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Posted by: Jaÿ 6th October 2016, 11:00 PM

iTunes Weekly Thread
For discussion of the iTunes Singles chart.

Helpful Links

External
- LivePopBars (Top 1500 iTunes Chart): http://www.lpb5.com/lpb1024.php?Region=143444&Chart=34&ref=lpb1&t=1421540829
- Kworb.net (Top 100 Popularity Bars, updated roughly every 2 hours): http://kworb.net/popuk/
- Digital Sales Data (estimated sales for the Top 100): http://digitalsalesdata.com/diydsd.php?Region=143444

Internal
- Peak positions of pre-order singles on iTunes: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=162070
- iTunes Album Chart Discussion: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=185357
- International iTunes Chart Threads: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/International-Charts-f131.html
- Spotify Chart Thread: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=185366
- This week's 59p bargains: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=194042&view=findpost&p=5511487

New Releases
courtesy of ManicKangaroo

All Saints - One Woman Man
Amy Grant - To Be Together
Anouk - Burn
Becky G – Mangú
Ben L’Oncle Soul - The Good Life
Bon Jovi - Born Again Tomorrow [GRAT]
Bruno Mars – 24K Magic
Deorro feat DyCy - Goin' Up
James Arthur feat Shotty Horroh – Sermon [GRAT]
Janet Devlin - Outernet Song
John Legend – Love Me Now
Kaskade & Deadmau5 feat Skylar Grey - Beneath With Me
The Killers - Peace Of Mind
Le Youth - Me Without You
Lenno vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners feat Kylie Auldist - Mind Made Up
Lost Frequencies – What Is Love 2016
The Lumineers – Boots Of Spanish Leather
MNEK - Don’t Stop Me Now
MØ – Drum
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - Out On The Weekend
Olly Murs - Grow Up
R3hab – Icarus
Sabrina Carpenter - Thumbs [GRAT]
Sam Feldt & Deepend feat Teemu - Runaways
Smoove & Turrell - You Could've Been A Lady

Posted by: awardinary 6th October 2016, 11:00 PM

Weekly iTunes 59p Bargains

(in alphabetical order, current songs highlighted in green)

A Day To Remember – Naivety
Alexandra Burke – Hallelujah
Anne-Marie – Alarm
Apollo 440 – Stop The Rock
Avril Lavigne – Complicated
A$AP Rocky feat. Skrillex & Birdy Nam Nam – Wild For The Night
Bastille – Send Them Off
Beck – Dreams
Bee Gees – Stayin' Alive
Beth Hart – Love Is A Lie
Blink 182 – What's My Age Again?
Bon Jovi – Bed Of Roses
Britney Spears – Born To Make You Happy
Busted – On What You're On
Chaka Khan – Ain't Nobody
Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – Look At Me Now
Coldplay – Clocks
The Coral – Dreaming Of You
Craig David & Sigala – Ain't Giving Up
Craig David – Fill Me In
The Darkness – I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome – Dance Wiv Me
DJ Fresh feat. Ella Eyre – Gravity
Dolly Parton – Jolene
Dua Lipa – Blow Your Mind
Duffy – Mercy
Ed Sheeran – Lego House
Eminem – Love Yourself
Europe – The Final Countdown
Fall Out Boy – Dance, Dance
French Montana feat. Rick Ross, Drake & Lil Wayne – Pop That
Gorillaz – Dare
Green Day – American Idiot
The Hoosiers – Goodbye Mr A
James Brown – Living In America
Jefferson Airplane – Somebody To Love
Justin Timberlake feat. T.I. – My Love
Kaiser Chiefs – Oh My God
Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx – Gold Digger
Keane – Everybody's Changing
Kelly Clarkson – Because Of You
Kideko & George Kwali feat. Nadia Rose & Sweetie Irie – Crank It (Woah!)
Labrinth – Let The Sun Shine
Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
Lil Wayne – A Milli
Ludacris – Stand Up
Madonna – Like A Prayer
Melissa Etheridge – Like The Way I Do
The Monkees – Daydream Believer
Nelly Furtado – Maneater
The Notorious B.I.G. feat. P. Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge & Avery Storm – Nasty Girl
One Direction – History
OneRepublic – I Lived
Paloma Faith – Never Tear Us Apart
Paolo Nutini – Last Request [Alternative Mix]
Passenger – Anywhere
P. Diddy feat. Black Rob & Mark Curry – Bad Boy For Life
Peter, Bjorn & John – Young Folks
Pharrell & Gwen Stefani – Can I Have It Like That
Pharrell Williams – It Girl
The Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes – Don't Cha
Rejjie Snow – D.R.U.G.S.
The Script feat. will.i.am – Hall Of Fame
Seal – Kiss From A Ross
The Shins – Simple Song
Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean – Hips Don't Lie
Sugababes – Round Round
Take That – Patience
Tim Berg – Seek Bromance [Avicii's Vocal Edit]
Toto – Hold The Line
WSTRN – A-List
Years & Years – Meteorite (from "Bridget Jones's Baby")
Zara Larson – Ain't My Fault

