UK Charts (02/06/2012)

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[brettyboy]

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Brett’s UK Chart Analysis:

Top 40 Singles:

01(02) Fun. & Janelle Monae – We are young^
02(NE) The Wanted – Chasing the sun*
03(03) Carly Rae Jepson – Call me maybe
04(01) Rita Ora & Tinie Tempah – RIP
05(04) Alex Clare – Too close
06(06) Rihanna – Where have you been?
07(NE) Paloma Faith – Picking up the pieces
08(08) Train – Drive by
09(10) Gotye – Somebody that I used to know^
10(05) Tulisa - Young
11(NE) Jennifer Lopez & Pitbull – Dance again*
12(13) Nicki Minaj – Starships^
13(09) D’Banj – Oliver Twist
14(15) Calvin Harris & Ne-Yo – Let’s go^
15(11) Jessie J & David Guetta - Laserlight
16(17) Labrinth – Express yourself^
17(07) The Saturdays – 30 days
18(27) Professor Green & Ruth Anne – Remedy^
19(14) Far East Movement & Justin Bieber – Live my life
20(30) Coldplay & Rihanna – Princess of China^
21(19) Emeli Sande – My kind of love
22(12) Scissor Sisters – Only the horses
23(NE) Pitbull – Back in time*
24(32) Skrillex & Sirah – Bangarang^
25(16) Marina and the Diamonds - Primadonna
26(18) B.o.B – So good
27(RE) Gavin DeGraw – I don’t want to be^
28(21) Azealia Banks & Lazy Jay - 212
29(20) Justin Bieber - Boyfriend
30(23) Jason Mraz – I won’t give up
31(NE) Kylie Minogue – Timebomb*
32(26) David Guetta & Sia - Titanium
33(28) Sean Paul – She doesn’t mind
34(RE) Jay Z & Kanye West – Paris^
35(25) Conor Maynard – Can’t say no
36(NE) Martin Solveig – The night out*
37(24) Katy Perry – Part of me
38(35) Drake & Rihanna – Take care
39(34) LMFAO – Sexy and I know it
40(39) Flo Rida & Sia – Wild ones

Top 10 Albums:

01(03) Emeli Sande – My version of events^
02(NE) Joe Bonamassa – Driving towards the daylight*
03(04) Adele – 21^
04(NE) John Mayer – Born and raised*
05(34) Bee Gees – Number 1
06(01) Keane - Strangeland
07(NE) Fun. – Some nights*
08(NE) Tom Jones – Spirit in the room*
09(NE) The Enemy – Streets in the sky*
10(06) Ben Howard – Every kingdom





It’s all change as long running hits climb to the top of both of the UK’s official charts; On the singles countdown it’s good news for fans of Fun., ‘We are young’ finally makes the climb to number 1 in its 7th week inside the top 10, rising a place from last week’s runner up position. After a fortnight at the top, Rita Ora’s ‘RIP’ plummets 3 places down to number 4.

The highest new entry arrives in second place, 4000 copies behind Fun., it’s an 8th UK Top 40 hit for UK Boyband The Wanted, ‘Chasing the sun’ follows up ‘Warzone’ which peaked at 21 in November. It’s their 6th hit to crack the top 3, a total which includes 2 number 1 hits, ‘All time low’ in 2010 and ‘Glad you came’ last July.

Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘Call me maybe’ is showing no signs of running out of steam; it’s a non-mover at 3, now clocking up an 8th week inside the top 3.

Rihanna’s ‘Where have you been’ is a non-mover at 6,having climbed steadily since debuting 4 weeks ago.

There’s good news for UK Singer, song-writer Paloma Faith; after a two and a half year absence from the singles chart, she storms back to the UK Top 40 at her highest chart position to date; ‘Picking up the pieces’ enters at 7, beating the number 15 peak of her last and biggest top 40 hit ‘New York’ in October 2009.

Carly Rae’s isn’t the only long running chart topper to continue to linger on in the top 10; Gotye’s ‘Somebody that I used to know’ climbs back a place to number 9 in its 20th week on the countdown and has now surpassed a million sales. Also u-turning a place are Nicki Minaj’s ‘Starships’ at 12 and Calvin Harris’ ‘Let’s go’ at 14.

At 11 is a new entry for US Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez and US Rap and R&B star Pitbull; ‘Dance again’ becomes Jennifer’s 21st UK Top 40 hit, following up ‘The hardest ever’ which peaked at 3 in February. Jennifer’s biggest hits to date are her 3 number 1’s, most recently ‘On the floor’ in April last year. As for Pitbull, ‘Dance again’ is not his only new entry on this week’s chart, he also has a new entry at 23 with ‘Back in time’ from the soundtrack to the movie ‘Men in Black 3’, these raise his UK Top 40 hit count to 16, these follow up ‘International love’ which peaked at 10 in February.

After a huge climb last week, Labrinth makes slightly more upward progress; ‘Express yourself’ rises a place to a new number 16 peak.

Several of last week’s arrivals make significant progress; Professor Green’s ‘Remedy’ rises 9 places to 18 becoming his 4th top 20 hit, Coldplay and Rihanna advance 10 places to a new peak of number 20 and Skrillex’s ‘Bangarang’ becomes his biggest hit as it rises 8 to number 24.

Entering at 31 is the latest release from Australian pop princess Kylie Minogue; ‘Timebomb’ explodes into the chart after just 2 days of sales, raising her UK Top 40 hit count to 48.

