UK Charts Discussion

[Jase 13,065]

Jase, do you know where is Not Giving Up by The Saturdays with preorders? 

 

Currently #609 :)

[Smithy 2,279]

Sam Bailey outselling ARTPOP's debut week despite it being a cover album, her first single being the second lowest selling winner's single in XF history, winning one of the lowest rated XF seasons and her new single not even charting. Shameful. But then again, I doubt it would have sold this well had it not been released on Mothers Day week. At least all those 67,000 ARTPOP copies were obviously bought by fans who enjoyed it. Sam's album was bought as a Mothers Day gift with absolutely no thought behind it for 73,000 mums. No way is it going to sell well after this week and she doesn't even begin her tour until 2015.

Notice how having a hit single isn't any guarantee for a successful album like it used to? The Saturdays had their first #1 (and their biggest selling single at that) and a further top 10 hit preceding their album and it only peaked at #10 with less than 10,000 copies. Despite Pharrell's Happy being one of the biggest #1 recently and his recent successful collabs, he debuted with very disappointing figures. Shakira had Rihanna on her lead single and managed to get a #11 out of it, her biggest UK hit in 5 years, and all she gets out of it is a #14 album. Now everything is so back to front - the artists with poorly performing singles are ruling the album charts and the artists with successful singles can't shift an album. I'll say one good thing about Adele - she certainly got people to get their finger out and actually buy albums. 2011 was a phenomenal year for all record sales. For once, the anti-piracy crusaders didn't have much to say.

 

Poor gags can't sell either 

[Billy 0]

I'm actually worried that it's so low. 

Do you think her team will put up a pre-order for g.u.y next month?

 

As I'm thinking.. people that have the album on itunes already have G.U.Y so they can't buy it again. 

[Jase 13,065]

I'm actually worried that it's so low. 

Do you think her team will put up a pre-order for g.u.y next month?

 

As I'm thinking.. people that have the album on itunes already have G.U.Y so they can't buy it again. 

 

Nope can't see it, they would have put it up for a pre-order when the video premiered if they were going to

[StrawberryBlond 14,268]

Poor gags can't sell either 

 

To think that despite her shortcomings, she had the second fastest selling female album of the year (and Beyonce only beat her by 2,000 copies) is mindblowing. Female artists had ridiculously bad sales in 2013. Quite a few major stars and anticipated new ones, yet not one of them debuted with 100,000 or even close to it despite some of them having #1 singles at the time. Meanwhile, your typical blokes that women go nuts over just because of their looks (Robbie, Gary, 1D) all managed to debut brilliantly and have prolonged success. It seems there's no loyalty towards female artists, particularly pop artists. Already we're off to an odd start this year with someone as famous as Kylie debuting with less than 30,000 despite all her Voice promo and someone like Sam Bailey of all people, debuting with higher figures than any other female in 2013. I don't know what caused this shift, but for some reason, the public no longer think female albums are worth buying unless they're by someone "credible" who doesn't use s-x appeal to sell their music. It's a serious problem that needs to be addressed.

[Jase 13,065]

iTunes Update

 

 

01. The Man - Aloe Blacc

02. I Got U (feat. Jax Jones) - Duke Dumont

03. All of Me - John Legend

04. My Love (feat. Jess Glynne) - Route 94

05. Changes (Radio Mix) - Faul & Wad Ad & Pnau

06. Anywhere For You - John Martin

07. Happy (From "Despicable Me 2") - Pharrell Williams

08. Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne) - Clean Bandit

09. I'm a Freak (feat. Pitbull) - Enrique Iglesias

10. Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J) - Katy Perry

 

11. She Looks So Perfect - 5 Seconds of Summer

12. Scream (Funk My Life Up) - Paolo Nutini

13. Loyal (feat. Lil Wayne & Tyga) - Chris Brown

14. Addicted To You - Avicii

15. #SELFIE - The Chainsmokers

16. Tsunami (Jump) [feat. Tinie Tempah] [Radio Edit] - DVBBS & Borgeous

17. Money On My Mind - Sam Smith

18. Wizard (Radio Edit) - Martin Garrix & Jay Hardway

19. Human - Christina Perri

20. Magic - Coldplay

 

21. Empire - Shakira

22. Let It Go - Idina Menzel

23. Red Lights - Tiësto

24. Ready For Your Love (feat. MNEK) - Gorgon City

25. Say Something - A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera

26. Drunk in Love (feat. Jay-Z) - Beyoncé

27. Na Na - Trey Songz

28. Shot Me Down (feat. Skylar Grey) - David Guetta

29. Timber (feat. Ke$ha) - Pitbull

30. Feelin' Myself (feat. Miley Cyrus, French Montana, Wiz Khalifa & DJ Mustard) - will.i.am

 

31. Hideaway - Kiesza *Pre-order

32. Your Love - Frankie Knuckles

33. If I Could Change Your Mind - HAIM

34. How I Feel - Flo Rida

35. Nobody to Love - Sigma *Pre-order

36. Word Up! - Little Mix

37. Stay the Night (feat. Hayley Williams) - Zedd

38. Stay High (feat. Hippie Sabotage) [Habits Remix] - Tove Lo

39. There Is No Other Time - Klaxons

40. Into the Blue - Kylie Minogue

 

Bubbling Under

 

57. Turn Down For What - DJ Snake & Lil Jon

59. Brave - Sara Bareilles

63. Waves (Robin Schulz Radio Edit) - Mr. Probz *Pre-order

[craig 680]

No solo females in UK top 18.

