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Great sales for Buckingham Nicks! Would be amazing if it could stay top 5 but top 10 is still great

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    • gasman449
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      Rubbish chart week for me then with Lewis challenging for 1 and Anne-Marie on for top 40 😂. Hope Olivia/Huntrix can do enough to stop the compact discs

    • Jessie Where
      Jessie Where

      I don't think anyone wants to listen to that without "nothing beats a Jet2 holiday..."

    • Scene
      Scene

      No one wants to hear it with. 😂

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    4 hours ago, Nick Jonas said:

    How come The Fame is so high?

    The European pressing of The Fame/The Fame Monster vinyl box set was released on Friday!

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    Although #37 is undeniably disappointing for Cardi B, in a way I’m not surprised... she's been very US centric for this album's rollout where she's on track to be #1. It’s by far where she’s done the best on streaming this era, and a push for multiple physical variants is largely restricted to her US store.

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    US formats (many of them being signed):

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    I disagree I think it absolutely is surprising! The albums chart is easier than ever to chart highly on, Cardi being at #37 on the first update is shocking for an artist who in theory should have a bigger fanbase.

    2 hours ago, No Sleeep said:

    I disagree I think it absolutely is surprising! The albums chart is easier than ever to chart highly on, Cardi being at #37 on the first update is shocking for an artist who in theory should have a bigger fanbase.

    Agree with this - wasn’t expecting it to be a smash hit but considering all the recent court drama/memes her profile is probably the highest it’s been for a while in the UK.

    Was at least expecting 2k to be shifted and it to appear in the Top 20 of the mids at a minimum.

    Cardi's promo is very US centred and Jay's explanation of the formats only makes it clearer! I think she's actually done quite well to regain any hype at all considering, pre-court case, it felt like she'd missed the boat for this album to make any impact by at least a couple of years.

    I imagine it's riding mostly on streams so I'm hoping it can still make the top 40 by the end of the week, which isn't so bad given her last hit was 2 years ago, and that's not even on this album (the most recent top 40 hit on there is 2021's Up).

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    The correlation between chart hits and album success is a mute point - week in week out we see artists go to #1 or Top 10 that haven’t had a hit in years/decades or at all in some cases.

    Even with the promo being US centric and not as many formats in the UK versus her home market I’m surprised she doesn’t have a big enough core fanbase that would be able to get her into the Top 20 mids.

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    15 minutes ago, ___∆___ said:

    The correlation between chart hits and album success is a mute point - week in week out we see artists go to #1 or Top 10 that haven’t had a hit in years/decades or at all in some cases.

    Even with the promo being US centric and not as many formats in the UK versus her home market I’m surprised she doesn’t have a big enough core fanbase that would be able to get her into the Top 20 mids.

    I don't totally disagree! I'm just not entirely surprised at low top 40 either at this stage.

    As for your first point, it very much depends on the genre. Indie artists have almost always performed better in the album chart than singles. Rappers tend to rely on streams, so won't really have the multibuying fanbase beyond a select few. Cardi largely being away from the popular music scene for a couple of years is surely having an effect as I think the hype had somewhat passed until the court case and her promotional efforts at the eleventh hour.

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    I would agree but Nicki has hardly any hits on her last album pre release if any and that went Top 5! I'd say that's fairly comparable

    I am far from a barb btw haha

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    I believe it's the case that Cardi B needed a few recent streaming hits in order to be able to create a bigger splash for her album in the UK. It's not a guarantee that "no hit singles = the album goes to #1 or Top 10 regardless". The majority of the artists who pull that off here, they're not Hip-Hop or R&B artists. They typically rely on streaming, and if that's lacking, well...

    I think midweek #37 indicates that Cardi hadn't established herself well enough to be able to afford the luxury of a 7 and a half year gap between debut and follow up, not outside of the US at least. I can imagine that her worldwide chart placements are going to be along the lines of how she's doing in the UK. By the way, Invasion of Privacy reached #59 in the physical album chart, so she's not previously proven herself to be a strong physical seller. As mentioned, her label hasn't played the formats game here to the extent that a lot of artists do these days, so that doesn't help matters.

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    Wow, I’m hearing strong rumours of a new Robyn album due soon, would be her first in 8 years (since Honey)! Can’t wait.

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    1 hour ago, Jaz13music said:

    Wow, I’m hearing strong rumours of a new Robyn album due soon, would be her first in 8 years (since Honey)! Can’t wait.

    Best to keep general music chat like this to the genre forums!

    I'm going that Lewis Capaldi will still have the #1 in the latest update bearing in mind he's got the signed CDS arriving on the Thursday to rubber-stamp that #1 spot.

    Just now, Mack said:

    I'm going that Lewis Capaldi will still have the #1 in the latest update bearing in mind he's got the signed CDS arriving on the Thursday to rubber-stamp that #1 spot.

    Arnt signed cds banned from charting though

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    Just now, Mack said:

    Sorry ignoring my ramblings, I had one toō many cider

    And where was my invite 🤣

    Can't help but feel Lewis will have some mega lead in the Weds update after shifting a stupid amount of CDs :D

    I hope Olivia closes the gap on Huntr/x and that the latter is heading for DCL-3

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    Music Week Top 40 Sales Flash

    Singles

    right 01 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden (43,510)

    ne 02 Lewis Capaldi - Something in the Heavens (41,052) [25,472 physicals]

    down 03 Olivia Dean - Man I Need (39,303)

    down 04 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Soda Pop (25,234)

    ne 05 RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (24,191)

    up 15 Alex Warren - Eternity

    up 20 Rihanna - Breakin' Dishes

    up 23 TWICE - TAKEDOWN

    up 26 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire

    up 28 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club

    ne 31 Anne-Marie - DEPRESSED

    re 35 Lola Young - d£aler

    up 36 Tyler, the Creator - Sugar on My Tongue

    re 40 Lewis Capaldi - Survive

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    Albums (Top 100)

    ne 01 Biffy Clyro - Futique (29,202)

    ne 02 Lola Young - I’m Only F**king Myself (13,481)

    down 03 Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend (12,516)

    ne 04 The Divine Comedy - Rainy Sunday Afternoon (9,728)

    ne 05 Buckingham Nicks - Buckingham Nicks (7,784)

    ne 07 Nine Inch Nails - TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    ne 08 Joy Crookes - Juniper

    ne 14 Newton Faulkner - OCTOPUS

    ne 17 Sammy Virji - Same Day Cleaning

    ne 25 Cardi B - AM I THE DRAMA?

    re 29 Lady Gaga - The Fame

    ne 32 Paradise Lost - Ascension

    ne 33 NewDad - Altar

    re 40 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire to Be Heavenly Sent

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