At 36 is a new entry for French DJ Martin Solveig; ‘The night out’ is his 4th UK Top 40 hit, following up his biggest hit to date ‘Hello’ which reached number 13 last February.


There are 2 re-entries on the countdown; at 27 is the return of Gavin Degraw’s 2005 hit ‘I don’t want to be’ which beats its original number 38 peak by 11 places, its return to the chart is thought to be prompted by the cancellation of TV show ‘One Tree Hill’ as it is the theme tune to the show. Also back in the chart is Jay Z and Kanye West’s ‘Paris’, having originally peaked at 10, it returns at 34 after a 2 week absence from the chart.

The week’s big losers are D’Banj and The Saturdays who depart the top 10 after just a week with ‘Oliver Twist’ and ’30 days’. Scissor Sisters also slide in their second charting week, ‘Only the horses’ falls 10 to 22, after jumping into the top 20 last week, Emeli Sande slips to 21 with ‘My kind of love’ and after a long hard journey up to the top 5, Alex Clare finally slides a place with ‘Too close’.

Next week’s new entries are likely to include Alexandra Burke’s ‘Let it go’, Loreen’s ‘Euphoria’, Lawson’s ‘When she was mine’, Rudimental’s ‘Feel the love’ and Gary Barlow, Military Wives and The Commonwealth Band’s ‘Sing’.

Over on the album chart there’s an unusually high volume of new entries, but none quite made it to the top, Emeli Sande is the one to burst Keane’s bubble after ‘Strangeland’s 2 weeks at the top it slides 5 places making way for Emeli’s ‘Our version of events’ to climb 2 places and re-claim the throne.

Landing straight in at number 2, less than 100 copies behind Emeli is ‘Driving towards the daylight’ a 5th uk album chart top 40 hit for US Blues-Rock singer Joe Bonamassa; he was last on the chart with ‘Don’t explain’, a collaboration with Beth Hart which peaked at 22 last autumn, his biggest album prior to today was ‘Dust bowl’ which peaked at 12 last Spring.

Entering at 4 is ‘Born and raised’ by US Pop and blues rock singer, song-writer John Mayer; it’s his second and by far biggest UK Album chart top 40 hit, following up ‘Battle studies’ which peaked at 35 in 2009.

US Indie group Fun., not only have the week’s number 1 single, but they also make their album chart debut at 7 with ‘Some nights’.

Entering at 8 is ‘Spirit in the room’, a 19th UK Top 40 Album chart hit for Tom Jones, it follows up ‘Praise and blame’ which peaked at 2 in 2010.

At 9 is the arrival of a 3rd hit album for UK Indie band The Enemy; ‘Streets in the sky’ follows up ‘Music for the people’ which peaked at 2 in 2009. Their biggest album to date is their first, ‘We’ll live and die in these towns’ which reached number 1 in 2007.

Following the death of Robin Gibb, the Bee Gees ‘Number 1’ album makes a significant chart climb, rising 29 places to number 5. Also climbing is Adele’s ‘21’, up a place to number 3 in its 70th charting week.

The Group Chart

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01(07) Azealia Banks & Lazy Jay – 212^ 52(48)
02(03) Marina & The Diamonds – Primadonna^ 49(54)
03(NE) Paloma Faith – Picking Up The Pieces* 43
04(NE) Jennifer Lopez & Pitbull – Dance Again* 40
05(08) Scissor Sisters – Only The Horses^ 38(45)
06(04) The Saturdays – 30 Days 37(53)
07(RE) Madonna - Girl gone wild^ 36
08(NE) Martin Solveig – The Night Out* 34
09(18) Rihanna - Where have you been^ 29(23)
10(01) Engelbert Humperdinck – Love Will Set You Free 27(57)
11(14) Gotye - Somebody that I used to know^ 26(26)
12(13) Tulisa – Young^ 26(29)
13(NE) Rumer – PF Sloan* 25
14(NE) Professor Green – Remedy* 24
15(05) Rita Ora & Tinie Tempah – R.I.P. 24(49)
16(RE) Ben Howard – Only Love^ 23
17(16) Carly Rae Jepson - Call me maybe 23(24)
18(06) D'Banj - Oliver Twist 22(48)
19(09) Alex Clare – Too close 20(39)
20(12) Sean Paul - She doesn't mind 19(33)
21(11) Fun. & Janelle Monáe – We are young 18(38)
22(31) Wretch 32 & Ed Sheeran - Hush Little Baby^ 15(11)
23(23) Emeli Sandé - My kind of love 14(16)
24(22) David Guetta & Sia – Titanium 14(17)
25(17) Nicki Minaj – Starships 12(23)
26(24) LMFAO – Sexy and I know it 12(16)
27(NE) Labrinth - Express yourself* 10
28(NE) Black Keys - Dead And Gone* 10
29(RE) Cover Drive – Sparks^ 10
30(NE) The Wanted - Chasing The Sun* 10
31(27) Coldplay & Rihanna - Princess of China 10(15)
32(NE) Skrillex – Bangarang* 9
33(25) Flo Rida & Sia - Wild Ones 8(16)
34(35) Conor Maynard – Can’t say no^ 7(9)
35(36) Emeli Sandé - Next To Me^ 7(9)
36(34) Calvin Harris & Ne-Yo - Let's Go 6(9)
37(38) Jessie J & David Guetta – Laserlight^ 6(8)
38(RE) Jason Mraz - I won't give up^ 5
39(29) David Guetta & Nicki Minaj - Turn me on 5(13)
40(21) Train - Drive by 5(18)

