Westlife likely to beat both U2 and Oasis to album chart top spot
Westlife (pictured) look likely to romp to the top of the album chart come Sunday with their The Love Album collection, according to industry insider predictions.
DiS has heard on the proverbial grapevine that the Irish boyband's latest is looking certain to outsell newly released best-ofs from U2 and Oasis - 18 and Stop The Clocks respectively - as well as the new Beatles album, Love. It was previously assumed that this week's number one position would be contested between the Manchester outfit and the Bono-led rock four-piece.
Sales data from one leading supermarket is yet to be collected, meaning that things could change, but considering Westlife's popularity with daytime-shopping mothers (a shocking generalisation? Nah...), it's unlikely that either Oasis or U2, or The Beatles, will beat them to the number one position before Sunday's chart confirmation.
Of course, everything can change. But it probably won't.
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they're all highly overrated anyway. I'm surprised they still bother with the charts anyway.
That'll teach 'em
Lazy Christmas cash-in compilations!
Those rockin' Westlife boys are teaching 'em a proper lesson.
Hmm.
You don't really 'bother' with the charts though. You release a record, and it becomes part of the charts whether you like it or not. Unless you're Beck, and whack a load of stickers on the front of it.
It's only useful tool I guess is telling Mr Bigwig how much money each band is making.
im glad
U2 look set to be beaten.
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i know its really obvious and they're not even worth me wasting the energy in my fingers to type this but
I REALLY FUCKIN HATE WESTLIFE
Blah snore yawn zzzz...
Am I alone in hoping everyone involved dies soon?
...
I like this.
Half of The Beatles already have
If you're found to be responsible, there's probably several million people who seriously don't need to find out where you live. :)
As a *ahem* 'fan' of U2...
I almost vomitted after hearing a portion of the U218 album. Those songs should never be in that close proximity to each other. Evil evil compilation. burn burn.
Mwahahahaaaaa!
Feel the evil I keep up my Lambeth sleeves.
I was going to say
The Westlife album is the only one of those with any new, original material on it, but I'd be wrong.
baZING
yep
the '80s compilation WITH THE EXTRA DISC OF B-SIDES is the best career overview of the band - almost entirely great songs on there.
but! u2 already
has a fantastic pair of compilations out - and any long-time fan will have most/all of the songs on 'U218'
..
dunno where you're getting this info from, Oasis are ahead of Westlife by a tad, and considering most of Westlife's sales are first day usually, I think Oasis will get number one.
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