Posted April 17, 200719 yr Arctics in close chart battle with Beyonce/Shakira 17 April 2007 - 12:59:07 Source: Music Week Arctic Monkeys and a pairing of Beyonce and Shakira are fighting it out in an extremely-close battle to top this coming Sunday’s singles chart. Retail reports indicate just a handful of sales are presently separating Domino act Arctic Monkeys’ Brianstorm and the RCA Group-handled Beautiful Liar by Beyonce & Shakira for the top spot after both were physically released this week. One of them looks almost certain to end Interscope/Polydor’s one-week run at one with Timbaland/Nelly Furtado/Justin Tumberlake’s Give It To Me. Warner Bros’s The Enemy are also benefiting from the new availability of a physical format with their track Away From Here set to climb from its debut chart position of 52 last weekend into the Top 10. The RCA Group’s I Wanna Have Your Babies by Natasha Bedingfield is also expected to move into the Top 10 after being physically released some two weeks after debuting via download-only sales. Mark Ronson, who has enjoyed chart action as a producer/writer over the past few months with the likes of Lily Allen, Robbie Williams and Amy Winehouse, is poised to become a Top 10 chart star in his own right simultaneously on the singles and albums charts. His Columbia single Stop Me is looking very likely to be the chart’s highest new entry on Sunday, while its parent album Version is one of three albums vying to debut inside the albums top five. Version will be joined on the chart by new entries from the RCA Group’s Avril Lavigne (The Best Damn Thing) and Interscope/Polydor’s Nine Inch Nails (Year Xero) with one of these three new entries expected to replace the Columbia group’s Kings Of Leon at the top of the chart. Roadrunner’s Porcupine Tree are looking likely to debut in the Top 20 with Fear Of A Blank Planet, while other possible Top 40 new entries could come from Virgin’s Tiesto, Gardar Thor Cortes – signed to independent Believer Music – and Columbia’s Patti Smith. Back on the singles chart, Infectious/Mushroom act Ash’s brand new single You Can’t Have It All is heading for a Top 20 place, as is Absolute-signed Ocean Colour Scene’s I Told You So. Lower down, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s first Universal single, Weapon Of Choice, is set to debut in the Top 40 this Sunday. ========================================== Singles 1 Beyonce & Shakira - Beautiful Liar (9 copies ahead, but 2-1 on downloads!) 2 Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm 3 Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake - Give It To Me Top 5 The Enemy - Away From Here (P) Top 10 Ne-Yo - Because Of You (P) Natasha Bedingfield - I Wanna Have Your Babies (P) Top 15 Linkin Park - What I've done (D) Ash - You Can Have It All (P) Ocean Colour Scene - I Told You So (P) Top 30 Mika - Love Today (D) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (P) Top 40 Gym Class Heroes - Cupid's Chokehold (D) Hanson - Go (P) Just Jack - Glory Days (P) Matt Willis - Crash (P) Meck - Feels Like Home (P) Top 50 Siobhan - Don't Give It Up (P) Dan Le Sac feat. Scroobius Pip - Thou Shall Not Kill (P) Switches - Lay Down The law (P) Wombats - Backfire At The Disco (P) Top 60 Groove Armada feat. Stush - Get Down (D) Top 75 Another Chance - Everytime I See Her (Sound of Eden) (P) The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car) (D) Top 90 Travis - Closer (D) ===================== Albums 1 Avril Lavigne (Over 4000 ahead) 2 Mark Ronson 3 Nine Inch Nails Top 15 Porcupine Tree Top 30 Tiesto Top 40 Gardar Thor Cortes Patti Smith Top 50 Andrew LLoyd Webber Joseph Top 70 $h!tdisco
April 17, 200719 yr Arctic Monkeys to climb to 3 with Ronson and Timbaland switching positions. Top 10 climbers for Klaxons (if it's out this week) and Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip (future no.1 when people hear it) Edited April 17, 200719 yr by richie
April 17, 200719 yr Flippin eck! I assumed that was downloads. Still, that's what you get for re-releasing singles.
April 17, 200719 yr I think the battle will be between Beyonce/Shakira and Arctic- Maybe B/S getting the upper hand!
April 17, 200719 yr I deffo think that it will be either Beyonce/Shakira or Arctic Monkeys. If I was to pick it would be the first. Avril for number one album! :dance:
April 17, 200719 yr TOP 5 Shakyonce (Few, literaly copies ahead) Monkeys Timbaland Avril Enemy Top 10 Neyo Natasha Top 15 Linkin Park Ash OCS Top 3 albums Avril Ronson NIN Just missing the top 10 Porcupine Tree Edited April 17, 200719 yr by gazzarawr
April 17, 200719 yr Singles 1 Beyonce/Shakira (9 copies ahead, but 2-1 on downloads!) 2 Arctic Monkeys 3 Timbaland Top 5 The Enemy Top 10 Ne-Yo Natasha Bedingfield Top 15 Linkin Park Ash Ocean Colour Scene Albums 1 Avril Lavigne (Over 4000 ahead) 2 Mark Ronson 3 Nine Inch Nails Top 15 Porcupine Tree Source Andy70 @ havenforum Bizarre that AM who came to everybodys attention on the net are doing quite badly on downloads...only no 7 on ITunes
April 17, 200719 yr 9 copies lol...will the downloads or the physicals win??? Is anything big out next week...if not Shaki & Bey will climb to no.1, assuming the Arctics beat them this week
April 17, 200719 yr Wow :o Close Battle then this week, i hope its the monkeys, but i think Beyonce and Shakira will hang on tbh. Ne-yo :puke2: Glad Tasha is Top Ten ^_^ And no surprise that Avril will get the Number 1 album this weekend, deserved also :wub:
April 17, 200719 yr 9 copies lol...will the downloads or the physicals win??? Is anything big out next week...if not Shaki & Bey will climb to no.1, assuming the Arctics beat them this week I think the girls will prevail - physical sales are more frontloaded than downloads, so AM's best chance was to be ahead initially. Also, B&S will benefit ftom the urban climb factor (urban singles selling more strongly later in the week).
April 17, 200719 yr Yep, i think B&S will hold on as surely Arctic Monkeys fans will have all rushed to the shops on Monday to buy all 3 formats? Also Beautiful Liar is increasing on Itunes whereas AM are falling Mark Ronson will probably overtake The Enemy to the top 5 Pleased at Avril Lavigne in albums
April 17, 200719 yr Hope B/S can hang on to it :D And very glad the Avril Album is number 1 - does that mean all her albums have made number 1?
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