-Jay-

My Top 5s every year: 2012 1 - 563 - Girls Aloud 2 - 522 - Nicki Minaj 3 - 491 - Cheryl 4 - 451 - Rihanna 5 - 249 - Lana Del Rey 1 - 228 - Cheryl - Call My Name 2 - 178 - Nicki Minaj - Starships 3 - 166 - Girls Aloud - Something New 4 - 93 - Rihanna - Where Have You Been 5 - 90 - Nicki Minaj - Where Have You Been 1 - 456 - Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded 2 - 452 - Cheryl - A Million Lights 3 - 301 - Girls Aloud - Ten 4 - 221 - Rihanna - Talk That Talk 5 - 218 - Lana Del Rey - Born to Die 2013 1 - 491 - The Saturdays 2 - 353 - Mariah Carey 3 - 344 - Rihanna 4 - 339 - Girls Aloud 5 - 341 - Britney Spears 1 - 148 - Mariah Carey - #Beautiful (feat. Miguel) 2 - 100 - Girls Aloud - Something New 3 - 92 - Rihanna - Work Bitch 4 - 86 - The Saturdays - Gentleman 5 - 85 - Katy Perry - Roar 1 - 188 - Lady Gaga - ARTPOP 2 - 175 - One Direction - Midnight Memories 3 - 172 - Katy Perry - PRISM 4 - 171 - Girls Aloud - Ten 5 - 168 - Ciara - Ciara 2014 1 - 551 - One Direction 2 - 542 - The Saturdays 3 - 540 - Cheryl 4 - 445 - Britney Spears 5 - 398 - Girls Aloud 1 - 162 - The Saturdays - What Are You Waiting For? 2 - 151 - Cheryl - I Don't Care 3 - 149 - Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down 4 - 133 - Cheryl - Crazy Stupid Love (feat. Tinie Tempah) 5 - 126 - Iggy Azalea - Fancy (feat. Charli XCX) 1 - 382 - Cheryl - Only Human 2 - 313 - Taylor Swift - 1989 3 - 268 - Ariana Grande - My Everything 4 - 256 - One Direction - FOUR 5 - 230 - Iggy Azalea - The New Classic 2015 1 - 758 - Mariah Carey 2 - 497 - Spice Girls 3 - 387 - Carly Rae Jepsen 4 - 374 - Little Mix 5 - 297 - Girls Aloud 1 - 157 - Natalie La Rose - Somebody (feat. Jeremih) 2 - 125 - Little Mix - Love Me Like You 3 - 108 - Galantis - Runaway (U & I) 4 - 93 - Nick Jonas - Jealous 5 - 92 - Little Mix - Black Magic 1 - 327 - Carly Rae Jepsen - EMOTION 2 - 222 - Little Mix - Get WEIRD 3 - 175 - Nick Jonas - Nick Jonas 4 - 171 - Janet Jackson - Unbreakable 5 - 170 - Taylor Swift - 1989 2016 1 - 981 - Britney Spears 2 - 496 - Little Mix 3 - 486 - Fifth Harmony 4 - 463 - Troye Sivan 5 - 427 - Ariana Grande 1 - 170 - Fifth Harmony - Work from Home (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) 2 - 131 - Rihanna - Work (feat. Drake) 3 - 110 - Ariana Grande - Into You 4 - 109 - Calvin Harris - This Is What You Came For (feat. Rihanna) 5 - 100 - Britney Spears - Make Me... (feat. G-Eazy) 1 - 476 - Fifth Harmony - 7/27 2 - 431 - Troye Sivan - Blue Neighbourhood 3 - 424 - Britney Spears - Glory 4 - 404 - Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman 5 - 327 - Little Mix - Glory Days 2017 1 - 809 - Steps 2 - 486 - Ariana Grande 3 - 473 - Little Mix 4 - 323 - Dua Lipa 5 - 314 - Katy Perry 1 - 135 - Steps - Scared of the DARK 2 - 115 - Little Mix - Touch 3 - 107 - Dua Lipa - New Rules 4 - 93 - Katy Perry - Swish Swish (feat. Nicki Minaj) 5 - 90 - Katy Perry - Chained to the Rhythm (feat. Skip Marley) 1 - 410 - Steps - Tears on the Dancefloor 2 - 334 - Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman 3 - 295 - Little Mix - Glory Days 4 - 288 - Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 5 - 203 - Paramore - After Laughter 2018 1 - 1,511 - Kylie Minogue 2 - 816 - Ariana Grande 3 - 654 - Troye Sivan 4 - 415 - Shawn Mendes 5 - 348 - Rita Ora 1 - 167 - Kylie Minogue - Dancing 2 - 140 - Troye Sivan - My My My! 3 - 135 - Ariana Grande - no tears left to ry 4 - 87 - Troye Sivan - Dance to This (feat. Ariana Grande) =5 - 84 - Ariana Grande - breathin =5 - 84 - Kylie Minogue - Stop Me from Falling 