Everything posted by Jake.
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Music Purchases This Week: Week Beginning 24/6/16
Albums DJ Shadow - The Mountain Will Fall Alt-J - Live at the Red Rocks (3 Disc Set) Singles Pet Shop Boys - Twenty Something Will stream Broods and Neil Young's albums.
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iTunes Weekly Thread W/C 24th June 2016
Glastonbury effect I'd imagine? They were on the Other Stage earlier I believe.
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2016 Chart Predicta: Week 26, w/c 24/6/16
Question 1 -> Predict the Official Top 10 Singles of the week [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 01. Drake/Wizkid/Kyla - One Dance 02. Kungs/Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl 03. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For 04. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling 05. Drake/Rihanna - Too Good 06. Clean Bandit/Louisa - Tears 07. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) 08. Dizzee Rascal/Calvin Harris - Hype 09. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien - I Hate U, I Love U 10. Dua Lipa - Hotter Than Hell Question 2 -> Predict the Official Top 5 Albums of the week [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 01. Adele - 25 02. Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams 03. Electric Light Orchestra - All Over The World: The Very Best Of 04. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool 05. Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway Question 3 -> Predict the sales (including streaming) of the #1 single to the nearest thousand [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 58k Question 4 -> Bonii [all questions worth 5 points for a correct answer and 0 points for an incorrect answer] • Predict the highest new entry in the top 40 Dizzee Rascal/Calvin Harris - Hype • Predict the biggest climber within the top 40 Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) • Predict the fastest faller within the top 40 Sigala/John Newman/Nile Rodgers - Give Me Your Love • Predict the number of entries (new or re-entries) in the UK Top 40 3
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What are your favourite songs of the year?
(In no particular order) Songs: Cat's Eyes - Drag The Kills - Heart of a Dog All Saints - One Woman Man Danny L Harle feat. Caroline Polachek - Ashes of Love Primal Scream feat. Sky Ferreira - Where the Light Gets In Radiohead - Burn the Witch Lapsley - Heartless Savages - The Answer PJ Harvey - The Community of Hope Whitney - Golden Days Albums: Tegan and Sara - Love You to Death David Bowie - Blackstar Minor Victories - Self-titled School of Seven Bells - SVIIB Anna Meredith - Varmints Christine and the Queens - Chaleur Humaine Meilyr Jones - 2013 Pet Shop Boys - Super Field Music - Commontime Beth Orton - Kidsticks
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2016 BPI Certifications
Absolutely - I'd say the highest achievement for a low-peaking single is probably 'Mardy Bum' by Arctic Monkeys which went Silver in January. Definitely one of their best known album tracks, in a 'Champagne Supernova' kind of way (which itself went Silver a couple of years ago) but the fact it went no higher than #123 and had only two weeks in the Top 200 is interesting. Not to mention that they have two Top 20s that probably aren't exactly close to the 200,000 mark as well...
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Will there or won't there? PREDICTION GAME
Will Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl be #1? YES (I think it'll just about edge it...) Will Sigala - Give Me Your Love (feat. John Newman & Nile Rodgers) be top 10? NO Will Sigala - Give Me Your Love (feat. John Newman & Nile Rodgers) be higher than Sex by Cheat Codes? NO Will Dua Lipa - Hotter Than Hell be top 15? YES Will Fifth Harmony - Work from Home (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) be top 15? YES Will David Guetta - This One's for You (feat. Zara Larsson) be top 20? YES Will Bastille - Good Grief get a chart play? YES (With ease, I'd say) Will Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own be top 30? YES Will twenty one pilots - Heathens be top 40? YES Will Tinie Tempah - Mamacita (feat. Wizkid) be top 40? NO Will Kent Jones - Don't Mind be top 40? YES Will The Stone Roses - Beautiful Thing be top 50? NO (Given 'All for One' fell straight out of the Top 100, this will easily follow suit) Will Chase & Status - Spoken Word (feat. George the Poet) be top 40? NO (Considering 'Control' and 'NRG' didn't really do anything, I doubt this will) Will Christine and the Queens - Tilted be top 75? YES (Her album will probably fare best and go Top 40 on its respective chart, but I wouldn't rule this out from going Top 75) Will Selena Gomez - Kill Em With Kindness be top 75? NO Will there be more than 3 new entries in the top 40? YES Will Lee Walker & DJ Deeon - Freak Like Me (feat. Katy B) reach top 40 on iTunes by Friday at any point? NO Will there be a new song released any time from now until Thursday night that reaches top 40? NO Will Tiesto crack the top 15 on iTunes by Thursday night? NO Will Three Lions (Football's Coming Home) return to the top 25 on iTunes at any point before Thursday? YES (Assuming England do well of course, but I'm the only person I know who hasn't cared for the football at all)
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Music Purchases This Week: Week Beginning 17/6/16
Albums Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway Laura Mvula - The Dreaming Room Jake Bugg - On My One Public Service Broadcasting - The Race for Space Remixes Swans - The Glowing Man (Deluxe) Let's Eat Grandma - I, Gemini Margaret Glaspy - Emotions and Math You could say I've overspent... :lol: Will probably stream Case/Lang/Veirs and that Mumford & Sons EP too.
