UK Charts Discussion - Track "Applause" here!

[Ozzy8923 9]

She didn't promote over here at ALL, so the public just weren't interested (same thing happened with Madonna's latest album)

As for the Will collab, it it's another party tune, I'm sure it'll do well for him, but that won't be down to Britney. UK radio/the GP seem to be completely over her

Thank You!

Now, if only Britney would promote in the UK. Oh Well. :bird:

[StrawberryBlond 14,263]

Another question, not necessarily Gaga-related, but simply out of curiosity, does Britney get a lot of airplay in the UK? I know Hold It Against Me managed to peak at #6 (I believe sales are around 145K) and Till the World Ends managed to peak at #21 and the rest of the Femme Fatale singles didn't chart in the UK ( :cry:) but it seems like she is REALLY irrelevant in the UK (Femme Fatale peaked at #8 and only went Gold, which I think equates to 100K in sales). I mean she used to have really successful singles here. Even during Blackout which was arguably her most rushed/messy era she had a top 2 hit (Piece of Me). I figured she lost some predominance here during Circus especially after the X-Factor Womanizer performance and the lip-syncing controversy getting her all that bad media (In the US, I've observed lip-syncing is taken more lightly than in the UK).

EDIT: She will have a collaboration with Will.i.am who, I believe, recently topped the UK Singles chart with his latest single. Do you think it will bring Britney back into UK radio/music scene?

Like Jase said, her lack of promotion is a big reason behind her poor sales. It's like British radio won't play anyone who the UK public isn't feeling right now. To be honest, Britney has never promoted much in the UK. Her last live UK performance was on X Factor in 2008, when she performed Womanizer. Despite being watched by 13 million viewers, the highest rated episode the show has ever had, the single still only went to #3. Even when she was successful here, she rarely promoted and we never got many UK tour dates either. Ironically, her Circus tour had the most UK dates ever when the public was officially over her. It seems that Britney's label think the UK has little to no importance which is stupid because ever since her debut, the UK has been one of Britney's biggest markets. Up until 2004, we gave her five #1's (yet she didn't get her second US #1 until a decade after Baby One More Time) and she has a further 15 top ten hits here. Even her third album, the one that America and the world let flop, she got four UK top 10 singles.

She got her last #1 with Everytime in 2004 and then it all fell apart. That massive four year break ruined any chances she had of continuing to perform well here. The UK is notoriously fickle and when an artist disappears for that length of time, it's like everyone forgets about them. A big reason that she got any top 10 singles from Blackout was because her breakdown was so well publicised that the public sat up and took interest...but not enough to get her to #1. I think it's odd how it's when she's no longer the massive pop star that she once was is when the US decided to start giving her a run of #1's (Womanizer, 3, Hold It Against Me). Her management, for whatever reason, have always concentrated on her following in America more than anywhere else, even though she has always had far more international success.

[Ozzy8923 9]

Like Jase said, her lack of promotion is a big reason behind her poor sales. It's like British radio won't play anyone who the UK public isn't feeling right now. To be honest, Britney has never promoted much in the UK. Her last live UK performance was on X Factor in 2008, when she performed Womanizer. Despite being watched by 13 million viewers, the highest rated episode the show has ever had, the single still only went to #3. Even when she was successful here, she rarely promoted and we never got many UK tour dates either. Ironically, her Circus tour had the most UK dates ever when the public was officially over her. It seems that Britney's label think the UK has little to no importance which is stupid because ever since her debut, the UK has been one of Britney's biggest markets. Up until 2004, we gave her five #1's (yet she didn't get her second US #1 until a decade after Baby One More Time) and she has a further 15 top ten hits here. Even her third album, the one that America and the world let flop, she got four UK top 10 singles.

She got her last #1 with Everytime in 2004 and then it all fell apart. That massive four year break ruined any chances she had of continuing to perform well here. The UK is notoriously fickle and when an artist disappears for that length of time, it's like everyone forgets about them. A big reason that she got any top 10 singles from Blackout was because her breakdown was so well publicised that the public sat up and took interest...but not enough to get her to #1. I think it's odd how it's when she's no longer the massive pop star that she once was is when the US decided to start giving her a run of #1's (Womanizer, 3, Hold It Against Me). Her management, for whatever reason, have always concentrated on her following in America more than anywhere else, even though she has always had far more international success.

