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Platinum is definitely in sight I think, with 4 weeks left before Xmas and then the run up to the tour

We’ve passed the 100k mark!

Absolutely! Thanks, Better Man!

The cassette was only available for a week (I think about 2 weeks ago), I would have liked one too!

Wonderland went in at 112k I think I recall...again very impressive for a March release. Long gone are the days of 400k opening for an album of any artist!

up to 97.6k now! 100k by end of today hopefully.

I’d be surprised if they weren’t, considering vinyl is added these days. Here’s a new article from Music Week for you all to take a read through: Take That have lit the blue touchpaper on Q4, with their “reimagined” Greatest Hits album Odyssey (Polydor) already the fastest-selling artist album of the year after just three days on sale. Yesterday’s Midweek Chart Update from the Official Charts Company showed the superstar manband – Music Week cover stars last week – had moved 89,408 copies by the end of Sunday, with a clear bias to physical sales (84,745) over downloads (3,977) and streaming (686). That’s more sales than the previous fastest-seller of 2018, Arctic Monkeys' Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (Domino), which sold 86,359 in a full week. Polydor co-president Tom March had already predicted the album will become the first 100,000+ seller of the year, and Odyssey is on pace to achieve that. So Music Week sat down with March – enjoying a stellar year, in partnership with co-president Ben Mortimer, which has seen the Universal label scoop the A&R Award at the Music Week Awards and top the market shares in Q3 – to talk Greatest Hits albums, streaming and what comes next for Gary Barlow and co… Why was it important to not just put out a standard Greatest Hits album? “The world has moved on, the standard hits album has moved on. For them, it was not just about looking back, they also want to look forward. Hopefully, this is the perfect blend of moving forward whilst one eye is on the past as well. Their fans are going to love them no matter what. So we need to excite their existing fanbase, give them something they haven’t had before, give them something new and hopefully great promo shows the great content the guys have created.” Their sales are traditionally very physical heavy. Will this project help change that? “We’ve got some fantastic plans in place with Apple Music, Spotify and Amazon. All of the partners are very keen to have the guys involved. Our hope is to start to move some of the audience onto those services. Trying to make the soundbed for the TV ad for Odyssey was an embarrasment of riches! It’s a phenomenal catalogue to have the option to play with.” How do you make that catalogue work in the streaming age? “When we were first discussing the best way to celebrate 30 years of the band's incredible career, what was immediately evident was that we all – band, label and management – wanted to be bold and brave and to innovate. A standard Greatest Hits album in the modern era felt tired. Taking inspiration from The Beatles’ Love album where some of the band's best songs were beautifully re-interpreted, Take That collaborated with Stuart Price to create a non-stop musical journey through their greatest hits, bringing the excitement and energy of their spectacular live shows to the album. Our aim is to be future-facing while embracing the band's incredible catalogue. The campaign will be full of moments of nostalgia for their fans but will also give them something brand new to love. We're expecting to sell huge amounts of physical records whilst also reinvigorating their catalogue on streaming services and have fantastic plans in place with all the partners.” Where do Take That go next? “Take That's three decade-spanning career is testament to a band that are capable of constantly evolving, re-inventing themselves and embracing the times, taking their existing audience with them while winning over new generations of fans. Whatever they do next, it will be big and bold and continue to assure their legacy as one of Britain's most-loved bands.”

Do we have any update on the European, and perhaps more global chartings (or potential) at the moment?

Completely agree, and this was without the help of a big single. I still think they should have led with a Everlasting. 94k sales now!

With opening week sales like these, it’ll certainly convince the record label (if they needed convincing), that TT are still a force in the industry.

Fantastic sales and I must admit I’m not particularly surprised! TT still have it!

Doesn’t look like iTunes is slowing down to me...

TT including Robbie!

Just a shame Wonderland just missed out! Hopefully they’ll get another chance to make it 10

Take That selling more than Buble did in 1 day. #1 in the album charts is all but confirmed.

Hopefully Take That, extraordinary first day sales!

Delighted to see Robbie rejoin TT for the XF final! Wonder if they’ll do a medley...

No surprise that they’ve already sold more than Buble. TT have moved more than 100k during the Xmas period every time they’ve released at this time of year. They could quite well stay at #1 for the next few weeks

Rita Ora was never challenging TT. It was more about if TT could break 100k in their first week. Looks like they will.

No sign of mine yet.

Seems it was always going to be a bit marmite. Some people want them left untouched, whilst others think they should have gone further. I think they’re nicely done; in particular the duets and the intro to Greatest Day, Babe and RTW. Quite surprised that Out of Our Heads didn’t chart in the top 100 today. It’s been stable at #22 all week on iTunes...

Don’t forget they had tens of thousands of pre orders. I’m sure a few thousand vinyls and cassettes have also been sold.

Fab!! Great video! Everlasting should have been released over OOOH

Love Tom’s version of Piano Man!

Really enjoying the album so far!! Very clever mixing in songs like up all night and interviews. The two other new songs are very good too - both are better than Out of our Heads. Howard sounds the best he’s sounded in a long time on Spin.