Posted January 2, 200818 yr Radiohead's In Rainbows opens up narrow chart lead 11:50 | Wednesday January 2, 2008 By Paul Williams The XL-issued Radiohead’s In Rainbows is leading the first albums market of 2008 following its long-awaited physical debut, but it is only experiencing a narrow lead over Take That’s Beautiful World. The album, which was famously issued by the band and their management themselves last autumn as a name-you-price download, is presently around 4,000 sales ahead of Polydor’s Take That album following its Monday physical release, according to newly-issued retail figures. If In Rainbows does finish at number one by week’s end, it will be the Oxford band’s fifth UK albums chart-topper, and will replace Syco/Sony BMG’s Leona Lewis whose seven-week run at one with Spirit is almost certain not to be extended this Sunday. In what is traditionally a very quiet time of year for new releases, In Rainbows is poised to be the only brand new entry to the Top 75 this weekend, although several albums will make sharp chart gains in and around the Top 20. These include RCA Label Group’s The Hoosiers whose debut album The Trick To Life is expected to move from its position of 11 on last Sunday’s chart into the Top 10, while Vertigo/Mercury’s Amy Macdonald is likely to climb into the Top 10 with This Is The Life from its present position of 18. X Factor winner Leon Jackson is set for a third week at number one on the singles chart with When You Believe with the competition’s previous year‘s winner Leona Lewis the closest competitor currently with Bleeding Love. Both singles are released by Syco/Sony BMG with Sony BMG as a whole challenging for a clean sweep of the top three this coming Sunday with Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse with Valerie set to continue climbing back up the chart. Roadrunner/Warner act Nickelback’s Rockstar is set to spend its 12th week on the chart by moving into the Top 10 from its current position of 15, while a number of 2007’s biggest hits are poised to make chart climbs this Sunday within the Top 40. These include the Mercury-issued Umbrella by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z, B Unique/Polydor’s Ruby by Kaiser Chiefs, Casablanca/Island’s Grace Kelly by Mika and Polydor act Take That with Shine. ========================================= Singles 01 Leon Jackson - When You Believe 15k 02 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 8.6k 03 Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse 8.2k Top 10 Nickelback - Rockstar Top 20 Sugababes - Change Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead Timbaland - Way I Are Kylie - 2 Hearts Booty Luv - Some Kinda Rush Top 30 Hoosiers - Worried About Ray Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby Mika - Relax, Take It Easy Mika - Grace Kelly Take That - Shine Amy Winehouse - Back To Black Plain White Ts - Hey There Delilah Bloc Party - Flux Top 40 Kate Nash - Foundations Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely Kate Nash - Pumpkin Soup Amy Winehouse - Rehab Britney Spears - Piece Of Me Top 50 Kylie Minogue - Wow (D) Kanye West - Homecoming (D) Top 60 White Stripes - Conquest (D) Kate Bush - This Woman's Work (D) Girls Aloud - St Trinians (D) Top 80 Gordon & The Mince Pies - Auld Lang Syne (D) Mika - Lollipop Beyonce & Shakira - Beautiful Liar Basshunter feat. DJ Mental - Now You're Gone (D) Top 90 Abba - Happy New Year Europe - The Final Countdown (D) Top 100 Mutya Buena - B-Baby Boy Dexy Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen (D) :blink: Tony Christie feat. Peter Kay - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo (D) :lol: =========================================== Abums 01 Radiohead 16.6k 02 Take That 12.8k 03 Leona Lewis 10k Top 10 Hoosiers Amy MacDonald Top 20 Mark Ronson Foo Fighters Timbaland Newton Faulkner Rihanna Kaiser Chiefs Top 30 Scouting For Girls Kate Nash Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Top 40 Snow Patrol Killers Editors Nelly Furtado Fergie Amy Winehouse - Frank ======================================================= Friday Update Singles 1 Leon Jackson - When You Believe (23.8k) 2 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (13.4k) 3 Take That - Rule The World (13k) Top 10 Nickelback - Rockstar Top 20 Basshunter feat. DJ Mental - Now You're Gone Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead Mika - Relax, Take It Easy Booty Luv - Some Kinda Rush Top 30 Britney Spears - Piece Of Me (D) Kate Nash - Pumpkin Soup Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby White Stripes - Conquest Top 40 Take That - Shine Mika - Grace Kelly Kate Nash - Foundations Top 50 Kanye West - Homecoming (D) Top 60 (53) Girls Aloud - St. Trinians (D) Jennifer Lopez is back in the Top 200. ======================================== Albums 1 Radiohead (30.3k) 2 Take That (23.8k) 3 Leona Lewis (17.4k) Top 10 Hoosiers Amy McDonald Top 15 Timbaland Foo Fighters Mark Ronson Top 20 Newton Faulkner Kaiser Chiefs Kate Nash Scouting For Girls Top 30 Robert Plant/Alison Krauss Top 40 Oasis (Stop The Clocks) Snow Patrol Editors Nelly Furtado The Killers (Sam's Town) Fergie
January 2, 200818 yr Umbrella was #18 last week, do you think she could climb in the top 15. :lol: And who the hell is still downloading that Amy Winehouse/Mark Ronson dirge. :puke2:
January 2, 200818 yr EWWW I hate Valerie and now that 'Rockstar' trash is climbing too. :( What an awful start to the year.
January 2, 200818 yr Actually can i ask if St. Trinans by Girls Aloud has made an impact on the top 75 at all? When u get the info
January 2, 200818 yr Valerie is so awful I can't believe its still so high up. This is usually the worst time of the year tho (ironically at the beginning). The problem is that its usually good songs/albums that climb back up but this year.....hoosiers, valerie :puke2: I hope the gap between leon and leona is small cos I want Leona back at number 1 now. Which is funny cos I couldn't wait to get rid of her a few weeks ago!
January 2, 200818 yr What a boring week. And the awful Nickelback going top10 :puke2: Their only decent song!, glad it's doing well!!. People wrote them off, Kerrang! slagged them off after what was thought of as their short-lived stint in the UK limelight, now look!!! :D :D.
January 2, 200818 yr Take That being sold for £4 or something? Not sure but they did the ITV New Year's Eve concert live from the O2 which was massive publicity for them.
January 2, 200818 yr Its hilarious how a song which was released in late October but finally reaches its peak in January
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