1 - 788 - Kylie Minogue - Golden 2 - 575 - Ariana Grande - Sweetener 3 - 414 - Troye Sivan - Bloom 4 - 291 - Shawn Mendes - Shawn Mendes 5 - 206 - Camila Cabello - Camila 2019 1 - 840 - Ariana Grande 2 - 639 - Madonna 3 - 556 - Carly Rae Jepsen 4 - 527 - Kylie Minogue 5 - 482 - Spice Girls 1 - 107 - Kygo - Higher Love 2 - 95 - Carly Rae Jepsen - Too Much 3 - 93 - Louise - Stretch 4 - 85 - Katy Perry - Never Really Over 5 - 83 - Ariana Grande - 7 rings 1 - 486 - Ariana Grande - thank u, next 2 - 463 - Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated 3 - 360 - Taylor Swift - Lover 4 - 266 - Emma Bunton - My Happy Place 5 - 205 - MUNA - Saves the World 2020 1 - 778 - Lady Gaga 2 - 711 - Kylie Minogue 3 - 618 - Dua Lipa 4 - 584 - Mariah Carey 5 - 467 - Melanie C 1 - 110 - Lady Gaga - Rain on Me (with Ariana Grande) 2 - 109 - Dua Lipa - Physical 3 - 91 - Kylie Minogue - Say Something 4 - 85 - Lady Gaga - Stupid Love 5 - 76 - The Pussycat Dolls - React 1 - 555 - Lady Gaga - Chromatica 2 - 485 - Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia 3 - 306 - Kylie Minogue - Disco 4 - 293 - Melanie C - Melanie C 5 - 232 - Troye Sivan - In a Dream 2021 1 - 584 - Taylor Swift 2 - 470 - Steps 3 - 464 - Kylie Minogue 4 - 274 - Griff 5 - 271 - Spice Girls 1 - 67 - Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license 2 - 60 - Griff - Black Hole 3 - 55 - Griff - One Foot in Front of the Other =4 - 50 - Galantis - Heartbreak Anthem (with David Guetta & Little Mix) =4 - 50 - Olivia Rodrigo - deja vu =4 - 50 - Steps - Heartbreak in This City (Single Mix) 1 - 213 - Griff - One Foot in Front of the Other 2 - 206 - Kylie Minogue - Disco 3 - 180 - Steps - What the Future Holds Pt. 2 4 - 172 - Taylor Swift - evermore 5 - 157 - Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR 2022 1 - 446 - Steps 2 - 356 - Carly Rae Jepsen 3 - 337 - Girls Aloud 4 - 260 - Charli xcx 5 - 249 - Kylie Minogue 1 - 69 - Harry Styles - As It Was 2 - 61 - Beyoncé - BREAK MY SOUL 3 - 59 - Carly Rae Jepsen - Talking to Yourself 4 - 57 - Alesso - When I'm Gone (with Katy Perry) 5 - 56 - Rina Sawayama - This Hell 1 - 252 - Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loneliest Time 2 - 234 - Charli xcx - Crash 3 - 196 - Rina Sawayama - Hold the Girl 4 - 180 - MUNA - MUNA 5 - 136 - Harry Styles - Harry's House 2023 1 - 695 - Kylie Minogue 2 - 376 - Taylor Swift 3 - 333 - Carly Rae Jepsen 4 - 322 - Troye Sivan 5 - 320 - Girls Aloud 1 - 234 - Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam 2 - 122 - Loreen - Tattoo 3 - 89 - Troye Sivan - Rush 4 - 87 - Kylie Minogue - Tension 5 - 72 - Troye Sivan - Got Me Started 1 - 461 - Kylie Minogue - Tension 2 - 225 - Troye Sivan - Something to Give Each Other 3 - 179 - Ava Max - Diamonds & Dancefloors 4 - 144 - Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loneliest Time 5 - 122 - Loreen - Tattoo (Single) 2024 1 - 858 - Charli xcx 2 - 710 - Ariana Grande 3 - 574 - Taylor Swift 4 - 530 - Girls Aloud 5 - 492 - Kylie Minogue 1 - 109 - Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love) 2 - 103 - Ariana Grande - yes, and? 3 - 100 - Taylor Swift - Fortnight (feat. Post Malone) 4 - 92 - Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 5 - 91 - Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! 1 - 430 - Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine 2 - 426 - Charli xcx - BRAT 3 - 340 - Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT 4 - 334 - Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet 5 - 267 - Troye Sivan - Something to Give Each Other

