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Secret for me too! Do love some of these album tracks but the singles were picked perfectly.

Results: 08. Candy Shop 09. Voices 10. Dance 2night 11. Incredible 12. Spanish Lesson

Results 05. Loving Days 06. Still Standing 07. Promises 08. Sweet Music 09. Obsession 10. After Dark 11. I Feel For You 12. Someday

Happy 35th birthday to 'Like a Prayer'! :cheer:

@1770178295499260126 A couple of weeks aside, EastEnders has been on fire this year! Also, ratings wise, it’s the only soap to be up year on year. It’s very close to overtaking Emmerdale and isn’t very far from Corrie. I think at this rate, EastEnders could be, at least temporarily, top soap come the 40th anniversary next year.

'Slow' is the first that comes to mind - those 43k sales wouldn't have seen it #1 in any other week of the last third of 2003. I have a post here that shows where Kylie's singles would have charted with the same sales if release a week earlier or later. 'In Your Eyes' not even Top 5 if released a week later! :drama:

Just coming back to this, it was in an article from The Sun last month that mentioned a reissue: She has a repackage of her album Tension coming out, which will include a string of new songs, as well as her headline gig at BST Hyde Park in July. https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/26095...residency-deal/ I do love your idea of making the most of the hype she is riding on right now and put together a new album. It almost seems like it limits the potential of working with hot producers and artists just for a couple of songs on a reissue rather than several songs for a full album, and I agree it would be overboard to do both.

This is actually one of my very favourite Kylie songs! The production is like a mashup of Justin Timberlake's 'Cry Me a River' and Destiny's Child's 'Survivor' but I think Kylie brings a lot to the song. She oozes confidence and sexuality, which is further evident in the music video - an overlooked gem! It made me yearn for this type of sexual, self-assured sound from Kylie again and thankfully we did get that with 'Padam Padam' and 'Tension'. Yeah it was quite unfortunate to be released on such a competitive week. It was the highest sale for a #5 position in 2004 and wasn't far off the 43,291 that 'Slow' opened with. Those sales could have seen it #3 if released a week earlier or later (even #1 if released two weeks earlier! :o). Two weeks earlier: 1- WHO’S DAVID- Busted (30,072) 2- WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS/ THE MEASURE OF A MAN- Sam & Mark (24,010) 3- SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW- Keane (21,033) 4- TAKE ME TO THE CLOUDS ABOVE- LMC Vs U2 (20,191) 5- MILKSHAKE- Kelis (19,821) One week earlier: 1- MYSTERIOUS GIRL- Peter Andre (107,870) 2- THANK YOU- Jamelia (48,672) 3- OBVIOUS- Westlife (33,584) 4- WHO’S DAVID?- Busted (16,151) 5- TAKE ME TO THE CLOUDS ABOVE- LMC Vs U2 (14,803) Week of release: 1- TOXIC- Britney Spears (102,576) 2- CHA CHA SLIDE- DJ Casper (78,666) 3- MYSTERIOUS GIRL- Peter Andre (69,685) 4- AMAZING- George Michael (41,508) 5- RED BLOODED WOMAN- Kylie Minogue (39,812) One week later: 1- CHA CHA SLIDE- DJ Casper (57,280) 2- TOXIC- Britney Spears (49,834) 3- BABY I LOVE YOU- Jennifer Lopez (30,346) 4- MYSTERIOUS GIRL- Peter Andre (28,117) 5- NOT IN LOVE- Enrique Iglesias Ft Kelis (26,472)

'I'll Remember' was #95 on the sales chart (#92 on downloads) last week thanks to the remixes!

I had similar thoughts too when I saw the line up!

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Yeah it seems this has been a big problem for lots of people. Thankfully mine just took a few cleans to get rid of the skips but I know it’s not been as simple as that for many.

Results: 09. Voices 10. Dance 2night 11. Incredible 12. Spanish Lesson

It’s long been a favourite of mine and I’m glad a lot of fans have come round to it in recently years. I agree that it’s not that different to the songs Xenomania were making and it doesn’t feel out of place on Chemistry to me either.

I think he has done some fantastic tracks but then some are very middle of the road ones. I’m confident Kylie will lift the song regardless.

I was the same! I saw the subtitle on the official charts article and thought “have they not updated this from the midweeks?”! :lol: I wonder what its chart run would have looked like if it wasn’t released in Q4? Or at least in October like when Fever was. The sales might not have been as big but certainly chart position wise it would have given the impression the album was more successful.

My theory is Kylie is going to do some collaborations this year and stick them on a re-release of Tension at the end of the year, possibly to coincide with a tour. Kinda like how Ella Henderson and Becky Hill do to inflate the sales of their albums from the streams of their collaborations. Even if they’re not massive smashes, songs by the likes of Sia and Joel Corry are going to get more streams than most of Kylie’s songs.

It sold 8 copies per week between the totals we got 2019 and 2020. I worked out the other day that it would be on 404,800 as of the week before this, so add the sales of this week and that’s bang on with the total we got today!

I guess having five singles helps the weekly streaming sales. Wonder if this is their best selling studio album on a weekly basis?

From Music Week: Thrilled it stayed Top 40!

Re-enters at #34!

Well this is a bit exciting!!

#34 is the albums fifth highest position in the charts!