UK Charts/ Midweeks 2019

[Pingu]

What’s with Bad Guy climbing again?

 

[lolly]

What’s with Bad Guy climbing again?

I thought I'd read there's a new remix which has reset the streaming ratio.

So manipulating the chart rules, intentionally or otherwise.

 

[Pingu]

Oh yes, there's a Justin Bieber version apparently. What a mess.

 

[octophone]

I could have gone off Eilish for that if her album wasn't the absolute tits.

 

[Jark]

WEDNESDAY

Singles

1 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Señorita (39.4k)
2 Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid - Beautiful People (36.7k)
3 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care (36.0k)
4 Ed Sheeran feat. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock - Cross Me (24.9k)
5 Billie Eilish - bad guy (24.3k)
8 Lil Nas X - Old Town Road

13 Sam Smith - How Do You Sleep?
14 Kygo & Whitney Houston - Higher Love
18 Freya Ridings - Castles

21 Katy Perry - Never Really Over
22 Stormzy - Vossi Bop
26 Lewis Capaldi - Grace
28 Mark Ronson feat. Camila Cabello - Find U Again
29 Tiësto, Jonas Blue & Rita Ora - Ritual
30 Lil Nas X - Panini

36 Ellie Goulding & Juice WRLD - Hate Me
38 Beyoncé, SAINt JHN & Wizkid feat. Blue Ivy Carter - BROWN SKIN GIRL


Albums

1 Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project (40.9k)
2 Freya Ridings - Freya Ridings (11.9k)
3 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (10.7k)
4 Thom Yorke - Anima (5.8k)
5 Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? (4.1k)

7 George Ezra - Staying At Tamara's
8 Sabaton - The Great War
10 Shakespeares Sister - Singles Party (1988-2019)

14 Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks
17 Sum 41 - Order In Decline
21 Hank Marvin - Gold
30 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
33 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
35 Bob Marley & The Wailers - legend
38 Queen - The Platinum Collection

 

[FetchFugly]

Shakespears Sister can't have shifted many in the last two days.

 

[Alla]

So one of the Ed Sheeran songs changed from yesterday's midweeks to today's. As if we can take the charts seriously anymore.

 

[octophone]

Shakespears Sister can't have shifted many in the last two days.

Nor Eno.

 

[Rita]

@Jark do we have any midweeks for this week yet? I would like to see how Mabel is doing.

 

[Jark]

Monday mids always come in at 7pm! I'll post later

 

[octophone]

I noted Mabel's CD was in Fopp at £8.

 

[Jark]

I think Mabel has been massively overshipped. Her midweek sales are not good, despite the position.

1 Ariana Grande & Social House - boyfriend (17.4k)
2 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Señorita (17.0k)
3 Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid - Beautiful People (14.4k)
4 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care (12.4k)
5 AJ Tracey - Ladbroke Grove (12.0k)

6 Dominic Fike - 3 Nights
7 Kygo & Whitney Houston - Higher Love
10 Sam Smith - How Do You Sleep?

11 Sigala & Becky Hill - Wish You Well
13 Ed Sheeran feat. Stormzy - Take Me Back to London
14 Aitch - Taste (Make It Shake)
17 Krept & Konan feat. Headie One & K-Trap - I Spy
19 Joel Corry - Sorry

28 Drake feat. Rick Ross - Money in the Grave
30 D-Block Europe - Home P*ssy

33 Jax Jones & Bebe Rexha - Harder
39 Lauv feat. Anne-Marie - fuck, i'm lonely
40 Drake - How Bout Now

Albums

1 Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project (11.8k)
2 Mabel - High Expectations (5.6k)
3 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (4.4k)
4 Drake - Care Package (4.1k)
5 Volbeat - Rewind, Replay, Rebound (3.8k)

6 Karine Polwart - Karine Powart's Scotish Songbook
10 Saxon - The Eagle Has Landed 40: Live

14 Kylie Minogue - Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection
18 P!nk - Hurts 2B Human

21 Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars
24 Ariana Grande - thank u, next
25 Skillet - Victorious
26 The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow
27 Gerry Cinnamon - Erratic Cinematic
28 Lil Durk - Love Songs 4 the Streets II

33 Hank Marvin - Gold
34 Yes - 50 Live
35 Bob Marley & the Wailers - Legend
39 Original Cast Recording - Doctor Who: Wave of Destruction

 

[Rita]

Those album sales are atrocious, but I am confident she will hang around.

