Predict first week Uk sales for the Magic Whip

[Neal Zeal]

I'll have to check these but I think All Day Robots sold around 20,000 and Think Tank about 40,000 in week 1. Great Escape will have sold close to 200,000.
But how will TMW fare? Tons of things to take into account. The massive gap since the last album, the generally very good reviews, pretty good but not spectacular airplay for Lonesome Street, lots of other promotion (TV, radio, music mags etc).

[Neal Zeal]

To get the (proverbial) ball rolling, I reckon it'll sell around 80,000.

[tom_cas1]

A lot.

[Rubi]

Enough to get #1.

[AdvertBreak]

Easy #1, but no, not TGE's 200,000 (where it outsold the rest of the first week combined)

Of course, it should do because its that good, but oh well, at least it will peak at the top. 60,000 my guess.

[101reykjavik]

I have no idea on numbers. I don't really know what albums sell these days (really commercial stuff). My gut tells me No. 1 album in the UK though, and then knocked off in week two by bloody Mumford and Sons.

[Neal Zeal]

I have no idea on numbers. I don't really know what albums sell these days (really commercial stuff). My gut tells me No. 1 album in the UK though, and then knocked off in week two by bloody Mumford and Sons.

Number one albums have sold between around 20,000 and 100,000 this year. Think Noel Gallagher sold around 90,000 but the oasis fan base was always bigger than blur's, and Gallagher's single had more airplay, so I reckon around 80,000 is more likely.

[Pasta]

I have no idea on numbers. I don't really know what albums sell these days (really commercial stuff). My gut tells me No. 1 album in the UK though, and then knocked off in week two by bloody Mumford and Sons.

Number one albums have sold between around 20,000 and 100,000 this year. Think Noel Gallagher sold around 90,000 but the oasis fan base was always bigger than blur's, and Gallagher's single had more airplay, so I reckon around 80,000 is more likely.

Did it?

They've absolutely rinsed the Magic Whip on 6 music

[Sean]

If I remember rightly, MLIR sold around 40,000 at the time - which was deemed an absolutely gigantic failure.

I think TMW will sell around the same - but in these times of course 40,000 wouldn't be a bad return.

[JackS]

I have no idea on numbers. I don't really know what albums sell these days (really commercial stuff). My gut tells me No. 1 album in the UK though, and then knocked off in week two by bloody Mumford and Sons.

Number one albums have sold between around 20,000 and 100,000 this year. Think Noel Gallagher sold around 90,000 but the oasis fan base was always bigger than blur's, and Gallagher's single had more airplay, so I reckon around 80,000 is more likely.

NGHFB's first album singles were all over the radio, but I genuinely can't tell you what any tracks off his new album sound like. Haven't heard anything on the radio from him.

Lonesome Street, however, seems to be on 6 Music at least almost every single time I turn it on at the moment.

[Pasta]

The entire of the Magic Whip is on 6 music a list right now, you can't not hear a track from it if you listen to it


Lonesome street is on radio 2 b list

[dannnn]

13 did about 120k in its first week and that was in the 90s and of the back of Tender which was huge. Therefore even 80k is optimistic. I'd say 50k.

[tom_cas1]

The Magic Whip is currently at #7 on the iTunes album chart from pre-orders alone.

[TripleJay97]

It annoys me that all of the top 3 are compilations. People don't care for albums anymore...

[elasticaman]

id say 70k physical & digital combined is a reasonable expectation based on preorders (something that wasnt around when 13 came out), but i expect a number 1 for the first week and then a rapid slide down the chart, out of the top 40 within a month