Fortnight did pretty well so it wasn't a bad choice of lead and I don't think it's unrepresentative of the album either - and I definitely don't think loml or The Black Dog would've been any bigger at all.

 

(and re the format discussion, I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest Taylor did release extra formats when her #1 spot was under threat, and it's notable she didn't do this when someone like Gracie Abrams was releasing - as to how personal it was against each artist she blocked is another matter, but we're well past the point of those eyebrow-raising digital versions so I don't think she's intentionally "blocking" Sabrina or trying to snatch the #1 back at the last minute, she's not tried that sort of thing in months, this is just how the cards fell)

Fortnight did pretty well so it wasn't a bad choice of lead and I don't think it's unrepresentative of the album either - and I definitely don't think loml or The Black Dog would've been any bigger at all.

 

(and re the format discussion, I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest Taylor did release extra formats when her #1 spot was under threat, and it's notable she didn't do this when someone like Gracie Abrams was releasing - as to how personal it was against each artist she blocked is another matter, but we're well past the point of those eyebrow-raising digital versions so I don't think she's intentionally "blocking" Sabrina or trying to snatch the #1 back at the last minute, she's not tried that sort of thing in months, this is just how the cards fell)

 

I'll note too in this discussion, in the US where Taylor focuses most of her attention, Gracie week was never in doubt, and she's not blocking Sabrina as I said before.

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Her stans would buy the same thing for the 50th time if she she changed one digit of the RGB colour code of a coat she wears on a cover image and called it a vinyl variant.

The Tortured Poets Department (Scooter’s Version)

 

Music Week Top 40 Sales Flash

 

Singles

 

01 Wham! - Last Christmas (28,470)

02 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (27,064)

03 Gracie Abrams - That's So True (24,797)

04 ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - APT. (22,058)

05 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (20,360)

 

06 Tom Grennan - It Can't Be Christmas

07 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock

08 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

09 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York

10 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree

 

11 Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

14 Elton John - Step Into Christmas

15 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

16 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

17 Lola Young - Messy

18 Laufey - Christmas Magic

19 Sia - Snowman

20 The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride

 

21 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

22 Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas

23 José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad

25 Sabrina Carpenter - A Nonsense Christmas

26 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime

28 Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas

29 Chrystal - The Days

30 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

 

34 John Lennon, Yoko Ono & the Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

38 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

40 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody

 

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Albums

 

01 Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (19,452) [16,512 physicals, 2,918 streaming, 22 downloads]

02 ROSÉ - rosie (8,466)

03 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet (8,356)

04 Sabrina Carpenter - fruitcake (7,862)

05 Michael Bublé - Christmas (7,038)

 

06 Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess

08 Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

10 Coldplay - Moon Music

 

14 Hozier - Unreal Unearth

16 Alfie Boe & Michael Ball - Together At Home

 

23 André Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra - The Sound of Heaven

 

33 White Denim - 12

38 Lauren Mayberry - Vicious Creature

 

43 Jethro Tull - The Jethro Tull Christmas Album

44 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Yup that's a couple of positions below the albums top 40 - think they copied a few too many rows into the article but no complaints!

 

Sabrina at #25 in the singles chart is a guess - #25 is absent and that usually happens to a song that was starred out the previous week, not sure what else it would be.

Are Mariah anc Wham! the same or is that a typo?

Are Mariah anc Wham! the same or is that a typo?

Copying error, my bad - fixed!

Yup that's a couple of positions below the albums top 40 - think they copied a few too many rows into the article but no complaints!

 

Sabrina at #25 in the singles chart is a guess - #25 is absent and that usually happens to a song that was starred out the previous week, not sure what else it would be.

 

It must be Christmas as they gave us the top 48 albums tonight !!

With those numbers, fruitcake in the top 5 feels a bit less likely. I think she needs 10k at least, and she only gained a few hundred extra units

Is ed and Elton still bottom top 40

Kelly slipping to #10 is stressful x

Is ed and Elton still bottom top 40

No sign!

Shame OCC took drastic action when Ed clogged up the singles chart for one week

Shame OCC took drastic action when Ed clogged up the singles chart for one week

What's this referring to? (regarding this week's mids)

Comparing with last week, it looks as though Gracie will end up with a lead, but by less than 1000.

Will be a very close call between Gracie and Wham

What's this referring to? (regarding this week's mids)

It’s referring to OCC doing something about Ed when he clogged up the singles chart for one week and they took drastic action but Christmas songs clogging up the chart every year and they do nothing

Yeah it’ll be close between wham and Gracie probably the Thursday estimates will decide it and from my experience it seems like the song that streamed higher earlier usually gets a favourable estimate but we shall see. Also Christmas number 1 looks like it’ll be under 60k for sure

Kelly slipping to #10 is stressful x

 

I know, if she stalls at 11 this year I can’t cope 🙈