UK OCC Charts: Midweeks Thread 2022

[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]

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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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?

[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?

[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.

[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/

[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]

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]

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]

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.

[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.

[braindeadpj]

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

[Blondini]

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

Top 100 Singles

1 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (19,737)
2 LF System - Afraid To Feel
3 Harry Styles - As It Was (14,846)
4 Beyoncé - Break My Soul
5 Cat Burns - Go (9,646)

6-10
7 Drake - Massive
9 Tion Wayne & La Roux - IFTK

11-20
12 David Guetta, Becky Hill & Ella Henderson - Crazy What Love Can Do
16 Ed Sheeran (feat. Lil Baby) - 2step
17 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 Charlie Puth & Jung Kook - Left and Right *
24 Sigala & Talia Mar - Stay The Night
26 OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried
27 Drake - Sticky *
30 Taylor Swift - Carolina *

31-40
34 Eminem & Snoop Dogg - From The D 2 The LBC *
36 Doja Cat - Vegas *
38 Bru-C - No Excuses *

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Top 100 Albums

1 Porcupine Tree - Closure / Continuation (11,727) [10,784 physicals, 844 downloads, 99 streaming] *
2 Harry Styles - Harry's House (6,343)
3 Drake - Honestly, Nevermind (3,426)
4 George Ezra - Gold Rush Kid (3,250)
5 Ed Sheeran - = (3,167)

6-10
6 Chris Brown - Breezy *
7 Luke Combs - Growin' Up *
8 Conan Gray - Superache *
9 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
10 Eric Clapton - Nothing But The Blues (live) *

11-20
13 Alexisonfire - Otherness *
14 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under ^
16 Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ^

21-30
23 Black Stone Cherry - Live From The Royal Albert Hall... Y'All! *
25 Wet Leg - Wet Leg ^
26 Muna - Muna *
30 Machine Gun Kelly - Mainstream Sellout ^

31-40
32 Coheed and Cambria - Vaxis II: A Window Of The Waking Mind *
33 Kanye West - Donda ^
35 Soccer Mommy - Sometimes Forever *
37 Christine McVie - Songbird (A Solo Collection) *
38 Sam Fender - Hypersonic Missiles ^

Click on the above relevant links.

[Blondini]

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...-album__36709/

27 June 2022
Porcupine Tree leading the way for possible first UK Number 1 album

But can streaming giants Harry Styles and Drake close the gap?
By George Griffiths
Porcupine Tree are currently on course for their first UK Number 1 album of their career this week, with Closure/Continuation.

The eleventh studio album by the English progressive rock band, and their first since entering hiatus in 2009, would not only be their first chart-topper, but their first to even reach the Official Albums Chart Top 10. Discover Porcupine Tree’s Official Charts history in full here.

However, while Closure/Continuation has a strong showing on physical sales so far, streaming giants Harry Styles and Drake will offer up a very real challenge for the top spot with Harry’s House (2) and Honestly, Nevermind (3) respectively.

Elsewhere in the Top 10, there could be further new entries on this Friday’s chart from Chris Brown with Breezy (6), American country artist Luke Combs’ Growin’ Up (7), the second studio album from singer Conan Gray, Superache (8), and Eric Clapton’s Nothing But The Blues (10), a collection of 17 previously-unreleased live performances from 1994.
MORE: Glastonbury effect set to boost Billie Eilish, Sam Fender & Wet Leg


Post-hardcore rockers Alexisonfire are also on track for their first UK Top 40 LP with Otherness (13), while Black Stone Cherry eye up a new entry with live album Live From Royal Albert Hall (23). Californian pop trio MUNA could also secure their first-ever entry on the Official Albums Chart with self-titled third record MUNA (26).

Machine Gun Kelly’s Mainstream Sellout could re-enter the Top 40 thanks to the release of a life in pink Deluxe Edition (30), as could Kanye West’s former Number 1 Donda after its own deluxe edition was released on vinyl for the first time (33).

US progressive rock group Coheed & Cambria’s tenth album Vaxis – Act II: A Window Of The Waking Mind is looking to become their highest-charting work yet (32), while indie-rock act Soccer Mommy’s breakout third album Sometimes Forever could be her first to chart in the UK (35).