Dropouts
(ineligible)
Keane – Silenced by the night
Swedish House Mafia – Greyhound
Aviccii – Silhouettes
Kimbra – Settle down
John Legend – Ordinary people
Temper Trap – Need your love
B.o.B & Taylor Swift – Both of us
Jessie J – Domino
(eligible)
Mark Ronson & Katy B - Anywhere In The World 2(8)
B.o.B - So Good 4(8)
Katy Perry – Part of me 3(8)
Drake & Rihanna - Take care 3(10)

[NorfolkScot]

ALBUMS: Hot weather invariably adversely impacts album sales and, in an already fragile market, it undoubtedly contributed to a 2.65% week-on-week dip in already appalling album sales to 1,312,971 last week. It is the lowest seven day sale tally recorded since sales week-ending 22 June 1996 (chart dated 29 June 1996) - 831 weeks ago - when just 1,277,279 albums were sold.

Bad as that sounds, it was even worse at the top of the chart, where it's a personal triumph for Emeli Sande as her Our Version Of Events jumps 3-1 to start its third run at number one but an industry disaster, as it does so on sales of just 13,430 - the lowest since Ace Of Base's Happy Nation sprinted 7-1 on sales of 12,042 in sales week ending 25 June 1994 (chart dated 2 July 1994), some 935 weeks ago.

Sande's album's return to number one comes despite latest single, My Kind Of Love slipping 19-21 (14,039 sales), and even though it isn't number one in her native Scotland. It has been number one north of the border four times but ranks only fifth there this week, as another Scot, Paul Buchanan, debuts at number one.

56 year old Buchanan, hitherto known for his work with the esteemed duo Blue Nile, tops the Scots list with his debut solo album, Mid Air, which ranked as high as number three in the UK as a whole on early sales flashes but finally debuts at number 14 (7,054 sales).

While Buchanan had the highest new entry in Scotland, the top newcomer in the UK as a whole is Driving Towards The Daylight, the latest album by prolific blues/rock guitarist/singer Joe Bonamassa. Selling 13,345 copies - just 85 fewer than Emeli Sande's album - Driving Towards The Daylight debuts at number two. It is Bonamassa's first Top 10 album. His previous chart peak came in March of last year, when he debuted and peaked at number 12 with Dust Bowl, which - again demonstrating how awful current sales are - did so on higher sales of 16,004. It was the first of three 2011 albums by Bonamassa, who also reached number 22 with Don’t Explain, an album of covers, on which he was accompanied by Beth Hart, and number 23 as a member of Black Country Communion, with the album 2.

John Mayer also lands his first Top 10 album, debuting at number four with Born And Raised. Its opening week's sales of 12,651 are the best of his career but only just - beating his previous highest charting set, Battle Studies, which debuted and peaked at number 35 in 2009, on sales of 11,781 copies. Fun also land their first Top 10 album, with Some Nights (see singles analysis for more).

The week's Top 10 debuts are completed by two acts who have previously topped the chart. 71 year old Tom Jones - a chart-topper in 1968 with Delilah, in 1975 with 20 Greatest Hits and in 1999 with Reload - debuts at number nine with Spirit In The Room. Jones is currently enjoying major TV success as a coach on BBC1's The Voice UK, but Spirit In The Room's chart placing, and first week sales of 9,886 both mark a big downturn since his last studio album Praise & Blame debuted at number two (31,209 sales) in 2010. The Enemy's third album, Streets In The Sky, debuts at number nine (9,854 sales). Their 2007 debut, We'll Live And Die In These Towns, opened at number one (39,191 sales), while 2009 follow-up, Music For The People, entered at number two (35,363 sales).

In what is actually a VERY busy week for new releases, despite low sales, there are Top 75 debuts for the eponymous second album by Australian band The Temper Trap (number 17, 5,894 sales); Choice Of Weapon by veteran British rock band The Cult (number 20, 5,779 sales); Words And Music by Saint Etienne (number 26, 4,538 sales); Apocalyptic Love, the second solo album by UK-born, US-raised Guns N' Roses legend Slash (number 27, 4,527 sales); Pryda, a hybrid compilation/new release by Swedish dance musician Eric Prydz (number 40, 3,381 sales); Fairytales, the introductory album by TV actress (Emmerdale, Lip Service) Heather Peace (number 43, 3,160 sales); Here Come The Bombs, the first solo album by Supergrass star Gaz Coombes (number 54, 2,568 sales) who lives two doors away from Heather Peace in the same street in Brighton; Tree Bursts In Snow, the second album by Glasgow band Admiral Fallow (number 59, 2,265 sales), which also opens at number four in Scotland; The Light The Dead See, the first chart album and fourth album overall by Soulsavers (number 69, 18,39 sales), with guest vocals from Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan; and the soundtrack album of his US series The Sound Of Smash (number 73, 1,784 sales).

Robin Gibb's death precipitated a big increase in sales of Bee Gees albums, with Number Ones vaulting 34-5, with sales up 206.70% week-on-week at 12,127, and The Ultimate re-entering at number 35, with sales rocketing 1521.95% to 3,744. It is the highest position for Number Ones, which reached number seven in 2004 as a Polydor (Universal) release, but transferred to Reprise (Warner Music) in 2009. The Ultimate debuted and peaked at number 19 in 2009.

