Rob

I’m going to buy one used as it’ll be a bit cheaper.

It’s 100% just a marketing line as all dates need to be booked months in advance. Really surprised to see Noah do so well, thought he was going to be a one (major) hit wonder.

Good to see Zara credited on it too, shame about the OCC.

I just had a look on his Wiki and had no idea he was such a prolific songwriter.

A*Teens for #1.

Sadly I think a lot of people who get their "news" from The Sun will never realise that.

She owns the rights now and apparently has no interest which is such a pity to not even chuck them on Spotify for the 10 fans who still care.

Looks like it's Harry Styles vs. Vicky B for #1 next week.

What platforms is Shaikra performing so well on? I haven’t even seen the song mentioned in the weekly streaming thread.

Ok, then let me say that the album is not very good.

The album itself is not great. It's one long, beige MOR record. Blue seem to be trying to be Take That and have lost all their edge. It picks up a bit towards the end but the album barely has a pulse.

Blue will probably need to do about 17k to secure the #1 and overcome their streaming deficit vs. Olivia. If they're going to be safe for #1, it depends how many additional copies they can shift at signings as I'm sure their sales are extremely frontloaded.

Their last album hit #22 just before the vinyl variant explosion. A Top 10 feels like a good result for them?

I feel the opposite. Not something I'd listen to but I think the public will gobble it up.

Live TV viewing also doesn't represent the market anymore, with the odd exception. All of the streams from ITVX will likely be far more substantial to its overall numbers.

Please stop with the acronyms, I can't understand half your posts ☹️

Source?

Are they actually boycotting her or did they just not play Santa Tell Me?

Even if you’re not a fan of Kylie nor Scamazon’s shenanigans you can’t deny it’s nice to have a battle for the Xmas #1 again.

Ed Sheeran and Taylor haters are not going to be happy to hear how prominently their duet features in her new documentary. Would expect to see big uplifts over the weekend for Everything Has Changed.

It's not too surprising. She's only had one Top 20 hit there in the past decade and they likely don't have the same Amazon promotion. A Christmas song was always going to be a hard sell. It's unlikely she'd be charting in the UK if not for Amazon.

It’s odd how Hold My Hand’s success on TikTok didn’t really lead to a major increase in streams on Spotify, etc. I barely recall seeing it on the daily charts.

As it’s a live album I imagine its sales would be very fan-driven and heavily drop off as the week progresses. Unless there’s some physical formats still to ship?

I really don’t think a music video is going to make much of a difference to Opalite’s chart performance, unless the song has a new single version or feature.

Has anyone ever topped both the Albums and Singles charts at Xmas? Curious if Kylie can do it. She'll have the Amazon boost and her team are going all out with physical variants of the Xmas album.