 

[Halli]

Joel Corry from Geordie Shore getting a proper Hit is quite surreal.

It's a garage classic though, always thought it was odd that it didn't blow up like some of the others

 

[SDF]

Hurrah for Whitney and Kygo

 

[octophone]

2 things.

1) - who the fuck are "Volbeat"?
2) - "Social House" - what's next? Calvin Harris feat Economic Forecast?

 

[octophone]

Rihanna feat. Gross Domeztik Product

 

[dmlaw]

There's obscure Scottish folk music at six. This is excellent but really brings home quite how appalling sales are.

 

[lolly]

Music Week have published this today.


Top 10 vinyl LPs 2019 (up to August 1) – Official Charts Company

1 Greatest Hits – Queen (Virgin) – 16,995 sales

2 Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (Polydor/Interscope) – 15,805 sales

3 Unknown Pleasures – Joy Division (Rhino/Warner) – 14,617

4 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent – Lewis Capaldi (EMI) – 13,057 sales

5 Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (Rhino/Warner) – 12,614 sales

6 The Dark Side Of The Moon – Pink Floyd (Rhino/Warner) – 11,731 sales

7 Legacy – David Bowie (Parlophone) – 10,790 sales

8 Western Stars – Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) – 9,243 sales

9 The Greatest Showman – Motion Picture Cast Recording (Atlantic) – 9,100 sales

10 Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1 – Foals (Warner Records) – 8,815 sales

 

[lolly]

The same article also states that for the first time since the 'vinyl revival', year on year sales were down 1.1% in Q2.

 

[octophone]

So 5 of the top 7 are "catalogue" albums, only one of which was actively reissued/repromoted.

And one of the others is Foals.

 

[octophone]

The same article also states that for the first time since the 'vinyl revival', year on year sales were down 1.1% in Q2.

That could just be Record Store Day being poor this year tho', given how large it bulks in that quarter.

 

[lolly]

So 5 of the top 7 are "catalogue" albums, only one of which was actively reissued/repromoted.

And one of the others is Foals.

Like I read elsewhere, you have to hand it to the industry. They spent the 90s persuading us to buy albums we already owned on vinyl on CD at inflated prices, and now they are selling us them back on vinyl.

 

[Alla]

So 5 of the top 7 are "catalogue" albums

That makes sense, because they're mostly collector's items, aren't they?

 

[lolly]

That could just be Record Store Day being poor this year tho', given how large it bulks in that quarter.

Considering growth was flattening out already, I think it would be foolish to view it as anything as a part of a continuing trend.

 

[octophone]

That makes sense, because they're mostly collector's items, aren't they?

Well no, 4 of the 5 are standard pressings - only Joy Division was reissued as a collector's item with coloured vinyl and an inverted sleeve.

 

[lolly]

Still, at least audio cassettes are BOOMING

 

[octophone]

Considering growth was flattening out already, I think it would be foolish to view it as anything as a part of a continuing trend.

This was thought mainly down to overpricing, wasn't it? There are some signs of learning from this and some signs that the cash cow is still being milked dry - the Joy Division LP was well priced but those Bowie demos were exorbitant - £80 for a single LP in a box, not on yr nelly.

 

[lolly]

Another interesting fact (perhaps): in 2015 the indie labels had 51.1% of the market. In the first half of this year they are down to 35.3%. Universal alone has a 34.3% share.

 

[octophone]

I wonder how they measure that tho'...i.e. if I buy from an indie via Bandcamp, does that register at all? Are indies just getting better at direct selling, something the need to do more and more just to survive.

(also, 2015 did have some big indie releases, Adele's 25 for one)

 

[lolly]

I imagine supermarket sales are a big part, aren't they? I mean I haven't looked in detail at what they are offering, but I assume indie labels find it harder to get into the supermarkets.

