Posted November 18, 200817 yr By Paul Williams (Music Week) Dido and Leona Lewis are subject to one of the closest first-day sales battles of the year so far, with fewer than 500 units separating their albums in the race for number one. Dido’s third album Safe Trip Home, her first since 2003’s Life For Rent, is presently narrowly ahead of fellow RCA artist Leona Lewis’s newly-expanded Syco album Spirit but it is too close to call at this stage which album will ultimately top the UK artist albums chart this coming Sunday. Besides the Dido and Leona Lewis albums, two other albums released on Monday are currently occupying places in the midweek top five: Roadrunner/Warner act Nickelback’s Dark Horse and All Around The World/UMTV’s N-Dubz’ Uncle B. They are all outselling the newly-released, Top 10-bound Beyonce album I Am Sasha Fierce, but the RCA act could be compensated by reaching number one this weekend on the singles chart with If I Were A Boy. However, the battle here for number one is also closely-fought with the current title holder, Syco/RCA’s X Factor Finalists’ Hero, fewer than 500 units beyond Beyonce. Back on the albums chart and the influx of a number of new entries into the Top 10 could result in the current number one, Syco/RCA’s The Promise by Il Divo, dropping out of the top five. It is currently ranked seventh in the midweeks. The busy week for new releases is also reflected outside the Top 10, with new entries expected to include new retrospectives from Simply Red – a partnership between EMI and simplyred.com – Decca’s Russell Watson and Rod Stewart whose former label Warner Bros has just issued best of Some Guys Have All The Luck. They will be joined in the chart this Sunday by Tom Jones’ Parlophone debut 24 Hours, which currently ranks 32nd in the midweeks. The midweeks singles chart Top 10 is presently a reshuffle of last Sunday’s Top 10 with Beyonce’s move to one accompanied by Vertigo/Mercury’s The Killers climbing a place to three with Human. A&M/Polydor Duffy is expected to move into the Top 20 with Rain On Your Parade as are Roadrunner/Warner’s Nickelback with Gotta Be Somebody. Meanwhile, Snow Patrol’s 2004 top five hit Run is expected to return to the Top 40 on the back of Leona Lewis performing the song on last Sunday’s X-Factor. The cover is on the expanded version of her album Spirit. ================================= Top 40 Singles Only Singles 01 Beyonce 16.5k 02 X Factor 16k 03 Killers 15.8k 04 T.I. 14.5k 05 Alesha 10.5k Top 10 Katy Perry 9 Leona Lewis - FM Top 15 Duffy Akon Top 20 Nickelback Kings Of Leon (US) Top 30 Bellamy Bros Snow Patrol - Run Katy Perry - IKAG Rihanna Delirious? Top 40 35 Sugababes PCD - WIGU Top 50 The Verve Will Young - Grace Leon Jackson - Creative Take That - Rule The World Top 60 Mariah Carey - All I Want... Coldplay - Yellow Top 80 N-Dubz Craig David - Insomnia Top 100 Lil Wayne - Mrs Officer James Morrison feat. Nelly Furtado Top 110 John Barrowman James Blunt - Love Love Love Top 120 Pogues feat. Kirsty Maccoll Sneaky Sound System Top 130 Boyzone - Better Top 140 Christian Falk feat. Robyn Top 190 Wham - Last Xmas Top 200 Basshunter - I Miss You ==================================== Albums 01 Dido 22.4k 02 Leona Lewis 22k 03 Stereophonics 17.3k 04 Nickelback 16.6k 05 N-Dubz 12.3k Top 10 08 Beyonce Top 15 Simply Red Top 20 Katy Perry Top 30 Russell Watson Rod Stewart Top 40 Rihanna Tom Jones Top 50 Leon Jackson Top 60 T.I. Murray Gold - Doctor Who Series 4 Cistercian Monks Scooter Top 70 Belle And Sebastian Top 80 Jools Holland Amadou & Miriam Top 100 Take That - Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection Top 150 T-Pain NO SALES INFO Additional Info & Sales from Reiss at chc Please note the above Nos 41-200, is just an excerpt, that was given to me, I do not have a full top 200 ============================== PLEASE NOTE Please keep this thread on topic at all times, I do not want to repeat myself every week, no text talk is allowed, do not write in block CAPS, and keep all requests in one post if you can, and try