3 hours ago, Mangø said:

If anything I'd say it's The Beatles who are under-performing this week, I thought a lot more than 7k people would be rushing to buy the latest Anthology! I know it will be a far from perfect comparison but do we know what the previous Anthologies opened with?

First week UK sales

Anthology 1 - 125,000

Anthology 2 - 78,000

Anthology 3 - 52,000

and in 1994 Live at the BBC did 148,000 first week.

18 minutes ago, ben08 said:

First week UK sales

Anthology 1 - 125,000

Anthology 2 - 78,000

Anthology 3 - 52,000

and in 1994 Live at the BBC did 148,000 first week.

OK so I know we're in a different sales climate but surely there should be a few more Beatles collectors out there than the Monday sales figures suggest then! I was definitely expecting it to open with 20-30k at least. Presumably it's available on all physical formats including vinyl?

14 hours ago, Henessy Lake said:

Thats why I'd rather songs weren't reset after Xmas, keep them on acr and let new music take predecent

Especially songs that are over the 3 year threshold (Another Love and Cruel Summer) or have already reached number 1 (Easy On Me)

Just now, Hadji said:

Especially songs that are over the 3 year threshold (Another Love and Cruel Summer) or have already reached number 1 (Easy On Me)

Let's just have a hadji rules chart because your never happy about anything 😂

16 minutes ago, Mangø said:

Presumably it's available on all physical formats including vinyl?

Amazon orders/sales over the last month.

Anthology 4 CD - 1,000 £23

Anthology 4 vinyl – 300 £69

Anthology Box Set CD – 500 £95

Anthology Box Set vinyl – 50 £308

And I assume sales at HMV are similar. On iTunes Anthology 4 now down to no. 22. I assume few streams on Spotify or Amazon Music.

My guess for Anthology 4 was 10,000. We will see on Friday.

6 hours ago, Mangø said:

If anything I'd say it's The Beatles who are under-performing this week, I thought a lot more than 7k people would be rushing to buy the latest Anthology! I know it will be a far from perfect comparison but do we know what the previous Anthologies opened with?

It’s probably over performing when you look at the prices (£310 for the vinyl and £95 for the CD)

3 minutes ago, ___∆___ said:

It’s probably over performing when you look at the prices (£310 for the vinyl and £95 for the CD)

That's the box set though. The individual Anthology is £69 for the vinyl and £23 for the CD as Ben has said above, but yeah this is still very pricy - I must admit I didn't know the physicals were that expensive so based on that, the low sales make more sense!

I was gonna say the prices are prob extortionate!

UPDATE: Amazon now say 2K+ Anthology 4 CD bought in past month.

On 22/11/2025 at 14:13, girl_from_oz said:

On the album charts you also have greatest hits albums by James and Madness, hard to say how well they’ll do, they could prove to be popular Christmas presents

James outselling Madness as well. Given Madness had a similar compilation out in 2017 I guess it isn’t a surprise. Both these bands had their first studio album No 1s last two years and I’d be interested to see what their total sales are to compare. Especially are either album near Silver?

Music Week Top 40 Sales Flash

Singles

01 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia (29,523)

02 RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (26,232)

03 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall in Love) (17,612)

04 Olivia Dean - Man I Need (16,816)

05 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden (14,728)

06 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In

08 Wham! - Last Christmas

10 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You

13 EsDeeKid - Century

15 Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande - For Good
18 Cynthia Erivo - No Good Deed

20 Tate McRae - NOBODY'S GIRL

21 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

24 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree

25 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

26 Tate McRae - ANYTHING BUT LOVE

27 Stray Kids - Do It

28 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock

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

32 Cynthia Erivo & Jonathan Bailey - As Long As You're Mine

36 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

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Albums

01 Aerosmith & YUNGBLUD - One More Time (19,344)

02 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (10,484)

03 James - Nothing But Love: The Definitive Best Of (8,892)

04 Olly Murs - Knees Up (8,611)

05 The Beatles - Anthology 4 (7,838)

06 Madness - Hit Parade (7,768)

08 Tate McRae - So Close to What

10 Sub Focus - Contact (4,831)

13 The Beatles - Anthology Collection

15 EsDeeKid - Rebel

19 Elton John - Diamonds
20 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet

21 The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
22 Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

24 Ed Sheeran - Play

25 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

26 sombr - I Barely Know Her

27 Michael Bublé - Christmas

28 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits

32 Simply Red - Recollections

35 The Stone Roses - The Very Best of the Stone Roses

39 Queen - Greatest Hits

Ew at Ophelia increasing its lead from RAYE

Looks like Olly Murs is going to get his lowest-charting album to date this week.

Looks like Ophelia could be going DCL-2 on Friday

02 RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (26,232)

Wow, I really hope it can reach #1 in the next few weeks. 🙏🏾✨

It looks like Man I Need will remain the "real" number 1 !

I finally heard The Fate of Ophelia for the first time yesterday and it’s the best single Taylor Swift has ever made.

Poor RAYE heading for DCL-1

9 minutes ago, AceBR said:

02 RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (26,232)

Wow, I really hope it can reach #1 in the next few weeks. 🙏🏾✨

No chance before Christmas now

1 minute ago, Maestro said:

No chance before Christmas now

Should have a chance in the new year. I want either WIMH or So Easy for the first number 1 of 2026. Not too fussed about Elizabeth Taylor

Edited November 26, 2025Nov 26 by Hadji