Am I only person who likes Feels Like I’m Falling in Love? Haha x

But I'm sure Perrie said on Graham Norton that the album is finished and has a name and she even talked about one of the songs on it ('Heartbeat'). So if an album is ready then surely they'll release it no matter how poorly the singles have performed, no?

 

There's been tons of albums in pop history which have been completed and never saw the light of day in the end - Amelia Lily's for instance, which I think seems a fair comparison.

I’d love if Feelslikeimfallinginlove and We Pray switched places

 

I’ve a feeling both will re peak but only by a couple of spots by Friday!

Am I only person who likes Feels Like I’m Falling in Love? Haha x

 

I like it :heart:

Am I only person who likes Feels Like I’m Falling in Love? Haha x

I think it's quite good, definitely not as egregiously bad as some on here have been making out of late !

There's been tons of albums in pop history which have been completed and never saw the light of day in the end - Amelia Lily's for instance, which I think seems a fair comparison.

I'm not sure that's a totally fair comparison because back then it would have cost a lot more to promote an album and produce the physicals. In this day and age, if it came to it then potentially they could just not bother with spending money on physicals and just throw it out on streaming sites? I'm not saying they'll do that (and admittedly there's not much precedent for it) but they wouldn't have had that option back in the day, it was physicals or nothing.

Edited October 7, 20241 yr by Mangø

Am I only person who likes Feels Like I’m Falling in Love? Haha x

 

Thought that Kelly Marie had re-entered the spotify chart for a moment there.

Perrie should have just done one single then the album. 90% of the time if you’re doing physicals 1st week it’s a sign you know it’s going to struggle. Not a fan of doing that.

Sydney Christmas from BGT only charts her album at 44 this week. I see someone on DS says it'll be the No.1 album this Christmas. She has an ITv special in Dec and the Royal Variety will shift a few CD's.

I think they are going for a long tail with her, hoping that things pick up as the months progress with more promotional spots.

Edited October 7, 20241 yr by Hassaan

Does anyone have a list of previous Coldplay first week album sales to hand? :):

 

Parachutes - 72k

A Rush of Blood to The Head - 273k

X&Y - 464k (3rd biggest debut of UK Album Chart History back then)

Viva la Vida - 302k

Mylo Xyloto - 208k

Ghost Stories - 168k

A Head Full of Dreams - 235k (Number 1 spot blocked by "Adele - 25", but after AHFOD managed to #1)

Everyday Life - 80k

Music of the Spheres - 101k

 

 

Some people forgot Coldplay is one of biggest album artist of UK history. Even their prime era has passed, they're able to sell over 100k.

 

 

 

List of artists with the most UK Albums Chart number ones:

 

The Beatles 16

The Rolling Stones 14

Robbie Williams 14

Elvis Presley 13

Madonna 12

Bruce Springsteen 12

Taylor Swift 12

David Bowie 11

Eminem 11

Rod Stewart 11

U2 11

ABBA 10

Michael Jackson 10

Queen 10

Coldplay 10

 

List of artists with the most UK Albums Chart number ones (Only Studio Albums):

 

Taylor Swift 12

The Beatles 11

The Rolling Stones 11

Robbie Williams 11

Bruce Springsteen 11

Eminem 10

U2 10

Coldplay 10

Edited October 8, 20241 yr by Sambuu-Yondon

List of artists with the most UK Albums Chart number ones:

 

The Beatles 16

The Rolling Stones 14

Robbie Williams 14

Elvis Presley 13

Madonna 12

Bruce Springsteen 12

Taylor Swift 12

David Bowie 11

Eminem 11

Rod Stewart 11

U2 11

ABBA 10

Michael Jackson 10

Queen 10

Coldplay 10

 

List of artists with the most UK Albums Chart number ones (Only Studio Albums):

 

Taylor Swift 12

The Beatles 11

The Rolling Stones 11

Robbie Williams 11

Bruce Springsteen 11

Eminem 10

U2 10

Coldplay 10

 

Let's clarify some points:

 

- The Beatles have 15 albums #1 according to updated list:

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/a...k-chart__15643/

 

- Coldplay will have 10th #1 since this Friday (yes, for sure :))

Per reddit many thought you has to preorder the album

In order to get concert tickets for wembley

So guess a big big portion of their sales happened like that

There was no purchase necessary but written in the tiniest print that no one could see

 

Reminds of US album sales a few years back when the ones like Bon Jovi would get @1

Cos they gave the album for free when buying tour tix

Didn't Amelia Lilly actually have 2 albums that were recorded and fully completed and ready to go and then cancelled?

 

Just realised Ed is only down to #9 in albums as expected so the album is gonna chart forever on fake streams

Didn't Amelia Lilly actually have 2 albums that were recorded and fully completed and ready to go and then cancelled?

 

Just realised Ed is only down to #9 in albums as expected so the album is gonna chart forever on fake streams

What are fake streams?

What are fake streams?

I think he means genuine streams of individual tracks leading to what could be seen as fake album sales because they have nothing to do with the album itself.

hahaha yes <3

Per reddit many thought you has to preorder the album

In order to get concert tickets for wembley

So guess a big big portion of their sales happened like that

There was no purchase necessary but written in the tiniest print that no one could see

 

Reminds of US album sales a few years back when the ones like Bon Jovi would get @1

Cos they gave the album for free when buying tour tix

 

Idk if yall have similar things, but in the US we have sweepstakes where they put a code inside the packaging of a product and you can enter it online and if youre lucky win a prize, and by law they have to give you an option to get the code without purchase. But they rely on most people not knowing that option exists, even though it usually appears in bold at the top of the fine print. Last year I got hundreds of dollars of free groceries, and I wasn't even lucky or anything, anyone else could've done it too if they just read all the details. But they made tons of money on the whole thing because most people thought they had to spend thousands at the store to get as much as I got.

Parachutes - 72k

A Rush of Blood to The Head - 273k

X&Y - 464k (3rd biggest debut of UK Album Chart History back then)

Viva la Vida - 302k

Mylo Xyloto - 208k

Ghost Stories - 168k

A Head Full of Dreams - 235k (Number 1 spot blocked by "Adele - 25", but after AHFOD managed to #1)

Everyday Life - 80k

Music of the Spheres - 101k

Some people forgot Coldplay is one of biggest album artist of UK history. Even their prime era has passed, they're able to sell over 100k.

 

Yeh they are hugely consistent with album sales - dont think bands like The Rolling Stones for example were still doing 100k plus in say 1990?

I think everyone knows how big they are but expected numbers similar or slightly lower to Music of the Spheres.