Take That's ALMIGHTY selling power proven in UK

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Singles

 

1 JLS

2 Take That

 

Top 10

Westlife 16.4k

 

Albums

 

1 Take That 235,000

2 Rihanna 34,000

3 Bruce Springsteen

4 Pink

5 Susan Boyle

 

Top 10

Andre Rieu

Shayne Ward

 

Progress powers to massive first-day sales

 

10:27 | Tuesday November 16, 2010

 

By Ben Cardew

 

Take That’s Progress (Polydor) has exceeded expectations by selling more than 235,000 copies on its first day of release.

 

HMV had said it expected the album to sell around 150,000 copies in the UK on its first day of release based on its own calculations but Progress, the band’s first album with Robbie Williams in 15 years, far exceeded that, according to OCC sales flashes.

 

The sales mean Progress is certain to top the charts on Sunday and the album has already beaten the best first-week sales for 2010, established by Kings Of Leon’s Come Around Sundown in October.

 

In a strong week for new releases, Rihanna’s Loud (Def Jam) looks set to debut at two, after selling more than 34,000 copies on its first day of release, while albums from Bruce Springsteen, Pink, Andre Rieu and Shayne Ward should all debut in the top 10.

 

Susan Boyle’s second album The Gift (Syco), which debuted at one last Sunday, will probably drop out of the top five as a result.

 

Meanwhile, JLS’s Love You More (Epic) looks set to debut at the top of the singles chart, with Take That’s The Flood moving up to two.

 

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To put this into perspective, only one act in UK chart history has sold more albums in one day - Oasis, back in 1997. Elvis never did this many, the Beatles have never, Madonna hasn't, Celine Dion hasn't, Michael Jackson hasn't - nobody.