UK OCC Charts Midweeks Thread: 2021

[Gambo]

Thanks for confirming the inevitable, Robbie. End-of-era stuff for sure. Curiously this week (ending 9th) marks the first week I began a subscription to MW 28 years ago. If you'd have told me it will no longer be a printed publication by the 2020s I'd have sneered - indeed back then it seemed all the more likely that we would sooner see the demise of both the single and the charts as we knew them than the disappearance of MW itself as a weekly journal. But then the all-conquering dominance of the internet was something only the most imaginative or technically-aware among us could've envisaged.

[Robbie]

On a slightly related, and sad, note, and as rumoured back in November, Music Week has announced today that it will no longer be publishing a weekly magazine. This means that the issue dated 14 December 2020 is the last weekly issue to be published, ending almost 70 years of the newspaper / magazine being a weekly publication. The title will continue online and Music Week have announced that a monthly "deluxe" version of the magazine will still be printed but I can't see this being a long-term proposition. A weekly Chart Pack will continue to be published and will be available only to subscribers. The Chart Pack has been published for around a decade and contains the main OCC charts as well as the chart analysis for Singles and Albums.

[Robbie]

Thursday Update

Missing Data: Spotify and YouTube (both for Wednesday)

Singles

1 Little Mix - Sweet Melody (25.1k)
2 Ed Sheeran - Afterglow (19.9k)
3 CJ - Whoopty (17.7k)
4 Justin Bieber - Anyone (16.1k) *
5 Shane Codd - Get Out My Head (15.7k)
6 Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby - Levitating ^
7 Ariana Grande - 34+35
8 The Kid LAROI - WITHOUT YOU
9 Tate McRae - you broke me first ^
10 Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy - Paradise

11 Miley Cyrus feat. Dua Lipa - Prisoner
12 Taylor Swift - willow
13 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights ^
14 KSI feat. Craig David & Digital Farm Animals - Really Love
15 Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am
16 24kGoldn feat. iann dior - Mood ^
17 BTS - Dynamite ^
18 James Arthur - Train Wreck ^
19 Joel Corry feat. MNEK - Head & Heart ^
20 Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper - Holy ^

21 Ariana Grande - positions ^
22 Central Cee - Loading ^
23 Lil Nas X - HOLIDAY *
24 Nathan Dawe & Little Mix - No Time for Tears *
25 Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber - Monster ^
26 Harry Styles - Golden ^
27 Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky ^
28 Internet Money & Gunna feat. Don Toliver & NAV - Lemonade ^
29 Jason Derulo & Nuka - Love Not War (The Tampa Beat) *
30 SZA - Good Days *

31 Tiësto - The Business *
32 Becky Hill - Forever Young *
33 Justin Bieber & benny blanco - Lonely ^
34 Wes Nelson & Hardy Caprio - See Nobody ^
35 Jax Jones & Au/Ra - i miss u ^
36 Pop Smoke - What You Know Bout Love ^
37 Tones and I - Dance Monkey ^
38 Paul Woolford, Diplo & Kareen Lomax - Looking for Me ^
39 HVME - Goosebumps *
40 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar ^

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

Albums

1 Taylor Swift - evermore (5.7k)
2 Little Mix - Confetti (4.2k)
3 Harry Styles - Fine Line (4.1k)
4 Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (4.0k)
5 Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon (3.7k)

6-10
6 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
7 Queen - Greatest Hits
8 Sam Smith - Love Goes

11-20
11 Taylor Swift - folklore
12 Elton John - Diamonds
13 The Kid LAROI - F*CK LOVE
14 Miley Cyrus - Plastic Hearts
16 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop
17 Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die
18 Ed Sheeran - ÷
19 Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
20 Arctic Monkeys - AM

21-30
21 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
22 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear
23 Mabel - High Expectations
24 Juice WRLD - Goodbye & Good Riddance
25 The Bee Gees - Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits ^
26 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits
27 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
29 Michael Kiwanuka - KIWANUKA ^
30 The Weeknd - After Hours ^

31-40
32 David Bowie - Legacy ^
33 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009
34 Michael Jackson - Number Ones
36 XXXTENTACION - ? ^
38 Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project ^
39 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa ^

[Blondini]

My local Asda still hasn't got Evermore - even though they've got McCartney III. I suspect somebody will wake up and release they have to order it. Or maybe the suppliers haven't sent it yet? Do any supermarkets have it?