41 years to the week after replacing The Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers at number one, Ram is the latest Paul McCartney album to get the deluxe Archive Collection treatment from Hearmusic, and responds by re-entering the chart at number 41 (3,327 sales).

Number one for the last two weeks, Keane's Strangeland slides to number six (11,633 sales).

Three albums which debuted in the Top 10 last week make big falls: Tenacious D's Rize Of The Fenix dives 2-23 (5,371 sales); Ren Harvieu's Through The Night slumps 5-52 (2,645 sales), and Not Your Kind Of People by Garbage flatlines 10-63 (2,108 sales)

[NorfolkScot]

SINGLES: With an unusual chart trajectory of 7-3-3-3-5-2-1, We Are Young finally ascends to pole position for Fun feat. Janelle Monae. It got there the hard way - it trailed The Wanted's Chasing The Sun by more than 10,000 sales in Tuesday's midweek sales flashes but eventually ran out clear winner on sales of 72,977, 3,647 more than its rival. We Are Young initially surfaced in the UK on 20 September last year but didn't reach iTunes until April, when it immediately charted. The single has thus far sold 430,903 copies. A version by Glee Cast (number 56 last December) has sold 26,057 copies, while soundalike covers by Rainbow Mix (number 56 in March), We Are Young Singers (number 78 in March) and Tonight We Are Young (number 189 in April) have sold 11,889, 6,948 and 5,644 copies respectively. A further 31 uncharted covers of the song have shared 14,289 sales between them. We Are Young previously topped the chart in The USA, Canada, Australia, Austria and Ireland, and is the first single from Fun's second album Some Nights, which debuts at number seven this week (11,023 sales). It is the only track on the album to feature Monae who has a separate career of her own to pursue. Fun's 2010 debut album, Aim And Ignite, had sold fewer than 1,000 copies between its 2010 release and We Are Young's rise to prominence. It has since increased its cumulative sales to 4,026.

The Wanted's eighth hit in less than two years, Chasing The Sun couldn't deliver the band's third number one but it has given them their third number two. Their biggest selling single to date, Glad You Came has sold 540,126 copies since its release last July out of an overall Wanted singles sales tally of 2,153,392.

Paloma Faith scores her highest charting single to date, with Picking Up The Pieces debuting at number seven (32,607 sales) to beat the number 15 peak of her previous top tune, New York . Picking Up The Pieces is the introductory single from her new album, Fall To Grace, which was released today (28th).

14 months after they paired up to top the chart with On The Floor, Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull return to the chart with Dance Again. Selling 28,371 copies last week to debut at number 11, the track is one place shy of securing Pitbull his ninth Top 10 hit, Lopez her 18th. On The Floor was by far the biggest hit of Lopez's career, with sales to date of 822,056 - fractionally more than her next three biggest hits put together. Pitbull has another new single on the chart this week: Back In Time (from the new Men In Black film), which debuts at number 23 (13,284 sales).

Gavin DeGraw's one and only Top 75 entry hitherto has been his 2005 debut I Don't Want To Be, which reached number 38. He finally lands his second hit this week with Soldier, from fourth album Sweeter, debuting at number 59 (4,409 sales) - but it has its thunder stolen by I Don't Want To Be which chooses this precise moment to come roaring back at number 27 (11,648 sales). Soldier is getting a modicum of exposure as a new single but I Don't Want To Be's return seems to be down to the popular American TV drama One Tree Hill, whose 187th and final episode was screened on E4 last Monday (21st), with DeGraw making an appearance to sing I Don't Want To Be. Despite its previous low peak, I Don't Want To Be has been a steady seller, with sales of 110,141 prior to last week.

Quick singles facts: Call Me Maybe is in the top three for the eighth straight week for Carly Rae Jepsen (3-3, 46,642 sales)...After two weeks at number one, Rita Ora's R.I.P. (feat. Tinie Tempah) dips to number four (43,116 sales)...Where Have You Been holds at number six for Rihanna, but with sales up 6.90% at 38,815...Labrinth's Express Yourself (17-16, 17,209 sales), Remedy by Professor Green feat. Ruth Anne (27-18, 16,049 sales), Princess Of China by Coldplay & Rihanna (30-20, 14,152 sales) and Bangarang by Skrillex feat. Sirah (32-24, 13,019 sales) continue to climb the Top 40 and increase sales...Timebomb debuts at number 31 for Kylie Minogue (10,044 sales), having been released only on Friday (25th)...French DJ Martin Solveig's fourth Top 40 hit, The Night Out debuts at number 36 (8,838 sales)...Dream Team's soundalike cover of upcoming Maroon 5/Wiz Kalifa single Payphone debut6s at number 49 (5,786 sales)...Engelbert Humperdinck's Eurovision flop Love Will Set You Free (it finished 25th out of 26 on Saturday) rebounds 76-60 (4,398 sales) to achieve a new peak.

Overall singles sales are down 1.84% week-on-week at 3,092,230 - their lowest level for 10 weeks, and their second lowest level thus far in 2012. They are 6.45% below same week 2011 sales of 3,305,282.

[Timmy94]

The top 7 of the Albums Chart was less than 3k apart - this was extremely close.

