-Jay-

Ha yes, I'm seeing so many memes re: the inappropriate dancing...! That's a very damning statement from Brooklyn. Undoubtedly the biggest hit to Brand Beckham's image since Rebecca Loos. I know a lot of Spice Girls fans are rubbishing his claims, but others feel that there could indeed be truth there. Personally, I think the most likely thing is that the truth lies somewhere in the middle of what he is saying, and whatever the Beckham family feel about it all. I mean, we all know "Brand Beckham" is absolutely a thing, that they strive to curate the "perfect family" image, that's been a huge part of how they present themselves to the public for years. Even though Brooklyn criticises them both, I feel like Victoria gets the main brunt of his ill feelings. The aforementioned inappropriate dancing aspect of it... even though social media is having a field day with that via memes, that still must be incredibly embarrassing for Victoria - it's a harsh accusation for sure. It's really sad that this is that situation, and I do hope at some point they're all able to resolve things, if that can naturally happen and it's what both sides want - but clearly not at the moment. I'm curious to see how David/Victoria handle this. Ignore his statement and just pretend like none of this is happening? Or release a statement of their own - but if so, what could they even say that manages to not exacerbate things, both in terms of their family relationship but also public perception? We'll see.

I enjoy the preview! Bring on the 30th.

I really reallyyyyy hope this is the year we see silver certs happen for The Show, Untouchable and Walk This Way... surely they're getting close? 😭

I went into listening to this album with some initial trepidation, because the britpop genre isn't really my cup of tea by and large... but I ended up being pleasantly surprised! I think Robbie has nailed that mid-90s sound, and it's nicely nostalgic. I don't think it's simply a pastiche though, Robbie does put his own stamp on it. There's a smattering of witty lyrics that are unmistakably him. I also feared that the album might be a bit of a forgettable dirge in his attempt to land on that era's sound, but there's actually lots of catchy melodies. My favourite song might be 'All My Life' on first listen. I quite like when the album steps away from the britpop vibes though, like on 'Morrissey'. Currently, BRITPOP is his best reviewed album according to Metacritic (his first two albums, and Swing When You're Winning, don't have scores there though). 74 - Britpop 69 - Sing When You're Winning 65 - Take the Crown 64 - Intensive Care 64 - Reality Killed the Video Star 59 - The Heavy Entertainment Show 58 - Swings Both Ways 53 - Escapology 53 - Rudebox 52 - The Christmas Present

It could have exceeded 190,000 last week, Friday 9th Jan. It had to sell 2,121 to do so, and with it starting at midweek #84 on Mon 5th Jan, personally I’d be surprised if it didn’t manage that amount for the whole week! Based on some past info ~1700 may have been its sales figure in the Monday midweeks, so if that was the case it only needed to generate 400 more sales on Mon-Thurs to cross over 190k.

The title is certainly interesting, has me intrigued how it'll relate to the music! Great art direction too (Harry's always reliable for this *.* )

Argyle and Billy!

Shared by Victoria on Instagram! Fun to see them in this formation again...

Top 100 time *.* Only Dancer is definitely one of the stand out moments on Louise's album - excellent taste that it made Top 5 in your charts and happy to see it this high in your Year-End Justin Bieber, Perrie, MARINA and Kesha are my top faves from the latest section Honestly I've never been that into Marina but CUNTISSIMO is definitely one of my favourites she's released to date, tune x

That really is quite the turn around for Blue compared to just four years ago with 'Heart & Soul'. That album started out at midweek #10 before officially charting at #22 with 3,521 sales. This new album does have a lot of variants, as mentioned previously - 8x CD, 6x Vinyl, 4x Cassette, from what I've found - whereas their previous one seemingly only had 2x CD, 1x Vinyl, 1x Cassette.

