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Hopefully the dates line up. I'm sure there's years they did it prior to the last week of sales and then the official list changed which is a bit misleading! A nice whole day countdown e.g. the 150 would be cool as a chart fan of course!

I wonder could Leona make no1? She is pulling ahead a fair bit on iTunes (which is 48hour rolling is it?) And was very close to avicii's sales on weds mids. Lily has fallen so far I don't know if she'll hold it, and Leona was apparently no1 on other download sites? I think it's gonna be close with the 3. Started the week hoping it was Lily but now it'd be nice to see Leona - a surprise to say the least given the last couple of years of her career and a festive hit would be nice before XF destroys all this week's challengers

Noted. Your welcome. I was posting it as I thought people may be interested but I didn't know all the official names as they didn't say on the night. Maybe if you had bothered typing it in the first place rather than waiting to correct someone else I wouldn't have had to bother but thanks for pointing out my errors and what is "proper". Same view Slick, esp surreal to see Siobhan singing these, but totally wonderful :wub: Really not keen on Laying Down in Swimming Pools though, prob my least favourite of the night (if i'm thinking of the right song)

Leona nearly overtaken Avicii on iTunes and said before was ahead on other download sites? Lily still ahead in mids and has physicals. Could be a real 3 horse race this week (though fairly mediocre sales for top spot whoever I think)

pleasantly surprised at lovegame's cert, and the fact alejandro has made gold. Also Judas over 300k now! Shouldn't be too long for platinum Edge of Glory and Paparazzi hopefully, and surprised Marry the Night hasn't cracked Silver though surely will scrape it soon. Do what you want should manage silver too (eligible sales?) though not sure You and I will be getting a disc anytime soon. Shame. The Born This Way campaign seemed to go really limp at the end ;-(

front post due a refresh? Also some of the certs from the BPI missing there (looks like someone forgot to check page 2 :P ) Singles LADY GAGA - APPLAUSE Silver Certification (Single) 18 October 2013 UNIVERSAL MUSIC (INTERSCOPE) Released 13 August 2013 LADY GAGA - THE EDGE OF GLORY Gold Certification (Single) 22 July 2013 UNIVERSAL MUSIC (INTERSCOPE) Released LADY GAGA - BAD ROMANCE Platinum Certification (Single) 22 July 2013 UNIVERSAL MUSIC (INTERSCOPE) Released LADY GAGA - BORN THIS WAY Platinum Certification (Single) 22 July 2013 UNIVERSAL MUSIC (INTERSCOPE) Released LADY GAGA - JUDAS Silver Certification (Single) 22 July 2013 UNIVERSAL MUSIC (INTERSCOPE) Released LADY GAGA - ALEJANDRO Gold Certification (Single) 22 July 2013 UNIVERSAL MUSIC (INTERSCOPE) Released LADY GAGA - LOVEGAME Silver Certification (Single) 22 July 2013 UNIVERSAL MUSIC (INTERSCOPE) Released LADY GAGA - PAPARAZZI Gold Certification (Single) 07 January 2010 UNIVERSAL MUSIC (INTERSCOPE) Released 06 July 2009 LADY GAGA - POKER FACE Platinum Certification (Single) 07 January 2010 UNIVERSAL MUSIC (INTERSCOPE) Released 13 April 2009 LADY GAGA - JUST DANCE Platinum Certification (Single) 07 January 2010 UNIVERSAL MUSIC (INTERSCOPE) Released 05 January 2009 LADY GAGA FT BEYONCE - TELEPHONE PlatinumCertification (Single) 22 July 2013 UNIVERSAL MUSIC (INTERSCOPE) Released Albums LADY GAGA - ARTPOP GoldCertification (Album) 06 December 2013 UNIVERSAL MUSIC (INTERSCOPE) Released 11 November 2013 LADY GAGA - BORN THIS WAY 3 x Platinum Certification (Album) 22 July 2013 UNIVERSAL MUSIC (INTERSCOPE) Released 23 May 2011 LADY GAGA - THE FAME 9 x Platinum Certification (Album) 22 July 2013 UNIVERSAL MUSIC (INTERSCOPE) Released 23 November 2009 LADY GAGA - THE REMIX Gold Certification (Album) 22 July 2013 UNIVERSAL MUSIC (INTERSCOPE) Released 10 May 2010

Thanks Eric maybe wasn't clear, but doesn't really 1. Explain the tesco bit? 2. I know digital is less of the volume at this time of year but why are people proportionally buying it in larger numbers digitally than physically esp. When she's an established predigital era act?

What does this mean? 9 on digital but 34 on main chart is interesting wonder why?

Oh dear. Artpop lower than Keane and Cliff (!) Released on the same week with not much promo/new material to even back them up vs. Gaga. Also Bubles Xmas album well higher than his new one, he may live to regret doing an Xmas album if it kills the new one every year! Mad domination of both charts by 1D, interesting in chart terms whatever you think of them.

scratch that - used your spreadsheet as instructed - thanks for keeping it updated!

hope it never happens - if he doesn't manage by jan they'll both just trickle and hopefully she'll stay/pull ahead over time thanks VC - do you have a last figure for ritd and sfttr? oh and skyfall if you had1!

