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THE OFFICIAL UK CHARTS 3 OCTOBER 1998

ALBUM FACTFILE After a satisfactory number nine hit with for 36 -year -old Crow, however. She CHART , the first single reached number eight with her debut from her new , debuts album Tuesday Night Music Club in at number two on the LP chart with The 1994, and took her self -titled 1996 COMMENTARY Globe Sessions. It sold more than album to number . Its title makes it 37,000 copies last week, enough to sound as though The Globe Sessions have earned it a number one position on was recorded at a mutlitude of studios many occasions this year, but not around the world - not so. In fact, it was enough this week, with the Manic Street recorded over a 10 week period at Preachers' album still so new. Crow's own Globe Studio, which is by ALAN JONES It still represents a chart high point based in New York.

Its week -on -week sales are down 56%, but MARKET REPORT PERCENTAGE OF UK and is adding to that figure at the rate of the 60,000 copies The Manic Street AT A GLANCE WEEKLY MARKET SHARES ACTS IN THE CHART more than 30,000 a week. Preachers' This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Technics Mercury Music Prize winners TOP 10 COMPANIES TOP CORPORATE GROUPS 100% When 10.8% sold last week was nearly twice as many as Gomez reach another new peak with their Telstar 2.2% 90 they required to hold on to their number one Po!yell:T194% BMG 2.9% album Bring It On. In its 24th appearance in position. Sales of the album were buoyed Epic 13.4%1 Virgin 5.2% PolyGram 29.0% the chart, the album climbs 16-11, thanks Universal 5.8% 80% somewhat last week by the excellent BBC2 'East West 9.9% to a 30% improvement in its week -on -week Columbia 6.5% Close Up documentary on the band, which 20% sales. That's a smaller second week spurt was aired on Wednesday, and the album is Virgin 5.2% Chrysalis 4.9% 60% than experienced by last year's winner, Roni certain to top the 200,000 sales mark today Jive 4.9% Size, and Bring It On must improve again if it EMI 6.6% (Monday), passing that figure faster than any PolyGram TV 4.1% 50% is to match the number eight peak that other 1998 release. WEA 3.9% Size's New Forms scaled in the wake of last Mercury 3.0% 40% The Verve's Urban Hymns celebrated a Others 12.4% Sony 22.1% year's win. Others 25,1% year since its release and also became the Warner 13.8% 30% Making a creditable improvement this first album to sell a million copies in 1998 Figures show top 10 companies by % of total sales, and corporate group shares by Pb of total sales, of Ih Top 75 artist albums week is 's impressive new 20% last week, having also sold a million in SALES UPDATE album Hungry Again which not only marks 1997. Its overall sales of 2,295,000 VERSUS LAST YEAR TO DATE 10% her first chart appearance for more than a includes 1,011,000 this year. The second WEEK: VERSUS LAST decade but now also represents her most album to sell a million in 1998 is certain to YEAR: 0% successfful album ever, at least as far as be ' Life Thru A Lens, which chart positions are concerned. Hungry Again has sold 972,000 in 1998 and 1,090,000 less than a fortnight, and Life Thru A Lens watch out for ' Talk On Corners, moves 28 places (69-41) this week, beating in total. With sales currently around 17,000 should dethrone Urban Hymns as the year's which threatens to outrank both by year's the number 45 peak of her 1978 'best of a week, Robbie should reach the target in biggest seller in about five weeks - but end. It has sold 785,000 copies this year, Both Sides. COMPILATIONS

