-Jay-

VB only empowers women through fashion. :nono: :banana:

:lol: So true x

£2k sales is ok but not impressive. The double album is being sold at less than half the original price. I thought it might have gone T40 tbh but this is better than nothing I guess.

Other factors we could consider is that a lot of the hardcores will presumably have already bought it, the promotion has been kind of low-key, and there’s no major hits to impact the general public. Plus physical sales aren’t too high across the board anyway, and we know her streaming is relatively low. So even with price cuts, there’s quite a small niche set of people she’s trying to target into buying an album of songs they likely won’t know (or maybe a Radio 2 listener will have some awareness).

So I think it’s still a feat to get people to part with £15 for the 5 disc, even though we know that’s a bargain. (I know there’s cheaper versions, but I think the logic still applies in the sense that we have to question at this stage how many people are going to be drawn into buying a Kylie physical studio album that they’ve possibly overlooked up until now).

Honestly, I feel that her managing to squeeze another 2k out of it last week, and maybe 1.5k this week, isn’t bad going!

Ya I think it's just over 150k now,, which would mean it's only about 20k behind golden.

Unless I’ve missed something, I don’t think Golden would be on over 170k sales. Last we knew was 158k in November 2020, it was achieving about 100 sales a week, which would take it to less than 164,000 now if that continued to be the case.

My estimate for Disco... possibly approaching 153k, as of the 31st December chart.

I don’t think it was ever going to be able to take on the current hits, hits of 2021 & the New Year’s Eve classics. It’s too crowded for a song like Kylie’s that has minimal playlist support at this point.

I would imagine 50k is unlikely, but there’s no real way of us knowing what it’s sold.

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In memory of my beautiful daughter Sarah Harding (Hardman) this Christmas. I cherish the moments

we had together before and during her illness. We all miss her greatly, and we thank her fans for their

love and kindness, wishing them and their families a very happy Christmas. One can only try to stay

safe in such difficult times . Best wishes. JH... ❤️🕊🙏

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'Grieving her is a daily challenge': Kimberley Walsh opens up about losing her Girls Aloud bandmate Sarah Harding for the first time

Kimberley Walsh was devastated when her Girls Aloud bandmate, Sarah Harding, died of breast cancer at the age of 39. In this exclusive interview with Psychologies, she talks about coping with grief, becoming a mother for the third time, and why losing Sarah made her determined to mark her 40th birthday with gratitude, hope and positivity

When Kimberley Walsh looks back on 2021 it will be with conflicting emotions. Little Nate, her third son with her husband, Justin Scott, is now six months old and, with his big smiles and easy-going nature, has slotted into their busy family like a dream. ‘We got so lucky with this one,’ she says, her West Yorkshire brogue still strong despite 20 years of living in London.

‘Obviously, I adore all my kids, but Nate has been the easiest – which was a relief, with him being the third. Even the breastfeeding, which I’ve struggled with in the past and has put a dampener on those first few weeks, has been brilliant. He came out of the womb, latched on and fed for an hour, and I was more excited by that than anything else!’

She adds: ‘Friends of mine who had totally hung up their heels when it came to having more babies have said Nate’s seriously made them reconsider. He’s so content and a proper little chiller, just like his dad.’

Walsh is also mum to Bobby, seven, and Cole, who has just turned five, and knowing that Nate is her last – she says adamantly that she is ‘definitely done’ – has given her a different mindset this time around. The sleepless nights haven’t felt quite as much of a bind and any notion of implementing a routine has been chucked out the window.

‘A big part of me wants to savour those night feeds, because I know I’m not having any more babies and I’m so aware of how quickly the time goes. They get so attached to you with breastfeeding, and Nate loves the cuddles that come with it.

‘If I thought I was doing all this again, maybe I’d be more practically minded, but he’s my last baby and I just can’t bring myself to be hard on him. So I’ve ruined him, instead!’

She laughs – but intertwined with this time of happiness has been immense sadness and grief. Walsh is still coming to terms with the loss of her friend and former bandmate, Sarah Harding, who died in September at the age of 39, just over a year after being diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer.

As she speaks about Harding’s death publicly for the first time, it’s clear the pain is still raw, and Walsh admits she struggles to make sense of it.

