-Jay-

Welllllll overdue! I love funkos so I would have to get these. Wouldn't be surprised if the look of them all matches the Lego outfits but it would be nice if they're a little more inventive with the looks... but I can't see Geri having anything other than the union jack dress, indeed. Unless Geri has suggested a lovely white jeans and cream cardigan outfit? x

Very much looking forward to diving in, and I hope others who aren’t unfamiliar with Conan will take part. Lots of amazing tracks for you to discover!

The previous formats are technically all "deleted" now (they're not available anymore). So the new 7" format should count to its sales without problems. Also there were four formats - CD, Cassette, 7" and 12"! I think OCC can change up which formats count towards a single.

Annoyed that my Amazon signed CD hasn't dispatched yet... I pre-ordered that on 14th May and they can't even ship it out on release date? 😕

Deserved! I wonder if it'll ever be able to have a moment in the charts

Another week of slaying for HUNTR/X

Spotify destroying Saja Boys' dreams of a Top 3 smash with Your Idol, it's so rude of them x I wish it could have gone Top 5 at some point!

I don't like the album... ☹️ .... I love it x

#21 a bit of an annoying new peak position to have (as of last week)! The deluxe vinyl is really bare bones for the price it is. They could have made it better than that.

Pleasing to see '12 to 12' make it into the Top 10 🤩 I'm really not sure about When Did You Get Hot, but it's certainly been having a moment on TikTok.

😍 Happy to see this album at 1.2m!

Unfortunately I didn't do this in 2024, but I can try and find the time to do it so we can make those comparisons!

Love to see it! 🤩 It feels like quite an impressive streak to have six Platinum albums in a row (or in the case of My Everything, 2xPlatinum!).

Comparing the different formats with each other was interesting (to me x), seeing how strongly or not they do. Lorde the lowest on CDs (from artists who had them available), who knew! Cassettes are a weird one to me. I wonder why a few artists get thousands of sales in this format, while some can only manage a few hundred? I think Lady Gaga's cassettes were quite limited for some reason - you'd think she'd have the scope to be up there with the likes of Sabrina and Sam selling 7,000+ cassettes, but she sold less than 2,000. I'm fairly sure Robbie only shifted the rather insane amount of 21,000 because of the signed poster, rather than his fans being crazy for cassettes lol. It was mentioned in another thread that Alex Warren had "poor album physical sales [in week 1]", and sure, 6,527 in the first week is the lowest of those who had physicals available. However it's interesting that the sub-charts indicate that his album is not as frontloaded in terms of pure sales as some others were. Out of 26 albums, he has the 11th best sales chart run and 11th best physical chart run. So he may not have the fanbase to make a big splash in pure sales in the first week of availability, but he's trickle selling quite well. Clearly streaming is his main form of sales though.

