Archive for January, 2019

Resident Evil 2 has a triumphant return at the top

Monday, January 28th, 2019

You might have heard that the remake of Resident Evil 2 came out on Friday, with fans getting the weekend to experience all the spooks once more in this shiny new package. Anticipation was high before release, and GamesIndustry.biz reports that this has translated to good sales too, as it has entered the top of the physical charts in the UK.

21 years after Resident Evil 2 originally launched on the first PlayStation in 1998, this actually marks the biggest launch since January of 2017 when Resident Evil 7: Biohazard released. This new horror game didn’t top the sales of two years ago though, as Leon and Claire’s nightmare managed around 18% less.

It’s unsurprising to see that 74% of the sales were on PS4 considering it was revealed at Sony’s conference during E3. With these figures it sits above usual suspects Red Dead Redemption 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 at 2 and 3 respectively, with New Super Mario Bros. U dropping to 4 after a 44% dip in sales. Ace Combat 7 also falls to 6 after a 51% decrease.

Below is the top 10 list in full. With Kingdom Hearts 3 out this week, can Resident Evil stay on top?

1. Resident Evil 2 / Capcom
2. Red Dead Redemption 2 / Rockstar
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 / Activision
4. New Super Mario Bros. U / Nintendo
5. FIFA 19 / EA Sports
6. Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown / Bandai Namco
7. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate / Nintendo
8. Mario Kart 8: Deluxe / Nintendo
9. Grand Theft Auto V / Rockstar
10. Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy / Activision

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Ariana Grande’s 7 Rings debuts at Number 1

Monday, January 28th, 2019

She wanted it, she got it! Ariana Grande lands straight in at Number 1 on this week’s Official Singles Chart with 7 Rings.

Grande’s latest release from her forthcoming album thank u, next (released Feb. 8) posts an opening week combined sales figure of 126,000, split between 15,000 downloads and 16.9 million streams, setting a new UK chart record for the most streams of a song in a week.

7 Rings is also Ariana’s biggest opening week for a single in the UK, surpassing 2014’s Problem, which tallied 113,000 combined sales in its first week.

It’s also the first single to achieve over 100,000 combined sales in a week since June 2017, when Artists For Grenfell’s Bridge Over Troubled Water landed at Number 1 with a week 1 figure of 170,000.

7 Rings is Grande’s fourth single to reach Number 1 in the UK, following Problem ft. Iggy Azalea (2014), Bang Bang with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj (2014) and thank u, next (2018).

The star outperforms her closest competitor this week by almost double, with Ava Max’s Sweet But Psycho dropping a place to 2, while Sam Smith & Normani’s Dancing With A Stranger hops up one place to 3.

Calvin Harris nets his 22nd Top 5 single as Giants ft. Rag’n’Bone Man lifts two places to Number 5, and a new remix of Gun Lean from Russ featuring Taze, LD, Digga D, Ms Banks & Lethal Bizzle sees the track rocket 25 places to Number 9.

London singer Mabel narrowly misses out on the Top 10 but makes a strong debut nonetheless at 11 with Don’t Call Me Up, Hackney collective NSG hit a new peak with Options, up two to 12, and Someone You Loved by rising star Lewis Capaldi is shaping up to be his big breakthrough hit, zooming 16 places to 13.

Rounding off this week’s new entries is London rapper AJ Tracey, who takes out his third Top 40 appearance with Psych Out at 27.

View this week’s Official Singles Chart Top 100 in full

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Mario outguns Ace Combat for top games spot

Monday, January 21st, 2019

There’s no changing of the guard at the top of this week’s British sales charts with New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe laying claim to its second top position in as many weeks. In second is this week’s only new release that managed to chart, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown from Bandai Namco. It’s the best launch week in the UK for the longrunning dogfighting series, but still not enough to dethrone Mario.

All Formats:

1. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe / Nintendo
2. Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown / Bandai Namco (new)
3. Red Dead Redemption 2 / Rockstar
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 / Activision
5. FIFA 19 / EA Sports
6. Super Smash Bros: Ultimate / Nintendo
7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe / Nintendo
8. Grand Theft Auto V / Rockstar
9. Crash Bandicoot: Nsane Trilogy / Activision
10. Spyro Reignited Trilogy / Activision

Individual Formats:

1. New Super Mario Bros. Deluxe / Switch
2. Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown / PS4 (new)
3. Red Dead Redemption 2 / PS4
4. FIFA 19 / PS4
5. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate / Switch
6. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 / PS4
7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe / Switch
8. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 / Xbox One
9. Red Dead Redemption 2 / Xbox One
10. Pokémon Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Switch

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Sweet But Psycho scores a fourth week at Number 1

Friday, January 18th, 2019

Ava Max keeps her spot at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart as Sweet But Psycho enters its fourth week in pole position.

The track logged 8 million streams and 12,000 downloads this week, finishing 30,000 combined sales ahead of her closest competition.

Celebrating her first UK chart-topper, the US singer told OfficialCharts.com:

“We are Number 1 in the UK! I can’t believe I’m saying it, and I can’t believe I’m even holding this award! I want to tell everybody that I’m working super hard in the studio for you guys to release a debut album this year for all my Avatars. I love you so much.”

Meanwhile, Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus’ Nothing Breaks Like A Heart climbs a place to a new peak at Number 2.

