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It’s not true - https://www.buzzjack.com/forums/topic/288659-friday-chart-predictions/page/5/#findComment-8011060

There is no signed Kylie/Madonna single - there was a competition last week to win ONE copy. Also vinyl have not been shipped - it was a mistake, people who ordered the free returns/protection cover got a ‘dispatch’ email for that part, the vinyl have not been dispatched.

I saw a few people say they had grabbed them with the vinyl - guessing they’ll only dispatch when the vinyl does though.

Love the song but it’s a strong batch of songs left.

It seems there was an error - they were showing ‘dispatched’ for those that opted for the return/damage cover and that section was ‘dispatched’. It seems no vinyl have actually been dispatched - so they either are not ready and they will stick with the ‘September’ date or they’ll be dispatched last minute on Thursday 🤣 Not convinced the vinyl will do much as downloads will be down massively this week and we know where we are with streams.

I don’t think so - streams are low and downloads have tailed off massively.

Didn’t even know he had a new song out!

Lots of indie stores have been posting they have limited quantities of Olivia Dean’s ‘Baby Steps’ orange 7” vinyl. Not sure how many have been made available but it might appear in the mids. Wax & Beans had 20 copies and said they have more on the way - https://www.waxandbeans.co.uk/products/olivia-dean-baby-steps-7-orange-vinyl?_pos=13&_sid=750ae9155&_ss=r

Collabs for the guest artist always take a few weeks for some reason to catch up on the OCC chart. It was the same with Sam/Olivias RMI and lots of others - seems to suddenly appear after 2-3 weeks.

I think the fanbase will only be invested if it challenges for a new peak - I’m not sure everyone will be rampant to download multiple versions to have it drop from 8-25 rather than 8-38. For most it’s done its job of achieving Top 10 - obviously deserves more but it’s done what we thought was impossible at the start of the week.

HOTN - your time is up

I’m sure they holding onto the September date for Europe and just focusing getting physicals out in the UK.

Sure that BYL would’ve been a Top 10 and Danceteria a Top 20 if they had. I’ll never understand why Madonna and Kylie’s team are happy with low peaks rather than an 8-38-70 instead.

I hope so - but equally I’m not too bothered with how it does now, if it goes 8-38-64-92 I’ll still be happy as it’s done its job and clocked up another Top 10 for them (Obviously such an iconic pairing deserves much more but in 2026 probably the best we could’ve ever dreamed of!).

Mine got dispatched almost as soon as I ordered. I think they’ll stick with the ‘September’ date for international orders and are prioritizing the UK. Kylie usually shifts 3-5k alone with her vinyl (XMAS was £13 and the other vinyl singles she’s released have been £10 with £5 postage) so I don’t think the price will be a barrier for collectors.

Hopefully the vinyl will keep Kylie & Madge riding high next week - mines been dispatched already.

Will be interesting to see how many vinyl they can shift this week? Should be 5k between both fanbases at least?

I thought this too, they probably pressed it in limited numbers like the LGTI Cherry Red release and everyone will be scrambling for a copy in a year 🤣🤣

All this - after the Tension single I thought they’d finally got a grasp on releasing everything together on week 1 was the way forward. Without physicals Tension would have entered at #39, with the physicals it entered at #19!

They’ll not submit data for the lowest seller - so the 3 highest selling formats/variations will count. Thats my understanding at least.

My 7” vinyl has just dispatched 👀 They are going for it! 12” vinyl next?

All the sales were via Madonna’s store. I’ve seen a few salty Madonna fans on X claiming she single handily returned Kylie to the Top 10 (even though Kylie was #1 just 7 months ago and Top 10 3 years ago with solo releases). Looking at SayHey and all the pictures that have been posted of purchases I’d say the Kylie fans have contributed heavily and it’s probably an equal split between fanbases.

Once again the fans prove the result that can be achieved when a co-ordinated release happens! Frustrates me that Team Kylie (and Madonna for her C2 singles) allow lower peaks / split week releases.

I’m hoping that fans will pick it up to complete their collections over the coming weeks and hopefully as it’s been the lowest seller we’ll see some reductions for it which will encourage some extra sales.

Whenever you think Kylie can’t surprise anymore she does - Padam going Top 10, XMAS going to #1, surprise collab with Madonna going Top 10 ❤️