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Blimey that Cardi B effort is a bit of a bop!

50. Mahmut Orhan & Sena Şener - Fly Above

Rather new name for UK and a nice track, what caused this to be here?

I would be delighted if this actually did something in the UK

Delighted to see KEiiNO in the top 100 before it's even been selected as the Norwegian entry!

Forgive my ignorance, but who is Olivia Rodrigo and where has this song come from? Is there any reason that it's climbed so high? Obviously can't be on name power!

1. Steps

3. Miley Cyrus

4. Gary Barlow

 

Suspect that Gary will be leading the pack when it comes to physicals however.

I didn't expect it to set the charts on fire, but Jennifer Lopez not even hitting the top 500 on iTunes on release day is... really quite dreadful.

I presume that AC/DC will walk it, but as for the rest...

 

Paloma - 25-30k

Andrea Bocelli - 20-25k

Andre Rieu - 10-25k

McFly - 15-20k

Johnny Cash - 10-20k

Sophie Ellis-Bextor <5k

 

I always underestimate Andrea Bocelli and Andre Rieu, so I have no idea... Andrea Bocelli opened with 25k in 2018, Andre Rieu I can't find.

 

Johnny Cash, who knows, at this point every Philharmonic album has surprised me one way or another.

 

Could go any way between #2 and #10, not to forget Kylie, Ariana, Sam, LM and Bruce's next weeks.

Shawn Mendes seems to have really missed the mark with this one - as much as I like the song the fact it hasn't cracked the top 20 officially is a bit of a blow. Sure it's less "commercial" than some of his previous efforts, but even so, 'In My Blood' hit #10 a couple of years back, and Senorita was obviously a huge success only a year ago.

I have no idea how Gary Barlow is going to do. His last album was coming off a #2 hit, this one the lead single didn't even crack the top 100.

I think she'll hit ~20-25k, but be a fair seller in the lead-up to Xmas. I #2 or #3 dependent on what McFly sales are like. Her days (like many others) of scoring double platinum albums are unfortunately behind us I think.

It feels very wrong that 'Levitating' is already more successful than 'Hallucinate' - I genuinely don't understand the public's choices sometimes.

I am truly amazed that LM are ahead of Ariana on iTunes (even though streaming is a different story).

BTS album 'BE' is coming 20th November... suspect that'll be a shoo-in for #1?

Little Mix have just announced that their 6th album will be called 'Confetti' and will be released 6th November.

 

Kylie vs Little Mix it is then!

 

Well well well... I wonder how this will end!

I cannot believe that Calvin /\ Weeknd are only 14 placed above Xtina... in 2020

For reference, PVRIS' last album debuted at #4 in Aug'17 with 9,549 sales. Presume/hope that they'll break 10k with this one so wonder if they'll sneak into the top 5, or if the rest will be too strong.

Slow start for Calvin Harris

October 2nd looks busy already!

- Blackpink

- Bon Jovi

- The Hunna

- Jonsi

- Mariah Carey

- Mel C

- Queen & Adam Lambert

- Robert Plant

- Ward Thomas

 

Exciting!

Really impressed by Miley's new song, absolutely fantastic. Originally I had her down for a top 30 debut but hopefully based on this she might be able to go top 20! I doubt streaming will support her enough to go top 10 though.

Jess Glynne

 

3 - Right Here

2.5 - Real Love (with Clean Bandit)

3 - Hold My Hand

6 - Don't Be So Hard On Yourself

2.5 - Take Me Home

1 - Ain't Got Far To Go

5 - I'll Be There

3 - All I Am

3 - Thursday

2 - No One

3 - One Touch (with Jax Jones)

 

features:

 

2.5 - Rather Be (with Clean Bandit)

4.5 - My Love (with Route 94)

8 - Not Letting Go (with Tinie Tempah)

2 - Kill The Lights (with Alex Newell, DJ Cassidy & Nile Rodgers)

-1 - These Days (with Rudimental, Macklemore & Dan Caplen)

1.5 - Mind On It (with Yungen)

3 - So Real (Warriors) (with Too Many Zoos & KDA)

3 - Love Me Again (with RAYE)

 

Anne-Marie

 

3 - Karate

2.5 - Gemini

3 - Boy

3.5 - Do It Right

2 - Alarm

5 - Ciao Adios

8.5 - Either Way (with Snakehips & Joey Bada$$)

3.5 - Heavy

7.5 - Then

2.5 - Friends (with Marshmello)

2.5 - 2002

3 - Perfect To Me

4 - Rewrite the Stars (with James Arthur)

1.5 - Birthday

2 - Her

 

features:

 

2 - Rumour Mill (with Rudimental & Will Heard)

2.5 - Alright With Me (with Wretch 32 & PRGRSHN)

2 - Catch 22 (with Illy)

1 - Rockabye (with Clean Bandit & Sean Paul)

4.5 - Remember I Told You (with Nick Jonas & Mike Posner)

3 - Let Me Live (with Rudimental, Major Lazer & Mr. Eazi)

3.5 - Don't Leave Me Alone (with David Guetta)

8.5 - f**k i'm lonely (with Lauv)

The key change in 'You'll Never Be Alone'

 

That's it. That's the message.

Still have no idea who Karol G is, but X needs to start smashing.

She's a Colombian singer, had a pretty big hit at the backend of last year/early this year with Nicki Minaj called Tusa, but of course didn't make it onto the UK charts :(

New Ellie Goulding is very inoffensive, can't see it being a big hit for her, even if it does resemble some of her earlier work.

Off the top of my head I'm not sure. Potentially Jedward?

Nothing in the diary yet as far as I can see for August, but Lana loves a good summer release (last albums being released in June, September, July and August) and is due her new album out this year which naturally would be way way over. But it's a dodgy time indeed.

 

Maybe given the rumours that Adele will be releasing in September will encourage more artists to release beforehand?