UK OCC Charts: Midweeks Thread 2022

[MadNuno]

Well unless they are missing more data than usual Kate has taken a dive this week. She was on 26,000 last Monday.

It's possible. On Thursday the other episodes of "Stranger Things" are released so it may gain again by then.

[Blondini]

It's possible. On Thursday the other episodes of "Stranger Things" are released so it may gain again by then.

Friday not Thursday. Too late.

[Blondini]

Wednesday Top 40 Update
Source: Music Week
Missing Data:

Singles

1 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (39,009)
2 LF System - Afraid To Feel (31,046)
3 Harry Styles - As It Was (28,809)
4 Beyoncé - Break My Soul (20,465)
5 George Ezra - Green Green Grass (20,182)

6-10
9 Tion Wayne & La Roux - IFTK

11-20
11 David Guetta, Becky Hill & Ella Henderson - Crazy What Love Can Do
12 Nathan Dawe feat. Ella Henderson - 21 Reasons
16 Ed Sheeran (feat. Lil Baby) - 2step
17 Jax Jones & MNEK - Where Did You Go?

21-30
21 Benzz (feat. Tion Wayne & French Montana) - Je M'appelle
23 OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried
24 Sigala & Talia Mar - Stay The Night
26 Lady Gaga - Hold My Hand

31-40
32 Charlie Puth & Jung Kook - Left and Right *
33 Lauren Spencer-Smith - Flowers
36 Doja Cat - Vegas *
37 Glass Animals - Heat Waves
39 Bru-C - No Excuses *

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Albums

1 Porcupine Tree - Closure / Continuation (12,619) [11,408 physicals, 1,041 downloads, 170 streaming] *
2 Harry Styles - Harry's House (12,174) [3,361 physicals, 372 downloads, 8,441 streaming]
3 Ed Sheeran - = (6,570)
4 Drake - Honestly, Nevermind (6,075)
5 George Ezra - Gold Rush Kid

6-10
6 Chris Brown - Breezy *
7 Luke Combs - Growin' Up *
8 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour
9 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
10 Conan Gray - Superache *

11-20
17 Oasis - Time Flies... 1994-2009
18 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under ^

21-30
21 The Beatles - 1
22 Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ^
23 Elv1s - 30 Number 1 Hits
27 Eric Clapton - Nothing But The Blues (live) *
29 Wet Leg - Wet Leg ^
30 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits ^

31-40
35 Alexisonfire - Otherness *
36 Muna - Muna *
37 Machine Gun Kelly - Mainstream Sellout ^
38 Sam Fender - Hypersonic Missiles ^
39 Giveon - Give Or Take *
40 Billie Eilish - Dont Smile At Me ^

[Blondini]

Thursday Top 40 Update
Missing Data: Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube (all for Wednesday) and Amazon Music (for Friday)

Singles

1 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (47.2k)
2 LF System - Afraid To Feel (37.7k)
3 Harry Styles - As It Was (35.6k)
4 Beyoncé - Break My Soul (25.3k)
5 George Ezra - Green Green Grass (24.5k)

6-10
9 Tion Wayne & La Roux - IFTK

11-20
11 David Guetta, Becky Hill & Ella Henderson - Crazy What Love Can Do
13 Nathan Dawe feat. Ella Henderson - 21 Reasons
16 Ed Sheeran (feat. Lil Baby) - 2step
19 Future feat. Drake & Tems - Wait For U

21-30
21 Burna Boy - Last Last
22 Benzz (feat. Tion Wayne & French Montana) - Je M'appelle
23 OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried
24 Sigala & Talia Mar - Stay The Night
26 Lady Gaga - Hold My Hand
29 Drake - Sticky *

31-40
31 Post Malone feat. Doja Cat - I Like You (A Happier Song)
32 Lauren Spencer-Smith - Flowers
33 Doja Cat - Vegas *
36 Charlie Puth & Jung Kook - Left and Right *
37 Glass Animals - Heat Waves
39 Bru-C - No Excuses *

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Albums

1 Harry Styles - Harry's House (14.8k)
2 Porcupine Tree - Closure / Continuation (13.1k) *
3 Ed Sheeran - = (8.0k)
4 Drake - Honestly, Nevermind (7.3k)
5 George Ezra - Gold Rush Kid (6.4k)

