UK OCC Charts Midweeks Thread: 2021

[Thriller]

Sea Shanties in the top 40... only the 2020s!

[Blondini]

Hands up who has heard of the album at 47?

KT Tunstall is in fact a re-entry - it's her Ultimate Edition.

this is the Carfest Supergroup thing - features Roger Daltrey, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and KT Tunstall! Track listing makes it look like a compilation?

https://townsendmusic.store/cart/product.php?id=72912

[Blondini]

Hands up who has heard of the album at 47?

KT Tunstall is in fact a re-entry - it's her Ultimate Edition.

[Wayne]

The albums sales are horrid.

[Blondini]

According to JosephStyles on BuzzJack

Interestingly, Olivia Rodrigo's All I Want is still on ACR despite a mammoth increase in streams last week

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?

[Blondini]

Official Singles/Albums Chart Update Top 100
Source: OCC
Missing Data: Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube (all for Sunday) and HMV (all week)

Top 100 Singles

1 Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License (41.0k)
2 Anne-Marie, KSI and Digital Farm Animals - Don't Play (15.3k) *
3 Ariana Grande - 34+35 (11.7k)
4 Little Mix - Sweet Melody (10.9k)
5 Ed Sheeran - Afterglow (9.8k)

6-10
7 Shane Codd - Get Out My Head

11-20
14 Tiësto - The Business
17 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
19 Hvme - Goosebumps
20 Nathan Dawe and Little Mix - No Time For Tears

21-30
25 Jason Derulo and Nuka - Love Not War (The Tampa Beat)
29 Juice Wrld and Young Thug - Bad Boy *

31-40
31 Doja Cat - Streets *
33 The Longest Johns - Wellerman *
34 Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky
39 Tones and I - Dance Monkey ^

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

Top 100 Albums

1 You Me At Six - Suckapunch (8.7k) *
2 Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs (5.7k) *
3 Barry Gibb and Friends - Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook Vol. 1 (5.1k)
4 Why Don't We - The Good Times and The Bad Ones (4.3k) *
5 Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By (4.0k)

6-10
6 Shame - Drunk Tank Pink *
8 David Bowie - Liveandwell.com *
10 Zayn - Nobody Is Listening *

11-20
11 Ashnikko - Demidevil [mixtape] *

21-30
21 King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - K.G. *
25 Bee Gees - Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits

31-40
36 Dolly Parton - The Very Best Of Dolly Parton ^

Click on the above relevant links.

[Blondini]

Wellerman: Viral TikTok sea shanty is heading for this week's Official Singles Chart

Sea Shanties are the latest global music trend sparked by TikTok.

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...-chart__32146/


By Rob Copsey
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past couple of weeks, you'll be aware that sea shanties are the latest global music trend sparked by TikTok.

The movement has been gathering pace over the past few months but went stratospheric at the end of last year when 26-year-old postman and musician Nathan Evans, from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, posted a video of himself on TikTok performing popular sea shanty Wellerman.

Within days, shanties had overtaken the social media platform and become a global online obsession, known as ShantyTok, with people posting their own sea shanties and memes.



The movement is now sending the song that started it all into the mainstream; a recording of Wellerman by Bristonian band The Longest Johns is currently at Number 33 on the Official UK Singles Chart in the latest update (January 18).

The song itself is a classic sea shanty, written and sung by the crews of whaling boats working for the biggest whaling and export company out of New Zealand, named Weller. The version by The Longest Johns was recorded in late 2019, when the sea shantie trend first kicked off online.
MORE: Viral internet sensations that became huge chart hits


The band, comprising of Jonathan 'JD' Darley, Andy Yates, Robbie Sattin and Dave Robinson, have spent the last eight years performing sea shanties at festivals across the UK and had garnered a small but loyal fanbase.

Towards the end of 2020, The Longest Johns allowed Twitch streamers to use their music for free in the background of their streams, and one song in particular exploded: Wellerman.



Why is this happening now? Apart from the obvious response - why not? - The Longest Johns credit their success down to genre's simplicity, similar to football chants, making them easy to sing along to.

