Destiny: The Taken King beats Forza 6 and PES 2016

September 21st, 2015

Destiny: The Taken King has topped the all-format gaming chart ahead of Forza Motorsport 6 and PES 2016.

Selling 57% on PS4, compared to 34% on Xbox One, 7% on Xbox 360 and 2% on PS3, it’s Activision’s first number one since last year’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.

However, despite the chart success, launch sales of The Taken King represent only 16% of the original’s debut.

It’s followed by the aforementioned Forza 6 and PES 2016 in second and third, Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain at four and Mad Max at five.

Super Mario Maker, GTA 5, Disney Infinity 3.0, Rugby League Live 3 and LEGO Jurassic World also appear in the top 10.

Call of Duty: Ghosts makes a surprise appearance at 14, followed by NHL 16 at 15.

The all-format chart in full:
1. (-) Destiny: The Taken King (Activision)
2. (-) Forza Motorsport 6 (Microsoft)
3. (-) PES 2016 (Konami)
4. (1) Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (Konami)
5. (3) Mad Max (Warner Bros Interactive)
6. (2) Super Mario Maker (Nintendo)
7. (7) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
8. (4) Disney Infinity 3.0 (Disney)
9. (-) Rugby League Live 3 (Alternative)
10. (8) LEGO Jurassic World (Warner Bros Interactive)
11. (6) Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (Microsoft)
12. (9) Minecraft: Xbox Edition (Microsoft)
13. (5) Until Dawn (Sony)
14. (-) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
15. (-) NHL 16 (EA Sports)
16. (10) Minecraft: PlayStation Edition (Sony)
17. (12) Dying Light (Warner Bros)
18. (14) Madden NFL 16 (EA Sports)
19. (15) Destiny (Activision)
20. (19) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2015 Ukie Ltd.

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Justin Bieber reclaims No.1 spot

September 20th, 2015

Justin Bieber has reclaimed the number one spot with ‘What Do You Mean?’

The singer has forced Sigala’s ‘Easy Love’ back down to two, after overtaking the Jackson 5-sampling track by over 15,000 chart sales.

‘What Do You Mean?’ is the most streamed track of the week after racking up over 3.62 million plays.

Elsewhere Calvin Harris and Disciples hop a place to number three with ‘How Deep Is Your Love’, which boasts 2.1 million listens this week.

Jess Glynne’s ‘Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself’ slithers a place to number four while The Weeknd’s ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ rounds off the Top 5.

R. City and Adam Levine shoot 23 places to number 16 with ‘Locked Away’ while Stormzy celebrates his first Top 40 hit with ‘Wickedskengman4’ in at 18.

Finally, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s ‘Downtown’ climbs ten places to 21 as Nero enter at 27 with ‘Two Minds’.

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Kray twins film tops UK box-office

September 15th, 2015

Tom Hardy’s Legend has shot straight to the top of the UK box office.

The Kray twins biopic fought off competition from Maze Runner: The Scorch Trails to take the box office in its first weekend.

Legend is now the UK’s biggest September release and has also achieved the biggest ever opening for a British-made film with an 18 certificate.

Meanwhile, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trails is at two with £2.8m, while horror film The Visit in at 3 with £1m.

Straight Outta Compton is at four with £630,325, Inside Out is at five with £608,638 and Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation is at six with £302,316.

Pixels is at seven with £272,539 and No Escape is at eight with £254,383.

Finally, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Secret Cinema 2015) is at nine and Irrational Man rounds out the top ten with 197,188.

The UK box office top 10 in full:
1. (-) Legend – £2,498,231
2. (-) Maze Runner: The Scorch Trails – £1,199,103
3. (-) The Visit – £961,411
4. (1) Straight Outta Compton – £890,857
5. (2) Inside Out – £664,728
6. (4) Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation – £658,399
7. (6) Pixels – £569,830
8. (-) No Escape – £452,953
9. (-) Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (Secret Cinema 2015) – £353,262
10. (-) Irrational Man – £331,196

Source: Rentrak

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Metal Gear Solid 5 charts ahead of Super Mario Maker

September 14th, 2015

Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain has held on to the all-format top spot, despite competition from Super Mario Maker.

Sales for The Phantom Pain dropped by a whopping 78% during its second week, which is above the average 67% drop experienced by the year’s other biggest-sellers.

Super Mario Maker had to settle for second, above Mad Max in third and Disney Infinity 3.0 in fourth.