Chart Run Comparisons As of 5th September 2025 I'm not looking at the official Top 100 in this post, instead I'm focusing on these sub-charts: streaming, sales, physicals, vinyl, downloads. The numbers to the left of the artist/title, is a points system which is based on the chart run. For instance, a week at #1 = 100 points, down to a week at #100 = 1 point (or in the vinyl chart, #1 = 40 points, #40 = 1 point). The points system is to highlight the longevity of each album in relation to each other. * Alex Warren's chart runs don't include the positions it achieved during the "(Chapter 1)" phase of its release, while Taylor Swift doesn't include its 2023 chart placements. Streaming Chart Runs: 1384 - Sam Fender - People Watching [3-3-10-15-22-34-43-53-66-64-63-58-68-68-59-24-23-41-58-69-79-86-82-77-68-60-66-82...] (28 weeks+) 1334 - Central Cee - Can't Rush Greatness [1-2-4-8-12-20-24-29-34-39-37-39-38-31-43-47-57-66-76-83-97-x] (21 weeks) 1060 - Lady Gaga - MAYHEM [2-3-7-8-15-14-19-20-28-38-45-53-63-76-83-100-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-83...] (17 weeks+) 1040 - Morgan Wallen - I'm the Problem [4-7-9-20-24-28-37-38-42-46-45-50-50-53-60-63...] (16 weeks+) 727 - The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow [1-1-10-17-24-34-44-58-69-75-83-84-90-x-x-97-x] (14 weeks) 685 - Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia [1-7-17-24-31-37-40-52-61-80-88-95-95-x] (13 weeks) 684 - Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid * [2-3-3-4-4-3-4...] (7 weeks+) 545 - Playboi Carti - Music [1-3-13-23-41-54-65-76-88-x] (9 weeks) 224 - Lorde - Virgin [5-25-65-85-x] (4 weeks) 184 - Reneé Rapp - BITE ME [10-44-77-89-x] (4 weeks) 131 - Wolf Alice - The Clearing [15-56...] (2 weeks+) 100 - Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend [1...] (1 week+) 59 - Mumford & Sons - Rushmere [42-x] (1 week) 57 - Wet Leg - moisturizer [44-x] (1 week) 31 - Pulp - More [70-x] (1 week) 30 - YUNGBLUD - Idols [71-x] (1 week) 23 - James Marriott - Don't Tell the Dog [78-x] (1 week) 0 - Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Who Believes In Angels? [n/a] 0 - Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd at Pompei - MCMLXXII [n/a] 0 - Robbie Williams - Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [n/a] 0 - Stereophonics - Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait [n/a] 0 - Taylor Swift - Lover (Live from Paris) * [n/a] 0 - The K's - Pretty on the Internet [n/a] 0 - The Lottery Winners - KOKO [n/a] 0 - Those Damn Crows - God Shaped Hole [n/a] 0 - Tom Grennan - Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be [n/a] Sales Chart Runs: 2211 - Sam Fender - People Watching [1-6-7-7-7-12-15-33-18-27-24-25-16-13-18-11-15-16-21-21-31-38-34-23-46-35-55-42...] (28 weeks+) 1511 - Lady Gaga - MAYHEM [1-4-5-7-8-22-9-22-18-27-29-44-44-23-36-35-67-57-82-69-x-79-63-87-x-75...] (24 weeks+) 1045 - Pulp - More [1-2-8-5-9-14-19-22-18-29-34-50-57...] (13 weeks+) 957 - YUNGBLUD - Idols [1-4-12-10-11-11-8-13-25-29-30...] (11 weeks+) 750 - Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia [1-10-18-19-25-29-24-45-43-76-91-94-88-x] (13 weeks) 736 - Stereophonics - Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait [1-7-20-18-50-56-24-58-43-78-44-77-x] (12 weeks) 712 - Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd at Pompei - MCMLXXII [1-7-11-21-15-22-40-42-77-62-x] (10 weeks) 668 - Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Who Believes In Angels? [1-3-2-13-11-45-30-79-72-86-x] (10 weeks) 657 - Wet Leg - moisturizer [1-7-10-10-20-22-40-41...] (8 weeks+) 588 - The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow [1-14-35-38-75-76-95-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-8-42-69-x-x-x-x-x-x-70-x] (11 