UK OCC Charts Midweeks Thread: 2021

[Robbie]

Wednesday Update

Missing Data: Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube (all for Tuesday)

Singles

1 Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license (51.3k)
2 Nathan Evans, 220 KID & Billen Ted - Wellerman (17.3k) *
3 The Kid LAROI - WITHOUT YOU (16.7k)
4 Anne-Marie, KSI & Digital Farm Animals - Don't Play (16.3k)
5 Little Mix - Sweet Melody (15.1k)

6-10
7 Justin Bieber - Anyone
9 Shane Codd - Get Out My Head

11-20
13 SZA - Good Days
14 Tiësto - The Business
18 Doja Cat - Streets
20 Fredo - Back to Basics *

21-30
23 Sabrina Carpenter - Skin *

31-40
31 Billie Eilish & ROSALÍÁ - Lo Vas a Olvidar *
35 Riton & Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hypeman - Friday *
39 RAYE & Rudimental - Regardless *
40 Bicep - Apricots *

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Albums

1 Bicep - Isles (10.1k) *
2 Bring Me the Horizon - POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR (9.6k) ^
3 Barry Gibb - Greenfields: Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1 (3.9k)
4 Pop Smoke - Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon (2.8k - 55 ahead)
5 Harry Styles - Fine Line (2.8k)

6-10
6 Taylor Swift - evermore
7 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
8 Poor Clares of Arundel - Light for the World ^
9 Queen - Greatest Hits
10 Neil Diamond - All-Time Greatest Hits ^

11-20
12 Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
14 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop
16 Elton John - Diamonds
17 Neil Diamond & LSO - Classic Diamonds ^
20 Sam Smith - Love Goes

21-30
21 David Bowie - Station to Station ^
23 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear
24 Steve Hackett - Under a Mediterranean Sky *
25 Wardruna - Kvitravn *
28 Machine Gun Kelly - Tickets to My Downfall
30 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits

31-40
34 Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory
40 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not ^

[Blondini]

Tuesday Update
Missing Data: Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube (all for Monday)

Singles

1 Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License (41.6k)
2 Nathan Evans ft 220 Kid and Billen Ted - Wellerman (13.6k - 29 ahead) *
3 The Kid Laroi - Without You (13.6k)
4 Anne-Marie, KSI and Digital Farm Animals - Don't Play (13.1k)
5 Little Mix - Sweet Melody (12.6k)

6-10
9 Shane Codd - Get Out My Head

11-20
13 Tiësto - The Business
18 Doja Cat - Streets

21-30
22 Fredo - Back to Basics *
24 Sabrina Carpenter - Skin *

31-40
31 Billie Eilish and Rosalia - Lo Vas a Olvidar *
35 Riton and Nightcrawlers ft Mufasa and Hypeman - Friday *
38 Raye and Rudimental - Regardless *
39 Bicep - Apricots *

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Albums

1 Bicep - Isles (9.1k) *
2 Bring Me The Horizon - Post Human: Survival Horror (8.9k) ^
3 Barry Gibb and Friends - Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook Vol. 1 (3.3k)
4 Harry Styles - Fine Line (2.2k - 29 ahead)
5 Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon (2.2k)

6-10
6 Neil Diamond - All-Time Greatest Hits ^
7 Queen - Greatest Hits
8 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent

11-20
11 Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
12 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop
13 Elton John - Diamonds
15 Neil Diamond with The London Symphony Orchestra - Classic Diamonds ^
16 David Bowie - Station To Station ^
18 Steve Hackett - Under A Mediterranean Sky *

21-30
21 Wardruna - Kvitravn *
22 Sam Smith - Love Goes
23 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear
25 Lonely The Brave - The Hope List *
26 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
27 Bee Gees - Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits
29 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?

31-40
31 Machine Gun Kelly - Tickets To My Downfall
38 Michael Jackson - Number Ones ^

[Blondini]

Sales now added to update post above.

[Blondini]

Still no sign of Goosebumps by Travis Scott.


Sales are late today.