‘I can’t lie, it absolutely knocked us all for six and the grieving is a daily challenge. Until you’re actually experiencing something like this with somebody who was close to you, it’s impossible to imagine what it’s going to feel like. And I honestly still can’t work out how you ever truly accept it,’ she says.

‘I deal with it day to day and, for me, that’s about checking in with everyone, especially Sarah’s mum, and making sure that they’re OK too. It’s going to take time, and it’s very, very tough.’

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This counts as the last week for 2021 stats, so that was its 9th week at #1!

Here's to an equally busy 2022 in the Steps forum :heart:

SPICE GIRLS

1st January 2022 (Last Update: 24th December 2021, 8 days ago)

Overall Stream Counts

1 - 674,067,591 - Wannabe

2 - 115,210,036 - Stop

3 - 96,402,679 - 2 Become 1 (Album Version / Single Version - Combined)

4 - 87,166,077 - Say You'll Be There

5 - 81,188,704 - Spice Up Your Life

6 - 47,879,583 - Who Do You Think You Are (Album Version)

7 - 40,143,291 - Viva Forever (Album Version)

8 - 23,121,858 - Mama - Album

9 - 21,604,702 - Too Much (Album Version)

10 - 15,403,758 - Holler (Album Version)

11 - 12,603,821 - Goodbye (Album Version)

12 - 8,849,747 - Never Give Up on the Good Times

13 - 7,213,269 - Saturday Night Divas

14 - 6,720,607 - Viva Forever (Radio Edit)

15 - 5,869,556 - Love Thing

16 - 5,774,385 - Move Over

17 - 5,603,147 - If U Can't Dance

18 - 5,060,668 - Something Kinda Funny

19 - 5,016,255 - Last Time Lover

20 - 4,895,300 - Do It

21 - 4,161,261 - Who Do You Think You Are (Radio Version)

22 - 4,068,036 - Naked

23 - 3,581,536 - Denying

24 - 3,572,330 - Let Love Lead the Way (Album Version)

25 - 3,141,219 - Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)

26 - 3,035,109 - The Lady Is a Vamp

27 - 2,896,519 - Holler (Radio Edit)

28 - 2,519,637 - Tell Me Why

29 - 2,292,096 - Mama (Radio Version)

30 - 2,196,782 - Too Much (Radio Edit)

31 - 2,091,015 - Right Back at Ya

32 - 1,809,497 - Sleigh Ride (B Side Version / Jack Frost Version - Combined)

33 - 1,738,680 - Goodbye (Radio Edit)

34 - 1,469,404 - Wasting My Time

35 - 1,205,724 - Get Down with Me

36 - 1,180,138 - If You Wanna Have Some Fun

37 - 1,170,214 - Christmas Wrapping

38 - 990,284 - Let Love Lead the Way (Radio Edit)

39 - 937,068 - Weekend Love

40 - 842,048 - Time Goes By

41 - 797,819 - Oxygen

42 - 626,382 - Bumper to Bumper

43 - 621,406 - Outer Space Girls

44 - 593,124 - Voodoo

45 - 533,066 - 2 Become 1 (Orchestral Version)

46 - 516,027 - Feed Your Love

47 - 500,150 - Spice Up Your Life (Morales Radio Mix)

48 - 492,905 - Wannabe (Junior Vasquez Remix Edit)

49 - 479,448 - Say You'll Be There (7" Radio Mix)

50 - 452,948 - One of These Girls

51 - 393,000 - Say You'll Be There (Live)

52 - 383,276 - Wannabe (Instrumental)

53 - 377,748 - Wannabe (Junior Vasquez Gomis Dub)

54 - 377,493 - Walk of Life

55 - 373,265 - Ain't No Stopping Us Now

56 - 328,874 - Say You'll Be There (Junior's X-Beats / 2007 Edit)

57 - 300,684 - Wannabe (Motiv 8 Dubslam Mix / Motiv 8 Vocal Slam Mix - Combined)

58 - 296,011 - Who Do You Think You Are (Live)

59 - 276,336 - Tell Me Why (Jonathan Peters Edit)

60 - 270,335 - Goodbye (Orchestral Mix)

61 - 243,269 - Baby Come Round

62 - 227,207 - Who Do You Think You Are (Demo Version)

