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In order then: down 4, up 3, down 15

There's only a Top 39 today... so she could be #40?

Single down 9 from Sunday Album down 2 from Sunday

Wednesday Top 40 update from MW Singles 1 Madonna 2 Wiley 3 Sam Sparro 4 Usher 5 Estelle Top 10 Pendulum Top 15 Script Top 20 Adele Gabriella Cilmi Jay Sean Top 30 Nelly Robyn One Night Only Hoosiers Top 40 Ashlee Simpson Duffy Ben's Brother Albums 1 Madonna 2 Portishead 3 Last Shadow Puppets 4 Sam Sparro 5 Duffy Top 10 Gabriella Cilmi Top 15 Hoosiers Top 20 Britney Spears Fall Platters Top 30 Robyn Rick Astley Madonna - IC Top 40 Amy Winehouse - Frank Kanye West Cajun Dance Party One Night Only NO SALES INFO YET

Adele is up 3 One Night Only are up 165 places from last week's #187 Timbaland/OneRepublic are down 3 Mark Ronson album is down a massive 24 places

If she falls at all from where she is, she will no longer be Top 30 ;)

All the MW report tells us - in addition to what we already know - is that Rick Astley can't be too far away from the Top 40!

Hard Candy giving Madonna sweet success 11:07 | Tuesday April 29, 2008 By Paul Williams Madonna is course to become only the third act in the history of the UK albums chart to achieve 10 number one as Hard Candy heads to number one this coming Sunday. Her final Warner studio set is presently outselling its closest challenger, Island act Portishead’s appropriately-titled Third album, by more than 50%, while her 4 Minutes collaboration with Justin Timberlake looks a strong bet to spend a third week at the top of the singles chart. If, as expected, Hard Candy does make number one it will be her 10th such chart-topper, although that calculation does include the 1996 Evita soundtrack, which featured other artists other than Madonna. The Beatles with 15 number ones currently head the all-time list, while Elvis Presley has 11 number ones. Several of her previous chart-toppers, including 1990’s The Immaculate Collection and 2005’s Confessions On A Dance Floor, will themselves figure in this Sunday’s chart. The Immaculate Collection is on target to climb from its current position of 72 into the Top 20, while the 2005 album is likely to re-enter in or around the Top 20. Portishead look a strong bet to enter at number two with what is their first new studio album in more than 10 years, while fellow Island act Sam Sparro’s self-titled debut is also aiming for a top five entry. It is presently a couple of thousand sales off of Domino act Last Shadow Puppets’ The Age Of The Understatement which entered at one last Sunday but will lose its crown this coming weekend. Lower down, new entries are expected from Sanctuary/Universal’s The Fall and XL’s Cajun Dance Party, while also set to chart are best ofs from The Platters (UMTV) and Rick Astley (Sony BMG). On the singles chart Island act Sam Sparro’s Black & Gold and the Asylum-issued Wearing My Rolex by Wiley are Madonna’s closest challengers for number one, while notable chart climbs this Sunday will come from acts including Warner Bros’ Pendulum, RCA’s The Script, 2Point9’s Jay Sean and Vertigo/Mercury’s One Night Only. Source: MW

Nelly is down 1 place ;)

"Warwick Avenue." ("Mercy" is out of the Top 10 at last - down 2 places)

No sign of Kylie - although we only have a Top 38 in singles so far...

Yes - already posted that on Page 1. Albums count as long as the dealer price is above a certain amount. Tesco are buying them in at the dealer price and selling them for £0 (or £4.50 - whichever way you look at it). Therefore, they're making money on "HC" but losing money on the others. They're still scanned through the tills and so count as over-the-counter sales

Single Top 40 (down 9) Album Top 30 (down 7)

Nothing on Sugababes for whoever asked

Sorry, I didn't realise no-ne else was answering queries. I'll do them all now

The Madonna albums are re-charting due to being given free with "Hard Candy" (ie 2 for £9) in Tesco. "Ray Of Light" and "Music" will be somewhere outside the Top 40 too. We only have a Top 38 (it gets worse every week!) in singles at the moment...

