November 4, 20241 yr Had no idea what kind of sales to expect from The Cure really with them not having released new music for so long (so the comparison to their last album's opening sales would feel pretty useless) - 40k midweek seems very healthy, glad they are coming for an easy second #1 as I hoped! And 3 songs from it in the singles update at the moment :o I expect the lower two will drop out (only #95 and #100) but fingers crossed #79 is a comfortable enough position for 'Alone' to hang on to the end of the week. When was the last time an act from Brazil charted in the UK top 40? Possibly Aggro Santos in 2011? (Alok and Pabllo Vittar have both had charting songs in the last couple of years but neither made the top 40).
November 4, 20241 yr Wow at The Cure already on 40K, I wasn't expecting that, was thinking around 20!
November 4, 20241 yr Hope taste can hold onto a top 10, avoid the "accomplishment" of being the first song to spend multiple weeks at #1 and never have another top 10 spot
November 4, 20241 yr Christmas is coming !!! 54 - Wham ! 57 - Mariah Carey I was expecting Mariah to be ahead of Wham! but I’m glad that the latter is in front of the former
November 4, 20241 yr Delighted for The Cure as I never expected sales to be anywhere near where they are, plus its only their 2nd number 1.
November 4, 20241 yr The person who was wondering if casual could chart with PPC and RWS hitting ACR, it's 56th
November 4, 20241 yr The person who was wondering if casual could chart with PPC and RWS hitting ACR, it's 56th That was me! Pretty happy with that prediction
November 4, 20241 yr They've only ever had two studio albums make the top 5, partly why I'm so surprised they've cleared 40K in 2024
November 4, 20241 yr Hopefully not , ideally hopefully neither I'd rather was a different song each year But her wham and east 17 all have anniversary editions coming up And Band Aid any news of Band Aid 40 :cool: :lol:
November 4, 20241 yr Fantastic start for The Cure, the albums brilliant worth a listen if any one was thinking about it!
November 4, 20241 yr Regarding 4 acts celebrating Christmas anniversaries this was posted on OCC back in May this year, looks like Band Aid 40 might still happen. https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/b...of-anniversary/
November 4, 20241 yr As BJ’s Mastermind approved expert, absolutely fantastic to see The Cure smash through 40k sales already. Had thought that 30k would be a good target for the week so they’ve exceeded even my expectations. Their last album sold less than 10k in week one, and that was back in 2008 when people still bought albums.
November 4, 20241 yr I think just the fact this is such a long awaited and teased album makes it a fundamentally different scenario to the last album being just another new album by them (although I am really surprised their album selling power had faded that much by 2008, their legacy feels so much greater than their previous album chart positions indicates and the great performance of this new album just goes to show that). Similar to Tears For Fears' comeback giving them a quite high selling #2 album after their last albums before their hiatus missed the top 40. Although in that case I didn't see it coming quite as much x
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