weeks) 558 - Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid * [2-9-13-25-28-38-34...] (7 weeks+) 498 - James Marriott - Don't Tell the Dog [1-11-38-39-50-61-59-68-90-95-x] (10 weeks) 471 - Lorde - Virgin [1-8-20-42-54-46-77-89-x] (8 weeks) 386 - Mumford & Sons - Rushmere [1-11-63-36-66-93-99-92-70-x-93-x] (10 weeks) 359 - Central Cee - Can't Rush Greatness [1-6-50-6-x-x-x-x-x-x-83-x] (5 weeks) 330 - Robbie Williams - Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [1-15-31-56-72-x] (5 weeks) 234 - Tom Grennan - Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be [1-22-46...] (3 weeks+) 213 - Those Damn Crows - God Shaped Hole [1-7-82-x] (3 weeks) 199 - The K's - Pretty on the Internet [1-32-97-75-x] (4 weeks) 198 - Reneé Rapp - BITE ME [1-38-72-95-x] (4 weeks) 193 - Wolf Alice - The Clearing [1-8...] (2 weeks+) 180 - Morgan Wallen - I'm the Problem [1-48-74-x] (3 weeks) 175 - The Lottery Winners - KOKO [1-26-x] (2 weeks) 100 - Taylor Swift - Lover (Live from Paris) * [1-x] (1 week) 100 - Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend [1...] (1 week+) 49 - Playboi Carti - Music [52-x] (1 week) Physicals Chart Runs: 2193 - Sam Fender - People Watching [1-6-8-7-7-12-15-34-18-28-23-27-16-14-17-13-14-16-18-21-32-40-36-24-47-37-61-43...] (28 weeks+) 1525 - Lady Gaga - MAYHEM [1-3-5-6-9-24-9-23-18-28-28-44-47-23-34-33-60-54-77-66-x-75-61-87-x-84...] (24 weeks+) 1048 - Pulp - More [1-2-7-5-8-14-17-21-18-28-32-53-59...] (13 weeks+) 947 - YUNGBLUD - Idols [1-4-11-10-11-11-8-17-26-28-37...] (11 weeks+) 751 - Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia [1-10-18-20-24-32-24-42-41-76-91-95-88-x] (13 weeks) 732 - Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd at Pompei - MCMLXXII [1-8-9-22-14-22-38-39-67-58-x] (10 weeks) 658 - Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Who Believes In Angels? [1-5-2-13-10-48-29-82-80-82-x] (10 weeks) 654 - Wet Leg - moisturizer [1-7-10-11-20-22-42-41...] (8 weeks+) 629 - Stereophonics - Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait [1-9-23-19-60-57-26-72-61-91-68-96-x] (12 weeks) 595 - The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow [1-16-36-42-76-86-94-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-41-64-91-x-x-x-x-x-63-x] (12 weeks) 517 - Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid * [2-15-15-30-33-47-48...] (7 weeks+) 500 - James Marriott - Don't Tell the Dog [1-13-41-38-50-59-57-65-93-93-x] (10 weeks) 493 - Lorde - Virgin [1-7-19-38-53-44-69-84-x] (8 weeks) 328 - Robbie Williams - Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [1-15-31-56-74-x] (5 weeks) 315 - Mumford & Sons - Rushmere [1-12-82-40-74-x-x-x-83-x-100-x] (7 weeks) 312 - Central Cee - Can't Rush Greatness [1-7-78-6-x] (4 weeks) 224 - Tom Grennan - Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be [1-26-52...] (3 weeks+) 208 - Those Damn Crows - God Shaped Hole [1-7-87-x] (3 weeks) 202 - Reneé Rapp - BITE ME [1-41-67-93-x] (4 weeks) 195 - The K's - Pretty on the Internet [1-40-97-71-x] (4 weeks) 193 - Wolf Alice - The Clearing [1-8...] (2 weeks+) 174 - The Lottery Winners - KOKO [1-27-x] (2 weeks) 147 - Morgan Wallen - I'm the Problem [1-61-94-x] (3 weeks) 100 - Taylor Swift - Lover (Live from Paris) * [1-x] (1 week) 100 - Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend [1...] (1 week+) 53 - Playboi Carti - Music [48-x] (1 week) Vinyl Chart Runs: 457 - Sam Fender - People Watching [1-6-7-6-7-12-18-x-20-25-26-37-22-27-33-11-18-15-25-26-x-x-37-30-40-37-x] (23 weeks) 278 - Pulp - More [1-3-7-7-10-15-22-22-19-28-39-x] (11 weeks) 191 - Lady Gaga - MAYHEM [1-5-10-13-11-x-15-x] (6 weeks) 169 - Wet Leg - moisturizer [1-6-14-9-20-27-x] (6 weeks) 165 - YUNGBLUD - Idols [1-3-21-31-24-28-17-38-x] (8 weeks) 159 - Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia [1-7-18-18-20-40-24-x] (7 weeks) 100 - Lorde - Virgin [1-7-19-37-x] (4 weeks) 104 - Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd at Pompei - MCMLXXII [1-11-12-36-x] (4 weeks) 97 - Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Who Believes In Angels? [1-30-2-34-x] (4 weeks) 91 - The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow [1-25-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-6-x] (3 weeks) 72 - Wolf Alice - The Clearing [1-9...] (2 weeks+) 71 - James Marriott - Don't Tell the Dog [1-10-x] (2 weeks) 51 - Mumford & Sons - Rushmere [2-29-x] (2 weeks) 43 - The K's - Pretty on the Internet [1-38-x] (2 weeks) 41 - Stereophonics - Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait [2-39-x] (2 weeks) 41 - Those Damn Crows - God Shaped Hole [5-36-x] (2 weeks) 40 - Reneé Rapp - BITE ME [1-x] (1 week) 40 - Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend [1...] (1 week+) 40 - Taylor Swift - Lover (Live from Paris) * [1-x] (1 week) 40 - The Lottery Winners - KOKO [1-x] (1 week) 38 - Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid * [3-x] (1 week) 38 - Tom Grennan - Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be [3-x] (1 week) 37 - Morgan Wallen - I'm the Problem [4-x] (1 week) 23 - Central Cee - Can't Rush Greatness [18-x] (1 week) 23 - Playboi Carti - Music [18-x] (1 week) 0 - Robbie Williams - Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [n/a] Downloads Chart Runs: 2008 - Sam Fender - People Watching [1-3-4-5-11-18-18-21-20-34-29-24-25-14-35-14-12-18-55-45-55-43-55-59-64-41-61-36...] (28 weeks+) 1050 - Lady Gaga - MAYHEM [1-4-5-8-10-16-15-26-41-34-55-51-69-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-29...] (14 weeks+) 951 - YUNGBLUD - Idols [4-21-10-9-14-12-9-14-13-24-30...] (11 weeks+) 928 - Stereophonics - Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait [2-3-15-19-21-47-30-23-15-56-21-37-96-x] (13 weeks) 739 - Pulp - More [1-2-7-9-22-46-50-45-27-65-x-98-x] (11 weeks) 636 - Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid * [3-5-4-12-17-14-16...] (7 weeks+) 633 - Central Cee - Can't Rush Greatness [2-3-17-31-32-x-x-x-14-80-7-x-x-x-90-x] (9 weeks) 623 - Wet Leg - moisturizer [1-10-17-11-29-28-51-38...] (8 weeks+) 600 - Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia [15-1-11-20-28-64-24-45-x] (8 weeks) 599 - Mumford & Sons - Rushmere [2-6-15-22-41-77-77-65-30-x-84-93-x] (11 weeks) 561 - Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Who Believes In Angels? [1-3-3-21-54-65-57-73-71-x] (9 weeks) 532 - Robbie Williams - Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [1-4-15-10-8-55-82-x] (7 weeks) 406 - The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow [1-9-34-33-70-53-x] (6 weeks) 274 - James Marriott - Don't Tell the Dog [1-6-53-x-70-x] (4 weeks) 268 - Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd at Pompei - MCMLXXII [2-16-51-67-x] (4 weeks) 263 - Morgan Wallen - I'm the Problem [4-17-34-86-x] (4 weeks) 263 - Tom Grennan - Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be [2-15-23...] (3 weeks+) 249 - Those Damn Crows - God Shaped Hole [1-9-44-x] (3 weeks) 205 - Lorde - Virgin [5-29-64-x] (3 weeks) 180 - The Lottery Winners - KOKO [1-21-x] (2 weeks) 194 - Wolf Alice - The Clearing [1-7...] (2 weeks+) 175 - The K's - Pretty on the Internet [1-26-x] (2 weeks) 112 - Reneé Rapp - BITE ME [5-85-x] (2 weeks) 99 - Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend [2...] (1 week+) 85 - Playboi Carti - Music [17-100-x] (2 weeks) 0 - Taylor Swift - Lover (Live from Paris) * [n/a]