This week’s highest new entry goes to Sam Smith and Normani’s new collaboration, Dancing With A Stranger, at Number 4. The entry marks Smith’s ninth Top 5 single and Normani’s first as a soloist (third including her singles with Fifth Harmony).

Calvin Harris also scores a big new entry this week as Giant ft. Rag’n’Bone Man debuts at Number 7, Harris’ 26thTop 10 single, and Jax Jones’ Play with Years & Years cracks the top tier, lifting three spots to Number 8.

French DJ Gesaffelstein makes his first UK Top 40 appearance with Lost In The Fire ft. The Weeknd at 9, while this week also welcomes Westlife back to the Official Chart; the group’s first single in seven years Hello My Love opens at 13 and earns them a 27th Top 40 hit.

Hackney music collective NSG leap 11 places to 14 with Options ft. Tion Wayne, and Longshot, the lead single from Catfish & The Bottlemen’s upcoming third album, zooms 54 places to 25.

Finally, rising star Lewis Capaldi vaults 37 spots to 29 with Someone You Loved, earning him a second Top 40 single, US rapper Flipp Dinero moves up 12 to 36 with his breakthrough hit Leave Me Alone, and Khalid’s Saturday Nights from his Suncity EP hops six places to enter the Top 40 at 38, boosted by a remix featuring country singer Kane Brown.

View this week’s Official Singles Chart Top 100 in full

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New Super Marios Bros. U Deluxe debuts at the top spot

Tuesday, January 15th, 2019

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe released last week for fans of the series to either try the classic Wii U game out for the first time in this new package, or revisit it again on the Nintendo Switch. As reported by GamesIndustry.biz, this seems to have made a mark on the Switch fanbase, as it has entered in at the top spot in the UK charts when it comes to physical sales.

To nobody’s surprise given the lack of enthusiasm for the console, the Wii U version of this game didn’t sell nearly as well as the Switch edition, which sold 56% higher than the original release in November 2013.

Elsewhere in the charts we see a new entry in the form of Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition, coming in at number nine with 49% of sales coming from Switch players. 43% bought it on PS4, and the remaining players decided to go with Xbox One as their platform of choice.

For the full top 10 list take a look down below, which includes many of the usual suspects like FIFA 19 and Red Dead Redemption 2, as well as another reappearance by Grand Theft Auto V.

With Resident Evil 2’s remake landing next week, can that top the charts?

1. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe / Nintendo
2. FIFA 19 / EA Sports
3. Red Dead Redemption 2 / Rockstar
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 / Activision
5. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate / Nintendo
6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe / Nintendo
7. Battlefield V / EA
8. Grand Theft Auto V / Rockstar
9. Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition / Bandai Namco
10. Forza Horizon 4 / Microsoft

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Ava Max scores a third week at Number 1

Friday, January 11th, 2019

Ava Max’s breakout hit Sweet But Psycho lands a third week at the top of the Official Singles Chart thanks to another bumper week of streams.

Sweet But Psycho notched up 7.6 million plays over the last seven days, helping the US singer finish over 27,000 total sales ahead of Ariana Grande’s former chart-topper thank u, next at Number 2.

Elsewhere in the Top 10, Nothing Breaks Like A Heart from Mark Ronson & Miley Cyrus climbs one rung to a new peak of 3, while Post Malone’s Wow. also hits a new high at 4, pushing his own single Sunflower ft. Swae Lee to Number 5.

Drill MC Headie One lands his first ever Top 10 single with 18HUNNA ft. Dave, this week’s highest new entry at 6; James Arthur and Anne Marie’s Rewrite The Stars lifts to a new peak of 7; George Ezra climbs six slots to 8 with Hold My Girl, now his fifth Top 10 hit; and Freya Ridings’ Lost Without You hits its peak position of Number 9 for a fifth time.

Jax Jones and Years & Years reach a new peak too, climbing eight spots with Play (11); Chris Brown returns with Undecided (15); Meek Mill and Drake climb back into the Top 20 with Going Bad (18).

Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa’s One Kiss – the biggest song of 2018 – jumps 15 spots to Number 22, while East London collective NSG rocket 55 places to Number 25 with Options ft. Tion Wayne – their first Top 40 single.

BRITs Critics’ Choice nominee Lewis Capaldi impacts the Top 40 for the first time with Grace (33), 2002 by Anne-Marie vaults back up 32 positions (37), and Jess Glynne ascends 31 places with I’ll Be There (40).

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FIFA 19 returns to top the first week of 2019

Monday, January 7th, 2019

A new week means a new top 10 charts for physical games in the UK, and GamesIndustry.biz reports that EA Sports’ FIFA 19 has returned to the top of the table ahead of Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2.

It’s incredibly tight between the pair though, as FIFA 19’s sales fell 62% week-on-week, with Red Dead’s falling 64%. At number three behind these goliaths though we have Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, having its own fall of 71%.

January is quite a quiet month thus far, but with Kingdom Hearts 3 and the Resident Evil 2 remake on their way towards the back end of January, we might see some new number one games. For the top 10 this week in full though, check down below.

Who can take the crown next week?

1. FIFA 19 / EA Sports
2. Red Dead Redemption 2 / Rockstar
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 / Activision
4. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate / Nintendo
5. Battlefield V / EA
6. Forza Horizon 4 / Microsoft
7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe / Nintendo
8. Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy / Activision
9. Spyro Reignited Trilogy / Activision
10. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey / Ubisoft

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