[Blondini]

Monday Update
Official Update Top 100
Source: OCC
Missing Data:


Top 100 Singles

1 Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License (29,676)
2 Nathan Evans ft 220 Kid and Billen Ted - Wellerman (10,349) *
3 The Kid Laroi - Without You (9,412)
4 Anne-Marie, KSI and Digital Farm Animals - Don't Play (9,319)
5 Meduza ft Dermot Kennedy - Paradise (8,901)

6-10
7 Shane Codd - Get Out My Head

11-20
13 Tiësto - The Business
18 Doja Cat - Streets
19 Fredo - Back To Basics *

21-30
21 Sabrina Carpenter - Skin *
26 Billie Eilish and Rosalia - Lo Vas A Olvidar *

31-40
31 Riton and Nightcrawlers ft Mufasa and Hypeman - Friday *
36 Bicep - Apricots *
38 Raye and Rudimental - Regardless *
40 Royal Blood - Typhoons *


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Top 100 Albums

1 Bicep - Isles (8,546) *
2 Bring Me The Horizon - Post Human: Survival Horror (8,443) ^
3 Barry Gibb and Friends - Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook Vol. 1 (2,610)
4 Neil Diamond - All-Time Greatest Hits (1,631) ^
5 Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon (1,616)

6-10
7 Steve Hackett - Under A Mediterranean Sky *
8 David Bowie - Station To Station ^
10 Wardruna - Kvitravn *

11-20
11 Queen - Greatest Hits
16 Neil Diamond with The London Symnphony Orchestra - Classic Diamonds ^
18 Elton John - Diamonds
20 Lonely The Brave - The Hope List *

21-30
22 Sam Smith - Love Goes
25 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear
28 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
30 Machine Gun Kelly - Tickets to My Downfall

31-40
31 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
34 Oasis - Time Flies... 1994-2009
36 The Dead Daisies - Holy Ground *
39 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not ^
40 Michael Jackson - Number Ones ^


Click on the above relevant links.

[Blondini]

OCC has actually decided to credit the remix people on Nathan Evans' hit.

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...-chart-update/

The Kunts re-entry at 87 is due to 6 new versions being released on a "streamathon" day on Friday.

[Blondini]

25 January 2021
Bicep and Bring Me The Horizon battle for Number 1 album with Isles and Post Human: Survival Horror

The Northern Irish electronic act and the Sheffield rock band are neck-and-neck midweek.

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...horror__32273/


By Jack White
Bicep and Bring Me The Horizon are locked in a tight battle for Number 1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart with their respective collections Isles and Post Human: Survival Horror.

Just 103 chart sales separate the Northern Irish electronic duo and Sheffield rock giants on today’s Official Chart Update, with this week’s race for the top spot sure to go down to the wire.

The second studio album from Bicep – aka Andrew Ferguson and Matthew McBriar – Isles has scored the most downloads over the weekend and is the most-streamed new release of the week so far, putting the pair well on their way to a new personal best on the Official Chart this week. The pair’s self-titled debut album peaked at Number 20 in September 2017.
MORE: All the big albums confirmed for release in 2021




Bring Me The Horizon are narrowly behind at Number 2 with their apocalyptic EP Post Human: Survival Horror. The set charted at Number 5 upon its digital release last October with the CD, cassette and vinyl rollout potentially about to deliver the album a new peak position. Post Human has racked up the most physical sales so far this week. Their last album, Amo, went all the way to Number 1 in 2019 - could they nudge ahead and claim their second chart topper this week? See Bring Me The Horizon’s chart history.

Following his 80^th birthday this past weekend and BBC special honouring the occasion, Neil Diamond’s All-Time Greatest Hits is set to return to the Top 40. Currently at Number 4, the retrospective topped out at Number 25 in 2015.
MORE: Official Top 40 biggest albums of 2020




Acoustic album Under A Mediterranean Sky from blues guitarist Steve Hackett is at Number 7 midweek, and a vinyl reissue of David Bowie’s 1975 album Station To Station is spurring it back into the Top 10 at Number 8. Norwegian folk group Wardruna could enter the Official Albums Chart for the very first time, presently at Number 10 with their fifth album Kvitravn.

Finally, a third successive Top 40 album could be on the cards for both Cambridge alt-rock group Lonely The Brave with The Hope List (20) and Australian-American rock band The Dead Daisies with Holy Ground (36).
See the full Official Albums Chart Update Top 100 (from 5:45pm)

[SholasBoy]

Where did KSI come back from?

