MrIndependent

Led Zeppelin's re-release at #1 in albums :lol: The pre-orders will make up the bulk of its sales and I expect it to sell pretty much next to nothing throughout the remainder of the week, though. I'm guessing Sam and Ed are #2 and #3, but I'm not sure who could be completing the top five. Sadly Imagine Dragons's sales will have trailed off badly, I think.

Why? It's already sold two million copies and will be an excellent catalogue seller; they'd be stupid to re-release it.

I don't think she will go top 40. I'm very interested to see how streaming affects the album chart this week. I think Ed will be #1, Sam #2 (although he will probably be higher than Ed in today's midweek update), with Chris Brown and Tyga entering at #3 and George climbing to #4. I don't think it would be surprising to see the Chris Brown and Tyga album at the top in today's update, actually.

The original version of Bloodstream is already #140 (it was #269 two days ago) with barely any radio airplay and no video yet. I doubt x will be re-released, and it will sell over 2.5 million copies in the long run anyway.

Rebel Heart will sell more than that in its first week. As for Living for Love, she and her record label have absolutely zero reason to care; it became clear from the MDNA era that Madonna doesn't sell singles anymore.

I thought her special isn't airing until 14 March?

However, there are three other versions of the song floating around, and when they're combined it's actually #16. It's unlikely that it will drop out of the top ten by Sunday because the sales gap between #10 and #11 is fairly large, but I fully expect this to be its final week in the top ten.

Thanks for the update! Thinking Out Loud, please?

Kylie - Love At First Sight

Photograph hasn't been released although it was performed on the finale of X Factor which has helped it recently. One is the largest selling album track from x; its sales have exceeded the 200k mark.

Is there any sales info beyond the top five? If so, can I ask how much Ed's x has sold so far this week, please? Edit: never mind.

I'm sure that Doing It was already 59p for a period of time last week.

Why are the Kylie albums classed as new entries altogether? They each have only one week on the chart according to the OCC's records.

The highest new releases which will more than likely come from LuvBug and Bars & Melody will be fanbase-driven so it is definitely a boring week. Is the Kelly Clarkson song out next Sunday? It's useful that she has a Graham Norton performance prior to its release; I don't think it will do very well.

Is Thinking Out Loud #8?

My ranking/thoughts on each: 1 Rhythm of Love What makes this so much stronger than the others is that, whilst there are a range of instruments that are experimented with here, a consistent style is moulded throughout the album and it makes for a solid record on the whole rather than simply a few great singles hovering around some less-than-stellar album fillers. It's mature dance-pop and honestly I don't think I can fault any of the songs. Instrumentation, production and lyrics are always very strong. 2 Let's Get To It I feel like this gets treat a bit unfairly based on what I've read from the posts in this forum. It's an adventurous offering from Kylie as she experimented with R&B, balladry and techno but as a result it feels disjointed as an album. The songs for the most part are strong, though, and there are some great b-sides: Say the Word, I'll Be There, Do You Dare? and Closer, although the latter two songs are largely instrumental techno songs in the same vein of I Guess I Like It and I think putting them all on the album would have alienated and confused fans more than it did around the time. Underrated and ambitious record, though, despite being patchwork. 3 Kylie Standard 80s pop cheese. Not much to really say about it. Again a good album on the whole -- it encompasses late 80s pop music and Kylie's earlier days in all its living glory. 4 Enjoy Yourself The only below average one for me and I think for many others too. There are too many ballads that weaken this one and the annoying thing is that she recorded some good b-sides during this era, particularly Just Wanna Love You and We Know the Meaning of Love, that could have replaced the weaker songs. On the whole it feels quite thin and empty.

Yeah, I don't believe this in the slightest.

Bump! Nice to see Rhythm of Love deservingly having the most votes! :cheer: It's by far the best. Consistent and creative, and such a cohesive dance-pop album. One of her best altogether.

They've all climbed considerably from yesterday's update; there must have been missing sales from somewhere.

Out of the options available I went for the end of October. It's difficult to predict, though, because who knows what promotional advantages could push it back up the charts. I didn't go with August because X Factor starts then and I've no doubt that it will be prominently featured throughout the show.

I think Sam can get another top ten with Lay Me Down, but #1 doesn't seem realistic, in my opinion.

As long as there is a sales-only chart and Music Week and the OCC still publish the totals of pure sales (Billboard and Soundscan have stopped doing this), I'm fine with this decision because album sales are shockingly low and I fail to see how they will improve in the coming years. The album-buying business is not so good, but the music business, in which streaming is becoming a huge part of, is better than ever, and I feel like it's only right that this is reflected in the charts.

Bloodstream, both in its original and remixed forms, is fantastic. Nothing else needs to be said. It's so high already. The original is #486.

High amount for Sam for Tuesday (as well as Ed, for that matter) but he's started to slip on iTunes so I don't think the rest of his sales throughout the week will be as impressive. It will still hold the #1 placing, though, despite the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack being the largest seller overall. Are there any sales missing from today's update?

I voted for Think of Me and Love At First Sight. Madonna's album is better, and then from their first 'eras', if you like, Rhythm of Love is leaps and bounds ahead of True Blue; Like a Prayer is stronger than Let's Get to It even though both albums are solid and reprsented an adventurous shift in sound for both artists. That leaves the equally weak Enjoy Yourself and Like a Virgin, which are both artists' least appealing efforts with some great singles and a lot of filler album tracks.