EDIT: just looked up Tesco and Sainsburys - they both seem to have stopped selling music during the current situation. Or at least stopped selling it online.
Asda just have a limited "best-seller chart". Neither Evermore or even Folklore are on it. Which is crazy!

[Robbie]

Wednesday Update

Missing Data: Spotify and YouTube (both for Tuesday)

Singles

1 Little Mix - Sweet Melody (20.7k)
2 Ed Sheeran - Afterglow (16.1k)
3 CJ - Whoopty (14.3k)
4 Justin Bieber - Anyone (12.7k - 5 ahead) *
5 Shane Codd - Get Out My Head (12.7k)
6 Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby - Levitating ^
7 Ariana Grande - 34+35
8 The Kid LAROI - WITHOUT YOU
9 Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy - Paradise
10 Tate McRae - you broke me first ^

11 Miley Cyrus feat. Dua Lipa - Prisoner
12 Taylor Swift - willow
13 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights ^
14 KSI feat. Craig David & Digital Farm Animals - Really Love
15 Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am
16 BTS - Dynamite ^
17 24kGoldn feat. iann dior - Mood ^
18 Joel Corry feat. MNEK - Head & Heart ^
19 James Arthur - Train Wreck ^
20 Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper - Holy ^

21 Ariana Grande - positions ^
22 Central Cee - Loading ^
23 Lil Nas X - HOLIDAY *
24 Nathan Dawe & Little Mix - No Time for Tears *
25 Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber - Monster ^
26 Harry Styles - Golden ^
27 Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky ^
28 Internet Money & Gunna feat. Don Toliver & NAV - Lemonade ^
29 Jason Derulo & Nuka - Love Not War (The Tampa Beat) *
30 Becky Hill - Forever Young *

31 SZA - Good Days *
32 Justin Bieber & benny blanco - Lonely ^
33 Tiësto - The Business *
34 Wes Nelson & Hardy Caprio - See Nobody ^
35 Jax Jones & Au/Ra - i miss u ^
36 Tones and I - Dance Monkey ^
37 Pop Smoke - What You Know Bout Love ^
38 Paul Woolford, Diplo & Kareen Lomax - Looking for Me ^
39 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar ^
40 HVME - Goosebumps *

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

Albums

1 Taylor Swift - evemore (4.6k)
2 Little Mix - Confetti (3.5k)
3 Harry Styles - Fine Line (3.4k)
4 Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (3.3k)
5 Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon (2.9k)

6-10
6 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
7 Queen - Greatest Hits
8 Sam Smith - Love Goes

11-20
11 Elton John - Diamonds
12 Taylor Swift - folklore
13 Miley Cyrus - Plastic Hearts
14 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop
15 The Kid LAROI - F*CK LOVE
17 Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die
18 Ed Sheeran - ÷
19 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
20 Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

21-30
21 Arctic Monkeys - AM
22 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear
23 Michael Kiwanuka - KIWANUKA ^
24 Mabel - High Expectations
26 Juice WRLD - Goodbye & Good Riddance
27 The Bee Gees - Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits ^
29 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Songs from the Kitchen Disco ^

31-40
32 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits
33 David Bowie - Legacy ^
34 Michael Jackson - Number Ones
35 The Weeknd - After Hours ^
36 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009
39 Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project ^
40 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa ^

[Blondini]

Cmon Sophie get that top 30 re-entry. I hope Crying... can make top 100 too.

with lockdown 3 now in place her Kitchen Discos are back. At least this Friday she already had one scheduled

[jszmiles]

Cmon Sophie get that top 30 re-entry. I hope Crying... can make top 100 too.

[Robbie]

You Broke Me First reset?

The track also got a reset.