to read the thread topic before asking a question and please be patient while you are waiting for your question to be answered. I know some threads get long winded, and its a bummer to read through, but surely it can't be that hard if you bookmark the page... While you wait for your weekly dose of chart info to arrive after 11am sometime take part in our pinned games, not all updates are guaranteed every day but we try our hardest to keep the info coming in every day. Please do not post lists, or sales info unless you are told to by myself or a chart mod, if you do have sales info that you wish to share round them off to the nearest thousand and name your source, do not post precise sales figures. Thank you for your time. IF ANYONE SPAMS THIS TOPIC TO HIGH HEAVEN WILL BE GIVEN A WARNING, NOT REALLY VERY NICE FOR GUESTS TO READ ALL THE CLAPTRAP
November 18, 200817 yr Author Wednesday Update Top 40 Only Singles 01 Beyonce 02 X Factor 03 Killers 04 T.I. 05 Katy Perry Top 10 9 Leona Lewis - FM Top 15 Duffy Akon Top 20 PCD - IHTP Kings Of Leon - US Nickelback Top 30 Bellamy Bros Snow Patrol - Run Rihanna Katy Perry - IKAG Top 40 Christian Falk feat. Robyn 34 Sugababes Delirious N Dubz Madcon ==================================== Albums 01 Leona Lewis 02 Dido 03 Stereophonics 04 Nickelback 05 N-Dubz Top 10 07 Beyonce Simply Red Top 20 Rod Stewart Top 30 Russell Watson Rihanna Top 40 Tom Jones NO SALES INFO
November 18, 200817 yr Author Thursday Update Top 40 Only Singles 01 Beyonce 02 X Factor (565 copies behind Beyonce) 03 Killers (2,550 copies behind Beyonce) 04 T.I. 05 Katy Perry Top 10 Guru Josh 10 Leona Lewis - FM Top 15 Akon Duffy Top 20 PCD - IHTP Kings Of Leon - US Nickelback Top 30 Bellamy Bros Snow Patrol - Run Katy Perry - IKAG Rihanna Christian Falk feat. Robyn Top 40 32 Sugababes N Dubz - Papa Madcon ==================================== Albums 01 Leona Lewis (4,000 sales ahead) 02 Dido 03 Stereophonics 04 Nickelback 05 Girls Aloud Top 10 08 Beyonce N Dubz Simply Red Top 20 Rod Stewart Russell Watson Top 30 Rihanna Top 40 Tom Jones NO SALES INFO
November 18, 200817 yr Author Friday Update Top 40 Only Singles 01 Beyonce 02 X Factor 03 Killers 04 T.I. 05 Katy Perry Top 10 Guru Josh 10 Leona Lewis - FM Top 15 Akon Duffy Top 20 PCD - IHTP Kings Of Leon - US Nickelback Top 30 Bellamy Bros Katy Perry - IKAG Snow Patrol - Run Rihanna Christian Falk feat. Robyn Top 40 N Dubz - Papa 33 Sugababes Madcon ==================================== Albums 01 Leona Lewis 02 Dido 03 Stereophonics 04 Nickelback 05 Girls Aloud Top 10 08 Beyonce N Dubz Simply Red Top 20 Rod Stewart Russell Watson Top 30 Rihanna Top 40 Tom Jones NO SALES INFO
November 18, 200817 yr I honestly think X-Factor has had it's last week at number one. I'd love it to be The Killers, but T.I. (not too bad) or Beyonce (:puke2:) is more likely.
November 18, 200817 yr I think it will be very close between X Factor, T.I, Beyonce and The Killers actually :o I really can't predict but if I had to choose one to come out on top it'd have to be the amazing 'Human' :wub: Alesha or Katy Perry should round off the top 5. Albums will probably be Dido with Beyonce in 2nd I'd have thought.
November 18, 200817 yr I pray Dido doesn't do too badly. She's going to do great, don't worry. I just want Tom Jones to go top 40, hopefully albums AND singles, after the fantastic Strictly performance. Edited November 18, 200817 yr by TomKay
November 18, 200817 yr Beyonce :wacko: Does anyone actually like that song? Also N-Dubz top 5 on albums? :puke2: Edited November 18, 200817 yr by TomKay
November 18, 200817 yr Thanks Martin for the info. :cheer: for Dido being #1 this week. I hope for some decent sales :)
November 18, 200817 yr yay for Beyonce :D Thank god its not T.I or The Killers! Her album is not top5 though :(
November 18, 200817 yr So Cowell's strategy holding back Run worked. Knew it would. There are a lot of gullible people out there just waiting to line his pockets. Edited November 18, 200817 yr by truly talented
Create an account or sign in to comment