6-10
6 Chris Brown - Breezy *
7 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour
8 Luke Combs - Growin' Up *
9 Conan Gray - Superache *
10 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever

11-20
13 The Weeknd - The Highlights
15 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under ^
17 Oasis - Time Flies... 1994-2009
19 The Beatles - 1

21-30
21 Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
22 Elv1s - 30 Number 1 Hits
23 Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ^
28 Wet Leg - Wet Leg ^
29 Eric Clapton - Nothing But The Blues (live) *

31-40
31 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits ^
34 Sam Fender - Hypersonic Missiles ^
37 Machine Gun Kelly - Mainstream Sellout ^
38 Giveon - Give Or Take *
39 Billie Eilish - Don't Smile At Me ^

[Blondini]

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

1 LF System - Afraid To Feel
2 Harry Styles - As It Was
3 George Ezra - Green Green Grass
4 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
5 Beyoncé - Break My Soul
6 Cat Burns - Go
7 Lizzo - About Damn Time
8 David Guetta, Becky Hill & Ella Henderson - Crazy What Love Can Do
9 Nathan Dawe feat. Ella Henderson - 21 Reasons
10 Tion Wayne & La Roux - IFTK

11 Drake - Massive
12 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru
13 Ed Sheeran (feat. Lil Baby) - 2step
14 Jax Jones & MNEK - Where Did You Go?
15 Harry Styles - Late Night Talking
16 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
17 Burna Boy - Last Last
18 Sam Ryder - Space Man
19 Joji - Glimpse Of Us
20 Harry Styles - Music For A Sushi Restaurant

[Blondini]

And finally, this week’s highest new entry could belong to Paolo Nutini. Throughout The Echoes is taken from Paolo’s newest album Last Night In The Bittersweet, and it’s pacing for a Number 23 debut. It would be the Scottish singer-songwriter’s highest-charting single since 2014’s Scream (Funk My Life Up).

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...o-feel__36762/

[braindeadpj]

So a fake no.1 this week as Kate's back on ACR. Only time will tell whether it can be a real no.1 - assuming things don't change before Friday.

[MadNuno]

So a fake no.1 this week as Kate's back on ACR. Only time will tell whether it can be a real no.1 - assuming things don't change before Friday.

Already back on ACR? But only after 3 weeks only?

[SholasBoy]

Already back on ACR? But only after 3 weeks only?

I wondered that too when I read it in last weeks commentary, isn’t it supposed to be longer than that usually?

[Robbie]

When a track gets a reset it is subject to the rules on "decline" from day 1. Most tracks which are reset tend to still be growing and so don't usually fall back to ACR as quick as 3 weeks after being reset. In the week that RUTH was reset its streams were already declining from the previous week so the track immediately went on to week 1 (of 3) decline straight away.

[Artoo]

It’s a silly rule but let’s not forget that most of us weren’t even born when Kate Bush was last #1 on the singles chart - who would have ever thought we’d see her at #1 in 2022? Her success is deserved and has been enjoyable to watch.

[Blondini]

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...d-more__36764/

04 July 2022
Paolo Nutini's Last Night in the Bittersweet set for Number 1 album, with new entries from Shinedown, UB40 featuring Ali Campbell and Astro and more

The Scottish singer-songwriter's fourth album sees off competition from Shinedown, UB40 featuring Ali Campbell and Astro and more midweek
By Carl Smith
Paolo Nutini is on course to claim his third UK Number 1 album, with Last Night in the Bittersweet currently outselling its closest competition 4:1.

The 35-year-old Scottish singer-songwriter’s fourth studio album marks his first release in eight years and tracks to score him a hat-trick of Number 1 albums. Paolo has previously topped the Official Albums Chart with 2009’s Sunny Side Up and 2014 record Caustic Love. See Paolo Nutini’s full Official Charts history here.


MORE: Paolo Nutini's full Official Charts history so far


Eyeing a Number 2 entry this week are Florida-formed rock group Shinedown, with their seventh studio album Planet Zero. The record could also prove a career-best and a first Top 5 hit in the UK for the band who comprise Brent Smith, Barry Kerch, Zach Myers and Eric Bass. Their last album, 2018’s Attention Attention, peaked at Number 8.