[Nackar]

It's quite weird that many of these "lowest total album tally" and "lowest sales for #1 album" 'records' date from the mid-90s.

[Timmy94]

I'd explain this with the following: While in the US, single sales were very low and album sales were very high, it was the opposite case in the UK (and I think in many other European countries).

[Robbie]

It's quite weird that many of these "lowest total album tally" and "lowest sales for #1 album" 'records' date from the mid-90s.

It's for two reasons:

1. The OCC / Millward Brown database only contains weekly sales data back to February 1994. Prior to that sales data was compiled by another research company (Gallup) and the OCC do not have access to their raw data. Instead the OCC only have access to the weekly market reports that Gallup produced.

2. The OCC / Millward Brown database of sales for the period 1994 to 1996 is less comprehensive than that of 1997 onwards. The amount of record stores returning sales data in the period 1994 to early 1997 grew from record stores covering about 75% of the singles market and probably less than that for the albums market in February 1994 to record stores covering 99% of the singles market and 95% of the albums market in early 1997. Alan Jones (in the Music Week article quoted in NorfolkScot's post) uses this incomplete data for the period 1994 to 1996 simply because it is easily accessible from the OCC database. Hence it looks as if sales were poor back then. In fact they were a lot healthier but the sales data in the OCC database appears not to make this so.

Prior to early 1997, before just about every sale that took place in the UK was recorded each week by Millward Brown (the current chart compilers for the OCC), the methodology used for compiling the charts was different. The weekly sales figures that were produced at the time using this older method of compiling the charts indicated that sales were a lot higher than the sales that are in the OCC database. The sales calculated back then were estimates of total market sales (ie estimates of sales of all singles and albums in all record stores in the UK and not just the sales of singles and albums in stores that reported sales to Millward Brown). So when Alan Jones states that 'Happy Nation' by Ace Of Base sold 12,042 copies in the sales week ending 25 June 1994, he is quoting the figure held in the OCC database. The sales figure calculated at the time would have been higher than this - at a guess perhaps about 16,000. That's still a poor sale but not as poor as the sale recorded in the OCC database.

[Kut]

SINGLES

1 fun./Janelle Monae 72,977 (430,903)
2 Wanted 69,330
3 Carly Rae Jepsen 46,642
4 Rita Ora/Tinie Tempah 43,116
6 Rihanna 38,815
7 Paloma Faith 32,607
11 Jennifer Lopez/Pitbull 28,371
16 Labrinth 17,209
18 Professor Green/Ruth Anne 16,049
20 Coldplay & Rihanna 14,152
21 Emeli Sande 14,039
23 Pitbull 13,284
24 Skrillex/Sirah 13,019
27 Gavin DeGraw 11,648 (110,141)
31 Kylie 10,044
36 Martin Solveig 8,838
49 The Dream Team 5,786
59 Gavin DeGraw [Soldier] 4,409
60 Engelbert Humperdinck 4,398

[Kut]

ALBUMS

1 Emeili Sande 13,430
2 Joe Bonamassa 13,345

4 John Mayer 12,651
5 Bee Gees 12,127
6 Keane 11,633
7 fun. 11,023
8 Tom Jones 9886
9 The Enemy 9,854
14 Paul Buchanan 7,054
17 The Temper Trap 5,894
20 The Cult 5,779
26 Saint Etienne 4,538
27 Slash 4,527
35 Bee Gees [Ultimate] 3,744
40 Eric Prydz 3,381

41 Paul & Linda McCartney 3,327
43 Heather Peace 3,160
54 Gaz Coombes 2,568
59 Admiral Fallow 2,265
69 Soulsavers 1,839
73 The Music Of Smash 1,784 :

[MFR]

It's quite weird that many of these "lowest total album tally" and "lowest sales for #1 album" 'records' date from the mid-90s.

It's for two reasons:

1. The OCC / Millward Brown database only contains weekly sales data back to February 1994. Prior to that sales data was compiled by another research company (Gallup) and the OCC do not have access to their raw data. Instead the OCC only have access to the weekly market reports that Gallup produced.

2. The OCC / Millward Brown database of sales for the period 1994 to 1996 is less comprehensive than that of 1997 onwards. The amount of record stores returning sales data in the period 1994 to early 1997 grew from record stores covering about 75% of the singles market and probably less than that for the albums market in February 1994 to record stores covering 99% of the singles market and 95% of the albums market in early 1997. Alan Jones (in the Music Week article quoted in NorfolkScot's post) uses this incomplete data for the period 1994 to 1996 simply because it is easily accessible from the OCC database. Hence it looks as if sales were poor back then. In fact they were a lot healthier but the sales data in the OCC database appears not to make this so.

Prior to early 1997, before just about every sale that took place in the UK was recorded each week by Millward Brown (the current chart compilers for the OCC), the methodology used for compiling the charts was different. The weekly sales figures that were produced at the time using this older method of compiling the charts indicated that sales were a lot higher than the sales that are in the OCC database. The sales calculated back then were estimates of total market sales (ie estimates of sales of all singles and albums in all record stores in the UK and not just the sales of singles and albums in stores that reported sales to Millward Brown). So when Alan Jones states that 'Happy Nation' by Ace Of Base sold 12,042 copies in the sales week ending 25 June 1994, he is quoting the figure held in the OCC database. The sales figure calculated at the time would have been higher than this - at a guess perhaps about 16,000. That's still a poor sale but not as poor as the sale recorded in the OCC database.

