Rob

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.

Very quiet week for releases, the music industry really goes into hibernation until January to avoid the Xmas songs.

Is it really not legal for shops to play stuff via Spotify/streaming services? Can they obtain a license if they need it?

I think the most impressive thing is how much bigger her second album era was than her debut. There are so few British female artists who maintain success, never mind having a bigger sophomore era. Adele is probably the only other one I can think of. Lily could so easily have ended up in a similar trajectory to the likes of Jessie J, Emeli Sande, Duffy, etc.

I think it was more a US chart thing as she currently has identical chart points to Golden in their unofficial midweeks.

How are radio censoring Pussy Palace to play it?

I believe it's a US chart play to boost her numbers to break Adele's record. There is some rule that a certain number of digital variants are allowed hence them releasing mid-week.

How does that compare to the last album globally?

It's just a bit of fun and not that deep. I've been on the forum for nearly 20 years, it's just interesting to see people's reactions.

Bracing myself for the Buzzjack circle of a big popstar release. 1) A huge day 1 that's branded an underperformance regardless of whether it's good or bad 2) A day 2 drop off followed by cries of flop, no matter how the album holds 3) Certain users who complain that they're so bored of the stagnant charts then complaining when Taylor gets 3 songs in the official Top 10. It's an exciting time!

I can't imagine she even still has much of a team outside of her makeup and beauty brands. Music is sadly not a focus for Rihanna anymore.

It’s just outside the Top 20 in the midweeks. Considering her recent commercial performance this is a pretty decent comeback from a chart perspective. Shame the material and her persona still remain dire.

Assuming this was featured somewhere? 17. Taylor Swift - Dress

That's a great number for Jade, #2 suddenly doesn't feel out of the question. Shame her label screwed her by picking such a stupid week to release.

If Jade hits 20k by the end of the week and (hopefully) charts at #3, will that be the highest selling #3 position of the year? It's quite frustrating her label chose such a competitive week to release when the album has been ready for quite some time now, given it leaked at the start of the year.

Mimi Webb's falloff has been insane. She had a pretty successful debut era, scored a few hits, and now is majorly struggling. It's strange as the material has been largely solid and not too different from the last album.

She McAte at the VMAs and is getting a lot of hype online e.g. Billboard calling it the best performance of the night.

All this talk about Spotify's streaming numbers makes it more surprising that other streamers don't reveal their data. It seems like a really easy way to get people thinking about your service.

Stan Twitter is definitely having a meltdown that they can't use Spotify numbers to drag artists or uplift their faves.

He’s had a couple of hits off this album but I’m not sure how big a fanbase he has to multi-buy formats. I’m going to say somewhere close to his last album and say 60-70k or so. Not a bomb by any means but he’s way past his commercial peak.

Streams aren’t really counted in the first set of mids, it’s mostly iTunes/physical sales and non-Spotify streams.

Does Perrie have physicals this week?

The Maxipads have really abandoned her considering the UK is one of Ava's biggest markets.

It's a shame Jade's team insist on releasing her album in a super competitive week in September (and long after the hype has died). The release schedule is pretty barren with a low threshold to hit the top spot, could have been an easy #1 for her.