[Blondini]

Sunday Update - Official First Look Chart
Source: OCC / Radio 1

1 Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License
2 The Kid Laroi - Without You
3 Little Mix - Sweet Melody
4 Nathan Evans - Wellerman *
5 Anne-Marie, KSI and Digital Farm Animals - Don't Play
6 Ed Sheeran - Afterglow
7 Shane Codd - Get Out My Head
8 Meduza ft Dermot Kennedy - Paradise
9 Justin Bieber - Anyone
10 CJ - Whoopty

11 Ariana Grande (ft Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion) - 34+35
12 Dua Lipa (ft DaBaby) - Levitating
13 Miley Cyrus ft Dua Lipa - Prisoner
14 Tiësto - The Business
15 Tate McRae - You Broke Me First
16 SZA - Good Days
17 Hvme - Goosebumps
18 Taylor Swift - Willow
19 Doja Cat - Streets
20 KSI ft Craig David and Digital Farm Animals - Really Love


Radio 1 credited all the remix people on Wellerman but i don't know how OCC are crediting it. His original version is just him and both versions are popular.
EDIT: confirmed that they are just crediting Evans https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...lerman__32272/

Just outside the Top 20 after 48 hours at Number 21 is London rapper Fredo with Back To Basics, a track taken from his upcoming album Money Can’t Buy Happiness.

[Blondini]

Nathan Evans - Wellerman #4 First Look. He just revealed on Radio 1 he's quit his postie job.

[Blondini]

That Wellerman remix is doing pretty well on streaming, could be a future No. 1. It’s actually pretty catchy and reminds me Shamrock’s Tell Me Ma

TikTok are using it to advertise their service on national TV - as if they need advertising!

The singing postman is top 2 places on iTunes, too.

[Thriller]

That Wellerman remix is doing pretty well on streaming, could be a future No. 1. It’s actually pretty catchy and reminds me Shamrock’s Tell Me Ma

[Blondini]

It's the way they are stylised though. I don't care much for the use of block capitals either but those are the proper titles...

I don't follow modern stylizations. I would argue they are not the proper titles, just stylisations. There was never a tendency to do this pre the advent of iTunes where acts are now literally shouting out at you to be seen. (The only older act i can think of would be "KISS" who are obviously really called Kiss). There is is no need at all for Zayn to be listed on a chart listing as ZAYN. Or Linkin Park to be LINKIN PARK. And as i've said before, why is there no consistency? - nobody prints "ADELE" but that's how she's listed on iTunes. Nobody does it because they know it looks stupid, yet she's the only act they allow this concession for. And that whole Billie Eilish album title? Ridiculous.

This is why i always edit chart posts to make everything look on the same level. I even make all the "&"s into "and"s. Although thankfully BuzzJack doesn't do the block capitals thing much in the weekly thread so most of the editing involves re-arranging the featured acts so they are alongside the main acts and not part of the titles.

And the lower case thing is also annyong. If something is a title it automatically should start with a capital letter - unless it's "iTunes" or "eBook" something like that.
No such thing as kd lang, no such thing as folklore or evermore (i love both albums, i love her but she's not gonna make me shift on this). This pretend humility versus this shouting from the rooftops. It's nuts.

I've ranted on all this before and i'm not having a go at anyone here, it was just an honest reaction to a particular week of shouting.

And surely we can agree that the weekly chart threads look uniformed and neat by avoiding the stylisations? Everyone is treated as equals, nobody is allowed to stand out or hide. Yes, that includes you, Olivia! (i don't correct the spelling of the word "license" of course because it's correct in her country)

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Thursday Top 40 Update
Missing Data: Spotify and YouTube (both for Wednesday)

Singles

1 Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License (91.1k)
2 Anne-Marie, KSI and Digital Farm Animals - Don't Play (29.5k) *
3 Ariana Grande - 34+35 (23.6k)
4 Little Mix - Sweet Melody (22.9k)
5 The Kid Laroi - Without You (21.4k)

6-10

11-20
15 Hvme - Goosebumps
16 Tiësto - The Business
18 Nathan Dawe and Little Mix - No Time for Tears