Thank You, you basically summed up what I wanted to confirm. I also found it ironic that Britney's singles performed very well in the UK before her breakdown and performed poorly after her breakdown for the most part and the complete opposite happened here in the US. She got her biggest digital and radio singles in the US from 2008 and forward. It's interesting. Gimme More was her biggest hit in the US since ...Baby One More Time (until Womanizer came soon after) and the song became her second highest-peaking single in the US at the time, even after the infamous VMA 2007 performance. :rip:

[seana39223 1]

Calvin Harris's new single (feat. Florence) is incredible! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke0wIhiQZMA

[Jase 13,053]

iTunes update

01. Wings - Little Mix

02. Bom Bom (Radio Edit) - Sam and the Womp

03. How We Do (Party) - Rita Ora

04. Harder Than You Think - Public Enemy

05. Heatwave (feat. Ms. D) - Wiley

06. Wonderful - Angel

07. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift

08. Read All About It, Pt. III - Emeli Sandé

09. Good Time - Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen

10. Spectrum (Say My Name) [Calvin Harris Remix] - Florence + the Machine

11. We'll Be Coming Back (feat. Example) - Calvin Harris

12. Some Nights - Fun.

13. Summer Paradise (feat. Sean Paul) - Simple Plan

14. One Day Like This - Elbow

15. Killer (Album Mix) - Fazer

16. Watchtower (feat. Ed Sheeran) [Radio Edit] - Devlin

17. Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men

18. Simply Amazing - Trey Songz

19. Pound the Alarm - Nicki Minaj

20. Black Heart - Stooshe

21. Under the Sun - Cheryl

22. As Long As You Love Me (feat. Big Sean) - Justin Bieber

23. Feel the Love (feat. John Newman) - Rudimental

24. R.I.P. (feat. Tinie Tempah) - Rita Ora

25. Payphone (feat. Wiz Khalifa) - Maroon 5

26. Explode (feat. Dappy) - Cover Drive

27. Too Close - Alex Clare

28. Whistle - Flo Rida

29. Lost in Your Love - Redlight

30. Language (UK Edit) - Porter Robinson

31. Don't Wake Me Up - Chris Brown

32. Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

33. Bangarang (feat. Sirah) - Skrillex

34. Turn Up the Love (feat. Cover Drive) - Far East Movement

35. We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe) - Fun.

36. Wide Awake - Katy Perry

37. This Is Love (feat. Eva Simons) - will.i.am

38. Young, Single & Sexy - Rita Ora

39. Follow Me - Uncle Kracker

40. How We Do (Party) - Rita Ora

Bubbling Under

47. For Baltimore - All Time Low

64. 30 Minute Love Affair - Paloma Faith

84. Angels - The xx

86. Treatment - Labrinth

88. 50 Ways to Say Goodbye - Train

91. Professional Griefers (feat. Gerard Way) - Deadmau5

[StrawberryBlond 14,263]

Rather sad to see Good Time fall somewhat since its debut. Hope it's still in the top 10 this week.

[craig 680]

Rather sad to see Good Time fall somewhat since its debut. Hope it's still in the top 10 this week.

It's risen again, it's like something fishy was going on yesterday. Technical glitch?