Promises Overload Run for cover Boys Hole I'm alright Too lost in you Not afraid to fall? No regrets Push the button Freak like me Living for today? Drink? Flatline Set list from Glasgow if anyone's interested was quite excellent. Kinda dream come true never in my life would I have thought you'd vsee those three on stage again! Keisha did mention they're hoping for a bigger tour next year and the album, few corkers by the sounds already ☺

Aw you've ruined the surprise - we were gonna chip in and get it you for Xmas ;-p That is interesting - Adele would be a request for the future! On that note what is 21, rolling in the deep, someone like you and set fire to the rain at these days? Oh and skyfall? Many thanks ☺☺

Some depressing album figures. Emeli could stay no1 at this rate. Worries about an album not selling 1mil this year? How about 700k? ;-( I don't see 1D selling a mil of their new 1 this year, have either of their albums prior even sold that yet? Don't see Eminem coming near the top - look at that drop off this week and don't even get me started on gaga's decline... Buble always sells frighteningly well in the Xmas run up but his new album hasn't exactly set the world alight (although decent sales and not his normal Q4 release) and his Xmas album is a couple of years out and already had the deluxe cash in so not sure it'll do that much anyway. Although there's a chilling thought - an all Buble album top2 :o

not to be ungrateful but any approximations for Marry the night and lovegame? thought mtn was over 200k anyway...

thanks vid, can rely on you with the sales data! I haven't really been reading the sales over the summer so I know they've probably been dire for weeks. I forgot that Rihanna's all time low was also such a low sales week overall. Last week was even lower still however, and is only slightly higher than that week in '96 nearly 900 weeks ago so you'd think MW may have mentioned. I appreciate the end of summer is always a bad time and inevitably things like Xmas will increase sales significantly as always but it is a downward spiral at the moment and unless download albums can finally adequately pick up the slack we are heading for an all time low (well since 1994 when they started counting properly at least). I would also say in general there have been so few good albums out this year - I thought this last year but it seems even worse - i'm probably just getting old.. :arrr:

I was appalled to see just how low album sales were this week at just 1.29mil for the whole market. I don't remember ever seeing them so low but MW failed to mention it particularly. Does anyone know if they've been lower? Did some digging and found the following from last year but short of reading every MW report since not sure how to find out - anyone have a list of the lowest and know if this is the worst? "Overall album sales are 27.62% down week-on-week at 1,446,218 - that is 23.19% below same week 2011 sales of 1,882,878, and lower than in any of the 640 previous weeks that have elapsed in the 21st century" (Excerpt from MW 16/04/12) Obviously a quiet time of year but should we expect lower, or a recovery? Answers on a postcard!

Sad but true! Would be a nice list though to see how many the big sellers shifted on cd appallingly low these days for most outside the above I'm sure!

THanks for posting and vc for dating. Worth noting that Rolling in the deep had physicals too as well as a few others on the list. Was sold out everywhere so could add a good few thousand. Don't think someone like you had a physical though? Take That's rule the world will have a fair few physicals too and must be getting close and obviously james arthur. Cheryl Cole clearly sold 60k+ physical too as we know she's a million seller. Should add 10-15k to I gotta feeling and edge Bad Romance closer to the million too! Generally the older hits will be more affected by physical sales suppose chasing cars had one too?

Thanks Bre that will be helpful - a bit like Goodelta et al I consider the top75 the main chart so the numbers help!

How does the Adele figure 'date' the list from your figures vc? Sorry I didnt see it ;-(

Bow to my superior predictive powers! Lol didn't even remember what I said originally, had to go back and check. It's weird she's beaten a Beatles record which given their cultural impact is sort of awful but at least not Adele. Surely it'll dip in and out at least a couple of weeks with widepread price cut, I wonder if Adele will re-enter when she's finally knocked down to a fiver! That or '25' is released

Great list. Some good updates on some old rihanna and gaga hits there, could allow an average to be worked out for trickle sales though the +/- 5k probably makes that problematic. Bad Romance now at 990k wow close!

Could anyone append some sales estimates or last known (e.g. vidcapper or his magic spreadsheet?)? We know titanium over the mil and sure sexy chick is over 600k and who's that chick well over 500k. The taped rai one still charting so hopefully there'd be an up to date figure too ;-)

I am somewhat shocked about the Edinburgh situation. Firstly I didn't realise they even had 5 but shutting them all is kind of curious. The whole thing is quite confusing though, it seems the closures are biaised towards the out of town shopping centres which are felt to have poached business away from the old town centres and were originally conceived in part as a solution to the high rents of town centres for companies, so you'd think they may be the more profitable sites. Also note all the "fort" location closures, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Birmingham wonder if its a deal with that particular landlord that s seeing them all shut or if being relatively new they are Universal sites they are offloading. Sad to see Glasgow Fort go, really big and great sound system. Borders shut there a few years ago too, becoming less and less reasons to go. Both the City Centre are good so nice they are staying if surprising though Glasgows shopping district can totally support it. (2nd only to London in the UK). Braehead I'll never see the love for and not overwhelmed by the silverburn store either though I will miss it when I'm there for other things I see East Kilbride (another Glasgow OOT really) is keeping theirs though hurrah! Seems the few remaining mid size Scottish towns that have one are losing it though (Kirkcaldy, Dumfries and Falkirk)