TOTAL — 73 Songs

Expired Bargains

The 1975 – Sex
Aerosmith – Cryin'
Alicia Keys – If I Ain't Got You
Amy Winehouse – Rehab
Avril Lavigne – When You're Gone
Bastille – Of The Night
The Black Eyed Peas – Where Is The Love?
Britney Spears – Womanizer
The Cardigans – My Favourite Game
Cheat Codes & Dante Klein – Let Me Hold You (Turn Me On)
Christina Aguilera – Genie In A Bottle
Crash Test Dummies – Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
D12 – Fight Music
Deacon Blue – Real Gone Kid
Deep Blue Something – Breakfast At Tiffany's
Die Antwood – Enter The Ninja
Duke Dumont feat. A*M*E – Need U (100%)
Elbow – One Day Like This
Elton John & Kiki Dee – Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight
Estelle feat. Kanye West – American Boy
Falco – Rock Me Amadeus
Fergie feat. Ludacris – Glamorous
George Ezra – Did You Hear The Rain?
Gipsy Kings – Bamboleo
Hozier – From Eden
Hurts – Stay
Jamie T – Zombie
Jax Jones feat. Mike Dunn & MNEK – House Work
Justin Timberlake – What Goes Around Comes Around
Kid Cudi vs. Crookers – Day 'N' Nite
Kodaline – All I Want
Labrinth feat. Emeli Sande – Beneath Your Beautiful
Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love
Madcon feat. Ray Dalton – Don't Worry
MAGIC! – Rude
Margaret – Cool Me Down
Maroon 5 – Sugar
Massive Attack – Angel
Naughty Boy feat. Sam Smith – La La La
Naughty By Nature – O.P.P.
The Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather
Nickelback – How You Remind Me
Nicki Minaj – Super Bass
Nick Jonas – Jealous
Olly Murs – You Don't Know Love
Pharrell Williams – Gust Of Wind
Poison – Every Rose Has It's Thorn
Queens Of The Stone Age – Go With The Flow
Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up
Robbie Williams – Angels
Ronan Keating – When You Say Nothing At All
Sidney Samson feat. Wizard Sleeve – Riverside (Let's Go)
Smash Mouth – All Star
Train – Hey, Soul Sister
Ty Dolla $ign feat. Wiz Khalifa & DJ Mustard – Oh Nah
Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison – Moondance
The Verve – The Drugs Don't Work
Wild Cherry – Play That Funky Music
Wu-Tang Clan – C.R.E.A.M.
Yes – Owner Of A Lonely Heart

Posted by: cqmerqn 6th October 2016, 11:01 PM

OMG this new Olly song is bad

Posted by: cqmerqn 6th October 2016, 11:02 PM

Zara is still 59p!

Posted by: TheSnake 6th October 2016, 11:07 PM

Is this the lowest number of weekly new releases ever? A grand total of four?

Posted by: JosephStyles 6th October 2016, 11:09 PM

The full list hasn't been added yet, ManicKangaroo PMs it to the thread opener after midnight, please have patience!

Posted by: ML Hammer95 6th October 2016, 11:10 PM

A lot of your subtitles are so biased towards Pop it's unbelievable...

Posted by: Tombo 6th October 2016, 11:12 PM

The new Olly Murs tracks is so good, I prefer it YDKL.

