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Don't Shut Me Down surpasses I Still Have Faith In You as ABBA mania continues to impact the Official UK Charts
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As ABBA mania continues to sweep the nation following the release of their first new music in four decades, Official Charts Company data can exclusively reveal that Don't Shut Me Down is now on course to be the group's highest-charting comeback single on this Friday's Official Chart.
On today (September 8)'s sales flash update, Don't Shut Me Down has overtaken I Still Have Faith In You for the first time, despite the latter's lead billing on the dual single and the presence of its official music video showcasing ABBA's new ABBAtars digital characters.
MORE: View ABBA's Top 20 biggest songs on the UK's Official Chart revealed
While I Still Have Faith In You still has an edge on physical sales due to it being available on both CD and vinyl, Don't Shut Me Down has further cemented its status as the most downloaded song of the week so far and has now logged more streams than its sister song, reaching 1.5 million plays since Friday.
Alike on Sunday's Official Chart: First Look, both songs are still on track for the Official Singles Chart Top 10, occupying Numbers 7 and 8 respectively today.
In addition to singles chart success, ABBA's return has seen sales of their greatest hits collection Gold spike. At Number 5 today, Gold is vying for a Top 5 placement on the Official Albums Chart for the first time since August 2008 following the release of the Mamma Mia! movie.
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Both Don't Shut Me Down and I Still Have Faith In You are taken from Voyage, ABBA's first studio album since 1981's The Visitors, which will be released on Friday November 5, 2021. According to the group's record label, Voyage has racked up the most album pre-orders in Universal Music UK history, surpassing 80,000 sales in three days.
Don't Shut Me Down and I Still Have Faith In You will be performed alongside ABBA's greatest hits at the revolutionary ABBA Voyage concert. The residency, which begins on May 27, 2022, will see digital ABBAtar versions of the iconic Swedish pop group will perform at the specially-constructed ABBA Arena in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.
ABBA have scored nine Number 1 singles and nine Number 1 albums in the UK. Their greatest hits collection Gold is the only album to spend more than 1000 weeks on the Official Albums Chart and is the second bestselling album of all time in the UK, with 5.61 million copies sold as of August 2021. Look back at ABBA's full Official UK Chart history here.
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RyanT
I hope those streaming the useless top 5 singles, get an internet outage and give ABBA a top 5 https://media3.giphy.com/media/MUGGeU8Ft82DxpQoiq/giphy.gif
thierry henon
I really hope DON'T SHUT ME DOWN could be our new number 1 single!! Such a great single from the legendary ABBA!!
Wesanni Beynogue
It doesn't look like it will unfortunately.
Mark Wislen
ABBA never were going to get enough Singles Streams, for the New Singles, to reach No.1.
Their 'Voyage' Album, will make a far bigger impact, than the Singles. In Germany, where the
Chart Rules are different, 'Don't Shut Me Down' has Entered the Mid Week Top 100 at No.2,
and 'I Still Have Faith In You' has Entered at No.3. They are sure to still be Top 3 on Friday
- ABBA's first German Top 3 Singles, since 'One Of Us', reached No.1, in January 1982. They
are ABBA's 22nd and 23rd German Top 10 Hits. In the UK - if the Singles are Top 10 on Friday
- they will be ABBA's 20th and 21st UK Top 10 Hits. They've been on 19 UK Top 10's, since
'One Of Us' . The Bee Gees also have 19 UK Top 10 Singles.
Roger Sole
I can't remember the last time that a "legacy" act had such a huge chart hit in the streaming age (remixes or collaborations excepted) and the fact that ABBA are likely to have two Top 10 hits this week is MASSIVE. Sadly, a Top 10 hit that will probably drop like a stone when the first week sales have passed doesn't do it justice. It's a shame that the Singles Chart only represents a subsection of the music that people are enjoying right now. People don't (and can't) buy singles routinely any more, and songs that are played heavily on Radio 2 (and even Radio 1 sometimes) don't even graze the Top 40 singles while people hold out for albums, and even album sales are down. I'm trying not to sound too much like an old , but it's just a shame that songs can go so unrecognised in chart and sales terms, even if they have wormed their way into the general public's consciousness.
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RyanT
that would be ultimate!!
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Sarah
Actually just looked and Abba are at #5 and #19 on the German charts but its just for the most popular songs as their latest charts not out yet.. Elsewhere. In Australia charts: #27 and # 39. Sweden #9 and #14. DSMD doing heaps better than ISHFIY.
Mark Wislen
Sarah - I'm referring to ABBA being No.2 and No.3 in the German Mid Week Chart.
It is easy to find. Just put German Charts MTV into Google. Then you will see the Mid Week German Singles and Albums Chart, on that Site. We will see where ABBA are in the full Week's German Charts, by this, (Friday), Evening.
Mark Wislen
ABBA have done very well, to get anywhere near the UK Top 10, with their 2 New Singles. No 'Old' Act has managed it in a long time. The Singles Chart is Streaming dominated now. 'Old' Acts can't get enough Streams to have huge Hits. The 2 ABBA Songs will likely have big fall, in Friday 17th September's Chart, as their Streams collapse. ABBA's 'Voyage' Album will be huge, however, as 'Old' Acts can still have Top 3 Albums. Even No.1 Albums.