I think “not far behind” might mean quite a way behind in First Look language. Usually they give the gap if it’s less than 1k and everything is under 10k in total at this stage so anything over 1k is quite a lot.

1 hour ago, Mark said:

Alex making a Benson sandwich

That's an awesome sandwich 😇

6 hours ago, gasman449 said:

Wonder if Ed will get number 10 and his bingo this week! Don't actually mind this

Ed's top ten bingo card currently looks like this:

1 - 14
2 - 7
3 - 2
4 - 4
5 - 4
6 - 3
7 - 3
8 - 3
9 - 3
10 - 0

Without the huge 1st day sales, The subway didnt have a chance this week against Goldens streams on Amazon :/

Really hate it when Amazon decides the charts, think I never got Over the Ellie-River thing 😆 and nowadays its the same with Golden, Alex Warrens album or Eds singles 😬

It doesn't dictate the charts just need to accept the fact their are 3 main streaming companies now and spotify isn't the be all and end all

just because you dont get what you want doesn't make it any less real

Amazon isn’t deciding the charts: it’s a combination of all platforms. And it’s not a “River” situation - “Golden” might be #1 on Spotify anyway with all versions combined and allowing for premium ratios. 🤷🏻‍♂️

1 hour ago, Bjork said:

Without the huge 1st day sales, The subway didnt have a chance this week against Goldens streams on Amazon :/

Really hate it when Amazon decides the charts, think I never got Over the Ellie-River thing 😆 and nowadays its the same with Golden, Alex Warrens album or Eds singles 😬

WHAT?

They are equal on Spotify (sure Golden is number 1 combined), it's WAY higher on AM also and YT! So how it's Amazon fault?

You really need a reality check.

Still disagree with viewing Amazon as illegitimate. Not everyone who uses Amazon asks Alexa to play music, believe it or not there's an audience who will seek out Alex Warren 😂

5 minutes ago, gasman449 said:

Still disagree with viewing Amazon as illegitimate. Not everyone who uses Amazon asks Alexa to play music, believe it or not there's an audience who will seek out Alex Warren 😂

I wouldn't be suprised if half the people requesting ordinary even know who Alex Warren is

It's really tedious continually seeing posts doubting Amazon's legitimacy. I understand how it looks at Christmas with their exclusives overperforming (but there are reasonable explanations posted every single year for that too), but there's truly nothing suspicious about their data otherwise.

5 hours ago, Julian_ said:

Amazon isn’t deciding the charts: it’s a combination of all platforms. And it’s not a “River” situation - “Golden” might be #1 on Spotify anyway with all versions combined and allowing for premium ratios. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Fun fact, "River" wouldn't have even hit top 10 if ACR wasn't a thing.

Official Chart Update

Singles (Top 100)

01 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden (16,868)

02 Chappell Roan - The Subway (12,636)

03 MK feat. Chrystal - Dior (11,295)

04 Disco Lines & Tinashe - No Broke Boys (11,108)

05 Justin Bieber - DAISIES (10,452)

07 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, SamUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast

08 Alex Warren - Ordinary

09 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire

10 Ed Sheeran - A Little More

11 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things

12 Fred again.., Skepta & PlaqueBoyMax - Victory Lap

13 Justin Bieber - YUKON

14 Alex Warren - Eternity

18 sombr - 12 to 12

19 Lewis Capaldi - Survive

20 Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger

22 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club

26 Alex Warren & Jelly Roll - Bloodline

27 sombr - back to friends

28 BLACKPINK - JUMP

29 Lola Young - Messy

31 ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - APT.

32 Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol

34 Coldplay - Sparks

35 Sammy Virji & Skepta - Cops & Robberts

36 TWICE - TAKEDOWN

37 Denon Reed & Cru2 - Let Him Go

38 Gunna feat. Wizkid - forever be mine

40 Benson Boone - Mystical Magical

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Albums (Top 100)

01 The Royston Club - Songs for the Spine (5,862) [5,435 physicals]

02 mgk - lost americana (5,186) [3,780 physicals]

03 Oasis - Time Flies... 1994-2009 (5,186) [5,017 streaming]

04 Ethel Cain - Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You (4,179)

05 Halestorm - Everest (4,095)

07 Craig David - Commitment (3,692)

08 BABYMETAL - METAL FORTH (3,514)

10 Gunna - The Last Wun (3,030)

14 Gracie Abrams - minor

16 Gracie Abrams - The Secret of Us

17 The Black Keys - No Rain, No Flowers

35 Calvin Harris - 96 Months

Looks like time flies has it

Ooh nice to see the Royston Club in the lead even if they don't hold on- wonder if they'll push hard.

I think MGK will push and get it still, he has a tour pre-sale coming up.

Great to see The Royston Club up there though.

I didn't realise Craig David's album was even out this week.

Jonas Brothers not even on track for top 40??

Edit: not even top 100 🤨

Edited August 11Aug 11 by elliotsmith

Wait, Jonas Brothers aren't top 40?

Double gracie , guessing TSOU has another vinyl variant out

11 minutes ago, Mangø said:

Wait, Jonas Brothers aren't top 40?

Very strange! Physicals are out this week too.

Osees at #77 in the albums 👏💥