Hmm? Generational labels are not new terms or lowly used/known about!

Beyond thrilled that we got tickets @HausofMayhem @lotita!! It's literally all I've been thinking about all day lmao Well done everyone else who has them so far, and best of luck in the general sale for those trying then!

Oh, not too likely to make the Top 100 by Friday then. It doesn't seem like it's going to make it to 5000 sales (and it would really need 5500 to have a good chance of charting). It's interesting to see how many physicals it's sold though! 165 of the 4,525 sales this week so far are downloads and streaming. Which suggests 500-600 sales maximum digitally this week. So its digital support is like 10% of where it would need to be to be a charting hit (without physical boost).

It's such a gorgeous song, hits me in the feels. It does precisely everything for me!

Honestly I believe that all the team behind this release cares about is that they've sold copies and have made the money. That the job is done and they are not paying close focus to what these sales ends up translating to in the UK chart. With each release that happens, I just become less enthused with caring about the Top 100, particularly when it's a side project. It doesn't really mean anything to Kylie's career if it ends up at #54, #87 or misses out. It's sold what it's sold!

Geri in The Sunday Times: “We love each other. I love them, I care about them, we want the best for each other,” she says. “We shared something so monumental. We’ve always believed in each other, had trust in each other, which is beautiful.” Do the five women have a group chat? “Yes, we do.” What’s it called? “I’m not going to say.” I mention the viral video of four of them (minus Mel B) dancing together at the celebration for Geri’s 50th in November 2022. Tight-lipped silence. “My hope is we come back together as a collective. It’s more respectful to come as one.” As in all five? I can’t quite tell if she’s just eager to please or giving me the exclusive. “There will be something. We’ll come as one,” she says. She picks up her phone and waves it at me. “I’m smiling because I got a text from Mel C just this morning. She’s doing her thing out in Australia.”

Yep O2 Priority tomorrow, also Co-Op Live app as an additional for Manchester tomorrow. Mastercard is a "preferred seats" scheme during the general sale.

Annoying that UK prices are kept secret until the moment they go on sale. Good luck to everyone trying tomorrow.... feeling very nervous about it!

A couple of weeks ago, #83 required 6,341 sales. #91 in a week in January sold 5,644. Hard to say what #7 on a Sunday requires. Although there was a week in June 2023 when Sunday's #7 sold 5,200+.

Love Me More is a banger I'm wondering how she'll do in the albums chart this time around. Heavy Love and Greatest Hits both reached #11 (with 6,017 sales and 5,755 sales respectively). Average sales for #10 so far this year are 6,315. The previous 8 weeks of #10s have all been on higher sales than 6,017 (apart from one week in which 6,017 was funnily enough the sales achieved). I feel like Top 10 could be out of reach for her again, unless she's fortunate enough that she picks a week with lower sales across the board. It also rests on this album attracting a similar level of sales as the previous two. Just under 8 weeks to go until it's released! However it does, I'm really happy that she's still releasing after all this time, and that her quality control is unwaveringly strong!

Welcome to the forum melodyofspice It's very nice to see I Want You Back being remembered for inclusion on Now Yearbook 1998

Only the vinyl releases were described as being numbered on the store. Nice that the CD is in a jewel case, wasn’t expecting that after becoming used to card sleeves being the norm! My vinyl is 283/2000 (orange).

I much prefer arenas for the atmosphere (dark when the show begins), and usually feeling closer to the artist!

Well I for one am happy Someone for Me lasted this long! It's always been a highlight of the album for me. A singleton anthem! I voted for Lights Camera Action though.

I neeeeeeed that photobook!

Trying not to freak out… and not succeeding! Would definitely be Manchester that I’d aim to go to, but just one arena date… I’m not feeling confident about the chances. Hopefully more dates will be announced, but the FOMO I’d feel if tickets aren’t able to be secured for the current Manchester date, would be very strong! Also I so don’t have the money for this right now x

Hmm maybe no DVD/Blu-ray after all? ☹️ This link has been discovered on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B0DXJLZ17G

10 years ago already 😮

01 (02) [USA] Doechii - Anxiety 02 (01) [USA] Alex Warren - Ordinary 03 (04) [UK] Sam Fender - People Watching 04 (03) [USA] Chappell Roan - The Giver 05 (10) [Canada] Tate McRae - Sports car 06 (06) [UK] Myles Smith - Nice to Meet You 07 (05) [USA] Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 08 (07) [USA] Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman 09 (09) [USA] Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us 10 (08) [USA] Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else 11 (12) [South Korea] JENNIE - Handlebars (feat. Dua Lipa) 12 (11) [USA] Playboi Carti - RATHER LIE (with The Weeknd) Previous update's 13-33: unchanged 34 (--) [USA] sombr - back to friends Previous update's 34-45: down 1 place Previous update's 47-70: unchanged OUT: from 46 [USA] Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!

InstagramGirls Aloud on Instagram: "COMING SOON… 👀"1,928 likes, 154 comments - girlsaloud on March 25, 2025: "COMING SOON… 👀".Ohhh! Let's go!

Trailer!

We have a new update for Wannabe from the Official Charts Company, it's now on 2,740,000! Source: https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/spice-girls-reunion-world-tour/ Last update we had was 2,400,000 back in July 2023. It's currently selling at a rate that would have it on course to go 5xPlatinum (3,000,000+ sales) by July 2026, which would be rather fitting given that is the 30th anniversary month.

Not holding my breath but it's nice how pro-reunion Melanie C has become over the last few years!