This is true. They are not comparing this week's sales with the figures used at the time, although they rarely reported any figures in the mid-1990s.

In mid-1996 the figures Alan is quoting only represented about 81% of the estimated market and the 1,277,279 now reported would have been reported as around 1,570,000 if Alan had done so at the time. Today the biggest albums seem to have about 96% of their estimated market sales reported in the figures we see.

It's even more complicated with the figure of 12,042 for Happy Nation by Ace Of Base. If Alan had reported a figure for it at the time I think he would have said 16,592, the defined universe being around 72.6% of the estimated albums market.

But within weeks of that point Millward Brown had completed a survey of the market they had inherited from Gallup. If Alan had chosen to highlight low weekly sales in his year-end write-up I think he would have quoted 18,544 for Happy Nation that week. The defined universe had been re-estimated at only around 65% of the total albums market in mid-1994.

Meanwhile it may not be long before they get what they consider to be the lowest weekly sale since OCC / Millward Brown began their chart era in 1994.

[Nackar]

It's quite weird that many of these "lowest total album tally" and "lowest sales for #1 album" 'records' date from the mid-90s.

It's for two reasons:

1. The OCC / Millward Brown database only contains weekly sales data back to February 1994. Prior to that sales data was compiled by another research company (Gallup) and the OCC do not have access to their raw data. Instead the OCC only have access to the weekly market reports that Gallup produced.

2. The OCC / Millward Brown database of sales for the period 1994 to 1996 is less comprehensive than that of 1997 onwards. The amount of record stores returning sales data in the period 1994 to early 1997 grew from record stores covering about 75% of the singles market and probably less than that for the albums market in February 1994 to record stores covering 99% of the singles market and 95% of the albums market in early 1997. Alan Jones (in the Music Week article quoted in NorfolkScot's post) uses this incomplete data for the period 1994 to 1996 simply because it is easily accessible from the OCC database. Hence it looks as if sales were poor back then. In fact they were a lot healthier but the sales data in the OCC database appears not to make this so.

Prior to early 1997, before just about every sale that took place in the UK was recorded each week by Millward Brown (the current chart compilers for the OCC), the methodology used for compiling the charts was different. The weekly sales figures that were produced at the time using this older method of compiling the charts indicated that sales were a lot higher than the sales that are in the OCC database. The sales calculated back then were estimates of total market sales (ie estimates of sales of all singles and albums in all record stores in the UK and not just the sales of singles and albums in stores that reported sales to Millward Brown). So when Alan Jones states that 'Happy Nation' by Ace Of Base sold 12,042 copies in the sales week ending 25 June 1994, he is quoting the figure held in the OCC database. The sales figure calculated at the time would have been higher than this - at a guess perhaps about 16,000. That's still a poor sale but not as poor as the sale recorded in the OCC database.

I see now, that actually makes a lot of sense! Obviously recording sales was more difficult before the advent of the internet and I can see how it would take a few years for a new method/company to be fully implemented.

Thank you very much for this detailed explanation!

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Official UK Singles Top 100 - 2nd June 2012

