17 hours ago, Hadji said:

I’ll welcome Thriller gaining a new peak

I'm old enough to remember when the Thriller video first debuted in 1983 and being terrified by it as an 8 year old! Was really surprised to learn recently that it only peaked barely in the top 10 at #10 at the time but I realise since that the Thriller album had been out a year at that time so most people would have already owned the song by way of the album which had already sold millions at that stage.

46 minutes ago, Ongarboy said:

I'm old enough to remember when the Thriller video first debuted in 1983 and being terrified by it as an 8 year old! Was really surprised to learn recently that it only peaked barely in the top 10 at #10 at the time but I realise since that the Thriller album had been out a year at that time so most people would have already owned the song by way of the album which had already sold millions at that stage.

Thriller did quite well for a post-album single and he did have 5 top 10 post-album singles from his Bad album. I ain’t counting Man In The Mirror as that peaked in 2009 following his death whereas the others peaked on first release. Calvin Harris also managed 9 top 10 singles from his 18 Months album and these were before streaming

15 hours ago, Padamic_Tension said:

Just spotted Nelly Furtado back in the chart at number 71 id like to see her back in the top 100 this Friday if she can hold on,

When did Maneater, Disturbia and Zombie become Halloween songs? And is Halloween the reason Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) is at number 61, too? Blinding Lights also a re-entry.

ever since streaming services included them prominently in halloween themed playlists which people put on as background music for their parties (and yes that's also why Sweet Dreams and Blinding Lights are back)

16 minutes ago, Johann said:

When did Maneater, Disturbia and Zombie become Halloween songs? And is Halloween the reason Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) is at number 61, too? Blinding Lights also a re-entry.

Yes the only one thats really Halloweeny past the title is disturbia 😬

Demi's album hasn't appeared in the chart this week yet, and it seems like the physicals which should have been shipped last week still haven't been dispatched, based on this post 8 hours ago on another forum:

"Has anyone from the UK received ANY orders from her website/Polydor? I'm in touch with CS for Universal and they're useless, giving me NO updates and nothing dispatched yet. "

Hopefully they come through in time for the 2nd week, and are enough for a #100 or above position haha

Edited Tuesday at 18:002 days by magnetic moon

1 hour ago, Johann said:

When did Maneater, Disturbia and Zombie become Halloween songs? And is Halloween the reason Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) is at number 61, too? Blinding Lights also a re-entry.

I know right. And what I would call a bonafide Halloween song, “Stay” by Shakespeare’s Sister, doesn’t even get a mention. It made the iTunes top 10 after it was used on strictly this weekend.

5 minutes ago, Popgeek said:

I know right. And what I would call a bonafide Halloween song, “Stay” by Shakespeare’s Sister, doesn’t even get a mention. It made the iTunes top 10 after it was used on strictly this weekend.

I wouldn't say thats anymore Halloweeny than all those already listed if anything its less halloweeny

2 hours ago, Johann said:

When did Maneater, Disturbia and Zombie become Halloween songs? And is Halloween the reason Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) is at number 61, too? Blinding Lights also a re-entry.

Bloody Mary by Lady Gaga re-entering the top 75, with the Halloween Theme by John Carpenter a new entry at 76. The Time Warp is at 79. These at least make more sense, but they are below the less spooky songs you mentioned.

10 hours ago, Popgeek said:

I know right. And what I would call a bonafide Halloween song, “Stay” by Shakespeare’s Sister, doesn’t even get a mention. It made the iTunes top 10 after it was used on strictly this weekend.

It's really only the video for 'Stay' that's Halloweeny, I don't see how the song itself is?

Also maybe I'm missing something but what's 'Sweet Dreams' by Eurythmics got to do with Halloween? I haven't seen the video, is it that?

3 hours ago, Mangø said:

It's really only the video for 'Stay' that's Halloweeny, I don't see how the song itself is?

The song itself is really creepy! The video reflects the song. It’s a song about an obsessive lover. Although I wouldn’t call it a Halloween song, I do agree that it is more Halloweeny than many of those songs.

I remember hearing it on the radio and loving it because of how unique and frightening it was.

It fits perfectly with those crazed stalker horror films.

18 hours ago, Popgeek said:

I know right. And what I would call a bonafide Halloween song, “Stay” by Shakespeare’s Sister, doesn’t even get a mention. It made the iTunes top 10 after it was used on strictly this weekend.

Can you imagine 'Stay' being played at parties?

6 minutes ago, Umi said:

Can you imagine 'Stay' being played at parties?

Good point!

Yeah, my Halloween Party playlist was, and always is, the mostly tenuously linked thing.

2 Die 4 by Addison Rae? TERRIFYING.

Poison by Nicole Scherzinger? CHILLING.

Better The Devil You Know by Kylie? THE HEIGHT OF SPOOK.

Music Week Top 40 Sales Flash

Singles

01 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden (36,085)

02 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia (33,486)

03 RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (22,856)

04 Taylor Swift - Opalite (17,361)

05 Michael Jackson - Thriller (16,758)

09 Lily Allen - Pussy Palace

10 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - How It's Done

12 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - What It Sounds Like

13 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In

14 Alex Warren - Ordinary

15 Lily Allen - West End Girl

16 Lily Allen - Madeline

17 Skye Newman - FU & UF

18 Sabrina Carpenter - When Did You Get Hot?

19 Olivia Dean - Nice to Each Other

20 Tame Impala - Dracula

22 Kehlani - Folded

23 Lady Gaga - The Dead Dance

24 Sabrina Carpenter - House Tour

26 SIENNA SPIRO - Die on This Hill

29 Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.

30 Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters

31 Gunna feat. Burna Boy - wgft

32 Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash

33 Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

36 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club

39 Chappell Roan - The Subway

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Albums (Top 100)

01 Florence + the Machine - Everybody Scream (28,273) [24,445 physicals, 1,235 downloads, 2,593 streaming]

02 Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl (10,903)

03 Lily Allen - West End Girl (10,470)

04 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (9,052)

05 Cat Burns - How to Be Human (8,389) [5,716 physicals, 1,252 downloads, 1,421 streaming]

06 The Charlatans - We Are Love

07 Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (Live Recordings 2003-2009)

09 The Rock Orchestra - Classics, Vol. 1

12 Tyler, the Creator - CHROMAKOPIA

18 KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope

19 The Who - Who Are You

20 Bob Dylan - Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18

23 Luvcat - Vicious Delicious

28 Creeper - Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death

32 Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome

33 EsDeeKid - Rebel

35 Oasis - Definitely Maybe

39 Pitbull - Greatest Hits

Pussy palace top 10 🙌🙌 thriller still top 5 because of those huge day 1 sales, the rest just clinging to top 40 like seems stupid to reset them now but be.a mockery if only thriller got reset,

The Subway almost out 😬

Lily so close to taylor on albums would be nice to see her take it but unlikely

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Great to see Lily climb, hoping Olivia doesnt catch her and she gets a new peak!

Ooh the Halloween tracks almost out already, Thriller on 16k so I'd assume it'll miss top 10...

Thriller needs to do around 6k still to stay in top 10 based on last week's sales, might not succeed.

Lily is so close to Taylor! Thriller slipped two places since Monday not too bad.