[braindeadpj]

'Dance Monkey' is still on ACR. 'Levitating' got a reset so 'Blinding Lights' is the highest placed track on ACR.

Thanks Robbie for confirming that Levitating got a reset. Looks like it wouldn't really have been no.1 by the end of the week if it hadn't been reset anyway now as Little Mix' lead is growing and it really will be no.1 - unlike the same time last year....!

[Blondini]

'Dance Monkey' is still on ACR. 'Levitating' got a reset so 'Blinding Lights' is the highest placed track on ACR.

You Broke Me First reset?

[Robbie]

Dance Monkey at 33. I guess that makes sense as it was around 93 last week and nearly 60 xmas songs have vanished! So probably still on ACR. Is Levitating still on ACR as it was last week? If so it is really no.1. If not, then I guess The Weeknd is the highest placed ACR track at the moment. Might really be no.1, or it could be Little Mix

'Dance Monkey' is still on ACR. 'Levitating' got a reset so 'Blinding Lights' is the highest placed track on ACR.

[Robbie]

Tuesday Update

Missing Data: Spotify, YouTube (Monday)

Singles

1 Little Mix - Sweet Melody (16.1k)
2 Ed Sheeran - Afterglow (12.1k)
3 CJ - Whoopty (10.9k)
4 Shane Codd - Get Out My Head (9.9k)
5 Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby - Levitating (9.6k) ^
6 Justin Bieber - Anyone *
7 Ariana Grande - 34+35
8 The Kid LAROI - WITHOUT YOU
9 Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy - Paradise
10 Miley Cyrus feat. Dua Lipa - Prisoner

11 Tate McRae - you broke me first ^
12 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights ^
13 Taylor Swift - willow
14 KSI feat. Craig David & Digital Farm Animals - Really Love
15 Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am
16 BTS - Dynamite ^
17 24kGoldn feat. iann dior - Mood ^
18 Joel Corry feat. MNEK - Head & Heart ^
19 James Arthur - Train Wreck ^
20 Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper - Holy ^

21 Ariana Grande - positions ^
22 Central Cee - Loading ^
23 Lil Nas X - HOLIDAY *
24 Nathan Dawe & Little Mix - No Time for Tears *
25 Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber - Monster ^
26 Harry Styles - Golden ^
27 Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky ^
28 Internet Money & Gunna feat. Don Toliver & NAV - Lemonade ^
29 Becky Hill - Forever Young *
30 Jason Derulo & Nuka - Love Not War (The Tampa Beat) *

31 Justin Bieber & benny blanco - Lonely ^
32 Tiësto - The Business ^
33 Wes Nelson & Hardy Caprio - See Nobody ^
34 SZA - Good Days *
35 Tones and I - Dance Monkey ^
36 Jax Jones & Au/Ra - i miss u ^
37 Pop Smoke - What You Know Bout Love ^
38 Paul Woolford, Diplo & Kareen Lomax - Looking for Me ^
39 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar ^
40 Sam Smith - Diamonds ^

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

Albums

1 Taylor Swift - evemore (3.6k)
2 Little Mix - Confetti (2.7k)
3 Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2.5k - 9 copies ahead)
4 Harry Styles - Fine Line (2.5k)
5 Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon (2.2k)

6-10
6 Queen - Greatest Hits
7 Sam Smith - Love Goes
8 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
10 Elton John - Diamonds

11-20
11 Taylor Swift - folklore
13 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop
14 Miley Cyrus - Plastic Hearts
15 The Kid LAROI - F*CK LOVE
17 Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die
18 Ed Sheeran - ÷
19 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
20 Michael Kiwanuka - KIWANUKA ^

21-30
21 Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
22 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Songs from the Kitchen Disco ^
23 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear
25 Arctic Monkeys - AM
26 The Bee Gees - Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits ^
27 Mabel - High Expectations

31-40
31 Juice WRLD - Goodbye & Good Riddance
32 David Bowie - Legacy ^
33 Michael Jackson - Number Ones
36 The Weeknd - After Hours ^
37 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits
38 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009
40 Madvillain - Madvillainy *

thanks to BuzzJack

[muzik_biz_wiz]

Wow album sales really are dire these days. Harry back on top 3. This albums never gonna sink.