21-30
23 Doja Cat - Streets *
26 Jason Derulo and Nuka - Love Not War (The Tampa Beat)

31-40
31 Juice Wrld and Young Thug - Bad Boy *
32 Olivia Rodrigo - All I Want *
37 The Longest Johns - Wellerman *

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Albums

1 You Me At Six - Suckapunch (10.6k) *
2 Barry Gibb and Friends - Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook, Vol. 1 (9.0k)
3 Eminem - Music to Be Murdered By (7.5k)
4 Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs (6.5k) *
5 Why Don't We - The Good Times and The Bad Ones (5.3k) *

6-10
7 Shame - Drunk Tank Pink *

11-20
14 Zayn - Nobody Is Listening *
17 Ashnikko - Demidevil [mixtape] *

21-30
26 Bee Gees - Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits

31-40
34 David Bowie - Liveandwell.com *


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Travis Scott has been added by OCC to Hvme credit. EDIT: this was erroneous information from BuzzJack.

[Robbie]

All those BLOCK CAPITALS are hurting my eyes! (not quick enough to catch the updates after Monday so i could edit them)

It's the way they are stylised though. I don't care much for the use of block capitals either but those are the proper titles...

[Robbie]

Thursday Update

Missing Data: Spotify and YouTube (both for Wednesday)

Singles

1 Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license (91.1k)
2 Anne-Marie, KSI & Digital Farm Animals - Don't Play (29.5k) *
3 Ariana Grande - 34+35 (23.6k)
4 Little Mix - Sweet Melody (22.9k)
5 The Kid LAROI - WITHOUT YOU (21.4k)

6-10

11-20
15 HVME - Goosebumps
16 Tiësto - The Business
18 Nathan Dawe & Little Mix - No Time for Tears

21-30
23 Doja Cat - Streets *
26 Jason Derulo & Nuka - Love Not War (The Tampa Beat)

31-40
31 Juice WRLD & Young Thug - Bad Boy *
32 Olivia Rodrigo - All I Want *
37 The Longest Johns - Wellerman *

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Albums

1 You Me At Six - SUCKAPUNCH (10.6k) *
2 Barry Gibb - Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook, Vol. 1 (9.0k)
3 Eminem - Music to Be Murdered By (7.5k)
4 Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs (6.5k) *
5 Why Don't We - The Good Times and the Bad Ones (5.3k) *

6-10
7 shame - Drunk Tank Pink *

11-20
14 ZAYN - Nobody Is Listening *
17 Ashnikko - DEMIDEVIL *

21-30
26 The Bee Gees - Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits

31-40
34 David Bowie - LIVEANDWELL.COM *

[Blondini]

All those BLOCK CAPITALS are hurting my eyes! (not quick enough to catch the updates after Monday so i could edit them)


Good to see Sleaford Mods staying top 5 this time.

[Robbie]

After all we've written, 'All I Want' has now had a reset back to SCR. I don't know whether the reset is automatic or manual.

[Robbie]

Wednesday Update

Missing Data: Amazon HDEL, Spotify and YouTube (both for Tuesday)

Singles

1 Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license (75.8k)
2 Anne-Marie, KSI & Digital Farm Animals - Don't Play (25.0k) *
3 Ariana Grade - 34+35 (20.0k)
4 Little Mix - Sweet Melody (19.1k)
5 The Kid LAROI - WITHOUT YOU (17.4k)

6-10

11-20
15 Tiësto - The Business
16 HVME - Goosebumps
18 Nathan Dawe & Little Mix - No Time for Tears

21-30
25 Doja Cat - Streets *
26 Jason Derulo & Nuka - Love Not War (The Tampa Beat)

31-40
31 Juice WRLD & Young Thug - Bad Boy *
32 Olivia Rodrigo - All I Want *
37 The Longest Johns - Wellerman *

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Albums

1 You Me At Six - SUCKAPUNCH (9.6k) *
2 Barry Gibb - Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook, Vol. 1 (7.2k)
3 Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs (6.2k)
4 Eminem - Music to Be Murdered By (5.5k)
5 Why Don't We - The Good Times and the Bad Ones (4.7k) *

6-10
6 shame - Drunk Tank Pink *

11-20
13 ZAYN - Nobody Is Listening *
18 Ashnikko - DEMIDEVIL *

21-30
26 David Bowie - LIVEANDWELL.COM *
27 The Bee Gees - Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits

31-40

[jszmiles]

I don't think ACR/SCR is applied to top 100 only. Imagine if the track run was like:

40 (SCR) -56 (SCR) -67 (SCR) -99 (SCR) - 101 (SCR?) -100 (SCR) -99 (SCR) - 99 (SCR) - 99 (SCR) -120 (ACR) - 50 (+25% increase= reset to SCR?)