Tuesday Top 40 update from MW: Singles 1 Madonna 2 Sam Sparro 3 Wiley 4 Estelle 5 Usher Top 10 Pendulum Top 15 Script Adele Top 20 Gabriella Cilmi Jay Sean Top 30 One Night Only Robyn Hoosiers Ashlee Simpson Top 40 Duffy Albums 1 Madonna 2 Portishead 3 Last Shadow Puppets 4 Sam Sparro 5 Duffy Top 15 Gabriella Cilmi Hoosiers Madonna - IC Top 20 Fall Britney Spears Madonna - COADF Top 30 Robyn Top 40 Platters Kanye West Cajun Dance Party NO SALES INFORMATION YET

114k. Tesco (or Asda? I forget which) are selling it for £9 and giving either "Immaculate Collection," "Ray Of Light," "Music" or "Confessions" free with every copy! How good an offer is that! After seeing the prices on the high street for Sam Sparro, I now predict him at #2 ahead of Portishead. £6.97 in Woolworths, £7.95 in HMV. Portishead may take an early lead, but I see Sparro pulling ahead by the week's end. Should be an interesting week... makes a difference from last week anyway!

Great commentary, as ever! (Adele has moved 53-18 though, not 51-18)

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 4th May! 01. Madonna/Justin Timberlake/Timbaland - 4 Minutes 02. Wiley - Wearing My Rolex 03. Sam Sparro - Black & Gold 04. Usher/Young Jeezy - Love In This Club 05. Estelle/Kanye West - American Boy 06. Will I Am/Cheryl Cole - Heartbreaker 07. September - Cry For You 08. Flo-Rida/T-Pain - Low 09. Pendulum - Propane Nightmares 10. Scouting For Girls - Heartbeat Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the highest climber next week within the top 75? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Duffy - Warwick Avenue 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 8 3. (for 2 pts) How many download only tracks will be in the top 40? - 8

PREDICT THE FOLLOWING : Physical Singles out 28th April Ben's Brother - Stuttering (Kiss Me Again) - 46 Crisis - Consequences - 61 Hadouken! – Declaration Of War - 31 Jack McManus – Bang On The Piano - 33 Jay Sean – Maybe - 29 Pendulum – Propane Nightmares - 9 Robyn – Who’s That Girl - 25 The Script – We Cry - 12 Usher ft Young Jeezy – Love In This Club - 4 (Downloads) Kylie Minogue – In My Arms - 47 Nelly ft Fergie – Party People - 21 Ashlee Simpson – Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya) - 19 Wiley – Wearing My Rolex - 2 Will I.Am - Heartbreaker - 6 Bonus #1: Will Madonna ft Justin Timberlake – 4 Minutes still be the UK #1? - yes Bonus #2: Will Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy still be in the Top5? - yes Bonus #3: Will Duffy – Warwick Avenue be in the Top 40 on downloads only?- yes

Excellent! I'm dead chuffed with the (joint) win. Predicted Wiley correctly at #4, and SFG in the Top 10.

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Singles #40 Robyn Top 50 Wombats Fall Out Boy Jay Sean Lil Wayne Top 60 Feeling Funkerman Simple Plan Top 70 Kylie Minogue Top 80 Duffy - Warwick Avenue Top 90 Hadouken! Top 100 Make Model Top 110 Infadels Top 130 Girls Aloud - St Trinians September - Satellites Top 140 Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip Top 150 Paramore Top 160 Lupe Fiasco Madonna - Candy Shop Top 190 Mariah Carey - Bye Bye Baby Alvin & The Chipmunks Top 200 Newton Faulkner - I Need Something ***Scooter are down to Top 70*** Albums Top 50 Robyn Kylie Minogue Flo-Rida Top 60 Sugababes Celine Dion - All The Way Mike Batt Michael Buble - It's Time MGMT Top 70 Mariah Carey - GH Kaiser Chiefs - YTAM Nickelback - Silver Side Up Van Morrison - Keep It Simple Bob Marley - Legend Top 75 One Night Only Top 110 Brandi Carlile Top 120 Story Of The Year Top 130 Robert Forster Top 140 Danity Kane Top 150 Alabama 3

Sorry guys. There'll be no Friday update, from me at least as MW are telling me my "session has expired." This seems to happen every other Friday... If there are any other MW subscribers around, feel free to PM me the info and I'll summarise it and post it up. I'm only here until 12pm today though. EDITS: Probably best to PM gooddelta with any info instead