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“Originally posted by andygrif
I know it is kind of interesting to non-industry people, but it is worth remembering that these figures are only ever figures that the record companies use to monitor day by day sales. They are only going to be a guide of a week-ending placement.
I see pretty much every week on here requests for mid-week positions and charts, but there are lots of factors that can drastically alter the week-ending positions, such as airplay, ad campaigns, TV performances on TOTP and CD:UK and the biggest factor - the weekends, which is when most people do their shopping. ”
Even so, the midweeks are very accurate indications of the final charts on Sundays. I know this because I use the Tuesday midweeks to play the Chart Game on Radio 1, and I always score highly. There can be little changes of course, but there are a few trends which are worth noting;
The midweeks Number One 90% of the time becomes the final Number One on Sunday.
New entries in the Top 10 either stick ot their midweke position or only really shift one place up or down.
New entries in the twenties and thirties have the most movement.
However, I recall the Will Young/Shane Richie fiasco, where Shane was ahead by 12,000 copies because of Will's delivery under-estimations, and then Will over took Shane and ended up a good 10K in the lead.