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2016 BPI Certifications
Considering it's probably their best known song and has over 100 million views/plays on YouTube and Spotify, it's not entirely surprising. Still, I doubt any of their other songs are too near to the Silver threshold.
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2016 Chart Predicta: Week 25, w/c 17/6/16
Question 1 -> Predict the Official Top 10 Singles of the week [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 01. Kungs/Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl 02. Drake - One Dance 03. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For 04. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling 05. Drake/Rihanna - Too Good 06. Clean Bandit/Louisa - Tears 07. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien - I Hate U, I Love U 08. Cheat Codes/Kris Kross Amsterdam - Sex 09. Sigala/John Newman/Nile Rodgers - Give Me Your Love 10. Sia - Cheap Thrills Question 2 -> Predict the Official Top 5 Albums of the week [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 01. Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway 02. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool 03. Jake Bugg - On My One 04. Drake - Views 05. Rick Astley - 50 Question 3 -> Predict the sales (including streaming) of the #1 single to the nearest thousand [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 70k Question 4 -> Bonii [all questions worth 5 points for a correct answer and 0 points for an incorrect answer] • Predict the highest new entry in the top 40 Bastille - Good Grief • Predict the biggest climber within the top 40 Dua Lipa - Hotter Than Hell • Predict the fastest faller within the top 40 Lukas Graham - 7 Years • Predict the number of entries (new or re-entries) in the UK Top 40 4
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2016 BPI Certifications
I believe this is meant to say Gold, as it went Silver in 2013.
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New Release Schedule: Friday 10 June
Margaret Glaspy - Emotions and Math - June 17th Angel Olsen - My Women - Sept 2nd Death Grips - Bottomless Pit (Physical Release) - July 29th
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Phenomenon of washed-up Artist getting boost in Album Chart
While his recent album hasn't exactly had that many good reviews, the United Nations of Sound album was massively panned by most critics at the time which could've been why it didn't reach the same levels of sales as his previous 3 albums.
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Phenomenon of washed-up Artist getting boost in Album Chart
They had an album in 2012, 'Choice of Weapon', which reached #20. Not sure how you overlooked that one, but the 2007 album you refer to received some very poor reviews which may have been a contributing factor to why that album failed commercially.
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OCC Quiz: Different Artists, Same Song Titles
http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/o...-titles__15280/ Not to brag, but I got 12/12. I knew most of them, but there was 2 or 3 that did require me to think for a few seconds...
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Music Purchases This Week: Week Beginning 10/6/16
Albums Air - Twentyears Alexis Taylor - Piano Garbage - Strange Little Birds Spring King - Tell Me If You Like To (Deluxe) Tom Odell - Wrong Crowd (Deluxe) Singles Paul Draper - EP One (CDS) Will probably stream Augustines, Band of Horses, Motorhead, Nick Jonas, Beverley Knight, Temper Trap and Peter Bjorn and John.
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iTunes Weekly Thread W/C 10th June 2016
Indeed, a lot of fans (myself included) seem to be in agreement that it is superior to 'All for One'.