Until Dawn, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition and Grand Theft Auto 5 follow at five, six and seven, while LEGO Jurassic World and a Minecraft double header close out the top ten.

Elsewhere, Elder Scrolls Online re-enters at 11, while Skylanders Trap Team charts at 18.

The all-format chart in full:
1. (1) Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (Konami)
2. (-) Super Mario Maker (Nintendo)
3. (2) Mad Max (Warner Bros Interactive)
4. (5) Disney Infinity 3.0 (Disney)
5. (4) Until Dawn (Sony)
6. (3) Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (Microsoft)
7. (6) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
8. (7) LEGO Jurassic World (Warner Bros Interactive)
9. (9) Minecraft: Xbox Edition (Microsoft)
10. (8) Minecraft: PlayStation Edition (Sony)
11. (-) Elder Scrolls Online (Bethesda)
12. (13) Dying Light (Warner Bros)
13. (10) Batman: Arkham Knight (Warner Bros Interactive)
14. (11) Madden NFL 16 (EA Sports)
15. (20) Destiny (Activision)
16. (12) Battlefield Hardline (Electronic Arts)
17. (15) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
18. (-) Skylanders Trap Team (Activision)
19. (16) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
20. (-) F1 2015 (Codemasters)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2015 Ukie Ltd.

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Sigala scores first UK number one

September 11th, 2015

Sigala has scored his first UK number one with ‘Easy Love’.

The single, which samples the Jackson 5’s ‘ABC’, climbed an enormous 71 places in its second week to top the UK singles charts, knocking Justin Bieber off the top spot.

Speaking to OfficialCharts.com, Sigala said: “This is so amazing. I had no idea this would ever be a number 1 record.

“I wrote this song in my bedroom on a Sunday evening after a couple of beers. I had no idea it would go to the top of the charts!”

Elsewhere, Bieber’s ‘What Do You Mean?’ is at two, while Jess Glynne’s ‘Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself’ is at three.

Calvin Harris & Disciples are at 4 with ‘How Deep Is Your Love’, while The Weeknd rounds out the top five with ‘Can’t Feel My Face’.

Meanwhile, Ella Henderson’s Kygo collaboration ‘Here for You’ enters at 18, while R City’s track with Adam Levine, ‘Locked Away’, is new at 39.

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Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain tops the gaming chart

September 7th, 2015

Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain has infiltrated the top of the all-format gaming chart.

It’s the third biggest launch of the year so far – behind Arkham Knight and The Witcher 3 – and the biggest Metal Gear game in terms of week-one sales, beating Guns of Liberty by nearly 37%.

The Phantom Pain, which made 72% of sales on PS4, compared to 22% on Xbox One, is also the first Metal Gear game to top the chart since 2008’s Guns of the Patriots.

Fellow new entry Mad Max has to settle for second, ahead of Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, which drops to third.

Elsewhere, Until Dawn drops two places to four, above Disney Infinity 3.0, GTA 5 and LEGO Jurassic World.

A Minecraft double-header and Batman: Arkham Knight complete the top ten.

The all-format chart in full:
1. (-) Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (Konami)
2. (-) Mad Max (Warner Bros Interactive)
3. (1) Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (Microsoft)
4. (2) Until Dawn (Sony)
5. (3) Disney Infinity 3.0 (Disney)
6. (6) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
7. (5) LEGO Jurassic World (Warner Bros Interactive)
8. (8) Minecraft: PlayStation Edition (Sony)
9. (10) Minecraft: Xbox Edition (Microsoft)
10. (9) Batman: Arkham Knight (Warner Bros Interactive)
11. (4) Madden NFL 16 (EA Sports)
12. (11) Battlefield Hardline (Electronic Arts)
13. (13) Dying Light (Warner Bros)
14. (-) Project Cars (Bandai Namco)
15. (12) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
16. (14) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
17. (7) Dishonored Definitive Edition (Bethesda)
18. (17) The Last of Us Remastered (Sony)
19. (16) LittleBigPlanet 3 (Sony)
20. (15) Destiny (Activision)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2015 Ukie Ltd.

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Justin Bieber gets his very first UK No.1 single

September 6th, 2015

Justin Bieber broke a chart record in scoring his first-ever UK number one with comeback single ‘What Do You Mean?’.

The track has become Bieber’s fastest-selling single in the UK, in addition to breaking the record for highest first-week streams for a single ever with 3.2 million.

Bieber tops the streaming record set by One Direction last month, with the count total encompassing Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer and other music services.

Last week’s number one – Rachel Platten’s ‘Fight Song’ – fell to second position this week, while ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ by The Weeknd rose to three.

