‘Bodyguard’. It will likely be those two. They're the highest on all the straming services after "TEXAS HOLD 'EM". "JOLENE" is probably a shoe in for top 10. "II MOST WANTED" may go top 10 as well, although I can see it falling out as the week goes on. Granted it may end up holding really well on streaming with the playlist support it has.
March 31, 20242 yr I think it will still get a boost enough to go back to #1. Her store’s shipping is very expensive (like £8 minimum), plus I’d imagine a lot of people don’t bother finding the artist’s store and just buy from Amazon or HMV. There’s a bit of a controversy with the physical edition though, it’s missing 5 tracks and has no booklet and minimal packaging, a lot of fans are calling it false advertising and speculating it’s an older version of the album as it has no reference to the Cowboy Carter title and has “Beyincé” on the spine. I think the version coming in April has the full tracklist so that might help it then too. Tbh she should’ve just saved the extra tracks until then and called it a deluxe, the physical rollout is a bit of a mess! It should get a decent boost, but I'm not sure if it'll be enough to overcome Future & Metro Boomin's second album of the year to reach #1 again.
March 31, 20242 yr It should get a decent boost, but I'm not sure if it'll be enough to overcome Future & Metro Boomin's second album of the year to reach #1 again. I don't think their second album will do as well as the first (watch me be completely wrong). I think if Beyoncé's album holds on decently, the physical release could boost it to do 15-20k that week, which should be enough to beat Future & Metro Boomin's second album?
March 31, 20242 yr Future and Metro Boomin weren’t able to beat Elnow, and I don’t think they’ll against Beyonce, also Mark Knopfler and James should do well on physicals that week
April 2, 20242 yr Beyonce for the double https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/b...MDHfqNqQ1-0mNUI Boosted, of course, by the release of its parent album COWBOY CARTER, TEXAS HOLD ‘EM is on course to ascend to the top of the Official Singles Chart for a fifth non-consecutive week. Two more COWBOY CARTER tracks could also impact the Top 10; Bey’s take on Dolly Parton’s classic JOLENE (5) and II MOST WANTED (8), a duet with Miley Cyrus. Edited April 2, 20242 yr by Bjork
April 2, 20242 yr Newies on the album chart: 1. Beyonce - COWBOY CARTER 2. Ride - Interplay 10. Sum 41 - Heaven :x: Hell 18. While She Sleeps - SELF HELL 20. j-hope - HOPE ON THE STREET VOL.1 30. Sheryl Crow - Evolution While She Sleeps would be higher, but they say they've had some sales discounted. We’ve just heard the news that Self Hell has a shot at being in the top 10 UK album charts, we never expected this as all the records sold through our personal store aren’t chart eligible sales. (We do this because it means we can support local business in Sheffield and make sure our store operates how we want it). But all the sales from traditional record stores do count & there might be enough for us to have a top 10 album! If you want to help that dream become a reality, pick up an album from any independent record store, rough trade, banquet, HMV and let’s make Sleeps history with Self Hell.
April 2, 20242 yr The OCC's article describes Artemas as a "DJ". He produces his own tracks, but I'm not sure that is the right term for him.
April 2, 20242 yr Looks possible that we could have the first case since 'Three Lions'/'Killing Me Softly' in 1996 of back to back #1s then both having back to back returns to #1 (i.e. if 'TEXAS HOLD 'EM' hangs on at #1 this week then gets knocked off by 'Beautiful Things' again next week). Seems possible that Beyoncé's version of 'JOLENE' will outpeak the original, I was shocked to discover yesterday though that in the US the original only peaked at #60! (Conversely '9 To 5' was a US #1 while missing the top 40 here of course).
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