Others are putting the explosion of sea chanties down to the pandemic; the songs are usually about people stuck in a difficult situation but assured better times are ahead. Lyrics to Wellerman include: "Soon may the Wellerman come/ To bring us sugar and tea and rum/ One day, when the tonguin’ is done/ We’ll take our leave and go."

[Robbie]

Snap!

[Blondini]

Official First Look Chart: Full Update
Source: OCC

1 Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License
2 Anne-Marie, KSI and Digital Farm Animals - Don't Play *
3 Ariana Grande - 34+35
4 Little Mix - Sweet Melody
5 Ed Sheeran - Afterglow
6 Shane Codd - Get Out My Head
7 The Kid Laroi - Without You
8 Justin Bieber - Anyone
9 Meduza ft Dermot Kennedy - Paradise
10 CJ - Whoopty

11 Dua Lipa (ft DaBaby) - Levitating
12 Miley Cyrus ft Dua Lipa - Prisoner
13 Tate McRae - You Broke Me First
14 Tiësto - The Business
15 Nathan Dawe & Little Mix - No Time For Tears
16 Taylor Swift - Willow
17 SZA - Good Days
18 KSI ft Craig David and Digital Farm Animals - Really Love
19 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
20 Hvme - Goosebumps

[Robbie]

Sunday 17 January Update

Official Chart: First Look Top 20

01. (01) DRIVER’S LICENCE (Olivia Rodrigo) 2 wks
02. (NEW) DON’T PLAY (Anne-Marie feat KSI & Digital Farm Animals) 1 wk
03. (11) 34+35 (Ariana Grande) 12 wks
04. (02) SWEET MELODY (Little Mix) 13 wks
05. (03) AFTERGLOW (Ed Sheeran) 5 wks
06. (08) GET OUT MY HEAD (Shane Codd) 11 wks
07. (06) WITHOUT YOU (The Kid Laroi) 7 wks
08. (05) ANYONE (Justin Bieber) 3 wks
09. (07) PARADISE (Meduza feat Dermot Kennedy) 12 wks
10. (04) WHOOPTY (CJ) 13 wks

11. (09) LEVITATING (REMIX) (Dua Lipa feat DaBaby) 17 wks
12. (12) PRISONER (Miley Cyrus feat Dua Lipa) 9 wks
13. (10) YOU BROKE ME FIRST (Tate McRae) 25 wks
14. (21) THE BUSINESS (Tiesto) 4 wks
15. (22) NO TIME FOR TEARS (Nathan Dawe & Little Mix) 8 wks
16. (13) WILLOW (Taylor Swift) 6 wks
17. (14) GOOD DAYS (SZA) 3 wks
18. (15) REALLY LOVE (KSI feat Craig David & Digital Farm Animals) 13 wks
19. (18) BLINDING LIGHTS (The Weeknd) 60 wks
20. (25) GOOSEBUMPS (Hvme) 3 wks

thanks to Mic1812 at Haven

[Blondini]

38 Europe - Gold *
39 D-Block Europe - The Blue Print: Us Vs. Them ^


didn't notice this the other day

now the rap one has overtaken the rock one

[Robbie]

Thursday Update

Missing Data: Spotify and YouTube (both for Wednesday)

Singles

1 Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license (65.7k) *
2 Little Mix - Sweet Melody (24.3k)
3 Ed Sheeran - Afterglow (22.6k)
4 CJ - Whoopty (19.3k)
5 Justin Bieber - Anyone (19.1k)

6-10
6 Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy - Paradise

11-20
14 SZA - Good Days
19 Nathan Dawe & Little Mix - No Time for Tears

21-30
24 Tiësto - The Business
26 HVME - Goosebumps
27 Jason Derulo & Nuka - Love Not War (The Tampa Beat)
30 Bugzy Malone & Chip - Notorious *

31-40
35 Saweetie feat. Doja Cat - Best Friend *
36 The Weeknd - Save Your Tears *
39 The Kid LAROI - SO DONE