http://kworb.net/popuk/

[Jase 13,053]

iTunes update

01. Wings - Little Mix

02. Bom Bom (Radio Edit) - Sam and the Womp

03. Harder Than You Think - Public Enemy

04. How We Do (Party) - Rita Ora

05. Good Time - Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen

06. Heatwave (feat. Ms. D) - Wiley

07. Wonderful - Angel

08. Spectrum (Say My Name) [Calvin Harris Remix] - Florence + the Machine

09. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift

10. Read All About It, Pt. III - Emeli Sandé

11. Some Nights - Fun.

12. We'll Be Coming Back (feat. Example) - Calvin Harris

13. Summer Paradise (feat. Sean Paul) - Simple Plan

14. Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men

15. Watchtower (feat. Ed Sheeran) [Radio Edit] - Devlin

16. One Day Like This - Elbow

17. Simply Amazing - Trey Songz

18. Under the Sun - Cheryl

19. Killer (Album Mix) - Fazer

20. Pound the Alarm - Nicki Minaj

21. Black Heart - Stooshe

22. As Long As You Love Me (feat. Big Sean) - Justin Bieber

23. Feel the Love (feat. John Newman) - Rudimental

24. R.I.P. (feat. Tinie Tempah) - Rita Ora

25. Language (UK Edit) - Porter Robinson

26. Payphone (feat. Wiz Khalifa) - Maroon 5

27. Whistle - Flo Rida

28. Explode (feat. Dappy) - Cover Drive

29. Too Close - Alex Clare

30. Lost in Your Love - Redlight

31. Don't Wake Me Up - Chris Brown

32. Bangarang (feat. Sirah) - Skrillex

33. Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

34. Young, Single & Sexy - Rita Ora

35. We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe) - Fun.

36. Turn Up the Love (feat. Cover Drive) - Far East Movement

37. Wide Awake - Katy Perry

38. Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men

39. This Is Love (feat. Eva Simons) - will.i.am

40. Follow Me - Uncle Kracker

Bubbling Under

53. Professional Griefers (feat. Gerard Way) - Deadmau5

60. Treatment - Labrinth

66. 30 Minute Love Affair - Paloma Faith

82. Angels - The xx

84. 50 Ways to Say Goodbye - Train

93. Wildest Moments - Jessie Ware

[Jase 13,053]

YTD (Singles)

1 - 1 - 1,222,500 - Gotye ft Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know - 1,229,100 - 14/01/12 - 1

2 - 2 - 1,005,900 - Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe - 1,005,900 - 03/03/12 - 1

3 - 4 - 842,600 - Fun ft Janelle Monae - We Are Young - 844,700 - 21/04/12 - 1

4 - 3 - 841,100 - David Guetta ft Sia - Titanium - 893,400 - 20/08/11 - 1

5 - 5 - 775,800 - Nicki Minaj - Starships - 775,800 - 25/02/12 - 2

6 - 6 - 707,600 - Jessie J - Domino - 738,300 - 26/11/11 - 1

7 - 7 - 664,400 - Flo Rida ft Sia - Wild Ones - 664,400 - 04/02/12 - 4

8 - 9 - 584,800 - Maroon 5 ft Wiz Khalifa - Payphone - 584,800 - 30/06/12 - 1

9 - 8 - 574,600 - Emeli Sande - Next To Me - 574,600 - 25/02/12 - 2

10 - 11 - 525,800 - Flo Rida - Whistle - 525,800 - 16/06/12 - 2

11 - 10 - 525,100 - Rizzle Kicks - Mama Do The Hump - 634,900 - 10/12/11 - 2

12 - 12 - 497,400 - Rudimental - Feel The Love - 497,400 - 09/06/12 - 1

13 - 13 - 474,900 - Alex Clare - Too Close - 474,900 - 21/04/12 - 4

14 - 14 - 443,800 - DJ Fresh ft Rita Ora - Hot Right Now - 443,800 - 25/02/12 - 1

15 - 15 - 437,500 - Train - Drive By - 437,500 - 28/04/12 - 6

16 - 16 - 409,600 - Coldplay ft Rihanna - Princess Of China - 435,800 - 05/11/11 - 4

17 - 17 - 394,700 - David Guetta ft Nicki Minaj - Turn Me On - 449,900 - 10/09/11 - 8

18 - 18 - 385,300 - LMFAO - Sexy & I Know It - 839,100 - 30/07/11 - 9

19 - 21 - 384,400 - Cheryl Cole - Call My Name - 384,400 - 23/06/12 - 1

20 - 19 - 382,400 - Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - 391,200 - 05/11/11 - 8