1 2 7 We Are Young Fun
2 NE 1 Chasing The Sun The Wanted
3 3 9 Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepsen
4 1 3 R.I.P. Rita Ora Feat. Tinie Tempah
5 4 7 Too Close Alex Clare
6 6 8 Where Have You Been Rihanna
7 NE 1 Picking Up The Pieces Paloma Faith
8 8 6 Drive By Train
9 10 21 Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye Feat. Kimbra
10 5 4 Young Tulisa
11 NE 1 Dance Again Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull
12 13 15 Starships Nicki Minaj
13 9 2 Oliver Twist D'banj
14 15 5 Let's Go Calvin Harris Feat. Ne-yo
15 11 7 Laserlight Jessie J Feat. David Guetta
16 17 3 Express Yourself Labrinth
17 7 2 30 Days The Saturdays
18 27 2 Remedy Professor Green
19 14 3 Live My Life Far*east Movement Feat. Justin Bieber
20 30 8 Princess Of China Coldplay Feat. Rihanna
21 19 6 My Kind Of Love Emeli Sandé
22 12 2 Only The Horses Scissor Sisters
23 NE 1 Back In Time Pitbull
24 32 17 Bangaragng Skrillex
25 16 6 Primadonna Marina & The Diamonds
26 18 6 So Good Bob
27 82 34 I Don't Want To Be Gavin Degraw
28 21 21 212 Azealia Banks
29 20 7 Boyfriend Justin Bieber
30 23 11 I Won't Give Up Jason Mraz
31 NE 1 Timebomb Kylie Minogue
32 26 28 Titanium David Guetta Feat. Sia
33 28 10 She Doesn't Mind Sean Paul
34 51 16 N****s In Paris Jay-Z & Kanye West
35 25 6 Can't Say No Conor Maynard
36 NE 1 The Night Ouit Martin Solveig
37 24 10 Part Of Me Katy Perry
38 35 28 Take Care Drake Feat. Rihanna
39 34 38 Sexy & I Know It Lmfao
40 39 18 Wild Ones Flo Rida Feat. Sia
41 31 26 Turn Me On David Guetta Feat. Nicki Minaj
42 37 4 Only Love Ben Howard
43 38 15 Next To Me Emeli Sandé
44 46 5 Hush Little Baby Wretch 32 Feat. Ed Sheeran
45 22 4 Sparks Cover Drive
46 42 25 Domino Jessie J
47 40 82 Hey Soul Sister Train
48 47 26 Mama Do The Hump Rizzle Kicks
49 109 3 Payphone Dream Team
50 RE 26 Summertime Dj Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince
51 43 11 Greyhound Swedish House Mafia
52 36 9 Turn Up The Music Chris Brown
53 33 3 All I Know Matrix & Futurebound
54 NE 1 Write Tit On Your Skin Newton Faulkner
55 44 13 Oh My Goodness Olly Murs
56 48 22 Stronger Kelly Clarkson
57 29 2 Make Peace Not War Skepta
58 54 41 Moves Like Jagger Maroon 5 Feat. Christina Aguilera
59 NE 1 Soldier Gavin DeGraw
60 76 3 Love Will Set You Free Engelbert Humperdinck
61 59 31 Paradise Coldplay
62 61 4 Silhouettes Avicii
63 50 7 Climax Usher
64 60 31 Earthquake Labrinth Feat. Tinie Tempah
65 49 48 Ordinary People John Legend
66 64 34 We Found Love Rihanna Feat. Calvin Harris
67 137 48 She Will Be Loved Maroon 5
68 57 15 Hot Right Now Dj Fresh
69 173 6 No Church In The Wild Jay-z & Kanye West
70 174 9 Better Together Jack Johnson
71 160 39 7 Nation Army White Stripes
72 66 62 Party Rock Anthem Lmfao
73 77 37 What Makes You Beautiful One Direction
74 75 27 Levels Avicii
75 NE 1 Breezeblocks Alt J
76 56 7 Level Up Sway
77 68 31 Under The Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers
78 65 98 The Man Who Can't Be Moved The Script
79 78 27 Dance With Me Tonight Olly Murs
80 72 4 You're The One That I Want Julia Stone
81 70 96 Sweet Disposition Temper Trap
82 71 13 Sorry For Party Rocking Lmfao
83 118 34 Shake It Out Florence + The Machine
84 85 28 Good Feeling Flo Rida
85 NE 1 Euphoria Loreen
86 135 2 More Than This One Direction
87 58 143 I'm Yours Jason Mraz
88 80 58 Teardrop Massive Attack
89 45 13 I Feel Love Donne Summer
90 RE 2 Right By My Side Nicki Minaj Feat. Chris Brown
91 88 37 Lego House Ed Sheeran
92 52 171 Mr. Brightside The Killers
93 110 4 Hollow Talk Choir Of Young Believers
94 74 26 Ironic Alanis Morissette
95 84 70 Someone Like You Adele
96 69 2 It's All Coming Back To Me Now Glee Cast
97 62 32 Video Games Lana Del Rey
98 86 69 American Boy Estelle
99 83 23 Drunk Ed Sheeran
100 108 5 Country Song Jake Bugg

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Official UK Albums Top 100 - 2nd June 2012

