MrIndependent

Is Bloodstream still at 26, please?

If it's any consolation, Rebel Heart has a great second week in Canada, falling just one spot to #2 after topping last week's chart. :P Elsewhere, Italy is currently her strongest market; Ghosttown is top five on iTunes there.

I think it's best that we expect nothing saleswise. It's disappointing because Rebel Heart is her best music in over a decade and for me it's in the top half of all her albums altogether. However we can only hope that she keeps promoting it like she has been. Unfortunately it's nobody's fault that Rebel Heart isn't selling consistently -- a natural decline is what we can expect for Madonna. Everything else about the era has been on point and hopefully that will continue regardless of chart information.

Veni Vidi Vici, Best Night and Holy Water make an awesome segue with the hybrid of electronic and urban music as well as their references and samples of past Madonna songs. I've been listening to the album in this order: 01 Living For Love 02 Devil Pray 03 Ghosttown 04 Unapologetic Bitch 05 Illuminati 06 Bitch I'm Madonna 07 Hold Tight 08 Rebel Heart 09 Joan Of Arc 10 Heartbreak City 11 Queen 12 Iconic 13 Veni Vidi Vici 14 Best Night 15 Holy Water 16 Inside Out 17 Messiah 18 Wash All Over Me [Deluxe]* 19 Body Shop 20 Addicted 21 Beautiful Scars 22 Borrowed Time 23 Graffiti Heart *because none of these songs fit the remainder of the album soundwise The way that the album is structured starts off really well with the first seven songs and from then onwards gets a bit haphazard. This is truthfully my only critic of Rebel Heart as an album; in terms of quality it's fantastic throughout. I removed S.E.X. and Autotune Baby because they aren't as good or needed, but they still have their moments; the instrumentation of the former song is good and the latter would be much better without the distracting crying baby in the background. Top ten: Devil Pray, Ghosttown, Hold Tight, Rebel Heart, Joan of Arc, Veni Vidi Vici, Holy Water, Inside Out, Messiah, Graffiti Heart (I can't order them, though). This will change frequently. Amazing album etc. etc.

The Kiss Me Once Tour is top ten in UK midweeks. :yahoo:

Shame that I Feel For You and Someday aren't appreciated here; the production on both songs is outstanding. After Dark again but it seems as though I'm the only one voting for it. :lol:

Kylie in the top ten! :o Quite a few new releases at the top end of the album chart this week.

Hold Back The River is #2 combined; I expect it to build up a lead ahead of Lay Me Down and King starting from tomorrow with Chaos and the Calm's release which may give the song additional promo. As a few of you have probably gathered from previous posts, I love Ed but I can't see Bloodstream hitting #1 next week; I don't think a lot of people know about it to be honest however that could change with the music video coming today. It has only had two weeks of airplay. I think top five is likely, though.

James is up to #2 and #48. I doubt he will sell +100k.

Top 20

Also special mention to City Games which should have never been left off any edition of Body Language. :(

I Feel For You is excellent. After Dark

Not bad at all! I do think that Ghosttown is her best shot at getting another hit. There are a number of songs on Rebel Heart that are hit-worthy, but we live in an ageist society where radio won't play them. Ghosttown is however getting decent radio updates in the US so I don't see why it wouldn't over here.

They don't compliment the overall sound of the album. Illuminati isn't an easy listen but it's one of the best produced songs on the album and Inside Out has excellent lyrics; I've seen a few users on other forums say it could be a single. Hold Tight has a strong melody. However I agree that Veni Vidi Vici and Rebel Heart should be on the standard edition.

Graffiti Heart is underrated.

Her performance of Joan of Arc was lovely, excellent vocals. It must be a single at some point.

YAS! Going for a new peak this week and then top five next week following the release of the album.

Glad to see Nick elevating to the B-list. :D

Poor Autotune Baby. :lol: Body Shop was such a WTF moment for me at first but I appreciate the world instruments, the production is great and I've grown to like how she uses her voice in the verses.

It could potentially end up at #6; Marina will probably fall below it and the gap between #7 and #8 is too grand for it to fall any lower. Not looking to be a bad second week at all. MDNA dropped 1-7 with a significantly larger percentage drop than Rebel Heart is looking at.

Due to the grandness of the album I can't even consider doing an individual track rank so I'll do the following instead; I honestly think there are only two fillers out of the whole twenty-five songs but I have listened to the album in full fourteen times since its release last Monday. :lol: Great Living For Love Devil Pray Ghosttown Unapologetic Bitch Illuminati (UNDERRATED.) Hold Tight Joan of Arc Heartbreak City Holy Water Inside Out Wash All Over Me Veni Vidi Vici Messiah Rebel Heart Queen Addicted Graffiti Heart Good Bitch I'm Madonna Iconic Body Shop Best Night Beautiful Scars Borrowed Time Average S.E.X. Autotune Baby I think the album's largest problem is not the amount of tracks but the way in which the tracklist is structured; if the songs were shuffled around a bit it would make for a steadier and more coherent listen. However it is nonetheless absolutely stellar and many of the songs are about as good as anything she could do. Far, far better than the average Hard Candy and MDNA records. EDiT: forgot about Queen. -_- :lol:

I would release the following singles after Ghosttown: Devil Pray Iconic Joan of Arc Addicted could be a single too, however with it being a super deluxe track I doubt it would be, and I can envision great videos for Veni Vidi Vici and Illuminati too.

Rebel Heart is #7.

Great to see Kendrick at #1! Very deserved. Not surprised at Marina's position, and I think she'll be frontloaded too. I'm hoping the physical release of Vulnicura can push Bjork into the top ten after it originally peaked at #11 but I'm not sure if she will be.

I don't think Kendrick will sell many physicals. It's common for Urban and Hip-Hop acts to sell very well digitally. I'm not sure if he will be #1 officially, and I don't think Marina will be either.