But at the same time, Bieber playing reverse psychology lol. If he loses no. 1: "Justin Bieber decides to forfeit his number 1 lead in aid of charity" etc. ....... even though NHS would have taken it anyways since the gap has closed significantly. But now if they are "suddenly" and "unexpectedly" number 1 in tomorrow's update many will be attributing it to his support. Nice calculated PR move there..He waited to tweet his 'support' until he knew the race was over

Scooter tweeted right before him. So transparent
It annoys me cause they think we're fools.

Wednesday Update Top 40 Only
Source: Music Week
Missing Data: n/a

Justin Bieber holds a narrow advantage in the singles chart in the race for Christmas No.1. Bieber’s Love Yourself holds the top spot with sales of 62,799, with the Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir close behind on 62,137. Bieber is also at No.3 with Sorry, which has shifted 47,139. Moving up are X Factor winner Louisa Johnson, whose Forever Young has risen to No.8 in the midweeks with sales of 25,720, having charted at No.9 last week, and One Direction’s history which re-enters the Top 10, rising a place to No.10 after selling 24,806 copies.

Adele’s 25 continues to tower over the rest of the albums chart, meanwhile, selling another mammoth total of 300,849 in its fourth week so far. Elvis Presley’s If I Can Dream holds steady at No.2, with 122,847, while Bieber’s Purpose drops to No.3 on sales of 92,275. Coldplay also fall a place to No.4 after shifting 85,733 of A Head Full Of Dreams.

Singles

1 Justin Bieber - Love Yourself (62,799)
2 The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir - A Bridge Over You (62,137)
3 Justin Bieber - Sorry (47,139)
4 Adele - Hello
5 Grace feat. G-Eazy - You Don't Own Me

6-10
8 Louisa Johnson - Forever Young (25,720)
10 One Direction - History (24,806)

11-20
14 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
15 99 Souls feat. Destiny's Child & Brandy - The Girl Is Mine
19 Little Mix - Love Me Like You

21-30
21 Wham! - Last Christmas
24 The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face
26 Shawn Mendes - Stitches
28 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
30 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

31-40
35 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas ^
37 Craig David & Big Narstie - When the Bassline Drops *
40 David Guetta feat. Sia & Fetty Wap - Bang My Head

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Albums

1 Adele - 25 (300,849)
2 Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream (122,847)
3 Justin Bieber - Purpose (92,275)
4 Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams (85,733)
5 Jess Glynne - I Cry When I Laugh

6-10
10 Olly Murs - Never Been Better

11-20
12 Michael Bublé - Christmas
16 Taylor Swift - 1989
17 Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour
19 Kylie Minogue - Kylie Christmas
20 Andrea Bocelli - Cinema

21-30
21 Chris Brown - Royalty *
23 John Williams - Star Wars - The Force Awakens OST
27 The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness
30 Stereophonics - Keep the Village Alive

31-40
31 ELO - All Over the World: The Very Best of ELO
36 Florence + the Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

NO OTHER SALES INFO

Adele 301k in 5 days.
Get those 400k girl!

Slay Mariah! with that #13!!! #Longevity

300 000 for Adele

This means she sold 70k per day in those 2 days and if she continues this way will be doing 440k ( maybe even up to 500k since the sales are likely to increase the closer to Christmas it gets )

7x Platinum here we come. 8x Platinum next week.

Adele

Another platinum cert for Adele
Is she near 2.5 million in the UK?

25 was at 1,970,246 last week
with 300k so far this week its total is 2.2 mil

25 is already near halfway of 21's total sales and were still in the First to Second Single

So where's Girl is Mine

Kylie is doing pretty great with her Xmas album. I wonder why she hasnt bothered releasing it in the US? I feel like AC radio stations would be all over it

She is annihilating the competition. 400k is a given at this point.

btw, while we are gushing over 25's monstrous success, this fact gives it even another jaw-dropping dimension;
the two fastest selling albums in UK history, 25 by Adele and Be Here Now by Oasis:

25 took 28 days to outsell BHN's 19 year total.

WTF Adele.

Anyways I'm here for Justin to snatch it the streaming numbers are good