63 - 210,412 - My Strongest Suit

64 - 206,544 - Goodbye (Single Version)

65 - 204,537 - We Are Family

66 - 200,218 - Viva Forever (Tony Rich Remix)

67 - 198,730 - Take Me Home

68 - 193,778 - 2 Become 1 (Dave Way Remix)

69 - 185,786 - Spice Invaders

70 - 163,439 - Holler (MAW Tribal Vocal)

71 - 162,976 - Too Much (Orchestral Version)

72 - 149,799 - Spice Up Your Life (Ralphi's Radio Edit)

73 - 146,869 - Love Thing (Live from Istanbul)

74 - 144,612 - Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves

75 - 143,812 - Last Time Lover (Demo Version)

76 - 140,347 - Wannabe (Soul Seekerz Radio Edit)

77 - 134,969 - Mama (Biffco Mix)

78 - 129,463 - Wannabe (Dave Way Alternative Mix)

79 - 128,102 - Spice Up Your Life (Murk Havana FM Radio Mix)

80 - 127,871 - Holler (MAW Spice Beats)

81 - 124,300 - Spice Up Your Life (Morales Carnival Club Mix)

82 - 117,539 - Mama (Live from Istanbul)

83 - 116,973 - Holler (MAW Remix)

84 - 116,455 - 2 Become 1 (Georgie Porgie's Radio Edit)

85 - 115,797 - If U Can't Dance (Demo Version)

86 - 113,981 - Something Kinda Funny (Live from Istanbul)

87 - 104,156 - Viva Forever (Tony Rich Remix Instrumental)

88 - 102,365 - Who Do You Think You Are (Morales Club Mix)

89 - 102,334 - Wannabe (Demo)

90 - 99,192 - Holler (MAW Dub)

91 - 96,691 - Stop (Morales Remix)

92 - 96,553 - Say You'll Be There (Spice of Life Mix)

93 - 94,070 - Say You'll Be There (Linslee's Extended Mix)

94 - 93,499 - Too Much (SoulShock & Karlin Remix)

95 - 89,649 - Holler (MAW Tribal Instrumental)

96 - 80,634 - Holler (MAW Remix Instrumental)

97 - 76,758 - Spice Up Your Life (Stent Radio Instrumental)

98 - 64,524 - Love Thing (12" Unlimited Groove Mix)

99 - 54,971 - Spice Up Your Life (Murk Cuba Libre Mix)

100 - 53,761 - Say You'll Be There (Junior's Dub Girls)

101 - 52,715 - Stop (Stretch n Vern's Rock & Roll Mix)

102 - 41,442 - Say You'll Be There (Instrumental)

103 - 41,334 - Spice Up Your Life (Morales Beat)

104 - 41,147 - Spice Up Your Life (Morales Drums and Dub Mix)

105 - 30,798 - Spice Up Your Life (Murk Spider Beats)

106 - 30,181 - Say You'll Be There (Junior's Main Pass)

107 - 27,838 - Spice Up Your Life (Murk Sugar Cane Dub)

108 - 27,066 - Who Do You Think You Are (Morales Dub Mix)

109 - 26,246 - Spice Chat 2 "Shall We Say 'Goodbye' Then?'

= 1,329,359,637 streams (+6,916,358 streams in 8 days)

Increases in 8 days:

1 - 3,597,801 - Wannabe

2 - 563,866 - Stop

3 - 499,296 - 2 Become 1 (Album Version / Single Version - Combined)

4 - 397,862 - Spice Up Your Life

5 - 364,128 - Say You'll Be There

6 - 284,151 - Who Do You Think You Are (Album Version)

7 - 220,987 - Viva Forever (Album Version)

8 - 189,937 - Christmas Wrapping

9 - 130,409 - Too Much (Album Version)

10 - 108,329 - Goodbye (Album Version)

11 - 107,815 - Mama - Album

12 - 58,803 - Holler (Album Version)

13 - 38,854 - Sleigh Ride (B Side Version / Jack Frost Version - Combined)

14 - 35,498 - Never Give Up on the Good Times

15 - 26,335 - Love Thing

16 - 25,548 - Saturday Night Divas

17 - 20,060 - If U Can't Dance

18 - 19,204 - Last Time Lover

19 - 17,678 - Something Kinda Funny

20 - 17,631 - Move Over

21 - 15,468 - Do It

22 - 15,459 - Viva Forever (Radio Edit)