21 - 22 - 382,200 - Rita Ora ft Tinie Tempah - R.I.P. - 382,200 - 19/05/12 - 1

22 - 20 - 380,800 - Sean Paul - She Doesn't Mind - 380,800 - 31/03/12 - 2

23 - 23 - 378,400 - Rihanna - Where Have You Been - 391,100 - 03/12/11 - 6

24 - 24 - 363,100 - Tulisa - Young - 363,100 - 12/05/12 - 1

25 - 29 - 360,400 - Florence & The Machine - Spectrum - 361,900 - 14/07/12 - 1

26 - 26 - 350,600 - Will.I.Am ft Eva Simons - This Is Love - 350,600 - 07/07/12 - 1

27 - 27 - 348,500 - Chris Brown - Don't Wake Me Up - 348,500 - 07/07/12 - 2

28 - 28 - 348,400 - Stooshe - Black Heart - 348,400 - 30/06/12 - 3

29 - 25 - 347,100 - Flo Rida - Good Feeling - 695,000 - 26/11/11 - 1

30 - 30 - 329,600 - Jay-Z & Kanye West - Niggas In Paris - 337,600 - 18/02/12 - 10

31 - 31 - 327,800 - Azealia Banks - 212 - 332,900 - 17/12/11 - 12

32 - 32 - 320,900 - Coldplay - Paradise - 849,000 - 05/11/11 - 1

33 - 33 - 319,400 - Katy Perry - Part Of Me - 319,400 - 31/03/12 - 1

34 - 34 - 309,800 - Gary Barlow - Sing - 309,800 - 09/06/12 - 1

35 - 35 - 301,800 - Alyssa Reid ft Jump Smokers - Alone Again - 301,800 - 11/02/12 - 2

36 - 36 - 301,700 - Labrinth ft Tinie Tempah - Earthquake - 801,000 - 05/11/11 - 7

37 - 37 - 295,000 - Avicii - Levels - 523,000 - 03/12/11 - 4

38 - 38 - 286,600 - Olly Murs - Dance With Me Tonight - 626,800 - 03/12/11 - 2

39 - 39 - 282,700 - Jessie J ft David Guetta - Laserlight - 282,700 - 21/04/12 - 5

40 - 40 - 282,500 - Maroon 5 / Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger - 1,326,100 - 27/08/11 - 11

41 - 41 - 277,900 - Cover Drive - Twilight - 277,900 - 04/02/12 - 1

42 - 42 - 277,300 - Drake ft Rihanna - Take Care - 442,800 - 26/11/11 - 18

43 - 51 - 276,600 - Wiley ft Ms D - Heatwave - 276,600 - 11/08/12 - 1

44 - 44 - 274,600 - Rihanna ft Calvin Harris - We Found Love - 1,176,900 - 15/10/11 - 5

45 - 43 - 274,300 - Ed Sheeran - Drunk - 295,700 - 24/09/11 - 9

46 - 45 - 272,100 - Calvin Harris ft Ne-Yo - Let's Go - 272,100 - 05/05/12 - 2

47 - 47 - 261,900 - Chris Brown - Turn Up The Music - 261,900 - 07/04/12 - 1

48 - 46 - 261,300 - Pitbull Ft Chris Brown - International Love - 281,400 - 24/12/11 - 10

49 - 48 - 260,600 - Lloyd ft Andre 3000 & Lil Wayne - Dedication To My Ex - 419,200 - 17/12/11 - 5

50 - 49 - 251,200 - Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up - 251,200 - 24/03/12 - 13

YTD (Albums)

1 - 1 - 653,200 - Adele - 21 - 4,425,500 - 05/02/11 - 1

2 - 2 - 646,900 - Emeli Sande - Our Version Of Events - 646,900 - 25/02/12 - 1

3 - 3 - 529,100 - Lana Del Rey - Born To Die - 529,100 - 11/02/12 - 1

4 - 4 - 518,000 - Ed Sheeran - + - 1,309,500 - 24/09/11 - 1

5 - 5 - 358,300 - Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto - 1,266,000 - 05/11/11 - 2

