54 minutes ago, Jessie Where said:

I loved 'Haven't Found You Yet' from the last album era. I haven't even heard anything from this one yet, but I might give the singles a go.

Also maybe variants weren't quite as prevalent when they released their last album, and having realised they can play the game now so many acts are doing it?

Their last one was only October 2022, variants were definitely a big thing then.

I think it's more down to the label change. They're with Cooking Vinyl, who predominantly sign indie bands & artists, and have had good chart campaigns recently with the likes of Shed Seven (who had two #1 albums in 2024), The Darkness & Reverend and the Makers.

Guessing numbers are catching up to Blue, they’ve just announced 3 intimate shows with an album purchase and are doing another round of Banquet personally signed albums, a live download for £4.99 and a website competition.

1 hour ago, ___∆___ said:

Guessing numbers are catching up to Blue, they’ve just announced 3 intimate shows with an album purchase and are doing another round of Banquet personally signed albums, a live download for £4.99 and a website competition.

Be careful searching Blue intimate shows!

Sometimes i hate this website 🤣🤣 I come from a thread and Facebook gives me adverts for most talk3d about albums etc 🤣 no facebook i dont want to go to a blue signing 🤣🤣

Music Week Top 40 Sales Flash

Singles

01 Djo - End of Beginning (32,240)

02 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia (26,139)

03 Dave & Tems - Raindance (25,079)

04 RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (25,043)

05 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall in Love) (18,539)

06 Bruno Mars - I Just Might (17,456)

07 Zara Larsson - Lush Life

10 SIENNA SPIRO - Die on This Hill

21 Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Poppy Baskcomb - Think About Us

22 EsDeeKid - 4 Raws

24 PinkPantheress - Stateside

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

27 SIENNA SPIRO - You Stole the Show

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

29 Zach Bryan - Plastic Cigarette

38 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun

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Albums (Top 100)

01 Blue - Reflections (13,210) [12,331 physicals]

02 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (10,009) [8,252 streaming]

03 The Cribs - Selling a Vibe (6,527)

04 Zach Bryan - With Heaven on Top (6,421)

05 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop (5,090)

06 Dry Cleaning - Secret Love (4,843)

09 Alter Bridge - Alter Bridge (4,322)

16 The Kid LAROI - BEFORE I FORGET

28 David Bowie - Legacy

34 Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans

'I Just Might' might miss the top 5 ☹️

Even if Blue push for it, I have doubts they can hold.

I hope Blue can hold onto the number 1 album and Midnight Sun can remain top 40

4 minutes ago, detonate said:

'I Just Might' might miss the top 5 ☹️

Well it might miss a top 5 debut. Wouldn't surprise me if it climbs - its only the first week.

Raindance should get Number 2 - probably too big a gap to overtake Djo

Cmon Olivia you can do this 🙌🙌

Blue could do 15K if they’re adding 1K a day. Olivia averaging 2.2K a day so could end up on 14.5K. This is going to be tight.

Glad Midnight Sun has gone up an extra place to #38. Hoping it can get that top 40

Blue have got a lot of work to do now if they want that #1! Some might say they will have to all rise to the occasion and not let this opportunity fly by. They can't breathe easy yet, it's too close to call...

Edited Wednesday at 18:111 day by Mangø

5 minutes ago, Mangø said:

Blue have got a lot of work to do now if they want that #1! Some might say they will have to all rise to the occasion and not let this opportunity fly by. They can't breathe easy yet, it's too close to call...

You should've tried to work Bubblin' into your post 🤣

Great to see Zach's album in the top 5 now - looks like it should have a good chance of ending the week at #3 as it should definitely overtake The Cribs unless they have a late physical sales dump and it looks set to be outpacing the sales Fleetwood Mac and Sabrina managed last week! Could just about make it to 10k?

3 minutes ago, Knightr634 said:

Blue could do 15K if they’re adding 1K a day. Olivia averaging 2.2K a day so could end up on 14.5K. This is going to be tight.

Glad Midnight Sun has gone up an extra place to #38. Hoping it can get that top 40

The midweeks are always missing the best part of a full day of streams, so Olivia will still be on course to do similar sales to what she did last week once that's accounted for. Blue need to pull something else out of the bag to hang on.

I think Midnight Sun will be safely top 40 come Friday, it’s still rising, maybe about 35 come Friday. Hopefully Lush Life holds at 7 too and Stateside not far from top

20! Come through Zara 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Dave and Tems coming for number 2! Hoping for a new peak for 4 Raws (release the remix ffs) and for Zach and Zara's new entries to hold on even if I'm not a big fan of the songs.

Edited Wednesday at 18:191 day by gasman449

8 minutes ago, Mangø said:

Blue have got a lot of work to do now if they want that #1! Some might say they will have to all rise to the occasion and not let this opportunity fly by. They can't breathe easy yet, it's too close to call...

Yeah. I don't think it's Signed, Sealed, Delivered by any means.

2 minutes ago, Jessie Where said:

Yeah. I don't think it's Signed, Sealed, Delivered by any means.

Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (feat. Elton John)

8 minutes ago, ElectroBoy said:

You should've tried to work Bubblin' into your post 🤣

Well I don't think they'll end up at #1, they'll end up just bubblin' under!

Just now, Mangø said:

Well I don't think they'll end up at #1, they'll end up just bubblin' under!

Alternatively, they could defy all expectations and chart at number One, Love.