23 - 14,049 - Who Do You Think You Are (Radio Version)

24 - 13,975 - Naked

25 - 10,794 - Let Love Lead the Way (Album Version)

26 - 10,428 - Denying

27 - 8,793 - Say You'll Be There (7" Radio Mix)

28 - 8,435 - Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)

29 - 6,861 - The Lady Is a Vamp

30 - 6,267 - Tell Me Why

31 - 5,152 - Spice Up Your Life (Morales Radio Mix)

32 - 5,035 - Right Back at Ya

33 - 4,291 - Goodbye (Radio Edit)

34 - 3,922 - Too Much (Radio Edit)

35 - 3,641 - 2 Become 1 (Orchestral Version)

36 - 3,275 - Holler (Radio Edit)

37 - 3,222 - Mama (Radio Version)

38 - 2,952 - Feed Your Love

39 - 2,423 - Who Do You Think You Are (Demo Version)

40 - 2,247 - If You Wanna Have Some Fun

41 - 2,164 - Wasting My Time

42 - 2,027 - Get Down with Me

43 - 1,921 - Last Time Lover (Demo Version)

44 - 1,877 - Goodbye (Orchestral Mix)

45 - 1,835 - Take Me Home

46 - 1,682 - If U Can't Dance (Demo Version)

47 - 1,674 - Wannabe (Dave Way Alternative Mix)

48 - 1,661 - Wannabe (Junior Vasquez Remix Edit)

49 - 1,564 - Love Thing (12" Unlimited Groove Mix)

50 - 1,487 - Oxygen

51 - 1,467 - One of These Girls

52 - 1,403 - Weekend Love

53 - 1,365 - Mama (Biffco Mix)

54 - 1,349 - Ain't No Stopping Us Now

55 - 1,242 - Time Goes By

56 - 1,224 - Outer Space Girls

57 - 1,101 - Let Love Lead the Way (Radio Edit)

58 - 1,088 - Voodoo

59 - 1,015 - Bumper to Bumper

60 - 914 - Say You'll Be There (Live)

61 - 869 - Walk of Life

62 - 835 - Who Do You Think You Are (Live)

63 - 779 - We Are Family

64 - 774 - Spice Chat 2 "Shall We Say 'Goodbye' Then?'

65 - 669 - Wannabe (Demo)

66 - 660 - My Strongest Suit

67 - 631 - Spice Up Your Life (Murk Havana FM Radio Mix)

68 - 596 - Wannabe (Motiv 8 Dubslam Mix / Motiv 8 Vocal Slam Mix - Combined)

69 - 595 - Too Much (Orchestral Version)

70 - 559 - Who Do You Think You Are (Morales Club Mix)

71 - 541 - Goodbye (Single Version)

72 - 475 - Baby Come Round

73 - 470 - Love Thing (Live from Istanbul)

74 - 468 - Spice Up Your Life (Morales Carnival Club Mix)

75 - 446 - Mama (Live from Istanbul)

76 - 435 - Spice Invaders

77 - 412 - Wannabe (Junior Vasquez Gomis Dub)

78 - 393 - Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves

79 - 391 - Stop (Morales Remix)

80 - 377 - Viva Forever (Tony Rich Remix)

81 - 360 - Something Kinda Funny (Live from Istanbul)

82 - 353 - Tell Me Why (Jonathan Peters Edit)

83 - 345 - Say You'll Be There (Junior's X-Beats / 2007 Edit)

84 - 280 - Wannabe (Instrumental)

85 - 219 - Spice Up Your Life (Ralphi's Radio Edit)

86 - 202 - 2 Become 1 (Dave Way Remix)

87 - 199 - Too Much (SoulShock & Karlin Remix)

88 - 185 - Wannabe (Soul Seekerz Radio Edit)

89 - 171 - Spice Up Your Life (Murk Cuba Libre Mix)

90 - 151 - 2 Become 1 (Georgie Porgie's Radio Edit)

91 - 132 - Holler (MAW Remix)

92 - 126 - Viva Forever (Tony Rich Remix Instrumental)

93 - 119 - Stop (Stretch n Vern's Rock & Roll Mix)

