Midnight Sun prediction? I guess it needs to go higher on streams to keep climbing

It does feel like it's stalled a little bit. I think the best we can hope for at the moment is for it to creep into the top 25.

4 hours ago, tasospe said:

You do have a point regarding the Singles Chart.
However, when it comes to the Album Chart, it’s quite sad to see new releases from veterans of the music industry such as Belinda Carlisle, Kim Wilde, Kenny Thomas and even the latest albums of Jack Garratt struggling and sinking simply because they don’t generate strong streaming sales.

I love those artists, but if they had released those albums 20 years ago, they would have been even less successful. In recent years, veterans of the music industry have started having high charting albums again.

Even in her heyday many of Kim Wilde’s albums were lower peaking than her albums these days.

13 minutes ago, GreyAsh said:

I love those artists, but if they had released those albums 20 years ago, they would have been even less successful. In recent years, veterans of the music industry have started having high charting albums again.

Even in her heyday many of Kim Wilde’s albums were lower peaking than her albums these days.

Jack Garratt’s album Pillars was a very strong release and because streaming sales weren’t fully counted, it ended up peaking at just #43. Wasn’t that unfair?

What do you mean by 'streaming sales weren't fully counted'?

30 minutes ago, Brer said:

What do you mean by 'streaming sales weren't fully counted'?

weren't enough..sorry...

1 hour ago, Maldicq said:

Midnight Sun prediction? I guess it needs to go higher on streams to keep climbing

I think it'll chart in about the same place this week. Hopefully it's pushed a bit higher on playlists and Capital (properly) pick it up and Radio 1 airplay starts to impact it a bit more next week.

3 hours ago, tasospe said:

Is the new track by Harry Styles really worth being at No.1?

Yes, of course. And the fact that it's a 5-minute song makes it more interesting in the streaming era to be honest.

6 hours ago, stebags said:

The charts are dry clean only Melanie!

I laughed way too long at this!!! 🤣

Official Chart Update

Singles (Top 100)

01 Harry Styles - Aperture (32,185) [1,283 downloads, 30,902 streaming]

02 Dave & Tems - Raindance (14,402)

03 Djo - End of Beginning (13,648?)

04 RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (13,648?)

05 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia (12,252)

12 Arctic Monkeys - Opening Night

23 Tyla - CHANEL

26 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun

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

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

31 Lil Uzi Vert - What You Saying

35 The Cure - Boys Don't Cry

37 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Albums (Top 100)

01 Louis Tomlinson - How Did I Get Here? (18,513) [17,254 physicals, 294 downloads, 965 streaming]

02 Megadeth - Megadeth (11,155)

03 Callum Beattie - INDI (6,322)

04 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (5,354)

05 MIKA - Hyperlove (3,601)

06 The Damned - Not Like Everybody Else

09 Ed Sheeran - +-=÷× (Tour Collection)

11 Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl

12 Michael Jackson - The Essential

13 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

14 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid

15 Arctic Monkeys - AM

16 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits

17 Oasis - Time Flies... 1994-2009

18 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet

21 Harry Styles - Harry's House

23 Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

24 Elton John - Diamonds

26 Harry Styles - Fine Line

28 Poppy - Empty Hands

30 Lucinda Williams - World's Gone Wrong

34 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

36 Oasis - Definitely Maybe

Glad to see Megadeth's final album at number 2, hope they can achieve a career best this week!

I like how the thread is 8 pages deep and its mostly irrelevant nonsense about a fake chart 🤣🤣

The occ keep saying if Louis & Harry get to #1 on album & singles chart respectively it’ll be the first solo 1d chart double… but surely Harry already achieved that with as it was and Harry’s house?

As much as I can't stand Harry's new one it'll be cool to see him at 1 on the singles and Louis take number 1 on the albums.

2 minutes ago, conorw said:

The occ keep saying if Louis & Harry get to #1 on album & singles chart respectively it’ll be the first solo 1d chart double… but surely Harry already achieved that with as it was and Harry’s house?

They probably mean by different members, has that happened before, and has it happened for any other band ?

1 minute ago, 777666jason said:

They probably mean by different members, has that happened before, and has it happened for any other band ?

I guess… but their wording isn’t really specifying by different members

“ His third LP could net Louis his second chart-topping solo album, following 2022’s Faith In The Future. With bandmate Harry Styles tracking for the Number 1 single with Aperture this week, a first-ever solo 1D chart double is on the cards, people. It feels like 2012 all over again! ”

2 minutes ago, conorw said:

I guess… but their wording isn’t really specifying by different members

“ His third LP could net Louis his second chart-topping solo album, following 2022’s Faith In The Future. With bandmate Harry Styles tracking for the Number 1 single with Aperture this week, a first-ever solo 1D chart double is on the cards, people. It feels like 2012 all over again! ”

The 1D bit to me implies different members because this is how they worded it when he did the double in 2022

"The Official Charts Company is happy to announce today that Harry Styles has become the latest artist to score the relatively rare Official Chart Double"

If Louis holds onto number 1 album, 1D will do the double with Harry being number 1 in singles

1 hour ago, tasospe said:

weren't enough..sorry...

Well its physical sales clearly weren’t enough either so of course it’s fair. It’s not as if an album needs many copies to chart these days compared with 20 years ago.