WHAT'S LEFT IN BLIGHTY? Q4 PREVIEW

Universal looks set to be crowned King (or Queen) of Q4 in Blighty, thanks to a number of potentially blockbuster releases. Putting aside Adele (whose upcoming third album is out on XL in the U.K. and Columbia in the States on 11/20), Island’s John Newman and James Morrison, Polydor’s Ellie Goulding and Virgin EMI’s The Vamps are likely to birth the major’s biggest albums this coming quarter. Then there's the recently announced extended Sam Smith LP, as well as a big Beatles box set.

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Meanwhile, Polydor boss Ferdy Unger-Hamilton hopes Goulding’s Delirium will transform her into a global pop artist. Out on 11/6, the album is a big priority for Universal, and follows the singer’s two previous #1 albums. Will she score a hat-trick? Out on the same date, Beatles 1+ suggests not. The three-disc set adds to the group's best-selling 2000 compilation 1, which has sold more than 30m worldwide since its release in 2000.

And then there's Smith. Capitol will release an extended version of his blockbuster debut album on 11/6. A “creative collaboration” with fashion brand Balenciaga (whose autumn/winter 2015 campaign is fronted by Smith), In the Lonely Hour: The Drowning Shadows Edition will feature a second CD with nine new and exclusive tracks.

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One Direction will surely hit #1 on 11/13 with what could be their last release as a group, Made in the A.M. In the worldwide stakes, it's going up against Justin Bieber's RBMG/Island LP Purpose, but in Blighty the competition is pretty much won.

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The rest of the year looks sparse, with the projected biggest release a repack of Ed Sheeran's second album x, due on 11/13. Asylum’s Sheeran has sold the most albums in the U.K. so far this year with that 2014 set, which claimed the title of last year’s best-seller, and has sold 705k in 2015 alone (2.39m in total). Will the reissue help Sheeran score a second win in this year's best-seller stakes? Adele, it's down to you.


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I don't know if Adele will surpass Ed this year, isn't she releasing in late November? she has about 2 months to sell 705k.. either way she will probably end up selling more in the long run.

Can Sam just go away.

can they stop calling us Blighty

i spent 5 minutes trying to figure out what that meant, who the **** does that??

Oop The release date is stated again

What? A re release of In The Lonely Hour? Isn't it a but late already?

Give it up Sam sis. Start fresh with a new era.

repack of x? tell me more.

The title though

I love how you all are slating Sam for re-releasing yet saying absolutely nothing about Ed doing the exact same.

Yeah idk if Adele could push 750k+ in 5 weeks, but we'll see.
21 sold 208k during it's first week over there (in January) so it's possible.

Adele ha power.

She will do that in 2

Q4 is always huge there

How do they know that 1D is going to surpass Justin
Justin might include nudes in the booklet and then everyone is going to buy it

So is Emile Sande releasing this year?

Don't think so.

Only here for Ellie and 1D to an extent

Ed and Sam rereleasing is unnecessary.

Supposedly..but her label have to give way for the other Adele...so her release will be transfered Next year

You forgot Ellie in the title

Come through queen Adele

Whats the point of Sam attaching 9 new songs to a nearly 18 month old album when he coukd just take time off n start a new era next year