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Two albums skipped out an upgrade while Appetite For Destruction went from 4x to 8x. Nirvana - Nevermind - Geffen/Umr - Platinum 9x - Album - 16.01.2025 - 23.09.1991 Nirvana - Nevermind - Geffen/Umr - Platinum 7x - Album - 26.07.2024 - 12.11.2021 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - Rhino/Warner Records - Platinum 17x - Album - 16.01.2025 - 11.03.1977 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - Rhino/Warner Records - Platinum 15x - Album - 26.11.2021 - 11.03.1977 Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction - Polydor/Umr - Platinum 8x - Album - 16.01.2025 - 25.10.1990 Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction - Geffen - Platinum 4x - Album - 15.12.2017 - 07.02.1991 Just a little behind!!

Previous random upgrades for albums. 5/2/16 20/12/18 10/8/20 26/11/21 12/8/22

Random album updates yesterday. Queen - Greatest Hits - Emi - Platinum 25x - Album - 16.01.2025 - 03.01.2011 Abba - Gold - Greatest Hits - Emi - Platinum 22x - Album - 16.01.2025 - 05.02.2016 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - Rhino/Warner Records - Platinum 17x - Album - 16.01.2025 - 11.03.1977 Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon - Rhino - Platinum 16x - Album - 16.01.2025 - 26.09.2011 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend - Tuff Gong - Platinum 15x - Album - 16.01.2025 - 20.05.2002 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms - Vertigo - Platinum 15x - Album - 16.01.2025 - 01.05.1985 Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell - Epic - Platinum 12x - Album - 16.01.2025 - 05.03.2001 Nirvana - Nevermind - Geffen/Umr - Platinum 9x - Album - 16.01.2025 - 23.09.1991 Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction - Polydor/Umr - Platinum 8x - Album - 16.01.2025 - 25.10.1990 Rem - Automatic For The People - Warner Records - Platinum 8x - Album - 16.01.2025 - 30.09.1992 Kylie Minogue - Kylie - Bmg - Platinum 7x - Album - 16.01.2025 - 04.07.1988 Some of these should have been upgraded months ago.

Just Released: Luminate’s 2024 Year-End Music Report. You can view it (and download it) at https://luminatedata.com/ Click on button to go to https://luminatedata.com/reports/yearend-mu...ry-report-2024/ It has 90 pages of statistics and analysis. That will keep you occupied for the next week. Taylor Swift gets 18 mentions (lots of sales figures for her albums). Music is the No. 1 leisure activity in the U.S. with 75% of consumers counted as music listeners. Nearly 1 in every 17 U.S. Rock ODA (on-demand audio) streams was either Noah Kahan, Hozier, Linkin Park, the Beatles, or Fleetwood Mac. Some sample tables to peruse. All data copyright Luminate.

23. The Beatles - Now And Then Why has this track re-surfaced?

It is actually triple counting. Alan Jones mentioned Eleanor Rigby in his analysis last week, as an example. "The crossover between tracks on The Beatles 1973 compilations – 1962-1966 and 1967-1970 – and 2000’s 1 plays havoc with chart placings and consumption figures for all. That is because OCC chart regulations state that the hits title with the greatest sales DUS on a given week is credited with all of the sales-equivalent streams for shared tracks. That means that when, for example, 1 sells better it gets all the compilation streams for Eleanor Rigby regardless of whether the listener was playing it from that or 1962-1966. This week, 1962-1966 and 1967-1970 sold better than 1, and therefore are resurgent, with the former a re-entry at No.59 (2,299 sales), and the latter jumping 156-42 (2,733 sales), while 1 – which was No.55 last week – now exits the Top 200. This rule, of course, applies equally to all artists, not just The Beatles, but the Fab Four suffer from it more than most, especially since the 2023 re-promotion of 1962-1966 and 1967-1970, with the latter, for instance, suffering 46-153, 59-166, 61-167 and 65-156 slides in the latter half of 2024 alone." Eleanor Rigby - track - Platinum Revolver - parent album - Platinum 2x Either 1 - Greatest Hits - Platinum 13x Or Beatles 1962-1966 - Platinum 3x So streams contribute three times for these BPI certs.