I don't know if this is the way how it can work

[braindeadpj]

The OCC only officially publish the Top 100 ACR-adjusted chart, so logically this would be what the rules are based on, otherwise there is no transparency to how they apply their rules and its all a big fiddle! Of course the charts are complied for the music industry and not us, and we know that they compile a non-ACR chart and probably compile a chart that includes every single song that has had at least one stream or sale for internal use. Some of the music industry perhaps do get to see the unadulterated charts and/or a top 200/500 or whatever number they wish to go down to, meaning that those in the music industry may know when/why the rules are applied and in that sense I guess it doesn't have to be only the top 100...

[Robbie]

but it should still be allowed 10 weeks on the chart before ACR even comes into play - how it behaves below the top 100 should have no bearing

This is my understanding of how ACR is supposed to work, it's how a track performs in the top 100 alone that should determine when it moves from SCR to ACR. SCR / ACR is supposed to only apply to the top 100 or at least that's how I interpreted the chart rules.

[Robbie]

Tuesday Update

Missing Data: Spotify and YouTube (both for Monday)

Singles

1 Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license (59.7k)
2 Anne-Marie, KSI & Digital Farm Animals - Don't Play (20.3k) *
3 Ariana Grade - 34+35 (16.3k)
4 Little Mix - Sweet Melody (15.3k)
5 Ed Sheeran - Afterglow (13.6k)

6-10

11-20
15 Tiësto - The Business
16 HVME - Goosebumps
18 Nathan Dawe & Little Mix - No Time for Tears

21-30
25 Jason Derulo & Nuka - Love Not War (The Tampa Beat)
29 Doja Cat - Streets *

31-40
31 Juice WRLD & Young Thug - Bad Boy *
34 The Longest Johns - Wellerman *

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Albums

1 You Me At Six - SUCKAPUNCH (9.3k) *
2 Barry Gibb - Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook, Vol. 1 (6.7k)
3 Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs (6.0k)
4 Eminem - Music to Be Murdered By (4.8k)
5 Why Don't We - The Good Times and the Bad Ones (4.5k) *

6-10
6 shame - Drunk Tank Pink *

11-20
11 ZAYN - Nobody Is Listening *
15 Ashnikko - DEMIDEVIL *
18 David Bowie - LIVEANDWELL.COM *

21-30
25 The Bee Gees - Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits

31-40
31 King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard - K.G. *

thanks to BuzzJack

[Blondini]

actually you don't know how does it behave (increase or decrease) while being below top 100 so it may break the 3-week decline rule there. Just my guess

but it should still be allowed 10 weeks on the chart before ACR even comes into play - how it behaves below the top 100 should have no bearing

[jszmiles]

According to JosephStyles on BuzzJack


if it re-enters, it will be the song's 10th week in the top 100
it shouldn't have even been on ACR before this week?

actually you don't know how does it behave (increase or decrease) while being below top 100 so it may break the 3-week decline rule there. Just my guess

[Robbie]

According to JosephStyles on BuzzJack


if it re-enters, it will be the song's 10th week in the top 100
it shouldn't have even been on ACR before this week?

I can never work out how the OCC applies its rules. The Chart Rules booklet used to be straightforward at one time but since the addition of streaming data to the charts it's become a complete mess with different interpretations of the rules. I thought that so long as a record is within its first 3 years of release its chart status is "frozen" when it falls off the top 100. On its last week inside the top 100 back in March 2020 the single had just one week of decline so at the very least it should be charting on SCR for another two weeks. Seemingly not though, I just think the OCC are making up the rules as they go along.