Dark Horse

As much as the whole world adores Kylie, this whole 'Kiss me Once' era has been a huge mess-up, from the weak lead single to the lack of promotion to the wrong timing, not to mention the 10$ budget video and her last few performances which were mostly in small pubs and gyms.... all this didn't help her at all... on the other hand, George Michael hasn't released anything since 2004 (apart from some promo singles) and Symphonica is his first new recorded material since 10 years... Kylie just messed up with this release and if her managment doesn't do anything to fix it, then I'm sure that, by the time she releases her nexr album, she would be as relevant as Kim Wilde or Sinitta...

Kylie is the unluckiest music act when it comes to chart positions... So many of her songs reached number 2 and totally deserved number 1: songs like 'The locomotion', 'Better the devil you know', 'Confide in me', 'On a night like this','Love at first sight', 'I believe in you' are some of many of Kylie's unlucky number 2 his which all deserved number 1... She's so unlucky when it comes to chart feats...

It's too bad they have decided to remove Kylie's Into the Blue single version from iTunes... It has killed any slight chance it might have had of scraping the top 10... This whole album strategy was a major Disappointment ... Roc Nation really screwed up what's left of Kylie's career... First forcing her to sing in small pubs and gyms, then not doing any promo during single release week, not to mention releasing the album one week after the lead single which is such a bad strategy in this day and age... Too bad for Kylie, maybe she needs to stop releasing albums and just tour her old songs every 3 to 4 years, until she turns 60, then she will feature on Madonna's 2028 tour ....

given her iTunes pre-order performance and the lack of radio support, not mentioning that her only performances so far were in East London mini- gay bars for an audience of 50 people,I would be surprised if it made the top 20.... Let alone top 5.... Number 22 is a reasonable expectation....

this album is so amazing... I just love 'I was gonna cancel' with Pharrell Williams, this should've been the 1st single, also 'Les Sex' is pure pop guilty pleasure.... but I think the album will definitely go top 3 selling between 30-35 k... She chose the wrong time to release it, I guess Pharrell will be ahead given his current popularity and also maybe George Michael since he hasn't released anything in years....

I don't think that's the reason, Apple. co couldn't care less about it's effect on the UK chart as long as the iTunes store keep selling singles in good quantities .... And I'm sure they will set up their own streaming service very soon anyway...

i think it's too early to start including streaming in the UK chart, especially since download sales are still very high unlike Germany and France where single sales have become very low and irrelevant... In the UK it's a different story so no need to include streaming for now.... As for YouTube views, in case it was inevitable to add them, then only official/Vevo views should count and not 30 second parodies....

the UK chart is just copying the Billboard Chart, after including streaming there will be no high new entries , the chart will be boring and stale just like the US charts where we have songs lingering for 75 weeks and more... I'm sure nobody will care about charts anymore this time next year when we'll still have 'Let Her Go' and 'Pompei' in the top 20....

I think Katy B will sell around 18-19k , which is bad but matches the current sales climate... hope Lisa Stansfield can hold on to her top 10 placing... A few years ago that would've been a lot harder for her.... such a good album.

glad too see 4 British acts in the US Airplay Top 10 (One Direction, Passenger, Ellie Goulding and Bastille)... I'm sure this hasn't happened in a long long time.... :)

they should've chosen one of his underrated releases such as Morning Sun which only reached number 45 and should've been a top 10 hit at least, or maybe 'Be a boy' from Take The Crown caus it means so much to him and is about him ageing and being young at heart which is a more appropriate song for a campaign...

So happy I made it to number 1 !!!!!! :yahoo:

Your Disco Needs You anyone????

great to see 3 British acts in the US Top 10.... Something that hasn't happened in a long time... Hopefully Ellie Goulding's 'Burn' will climb into the top 10 and becomes the 4th...

I want it to go to number 1 but I think it will reach number 8 with the help of the Voice and a physical CD....

yes but after the recent edit 2 weeks ago after Miley reached number 1 thx to a parody video. YouTube views are less of a factor now.

You were almost right, Leona has a slim chance of matching the record this week with 'One more sleep'....

I think One More Sleep is UK's answer to Mariah's 'All I Want...' so hopefully it will show up year after year in the UK top 40, it's an amazing Xmas song And is already been airplayed in many other countries..Xmas classic in the making...

There has been a lot of new releases the past 3 months including some great ones but the problem was none of them could sustain good sales beyond the 1st week, it's the problem with the digital music era probably....

The Billboard hot 100 Chart has become so irrelevant, anyone who makes a parody or gets naked in a video even if the background music was a song by an unknown artist can help the song reach number 1 regardless of what song is playing in the background...As much as I disagree with adding YouTube views to the chart, at least if it was to happen it should be only via the official vevo views and not some random parody video...

that's such a shame given that 'Word of Mouth' is such a solid pop album with 5 big hits and many other potential hits... they are too underrated and being overshadowed by 1D.

Sales are down 46% compared to last year in the album chart : largest year-on-year drop ever... Great to see Ellie Goulding score her second solo top 40 .... Too bad for 1D they were too close to the top 10 :(

great to see 4 Brit artists getting good updates after a long slow period for UK artists: Passenger, 1D , Ellie Goulding and Bastille are all doing great!!!

Lady Gaga made a big drop from 1 to 9!!!! It seems safe now to re-name her new album ArtFlop since there's no potential big hits on it and it seems to be dropping faster than a fat stripper on a pole...

I'm sure he will score many top 10 hits in the future solo and as featured artist....