jay727

Great to see Gary holding top 10

In the old days before the reliance on streaming this could possibly be a number 1 hit with an organised release and 3 or 4 promotional performances. Is it just the video drop that has boosted it? Is it getting airplay?

Yeah it was definitely built up to be a big reveal. It’s an ‘ok’ video

Yeah, I guess he’s got to find a lane that doesn’t trend to into TT territory. That said, it wouldn’t have surprised me if TT went down this road, rather than Gary. SISYL also outsold Wonderland too. Why did Wonderland get delayed until the May again? It was very strange

Yeah, unless they go into a bubble like the NBA did

Did SISYL outsell III and Odyssey?

Good point about the lockdown. It would be great to get another platinum album, but album sales are very different again from 2013

Great to see it has staying power, just wish it had a big promo opportunity!

Do we know what albums are released before Gary’s?

It would really need a big platform...an X Factor style, but apparently he has a show coming out early December to support the album

I wonder if he’ll release a sampler of the album. Also, I wonder...how many people usually preorder Gary/TT albums for the presale tour codes? Reckon Gary has 20k in sales already tucked away?

The singles chart has been a mess since they made streaming dominate a traditional sale. How a song that has spent nearly a week in the top 20 can’t chart officially in the top 100 is a disgrace

1 Forever Love 2 Let Me Go 3 Elita 4 Sing 5 Stronger I think Love Won’t Wait was a good second single and importantly it was upbeat. I actually think the singles from Open Road now considering it were all the “right” order. With Twelve Months, I’m not sure there was a lead single. Maybe he could have gone with something like Wondering? Stronger to me felt too much like an attempt to be George Michael.

Awesome!! It is a definite grower. I really like it and in front of a live band, it’ll be great. Wonder what the promo will be like for the album...that’s the biggest unknown - i assume strictly and bgt

Elita is doing well on iTunes! #6 and #19!

Oh, are Harry, Ed and Adele all definitely releasing?

He’s doing a 2021 tour, details announced on Friday

Fingers crossed for Gary!

Liking Elita! It’s definitely not what I expected from Gary Barlow. Is he going to have to dance to this live? Haha

Yeah it seems to be received very well among people more broadly - they may have missed a trick by not releasing it as a physical copy - but not sure it’ll chart with the way it’s all calculated on streams these days

I have no idea what Steps might sell...would they do a 50k opener? Gary has the Xmas market segment and the album preorder for the tour, so hopefully that helps

Why would he release it on a Wednesday though??

I like it, but I’d have preferred Gary to be singing the lines Yatra sings

Album released on 27 November! Track list: Who’s Driving This Thing Incredible Elita (ft Michael Bublé & Sebastián Yatra) The Big Bass Drum This Is My Time Enough Is Enough (ft Beverley Knight) Bad Libran Eleven (ft Ibrahim Maalouf) Before We Get Too Old (ft Avishai Cohen) Supernatural Oh What A Day (ft Chilly Gonzales) What Leaving’s All About (ft Alesha Dixon) The Kind Of Friend I Need (ft James Corden) I Didn’t See That Coming ADDITIONAL BONUS TRACKS Deluxe CD / Boxset / LP Only Let’s Get Drunk The Day The World Stopped Turning You Make The Sun Shine (ft Barry Manilow) Incredible (Live) Incredible (Charleston Remix)

Also, having three vocalists...that’s gonna be interesting on a 3 min song