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

Albums

1 Barry Gibb - Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook (Vol. 1) (14.2k) *
2 Passenger - Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted (6.7k) *
3 Taylor Swift - evermore (5.2k)
4 Little Mix - Confetti (4.0k)
5 Harry Styles - Fine Line (3.9k)

6-10

11-20
11 Taylor Swift - folklore
12 David Bowie - Legacy
13 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop
15 Ed Sheeran - ÷

21-30
22 The Weeknd - After Hours
25 The Bee Gees - Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits
28 Ian Hunter & Mott the Hoople - Gold *

31-40
33 Viagra Boys - Welfare Jazz *
35 D-Block Europe - The Blue Print: Us Vs. Them ^
38 Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory
39 Bob Marley & the Wailers - Legend ^

[Thriller]

She’ll be 17 years old when she gets the #1, where does that sit in amongst youngest ever artists to debut at #1? Obviously older than Billie Piper but the same age as Britney, although Britney was technically younger.

[Blondini]

Olivia's speeding away!

[Robbie]

Wednesday Update

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

Singles

1 Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license (44.8k) *
2 Little Mix - Sweet Melody (20.2k)
3 Ed Sheeran - Afterglow (18.8k)
4 CJ - Whoopty (15.8k)
5 Justin Bieber - Anyone (15.4k)

6-10
6 Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy - Paradise

11-20
14 SZA - Good Days
19 Nathan Dawe & Little Mix - No Time for Tears

21-30
24 Tiësto - The Business
25 Jason Derulo & Nuka - Love Not War (The Tampa Beat)
27 Bugzy Malone & Chip - Notorious *
29 HVME - Goosebumps

31-40
35 Saweetie feat. Doja Cat - Best Friend *
36 The Weeknd - Save Your Tears *

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

Albums

1 Barry Gibb - Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook (Vol. 1) (12.2k) *
2 Passenger - Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted (7.0k) *
3 Taylor Swift - evermore (4.3k)
4 Little Mix - Confetti (3.3k)
5 Harry Styles - Fine Line (3.1k)

6-10

11-20
11 David Bowie - Legacy
12 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop

21-30
21 The Weeknd - After Hours
23 The Bee Gees - Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits
25 Ian Hunter & Mott the Hoople - Gold *

31-40
35 D-Block Europe - The Blue Print: Us Vs. Them ^
36 Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory
37 Bob Marley & the Wailers - Legend ^
40 Viagra Boys - Welfare Jazz *

[Robbie]

Tuesday Update

Missing Data: Spotify and YouTube (both for Monday)

Singles

1 Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license (25.3k) *
2 Little Mix - Sweet Melody (15.9k)
3 Ed Sheeran - Afterglow (14.9k)
4 CJ - Whoopty (12.2k)
5 Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy - Paradise (11.8k)

6-10

11-20
15 SZA - Good Days
19 Nathan Dawe & Little Mix - No Time for Tears

21-30
24 Bugzy Malone & Chip - Notorious *
25 Jason Derulo & Nuka - Love Not War (The Tampa Beat)
27 Tiësto - The Business
30 HVME - Goosebumps

31-40
35 Saweetie feat. Doja Cat - Best Friend *
38 The Weeknd - Save Your Tears *

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

Albums

1 Barry Gibb - Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook (Vol. 1) (11.4k) *
2 Passenger - Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted (6.1k) *
3 Taylor Swift - evermore (3.5k)
4 Little Mix - Confetti (2.7k)
5 Harry Styles - Fine Line (2.5k)

6-10
10 David Bowie - Legacy

11-20
13 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop
15 Elton John - Diamonds

21-30
21 The Weeknd - After Hours
22 Ian Hunter & Mott the Hoople - Gold *
24 The Bee Gees - Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits

31-40
33 Viagra Boys - Welfare Jazz *
34 Bob Marley & the Wailers - Legend ^
36 Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory
38 Europe - Gold *
39 D-Block Europe - The Blue Print: Us Vs. Them ^

thanks to BuzzJack

[SholasBoy]

Olivia Rodrigo came from nowhere! Seems that’s what an endorsement from Taylor Swift does. Nice song too.