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2016 Chart Predicta: Week 24, w/c 10/6/16
Question 1 -> Predict the Official Top 10 Singles of the week [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 01. Kungs vs Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl 02. Drake - One Dance 03. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop the Feeling 04. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This is What You Came For 05. Cheat Codes/Kris Kross Amsterdam - Sex 06. Clean Bandit/Louisa - Tears 07. Drake/Rihanna - Too Good 08. Gnash - I Hate U, I Love U 09. Galantis - No Money 10. Sia - Cheap Thrills Question 2 -> Predict the Official Top 5 Albums of the week [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 01. Tom Odell - Wrong Crowd 02. Rick Astley - 50 03. Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger 04. Drake - Views 05. Garbage - Strange Little Birds Question 3 -> Predict the sales (including streaming) of the #1 single to the nearest thousand [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 84k Question 4 -> Bonii [all questions worth 5 points for a correct answer and 0 points for an incorrect answer] • Predict the highest new entry in the top 40 Jonas Blue - Perfect Strangers • Predict the biggest climber within the top 40 OneRepublic - Wherever I Go • Predict the fastest faller within the top 40 Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out • Predict the number of entries (new or re-entries) in the UK Top 40 4
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Beth Orton - Kidsticks
It certainly is - 'Tarot Sport' is one of my favourite albums of the last 10 years or so.
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Music Purchases This Week: Week Beginning 3/6/16
Albums Ladyhawke - Wild Things Tegan and Sara - Love You to Death Minor Victories - Minor Victories Cat's Eyes - Treasure House The Kills - Ash and Ice Whitney - Light Upon the Lake (Will probably stream Dexys, The Monkees and Paul Simon). Singles Manic Street Preachers - Together Stronger (C'Mon Wales) - CDS
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2016 Chart Predicta: Week 23, w/c 3/6/16
Question 1 -> Predict the Official Top 10 Singles of the week [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 01. Drake - One Dance 02. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling 03. Calvin Harris/Rihanna - This Is What You Came For 04. Clean Bandit/Louisa Johnson - Tears 05. Drake/Rihanna - Too Good 06. Galantis - No Money 07. Kungs vs. Cookin On 3 Burners - This Girl 08. Gnash - I Hate U, I Love U 09. Desiigner - Panda 10. Cheat Codes/Kris Kross Amsterdam - Sex Question 2 -> Predict the Official Top 5 Albums of the week [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 01. Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger 02. Drake - Views 03. Beyoncé - Lemonade 04. Catfish and the Bottlemen - The Ride 05. Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams Question 3 -> Predict the sales (including streaming) of the #1 single to the nearest thousand [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 82k Question 4 -> Bonii [all questions worth 5 points for a correct answer and 0 points for an incorrect answer] • Predict the highest new entry in the top 40 Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better • Predict the biggest climber within the top 40 Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) • Predict the fastest faller within the top 40 Coldplay - Hymn for the Weekend • Predict the number of entries (new or re-entries) in the UK Top 40
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Ultimate UK #2s of the 21st century RESULTÁ
It had a huge boost from sales on 7-inch (nearly 15,000 were on that format out of the 27.8k it sold the week it was at #2) but you're right - they definitely had some far superior singles from their previous albums.
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Ultimate UK #2s of the 21st century RESULTÁ
Kinda sad to see those Manics singles so low, but it's not that surprising since they are taken from what is considered by some to be their worst album (Even the band themselves have disowned it, but imo it's severely underrated).
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The biggest selling songs with the lowest peaks
It probably won't be getting too many trickle sales now though, considering certain recent events :heehee: (On a serious note, it's probably somewhere between 450k and 500k at a rough guess...)
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Music Purchases This Week: Week Beginning 27/5/16
Albums Frank Turner - Positive Songs for Negative People (Vinyl) Clare Maguire - Stranger Things Have Happened Catfish and the Bottlemen - The Ride Death in Vegas - Transmission Beth Orton - Kidsticks Flume - Skin Singles/EPs Pet Shop Boys - The Pop Kids (White 12") Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom (Signed 12") Sadly, Amazon have delayed the delivery of the PSB single - not too sure why though as of yet. Also the Frank Turner LP was reduced to just £7 on there (ironically cheaper than the CD of it I bought from there last August), but it's not getting dispatched for another 2 weeks as they've run out at the moment, which isn't surprising. Will probably stream new albums by Fifth Harmony, ABC and Gold Panda, as well as The Strokes' new EP too.
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New Release Schedule: Friday 27 May
I made a reference to that in my review of Charlie's album as part of my English... Needless to say, I had nothing positive at all to say about the album though :nono: