MrIndependent

Fall Out Boy and Mark Ronson will be battling it out for the #1 album next week. The former act has more impressive pre-orders, which will probably put them in the running in the first midweek update, however I think the latter act will have larger post-release sales and will hold up more impressively as the week progresses.

Are there any streaming sales missing from today's update? It looks as if there might be.

Also noteable is OneRepublic's 20-5 climb in albums, which would be a new peak for them if it holds up -- Native has so far peaked at 9. Did they have a Google Play deal or some other kind as well?

AATB will be higher than #10. It's #10 & #30 on iTunes, #7 combined, and also currently #4 on Spotify.

Take Me to Church will probably climb into the top ten before Hozier's Graham Norton appearance. Either way, it will provide a really big boost for the track. Radio 1 re-adding the track to their playlist has certainly helped -- it's climbing rather quickly.

If we don't get something from Music Week then I'm hoping Mint Royale will slip us something, even if it's just the sales of the #1s.

I disagree.

Precisely. BuzzJack theory = If it has a penis, then it's undeserving of longevity. These three have single-handedly saved 2014; people should be glad. Certain posters complain about their longevity week in, week out and it's more monotonous and repetitious than the chart runs themselves. And yes, Kylie should be dominating, and everyone should own a copy of the pop classic that is 1989.

Now we all know that somebody doesn't have to have talent to be successful. It's usually a matter of appeal and target audience. Some acts genuinely do get a bad taste of the industry, unorganised and disadvantaged record labels, etc.

+1 Ed and Taylor and their management need to give out lectures and seminars to their lessers on how to promote and manage an era properly and flawlessly.

Yaaasss THE HOLY TRINITY I don't think I'm Not the Only One, Sing & Blame It On Me will be top twenty, though.

Let It Go for top ten PLEASE. I DON'T CAAAAAREEEEEE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAAAAYYYYY LET THE STORM RAGE ONNNNN THE COLD NEVER BOTHERED ME ANYWAY.

There are many reasons why Ed Sheeran isn't overrated; I can bore you with them but I feel it wouldn't be worth my time. I don't know if he will do 200k again this week -- there'll be a big drop off in sales after Thursday, and remember this week is therefore not a full week of Christmas affected sales.

Absolutely not.

Hozier's ascent up the chart is amazing! Take Me to Church hits the top twenty eighteen weeks into its release, and I think it will keep on going until January. Anyone have the full chart run, please?

Thanks Martin as always. I suspect that we may very well get updates on Tuesday and Wednesday next week, but then nothing else until the new year, I'd agree.

George to stay ahead of the typical Christmas stocking fillers such as Olly and Take That, please. Surpassing all expectations. Where are Ed Sheeran's Don't and Sing, please? The latter might not be top fourty anymore, but the former definitely should and I'm surprised it's not listed as a climber.

Albums - Ed on 114k; Sam 71k.

But charts are not based on opinions. They are based on matter of fact circumstances and when analysing where an album may be placed we can look at several things: Nicki does not have a current hit to support her record, there is zero interest in the project, and you only have to look at Roman Reloaded's 47k debut coming off the back of a huge hit like Starships to know that she wasn't going to sell anywhere near as much as you predicted. This week 47k will more than likely not even get you into the top ten, so even if she did have a Starships-sized hit it would still chart far away from #1 what with the Christmas period effect. She probably will not be top twenty on Sunday. I can't even comment on your logic on streaming because one person's behaviour would not impact the charts. In order for someone to 'overstream' a song they would have to listen to it for hours on end. There is not the time in the day and realistically how many people are going to do that anyway?

Ew at that Got No Fans song. Is it supposed to be a campaign to try and stop the X Factor act from reaching #1 or has it just caught on at this time and more and more people are buying it in hopes of it achieving a #1 position? I bet it's a complete novelty track and plummets from the chart next week. :lol: at Uptown Funk already being #1 again.

There appears to be some sort of large Christmas sale on iTunes at the minute: a lot of albums have been cut down to £4.99 (standard) or £6.99 (deluxe), including many recent ones.

Don't for #1 plz. Looks like the totally odd one out from Ed's x singles. :lol: :lol: Being sarcastic by the by... Glad Uptown Funk is gaining quickly on Ben tbh.

51.5k seems absolutely HUGE for Uptown Funk given that it sold around 35k in its first 30 hours last week just after the hype. :o Shockingly high, but extremely pleased -- it's a flawless song.

Plus Ben still has the physical single release on Wednesday, of course.