Big Hits 98 and Kiss In Ibiza 98 debuted 39, and has sold well over 100,000 copies JJ _r COMPILATIONS AS as the top two albums three weeks so far. AT A GLANCE WEEKLY MARKET SHARES PERCENTAGE OF SALES ago, and remain firmly lodged in those The week's highest new entry is the TOP 10 COMPANIES TOP CORPORATE GROUPS positions, with the former still retaining a Chemical Brothers' mix album Brother's Universal 2.5% handsome 50% margin over the latter, Gonna Work It Out, which debuts at number PolyGram TV 29.3% Warner 7.1% 100 Virgin 12.9% I BMG 7 2% PolyGram 39.9% selling another 33,750 copies last week to 90 seven. Given the preponderance of albums EMI 8.3% Columbia 11.1% take its total to date to 147,000. Kiss In with interchangeable track listings, the Artist M.o.S 9.2% 80 albums Ibiza 98 has sold 80,000 copies. Moving 73.1% Chemical Brothers' album is a welcome EMI TV 13.3% 70 up into third place behind them, Top Of The change, featuring tracks like Mars Needs I Global TV 7.2% Pops 1998 - Volume 2 was last week's Women by Meat Beat Manifesto, Thunder warner.esp 7.1% 60 Island 4.5% highest new entry, and has sold 36,000 by Renegade Soundwave, the Manic Street 50 copies so far. The album features the most Preachers' Everything Must Go - in the 7 London 4.0% Telstar 2.5% Others 11 0% 40 up-to-date selection of tracks on any Chemical Brothers mix where everything Compilations Others 3.9% Sony 11.1% Virgin 12.9% 26.9% current compilation, including the Honeyz' associated with the original did indeed go - 30 figures ow top 10 companies by % of total sales of the Top 20; aid corporate group shares by % of torsi sales of the Top20. Finally Found, All Saints' Bootie Call, Nalin and the Willie Hutch title track. SALES UPDATE 20 & Kane's Beach Ball and One For Sorrow by Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels 10 Steps. Top Of The Pops 1998 - Volume 1 (OST) remains the number one soundtrack VERSUS LAST YEAR TO DATE WEEK: VERSUS LAST 0 reached number two in May, narrowly failing album, despite slipping 7-8 on the overall YEAR: to unseat Now That's What I Call Music! compilation chart. THE YEAR SO FAR.% THE YEAR SO FAReas TOP 20 ALBUMS TOP 20 COMPILATIONS

1 URBAN HYMNS THE VERVE HUT 1 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC! 39 VARIOUS ARTISTS EMINIRGIN/POLYGRAM 2 LIFE THRU A LENS R088IE WILLIAMS CHRYSALIS 2 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC! 40 VARIOUS ARTISTS EMINIRGIN/POLYGRAM 3 LETS TALK ABOUT LOVE CELINE DION EPIC 3 FRESH HITS 98 VARIOUS ARTISTS WARNEFI/GLOBAL/SONYTV 4 TITANIC - OST JAMES HORNER SONY CLASSICAL 4 THE FULL MONTY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK RCA VICTOR 5 ALL SAINTS ALL SAINTS LONDON 5 NEW HITS 98 VARIOUS ARTISTS WARNER/GLOBAIJSONYTV 6 TALK ON CORNERS CORRS ATLANTIC 6 GREASE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK POLYDOR 7 RAY OF LIGHT MAVERICK 7 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC! 38 VARIOUS ARTISTS EMINIRGIN/POLYGRAM 8 POSTCARDS FROM HEAVEN LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY WILD CARD 8 THE IBIZA ANNUAL VARIOUS ARTISTS MINISTRY OF SOUND 9 INTERNATIONAL VELVET CATATONIA BLANCO Y NEGRO 9 FANTASTIC 80'S! VARIOUS ARTISTS COLUMBIA 10 BLUE EAST WEST 10 BIG HITS 98 VARIOUS ARTISTS WARNER/GLOBAL/SO NYTV 11 LEFT OF THE MIDDLE RCA 11 CLUBBER'S GUIDE TO...IBIZA - JULES/TONG VARIOUS ARTISTS MINISTRY OF SOUND 12 WHERE WE BELONG BOYZONE POLYDOR 12 PETE TONG/BOY GEORGE - DANCE NATION 5VARIOUS ARTISTS MINISTRY OF SOUND 13 SPICEWORLD SPICE GIRLS VIRGIN 13 DIANA PRINCESS OF WALES - TRIBUTE VARIOUS ARTISTS DIANA MEMORIAL FUND 14 WHITE ON BLONDE TEXAS MERCURY 14 MIXED EMOTIONS II VARIOUS ARTISTS POLYGRAM TV 15 SAVAGE GARDEN SAVAGE GARDEN COLUMBIA 15 THE BEST...ANTHEMS...EVER! 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS VIRGIN/EMI 16 THE BEST OF JAMES FONTANA 16 THE BEST SIXTIES SUMMER...EVER! VARIOUS ARTISTS VIRGIN/EMI 17 AQUARIUM AQUA UNIVERSAL 17 BEST DANCE ALBUM IN THE WORLD...EVER! 8 VARIOUS ARTISTS VIRGIN/EMI 18 MAVERICK A STRIKE FINLEY GUAYE EPIC 18 IN THE MIX 98 VARIOUS ARTISTS VIRGIN/EMI 19 OK COMPUTER RADIOHEAD PARLOPHONE 19 TOP OF THE POPS 1998 - VOLUME 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS POLYGRAM TV 20 MEZZANINE MASSIVE ATTACK VIRGIN 20FUNKY DIVAS VARIOUS ARTISTS GLOBAL TELEVISION ,57 CIN CIN

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16 MUSIC WEEK 3 OCTOBER 1998