She should give endorsing her own single a go.

[Thriller]

Olivia Rodrigo came from nowhere! Seems that’s what an endorsement from Taylor Swift does. Nice song too.

[Wayne]

sales now included above - after waiting twenty minutes for the site to load Wayne

Hopefully won't happen too frequently - there will be a settling in period with this migration, where we'll have to tweak settings until we get it right.

[Blondini]

sales now included above - after waiting twenty minutes for the site to load Wayne

BuzzJack haven't got Harry's albums sales

[Blondini]

well look at #2 - first big sensation of 2021

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

Top 100 Singles

1 Little Mix - Sweet Melody (11,899)
2 Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License (11,248) *
3 Ed Sheeran - Afterglow (11,109)
4 CJ - Whoopty (8,920)
5 Meduza ft Dermot Kennedy - Paradise (8,746)

6-10
10 Miley Cyrus ft Dua Lipa - Prisoner

11-20
17 SZA - Good Days
18 Nathan Dawe and Little Mix - No Time For Tears

21-30
23 Bugzy Malone and Chip - Notorious *
24 Jason Derulo and Nuka - Love Not War (The Tampa Beat)
29 Tiësto - The Business
30 Hvme - Goosebumps

31-40
35 Saweetie ft Doja Cat - Best Friend *
40 The Weeknd - Save Your Tears *

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

Top 100 Albums

1 Barry Gibb - Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook Vol. 1 (8,216) *
2 Passenger - Songs For The Drunk and Broken Hearted (5,619) *
3 Taylor Swift - Evermore (2,624)
4 Little Mix - Confetti (1,981)
5 Harry Styles - Fine Line

6-10
10 David Bowie - Legacy

11-20
18 Ian Hunter and Mott The Hoople - Gold *

21-30
25 Viagra Boys - Welfare Jazz *

31-40
34 Europe - Gold *
39 Yungblud - Weird! ^

Click on the above relevant links.

[Blondini]

Barry Gibb leading albums
Bowie rebound following anniversaries of birthday and death

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...vol-1-__32096/

[Blondini]

It's close, thopugh - OCC article says 250 ahead

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...melody__32093/

[SholasBoy]

The surprise of Ed Sheeran not being able to get to number one, behind an old Little Mix song that is only there by default.

[Robbie]

Sunday 10 January Update

Official Chart: First Look Top 20

01. (01) SWEET MELODY (Little Mix) 12 wks
02. (02) AFTERGLOW (Ed Sheeran) 4 wks
03. (03) WHOOPTY (CJ) 12 wks
04. (06) GET OUT MY HEAD (Shane Codd) 10 wks
05. (10) PARADISE (Meduza feat Dermot Kennedy) 11 wks
06. (07) WITHOUT YOU (The Kid Laroi) 6 wks
07. (04) ANYONE (Justin Bieber) 2 wks
08. (05) LEVITATING (REMIX) (Dua Lipa feat DaBaby) 17 wks
09. (11) PRISONER (Miley Cyrus feat Dua Lipa) 8 wks
10. (09) YOU BROKE ME FIRST (Tate McRae) 24 wks

11. (08) 34+35 (Ariana Grande) 11 wks
12. (12) WILLOW (Taylor Swift) 5 wks
13. (14) REALLY LOVE (KSI feat Craig David & Digital Farm Animals) 12 wks
14. (13) BLINDING LIGHTS (The Weeknd) 59 wks
15. (15) THEREFORE I AM (Billie Eilish) 9 wks
16. (17) DYNAMITE (BTS) 21 wks
17. (24) NO TIME FOR TEARS (Nathan Dawe & Little Mix) 7 wks
18. (16) MOOD (24KGoldn feat Iann Dior) 22 wks
19. (18) TRAIN WRECK (James Arthur) 11 wks
20. (NEW) NOTORIOUS (Bugzy Malone feat Chip) 1 wk

thanks to Mic1812 at Haven