1 3 15 Our Version Of Events, Emeli Sande
2 NE 1 Driving Towards The Daylight, Joe Bonamassa
3 4 70 21, Adele
4 NE 1 Born And Raised, John Mayer
5 34 25 Number Ones, Bee Gees
6 1 3 Strangeland, Keane
7 NE 1 Some Nights, Fun
8 NE 1 Spirit In The Room, Tom Jones
9 NE 1 Streets In The Sky, Enemy
10 6 34 Every Kingdom, Ben Howard
11 7 15 Making Mirrors, Gotye
12 11 27 Talk That Talk, Rihanna
13 8 37 +, Ed Sheeran
14 NE 1 Mid Air, Paul Buchanan
15 12 17 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey
16 38 42 Watch The Throne, Jay-Z & Kanye West
17 NE 1 The Temper Trap, Temper Trap
18 9 25 Heaven, Rebecca Ferguson
19 16 65 Who You Are, Jessie J
20 NE 1 Choice Of Weapon, Cult
21 14 30 Stereo Typical, Rizzle Kicks
22 18 31 Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay
23 2 2 Rize Of The Fenix, Tenacious D
24 19 8 Pink Friday - Roman Reloaded, Nicki Minaj
25 13 26 In Case You Didn't Know, Olly Murs
26 NE 1 Words And Music, Saint Etienne
27 NE 1 Apocalyptic Love, Slash
28 24 39 Nothing But The Beat, David Guetta
29 23 8 The Lateness Of The Hour, Alex Clare
30 26 43 Sorry For Party Rocking, LMFAO
31 35 167 19, Adele
32 25 16 Lonely Are The Brave, Maverick Sabre
33 27 27 Up All Night, One Direction
34 28 8 Electronic Earth, Labrinth
35 NE 36 The Ultimate, Bee Gees
36 20 5 Blunderbuss, Jack White
37 21 2 Release Me - The Best Of, Engelbert Humperdinck
38 31 163 The Script, Script
39 22 6 California 37, Train
40 NE 1 Pryda, Eric Prydz
41 NE 1 Ram, Paul & Linda McCartney
42 30 4 Electra Heart, Marina & The Diamonds
43 NE 1 Fairytales, Heather Peace
44 15 2 Bloom, Beach House
45 17 2 Glee - The Music - The Graduation Album, Glee Cast
46 33 7 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes
47 44 172 Best Of - Decade In The Sun, Stereophonics
48 32 72 Doo-wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars
49 40 11 Home Again, Michael Kiwanuka
50 42 25 El Camino, Black Keys
51 45 28 Take Care, Drake
52 5 2 Through The Night, Ren Harvieu
53 71 32 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Noel Gallagher's High Flying
54 NE 1 Here Come The Bombs, Gaz Coombes
55 43 67 Science & Faith, Script
56 36 9 MDNA, Madonna
57 41 6 Love Is A Four Letter Word, Jason Mraz
58 29 3 Standing At The Sky's Edge, Richard Hawley
59 NE 1 Tree Bursts In Snow, Admiral Fallow
60 48 8 Music Rox, Moshi Monsters
61 64 80 Loud, Rihanna
62 69 759 Legend, Bob Marley & The Wailers
63 10 2 Not Your Kind Of People, Garbage
64 39 3 Bajan Style, Cover Drive
65 68 21 Bangarang, Skrillex
66 54 31 Stronger, Kelly Clarkson
67 57 91 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry
68 50 12 Wrecking Ball, Bruce Springsteen
69 NE 1 The Light The Dead See, Soulsavers
70 52 79 Pink Friday, Nicki Minaj
71 53 88 18 Hits, Abba
72 61 151 Lungs, Florence & The Machine
73 NE 1 The Music Of Smash, Original Cast Recording
74 159 105 Do You Want The Truth Or Something, Paloma Faith
75 66 30 Ceremonials, Florence & The Machine
76 58 76 Greatest Hits, Bon Jovi
77 94 63 Seasons Of My Soul, Rumer
78 46 4 Little Broken Hearts, Norah Jones
79 76 69 No More Idols, Chase & Status
80 59 111 The Defamation Of Strickland Banks, Plan B
81 62 208 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac
82 70 125 Up To Now, Snow Patrol
83 86 44 Hands All Over, Maroon 5
84 87 205 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse
85 77 12 In My Dreams, Military Wives
86 105 176 The Fame, Lady Gaga
87 80 369 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses
88 75 25 The Ultimate Collection, Steps
89 91 28 At Your Inconvenience, Professor Green
90 81 352 Greatest Hits, Bruce Springsteen
91 51 3 Strange Clouds, Bob
92 65 12 Hands Up - The Album, Justin Fletcher
93 90 20 Given To The Wild, Maccabees
94 128 25 Greatest Hits, Westlife
95 89 53 Born This Way, Lady Gaga
96 98 85 Time Flies - 1994-2009, Oasis
97 NE 129 Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd
98 78 12 The Very Best Of, Bread
99 63 3 Like Comedy, Proclaimers
100 110 848 Gold - Greatest Hits, Abba

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UK Single Downloads Top 40 - 2nd June 2012

1 2 7 We Are Young, Fun Ft Janelle Monae
2 NE 1 Chasing The Sun, Wanted
3 3 9 Call Me Maybe, Carly Rae Jepsen
4 1 3 R.I.P., Rita Ora Ft Tinie Tempah
5 4 7 Too Close, Alex Clare
6 6 9 Where Have You Been, Rihanna
7 7 6 Drive By, Train
8 10 21 Somebody That I Used To Know, Gotye Ft Kimbra
9 NE 1 Picking Up The Pieces, Paloma Faith
10 5 4 Young, Tulisa
11 NE 1 Dance Again, Jennifer Lopez Ft Pitbull
12 12 15 Starships, Nicki Minaj
13 9 2 Oliver Twist, D'banj
14 15 5 Let's Go, Calvin Harris Ft Ne-Yo
15 11 7 Laserlight, Jessie J Ft David Guetta
16 17 3 Express Yourself, Labrinth
17 27 2 Remedy, Professor Green Ft Ruth Anne
18 8 2 30 Days, Saturdays
19 14 3 Live My Life, Far East Movement / Bieber
20 29 8 Princess Of China, Coldplay & Rihanna
21 19 6 My Kind Of Love, Emeli Sande
22 13 2 Only The Horses, Scissor Sisters
23 32 17 Bangarang, Skrillex Ft Sirah
24 NE 1 Back In Time, Pitbull
25 18 6 So Good, Bob
26 16 6 Primadonna, Marina & The Diamonds
27 79 8 I Don't Want To Be, Gavin DeGraw
28 21 22 212, Azealia Banks Ft Lazy Jay
29 24 11 I Won't Give Up, Jason Mraz
30 20 7 Boyfriend, Justin Bieber
31 26 28 Titanium, David Guetta Ft Sia
32 28 10 She Doesn't Mind, Sean Paul
33 50 16 N****s In Paris, Jay-Z & Kanye West
34 25 6 Can't Say No, Conor Maynard
35 23 10 Part Of Me, Katy Perry
36 34 28 Take Care, Drake Ft Rihanna
37 33 38 Sexy And I Know It, LMFAO
38 30 26 Turn Me On, David Guetta Ft Nicki Minaj
39 NE 1 The Night Out, Martin Solveig
40 40 18 Wild Ones, Flo Rida Ft Sia

[Vidcapper]

Just wondered if you were aware of this other source of UK charts info :

It is a French website, so you'll probably have to run it through Google Translate, but it usually has a few snippets of sales info that the Music Week sales report doesn't.

http://www.ozap.com/rechercher/?q=charts+uk