timjimlee

Definitely good news!

In fairness to Olly the last time they both released new Studio Albums in the same year (2012) Olly was the runaway winner in terms of Sales.

Will fall short this week unless there is another significant increase today.

Seems a really significant increase in Sales yesterday (compared to Tuesday's Sales for LM of 8k for example), wonder whether there were some missing Sales somewhere which were added yesterday.

Yesterday's Sales would indicate they still can, did they really sell more than 12k yesterday? Impressive if so.

If Olly is more than 7k above Robbie he will overtake him in the YTD Sales - not a bad effort considering Robbie has one extra week of Sales. Olly on "The One Show" last night, another boost for him.

Also not a fan of the Number 1, rated 5th in the Daily Telegraph worst Christmas number 1's of all time poll, says it all. The video was bizarre as well, Renee was replaced by a model, a cruel decision in my opinion.

Little Mix looking a bit of a longshot for the Christmas Number 1 Album now.

Looking like Rolling Stones will stay number 2.

Still think Robbie is trying to appeal across the board though, he still likes to try and appear edgy (there are at least 3 songs on the Album with the Explicit tag, "Mother****er" for example) however calling the Album "The Heavy Entertainment Show" shows he does see himself as the All-round Entertainer...

Fair play to him, he was also on Strictly takes two tonight I think, he is obviously putting the work in. Just think Robbie has had the pick of the Promotion slots. Looking at the YTD sales for both Albums it is neck and neck between the two, couldn't call which will finish higher in the Year End sales chart.

Not seen him on tv much in last 2 weeks though to compare with the Brits Icon hour and a half special that Robbie had.

Yes it is a little bit of a surprise he has stayed above Robbie in the last couple of weeks given the amount of promotion Robbie is getting in - also a little bit ironic given the mentoring Robbie gave to Olly on the X factor... Robbie on the BBC Music Awards tonight though, may give him boost to overtake Olly...

No, it was previously announced there will be no physical release for the Winner's Single for the first time.

Cool as ****

Wonder whether Adele can climb back into Top 10 this week with "25", it doesn't really need the additional sales to secure Year-end Sales number 1 (that is in bag) but BBC show of the Live Performance from New York appears to have given the Album a significant boost.

Looking like we will get more comments on Singles chart predictions (than Albums) this week - a rarity in recent months. It is refreshing to have a more unpredictable Singles chart and looks good for an exciting couple of weeks.

Top 10 at best over here.

"I Believe In Father Christmas" is another Christmas classic that peaked originally at number 2 and is an annual favourite (Mariah Carey, The Pogues, Wham! as well)

Decent Sales for The Rolling Stones yesterday, has sold slightly more than Little Mix at the same stage in their first week (RS: 75.3K, LM: 72.9K) as well. Yes, it is front-loaded but not as much as some predicted, could still become the second biggest weekly album sales of the year.

Robbie's at 12, should get into Top 10 this week after tonight.

Those Sales are indeed impressive. Ball & Boe and Elvis Sales up this week relative to last week as well. It is really a Top 3 for the oldies this week in the Album chart, hope to see some new-er Artists up there in the run-up to Christmas...

This would be an excellent result given "Get Weird" sold 388,593 in 2015, it would definitely indicate a stronger era (ie not just because they got to number 1 this time).

As per last week there was a slight slowdown for Little Mix on Wednesday/Thursday but will be surprised if they don't have enough to secure the top spot tomorrow.

Not sure whether it has been mentioned yet but looks like Robbie will get a big boost next week after the BRITs ICON Special on ITV on Monday (it's an hour and a half Special). I do think the Album has plenty of potential to get back to Top 5 for the lead-up to Xmas. Any chance it will stay in the Top 10 this week?