[braindeadpj]

Dance Monkey at 33. I guess that makes sense as it was around 93 last week and nearly 60 xmas songs have vanished! So probably still on ACR. Is Levitating still on ACR as it was last week? If so it is really no.1. If not, then I guess The Weeknd is the highest placed ACR track at the moment. Might really be no.1, or it could be Little Mix

[Blondini]

Surprisingly, OCC are crediting Dua Lipa on the new version of Kylie's Real Groove.

[Blondini]

^ there's the ENTIRE top 40 songs for your pleasure!

[Blondini]

Monday Update
Source: OCC
Missing Data: Spotify and YouTube (both for Sunday)

Top 100 Singles

1 Little Mix - Sweet Melody (9.6k)
2 Ed Sheeran - Afterglow (8.4k)
3 CJ - Whoopty (7.7k)
4 Shane Codd - Get Out My Head (7.2k)
5 Dua Lipa (ft DaBaby) - Levitating (6.8k) ^

6 Ariana Grande - 34+35
7 Justin Bieber - Anyone *
8 Meduza ft Dermot Kennedy - Paradise
9 The Kid Laroi - Without You
10 Miley Cyrus ft Dua Lipa - Prisoner

11 Tate McRae - You Broke Me First ^
12 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights ^
13 Taylor Swift - Willow
14 KSI ft Craig David and Digital Farm Animals - Really Love
15 Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am
16 BTS - Dynamite ^
17 Joel Corry ft MNEK - Head & Heart ^
18 24kGoldn ft Iann Dior - Mood ^
19 James Arthur - Train Wreck ^
20 Justin Bieber ft Chance The Rapper (/ The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir) - Holy ^

21 Ariana Grande - Positions ^
22 Lil Nas X - Holiday *
23 Nathan Dawe and Little Mix - No Time for Tears *
24 Central Cee - Loading ^
25 Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber - Monster ^
26 Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky ^
27 Harry Styles - Golden ^
28 Internet Money and Gunna ft Don Toliver and Nav - Lemonade ^
29 Becky Hill - Forever Young *
30 Jason Derulo and Nuka - Love Not War (The Tampa Beat) *

31 Wes Nelson and Hardy Caprio - See Nobody ^
32 Justin Bieber and benny blanco - Lonely ^
33 Tones and I - Dance Monkey ^
34 Tiësto - The Business ^
35 Jax Jones and Au/Ra - i miss u ^
36 Paul Woolford, Diplo and Kareen Lomax - Looking for Me ^
37 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar ^
38 SZA - Good Days *
39 Sam Smith - Diamonds ^
40 Pop Smoke - What You Know Bout Love? ^

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

Top 100 Albums

1 Taylor Swift - Evemore (2.4k)
2 Harry Styles - Fine Line (1.7k - 61 ahead)
3 Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (1.7k - 28 ahead)
4 Little Mix - Confetti (1.7k)
5 Queen - Greatest Hits (1.5k)

6-10
7 Sam Smith - Love Goes
9 Elton John - Diamonds
10 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent

11-20
12 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop
13 Miley Cyrus - Plastic Hearts
15 The Kid Laroi - F*ck Love
16 Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka ^
17 Juice Wrld - Legends Never Die
18 Ed Sheeran - ÷ (Divide)
19 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Songs From The Kitchen Disco (Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Greatest Hits) ^

21-30
21 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
23 Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
24 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear
25 George Michael - Twenty Five
26 Bee Gees - Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits ^
27 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
28 Mabel - High Expectations
29 Michael Jackson - Number Ones
30 Madvillain - Madvillainy *

31-40
32 Juice Wrld - Goodbye & Good Riddance
33 David Bowie - Legacy ^
36 Oasis - Time Flies...1994-2009
37 The Weeknd - After Hours ^
40 Whitney Houston - The Ultimate Collection ^

Click on the above relevant links.

