{"id":36442,"date":"2021-09-03T18:20:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T17:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/?p=36442"},"modified":"2021-09-03T20:29:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T19:29:28","slug":"posh-pop-toyahs-highest-charting-studio-album-since-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/posh-pop-toyahs-highest-charting-studio-album-since-1982\/","title":{"rendered":"Posh Pop: Toyah&#8217;s Highest Charting Studio Album Since 1982!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/charts\/albums-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/charts\/albums-chart\/ noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-36444 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/poshpop21yy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>This is incredible news, and a huge congratulations to Toyah. As well as Simon Darlow, Bobby Willcox and the entire team who brought us <em>Posh Pop<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 studio album charts today at #22 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/charts\/albums-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Official UK Album Chart<\/strong><\/a>. <em>Posh Pop<\/em> becomes Toyah\u2019s highest charting studio album since 1982, when <em>The Changeling<\/em> peaked at #6. <em>Warrior Rock: Toyah On Tour<\/em>, a live double album &#8211; which will be reissued in the next year or so, as will the rest of Toyah&#8217;s post-<em>The Blue Meaning<\/em> Safari Records&#8217; back catalogue &#8211; peaked at #20 that same year.<\/p>\n<p>The only other Toyah albums to peak higher than this are <em>Anthem<\/em> (1981) #2, <em>The Changeling<\/em> (1982) #6 and the aforementioned <em>Warrior Rock: Toyah On Tour<\/em> (1982) #20. <em>Posh Pop<\/em> equals with, another live album, <em>Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!<\/em> (1980) which hit #22 in early 1981.<\/p>\n<p>Further great news is that <em>Posh Pop<\/em> achieves Toyah her highest ever chart position as a solo artist, and the album is also #1 on the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/charts\/independent-albums-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Independent chart<\/strong><\/a>, #6 on the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/charts\/physical-albums-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Physical chart<\/strong><\/a>, #6 on the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/charts\/albums-sales-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sales chart<\/strong><\/a>, #9 on the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/charts\/vinyl-albums-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Vinyl chart<\/strong><\/a>, #20 on the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/charts\/albums-downloads-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Download chart<\/strong><\/a> and #8 on the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/charts\/scottish-albums-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Scottish chart<\/strong><\/a>. Phew! Amazing stats! If the Album Chart was, as it used to be, simply a sales chart Toyah would certainly have a Top 10 album!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>A Message From Toyah<\/strong>: Watch Toyah announce the news &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/toyahofficial\/videos\/218582716802755\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Continue watching&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/charts\/albums-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/charts\/albums-chart\/ noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36443 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/poshpop21xx.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/poshpop21xx.jpg 600w, https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/poshpop21xx-300x88.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Official Charts<\/strong>: See this week&#8217;s full Top 100 Album Chart &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/charts\/albums-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Continue reading&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Official Charts<\/strong>: Further down, Beach Boys boxset Feel Flows: The Sunflower &amp; Surf\u2019s Up Sessions 1969-1971 enters at 19, Toyah earns her eighth Top 40 album with Posh Pop at 22, and a remastered edition of Supergrass\u2019 In It For The Money lands at 28 &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/chart-news\/kanye-west-s-donda-debuts-at-number-1-on-official-uk-albums-chart__33947\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/toyahofficial\/videos\/218582716802755\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/toyahofficial\/videos\/218582716802755 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36445 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/poshpop21ww.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/poshpop21ww.jpg 600w, https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/poshpop21ww-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Official Charts<\/strong>: See Toyah&#8217;s full charts stats on the Official Chart &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/18796\/toyah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Continue reading&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Official Charts @ Twitter<\/strong>: 10 new releases land in this week&#8217;s Official Albums Chart Top 40, including a massive boxset by The Beach Boys, Toyah&#8217;s <em>Posh Pop<\/em>, and a reissue of Supergrass&#8217; <em>In It For The Money<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officialcharts\/status\/1433859860903469073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Continue reading&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Chart Stats<\/strong>: Also great to consider that Toyah has had four charting albums on the Official Charts in the past two years: <em>In The Court Of The Crimson Queen<\/em> (2019) #74, <em>Sheep Farming In Barnet<\/em> (2020) #99, <em>The Blue Meaning<\/em> (2021) #59, <em>Posh Pop<\/em> (2021) #22.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Posh Pop<\/strong>: Click below to <a href=\"http:\/\/smarturl.it\/Toyah_PoshPop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>buy the album<\/strong><\/a> on CD+DVD, CD, Colour Vinyl and Digital Download. Or <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/6AsjRT0hoHhhWRdt1SNmi8?si=2tsnIs4mQyGdNOG37C96Zw&amp;dl_branch=1&amp;nd=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>stream the album at Spotify<\/strong><\/a> and watch a selection of album videos at Toyah&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL1qNbAuf8-7pXRQ9RFaiFcsFsRYSl6yMP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Official You Tube channel<\/strong><\/a>. (All Photos\/Images \u00a9 Toyah Willcox)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smarturl.it\/Toyah_PoshPop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/smarturl.it\/Toyah_PoshPop noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36446 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/poshpop21zz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/poshpop21zz.jpg 600w, https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/poshpop21zz-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is incredible news, and a huge congratulations to Toyah. As well as Simon Darlow, Bobby Willcox and the entire team who brought us Posh Pop. The 2021 studio album charts today at #22 on the Official UK Album Chart. Posh Pop becomes Toyah\u2019s highest charting studio album since 1982, when The Changeling peaked at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24,28,2606],"tags":[1698,2792],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36442"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36463,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36442\/revisions\/36463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}