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Music News: 'Mylo Xyloto' challenging '21' for the fastest-selling album
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'Mylo Xyloto' challenging '21' for the fastest-selling album
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UK Midweek Chart update: Coldplay sales hit 95k already
12:10 | Tuesday October 25, 2011
By Paul Williams
Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto is challenging Adele’s 21 to become the fastest-selling album in the UK this year after opening with more than 95,000 sales.
The Parlophone act are certainties to debut at number one this coming Sunday with what will be their fifth chart-topping album out of five releases. They begin the week by outselling nearest rival Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds by nearly four copies to one, according to the Official Charts Company.
In a week in which the fate of EMI’s future ownership could be determined, the UK major also has a very good chance of sitting at the top of the singles chart this coming Sunday with the Virgin-issued Read All About It by Professor Green featuring Emeli Sande the week’s biggest seller so far. Performed on ITV1’s X Factor results show last Sunday, the single has sold around 67,000 copies so far this week, around 14,000 more than fellow new release and its current closest challenger, the Syco-handled Earthquake by Labrinth featuring Tinie Tempah.
Back on the albums chart and, having debuted at one last Sunday, the Sour Mash-issued Gallagher album is the week-to-date’s second-biggest artist album and is around 10,000 sales ahead of Reprise/Warner Bros act Michael Buble’s brand new album Christmas. Buble is joined among the top five sellers by RCA artist Kelly Clarkson whose Stronger is showing up as a new entry at four, while Elektra/Atlantic Bruno Mars who, like Clarkson, performed on last Sunday’s X Factor show, climbs 9-5 with Doo-Wops & Hooligans. Sales of Mars’ album are up 158% on the week, while the track he performed, Runaway Baby, is presently a new entry at 20 on the singles countdown.
As Coldplay’s new album looks to challenge its opening-week sales of 208,090, achieved in January, XL act Adele’s album 21 faces the prospect of dropping out of the top five for the first time since its release. Placed fourth last Sunday, it is currently the ninth biggest artist seller of the new chart week.
Ahead of Adele, Tom Waits is aiming to achieve only his second UK Top 10 album – the first, Mule Variations, reached number nine in May 1999 – with the newly-released Anti release Bad As Me the week so far’s sixth top seller.
Former Savage Garden frontman Darren Hayes’ new solo album Secret Codes And Battleships – released on his Powdered Sugar label – is new at 11, while Sony’s re-issue of Paul Simon’s Grammy-winning Graceland crops up in 14th position. Also currently showing up as new entries among the Top 20 positions are albums from Roadrunner’s Machine Head (16th place) and Epic/Syco’s Ronan Parke (19th), while in 21st and 22nd positions respectively are new albums from Demon’s The Soldiers and Because/Ed Banger’s Justice.
On the singles chart Def Jam/Mercury’s single We Found Love by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris, which spent a third week at the top last Sunday, is now in third place. Kelly Clarkson is matching her album’s position this week on singles with Mr Know It All moving 6-4, while Peacefrog’s Charlene Soraia single Wherever You Will Go drops 3-5.
Island act Rizzle Kicks appear poised to score a second Top 10 hit in their own right (they also topped the chart with Olly Murs) with When I Was A Youngster a new entry at seven.
As they head to the top of the artist albums chart, Coldplay will also return to the singles chart this week. Paradise is new at 12 in the chart week so far, one position ahead of fellow new release, the Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen single You Make Me Feel by Cobra Starship featuring Sabi.
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http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?s...de=1047164&c=1
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MX is a masterpiece!
Almost every song of this album is perfect!
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Amazon.co.uk has revealed that Coldplay’s new album Mylo Xyloto, released today, has become its most pre-ordered album of 2011.
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The retailer said that Mylo Xyloto passed Adele’s 21 on Friday to become the year’s biggest pre-order.
“Despite a gap of three years since their last album, Coldplay are back with a bang,” said Amazon.co.uk head of music buying Paul Firth.
“2011 has been Adele’s year, but pre-orders of Mylo Xyloto have pushed Chris Martin’s band to the top of Amazon.co.uk’s music chart even before release, keeping recent releases from Noel Gallagher and Matt Cardle off the top spot.”
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Still on 21's side though...
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EDIT: Amazing. This. Band. Just. Amazing.
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I didn't really understand.. Does that mean they will have a bigger first week?
If so, I really don't care.
The fact the Adele will have one of the best selling album EVER in the UK in few monthes [she's at ~3.2M and when she passes 3.6M she will pass Madona and will have the 10th biggest selling album in the UK ever.]
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They are releasing it on late October, sales are much larger than in January
and what's great of 21 is that sold well through the whole year
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Originally posted by bendi_94
Does that mean they will have a bigger first week?
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That'd be weird for them to mention her, since Born This Way opened more than 21.
EDIT: Well I think it's first day sales.
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Wow,they are slaying,as always!
Congrats!
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Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2
That'd be weird for them to mention her, since Born This Way opened more than 21.
EDIT: Well I think it's first day sales.
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Thanks!
It's hard to understand that.
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sr but mylo xyloto is just a mess 
congrats to 'em though
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so proud, the album is a masterpiece, every track is amazing 
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YAS! Much better album then 21 for sure.
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I'm really sure that it's better than 21 but congrats to Coldplay
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I'm glad they are doing great with the album.
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Very well deserving. 'Mylo Xyloto' is perfection. 
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