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May I ask what position adele's 19 is at today? Increased sales to over 20k again last week wonder if it can climb into top5 by end of week again

On the subject of random charting what's the deal with Wilson Phillips hold on? Even at 59p id be surprised if it was enough of perennial to attract decent sales...

I was joking! And not necessarily disagreeing about maroon 5. Wasn't about individual positions and the comment wasn't critical of any person in particular. Just annoying sometimes itunes have such a big share and since they're the only people to allow such close monitoring of sales changes they're probably over emphasized on BJ I understand Martin, I wasn't trying to get at you, thank you for still posting what you have. Just wondered where Dave Taylor and all that extra info went?

I really miss when this used to cover books games lots of other formats and had some commentary- why'd that ever stop? All it is now is the soulless singles and people bitching how its not right anyway as it doesn't match itunes directly (clearly the only place to buy music)

Will no1, no doubt surely? Joe, considering the complete lack of impact of his operatstar win on his back catalogue I can see it being a short lived top40 entry. Adele should be no2 again behind will .she's sort of unlucky with all these no2 weeks!

Interesting. Wonder if subscription rates will change and there will be any lost/gained content?

lots of chat about stock trouble... was in town today HMV had loads of both at front door and so have supermarkets so no excuse now. The way the singles are diving though people may already be starting to lose interest. Incredible Adele has stayed no1 despite this really. Didnt seem to have any of the double album box set anywhere though i wonder if most of its sales are digital?

The only confusing thing is a while ago they said they were going to make an exception and do that for her anyway, though maybe that was only for the decade/all time list. I remember the original BTB charting then when deluxe came out it was routinely higher in the chart but eventually the deluxe seemed to disappear and it was just BTB charting again (thought they had combined it at this point). Technically following their own rules they shouldn't but I think people will cry foul if they don't. Clearly the deluxe is more depleted now anyway looking at last/this weeks sales. Agreed about boxset sales- list them separately at least just too confusing. Same happened with pink recently too. Although there's always the great Queen GH /Platinum collection debacle. For years people thought sales of platinum collection added a sale or proportion to GH1 sales tally- how else could it be so far ahead of everything in the all time list? Then it was announced all sales were completely separate meaning about 8mil copies of it have been sold in various guise! :o if you believe it

Thank you both!

Could i ask for YTD (and TD if you have an estimate) for Eye of the Tiger please? Must be sailing up that all time list. Also where are Rule the World, and Chasing Cars, Mr Brightside in sales these days? and one of your choice Carol (i mean vidcapper, had a countdown moment there sorry :P ) Thanks

Interesting thanks. Funny both figures the same. Is that for Def Mayb and Morning Glory, is anything else included? Must have sold similar in 97 with Be Here Now and Catalogue sales staying so strong for them. I realised James Blunt had the biggest Calendar Year Album (singular) sales (until now) but i never thought he had the biggest Calendar Year Artist Album(s) sales too. Are none higher than this? Struggling to think Tbh. Winehouse sold huge a couple ago, i remember Frank alone sold 350k but i doubt that'd set records. Beatles? Madge or MJ at their peak? Its difficult to think of many artists selling a significant amount of their old material during any active era, and since only a handful of singular albums did over 2mil in a calendar year (and Adele leads that pack) she's probably never been bested. Could i ask where Kate Bush is at sales wise with Director's Cut please?

my bad, I went off on a tangent and confused the issue, I was trying to say the reason we often get summer songs not released to autumn is because they take a while to come over from the US, so the practice is not unusual (although that is not the explanation in this case). I totally agree with your point though she can't win. I feel she would get on better if it wasn't syco though- their cynicism is all over this and I think she would be creatively guided more or afforded more freedom elsewhere, even another big label. I am a leona ballad fan but I also really liked "outta my head" where she was clearly experimenting with up tempo- it sounded fairly modern but not derivative of everyone else .the controversy over the sample isn't great either. Leaving a bad taste. share the same hopes/fears. Sure R1 will A list though. This is a new lead single from her, she's a big artist and they always receive much more Interest. It's usually later singles that get passed over if the campaign is flopping. Also they're already playing it, it should do ok

err no, you're confusing Autumn with the Equinox, which technically should be the middle of autumn (thanks to the ITCZ things run around a month behind but The beginning of September is still Autumn) for a "Summer" song to only start its chart career midseptember (it wont chart until 13th sept) just seems silly to me. But its not the 1st time, particularly when we get US songs late (those thats not an excuse this time). It doesnt have to be a summer song though but it does sound that way. I like Leona but i am disappointed at this stage. We dont need another GaGa/Rihanna - she less predictable doing what she did before these days, and the image doesnt suit her

Not her best work. Seems a bit dumbed down to me, though maybe it'll grow as ppl have said. Reminds me of the Katy Perry Firework school of song writing so should do well despite that. The usual stupid notion of a "hot" "summer" track - released in the autumn!

Wow at 19- I don't think it'll best Beyonce this week though and GaGa will probably overtake the horrors who should still complete the top5 (bizarrely) if they're lucky and drop like a brick next week. It'd be nice if SFTTR could make the top10 I wonder if a video might give it the nudge if we get one and its not too late. I really think Will Young will get his week off Adele and then the Chillis may get a couple anyway unless they have big competition their 2nd week. However that still gives adele another 6weeks or something crazy at no1 and she was unlucky last week with Bey and the week of the foos really because her sales are still excellent. Without a deluxe though I don't think even she can prevail and add to her tally in a quarter 4 market, even if the queen dies and she sings someone like you live or something! :rofl: Take that another album already? No wonder they rushed out progressed I was wondering. Speeding up their normal cycle wonder if they'll throw in the towel soon. Sure we'll get another GH at the very least 1st Good sales for wanted clearly still a force to be reckoned with- until JLS are back at least

My understanding is record companies register how they want a song to be listed, and select a main version

the singles chart is still exactly that- download singles with multiple tracks still exist (only counting as 1 sale), b-sides do (eventually) get combined and "1tracks" are not a new concept to downloads- there were many physical singles where this was done. Also the way you are talking about a main A side or only counting one is missing the point- you are essentially treating the other as a B side then which isn't really accurate as there is a distinction. Downloads have muddied the waters though which is probably why they've died off. You keep mentioning your rules and how you record them- record them where? The OCC already has rules regarding this and if you are recording them anywhere official or for reference you should use these to maintain consistency, otherwise there will just be confusion. Ps iris is currently listed by itself in the top200 I believe, not being combined to the original double A so perhaps its sales are standalone

This! Well I don't have 19 yet but it is only a matter of time. Don't even mind chasing pavements so much now. It was probably just the soul overload that year. It would have been very difficult to predict this level of success and it still remains to be seen where it takes her to. Had anyone predicted this level of success for any artist early on they would have been rubbished "loon" etc

And what's with all the jagger locomotion interest of late? Moving like him, swagger like him cher Lloyd) :lol:

Cheers for the answers. I may stand corrected on the maroontina track then. I looked the kylie boxset up and ordered! Lol. Great deal £10 for 5 albums wonder if it'll chart on the main chart

oh Xtina and Maroon 5 desperate on both parts methinks. Ooh whats the Kylie the albums 2000-2010 one all about?

Yay adele! Wonder what it'll be at by years end. As much as 1.2 maybe? I seriously think with that decline for B she could take back the album crown. B is falling and SFTTR is picking up speed, plus adele s Tue mid multiplier tends to be really high. Close run thing either way I think. Do B have any more promo this week?

One Love's sales suck for the size of hits on and the sheer number of no1s. between that and the bajillion singles and lengthy campaign with rereleases its not impressive really. He's not quite "done a Taio" though RHCP will surely get no1. They are established Rock act, one of the big tourers now and not heading over the hill like bon Jovi quite yet. I'm thinking 6 figures is imminent for a new studio album whether or not they're particularly relevant now. DeRulo sucks. Not overjoyed with B, but lesser of 2 evils in the singles race. Love to see if Adele can sneak some more weeks at no1 over the summer :lol:

could it be consecutive? It'd still need to exclude soundtracks/OSTs to be fair. Prob just random MW - they often cut off records as some later dates now :arrr:

I thought we were looking at a single digit % decline on albums again this year. Encouraged to see their actually up slightly and while digital sales are growing at an increasing rate and finally taking off, physical sales are holding fairly fast. Still love my physical, but I am running out of storage solutions which does make me wonder!