Archive for October, 2013

Miley Cyrus achieves chart double with No.1 album ‘Bangerz’

Sunday, October 13th, 2013

Miley Cyrus has achieved a chart double by landing this week’s number one album with Bangerz.

The singer scores her first UK number one album, in the same week as ‘Wrecking Ball’ enters at the top spot in the singles chart.

Chase & Status settle for the number two position with their third album Brand New Machine.

Arctic Monkeys climb back up one place to three with former number one album AM, swapping places with Mechanical Bull by Kings of Leon.

Haim slip four from last week’s top spot to five with Days Are Gone.

Lucy Spraggan’s debut major label studio album Join the Club enters at seven. Panic! at the Disco’s Too Weird To Live Too Rare To Die is new at 10.

Prefab Sprout’s latest release Crimson/Red lands at 15, followed by Korn’s The Paradigm Shift at 16.

Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip score a new entry at 22 with Repent Replenish Repeat. The Fratellis enter at 26 with We Need Medicine.

Anna Calvi’s latest release One Breath is new 32, followed by The Feeling’s Boy Cried Wolf at 33.

Source: Official Charts Company

‘Prisoners’ beats ‘Filth’ to hold UK box office lead

Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

Prisoners has topped the UK box office for the second consecutive weekend.

Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal’s dark thriller earned more than £1 million to see off competition from Filth and Sunshine on Leith to secure first place.

Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine lands in fourth place and rounding out the top five is Ron Howard’s Rush, which falls from second place to number five.

Elsewhere, several new releases failed to trouble the top ten. Saoirse Ronan’s How I Live Now landed at number 12 with £232,400 in box office takings, while Thanks for Sharing and Metallica: Through the Never reach numbers 13 and 14 respectively.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Prisoners – £1,107,641
2. (-) Filth – £842,167
3. (-) Sunshine on Leith – £770,239
4. (3) Blue Jasmine – £724,693
5. (2) Rush – £708,598
6. (4) Runner Runner – £503,111
7. (8) Justin and the Knights of Valour – £381,294
8. (5) Insidious: Chapter 2 – £313,491
9. (6) About Time – £288,289
10. (7) White House Down – £284,061

Source: Rentrak

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‘FIFA 14’ remains all-format number one

Monday, October 7th, 2013

FIFA 14 has retained its place at the top of the all-format chart, despite a 68% drop in sales.

It is once again followed by GTA 5, which becomes the 12th biggest-selling game of all time, having already sold more copies than GTA 4.

F1 2013 is this week’s highest new entry at three, narrowly outperforming The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD, which debuts in fourth place.

NBA 2K14 and Just Dance 2014 also debut in the top ten, charting at seven and nine respectively.

Elsewhere, Medal of Honor: Warfighter re-enters the chart at 20, below Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Tomb Raider.

The chart in full:
1. (1) FIFA 14 (Electronic Arts)
2. (2) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar Games)
3. (-) F1 2013 (Codemasters)
4. (-) The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD (Nintendo)
5. (3) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
6. (6) Disney Infinity (Disney)
7. (-) NBA 2K14 (2K Sports)
8. (7) Splinter Cell: Blacklist (Ubisoft)
9. (-) Just Dance 2014 (Ubisoft)
10. (4) Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 (Konami)
11. (8) Saints Row 4 (Deep Silver)
12. (5) The Last of Us (Sony)
13. (13) LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
14. (15) Max Payne 3 (Rockstar Games)
15. (9) Diablo 3 (Activision)
16. (11) Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (Activision)
17. (10) Rayman Legends (Ubisoft)
18. (20) Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo)
19. (19) Tomb Raider (Square Enix)
20. (-) Medal of Honor: Warfighter (Electronic Arts)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2013 UKIE Ltd.

Haim beat Justin Timberlake to No.1 with debut album

Sunday, October 6th, 2013

Haim have scored a debut number one album with Days Are Gone.

The US trio were trailing Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 in the midweek chart, but narrowly beat the singer by 2,100 copies in the final tally.

Timberlake’s first 20/20 Experience instalment topped the chart back in March, and sits at 33 this week. A packaged version of both albums is new at 27.

Kings of Leon slip two to three with last week’s topper Mechanical Bull. Arctic Monkeys stick at four with AM, while Drake drops three to five with Nothing Was the Same.

Alter Bridge achieve their highest UK placing to date at six with Fortress. Dizzee Rascal scores his fourth consecutive UK top 10 album at 10 with The Fifth.

Sub Focus lands at 11 with his second album Torus. Moby’s latest effort Innocents is new at 35.

Metallica’s soundtrack to Through the Never sneaks in at 36, followed by Status Quo’s The Frantic Four Reunion 2013 at 37 and Kids In Glass Houses’ Peace at 39.

Source: Official Charts Company

‘Rush’ overtakes ‘Insidious 2’ at UK box office

Thursday, October 3rd, 2013

Rush has overtaken Insidious: Chapter 2 to top the UK box office chart.

Ron Howard’s drama, starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl, moved up from second place to secure pole position with £1.3 million in ticket sales.

White House Down and About Time hold their places at numbers four and five respectively, while Naomi Watts’s Diana debuts at number five.

Elsewhere, RIPD and The Call are the only other new releases to make it into the top ten.

Next week will likely see a shake-up in the top five with the release of Blue Jasmine, Prisoners and Runner Runner this Friday.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (2) Rush – £1,336,449
2. (1) Insidious: Chapter 2 – £1,076,295
3. (3) White House Down – £710,772
4. (4) About Time – £701,473
5. (-) Diana – £623,051
6. (5) Justin and the Knights of Valour – £512,671
7. (-) RIPD – £506,521
8. (-) The Call – £409,975
9. (6) One Direction: This Is Us – £365,148
10. (7) We’re The Millers – £342,877

Source: Rentrak