Lorde's hit "Royals" was released this week in the UK and is headed straight to #1 on the UK Official Charts.
More promo is scheduled for Lorde in the coming days leading up to the UK "Pure Heroine" release as she headlines VEVO's 2013 Halloween Party live from London.
1 ROYALS LORDE
2 YOU'RE NOBODY 'TIL SOMEBODY LOVES YOU JAMES ARTHUR
3 COUNTING STARS ONEREPUBLIC
4 BOOYAH SHOWTEK/WE ARE LOUD/WILSON
5 ROAR KATY PERRY
6 BEAUTIFUL LIFE UNION J
7 WRECKING BALL MILEY CYRUS
8 BONFIRE HEART JAMES BLUNT
9 HOLD TIGHT JUSTIN BIEBER
10 RAP GOD EMINEM
11 JULIET LAWSON
12 AFTERGLOW WILKINSON
13 HOLD ON WE'RE GOING HOME DRAKE FT MAJID JORDAN
14 R U CRAZY CONOR MAYNARD
15 I WON'T GIVE UP JASON MRAZ
16 LET HER GO PASSENGER
17 CAN WE DANCE VAMPS
18 WHAT I MIGHT DO BEN PEARCE
19 TALK DIRTY JASON DERULO FT 2 CHAINZ
20 WAKE ME UP AVICII
21 BERZERK EMINEM
22 BLURRED LINES ROBIN THICKE/TI/PHARRELL
23 YOU MAKE ME AVICII
24 THE FOX YLVIS
25 BURN ELLIE GOULDING
26 GIVE IT 2 U ROBIN THICKE/KENDRICK LAMAR
27 CHANGE YOUR LIFE IGGY AZALEA FT TI
28 SAME LOVE MACKLEMORE/LEWIS/LAMBERT
29 DISCO LOVE SATURDAYS
30 ALL NIGHT ICONA POP
31 SWEETER THAN FICTION TAYLOR SWIFT
32 COUNT ON ME CHASE & STATUS FT MOKO
33 CHEATING JOHN NEWMAN
34 NO SLEEP SWAY FT KSI TIGGER DA AUTHOR
35 WAIT FOR A MINUTE TYGA & JUSTIN BIEBER
36 LOVE ME AGAIN JOHN NEWMAN
37 TURN IT UP SEAN PAUL
38 LOVE THIS TOWN DIZZEE RASCAL FT TEDDY SKY
39 SUMMERTIME SADNESS LANA DEL REY VS CEDRIC GERVAIS
40 SONNENTANZ (SUN DON'T SHINE) KLANGKARUSSELL FT WILL HEARD
I guess that's true, but if they do count the pre-order sales, they will count both for the album and singles chart, which is unfair too, considering in the end you will only have bought the album.
If the people who pre-ordered the album didn't like DWUW they could've cancelled their pre-order. They don't automatically download or anything, they still have to pay for the song. People who bought it are clearly here for the song.
If they do end up actually 'completing' their album, they should substract the sales from DWUW that week.
If the people who pre-ordered the album didn't like DWUW they could've cancelled their pre-order. They don't automatically download or anything, they still have to pay for the song. People who bought it are clearly here for the song.
If they do end up actually 'completing' their album, they should substract the sales from DWUW that week.
But that would mean the song is undeservedly blocking other songs in the singles chart if people actually do end up completing the full album later on.
Lady Gaga’s Do What U Want (featuring R Kelly) will become chart eligible once the related album pre-order promotion ends. Official Chart rules, as agreed in committee with the British music industry, allow one ‘instant grat’ promotion per album, i.e a single track download given away as an album pre-order incentive. Do What U Want is the second track to be delivered to fans who pre-order ARTPOP, the track will become eligible to chart once the current chosen promotional period ends and the full album is released on 11 November.
Dead. This means Do What U Want, Venus and future promotional singles from ARTPOP are ineligible to chart
not really, they can release them separately from the album, as a single only. Anyways, promo singles are meant to promote the album, this is only a problem 'cause DWUW was changed to official single.