Me if I see Emma even daring to sign this contract

First Week Sales Breakdown I've excluded Greatest Hits albums (Ed Sheeran, Elton John, Oasis) and albums which had already been #1 prior to 2025 (Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter [Short n' Sweet], Taylor Swift [The Tortured Poets Department], Pink Floyd, Michael Bublé). * I've included Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid & Taylor Swift - Lover (Live from Paris), even though their weeks at #1 weren't their first weeks in the chart. This was Alex Warren's first week as a "full" album which was supported by physicals, while Taylor Swift was a vinyl only release. Streaming - First Week Sales 84,069 - Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl (#1) 37,177 - Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend (#1) 22,614 - Central Cee - Can't Rush Greatness (#1) 21,602 - Dave - The Boy Who Played the Harp (#1) 21,577 - Playboi Carti - Music (#1) 20,124 - Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (#1) 16,984 - The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow (#1) 16,955 - Lady Gaga - MAYHEM (#2) 13,560 - Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid * (#2) 13,377 - Sam Fender - People Watching (#3) 11,187 - Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia (#1) 9,416 - Ed Sheeran - Play (#2) 7,076 - Morgan Wallen - I'm the Problem (#4) 6,437 - Lorde - Virgin (#5) 4,736 - Reneé Rapp - BITE ME (#10) 4,295 - Florence + the Machine - Everybody Scream (#15) 3,886 - Wolf Alice - The Clearing (#15) 2,883 - Mumford & Sons - Rushmere (#42) 2,494 - Wet Leg - moisturizer (#44) 2,142 - 5 Seconds of Summer - EVERYONE'S A STAR! (#64) 2,094 - Pulp - More (#70) 2,016 - YUNGBLUD - Idols (#71) 2,003 - Biffy Clyro - Futique (#71) 1,945 - James Marriott - Don't Tell the Dog (#78) 1,372 - Tom Grennan - Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be 1,160 - Stereophonics - Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait 1,146 - Kylie Minogue - Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) 912 - Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Who Believes In Angels? 907 - The K's - Pretty on the Internet 541 - Robbie Williams - Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 451 - The Lottery Winners - KOKO 370 - Aerosmith & YUNGBLUD - One More Time 307 - Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd at Pompei - MCMLXXII 199 - Those Damn Crows - God Shaped Hole n/a - Taylor Swift - Lover (Live from Paris) * CDs - First Week Sales 194,596 - Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl 40,800 - Sam Fender - People Watching 34,988 - Ed Sheeran - Play 21,551 - Stereophonics - Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait 21,266 - Robbie Williams - Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 20,937 - Lady Gaga - MAYHEM 20,612 - Dave - The Boy Who Played the Harp 18,191 - Biffy Clyro - Futique 18,124 - Mumford & Sons - Rushmere 17,856 - Tom Grennan - Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be 16,192 - Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving 15,991 - YUNGBLUD - Idols 15,476 - Florence + the Machine - Everybody Scream 15,077 - The Lottery Winners - KOKO 12,911 - Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend 12,512 - The K's - Pretty on the Internet 11,967 - 5 Seconds of Summer - EVERYONE'S A STAR! 11,513 - Wet Leg - moisturizer 11,054 - Aerosmith & YUNGBLUD - One More Time 10,472 - Morgan Wallen - I'm the Problem 10,125 - Kylie Minogue - Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) 9,725 - Central Cee - Can't Rush Greatness 9,682 - Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Who Believes In Angels? 9,263 - Wolf Alice - The Clearing 7,898 - Pulp - More 7,430 - The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow 6,376 - Those Damn Crows - God Shaped Hole 5,821 - Reneé Rapp - BITE ME 5,357 - James Marriott - Don't Tell the Dog 5,083 - Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd at Pompei - MCMLXXII 4,195 - Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia 4,182 - Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid * 3,302 - Lorde - Virgin n/a - Taylor Swift - Lover (Live from Paris) * n/a - Playboi Carti - Music Vinyl - First Week Sales 125,592 - Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl (#1) 46,812 - Taylor Swift - Lover (Live from Paris) * (#1) 42,769 - Sam Fender - People Watching (#1) 27,178 - Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend (#1) 15,561 - Dave - The Boy Who Played the Harp (#1) 14,375 - Pulp - More (#1) 13,857 - Wolf Alice - The Clearing (#1) 13,814 - Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (#1) 13,339 - Lady Gaga - MAYHEM (#1) 11,171 - Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia (#1) 10,156 - Wet Leg - moisturizer (#1) 10,103 - The K's - Pretty on the Internet (#1) 10,088 - Aerosmith & YUNGBLUD - One More Time (#1) 9,901 - Biffy Clyro - Futique (#1) 9,510 - Kylie Minogue - Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) (#1) 8,710 - Ed Sheeran - Play (#2) 8,676 - Lorde - Virgin (#1) 8,504 - Florence + the Machine - Everybody Scream (#1) 7,413 - Mumford & Sons - Rushmere (#2) 7,161 - Stereophonics - Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait (#2) 6,618 - The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow (#1) 6,519 - YUNGBLUD - Idols (#1) 5,548 - Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Who Believes In Angels? (#1) 5,140 - James Marriott - Don't Tell the Dog (#1) 4,619 - 5 Seconds of Summer - EVERYONE'S A STAR! (#2) 4,541 - Reneé Rapp - BITE ME (#1) 4,469 - The Lottery Winners - KOKO (#1) 3,691 - Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd at Pompei - MCMLXXII (#1) 3,400 - Those Damn Crows - God Shaped Hole (#5) 2,671 - Tom Grennan - Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be (#3) 2,177 - Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid * (#3) 1,326 - Morgan Wallen - I'm the Problem (#4) 527 - Central Cee - Can't Rush Greatness (#18) n/a - Playboi Carti - Music n/a - Robbie Williams - Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Cassettes - First Week Sales 21,314 - Robbie Williams - Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 15,636 - Dave - The Boy Who Played the Harp 7,683 - Central Cee - Can't Rush Greatness 7,436 - Sam Fender - People Watching 7,214 - Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend 6,043 - Mumford & Sons - Rushmere 5,668 - Ed Sheeran - Play 5,266 - Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Who Believes In Angels? 2,652 - Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl 1,941 - Wolf Alice - The Clearing 1,883 - Lady Gaga - MAYHEM 1,724 - Florence + the Machine - Everybody Scream 1,441 - Kylie Minogue - Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) 1,213 - Biffy Clyro - Futique 1,055 - Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving 971 - Tom Grennan - Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be 800 - YUNGBLUD - Idols 482 - The Lottery Winners - KOKO 430 - The K's - Pretty on the Internet 383 - Wet Leg - moisturizer 340 - Reneé Rapp - BITE ME 316 - James Marriott - Don't Tell the Dog 255 - Pulp - More 237 - Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia 220 - Aerosmith & YUNGBLUD - One More Time 184 - Those Damn Crows - God Shaped Hole 168 - Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid * 153 - The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow n/a - Taylor Swift - Lover (Live from Paris) * n/a - Playboi Carti - Music n/a - Lorde - Virgin n/a - Morgan Wallen - I'm the Problem n/a - Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd at Pompei - MCMLXXII n/a - Stereophonics - Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait n/a - 5 Seconds of Summer - EVERYONE'S A STAR! Downloads - First Week Sales 16,535 - Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl (#1) 8,872 - Ed Sheeran - Play (#1) 5,895 - Those Damn Crows - God Shaped Hole (#1) 5,326 - Pulp - More (#1) 2,941 - The Lottery Winners - KOKO (#1) 2,614 - Sam Fender - People Watching (#1) 2,509 - The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow (#1) 2,463 - Lady Gaga - MAYHEM (#1) 1,923 - Central Cee - Can't Rush Greatness (#2) 1,770 - James Marriott - Don't Tell the Dog (#1) 1,468 - Wet Leg - moisturizer (#1) 1,433 - Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia (#1) 1,370 - Florence + the Machine - Everybody Scream (#3) 1,323 - Stereophonics - Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait (#2) 1,192 - Mumford & Sons - Rushmere (#2) 1,189 - Wolf Alice - The Clearing (#1) 1,182 - Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (#2) 1,080 - The K's - Pretty on the Internet (#1) 1,057 - Kylie Minogue - Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) (#1) 1,004 - Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Who Believes In Angels? (#1) 902 - Tom Grennan - Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be (#2) 825 - Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend (#2) 756 - Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid * (#3) 735 - Biffy Clyro - Futique (#2) 662 - Aerosmith & YUNGBLUD - One More Time (#2) 621 - YUNGBLUD - Idols (#4) 600 - Morgan Wallen - I'm the Problem (#4) 433 - Lorde - Virgin (#5) 391 - 5 Seconds of Summer - EVERYONE'S A STAR! (#2) 384 - Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd at Pompei - MCMLXXII (#2) 368 - Dave - The Boy Who Played the Harp (#8) 205 - Reneé Rapp - BITE ME (#5) 117 - Robbie Williams - Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (#10) [4th week on sale as a Download, but the album's first week on sale physically] 89 - Playboi Carti - Music (#17) n/a - Taylor Swift - Lover (Live from Paris) * Mini-Discs - First Week Sales 128 - Sam Fender - People Watching Blu-Rays - First Week Sales 3,650 - Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd at Pompei - MCMLXXII 431 - Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Who Believes In Angels? Audio DVDs - First Week Sales 755 - Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd at Pompei - MCMLXXII KiTs - First Week Sales 358 - Those Damn Crows - God Shaped Hole ~~~~~~~~~~ Physicals Totals - First Week Sales 322,840 - Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl (#1) 91,133 - Sam Fender - People Watching (#1) 51,809 - Dave - The Boy Who Played the Harp (#1) 49,366 - Ed Sheeran - Play (#1) 47,303 - Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend (#1) 46,812 - Taylor Swift - Lover (Live from Paris) * (#1) 42,580 - Robbie Williams - Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (#1) 