Unprecedented, the new record from British reggae legends UB40’s founding members Ali Campbell and Astro, is heading for a Number 6 debut at the midweek stage. Recorded between lockdowns, the collection of covers and original songs was due to be released last year, but was postponed following the passing of Astro in November 2021. Their last collaborative album A Real Labour of Love, recorded with former bandmate Mickey Virtue, reached Number 2 in 2018.

Elsewhere, Nick Cave’s Seven Psalms, a collection of spoken word pieces set to music recorded with long-time collaborator Warren Ellis, could provide the Australian singer-songwriter his eighth solo [eh?] UK Top 10 album to date (8). See Nick Cave’s solo Official Charts history so far here.

The release of Imagine Dragons’ Mercury – Act 1 and Act 2 collection could see the American pop-rock group enjoy their sixth UK Top 10 album, currently on course to land at Number 9.

Elvis Presley’s ELV1S: 30 Number 1 Hits collection tracks to return to the Top 20 following the release of Baz Luhrmann-directed biopic Elvis (16). The album topped the charts upon its initial release back in 2002. See Elvis Presley’s full Official Charts history here.

Northern Irish rockers Ash could see their debut album 1977 back in the Top 40 thanks to a vinyl reissue (27). Originally released in 1996, the record peaked at Number 1.

Adele’s 30 flies up 46 places to Number 28 midweek, following her BST Hyde Park performances at the weekend and, finally, 30-year-old British hip-hop artist Pak-Man eyes his first-ever UK Top 40 album with Big Pakachino, currently at Number 31.
See the full Official Albums Chart Update Top 100 here from 5.45pm.

[Blondini]

Official Singles / Albums Chart Update
Source: OCC
Missing Data:

Top 100 Singles

1 LF System - Afraid To Feel (17,801)
2 Harry Styles - As It Was (14,755)
3 Beyoncé - Break My Soul (11,453)
4 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (11,400)
5 George Ezra - Green Green Grass (10,689)

6-10
8 Tion Wayne & La Roux - IFTK
10 David Guetta, Becky Hill & Ella Henderson - Crazy What Love Can Do

11-20
11 Nathan Dawe & Ella Henderson - 21 Reasons
12 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru
13 Burna Boy - Last Last
14 Ed Sheeran (feat. Lil Baby) - 2step
15 Jax Jones & MNEK - Where Did You Go?
17 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

21-30
28 Bru-C - No Excuses
29 Doja Cat - Vegas
30 Paolo Nutini - Through The Echoes *

31-40
33 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits
36 Tiësto & Charli XCX - Hot In It *
37 Tom Grennan - Remind Me

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Top 100 Albums

1 Paolo Nutini - Last Night In The Bittersweet (24,409) [21,533 physicals]*
2 Shinedown - Planet Zero (5,367) *
3 Harry Styles - Harry's House (5,012)
4 Ed Sheeran - = (3,502)
5 George Ezra - Gold Rush Kid (3,016)

6-10
6 UB40 featuring Ali Campbell & Astro - Unprecedented *
8 Nick Cave - Seven Psalms (MA) *
9 Imagine Dragons - Mercury (Acts 1 & 2) *

11-20
11 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
14 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
16 Elvis Presley - Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits
19 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop

21-30
25 Wet Leg - Wet Leg
27 Ash - 1977 ^
28 Adele - 30 ^

31-40
31 Pak-Man - Big Pakachino *
32 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours ^
40 George Ezra - Staying At Tamara's ^

Click on the above relevant links.

[braindeadpj]

Assuming approx. 1,000 real sales, Kate is actually on around 22,000 and so is 2,500 or so up on last week so far.

[Blondini]

Music Week

It does so in part thanks to the triggering of ACR for Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill, which has enjoyed a five-week renaissance thanks to its use in the soundtrack of Netflix's Stranger Things. Bush's 1985 track slips to No.3 this week, on consumption of 21,585 units, meaning that LF System's Afraid To Feel (32,488 sales) takes the lead, shortly ahead of Harry Styles As It Was (28,097 sales). Beyoncé's Break My Soul continues to perform well in its third week in the charts, with 21,203 sales, while George Ezra's Green Green Grass (20,368 sales) completes the Top 5.

