Wednesday 6 March 2019

COMPETITION: Ward Thomas exclusive album playback at C2C2019



WIN tickets to an exclusive album playback with Ward Thomas at #C2C2019 at @TheO2!

+ We take a look at the success of RESTLESS MINDS
their chart history & BBC Radio 2 playlisted singles

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES 10AM WEDS 6 MARCH. 
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WIN TICKETS TO AN EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PLAYBACK WITH WARD THOMAS

With just days to go until Country to Country 2019, the C2C organisers are offering the chance to attend an exclusive event at C2C with UK Country music pioneers, Ward Thomas!

With the new album, RESTLESS MINDS recently topping the UK Country Charts, twin sisters Catherine and Lizzy would love to give fans the chance to join them at C2C for an intimate album playback!

Blurb: Ward Thomas have been at the forefront of the ever-growing UK country scene, rising alongside the likes of The Shires and Catherine McGrath. On Restless Minds, they continue to blend their style with the hooks of pop, for a sound filled with genuine heart. The release of Restless Minds precedes a full UK headline tour which kicks off at the end of February and runs through to April 2019.

The event will feature acoustic performances, a Q&A with the band, and special guests joining them on stage.

So, if you're available on Saturday 9th March at 10am (O2 BLUEROOM), sign up now for a chance to win entry to this one-off event.
Full details to be provided to winners upon announcement.

CHART SUCCESS
RESTLESS MINDS, the third album by Ward Thomas (twins Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas, non-identical 24-year-old twins from Hampshire) made a debut at No.8 on the Official UK Top 100 Albums Chart (Week Ending 21 Feb 2019)
sales of 7,095 copies.
The contemporary country duo logged the fifth biggest sales debut for an album tagged country.

Additionally, it landed them a No.1 on the Official UK Country Album Top 20 (Week Ending 21 February 2019)

TOP SELLING UK COUNTRY ALBUMS

The Shires MY UNIVERSE: #3 debut sales 14,913 (chart dated 13 Oct 2016) 29 weeks on the top 100
The Shires ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE: #3 debut sales 14,319 (chart dated 3 May 2018) 9 weeks on the top 100
Ward Thomas CARTWHEELS: #1 debut sales 12,127 (chart dated 15 Sept 2016) 16 weeks on the top 100
The Shires BRAVE: #10 debut sales 9,516 (chart dated 14 March 2015) 44 weeks on the top 100
Ward Thomas RESTLESS MINDS: #8 debut sales 7,095 (chart dated 21 Feb 2019) 2 weeks on the top 100
Others:
Catherine McGrath TALK OF THIS TOWN: #13 debut sales 3,839 (chart dated 9 Aug 2018) 2 weeks on the top 100
Nathan Carter with LIVIN' THE DREAM made a debut at No.51 (2,381 sales; chart week June 29, 2017),
Wildwood Kin with TURNING TIDES "tagged Indie & Alternative Rock"made a debut at No.37 (2,162 sales; chart week Aug 31, 2017)
Shane Richie with A COUNTRY SOUL "tagged POP" made a debut No.42 (3,036 sales; chart week Nov 23, 2017)

On the Official UK Top 100 Albums Chart (Week Ending 28 February 2019) RESTLESS MINDS fell 8-86  (1,345 sales; down 81%) and in the lastest chart (dated 7 March 2019) it had fallen off the Top 100 from previous weeks No.86 (estimated sales 800; 3-week estimated total 9,240). By comparison their last album Cartwheels held at 2 weeks at #5 with 3-week total sales of 27,350.






























According to the blurb the new album: “firmly establishes Ward Thomas as leading exponents of new wave country tinged pop”.

#BeyondNashville “We never consciously tried to be country,” Lizzy says. “We love country but we’ve always set out to simply write songs that suit the content. The country artists we listen to now are the ones mixing it up and moving the genre on – Maren Morris and Kacey Musgraves in particular. But we also love LordeCardi BHaim and Julia Michaels.”