Just Katy with a rap feature, and Jess Glynne as guest on a couple songs.

[craig 680]

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-selling-artist-albums-of-2014-so-far-2874/

Top 40 UK albums in Q1. Lorde and Katy aren't doing that well compared to North America and Oceania.

 

Recent releases we have exact numbers on:

Pharrell - 69.2, 29.6, 18.4, 24.0 = 141
Elbow - 46.2, 16.2, 15.7 = 78
Paloma - 37.5, 16.3, 18.2 = 72
George - 49.9, 43.1 = 93
Kylie - 29.2, 12.8 = 42
Sam - 72.6

[Andertxu 2]

Top 10 Biggest Selling Albums of 2014

 

1 HALCYON ELLIE GOULDING 227K
2 BEYONCE BEYONCE 175K
3 BAD BLOOD BASTILLE 161K
4 GIRL PHARRELL WILLIAMS 141K
5 IF YOU WAIT LONDON GRAMMAR 138K
6 AM ARCTIC MONKEYS
7 TRUE AVICII
8 SINCE I SAW YOU LAST GARY BARLOW
9 HOME RUDIMENTAL
10 TRIBUTE JOHN NEWMAN

 

So happy for Ellie! She won't last long though.

 

Kylie's at number 40!

[Sexxx 5,538]

I'm surprised Katy isn't on that list, seems that the Brit performance didn't boost the album extraordinarily high

[SomethingMore 1,701]

I'm surprised Katy isn't on that list, seems that the Brit performance didn't boost the album extraordinarily high

 

PRISM is the 27. best selling album of 2014. Quite bad tbh. Considering Roar was a huge hit and Dark Horse was also quite big.

 

27 - 24 - 52,750 - Katy Perry - Prism - 287,250 - 02/11/13 - 7

 

She won't end up on the Top 40 best selling albums of 2014.

 

 

You can find the full list here :

 

http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=101801&start=50

[Jase 13,065]

iTunes Update

 

 

01. The Man - Aloe Blacc

02. I Got U (feat. Jax Jones) - Duke Dumont

03. All of Me - John Legend

04. My Love (feat. Jess Glynne) - Route 94

05. Changes (Radio Mix) - Faul & Wad Ad & Pnau

06. Anywhere For You - John Martin

07. Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne) - Clean Bandit

08. Happy (From "Despicable Me 2") - Pharrell Williams

09. She Looks So Perfect - 5 Seconds of Summer

10. Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J) - Katy Perry

 

11. I'm a Freak (feat. Pitbull) - Enrique Iglesias

12. Your Love - Frankie Knuckles

13. Addicted To You - Avicii

14. Loyal (feat. Lil Wayne & Tyga) - Chris Brown

15. #SELFIE - The Chainsmokers

16. Scream (Funk My Life Up) - Paolo Nutini

17. Money On My Mind - Sam Smith

18. Tsunami (Jump) [feat. Tinie Tempah] [Radio Edit] - DVBBS & Borgeous

19. Wizard (Radio Edit) - Martin Garrix & Jay Hardway

20. Human - Christina Perri

 

21. Magic - Coldplay

22. Let It Go - Idina Menzel

23. Say Something - A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera

24. Red Lights - Tiësto

25. Hideaway - Kiesza *Pre-order

26. Empire - Shakira

27. Ready For Your Love (feat. MNEK) - Gorgon City

28. Drunk in Love (feat. Jay-Z) - Beyoncé

29. Shot Me Down (feat. Skylar Grey) - David Guetta

30. Na Na - Trey Songz

 

31. Timber (feat. Ke$ha) - Pitbull

32. Feelin' Myself (feat. Miley Cyrus, French Montana, Wiz Khalifa & DJ Mustard) - will.i.am

33. Stay High (feat. Hippie Sabotage) [Habits Remix] - Tove Lo

34. If I Could Change Your Mind - HAIM

35. Nobody to Love - Sigma *Pre-order

36. How I Feel - Flo Rida

37. Stay the Night (feat. Hayley Williams) - Zedd

38. There Is No Other Time - Klaxons

39. Word Up! - Little Mix

40. Crying for No Reason - Katy B

 

Bubbling Under

 

53. Turn Down For What - DJ Snake & Lil Jon

55. Brave - Sara Bareilles

69. Waves (Robin Schulz Radio Edit) - Mr. Probz *Pre-order

[awpy 9]

Happy I heard G.U.Y for the first time on the radio today, think it was on Capital in the UK.

 

BUT.. really annoyed the DJ cut nearly half the song off towards the end, he literally stopped playing it and said 'right thats enough of that'.. making fun of the 'touch me' 'touch me' part.. 

 

[Sexxx 5,538]

Happy I heard G.U.Y for the first time on the radio today, think it was on Capital in the UK.

 

BUT.. really annoyed the DJ cut nearly half the song off towards the end, he literally stopped playing it and said 'right thats enough of that'.. making fun of the 'touch me' 'touch me' part.. 

 

ugh sounds like a b---h

[awpy 9]

ugh sounds like a b---h

 

Urgh yeah, obviously no respect for her. Hardly ever hear her on the radio but when I do they go do this