Kylie in 2025 best selling cassettes: 19th Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) 11th Especially for You 12th Tension 13th Lights Camera Action 15th My Oh My https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/best-selling-cassettes-singles-albums-2025/

ALBUMS #1 08/01 | 16,903 | Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (12,204) 15/01 | 17,141 | Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (14,002) HIGHEST 22/01 | 16,836 | Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (14,367) LOWEST #2 08/01 | 11,309 | Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend 15/01 | 8,615 | Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend LOWEST 22/01 | 15,737 | Blue - Reflections HIGHEST #3 08/01 | 8,976 | Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl 15/01 | 8,393 | Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop LOWEST 22/01 | 10,531 | Zach Bryan - With Heaven on Top HIGHEST #4 08/01 | 7,653 | Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop (7,604) 15/01 | 7,612 | Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl LOWEST 22/01 | 8,715 | Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop HIGHEST #5 08/01 | 6,956 | The Weeknd - The Highlights 15/01 | 6,857 | The Weeknd - The Highlights LOWEST 22/01 | 8,014 | The Cribs - Selling a Vibe HIGHEST #6 08/01 | 6,512 | Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet 15/01 | 5,963 | Ed Sheeran - +-=÷× (Tour Collection) LOWEST 22/01 | 7,498 | Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend HIGHEST #7 08/01 | 6,206 | Elton John - Diamonds 15/01 | 5,775 | Tate McRae - So Close to What LOWEST 22/01 | 7,458 | The Weeknd - The Highlights HIGHEST #8 08/01 | 6,092 | Tate McRae - So Close to What 15/01 | 5,498 | Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet LOWEST 22/01 | 7,150 | Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl HIGHEST #9 08/01 | 6,028 | Michael Jackson - The Essential 15/01 | 5,427 | Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid LOWEST 22/01 | 6,298 | Ed Sheeran - +-=÷× (Tour Collection) HIGHEST #10 08/01 | 5,859 | Ed Sheeran - +-=÷× (Tour Collection) 15/01 | 5,393 | Michael Jackson - The Essential LOWEST 22/01 | 5,899 | Tate McRae - So Close to What HIGHEST

SINGLES #1 08/01 | 43,910 | RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (39,626) LOWEST 15/01 | 47,898 | Djo - End of Beginning (45,540) 22/01 | 53,743 | Djo - End of Beginning (52,305) HIGHEST #2 08/01 | 43,432 | Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia LOWEST 15/01 | 45,497 | Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia (39,325) 22/01 | 45,947 | Dave & Tems - Raindance HIGHEST #3 08/01 | 34,418 | Dave & Tems - Raindance LOWEST 15/01 | 39,619 | RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! 22/01 | 43,387 | Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia HIGHEST #4 08/01 | 28,084 | Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall in Love) LOWEST 15/01 | 34,568 | Dave & Tems - Raindance 22/01 | 42,134 | RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! HIGHEST #5 08/01 | 26,676 | Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In LOWEST 15/01 | 29,221 | Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall in Love) 22/01 | 31,535 | Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall in Love) HIGHEST #6 08/01 | 26,467 | Olivia Dean - Man I Need LOWEST 15/01 | 27,760 | Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In 22/01 | 30,633 | Bruno Mars - I Just Might HIGHEST #7 08/01 | 24,202 | Djo - End of Beginning LOWEST 15/01 | 27,132 | Olivia Dean - Man I Need 22/01 | 29,604 | Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In HIGHEST #8 08/01 | 22,939 | HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden 15/01 | 22,236 | Zara Larsson - Lush Life LOWEST 22/01 | 28,449 | Olivia Dean - Man I Need HIGHEST #9 08/01 | 21,320 | Zara Larsson - Lush Life 15/01 | 19,862 | HAVEN. & Kaitlin Aragon - I Run LOWEST 22/01 | 28,335 | Zara Larsson - Lush Life HIGHEST #10 08/01 | 21,239 | HAVEN. & Kaitlin Aragon - I Run 15/01 | 18,946 | HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden LOWEST 22/01 | 26,428 | SIENNA SPIRO - Die on This Hill HIGHEST

Week-by-week stats for previous years (since 2005) can be found from here. NOTE: Red figures in brackets are streaming points; these are also counted in the overall total to the left.