In the albums race, Last Night In The Bittersweet (30,869 sales) debuts in the top spot. The fourth studio album by Paolo Nutini knocks last week's No.1, Harry Styles' Harry's House (9,103 sales), into second place. Another new release – Shinedown's Planet Zero – enters at No.3 (7,157 sales). Ed Sheeran's = is shortly behind with 6,307 sales, while George Ezra's Gold Rush Kid (4,750 sales) completes the Top 5.

[braindeadpj]

So based on the MW quote, I'd guess that Kate is on around 40,000 so far without ACR (assuming 3,000 real sales) so may have increased slightly compared to last week (definitely not by 25% - which of course is irrelevant anyway).

[Blondini]

Wednesday Top 40 Update
Source: Music Week
Missing Data:

Singles

1 LF System - Afraid To Feel (32,488)
2 Harry Styles - As It Was (28,097)
3 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (21,585)
4 Beyoncé - Break My Soul (21,203)
5 George Ezra - Green Green Grass (20,368)

6-10
8 Tion Wayne & La Roux - IFTK
10 Nathan Dawe & Ella Henderson - 21 Reasons

11-20
12 Burna Boy - Last Last
13 Ed Sheeran (feat. Lil Baby) - 2step
14 Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru
17 Jax Jones & MNEK - Where Did You Go?
18 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

21-30
21 OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried
27 Bru-C - No Excuses
28 Doja Cat - Vegas

31-40
32 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits
36 Tom Grennan - Remind Me
37 Glass Animals - Heat Wave
40 Tiësto & Charli XCX - Hot In It *

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Albums

1 Paolo Nutini - Last Night In The Bittersweet (30,869) *
2 Harry Styles - Harry's House (9,103)
3 Shinedown - Planet Zero (7,157) *
4 Ed Sheeran - = (6,307)
5 George Ezra - Gold Rush Kid (4,750)

6-10
6 UB40 featuring Ali Campbell & Astro - Unprecedented *
9 Imagine Dragons - Mercury (Acts 1 & 2) *
10 Queen - Greatest Hits

11-20
11 Ed Sheeran - Divide
12 The Weeknd - The Highlights
14 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
15 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
16 Elvis Presley - Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits
18 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop

21-30
21 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits
23 Nick Cave - Seven Psalms (MA) *
25 Adele - 30 ^

31-40
31 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours ^
37 Arctic Monkeys - AM ^
39 Pak-Man - Big Pakachino *
40 George Ezra - Staying At Tamara's ^

[Wayne]

Delighted for Paolo - another #1 album.

[Blondini]

Metallica's Master Of Puppets is now pretty big on Spotify so it should be top 20 on Friday, i think. It's following a similar trajectory to RUTH a few weeks ago. It must be just outside the 40 currently.

[braindeadpj]

According to the OCC its currently at 58 (https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...-scene__36792/). However in a non-ACR chart this would probably be around 32. It has gone up 10 places since Tuesday so is likley to enter the top 40 (definitely would if it wasn't on ACR)....

[Blondini]

According to the OCC its currently at 58 (https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...-scene__36792/). However in a non-ACR chart this would probably be around 32. It has gone up 10 places since Tuesday so is likley to enter the top 40 (definitely would if it wasn't on ACR)....

I should have checked their site for updates. Doh! Thanks for that!

[MadNuno]

According to the OCC its currently at 58 (https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...-scene__36792/). However in a non-ACR chart this would probably be around 32. It has gone up 10 places since Tuesday so is likley to enter the top 40 (definitely would if it wasn't on ACR)....

It's the first time this Metallica song will chart, right? Hopefully becomes their 20 TOP 40 Hit

[braindeadpj]

It's the first time this Metallica song will chart, right? Hopefully becomes their 20 TOP 40 Hit

That's what they say on the OCC. Of course when we see the Gallup Top 200 for 1986 in 6 months or so we'll get a better idea of how it sold. I believe it was in the Heavy Metal Charts though I could be wrong.

[Blondini]

That's what they say on the OCC. Of course when we see the Gallup Top 200 for 1986 in 6 months or so we'll get a better idea of how it sold. I believe it was in the Heavy Metal Charts though I could be wrong.

It was only an official single in France, from the looks of it. https://www.discogs.com/master/30820...ter-Of-Puppets

[Robbie]

I've checked and it never charted in the top 200 in the UK in 1986, even as an import.