I am excited to hear the new James Arthur track, I have got it queued

Posted by: JosephStyles 6th October 2016, 11:16 PM

They're subtitles, do they really matter that much?

Posted by: TheSnake 6th October 2016, 11:20 PM

I knew there are less weekly releases nowadays but I was shocked to see only four.

I dont usually join this thread so early so thanks for clearing this up.

Posted by: ManicKangaroo 6th October 2016, 11:26 PM

Jay has the list, it will be updated imminently

Posted by: Jaÿ 6th October 2016, 11:29 PM

A lot of your posts are so biased towards Urban it's unbelievable...

Posted by: Jaÿ 6th October 2016, 11:41 PM

Full release schedule now included in the first post (thanks ManicKangaroo!)

Posted by: awardinary 6th October 2016, 11:58 PM

Weekly 59p list added above!

Posted by: Jonjo 7th October 2016, 12:00 AM

Busted 59p! Nice move.

Posted by: jase. 7th October 2016, 12:22 AM

MNEK resorting to covering Queen now? Oh dear.

Who the hell is Shotty Horroh

I wonder how big a lead Bruno will have over James Arthur..

Posted by: ManicKangaroo 7th October 2016, 12:52 AM

73. Janet Devlin - Outernet Song
134. Olly Murs - Grow Up
171. MØ - Drum
268. The Rolling Stones - Just Your Fool
737. Olly Murs - Grow Up (Acoustic)

Posted by: Riser 7th October 2016, 12:58 AM

I'd say the subtitles are usually "biased" toward who will chart highest, but I'm sure exceptions were made for the likes of Britney and Mollie King. Bruno Mars should get a mention though, how about "Murs and Mars"?

(But chart saviour John Legend is most worthy of subtitle honors *.*)

Posted by: SevenSeize 7th October 2016, 01:03 AM

'24k MØgic' tbh

Posted by: Jaÿ 7th October 2016, 01:28 AM

Incorporated both suggestions! Double MØ and double Bruno. ;o

Posted by: Jonjo 7th October 2016, 01:37 AM

120. Olly Murs - Grow Up
158. MØ – Drum
743. Olly Murs - Grow Up (Acoustic)
---
New 59p Batch:

40. Kideko & George Kwali feat. Nadia Rose & Sweetie Irie – Crank It (Woah!)
44. Busted - On What You're On
62. Bastille - Send Them Off!

Posted by: Ryan. 7th October 2016, 01:44 AM

Janet top 75 already argh! Coming for #1 so watch out Bruno!

Posted by: Riser 7th October 2016, 01:45 AM

That's more like it! Or '24MNEK MØgic' if you really want to get carried away

Posted by: Addy K!ng 7th October 2016, 05:18 AM

I think music industry should discount the prices of all songs for good considering the fact that streaming is almost beating sales.

I would buy more songs if they sell for 0.69 cents!!!

Posted by: vidcapper 7th October 2016, 06:29 AM

Apologies if this has already been mentioned in a previous thread, but I see Mariah-AIWFCIY made it's first appearance on the 22nd Sep - a little earlier than usual.

No sign of any of the others yet, though.

Posted by: danG 7th October 2016, 06:47 AM

10. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons
55. Olly Murs - Grow Up
74. Janet Devlin - Outernet Song
101. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
141. MØ - Drum
222. The Rolling Stones - Just Your Fool
294. John Legend - Love Me Now
513. Olly Murs - Grow Up (Acoustic)
613. The Killers - Peace of Mind
1118. Bon Jovi - Born Again Tomorrow
1178. James Arthur - Sermon (feat. Shotty Horroh)

Posted by: twentyonemdh 7th October 2016, 07:06 AM

was Bruno a midnight release or 7am?

Posted by: cqmerqn 7th October 2016, 07:19 AM

It was on iTunes when I woke up at 7. Wasn't available at midnight.

Posted by: Bjork 7th October 2016, 07:21 AM

Bruno #71

Posted by: twentyonemdh 7th October 2016, 07:26 AM

51. Olly Murs - Grow Up
119. Jassi Sidhu - Salute (feat. Fateh & Dr. Zeus)

Yay for this weeks token Bollywood song.