RESTLESS MINDS features 15 tracks written in Nashville, London and Hampshire with previous collaborators Jessica SharmanRebekah Powell and Martin Terefe (Shawn Mendes) in addition to Ed Drewitt (Little Mix), Rachel Furner (Craig David) and Steve Robson (Paloma Faith).
The album was produced in London by Martin Terefe and Joe Rubel (Ed Sheeran).


CHART HISTORY

ALBUMS:
CARTWHEELS: They made chart history in 2016 when their second album became the first No.1 album by a British country act and also the first No.1 by an act consisting only of twins. Cartwheels made a debut at No.1 (12,127 sales (including 227 from streams chart week 15 Sept 2016), then #5 (9,153 sales) then #5 (6,064), then #12 (4,287 sales), then #22 (3,500 sales).
It has spent 16 weeks on the top 100, chart run:
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FROM WHERE WE STAND: Their debut album made a debut at No.41 (sales 2,473; chart dated 2 Aug 2014) spending 7 weeks on the top 100.
Chart Chart run (5 weeks / 02.08.2014 - 30.08.2014): 41, 93, 94, 95, 94 + Chart run (2 weeks / 14.03.2015 - 21.03.2015): 91, 79

SINGLES:
They yet to chart on the Official UK top 100 singles chart.
They have had many No.1 singles on the UK Country iTunes chart:

Cartwheels” (#2 UK iTunes all genres; 2 Sept 2016), “Carry You Home” 4 weeks at No.1 (29 Aug 2016 - 24 Sept 2016; Top 10 for 2 weeks UK iTunes all genres) & Guilty Flowers (#86 overall UK Singles chart)

RADIO 2 PLAYLISTED SINGLES:

"The Good and the Right" added to the “B” list (week commencing March 29, 2014 - April 19, 2014) for 4 weeks

"Push for the Stride" added to the "B" playlist (week commencing July 5, 2014), upgraded to "A" list July 12th removed commencing Aug 9th

"Way Back Then" added to "B" playlist (week commencing Sept 27, 2014), climbed to "A" playlist (11th Oct), removed week commencing 26th Oct 2014

Ward Thomas & Vince Gill with “Town Called Ugley” added to the “C” playlist, upgraded to "B" list Feb 28th, removed week commencing 7th March 2015

Guest List” added to the "A" playlist (week commencing Aug 8, 2015), removed week commencing 5th Sept 2015

"Carry You Home" added to the "A" Playlist’ (week commencing June 18, 2016)

"Guilty Flowers" added to the "A" Playlist (week commencing Aug 17, 2016) removed from A Playlist week 14 September 2016
Album of the week: Ward Thomas with CARTWHEELS (week commencing August 24, 2016)

"Cartwheels" added to the "A" Playlist (week commencing Oct 29, 2016), removed week commencing 26th Nov 2016

"Boomerang" added to the "A" Playlist (week commencing Jan 14, 2017); removed week commencing 18th Feb 2017

Lie Like Me” added to "B" Playlist (week commencing Saturday 28 July 2018) upgraded to "A" Playlist, removed from the “A” week 25 August 2018

Never Know” added to the “C” Playlist (week commencing Saturday 3 Nov 2018) upgraded to the “B” Playlist,

No Filter added to the "B" Playlist (week commencing Saturday 19 Jan 2019) removed from the “B” Playlist week 16 February 2019

UK TOUR DATES

Wed 6 March 2019 - Albert Hall, Manchester (Peter Street, M2 5QR)
Mon 1 April 2019 - O2 Institute Birmingham, Birmingham (16-18 Horsefair, Bristol Street, B1 1DB | Capacity: 3,000)
Tue 2 April 2019 - O2 Guildhall Southampton, Southampton (Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LP)
Wed 3 April 2019 - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London (Shepherds Bush Green, W12 8TT)


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