Posts posted by -Jay-
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I disagree "flopped at Eurovision" isn't going to harm her in the slightest. She is never going to sell anything outside of her core fanbase which is basically Steps fans, they aren't going to stop supporting her because she didn't do well at Eurovision. If anything it might expose her to other fans and help her shift a few more copies.
I think it would be brought up a lot though, on the daytime TV she quite often makes appearances on, particularly in the weeks and months that followed, but beyond that too.... the Eurovision tag is for life. I don't think she'd want it to follow her around and be something that is always associated with her. She'd be the sort who'd be mortified by the failure, rather than take it on the chin. It would be harmful to her as a solo personality/celebrity in the sense that her persona is in a very "safe" place - she's well known, but not in a notorious way. She's way better off continuing being comfortable as "Claire from Steps" (which nowadays is respected!) rather than shift it to "Claire from Steps, another Eurovision failure".
Of course this is a completely moot discussion because she's 100% never going to do it!
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An update on albums released in September, up to and including Kylie's week of release:
1st September 2023
Deacon Blue - All The Old 45s: The Very Best Of
Empire State bast*rd - Rivers Of Heresy
Icona Pop - Club Romantech
Pretenders - Relentless
Sigala - Every Cloud
Sigur Rós – Átta [CD]
Slowdive - Everything Is Alive
8th September 2023
James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven
Kvelertak - Endling
Lack Of Afro – Square One
Olivia Rodrigo - Guts
Public Service Broadcasting - This New Noise
Róisín Murphy - Hit Parade
Romy - Mid Air
Royal Blood - Back To The Water Below
Sparklehorse - Bird Machine
Stornoway - Dig The Mountain
The Coral - Holy Joe’s Coral Island Medicine Show
The Coral - Sea Of Mirrors
Yussef Dayes – Black Classical Music
15th September 2023
Ash - Race The Night
Corey Taylor - CMF2
Corinne Bailey Ray - Black Rainbows
Jonas Kaufmann - The Sound Of Movies
Killer Mike – Michael [CD]
Madison Beer - Silence Between Songs
Mae Muller - Sorry I'm Late
The Hoosiers - Confidence
Thirty Seconds To Mars - It's The End Of The World But It's A Beautiful Day
Willie Nelson - Bluegrass
22nd September 2023
Anastacia – Our Songs
Devendra Banhart - Flying Wig
Kylie Minogue - Tension
Matteo Bocelli – Matteo
Teenage Fanclub – Nothing Lasts Forever
Kylie's week of release still looking quite bare. Of her competition on 22nd September, their most recent album peaks are:
#4 - Matteo Bocelli (a Christmas album with Andrea Bocelli) [in 2022]
#11 - Teenage Fanclub [in 2021]
Not Top 100 - Anastacia [in 2017]
Not Top 100 - Devendra Banhart [in 2019]
The only album released in the weeks beforehand that should still be high up the chart in Kylie's week is Olivia Rodrigo, who'll be on her third week in the chart at that point.
I'd be surprised if she's still a huge threat in week 3 based on those numbers. This second album era only launched yesterday so it's too early to tell how well it'll be received, but I'd be surprised if Olivia is still a threat in week 3 based on the numbers of her debut album in the first 3 weeks:
03/06 | 50,942 | Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
10/06 | 32,844 | Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
17/06 | 25,846 | Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
I shouldn't jinx Kylie, but so far so good in terms of her not going up against another massive artist, like she was with Disco (Little Mix!). That week was so nailbiting although pretty exciting to experience such a chart battle. I don't think I want a repeat of it though. :kink:
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Received my copy :o
Probably one of my most impulsive purchases ever, considering it was £103.99 (I used a 20% off code on HMV) and I've not heard the vast majority of the remixes... no idea if I'll even like it :lol: I'll have to find a spare 3 hour 43 minutes(!). Maybe I'll just take it one vinyl at a time.
Love the packaging :wub:
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#5 on the physical chart.
#6!
In the Thursday midweeks Kylie (#5 physical) had 47 sales, Loreen (#7 physical) had 55 sales, so all we can deduce from that is that it sold 55+ copies last week. I'm guessing that is sales achieved away from their official store, it was available on recordstore too :thinking: I suppose we'll see next week if it's any higher in the chart!
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Week 1 (#26)
1. Download: iTunes - from Standard 'Tension' album
2. Download: Kylie Store - Extended Mix
Week 3 (#12)
3. Download: iTunes - from Deluxe 'Tension' album
4. Physical: Kylie Store - CD Single
Week 4 (#9)
5. Physical: Kylie Store - Cassette Single
6. Download: Kylie Store - Extended Mix Music Video
7. Download: iTunes - Original from “Padam Padam - Single”
8. Download: iTunes - Extended Mix from “Padam Padam - Single”
Week 5 (#8)
9. Download: Amazon - from 'Tension' album
Week 6 (#10)
10. Download: Kylie Store - Jax Jones Remix
Week 7
11. Download: Juno - Jax Jones Extended Mix
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I'll wait for the midweeks to see whether I feel like downloading Jax Jones Remix and the latest other Padam Padam original download from iTunes.
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^ Although having said that if you type S Club 7 it does show S Club as the first result now, whereas it didn't before.
A weird thing is how slowly the changes have happened. On YouTube most of their music videos are now S Club, apart from You and S Club Party (and their non-music video uploads are still S Club 7). Still no sign of Alive, Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You or Say Goodbye on their official YouTube channel. -_-
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The song has been serviced to US Pop radio! :cheer: She hasn't had a song chart there for a long while, would be amazing to see Kylie chart there.
Oooh let's hope this amounts to something :o
Did anyone get this Spotify notification today? I didn't. :cry:
+ A tweet from Spotify earlier:
Put it on Today's Top Hits, cowards!
Padam Padam ● 1st single
in Kylie and Dannii Minogue
“Only 3k” (actually nearer 4k - 3,633) is a significant gap between Padam Padam and Top 5.
She hasn’t really been close to Top 5 yet. There needs to be a considerable boost for it to be a possibility.
09/06: #12 [20,837] - 74.82% of the #5’s sales [27,849] (7,012 behind)
16/06: #09 [25,867] - 87.30% of the #5’s sales [29,629] (3,762 behind)
23/06: #08 [25,549] - 91.49% of the #5’s sales [27,926] (2,377 behind)
30/06: #10 [22,814] - 86.26% of the #5’s sales [26,447] (3,633 behind)
If the week at #8 had coincided with a vinyl release… maybe she’d have a Top 5 hit in her hands now. But there’s still no indication that there’ll be one and her streaming has weakened… so that’s why it’s crucial that all of those songs coming up for ACR actually do go to ACR and don’t avoid it, if Padam Padam is to have a chance of out-peaking #8.