DagenhamFox
Blue Roofer
I downloaded it this morning and have just finished it. Much better than What’s Rock And Roll in my opinion.
You’re in for a treat @Richardvanles
You’re in for a treat @Richardvanles
Ballad of a Bystander
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Richardvanles
Roofer
I’ve been reading the reviews, I think most weren’t expecting it to be as good as it is. Waiting now for my different bundles.
DagenhamFox
Blue Roofer
What have you ordered?
Richardvanles
Roofer
Cd bundle and the Luke Horton. (I’ve the other two Luke’s so I best collect this)
DagenhamFox
Blue Roofer
The Luke Horton ones were the ones to collect really. I got on the Assai special track which just have a bit of printed paper around the sleeve so I bought that again.
Also a tour CD from London and one of the records from their website. I can’t recall which.
Also a tour CD from London and one of the records from their website. I can’t recall which.
DagenhamFox
Blue Roofer
They’re going all out to beat The Smile to the number one spot this week.
Richardvanles
Roofer
Think James Arthur will bag it, bbc all over him.
sgt_wilko
Roofer
This was yesterday at 6.00PM
James Arthur is targeting No.1 in the albums chart with his new album Bitter Sweet Love, which has accumulated 14,514 sales so far this week. The record has 11,640 sales from its physical release, whilst streams account for 1,487 units and downloads account for 1,387.
The Smile sit in second place with Wall Of Eyes, which has 10,794 sales so far, whilst The Reytons’ Ballad Of A Bystander (10,780 sales), Tom Odell’s Black Friday (7,527 sales) and Noah Kahan’s Stick
James Arthur is targeting No.1 in the albums chart with his new album Bitter Sweet Love, which has accumulated 14,514 sales so far this week. The record has 11,640 sales from its physical release, whilst streams account for 1,487 units and downloads account for 1,387.
The Smile sit in second place with Wall Of Eyes, which has 10,794 sales so far, whilst The Reytons’ Ballad Of A Bystander (10,780 sales), Tom Odell’s Black Friday (7,527 sales) and Noah Kahan’s Stick
DagenhamFox
Blue Roofer
Reytons are on Absolute at 7pm. Probably a bit late really.
I’m not bothering with the Leadmill pre sale thing, too far for me.
DagenhamFox
Blue Roofer
Thanks @sgt_wilko Reytons managed number 2. They say they had a late tilt and sold more records after a late week release to include pre sale access to a couple of gigs in Sheffield but for some reason the official charts didn’t recognise these late sales.
Richardvanles
Roofer
Yep sold 300 more than James Arthur, but “industry Officials” put a complaint in and they had something like 2300 wiped off their sales. Something to do with small print but by all accounts the small print was included (number of folk have screen shotted it) it’s what James Arthur done himself with a meet and great offer if you purchase the album.
Sony (who sponsor the charts) couldn’t let the little guy win this time. They spent a small fortune advertising and pushing James Arthur.
DagenhamFox
Blue Roofer
What surprises me massively is the low quantity of sales needed to get a number 1 album nowadays.
Possibly one for @sgt_wilko to reply on.
Possibly one for @sgt_wilko to reply on.
Wearthefoxhat
Roofer
Apart from certain ways of accessing music for free I’d have thought Spotify, YouTube and other streaming services would be the main reason
sabredunce
Silver Surfer
Even worse, a 'listen' counts as a sale, it's a completely fraudulent statistic. It's about 'getting' rather than buying the song for listen. You can spread millions of copies of your product around the world for nothing more than the cost of a website and a link to the digital file.
There was a massive stink about it when Drake claimed to have outsold the Beatles.