6 - 6 - 316,200 - Jessie J - Who You Are - 1,121,400 - 12/03/11 - 4

7 - 7 - 279,900 - David Guetta - Nothing But The Beat - 541,500 - 10/09/11 - 2

8 - 8 - 269,800 - Rihanna - Talk That Talk - 925,200 - 03/12/11 - 1

9 - 9 - 239,500 - Olly Murs - In Case You Didn't Know - 837,400 - 10/12/11 - 4

10 - 10 - 237,400 - Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans - 1,458,600 - 30/10/10 - 1

11 - 11 - 214,200 - Gotye - Making Mirrors - 214,200 - 25/02/12 - 4

12 - 12 - 213,800 - One Direction - Up All Night - 682,000 - 03/12/11 - 8

13 - 13 - 205,800 - Rizzle Kicks - Stereo Typical - 319,300 - 12/11/11 - 5

14 - 14 - 203,800 - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - 696,200 - 29/10/11 - 8

15 - 15 - 197,600 - Military Wives - In My Dreams - 197,600 - 17/03/12 - 1

16 - 16 - 192,400 - Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball - 192,400 - 17/03/12 - 1

17 - 17 - 191,600 - Adele - 19 - 2,132,300 - 09/02/08 - 7

18 - 18 - 186,500 - Maverick Sabre - Lonely Are The Brave - 186,500 - 18/02/12 - 2

19 - 19 - 186,400 - Ben Howard - Every Kingdom - 254,800 - 15/10/11 - 6

20 - 20 - 182,800 - Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday Roman Reloaded - 182,800 - 14/04/12 - 1

21 - 21 - 182,000 - Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials - 566,300 - 12/11/11 - 8

22 - 22 - 176,900 - Gary Barlow - Sing - 176,900 - 09/06/12 - 1

23 - 25 - 173,800 - Paloma Faith - Fall To Grace - 173,800 - 09/06/12 - 2

24 - 23 - 171,400 - Bee Gees - Number Ones - 258,400 - 13/11/04 - 4

25 - 24 - 160,600 - Rebecca Ferguson - Heaven - 536,600 - 17/12/11 - 6

26 - 27 - 158,700 - Black Keys - El Camino - 216,600 - 17/12/11 - 7

27 - 26 - 154,900 - Katy Perry - Teenage Dream - 1,077,500 - 11/09/10 - 6

28 - 28 - 152,700 - LMFAO - Sorry For Party Rocking - 242,200 - 30/07/11 - 13

29 - 29 - 151,300 - Keane - Strangeland - 151,300 - 19/05/12 - 1

30 - 30 - 143,300 - Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch The Throne - 253,600 - 20/08/11 - 7

31 - 31 - 139,400 - Whitney Houston - Ultimate Collection - 1,078,400 - 10/11/07 - 70

32 - 32 - 128,100 - Kelly Clarkson - Stronger - 241,800 - 05/11/11 - 21

33 - 34 - 126,800 - Maroon 5 - Overexposed - 126,800 - 07/07/12 - 2

34 - 33 - 121,700 - Madonna - MDNA - 121,700 - 07/04/12 - 1

35 - 35 - 120,200 - Vaccines - What Did You Expect… - 333,800 - 26/03/11 - 6

36 - 36 - 117,600 - Amy Winehouse - Lioness : Hidden Treasures - 755,700 - 17/12/11 - 5

37 - 38 - 115,200 - Drake - Take Care - 258,300 - 26/11/11 - 19

38 - 37 - 115,000 - Beyonce - 4 - 566,200 - 09/07/11 - 5

39 - 40 - 110,800 - Labrinth - Electronic Earth - 110,800 - 14/04/12 - 2

40 - 39 - 109,900 - Rihanna - Loud - 1,826,300 - 27/11/10 - 19

41 - 41 - 106,800 - Jack White - Blunderbuss - 106,800 - 05/05/12 - 1

42 - 42 - 104,800 - Will Young - Echoes - 486,400 - 03/09/11 - 12

43 - 44 - 102,800 - Train - California 37 - 102,800 - 28/04/12 - 7

44 - 43 - 101,400 - Lady Gaga - Born This Way - 922,700 - 04/06/11 - 11

45 - 45 - 96,300 - Kasabian - Velociraptor! - 375,300 - 01/10/11 - 9

46 - 52 - 95,000 - Amy McDonald - Life In A Beautiful Light - 95,000 - 23/06/12 - 2

