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Midweek Charts: Rivals making ground on Enter Shikari
15:51 | Wednesday January 18, 2012
By Paul Williams
Ed Sheeran and Adele are breathing down the necks of Enter Shikari as the St Albarns band look to score the highest-charting album of their career and a possible number one.
A Flash Flood Of Colour continues to head the UK artist albums market after accumulating 12,838 sales up to the end of trading on Tuesday, according to Official Charts Company figures. However, both Ed Sheeran’s Asylum/Atlantic album + and XL artist Adele’s 21 remain less than 5,000 sales behind and have every chance of overtaking by the weekend.
Wherever A Flash Flood Of Colour ends up it will significantly improve on the chart placing of their previous studio album, 2009’s Common Dreads, their only one released via a major – Atlantic Records – and which reached number 16. This new album is independently issued through their label Ambush Reality, as was 2007’s Take To The Skies, which is currently their highest-charting album, having debuted and peaked at four.
Sheeran’s album is at the moment trailing Enter Shikari by about 4,200 copies with 21 a further 300 copies behind. Having returned to number one last Sunday, Elektra/Atlantic’s Bruno Mars is now down in a fourth place with Doo-Wops & Hooligans, while the Columbia/Parkwood Entertainment-issued 4 by Beyonce remains in fifth position.
Following a performance last Saturday on Jonathan Ross’s ITV1 chat show, Island act Florence + The Machine’s Ceremonials is set for a Top 10 return. Sales are up on the week by 49%, moving it on sales flashes 21-8.
In another quiet week for new albums there is just one other brand new entry besides A Flash Flood Of Colour showing up in the Top 40. It belongs to Island-signed guitar band Tribes whose first album Baby is presently a new entry at 13.
Jessie J had a close fight on her hands to top the UK singles chart last week with Domino and the going is far from easy again for the Island/Lava artist. Domino remains in front having sold 27,692 copies by the end of Tuesday, but only by about 3,600 sales as the Virgin-issued Antidote by Swedish House Mafia with Knifeparty crops up as a new entry at two. Another Virgin release, David Guetta featuring Sia’s Titanium, has progressed so far this week 8-3 with Island’s Rizzle Kicks dropping 3-4 with Mama Do The Hump and the Atlantic single Good Feeling by Flo Rida dropping 2-5.
Sales of Mercury act Pixie Lott’s Kiss The Stars are up 206% on the week, sending it 14-7, while there is a doubling of sales for Kelly Clarkson’s RCA single Stronger to move it 21-11. Other big week-on-week sales gainers include the J/RCA-issued International Love by Pitbull featuring Chris Brown (up 62% to move 23-15), Island’s Gotye featuring Kimbra with Somebody That I Used To Know (up 53% and progressing 36-25) and the latest singles by Syco acts Cher Lloyd and One Direction. Sales of Lloyd’s Want U Back are up 220% on the week, lifting it 65-29 in the midweeks, while One Direction’s One Thing rises 119-31 as sales increase 737% on the week.
UK MIDWEEKS:
SONGS:
40. JME - "96 F***ries"
39. Michael Kiwanuka - "Home Again"
38. Skrillex and the Doors - "Breaking a Sweat"
37. Yasmin - "Light Up (The World)" (feat. Shy Fx & Ms Dynamite)
36. Military Wives with Gareth Malone - "Wherever You Are"
35. Jessie J - "Who You Are"
34. Birdy - "Skinny Love"
33. One Direction - "What Makes You Beautiful"
32. Professor Green - "Read All About It" (feat. Emeli Sande)
31. One Direction - "One Thing"
30. Skepta - "Hold On"
29. Cher Lloyd - "Want You Back"
28. Christina Perri - "Jar of Hearts"
27. Charlene Soraia - "Wherever You Will Go"
26. Pitbull - "Give Me Everything" (feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer)
25. Gotye - "Somebody That I Used To Know" (feat. Kimbra)
24. Drake - "Take Care" (feat. Rihanna)
23. Katy Perry - "The One That Got Away"
22. Foster the People - "Pumped Up Kicks"
21. Ed Sheeran - "Lego House"
20. Lana Del Rey - "Video Games"
19. Rihanna - "You Da One"
18. LMFAO - "Sexy and I Know It"
17. Rihanna - "We Found Love" (feat. Calvin Harris)
16. Maroon 5 - "Moves Like Jagger" (feat. Christina Aguilera)
15. Pitbull - "International Love" (feat. Chris Brown)
14. Labrinth - "Earthquake" (feat. Tinie Tempah)
13. Olly Murs - "Dance With Me Tonight"
12. Beyoncé - "Love On Top"
11. Kelly Clarkson - "Stronger"
10. Coldplay - "Paradise"
09. Taio Cruz - "Troublemaker"
08. Avicii - "Levels"
07. Pixie Lott - "Kiss the Stars"
06. Lloyd - "Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)" [feat. André 3000 & Lil Wayne)
05. Flo Rida - "Good Feeling"
04. Rizzle Kicks - "Mama Do the Hump"
03. David Guetta - "Titanium" (feat. Sia)
02. Swedish House Party vs. Knife Party - "Antidote"
01. Jessie J - "Domino"
ALBUMS:
40. Cee Lo Green - "The Lady Killer"
39. David Guetta - "Nothing But the Beat"
38. Foo Fighters - "Greatest Hits"
37. Matt Cardle - "Letters"
36. Snow Patrol - "Fallen Empires"
35. Chase & Status - "No More Idols"
34. Noah and the Whale - "Last Night On Earth"
33. The Black Keys - "El Camino"
32. Rihanna - "LOUD"
31. Foo Fighters - "Wasting Light"
30. JLS - "Jukebox"
29. Katy Perry - "Teenage Dream"
28. Cher Lloyd - "Sticks and Stones"
27. Christina Perri - "Lovestrong"
26. Westlife - "Greatest Hits"
25. Rebecca Ferguson - "Heaven"
24. Drake - "Take Care"
23. Will Young - "Echoes"
22. ADELE - "19"
21. Professor Green - "At Your Inconvenience"
20. Lady GaGa - "Born This Way"
19. Rihanna - "Talk That Talk"
18. One Direction - "Up All Night"
17. Amy Winehouse - "Lioness: Hidden Treasures"
16. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds"
15. The Maccabees - "Given to the Wild"
14. Olly Murs - "In Case You Didn't Know"
13. Tribes - "Baby"
12. Kasabian - "Velociraptor"
11. Foster the People - "Torches"
10. Rizzle Kicks - "Stereo Typical"
09. Jessie J - "Who You Are"
08. Florence + the Machine - "Ceremonials"
07. The Vaccines - "What Did You Expect from the Vaccines"
06. Coldplay - "Mylo Xyloto"
05. Beyoncé - "4"
04. Bruno Mars - "Doo-Wops & Hooligans"
03. ADELE - "21"
02. Ed Sheeran - "+"
01. Enter Shikari - "A Flash Flood of Colour"
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