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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2017 5:37:20 GMT
The UK Singles Chart began on W/E 15th November 1952.
In 1953 Frankie Laine had 4 Top 10 Hits for 3 Weeks in a row.
Until now no-one has equalled or beaten that.
In the latest UK 'Singles' Chart, Ed Sheeran had 16 Songs in the Top 20!
This includes the entire Top 6 & 9 of the Top 10! (No-one has held even the
entire Top 4 before. The Top 3 was not held - by the same Act - until W/E
14th January 2016, when Justin Bieber did it. But Ed has doubled that).
In the Irish Charts, his 'takeover' is even greater. He has the entire Top 16
'Singles' there! As well as the No.1, No.2 & No.5 Albums.....
This is because The Official Charts Company now allows 'Streaming' to affect
the 'Singles' Chart, & if an Act can get Millions of 'Streams' for an Album, they
can get every Track on it into the Singles Chart! Which is exactly what Ed has
done.
The OCC will now have to decide what to do to stop it ever happening again, as
most people don't like Ed Sheeran, so if he dominates the 'Singles' Chart, they
will lose all interest in that Chart - forever.
If they don't do something, (to stop Album Tracks getting into the 'Singles' Chart),
the problem will only keep happening. Most likely when Justin Bieber, Adele and
Taylor Swift release their next Albums.
THE UK 'SINGLES' CHART TOP 20
(W/B 10th March 2017 - W/E 16th March 2017)
01 01 Ed Sheeran ~ Shape of You
02 NE Ed Sheeran ~ Galway Girl
03 03 Ed Sheeran ~ Castle on the Hill
04 NE Ed Sheeran ~ Perfect
05 NE Ed Sheeran ~ New Man
06 NE Ed Sheeran ~ Happier
07 02 The Chainsmokers and Coldplay ~ Something Just Like This
08 NE Ed Sheeran ~ Dive
09 NE Ed Sheeran ~ Supermarket Flowers
10 NE Ed Sheeran ~ What Do I Know?
11 11 Ed Sheeran ~ How Would You Feel (Paean)
12 NE Ed Sheeran ~ Barcelona
13 NE Ed Sheeran ~ Nancy Mulligan
14 NE Ed Sheeran ~ Eraser
15 NE Ed Sheeran ~ Hearts Don't Break Around Here
16 04 Rag'n'Bone Man ~ Human
17 05 Katy Perry ~ Chained To The Rhythm [feat. Skip Marley]
18 NE Ed Sheeran ~ Bibia Be Ye Ye
19 NE Ed Sheeran ~ Save Myself
20 06 Stormzy ~ Big For Your Boots
Ed Sheeran also has 3 Albums in the UK Top 5. Even The Beatles, ABBA & Adele,
have never had more than 2 UK Top 5 Albums at once.
He is only the 6th Artist to achieve it & the 1st 'Living' Solo Artist to do so since
Elvis Presley did it, (for 2 Weeks), in 1957.
THE UK's TOP 5 ALBUMS
W/B 10th March 2017 - W/E 16th March 2017
01 NE Ed Sheeran ~ ÷
02 02 Rag'n'Bone Man ~ Human
03 01 Stormzy ~ Gang Signs & Prayer
04 03 Ed Sheeran ~ ×
05 12 Ed Sheeran ~ +
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Post by Alan on Mar 11, 2017 8:54:53 GMT
What I don't understand about this is that, surely, the figures for those streaming the entire album should count towards the album chart, not the songs/singles chart? The track from this album with the least number of streams should be the benchmark, and those figures should be deducted from all tracks and count towards the album chart. The remainder should count towards the songs/singles chart? Or is that what they've done?
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Post by gary on Mar 11, 2017 9:24:02 GMT
Colin, I have an off-topic question for you, but it's not worth starting a new thread, and it is related to chart compilation.
I noticed that the La La Land soundtrack is in the UK album chart. Indeed, it was recently number one, I think. I thought that multi-artist albums weren't allowed in the main album chart. Has that rule been changed? Or am I missing something?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2017 15:30:12 GMT
Gary - The 'La La Land' Album is allowed into the UK 'Artist' Album Chart because it is a Studio Cast Album.
The same for the 'Trolls' Studio Cast Album.
Just as the 'Mamma Mia!' Studio Cast Album was allowed into that Chart, where it reached No.12, (2008),
& has sold over 410,000 UK copies - so far. (The 'Mamma Mia!' Film Soundtrack was only allowed into the
Compilation Chart. It was No.1 for 11 Weeks & has sold over 1,480,000 UK copies - so far).
The OCC are not always fair. They allowed 'Evita' into the Artist Chart - even though it is a Film Soundtrack.
They credit it to Madonna & Various Artists. So, they allow Madonna to have it as one of her 12 UK No.1 Albums
- even though she did not sing everything on it. But, they would not allow 'The Bodyguard' Film Soundtrack into
the 'Artist' Chart in 1992/1993, because they refused to let Whitney Houston be credited with it. Even though Whitney
is on the cover, & even though Whitney sang on most of the Tracks. So, they treated Whitney & Madonna differently,
& let Madonna have 'Evita' as a No.1, but Whitney was not allowed to have 'The Bodyguard' as a No.1. (It was only
allowed into the Compilation Chart, where it was No.1 for 11 Weeks - the same, (11 Weeks), as the 'Mamma Mia!'
Film Soundtrack).
Just as the Bee Gees were not allowed to have 'Saturday Night Fever' as a No.1 Album, in the UK, because they did
not sing everything on it. It was allowed into the Artist Chart, as Film Soundtracks were allowed into it in those
days. In the USA. 'Saturday Night Fever' is allowed to be a Bee Gees No.1 Album & 'The Bodyguard' is allowed to be
a Whitney Houston No.1 Album.
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Post by gary on Mar 12, 2017 21:52:06 GMT
Thanks Colin, that's interesting.
I am sure the Madonna/Whitney situation has been pointed out to the OCC. I wonder how they justified their decision, if at all.
Personally, for what it's worth, I wouldn't consider Evita to be a Madonna album, nor The Bodyguard a Whitney Houston album, nor Saturday Night Fever a Bee Gees album.
By coincidence, I was just playing Evita this morning. Madonna does a very good job on it, but she's not in the Julie Covington/Elaine Paige league.
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