And finally, former Fleetwood Mac member Christine McVie’s solo album Songbird (A Solo Collection) is on course to enter the chart at Number 37. Her second solo record and first since 1984, it could be her first ever solo Top 40 entry.
See the full Official Albums Chart Update Top 100 here

[Gambo]

Is Music For A Sushi Restaurant the official 3rd single for Harry in the UK? Not at all surprised to see it so high this early, even if it isn't - quality song.

I'm not even sure that he's even put out an 'official' second single from 'Harry's House', let alone third. While 'Late Night Talking' is probably regarded by default now as the official follow-up to 'As It Was', as far as I can tell it's still never been made available to stream or buy as a stand-alone single in the UK, or receive any specific promotion as such. It became available with the rest of the album on 20th May and has simply been streamed heavily (and purchased modestly) as an LP track since, as has 'Music For A Sushi Restaurant' and all the other songs on the set. Radio has picked up on these two as alternatives concurrent to 'AIW''s ongoing success, but of course that's probably just down to the fact only those three so far have been official-chart-eligible, as the three most-consumed titles of this artist since the album came out and so giving them a higher profile than the rest.

Just having a very cursory flick through online I couldn't see that a video has been issued yet for 'LNT' either, so even if one takes a single release nowadays as a track that's not necessarily issued separately to audio-stream or download to buy but is given an associated video release to stream, which does sometimes happen (Adele and The Weeknd's notional 'second singles' from their last LPs only seem to actually have received a stand-alone release on video), it doesn't seem to qualify yet even under that measure, and neither does 'MFASR'.

[MadNuno]

It´s been Top 5 on both Apple and Spotify this whole tracking week so far. It would still be top 5 even with a more mute itunes performance imo

If it can keep that way will be TOP 5 but the tendency I've seen is for her numbers to drop in iTunes, Apple Music and Spotify. If she releases the video during this week she can garantee the TOP 5 else it will depend on how her streams do during the rest of the week.

[Beautyisbeauty]

Beyoncé is higher than I expected on midweeks but it makes sense because of iTunes. She will probably end up outside TOP 5 but will still be a huge win for her in UK if she scores a TOP 10 with this song as it's her first TOP 10 as lead artist since 2013.

It´s been Top 5 on both Apple and Spotify this whole tracking week so far. It would still be top 5 even with a more mute itunes performance imo

[MadNuno]

Beyoncé is higher than I expected on midweeks but it makes sense because of iTunes. She will probably end up outside TOP 5 but will still be a huge win for her in UK if she scores a TOP 10 with this song as it's her first TOP 10 as lead artist since 2013.

[Wayne]

Is Music For A Sushi Restaurant the official 3rd single for Harry in the UK? Not at all surprised to see it so high this early, even if it isn't - quality song.

[Blondini]

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

1 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
2 LF System - Afraid To Feel
3 Harry Styles - As It Was
4 Beyoncé - Break My Soul
5 Cat Burns - Go
6 Drake - Massive
7 George Ezra - Green Green Grass
8 Lizzo - About Damn Time
9 Drake feat. 21 Savage - Jimmy Cooks
10 Tion Wayne & La Roux - IFTK

11 Joji - Glimpse Of Us
12 Harry Styles - Late Night Talking
13 Harry Styles - Music For A Sushi Restaurant
14 Charlie Puth & Jung Kook - Left and Right *
15 David Guetta, Becky Hill & Ella Henderson - Crazy What Love Can Do
16 Future feat. Drake & Tems - Wait For U
17 Taylor Swift - Carolina *
18 Nathan Dawe feat. Ella Henderson - 21 Reasons
19 Ed Sheeran (feat. Lil Baby) - 2step
20 Burna Boy - Last Last

[Gambo]

Foals have been one of the most underrated acts singles-wise over the last decade. They've done better on albums, but still not as enduring as the quality of their compositions and live performances imply. I am rather hoping they can show sometimes that the charts can reflect musical superiority and beat off the repetitive substandard auto-tuned (and yet somehow still flat!) meanderings of Drake. If Harry does it though, so be it.

[jszmiles]

Drake is closing in to get the UK #01 Album but he is still 1750 units behind. Will be a close call on Frday!
His 3 songs on the singles charts being now outside the TOP 5 show that he is really having less streaming support on this album than the previous album.

I wouldn't be surprised if Harry is #1 on Friday though.

Foals	+1320
Drake	+5660
Harry	+7349