Posted by: Bjork 7th October 2016, 07:29 AM

Alicia Keys has the best of the new releases by miles but she's gonna miss the top 40 for sure

51. Olly Murs - Grow Up (+408)
71. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
75. Janet Devlin - Outernet Song
136. MØ - Drum
219. The Rolling Stones - Just Your Fool
238. John Legend - Love Me Now
451. The Killers - Peace of Mind
468. Alicia Keys - Blended Family

Posted by: twentyonemdh 7th October 2016, 07:39 AM

I'm hoping Bruno can reach #1, Olly can go top 10 and MO maybe top 20? It'll be interesting to see how well Tinie does... is his track released yet?

Posted by: cqmerqn 7th October 2016, 07:51 AM

I'm having doubts with all of your hopes/predictions.

Posted by: Bjork 7th October 2016, 08:23 AM

as expected terrible Bruno Mars song :/ surefire #1 :/

27 Bruno Mars 24K Magic
29 Olly Murs Grow Up

Posted by: Mango 7th October 2016, 08:40 AM

One Woman Man is a single? Not that it will do anything but HALLELUJAH

Posted by: rob s 7th October 2016, 08:48 AM

I don't think it'll be #1 tbh.

Quite underwhelmed by 24K Magic anyway. Not exactly the kind of huge comeback i was hoping for from him especially after his involvement in 'Uptown Funk' too. hope there's a better 2nd single aka like GaGa..

Posted by: Bjork 7th October 2016, 08:52 AM

bruno #18
olly #26 not doing bad

Posted by: ElectroBoy 7th October 2016, 09:02 AM

18. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
26. Olly Murs - Grow Up
76. John Legend - Love Me Now
77. Janet Devlin - Outernet Song
116. MØ - Drum
132. Alicia Keys - Blended Family
176. The Rolling Stones - Just Your Fool
177. The Killers - Peace of Mind

Posted by: Mango 7th October 2016, 09:16 AM

The Bruno Mars song sounds a bit devoid of a melody, no?

Really liking the Olly Murs song though!

Posted by: Mark. 7th October 2016, 10:17 AM

13. 24K Magic - Bruno Mars
17. Grow Up - Olly Murs
53. Love Me Now - John Legend
84. Outernet Song - Janet Devlin
87. Thick of It - Mary J. Blige
92. Blended Family (What You Do For Love) [feat. A$AP Rocky] - Alicia Keys
126. Just Your Fool - The Rolling Stones

Posted by: Hadji 7th October 2016, 10:29 AM

OCC lied to us about Tinie Tempah's new song

Posted by: Scene 7th October 2016, 11:21 AM

I hope Bruno's comeback lead isn't a disappointment. I have high hopes after Locked Out of Heaven and Uptown Funk.

Posted by: ElectroBoy 7th October 2016, 11:27 AM

11. 24K Magic - Bruno Mars
14. Grow Up - Olly Murs
46. Love Me Now - John Legend
68. Blended Family (What You Do For Love) [feat. A$AP Rocky] - Alicia Keys
69. Thick of It - Mary J. Blige
96. Outernet Song - Janet Devlin
98. Just Your Fool - The Rolling Stones

Posted by: JosephStyles 7th October 2016, 11:30 AM

Also:

72. MØ - Drum

Posted by: Mark. 7th October 2016, 12:44 PM

11. 24K Magic - Bruno Mars
12. Grow Up - Olly Murs
44. Love Me Now - John Legend
63. Blended Family (What You Do For Love) [feat. A$AP Rocky] - Alicia Keys
66. Thick of It - Mary J. Blige
87. Just Your Fool - The Rolling Stones
97. Peace of Mind - The Killers
101. Outernet Song - Janet Devlin

Posted by: ElectroBoy 7th October 2016, 01:00 PM

Is there any big releases on the horizon - I can't see Bruno toppling James from the top.

Was wondering if James could potentially beat Leona's Bleeding Love chart reign

Posted by: Joe. 7th October 2016, 01:02 PM

Little Mix are out in a couple of weeks. The the only big(ish) release I think of.

