Chart Watch – UK Album Chart and New Release News Ep14 Week 48

Chart Watch, UK Album Charts New Music Release News and Analysis.

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This week’s episode looks at the UK Album charts and a breakdown of sales stats for CD and Vinyl for the top two entries.
I also look at the compilation chart and the overall albums sales and the percentage of sales that make up CDs, Vinyl and Cassettes.

Physical Format Analysis

Stormzy : This is what I mean

Position = Number 1
Total Sales = 27,874
CD = 13,997
Vinyl = 3,316
Cassette = 1,139
Downloads = 1,488
Streams = 7,984

Cliff Richard : Christmas with Cliff

Position = Number 2
Total Sales = 24,358
CD = 21,976
Vinyl = 1,142
Cassette = 0
Downloads = 1,090
Streams = 150

Overall album sales were up 5.5% week on week to 2,228,280 with physical sales at 551,812 which is 24.76% of the total.

New Releases News
Metallica, Riverside, Colosseum, Stone The Crows, Trapeze

Phil Aston | Now Spinning Magazine

Phil Aston is the founder and editor of Now Spinning Magazine, an independent music website and YouTube channel dedicated to physical music formats, including vinyl records, CDs, deluxe editions, box sets and classic album reissues. A lifelong music fan, collector and former guitarist, Phil brings musician insight, industry experience and a collector’s passion to his reviews, interviews and features. Through Now Spinning Magazine, Phil covers classic rock, progressive rock, hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock, jazz fusion and related genres, with a particular focus on sound quality, packaging, archive releases and the emotional connection between music and physical media.

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