Rounding out the top five are Calvin Harris & Disciples’ ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ and Jess Glynne’s ‘Don’t Be So Hard on Yourself’.

Demi Lovato achieved her fourth Top 10 single with ‘Cool for the Summer’, which jumped all the way from 112 to 7.

A physical release for 5 Seconds of Summer’s ‘She’s Kinda Hot’ propelled the track into the top 20, finishing at 14.

Meanwhile, ‘Hair’ by Little Mix entered the chart at 35 and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’s latest ‘Downtown’ debuted at 37.

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The Specials trombonist Rico Rodriguez dies, aged 80

September 4th, 2015

The Specials trombonist Rico Rodriguez has died, aged 80.

The legendary ska group confirmed their bandmate’s passing in a message to their Twitter followers today (September 4).

“Our dear friend Rico passed away today. We offer our deepest condolences to his family. His legacy will go on forever and a day. RIP dear Rico,” they wrote.

Rico – also known as Reco and El Reco – was born Cuba but raised in Kingston, Jamaica. He would break into the mainstream music scene in the UK as part of various reggae bands in the early ’60s, before joining The Specials in 1979.

Rodriguez was a mainstay of the ska supergroup throughout the early 1980s, playing on their Too Much Too Young EP as well as the album More Specials.

He joined Jools Holland’s Rhythm and Blues Orchestra in the 1990s, and was given an MBE at Buckingham Palace back in 2007.

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Straight Outta Compton tops UK box-office

September 1st, 2015

Straight Outta Compton has shot straight to the top of the UK box office following a quiet weekend.

The NWA biopic debuted with £2.4m, keeping Pixar’s Inside Out at number two for the third week running with £1.2m.

Hitman: Agent 47 landed at number three in its opening weekend with £961,411, while Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation took £890,857 to stay at number four.

Despite battling with terrible reviews, Pixels moves up one place to number five with £664,728 and Guy Ritchie’s Man From U.N.C.L.E. is at six with £658,399.

Elsewhere, horror sequel Sinister 2 takes £569,830 to land at number seven and John Green’s Paper Towns adaptation drops from the top spot to number eight for its second week, taking £452,953.

Minions rises one place to number nine, managing £353,262, and rounding off the top ten is 45 Years which debuted with £331,196.

The UK box office top 10 in full:
1. (-) Straight Outta Compton – £2,498,231
2. (2) Inside Out – £1,199,103
3. (-) Hitman: Agent 47 – £961,411
4. (4) Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation – £890,857
5. (6) Pixels – £664,728
6. (5) Man From U.N.C.L.E. – £658,399
7. (3) Sinister 2 – £569,830
8. (1) Paper Towns – £452,953
9. (10) Minions – £353,262
10. (-) 45 Years – £331,196

Source: Rentrak

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Gears of War tops the all-formats gaming chart

September 1st, 2015

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition has topped the all-format gaming chart ahead of Until Dawn and Disney Infinity 3.0.

There are a total of five new releases in the top ten, beginning with Gears of War at number one.

Sony exclusive Until Dawn follows in second, while Disney Infinity 3.0 and Madden NFL 16 chart at three and four.

Last week’s number one LEGO Jurassic World drops to five, above GTA 5 and Dishonored Definitive Edition, which is another brand new entry at seven.

Minecraft: PlayStation Edition, Batman: Arkham Knight and Minecraft: Xbox Edition also appear in the top ten.

The chart in full:
1. (-) Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (Microsoft)
2. (-) Until Dawn (Sony)
3. (-) Disney Infinity 3.0 (Disney)
4. (-) Madden NFL 16 (EA Sports)
5. (1) LEGO Jurassic World (Warner Bros Interactive)
6. (2) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
7. (-) Dishonored Definitive Edition (Bethesda)
8. (7) Minecraft: PlayStation Edition (Sony)
9. (3) Batman: Arkham Knight (Warner Bros Interactive)
10. (5) Minecraft: Xbox Edition (Microsoft)
11. (4) Battlefield Hardline (Electronic Arts)
12. (6) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
13. (8) Dying Light (Warner Bros)
14. (10) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
15. (11) Destiny (Activision)
16. (20) LittleBigPlanet 3 (Sony)
17. (-) The Last of Us Remastered (Sony)
18. (15) Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft)
19. (16) F1 2015 (Codemasters)
20. (12) Rare Replay (Microsoft)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2015 Ukie Ltd.

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