Most likely Taylor Swift will get a few BPI certs this year. :yahoo:

The Top 40 favourite Elvis singles as voted for by Radio 2 listeners are: 1. Suspicious Minds 2. In The Ghetto 3. If I Can Dream 4. Always On My Mind 5. Can't Help Falling In Love 6. The Wonder Of You 7. An American Trilogy 8. Burning Love 9. I Just Can't Help Believin' 10. Jailhouse Rock 11. Love Me Tender 12. A Little Less Conversation (Elvis vs JXL) 13. Are You Lonesome Tonight? 14. Viva Las Vegas 15. Hound Dog 17. (You're The) Devil In Disguise 18. Wooden Heart 19. Heartbreak Hotel 20. (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame 21. It's Now Or Never 22. The Girl Of My Best Friend 23. Blue Suede Shoes 24. All Shook Up 25. Way Down 26. Guitar Man 27. That's All Right 28. Blue Christmas 29. Crying In The Chapel 30. Don't Cry Daddy 31. King Creole 32. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 33. Suspicion 34. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear 35. Moody Blue 36. One Night 37. Don't (with The Jordinaires) 38. Such A Night 39. She's Not You 40. Promised Land

BBC Radio 2 listeners were asked to choose between classics such as “Always On My Mind”, “Can’t Help Falling in Love” and “Suspicious Minds” as they voted for the UK’s favourite Elvis Presley song. The station asked fans to choose Your Ultimate Elvis Song to compile a chart of the 40 most popular singles by the King of Rock and Roll, which led to more than 100,000 votes being cast. The results landed on what would have been his 90th birthday, on 8 January 2025, revealing that Presley’s hit single “Suspicious Minds” had come out on top. The top 10 favourite Elvis singles as voted for by Radio 2 listeners were: 1. “Suspicious Minds” 2. “In The Ghetto” 3. “If I Can Dream” 4. “Always On My Mind” 5. “Can’t Help Falling In Love” 6. “The Wonder Of You” 7. “An American Trilogy” 8. “Burning Love” 9. “I Just Can’t Help Believin’” 10. “Jailhouse Rock” Hosted by Vernon Kay, Your Ultimate Elvis Song will count down the top 40 chart and feature words from Priscilla Presley, Elvis’s ex-wife. Your Ultimate Elvis Song will air on BBC Radio 2 from 3pm to 5pm and on BBC Sounds on New Year’s Day, and will feature BBC Archive interview clips with Elvis.

Thanks very much. Great work every week. Really appreciated.

No. See the link.

Now up on OCC web site. https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/t...albums-of-2024/

Why has Blackbird re-emerged? And from 2 albums?

Great quote in this article. "At present, the UK singles charts resemble an empty carousel, spinning in an abandoned theme park in the dead of night, only performing its rudimentary function because someone forgot to unplug it after everybody went home." My English teacher would be pleased with that sentence.

Ed Davey for Christmas no. 1?

Thanks for that info JulianT.

It's now official. Killers - Mr Brightside - Vertigo - Platinum 10x - Single - 22.11.2024 - 09.12.2005 Nothing from the OCC since 9th May this year (5.57m).

Now that The Beatles 1967-1970 has returned to the OCC UK Top 100 chart (no. 54 this week) is it still within the Top 100 YTD listing? Do you have an estimate of it's total sales since 1994 (the OCC era)?

Little Richard - Long Tall Sally This is his first BPI certification - single or album. And long overdue!

Brandon Flowers wrote the words to Mr Brightside at the end of his first serious relationship, when he was about 19 or 20. Back in 2009, he explained to Q Magazine that he discovered his girlfriend was cheating on him in a Las Vegas bar. Comin' out of my cage and I've been doin' just fine Gotta, gotta be down because I want it all It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this? It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss Now I'm falling asleep and she's calling a cab While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag Now they're goin' to bed and my stomach is sick And it's all in my head, but she's touching his [Pre-Chorus] Chest now He takes off her dress now Let me go And I just can't look, it's killing me They're taking control [Chorus] Jealousy Turning saints into the sea Swimming through sick lullabies Choking on your alibi But it's just the price I pay Destiny is calling me Open up my eager eyes 'Cause I'm Mr. Brightside

What's so great about Mr Brightside? I don't get it.

OCC sales are from February 1994.

From BPI, Cliff Richard - Mistletoe And Wine - Parlophone - Platinum - Single - 15.11.2024 - 27.01.2011 Previously, Cliff Richard - Mistletoe And Wine - Emi - Gold - Single - 01.12.1988 - 21.11.1988 So a millionaire. Also announced today, Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Mca - Platinum 4x - Single - 15.11.2024 - 16.11.2004

Beatles I Want To Hold Your Hand being re-issued as a Black Friday special. Ties in with 60th anniversary of USA trip, and documentary on Disney+. Odds of 100/1 though.

Songs Of A Lost World (1-3, 8,755 sales) by The Cure. Total sales: 60,117 - just Silver.