June 11, 20241 yr https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/c...k-chart-update/ Let's ride! The race for this week's Official Number 1 album is on, as Charli xcx's BRAT closes the gap on Bon Jovi's Forever. In today's update (June 11), Charli's sixth studio record sits just 1,300 chart units behind current frontrunners Bon Jovi, who are hoping to earn a sixth UK chart-topper with their sixteenth studio LP. And neither act are going down without a fight. On Monday, Charli released a deluxe edition of BRAT. The snappily-titled 'Brat and it's the same but there's three more songs so it's not' includes additional tracks 'Hello goodbye', 'Guess' and 'Spring breakers'. Though not available to purchase in the UK, Bon Jovi followed Charli's lead by dropping an extended edition of the album for US fans; including new tracks That Was Then, This Is Now and Legendary (Demo). ^ silly article, saying Bon Jovi aren't going down without a fight and then writing there's a US-only deluxe of the album lol
June 11, 20241 yr Yeah that's poor journalism (if you can even call it journalism!) I hope Bon Jovi or their label pull something out to stay in the running though.
June 11, 20241 yr was looking at Bon Jovi's album discography and it's just fantastic: 1984 Bon Jovi (71) 1985 7800 Fahrenheit (28) 1986 Slippery when wet (6) 1988 New Jersey (1) 1992 Keep the faith (1) 1994 Crossroads-Best of (1) 1995 These days (1) 2000 Crush (1) 2001 One Wild Night Live (2) 2002 Bounce (2) 2003 This left feels right-Acoustic (4) 2005 Have a nice day (2) 2007 Lost Highway (2) 2009 The circle (2) 2010 Greatest Hits (2) 2013 What about now (2) 2015 Burning bridges (3) 2016 This house is not for sale (5) 2020 2020 (5) and only looking at the studio albums: 1984 Bon Jovi (71) 1985 7800 Fahrenheit (28) 1986 Slippery when wet (6) 1988 New Jersey (1) 1992 Keep the faith (1) 1995 These days (1) 2000 Crush (1) 2002 Bounce (2) 2005 Have a nice day (2) 2007 Lost Highway (2) 2009 The circle (2) 2013 What about now (2) 2015 Burning bridges (3) 2016 This house is not for sale (5) 2020 2020 (5)
June 11, 20241 yr ^ All those #2 albums for Bon Jovi. This is why the deserve the #1! (and it's also a pretty good album)
June 11, 20241 yr Insane that their “classic” is the lowest peaker in the top 10! I would have assumed it was a multi week number 1!
June 11, 20241 yr I am shocked Slippery when wet is only a #6 peaking album! It's SO good, I assumed it was a big #1 record for them! I'm backing Bon Jovi for the win, saw them 10 years ago in concert as a casual fan and came away as a massive fan, they were brilliant!
June 11, 20241 yr Slippery When Wet is their biggest seller and easily longest runner though. I think because it was their UK breakthrough it was more of a slow burn than the others.
June 11, 20241 yr Love this from Bon Jovi (although as mentioned silly not to make it available in the IK).
June 11, 20241 yr 'Slippery when Wet' was released at a time when compilations like Now and Hits were counted for the album charts. Both the weeks the album was at no.6 there was a compilation that was higher - so it would have peaked at no.5 at least under new rules And breakthrough albums do often peak lower but sell the most. Nirvana's 'Nevermind' only peaked at 5 being another big example
June 11, 20241 yr And breakthrough albums do often peak lower but sell the most. Nirvana's 'Nevermind' only peaked at 5 being another big example Even that was only fairly recently after some anniversary edition!
June 11, 20241 yr just checked and Slippery when wet is their studio album with the highest sales Slippery when wet [900k - Triple Platinum] New Jersey [600k - Double Platinum] These Days [600k - Double Platinum] Keep the faith [300k - Platinum] Crush [300k - Platinum] Bounce [100k - Gold] Have a nice day [100k - Gold] Lost highway [100k - Gold] The circle [100k - Gold] What about now [100k - Gold] This house is not for sale [60K - Silver] 7800o Fahrenheit [60K - Silver] all beaten by their GHs Bon Jovi – Cross Road-Best Of [1,800k - Platinum x6] Bon Jovi – Greatest Hits [1,200k - Platinum x4]
June 11, 20241 yr Slippery When Wet is still my fave album from them followed by Crush, New Jersey and Keep the faith, slippery when wet was always an album that everyone assumed was a number 1 so seeing it only has a number 6 peak surprises people all the time, at least it was US number 1 for them. I think it also surprises many people that they never had a UK number 1 single.
June 11, 20241 yr Keep The Faith for me - it's one of my favourite ever rock albums, packed with bangers, and I still go back to it a lot.
June 12, 20241 yr the UK was very very slow to respond to Bon Jovi they released You Give Love a Bad Name, which is a classic, went to #1 in the US but only #14 in the UK and then Livin'on a Prayer, one of the biggest songs of the 80s, classic of classics, #1 US, in the UK went to #4 at least it was their first proper big hit but should have peaked higher
June 12, 20241 yr Rock always did better in the US than the UK in those days though, see also Bryan Adams and Def Leppard.
June 12, 20241 yr the UK was very very slow to respond to Bon Jovi they released You Give Love a Bad Name, which is a classic, went to #1 in the US but only #14 in the UK and then Livin'on a Prayer, one of the biggest songs of the 80s, classic of classics, #1 US, in the UK went to #4 at least it was their first proper big hit but should have peaked higher Most new artists took a while to get high peaks in the UK (GENERALLY) in this era.
June 12, 20241 yr Team Taylor coming for #1 again, just announced a UK exclusive CD and signed photo - https://storeuk.taylorswift.com/products/th...4YSK_SdEezDd_IJ
June 12, 20241 yr Charli is 150 sales behind now, confident she will overtake bon Jovi just depends how far behind Taylor is now
June 12, 20241 yr Team Taylor coming for #1 again, just announced a UK exclusive CD and signed photo - https://storeuk.taylorswift.com/products/th...4YSK_SdEezDd_IJ Were 6.5K and they sold out. 6.5K won't be enough but there were also yesterday (the rumor that it was 1K)
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