36,159 - Lady Gaga - MAYHEM (#1) 31,580 - Mumford & Sons - Rushmere (#1) 31,061 - Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (#1) 29,305 - Biffy Clyro - Futique (#1) 28,712 - Stereophonics - Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait (#1) 25,704 - Florence + the Machine - Everybody Scream (#1) 25,061 - Wolf Alice - The Clearing (#1) 23,310 - YUNGBLUD - Idols (#1) 23,045 - The K's - Pretty on the Internet (#1) 22,528 - Pulp - More (#1) 22,052 - Wet Leg - moisturizer (#1) 21,498 - Tom Grennan - Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be (#1) 21,362 - Aerosmith & YUNGBLUD - One More Time (#1) 21,076 - Kylie Minogue - Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) (#1) 20,927 - Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Who Believes In Angels? (#1) 20,028 - The Lottery Winners - KOKO (#1) 17,935 - Central Cee - Can't Rush Greatness (#1) 16,586 - 5 Seconds of Summer - EVERYONE'S A STAR! (#1) 15,603 - Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia (#1) 14,201 - The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow (#1) 13,179 - Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd at Pompei - MCMLXXII (#1) 11,978 - Lorde - Virgin (#1) 11,798 - Morgan Wallen - I'm the Problem (#1) 10,813 - James Marriott - Don't Tell the Dog (#1) 10,702 - Reneé Rapp - BITE ME (#1) 9,960 - Those Damn Crows - God Shaped Hole (#1) 6,527 - Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid * (#2) n/a - Playboi Carti - Music (#48) Pure Sales Totals (Physicals + Downloads) - First Week Sales 339,375 - Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl (#1) 93,747 - Sam Fender - People Watching (#1) 58,238 - Ed Sheeran - Play (#1) 52,177 - Dave - The Boy Who Played the Harp (#1) 48,128 - Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend (#1) 46,812 - Taylor Swift - Lover (Live from Paris) * (#1) 42,697 - Robbie Williams - Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (#1) 38,622 - Lady Gaga - MAYHEM (#1) 32,772 - Mumford & Sons - Rushmere (#1) 32,243 - Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (#1) 30,040 - Biffy Clyro - Futique (#1) 30,035 - Stereophonics - Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait (#1) 27,854 - Pulp - More (#1) 27,074 - Florence + the Machine - Everybody Scream (#1) 26,250 - Wolf Alice - The Clearing (#1) 24,125 - The K's - Pretty on the Internet (#1) 23,931 - YUNGBLUD - Idols (#1) 23,520 - Wet Leg - moisturizer (#1) 22,969 - The Lottery Winners - KOKO (#1) 22,400 - Tom Grennan - Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be (#1) 22,133 - Kylie Minogue - Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) (#1) 22,024 - Aerosmith & YUNGBLUD - One More Time (#1) 21,931 - Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Who Believes In Angels? (#1) 19,858 - Central Cee - Can't Rush Greatness (#1) 17,036 - Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia (#1) 16,977 - 5 Seconds of Summer - EVERYONE'S A STAR! (#1) 16,710 - The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow (#1) 16,213 - Those Damn Crows - God Shaped Hole (including KiTs) (#1) 13,563 - Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd at Pompei - MCMLXXII (#1) 12,583 - James Marriott - Don't Tell the Dog (#1) 12,411 - Lorde - Virgin (#1) 12,398 - Morgan Wallen - I'm the Problem (#1) 10,907 - Reneé Rapp - BITE ME (#1) 7,283 - Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid * (#2) 89 - Playboi Carti - Music (#52) Digital Totals (Streaming + Downloads) - First Week Sales 100,604 - Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl 38,002 - Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend 24,537 - Central Cee - Can't Rush Greatness 21,970 - Dave - The Boy Who Played the Harp 21,666 - Playboi Carti - Music 21,306 - Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving 19,493 - The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow 19,418 - Lady Gaga - MAYHEM 18,288 - Ed Sheeran - Play 15,991 - Sam Fender - People Watching 14,316 - Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid * 12,620 - Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia 7,676 - Morgan Wallen - I'm the Problem 7,420 - Pulp - More 6,870 - Lorde - Virgin 6,452 - Those Damn Crows - God Shaped Hole (including KiTs) 5,665 - Florence + the Machine - Everybody Scream 5,075 - Wolf Alice - The Clearing 4,941 - Reneé Rapp - BITE ME 4,075 - Mumford & Sons - Rushmere 3,962 - Wet Leg - moisturizer 3,715 - James Marriott - Don't Tell the Dog 3,392 - The Lottery Winners - KOKO 2,637 - YUNGBLUD - Idols 2,738 - Biffy Clyro - Futique 2,533 - 5 Seconds of Summer - EVERYONE'S A STAR! 2,483 - Stereophonics - Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait 2,274 - Tom Grennan - Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be 2,203 - Kylie Minogue - Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) 1,987 - The K's - Pretty on the Internet 1,916 - Elton John & Brandi Carlile - Who Believes In Angels? 1,032 - Aerosmith & YUNGBLUD - One More Time 691 - Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd at Pompei - MCMLXXII 658 - Robbie Williams - Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [4th week on sale as a Download, but the album's first week on sale physically] n/a - Taylor Swift - Lover (Live from Paris) *