47 - 46 - 94,500 - Chase & Status - No More Idols - 556,500 - 12/02/11 - 26

48 - 47 - 93,300 - Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again - 93,300 - 24/03/12 - 4

49 - 48 - 92,900 - Paul Simon - Graceland - 108,600 - 05/11/11 - 4

50 - 49 - 92,600 - Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday - 324,100 - 04/12/10 - 28

[SomethingMore 1,701]

44 - 43 - 101,400 - Lady Gaga - Born This Way - 922,700 - 04/06/11 - 11

Yes! Finally we can see BTW's status. So it will be at 923k before the tour. After BTWB it should be at around 928k hopefully! I'm expecting it to cross 950k this year! and than with ARTPOP promo and all 1,000,000!!

[Jim 1]

Yes! Finally we can see BTW's status. So it will be at 923k before the tour. After BTWB it should be at around 928k hopefully! I'm expecting it to cross 950k this year! and than with ARTPOP promo and all 1,000,000!!

I'm sure it'll sell more than 5k after the tour. :confused:

[Sexxx 5,538]

With FAME being on TV and her making two appearances in the UK, sales will be better.

Hopefully.

[seana39223 1]

Cant wait until it tops the 1 million with GaGa saying her next album is about love and having a good time, it is likley that ARTPOP will do well here at least

[Jase 13,053]

iTunes update

01. Wings - Little Mix

02. Bom Bom (Radio Edit) - Sam and the Womp

03. Harder Than You Think - Public Enemy

04. How We Do (Party) - Rita Ora

05. Good Time - Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen

06. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift

07. Wonderful - Angel

08. Heatwave (feat. Ms. D) - Wiley

09. Spectrum (Say My Name) [Calvin Harris Remix] - Florence + the Machine

10. Read All About It, Pt. III - Emeli Sandé

11. Some Nights - Fun.

12. We'll Be Coming Back (feat. Example) - Calvin Harris

13. Summer Paradise (feat. Sean Paul) - Simple Plan

14. Under the Sun - Cheryl

15. Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men

16. Watchtower (feat. Ed Sheeran) [Radio Edit] - Devlin

17. Simply Amazing - Trey Songz

18. Pound the Alarm - Nicki Minaj

19. Killer (Album Mix) - Fazer

20. As Long As You Love Me (feat. Big Sean) - Justin Bieber

21. One Day Like This - Elbow

22. Black Heart - Stooshe

23. Feel the Love (feat. John Newman) - Rudimental

24. R.I.P. (feat. Tinie Tempah) - Rita Ora

25. Language (UK Edit) - Porter Robinson

26. Lost in Your Love - Redlight

27. Don't Wake Me Up - Chris Brown

28. Payphone (feat. Wiz Khalifa) - Maroon 5

29. Too Close - Alex Clare

30. Whistle - Flo Rida

31. Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

32. Bangarang (feat. Sirah) - Skrillex

33. Explode (feat. Dappy) - Cover Drive

34. Young, Single & Sexy - Rita Ora

35. Wide Awake - Katy Perry

36. We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe) - Fun.

37. Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men

38. Turn Up the Love (feat. Cover Drive) - Far East Movement

39. Follow Me - Uncle Kracker

40. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum

Bubbling Under

50. Professional Griefers (feat. Gerard Way) - Deadmau5

53. Treatment - Labrinth

63. Angels - The xx

64. 30 Minute Love Affair - Paloma Faith

79. Million Voices - Otto Knows

84. Deepest Shame - Plan B

91. 50 Ways to Say Goodbye - Train

[StrawberryBlond 14,263]

What happened to the Lucy Spraggen song? Did it get deleted because she's in X Factor now and can't release independent songs while she's a contestant?