[Blondini]

^ won't make much impact on singles mids because of ACR but i'll update iTunes thread. Don't think it'll make much impact on albums, either.

[brian05]

Gerry and the Pacemakers singer Gerry Marsden, whose version of You'll Never Walk Alone became a football terrace anthem for his hometown club of Liverpool, has died at the age of 78.

His family said on Sunday he died after a short illness not linked to Covid-19.

Marsden's band was one of the biggest success stories of the Merseybeat era, and in 1963 became the first to have their first three songs top the chart.

The second of those was Ferry Cross The Mersey, written by Marsden.

Marsden was made an MBE in 2003 for services to charity after supporting victims of the Hillsborough disaster.

22 +837 Gerry & The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone
on iTunes.

And on iTunes albums chart,
19 NEW Gerry & The Pacemakers - The Best of Gerry & The Pacemakers

[Blondini]

Sunday 3rd January: First Look



https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...-entry__32042/

9 1 SWEET MELODY LITTLE MIX
13 2 AFTERGLOW ED SHEERAN
14 3 WHOOPTY CJ
22 4 GET OUT MY HEAD SHANE CODD
68 5 LEVITATING DUA LIPA
44 6 BLINDING LIGHTS WEEKND
20 7 34+35 ARIANA GRANDE
28 8 PRISONER MILEY CYRUS FT DUA LIPA
29 9 PARADISE MEDUZA FT DERMOT KENNEDY
26 10 WITHOUT YOU KID LAROI
74 11 YOU BROKE ME FIRST TATE MCRAE
NE 12 ANYONE JUSTIN BIEBER
34 13 WILLOW TAYLOR SWIFT
32 14 REALLY LOVE KSI/CRAIG DAVID/DIGITAL FARM
48 15 DYNAMITE BTS
41 16 HEAD & HEART JOEL CORRY FT MNEK
36 17 THEREFORE I AM BILLIE EILISH
38 18 MOOD 24KGOLDN FT IANN DIOR
RE 19 TRAIN WRECK JAMES ARTHUR
46 20 HOLY JUSTIN BIEBER FT CHANCE

[Wayne]

Omg, come on Wham - I would be delighted if they finally make it!

I think this could conceivably be their last chance, as I feel that the OCC might make changes to the chart next year in view of the madness that has been this week’s chart.

[Robbie]

Can Wham! finally make No.1 with Last Christmas?

by Andre Paine

December 31st 2020 at 10:21AM

Mariah Carey has done it. And now Wham! could be about to repeat her trick of taking a Christmas classic to No.1.

Last Christmas (Sony CG) could finally reach a new peak at the top of the charts on Friday (January 1). The single (actually a double A-side with Everything She Wants) by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley was famously held off the top spot by Band Aid for five weeks during December 1984.

In the Midweek sales flash, the beloved ’80s pop duo were just 89 sales behind Mariah Carey, who was on 34,888 by the end of Tuesday (Official Charts Company).

All I Want For Christmas Is You is attempting a return to the summit after LadBaby usurped Carey’s hit on Christmas Day. Carey’s festive favourite has already earned two weeks at No.1 and is chasing a third non-consecutive week at the top.

Crucially, though, Wham! have sales momentum. As festive streaming continues in late December, Last Christmas’ sales were up 11.2% week-on-week compared to 4.5% for Mariah Carey by the end of Tuesday. Wham! could now have pulled ahead of their chart rival.

Wham!’s last No.1 single was The Edge Of Heaven in 1986. The duo had four No.1s between 1984 and 1986.


Last Christmas has so far spent eight non-consecutive weeks at No.2 since 1984.

from musicweek.com

[jszmiles]

wow Dua's album gets the biggest boost from gift cards!

[muzik_biz_wiz]

These charts are so mad. The song at 26 isn't no.1 solely because of the 25 Christmas songs.

[KEY9481]

I’m surprised the OCC haven’t siphoned the Christmas songs off into a singles chart of their own by now so they can further tamper with it cos it doesn’t suit what they want it to look like.

My wish for 2021.