Mark Ronson grooving his way to first Number 1 with Uptown Funk
Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ Uptown Funk has charged into the lead on the Official Singles Chart.
The soul/funk track takes the top spot on today’s Official Chart Update following its early release on Monday night (December 8). If it holds its current position, it will mark the musician’s first Number 1 single, besting his previous chart peak of Number 2 with singles Stop Me and Amy Winehouse collaboration Valerie, both of which were released in 2007.
Uptown Funk was rush released five weeks earlier than scheduled after a well-received performance of the song on The X Factor by Fleur East saw a surge in demand for the song’s release.
The track’s popularity and early release now makes it a strong contender for this year’s Christmas Number 1, where it will fight it out for the accolade with the likes of Band Aid, The Peace Collective, Iron Maiden and this year’s X Factor winner.
1. Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (53.1k)
2. Band Aid 30 - Do They Know It's Christmas? (2014) (37.6k)
3. Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (26.5k)
4. Oliver Heldens feat. KStewart - Last All Night (Koala) (26.4k)
5. Take That - These Days (24.2k)
Wow at Ed tho. He's selling like +120k this week, kinda insane considering he already sold +1M copies.
And he's getting the X-Factor finale exposure this weekend.
1. Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (53.1k)
2. Band Aid 30 - Do They Know It's Christmas? (2014) (37.6k)
3. Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (26.5k)
4. Oliver Heldens feat. KStewart - Last All Night (Koala) (26.4k)
5. Take That - These Days (24.2k)
Only 53k so far, they are far ahead of every body else on iTunes.
X marks the spot once again for Ed Sheeran as he returns to Number 1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart.
The singer/songwriter shifted an impressive 152,000 copies of X this week to earn a tenth non-consecutive week at the summit.
Last week, the Official Charts Company and BPI announced that the LP has sold over a million copies in the UK so far, with Ed becoming the first artist to achieve the feat within a calendar year since Emeli Sande with Our Version Of Events in 2012.
Meanwhile, in an all-British Top 5, Sam Smith climbs 4 to 2 with In The Lonely Hour and Olly Murs’ Never Been Better jumps 6 to 3.
1 X ED SHEERAN
2 IN THE LONELY HOUR SAM SMITH
3 NEVER BEEN BETTER OLLY MURS
4 FOUR ONE DIRECTION
5 WANTED ON VOYAGE GEORGE EZRA
6 III TAKE THAT
7 ROCK OR BUST AC/DC
8 THE ENDLESS RIVER PINK FLOYD
9 1989 TAYLOR SWIFT
10 CHRISTMAS MICHAEL BUBLE
I think Ed sheeran has slipped into that Robbie williams slot of appealing to a wide demograph. Blokes can openly like him as well as the pop girls. He's riding that line between indie rock & pop. In the UK thats a huge market.
I think Ed sheeran has slipped into that Robbie williams slot of appealing to a wide demograph. Blokes can openly like him as well as the pop girls. He's riding that line between indie rock & pop. In the UK thats a huge market.
true.
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Originally posted by Slayley
How much did ITLH sell and how much has it sold so far?
830k, not counting this week's. It will reach 1M next week
Mark Ronson has scored his first Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with Uptown Funk.
The Bruno Mars-assisted track racked up a huge chart tally of 118,000 following its early release on Monday evening, comprising of 105,000 downloads and 1.35 million streams.
The feat bests his previous peak of Number 2 with singles Stop Me and Amy Winehouse collaboration Valerie, both of which were released in 2007.
1 UPTOWN FUNK MARK RONSON FT BRUNO MARS
2 THINKING OUT LOUD ED SHEERAN
3 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS BAND AID 30
4 THESE DAYS TAKE THAT
5 LAST ALL NIGHT (KOALA) OLIVER HELDENS FT KSTEWART
6 BLANK SPACE TAYLOR SWIFT
7 NIGHT CHANGES ONE DIRECTION
8 WRAPPED UP OLLY MURS FT TRAVIE MCCOY
9 OUTSIDE CALVIN HARRIS/ELLIE GOULDING
10 REAL LOVE CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE