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Ultimate 'Casualties of Streaming' Rate



Believe it or not, we are approaching the 5th anniversary of the chart as we knew it being changed forever with the addition of streaming equivalent sales to the chart! What was perhaps a controversial move at the time quickly became a necessity to keep the chart relevant but this unfortunately meant a lot of great songs (and even more not-so great songs) were denied of a top 40 position. For further insight, you can view this thread and the accompanying links.

In this rate, which follows UK #1s in the Ultimate series, we'll be finding which of these songs most deserved an official top 40 peak... but firstly we need to wade through all the filler. Over 450 songs will be eligible for this contest (to be clear: all the songs below made the top 40 in the sales only chart, but did not in the official chart). These will be randomised and split into 12 groups (any songs that fit the criteria within the month of June 2019 will be placed in the later groups).

2 groups will be open each week. There will be many songs in each group but only the top five will be guaranteed a place in the final whilst the rest of the top 10 will go to the play-off round. In the event where any of these songs do make the official top 40 they will be removed from the competition.

Simply vote from 5 to 10 songs in each group using the Eurovision voting format. If you want to remind yourself of the songs then click on the Spotify playlists provided.

+12 Fave
+10
+08
+07
+06
+05
+04
+03
+02
+01

And if there's a song you really dislike or just want to push down a bit, you also have the option to give...

-02 Least fave

You have until the end of Sunday 23rd June to vote.

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Group 7
Alessia Cara ~ Scars To Your Beautiful
Birdy ~ Keeping Your Head Up
Blinkie ~ Don't Give Up (On Love)
BTS feat. Charli XCX ~ Dream Glow
Chase & Status feat. George The Poet ~ Spoken Word
Cliff Richard ~ Rise Up
Coldplay ~ Everglow
Conor Maynard ~ Talking About
David Bowie ~ Lazarus
Donel feat. Swarmz ~ Bang Like A Drum
Elbow ~ Magnificent (She Says)
Eleni Foureira ~ Fuego
FISHER ~ Losing It
HAIM ~ Want You Back
Jamie Webster ~ Allez Allez Allez
Jess Glynne ~ Why Me
Kaleo ~ Way Down We Go
Kelly Clarkson ~ Never Enough
Little Mix ~ Is Your Love Enough?
Martin Jensen & James Arthur ~ Nobody
Martin Solveig feat. Sam White ~ « +1 »
Michael Bublé ~ Nobody But Me
Mick Konstantin ~ There's Only One Conor McGregor
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds ~ Ballad Of The Mighty I
One Direction ~ 18
Paloma Faith ~ Til I'm Done
Pitbull feat. John Ryan ~ Fireball
Public Service Broadcasting ~ White Star Liner
Rob Doherty ~ You're Amazing
Rock Choir feat. Caroline Redman Lusher & The Rock Choir Vocal Group ~ The First Noel
Sigrid ~ Don't Kill My Vibe
Slipknot ~ Unsainted
Stargate feat. P!nk & Sia ~ Waterfall
Stereophonics ~ Caught By The Wind
Sting & Shaggy ~ Just One Lifetime
The Vamps ~ Missing You
Twin Atlantic ~ Brothers And Sisters
Zedd & Elley Duhé ~ Happy Now



Group 8
5 Seconds Of Summer ~ Fly Away
Alicia Keys ~ In Common
Amy Wadge ~ Faith's Song
Avril Lavigne ~ Head Above Water
Bring Me The Horizon ~ Happy Song
BTS feat. Desiigner ~ MIC Drop
BTS feat. Zara Larsson ~ A Brand New Day
Carly Rae Jepsen ~ Run Away With Me
Catfish and The Bottlemen ~ Soundcheck
Chingiz ~ Truth
Chris Malinchak feat. Mikky Ekko ~ Stranger
CHVRCHES ~ Get Away
Ciara ~ I Bet
DJ Fresh & Adam F ~ Believer
Ellie Goulding ~ Something In The Way You Move
Eminem ~ Phenomenal
Flume feat. Tove Lo ~ Say It
Freya Ridings ~ Castles
G-Eazy & Kehlani ~ Good Life
Hozier feat. Mavis Staples ~ Nina Cried Power
INDIIA feat. Whitney Phillips ~ Out Of Love
Kamaliya ~ Who's Gonna Love You Tonight
Katie Melua ~ Wonderful Life
Kylie Minogue ~ New York City
Lady Gaga ~ Is That Alright?
Lana Del Rey ~ Love
M.O feat. Kent Jones ~ Not In Love
Megna McKenna ~ Far Cry From Love
Mike Jacobs ~ Stay
Molly Hocking ~ I'll Never Love Again
NEIKED feat. Mimi ~ Call Me
Netta ~ Toy
Ralph McTell feat. The Crisis Choir & Annie Lennox ~ Streets Of London
Ruti ~ Racing Cars
Snakehips & Anne-Marie feat. Joey Bada$$ ~ Either Way
The Script ~ It's Not Right For You
Whitney Houston ~ I Didn't Know My Own Strength
Will Young ~ All the Songs



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Here's how the final and play-off are currently looking.

Final
Alice Merton ~ No Roots
Anton Powers & Pixie Lott ~ Baby
Arcade Fire ~ Everything Now
Aretha Franklin ~ (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
Ariana Grande feat. Mac Miller ~ The Way
Axwell /\ Ingrosso ~ Sun Is Shining
Blanche ~ City Lights
Calvin Harris ~ I'm Not Alone 2019
Chase & Status feat. Tom Grennan ~ All Goes Wrong
Clean Bandit feat. Stylo G ~ Come Over
Coldplay ~ Up&Up
David Bowie ~ Changes
Disclosure feat. Gregory Porter ~ Holding On
Elton John ~ Tiny Dancer
Ferreck Dawn & Redondo ~ Love Too Deep
Florence + The Machine ~ Hunger
Jamie xx feat. Romy ~ Loud Places
José Feliciano ~ Feliz Navidad
Kanye West feat. Post Malone & Ty Dolla $ign ~ Fade
KEiiNO ~ Spirit in the Sky
Kygo & Imagine Dragons ~ Born To Be Yours
Lana Del Rey ~ High By The Beach
Luca Hänni ~ She Got Me
Oasis ~ Half the World Away
Royal Blood ~ Figure It Out
Sia ~ Move Your Body
The 1975 ~ Somebody Else
The Avener & Phoebe Killdeer ~ Fade Out Lines
Twenty One Pilots ~ Jumpsuit
Viola Beach ~ Boys That Sing

Play-Off
Adele ~ All I Ask
Alesso ~ Falling
Andy C & Fiora ~ Heartbeat Loud
Bastille ~ Joy
BLACKPINK ~ DDU-DU DDU-DU
Brandon Flowers ~ I Can Change
Charlie Puth feat. Kehlani ~ Done For Me
Christine and the Queens ~ 5 Dollars
CLiQ feat. Alika ~ Wavey
Coldplay ~ Hypnotised
Demi Lovato ~ Confident
Disclosure ~ Bang That
Frans ~ If I Were Sorry
George Ezra ~ Don't Matter Now
Kylie Minogue ~ Stop Me From Falling
Linkin Park feat. Kiiara ~ Heavy
London Grammar ~ Big Picture
Louisa feat. 2 Chainz ~ YES
Luis Fonsi & Demi Lovato ~ Echame La Culpa
Mura Masa feat. A$AP Rocky ~ Love$ick
Muse ~ Psycho
Paolo Nutini ~ Iron Sky
Purple Disco Machine ~ Dished (Male Stripper)
Radiohead ~ Burn the Witch
Rudimental feat. Anne-Marie & Will Heard ~ Rumour Mill
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone ~ City Of Stars
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello ~ I Know What You Did Last Summer
Sigala & Digital Farm Animals ~ Only One
Sigrid ~ High Five
Walking On Cars ~ Speeding Cars