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Artist News
Beatles to dominate charts
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 11 September 2009
The re-issued versions of The Beatles’ albums are set to dominate the UK charts this weekend, with The Official Charts Company reporting that the band look set to have 15 albums in the top 75 on Sunday, five of which will be in the top twenty. It’s almost unprecedented chart success, the like of which we’ve not seen since, er, June, after the death of Michael Jackson. Ironically, as owner of 50% of The Beatles’ publishing, Jackson’s estate will do well out of this run on the charts too.
Official Charts MD Martin Talbot said yesterday: “These results for the reissues indicate that Beatlemania is alive and well. There are still three more sales days to be counted – today, Friday and Saturday – so this story is not complete yet. But already it is clear that the Beatles’ enduring appeal shows no signs of waning”.
William Hill have cut odds that the Fab Four will take all positions in the top ten to 25/1. Although HMV’s Gennaro Castaldo told Reuters this was unlikely, as many of the sales are as box sets, which will not count towards the chart.
