42rock89 Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 After finally being allowed to chart, Viva La Vida looks set to storm the singles chart, entering at #1. Previous single's that missed number 1 were In My Place and Speed of Sound who were beaten by Darius and the Crazy Frog. Its not for certain yet that Coldplay will be #1 by sunday but its looking very likely. A big surprise, a nice one too :P Singles 01 Coldplay - VLV 02 Mint Royale 03 Ne Yo 04 Rihanna 05 Sara Bareilles Top 10 Chris Brown Coldplay - VH Top 15 Jordan Sparks Top 30 Fall Out Boy Subways Madonna - GI2M Maroon 5 Cage The Elephant Top 40 Flo Rida feat. Timbaland Nickelback Billiam ========================== Albums 01 Coldplay 02 Duffy 03 Neil Diamond 04 Paul Weller 05 Feeder Top 10 Dennis Wilson Darren Styles Top 15 Fleet Foxes Sara Bareilles The Music Top 20 Judas Priest Weezer Top 30 Offspring Petula Clark Top 40 Willie Nelson There are no sales info yet but I will post if I can find any. I will also let you know the update throughout the week on how Coldplay is doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudge Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 YAY I hope they do. They'll be so pleased :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Hmm, we'll see. I doubt it, although I hope I'm wrong :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddyfu123 Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I don't think this will happen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42rock89 Posted June 17, 2008 Author Share Posted June 17, 2008 Coldplay eyeing first ever number one single 12:58 | Tuesday June 17, 2008 By Paul Williams Coldplay are strong bets to score their first ever UK number one single with early retail sales suggesting Viva La Vida will debut at number one this Sunday. The Parlophone track had previously been excluded from the chart after being made available as an individual download to anyone pre-ordering the digital version of the band’s new album. However, that situation has now passed, allowing Viva La Vida to qualify for the singles chart for the first time. Coldplay, whose Speed Of Sound was famously prevented from becoming the band’s first number one single in 2005 by Crazy Frog, are presently a few hundred sales ahead of Mint Royale’s Syco-issued Singin’ In The Rain with Def Jam/Mercury’s Close by Ne-Yo third in a tightly-packed race among the leading contenders. In fact, there are little more than 2,000 sales separating the current midweek number one and Jive/RCA act Chris Brown’s Forever at number eight. While the battle for number one on the singles chart is too close to call at present, Coldplay are certainties to spend a second week at the top of the artist albums chart with Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends currently outselling its closest challenger, Rockferry by Duffy, by more than six units to one. Coldplay could also find themselves with two simultaneous Top 10 singles for the first time with Violet Hill presently sitting at 10 on the midweeks, up from 12 where it landed on last Sunday’s chart. Lower down, expect brand new entries in this coming weekend’s singles countdown from acts including the Subways and Billiam, while Cage The Elephant will break into the Top 40 for the first time, with Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked set to make a huge climb from its present chart position of 196. Back on the albums chart and, while Coldplay’s phenomenal sales mean the contest for number one this week is already over, the band will be joined by no less than eight brand new entries in the Top 20. These include Echo’s Feeder with Silent Cry and Dennis Wilson scoring his first-ever solo hit album in the UK, some 25 years after he died in a drowning accident. Sony BMG’s revival of his Pacific Ocean Blue & Bambu – 2 is presently eight in the midweeks, ahead of new entries from Darren Styles, Fleet Foxes, Sara Bareillies, The Music, Judas Priest and Weezer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42rock89 Posted June 17, 2008 Author Share Posted June 17, 2008 oops, double post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magenta Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 I hope they do they deserve it.........bored of Mint Royale and Rhianna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Coldplay 'excited' about top spot (UK) Coldplay have admitted that they are "excited" about the prospect of scoring their first ever number one UK single this weekend. Early sales of Viva La Vida, the title track from their fourth album, suggest that the band could finally shoot to the top of the singles chart on Sunday. The song was available to download before this week to those pre-ordering the band's album. Chart rules prevented it from counting towards the top 40 until Monday. The track has already given the band their first number one in the US after it shot straight to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. The last British band to top the US chart was Def Leppard who reached the top spot with Love Bites 20 years ago. Coldplay came close to scoring their first number one in the UK in 2005 with Speed Of Sound but they were denied by Crazy Frog's single Axel F. Guitarist Jonny Buckland is hoping Coldplay can go one better this time. He told Newsbeat: "I'm quite excited about it actually. I can't really believe it but then it's probably not going to happen anyway, is it?" Promotional tour The band have played three free gigs for their fans this week including a show at Brixton, Barcelona and the BBC Television Centre. "It's been really fun playing these free gigs and it's nice to come back like this because there's not too much pressure," he admitted. "You don't have to be great if nobody is paying any money." The Coldplay guitarist also said the band decided not to play any festivals this year because they felt it was too soon. He added: "We thought about coming back and doing the festivals but we wanted to leave it this year because it feels like we've only just done them. You can't just keep coming back ploughing the same furrow. As for next year we're not sure at this stage because we have only planned up to our UK tour in December which I'm really excited about because it's a long time since we've done a full tour." He went on: "I never initially liked playing the big arenas and I much preferred intimate gigs like the ones we've played this week. But now that we haven't done big arenas for a while I'm kind of missing it so it'll be good to go back and play them especially in Liverpool because it's near my hometown." http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7464000/7464423.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudy_o Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 damn that froggie :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Payam Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 damn that froggie :angry: Ya, I remember at the Koko club show Chris added in a part to The Scientist about the frog. "Sometimes you're beaten by an animated cartoon when you try to get to number 1 in the chart...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 He's looking forward to Liverpool :dance: :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixed Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Ohh they're playing Violet Hill from Brixton!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42rock89 Posted June 22, 2008 Author Share Posted June 22, 2008 The sales info from Friday were... 1) Coldplay - 16.6k 2) Ne-Yo - Under 15k. I think Coldplay have got this, hope it becomes #1 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 thanks :dance: where are those figures from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Oooh I wonder if they'll speak to them. Do they still do that? Ring the number one artist up? I haven't listened to the chart in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 there will be a brand new No.1!! :dance: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 That was Lil Wayne?! And he sold 1 millions copies of that album? It was awful! :stunned: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayzo Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Coldplay clean up Coldplay have burnt up the charts this week, achieving their first ever No 1 single while holding the top slot in the albums chart. The four-piece band stormed to the top with Viva La Vida - released as a download single only, according to The Official Charts Company. And the band have two top-20 hits in the singles chart with Violet Hill sitting at number 11. http://www.teletext.co.uk/entertainment/news/6cec66c9a66502c652dba9c1b4a02d78/Coldplay+clean+up.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinca Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 New Number 1!! Official! Not Mint Royale. Just heard on Radio 1 Chart Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open-Politik Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Not been on yet :D Album chart will be in 15ish minutes (which they'll be number one by miles on) and then the official single number one will be announced in about 1h 45m :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixed Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 I think I'll record this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Whoop number 1 album. But we knew that already :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 teletext were right about VH @ #11... sooo..... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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