Either way, at the moment at least they are getting a smaller slice but of a bigger pie. I just don't think the pie will keep growing.

 

[lolly]

The Official Top 20 best-selling cassettes in the UK of 2019 so far


1 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO - BILLIE EILISH

2 THE BALANCE - CATFISH & THE BOTTLEMEN

3 MADAME X - MADONNA

4 STEP BACK IN TIME - THE DEFINITIVE - KYLIE MINOGUE

5 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT - LEWIS CAPALDI

6 WASTELAND BABY - HOZIER

7 HAPPINESS BEGINS - JONAS BROTHERS

8 RIPPLES - IAN BROWN

9 SUCKER PUNCH - SIGRID

10 SHINE A LIGHT - BRYAN ADAMS

11 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - AWESOME MIX 1 - ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

12 THE VERSACE EXPERIENCE PRELUDE 2 GOLD - PRINCE

13 MY HAPPY PLACE - EMMA BUNTON

14 THANK U NEXT - ARIANA GRANDE

15 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - AWESOME MIX 2 - ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

16 FATHER OF THE BRIDE - VAMPIRE WEEKEND

17 FALSE ALARM - TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB

18 A BRIEF INQUIRY INTO ONLINE - 1975

19 AMO - BRING ME THE HORIZON

20 BIG BAD - GIGGS

This was published on 31st July. The article stated Eilish had sold 4k, and 36k cassettes in total had been sold in total so far in 2019.

 

[SDF]

So Emma Bunton might be top 20 in the end of year chart

 

[octophone]

That's a weird selection but Billie Eilish killing it on all formats - except CD, I wonder?

 

[Jark]

Wednesday mids

1 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Señorita (31.1k)
2 Ariana Grande & Social House - boyfriend (27.6k)
3 Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid - Beautiful People (26.9k)
4 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care (23.6k)
5 AJ Tracey - Ladbroke Grove (22.3k)

6 Dominic Fike - 3 Nights
7 Kygo & Whitney Houston - Higher Love
9 Aitch - Taste (Make It Shake)

13 Ed Sheeran feat. Stormzy - Take Me Back to London
18 Joel Corry - Sorry
20 Krept & Konan feat. Headie One & K-Trap - I Spy

28 Drake feat. Rick Ross - Money in the Grave
34 Jax Jones & Bebe Rexha - Harder
38 Dermot Kennedy - Outnumbered

Albums

1 Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project (19.7k)
2 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (7.8k)
3 Mabel - High Expectations (7.2k)
4 Drake - Care Package (6.0k)
5 Volbeat - Rewind, Replay, Rebound (4.2k)
9 E Sheeran - ÷

13 Karine Polwart - Karine Powart's Scotish Songbook
14 Kylie Minogue - Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection
16 Jax Jones - Snacks
18 Saxon - The Eagle Has Landed 40: Live
20 Ariana Grande - thank u, next

23 Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars
28 Gerry Cinnamon - Erratic Cinematic

33 Hank Marvin - Gold
34 Lil Durk - Love Songs 4 the Streets II
36 Drake - Scorpion

 

[Sheena]

That could just be Record Store Day being poor this year tho', given how large it bulks in that quarter.

It was the year I spent most

 

[Sheena]

This was thought mainly down to overpricing, wasn't it? There are some signs of learning from this and some signs that the cash cow is still being milked dry - the Joy Division LP was well priced but those Bowie demos were exorbitant - £80 for a single LP in a box, not on yr nelly.

I agree with this. There still isn't any significantly discounts on vinyl and the entry point of £20 minimum is a bit ridiculous. That will fall over time and I fully expect things to pick up again to be honest...

 

[Sheena]

So Emma Bunton might be top 20 in the end of year chart

NO chance! There's bound to be bigger cassette-based albums to come and she won't sell a single copy more.

 

[Rita]

Whitney is #1 on iTunes! Song of the Summer, perhaps?

 

[AGinAg (38)]

I see she's #9 on the weekly chart.

Don't call it a comeback!!