94 - 110 - Holler (MAW Tribal Vocal)

95 - 104 - Spice Up Your Life (Morales Drums and Dub Mix)

96 - 96 - Say You'll Be There (Instrumental)

97 - 94 - Spice Up Your Life (Stent Radio Instrumental)

98 - 92 - Spice Up Your Life (Murk Spider Beats)

99 - 88 - Holler (MAW Dub)

100 - 72 - Say You'll Be There (Junior's Main Pass)

101 - 72 - Say You'll Be There (Linslee's Extended Mix)

102 - 71 - Holler (MAW Spice Beats)

103 - 69 - Say You'll Be There (Spice of Life Mix)

104 - 68 - Holler (MAW Tribal Instrumental)

105 - 56 - Spice Up Your Life (Morales Beat)

106 - 55 - Holler (MAW Remix Instrumental)

107 - 55 - Spice Up Your Life (Murk Sugar Cane Dub)

108 - 52 - Who Do You Think You Are (Morales Dub Mix)

109 - 46 - Say You'll Be There (Junior's Dub Girls)

I really think it was a big oversight that they didn't include Wannabe demo on Spice 25... it should have been there instead of the Dave Way remix, I think. An average of 83 streams a day... for the version from Spiceworld The Movie... oop!

Sure Mel, post that while I'm putting away another bag of crisps.

Relatable :kink:

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The TV shows I also peeped:

3 Gogglebox | Series 17-18 (Very occasionally x)

5 I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! | Series 21 (Although I stopped watching half way through argh)

6 RuPaul's Drag Race UK | Seasons 2-3

9 The Great British Bake Off | Series 12

11 RuPaul's Drag Race | Season 13

I would say RuPaul UK S2 was my favourite of those, with GBBO just behind!

2 Squid Game

3 It's a Sin

I have pretty much all of your Top 8 in my increasingly huge "to watch" list :heehee: Squid Game was SO gripping and shocking, I was hooked! It's a Sin was sensational :wub:

2 Doctor Who | Series 13

3 Love, Victor | Season 2

5 Good Trouble | Season 3

7 Locke & Key | Season 2 (Not seen this yet but I enjoyed S1 so much, I really need to hurry up and get on with it!)

Love, Victor got even better in Season 2! I'm so glad we have this sort of programme, there was absolutely nothing like this when I young(er ). Good Trouble is so compelling, I find myself getting heavily invested with pretty much every storyline! So strong. :heart: For some reason I always get nervous that it'll suddenly be cancelled, but I'm glad to be proved wrong. Doctor Who - I think it had its highs and lows, as in some aspects of it worked so well (the new companion, & certain supporting characters for the storyline) and others not so much (maybe the fact there are SO many supporting characters that things get a bit muddled and convoluted), but overall I was satisfied with the series and found it an enjoyable way to spend a few hours!

Currently airing on BBC One -

The Hit List Celebrity Specials

Marvin and Rochelle Humes present a special celebrity edition of the music quiz in which pop stars from the noughties must name as many hit songs and artists as possible, with a £10,000 jackpot for their chosen charity up for grabs. Taking part are Atomic Kitten's Liz McClarnon and Natasha Hamilton, Blue's Simon Webbe and Duncan James, and Steps' Claire Richards and Lee Latchford-Evans

I see it as #188 worldwide, not #118? 902,377 streams.

72,716 streams to be #162 in the UK, interestingly only 8% of its worldwide streams!

Germany were loving Wannabe, #50 there with 200,269 streams! 22% of the worldwide total.

Overall:

#50 - Germany (200,269)

#66 - Austria (12,023)

#92 - Switzerland (11,745)

#97 - France (110,190)

#114 - Belgium (15,404)

#148 - Australia (46,988)

#162 - Hungary (4,998)

#162 - UK (72,716)

#176 - Czech Republic (5,810)

#191 - Denmark (19,586)

^ That's 499,729 of the 902,377 worldwide streams it got (55%).

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Congratulations @officialmelb MBE! Fantastic achievement raising awareness on domestic abuse. 👏🏻 #proud #girlpower

Love’s got a gold on my heart :heart:

Not Alex running to someone else instead of Perrie when they found out…

That seemed odd to me too!