-Jay-

Actually it's categorised as an album on Spotify - It can also be downloaded on iTunes:

Currently my favourite is number 3, the chart position of Sweat xx

I need them now!

Michael Jackson's 'The Essential' sales in last week's Wednesday midweeks were 16,881, with final Friday sales being 29,453. 16,881 represents 74.47% of its sales that week. 18,446 today - that's a +9.27% increase compared to last Wednesday. If those sales were 74.47% of its overall sales this week, it would end up doing 32,183. I would assume 30k+ this week is a certainty. With Westlife on 24,302, perhaps they'll need to sell another 8,000 copies to get to #1, if 32k ended up happening for MJ. Monday & Wednesday sales: Westlife - 25 - The Ultimate Collection (21,256) [20,092 physicals, 584 downloads, 580 streaming] Westlife - 25 - The Ultimate Collection (24,302) [22,627 physicals, 677 downloads, 998 streaming] (Two day increase: +2,535 physicals / +418 streaming / +93 downloads = 3,046 increase, compared to Michael Jackson increasing by 8,307). I predict a final total of 27.5k for them, unless they can pull something out of the bag to encourage more physical/download sales. I have a feeling that Michael Jackson will be insurmountable though.

It's not officially confirmed, but based on a passcode to unlock a teaser on their single's presave page, it seems this EP could be released on 10th July!

That's not true, the #1 album two weeks earlier sold 55,504 (Katie Melua!). Emma would have had to release 4 weeks earlier to have a shot - the #1 sold 30,638 that week - although whether Emma would have still managed 33k, who knows! Free Me was released in a huge sales week... maybe that many albums being shifted encouraged some more sales for Emma? 235,890 Norah Jones 104,447 Katie Melua 75,457 Franz Ferdinand 63,031 Leann Rimes 46,151 Snow Patrol 40,848 Joss Stone 33,091 Emma

First day on Spotify: 27th January 2009 First streamed song: Lady Gaga - Poker Face Total songs listened to: 13,634 Most streamed artist: Kylie Minogue (13,301 minutes streamed) All-time top song: Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam (237 listens) Despite the join date, I kept on using iTunes as my main music listening platform until the end of 2017, then I decided to mainly use Spotify!

More pictures:

Sweat going first... One Track Mind

I think there's a chance it could fall out of the Top 100 by Friday (if this is mostly due to late sales that were intended for last week, if there hadn't have been delays) but let's hope it can stay in. A second week in the Top 200 should be secured though!

We have a thread about this already, but it's a read-only topic because of forum rules. Thank you though!

Bloody Mary

It'll be interesting to see whether Sweat is in the Top 100 midweeks later! I really hope so.

I think for what the song sets out to do, Sweat is successful at it... gym/hype yourself up/energetic. Catchy too! I think people are a wee bit too serious about this song x

I genuinely think The Saturdays could pull off their most successful arena tour to date if they reunited - but they can't leave it much longer. Maybe 2028 at the very latest, to provide the reunion with a 20th anniversary gimmick. If they can't get their act together by then, I feel that they'll miss the boat. Of course it could just be my algorithm, but I have seen a surprising amount of goodwill for The Saturdays on socials over the years. A lot of it from people who appear to be in their 20s and were probably too young to experience them properly in 2008-2014. Considering that they've not been an active group for 12 years at this point ( ), they seem well remembered.

Her longest ever gap between albums at 5 and a half years! I wouldn't have anticipated that back in 2023.

I went with One Track Mind. I like it, but it's a little out of place on this album?

Listening to the album again now to try and determine my order of fave to least fave!

I now have the following - Vinyl: Banquet: Black - Personally signed copy [MELANIECLP1 - Black vinyl & inner vinyl sleeve] + [MELANIECLP2 - Outer signed sleeve & inner booklet] Official Store: Translucent Orange/Gatefold/Poster - signed copy [MELANIECLP3] CDs: Standard [MELANIECCD1] Amazon: Signed art card [MELANIECCD2 (sticker over barcode - otherwise the packaging is MELANIECCD1)] Official Store: Alternate Artwork "Spice Boys" [MELANIECCD3] HMV: Alternate Artwork [MELANIECCD4] Cassettes: Official Store: Yellow [MELANIECCS2] Merchandise: 3xPostcard Set Orange and Pink cassettes should arrive tomorrow! Then I will have every CD and cassette (that are/were available for the UK market). Regarding the Banquet vinyl... I ordered a Black vinyl, which should be in MELANIECLP1 packaging. However the packaging I received is MELANIECLP2, intended for the opaque orange vinyl - that's both the outer sleeve that Melanie signed, and the inner booklet. However it does include a black vinyl and inner sleeve which are MELANIECLP1. So it's a possibly unintentional combination of the two. Maybe someone out there has a signed MELANIECLP1 packaging with an orange vinyl included lol.

Sometimes female music artist funkos are given mouths (either closed-together lips, or smiles). The Britney and Mariah Funkos always do: But more often than not, Funkos don't tend to have mouths. I wonder whether the Spice Girls funkos would have benefited from them, or are better without? It's definitely more "classic Funko" design of them to lack mouths.

I still feel like I need to become a little bit more familiar with the album before I cast my vote, I'm not sure what to pick yet!

I think this thread - https://www.buzzjack.com/forums/topic/274208-itunes-streaming-youtube - could be more appropriate for Can't Get You Out of My Head chart updates, than in here. This documentary thread could do with a title change too! How about: 'Kylie' (Netflix Documentary Series) [20th May 2026]

Hmm well the CD-R of that song says “Matt & Biff Monitor Mix - 30.08.97” and “Copied from DAT 01.09.97” so either they got the year wrong when printing it, or Melanie’s recollection is different. 🤔

Surely the first time that LA State of Mind has ever been called overproduced…

I’ll need those! Victoria’s pose is cute!