JADE's That’s Showbiz is aiming for a top 3 debut in the UK

[Teletubby 151,825]

The UK's midweek chart:
01 Ed Sheeran - Play 57,085 (45,388 physical, 8,318 downloads, 3,379 streaming)
02 Twenty One Pilots - Breach (15,732)
03 JADE - That’s Showbiz (12,254)

[Lady Polonia 3,004]

She should get that UK #1

[princedeeblebleble 1,991]

I.. wasn't aware TOP were that big of a band? Haha I just love their music but never realised they were that popular 

[Bronco 12,746]

6 minutes ago, princedeeblebleble said:

I.. wasn't aware TOP were that big of a band? Haha I just love their music but never realised they were that popular 

I mean they have 21 vinyl variants available for Breach 😂

But tbf they did just do an arena tour in the UK. Rock bands still manage really big audiences in the UK, the audiences just don't seem to impact the chart lol

[LadyEnigma 1,291]

I still have yet to understand the Ed Sheeran thing; he always goes #1 but I have met zero people IRL who feel strongly about him if they do they dislike him and I feel like his music is nothing new every time. Anyone here love him or anything and can enlighten me?

[Teletubby 151,825]

3 minutes ago, Bronco said:

I mean they have 21 vinyl variants available for Breach 😂

are all variants available in the UK and other countries? Many artists have most variants available only in the US. 
there are also artists who have multiple variants but are still unable to sell as much.

Edited September 15 by Teletubby

[gagzus 16,086]

14 minutes ago, LadyEnigma said:

I still have yet to understand the Ed Sheeran thing; he always goes #1 but I have met zero people IRL who feel strongly about him if they do they dislike him and I feel like his music is nothing new every time. Anyone here love him or anything and can enlighten me?

Middle age straight  white women is his draw in the UK, and since we’re going through this weird time right now politically his popularity with them is probably bigger than ever

[Bronco 12,746]

19 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

are all variants available in the UK and other countries? Many artists have most variants available only in the US. 
there are also artists who have multiple variants but are still unable to sell as much.

So 15 of the variants arent geo-locked/linked to a specific trader.

There's an Urban Outfitters exclusive, target exclusive & hot topic exclusive - it is possible to import them for the UK but doubt they'd count for the UK charts.

There's 2 "international" store exclusives for non US customers.

And 1 available via Blood Recs. Wasn't ltd edition, but had a ltd sale window like Blood Rec variants always are. Unsure what chart they'd count for. 

So 18 out of 21 were available in the UK.

There was also 3 ltd edition CDs available in the UK via the artist store on top of the regular version lol

Rock bands know how to merchandise.

[LOVEDRUG 10,848]

35 minutes ago, LadyEnigma said:

I still have yet to understand the Ed Sheeran thing; he always goes #1 but I have met zero people IRL who feel strongly about him if they do they dislike him and I feel like his music is nothing new every time. Anyone here love him or anything and can enlighten me?

I wouldn't say I love him, but I do like some of his music. He's simply a great pop artist. He might not be particularly interesting from a visual perspective, but he does have a number of extremely catchy, self-written songs, and always performs live. He's one of those artists that very few people love, but also very few people hate.