mickeypops

Chris Evans on R2 has just referred to the famous "Battle of the Bands" in 1995, the race for number 1 when Blur and Oasis released new singles in the same week, at the height of the Britpop phenomenum. (Big House & Roll With It, IIRC Does anyone know the first week sales for the two singles? It will be interesting to compare this to the likes of the X Factor winners etc., or other releases that have intense exposure in their first week.

Does that make SuBo's album 2nd in 2009 behind Taylor Swift, or was some of Fearless's sales in 2008?

Well, I still think it is bizarre that we're listening to the "official" top albums and singles of the decade, while for charts purposes there is still one more week to run. I appreciate - as has been pointed out above - that there won't be a lot of change. And yet, being new to forum and catching up on old threads avidly, I get a sense that accuracy is important to a lot of forum members, with sales figures being corrected by other posters by a thousand or two and such corrections being gratefully received by the OP. Equally bizarre to me is the concept, mentioned above in response to my earlier post, that the cut-off has been made deliberately early so that the radio shows can achieve a wider audience. Eh? I've also picked up from a thread here that the year-end singles and album charts will be published on Saturday! How can that be, when the chart week runs until midnight Saturday, if it's to include another week's sales? Personally, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the 2009 run downs we hear on Saturday are exactly what we already know as YTD sales. i.e. the chart announced on Sunday 27/12 is considered to be year end. Nothing else makes sense, IMHO. Brilliant site BTW - wish I'd found it yonks ago.

So, on the "official" rundown of the decade's best selling albums, they've just announced Susan Boyle at number at number 56. If they're announcing this early, with another week's sales to add, her album could easily sell another couple of hundred thousand which would have pushed it up, say ten places. Other artists with currently selling albums will also be affected - e.g. Lady Gaga. What's the point in publishing the list if it's just plain wrong? :mellow:

Hi everyone. First post! Radio 1 is currently playing the top selling albums of the decade. Doesn't that imply that the sales for 2009 have already cut-off after yesterdays' charts?