Alex Warren did 6,527 physicals, 7,283 pure sales. Also I’m really liking Olivia, but a key factor in Man I Need taking off like it did is TikTok? (What can be considered a “natural way” to become hugely successful, these days?)

It would be great to see it manage a climb into the Top 40! So far there haven't been any Little Mix solo singles that have improved on their opening week (well, technically Midnight Cowboy that was a partial first week).

I feel like BLACKPINK put the group on hold at the point in their career which would have kind of been like Little Mix deciding to explore solo careers after Glory Days, before returning with Break Up Song (i.e. skipping over LM5 era). BLACKPINK give me a sense of unfinished business, leaving their fans hungry for more (so their current tour/single was lapped up). In the western sense of the word comeback, I feel like BLACKPINK resuming group activities doesn't feel like a comeback per se, more that they're continuing things. I feel like Little Mix are in a completely different place with their careers/personal lives. They gave a considerable amount of time to the group before embarking on a hiatus (far longer than countless other pop groups I could think of). It's been 3 and a half years since the hiatus began... they're beyond the point of simply resuming band activities, they'd be in proper "comeback" territory in how the public would likely perceive it... and that needs to be timed well to be successful. I truly don't believe now, or even next year, is the right time for it, to me it feels too soon for them, the public, and for some fans at least!

My feelings on Ava Max... is that she's firmly been in a lane of uncomplicated pop songs for many years, and I personally appreciate that. I actually like that her music is uncomplicated and reliable, in the sense you go into an Ava Max album having an idea of what to expect. There's a ton of male artists who don't pivot in their careers and what's more it isn't expected of them, they serve up more of the same and it's lapped up. Ava Max can be that, it doesn't have to be a negative. I don't want this to sound too harsh, but I've never really been invested in her as the person behind the music, the artist or the personality. I've very rarely watched or read an Ava Max interview, or followed what she's up to on social media. 99.9% of the time I've literally just checked out her music. So I guess in that sense, I'm not a stan. I have loved a lot of her music though and I always check it out. I genuinely don't think the problem with her third album era has been music quality. People can consider me deluded if they like. I feel like it's pretty much everything else surrounding her that puts her career in the place it's currently in. How she's perceived as a person (negative social media regarding her i.e. the perception that she samples constantly). The management/label issues she's suffered. Falling out of favour with streaming platforms. Ava has a solid run of hits behind her, and despite her latest album not doing well, she's not forgotten about in general. With expectations kept in check, I think she can tour. Not as ambitiously as what was proposed this year, and again that strikes me as being a management issue. Hopefully her new team have their heads screwed on and have good ideas for where to take her next. Ava herself might disagree with me on my next point, but I don't think every music artist needs to be a massive star with consistently huge hits to justify being around, not in this day and age. For some reason, there's still a lot of expectations with Ava... but we are 7 years on from Sweet But Psycho at this point. Sometimes it's ok for things to settle into... not being anywhere close to that level anymore. I don't think she's doomed! I think she can remain comfortable in her lane, with potential to do better with her next project.

I'm honestly in no rush for Little Mix to come back together. 3 years doesn't feel like a long time to me anymore, so honestly it kind of feels like it's been 5 minutes since they were last together, to me! I don't think the hype or demand is there for a reunion, not yet. It doesn't feel like the nostalgia factor is kicking in for them at this point. Honestly I could actually see them leaving it until the 20th anniversary... gives them plenty of time to give a lot more to their solo careers, and for their kids to be of an age that they might be able to appreciate seeing Little Mix together. I wouldn't say I like their solo stuff more than Little Mix classics, but I have appreciation for getting music from them all individually, so I'm also not exactly gagging for new Little Mix group material. There's a lot of that to be enjoyed from a decade of releases, so I'm not yearning for more yet.

I'd love the UK album chart to be like this @officialcharts please 🥺 Happy to see sombr achieving a Top 5 album!

Then my message to Spotify is... take your time with resolving the issues, there's really no rush! ❤️

As others have said I would find it interesting if the issue with Spotify isn't sorted out in time for Friday and to see the impact that has, particularly on the level of sales. I would be surprised if it's not resolved in time though. KPop Demon Hunters claiming the Top 3 due to this technicality would be fun to see, and no doubt a few would be up in arms about it. Would be interesting to know if the lack of Spotify is harming Lady Gaga - The Dead Dance. Would it be doing better than midweek #6?