I spotted recently that Kylie’s XMAS increased sales by 15% in the week it dropped from number 1 to number 4. Obviously there were special circumstances that week.

The only other occasion I can think of in the ACR era was “Freaky Friday” by Lil Dicky feat. Chris Brown back in 2018. It got to number 1 on a relatively low sale, surged during the following week but was overtaken by Drake, and then was overtaken by Dua Lipa / Calvin Harris as well the following week. Its peak week of sales was actually the week it was at number 3.

Can anyone think of any other examples?

I’ve often wondered about Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s single “The Power of Love” in December 1984, whether its sales rose when it dropped from number 1 to number 3 behind Band Aid and Wham?

Wet Wet Wet's Love Is All Around's sales went up a lot the week Whigfield knocked it off the top. A lot of people think it went down because the single was deleted, but actually the publicity around its deletion led to people rushing out to buy it (which I suspect was the real reason the label did it). It just wasn't enough to stop Whiggy.

Escapism by Raye did so in 2023. I think Someone You Loved also did in 2019?

Oh and yes, Frankie's sales did go up from 5379 (panel sales) to 7291.

https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-discussion/chart-analysis/10895472-uk-singles-charts-1984-including-chart-panel-sales/page25

7 minutes ago, AcerBen said:

Wet Wet Wet's Love Is All Around's sales went up a lot the week Whigfield knocked it off the top. A lot of people think it went down because the single was deleted, but actually the publicity around its deletion led to people rushing out to buy it (which I suspect was the real reason the label did it). It just wasn't enough to stop Whiggy.

Just realised that I had completely misremembered this! Interesting considering the original post is about Kylie - I incorrectly remembered that Whigfield kept ‘Confide In Me’ off the number 1 spot - when in fact ‘Confide In Me’ was released the previous week, and Wet Wet Wet kept Kylie off the number 1 spot, before dropping to 4.

 

So I guess the question is – what are the biggest percentage increases posted when dropping to each of the positions 2, 3 or 4 (excluding any tracks falling because of moving to ACR)?

Of course the week before “XMAS” Wham! also increased in sales and were knocked off. That sort of thing must have happened plenty of times around Christmas in recent years.

“Changes” by Ozzy and Kelly nearly doubled when moving 1-3 in Christmas week I believe.

I have a memory that S Club 7’s Don’t Stop Movin’ increased its sales again the second time it fell to no.2.

Orson's 'No Tomorrow' famously had the lowest weekly #1 sales ever, with 17,694 copies, but increased to 19,181 the following week despite dropping to #3.

"Let's Party" by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers increased its sales in its second week (in December 1989) when it fell to number 2 compared to its first week when it came straight in at number 1, but unsurprisingly, it just couldn't compete with "Do They Know It's Christmas" by Band Aid II, so fell to second place despite registering higher sales than in its first week.

In 1988, Perfect by Fairground Attraction recorded an increase in sales the week it fell to number 2 (w/e 21 May 1988), compared to the week it spent at number 1, overtaken by the With A Little Help From My Friends/She's Leaving Home double A side.

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