9 minutes ago, Dan17F1 said:

God once Rein Me In goes to ACR, sales are going to bordering on lowest ever I would think? I reckon it’s still going to be Top 5 even on ACR considering Man I Need is No 7 today!

Lowest since the ‘00s certainly but I don’t think we’re in danger of a sub 20k #1 at this stage.

i don’t think they have all the vinyls & discs shipped

Sam sold many variants in their site, Amazon and sold that blood records 1K vinyl that sold out, yeah I’m starting to feel their not counting everything.

Edited Monday at 17:413 days by Yog

Sam will also have Banquet personally signed prints to add but it’s not looking ideal

19 minutes ago, Yog said:

i don’t think they have all the vinyls & discs shipped

Sam sold many variants in their site, Amazon and sold that blood records 1K vinyl that sold out, yeah I’m starting to feel their not counting everything.

The Blood Records edition wasn’t UK only though - so international sales out of the 1,000 that were available won’t count towards the UK.

On Amazons best sellers chart it’s currently at #14 - Amazon usually ship any pre-orders immediately, if there is any delay in shipping or reporting it’ll be from the official store.

2 minutes ago, ___∆___ said:

if there is any delay in shipping or reporting it’ll be from the official s

Which they sold out plenty of vinyls & bundles, I think that 2K is slightly premature but we’ll see

oof poor Jorja, brilliant album but ig she still doesn’t have a major pull. still thought she and Sam Smith would be outdoing people like Westside Cowboy and Brandon Flowers.

40 minutes ago, Sour Candy said:

Stella Lefty #66 in the albums, no one cares beyond the single it seems.

It's a shame people even care about that!

I'm not shocked Paul Heaton is number 1 but had hoped for higher sales for Brandon but hopefully he holds number 2.

Sam Smith and Jorja Smith both really underperformed this time.

Girls Aloud lower than i hoped but they had lots of shipping issues which I'm hoping will result in them not plummeting throughout the week.

40 minutes ago, Jay79x said:

oof poor Jorja, brilliant album but ig she still doesn’t have a major pull. still thought she and Sam Smith would be outdoing people like Westside Cowboy and Brandon Flowers.

Crazy as she just co headlined all points east with tems and it was absolutely packed! Not even a 10th of the crowd have purchased her album by the looks of it

I am grateful rein me in is looking likely for ACR but cannot deal with the thought of that moving to the sun tripe going to number 1 by default 😭 I hope Ella can pull something out to defeat it or something big is surprised released (Beyoncé please do something)

Yeah we're going to have several forgettable songs #01 with really bad sales from now.

Edited Monday at 18:423 days by Jo'

2.5k for Sam Smith with plenty of variants is very poor, I thought it would be bad but not that bad. The drastic image shift undoubtedly alienated their fanbase.

Jorja Smith seemed to be a critics darling and appeared to have a growing fanbase so that’s also a surprise. I’ve heard this is a dance album so maybe it’s too much of a pivot.

The delays in dispatching the Girls Aloud albums will explain this comparatively lower start for Tangled Up. I predict it will end the week slightly better than the previous rereleases as it’s arguably their most popular album with fans.

2 hours ago, Sour Candy said:

Stella Lefty #66 in the albums, no one cares beyond the single it seems.

Is that overly surprising though given this is her breakout hit?

1 minute ago, Steve201 said:

Is that overly surprising though given this is her breakout hit?

Definitely not, it's quite common for artists who only have the one viral breakout hit. We've seen it already this year with Bella Kay, and in recent years with the likes of Ravyn Lenae, Gigi Perez and Shaboozey to name just a few. The interest is solely in the song, not in the artist behind it (so it's no wonder it's felt like fewer artists have truly broken through in recent times).

Im actually suprised Ella Langely bucked the trend with Dandelion and stayed around long enough to go Silver considering her singles didnt even peak until way after album release

2 hours ago, Padamic_Tension said:

I'm not shocked Paul Heaton is number 1 but had hoped for higher sales for Brandon but hopefully he holds number 2.

Sam Smith and Jorja Smith both really underperformed this time.

Girls Aloud lower than i hoped but they had lots of shipping issues which I'm hoping will result in them not plummeting throughout the week.

I love Paul Heaton, absolute legend!

Brandon sales are lower but suppose it’s more of a niche album this time it being more Americana style!

Also fantastic to see Anthony Szmierek top 10, Mystery Jets top 20 and Westside Cowboys top 5. sad to see Sam and Jorja underperforming!

It’s a busy week!!

Edited Monday at 20:123 days by Steve201

3 hours ago, Dan17F1 said:

God once Rein Me In goes to ACR, sales are going to bordering on lowest ever I would think? I reckon it’s still going to be Top 5 even on ACR considering Man I Need is No 7 today!

Man I Need could be the "real" number 1 again on Friday !

20 minutes ago, Steve201 said:

I love Paul Heaton, absolute legend!

Brandon sales are lower but suppose it’s more of a niche album this time it being more Americana style!

Also fantastic to see Anthony Szmierek top 10, Mystery Jets top 20 and Westside Cowboys top 5. sad to see Sam and Jorja underperforming!

It’s a busy week!!

I agree about Paul Heaton,he has given us such great music for decades now.

Just saw Stell Lefty Boston for the first time

How come no one spotted similarity to Choosing Texas?

This is like rip off of the successful song as I am assuming Ella Langley was first ?

And it was ordered to compose something similar?

Really no one sees cregional patriotism country bar song?

How come?

EXACTLY

Boston is a hacky Temu knockoff of Ella Langley.

Even Status Quo can have a case here (Rocking all over the world)

Edited Monday at 20:493 days by PorkDiniguan

2 hours ago, conorw said:

I hope Ella can pull something out to defeat it or something big is surprised released (Beyoncé please do something)

I’m hoping that Ella’s team are just waiting for RMI to go ACR before they whip something out to get the #1.

Those are truly woeful numbers for Sam. To think we thought they’d be in the race to be #1 this week and now Top 10 may be a stretch.