Posted by: cqmerqn 7th October 2016, 01:07 PM

Justin will probably have some new stuff out lol

Posted by: Davidson 7th October 2016, 01:07 PM

I can see Bruno at least taking the top in the next couple of weeks if not this week.

Posted by: cqmerqn 7th October 2016, 01:08 PM

Bruno stalling?

Posted by: Jonjo 7th October 2016, 01:24 PM

10. Bruno Mars - 24k Magic

Posted by: Addy K!ng 7th October 2016, 02:18 PM

Bruno is now #7

Posted by: Mark. 7th October 2016, 02:35 PM

6. 24K Magic - Bruno Mars
12. Grow Up - Olly Murs
42. Love Me Now - John Legend
55. Blended Family (What You Do For Love) [feat. A$AP Rocky] - Alicia Keys
62. Thick of It - Mary J. Blige
81. Just Your Fool - The Rolling Stones
86. Peace of Mind - The Killers
110. Outernet Song - Janet Devlin

Posted by: ElectroBoy 7th October 2016, 02:37 PM

Gaps between 10-05 aren't huge though - Bruno's test will come when he overtakes Ariana as the gaps then get bigger and bigger

Posted by: Scene 7th October 2016, 02:45 PM

Even the thought of it.

I really hope 24k Magic knocks James off and I'm expecting he will. Not everyone will like the song but it still sounds like another worldwide hit.

Posted by: JosephStyles 7th October 2016, 02:45 PM

Can this please be added to the new release updates too? Thanks

68. MØ - Drum

Posted by: twentyonemdh 7th October 2016, 03:41 PM

5. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

I really hope this smashes.

Posted by: ElectroBoy 7th October 2016, 03:46 PM

So just listened to 24K Magic and its just Uptown Funk part 2 really

Posted by: TheSnake 7th October 2016, 05:14 PM

Sadly its not the 90s or 00s (when alternative rock or un-poppy dance could do well) and pop music or dance pop does tend to do best these days on sales. The subtitle reflects the acts who will do best based on prediction.

Posted by: Mango 7th October 2016, 05:30 PM

It's a (very) poor man's Uptown Funk

Posted by: Jonjo 7th October 2016, 05:30 PM

Explain Mollie King's inclusion on her release week then

09. Olly Murs - Grow Up

Actually doing slightly better than I thought it would be at this stage. Where did 'You Don't Know Love' get to on release day?

Posted by: Herbs 7th October 2016, 05:32 PM

Why is janet devlin going the wrong way....

Posted by: Mango 7th October 2016, 05:36 PM

I actually think it will outperform 'You Don't Know Love' in the long run - and that's even without the inevitable X Factor performance!

Posted by: TheSnake 7th October 2016, 05:37 PM

Mollie Kings former band has an.entire forum dedicated to it on Buzzjack so any new release from her was bound to make the subtitle.

Her release didnt do well because it didnt recieve much AirPlay iirc.

Posted by: twentyonemdh 7th October 2016, 05:46 PM

#5 in a slightly lower sales climate, they're doing practically identically right now which is good to see - I hope it can continue to climb

Posted by: ManicKangaroo 7th October 2016, 05:48 PM

5. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic
9. Olly Murs - Grow Up
38. John Legend – Love Me Now 
53. Alicia Keys - Blended Family (What You Do For Love) [feat. A$AP Rocky]
62. James Arthur - Sermon (feat. Shotty Horroh)
63. Mary J. Blige - Thick of It
68. MØ – Drum
71. The Rolling Stones - Just Your Fool
85. The Killers - Peace Of Mind 

219. Bon Jovi - Born Again Tomorrow
787. Sabrina Carpenter - Thumbs
995. Smoove & Turrell - You Could've Been A Lady
1333. Kaskade & deadmau5 - Beneath with Me (feat. Skylar Grey)

Posted by: SLlewellyn 7th October 2016, 06:04 PM

I think that new Mø track is one to watch over the coming weeks/months - banger after banger at the moment.

Not feeling this new Bruno Mars track as much as I'd hoped. We all knew it was going to be something similar to "Uptown Funk", but this doesn't seem as strong. A grower perhaps?

Posted by: twentyonemdh 7th October 2016, 06:30 PM

(brackets indicate 45 minutes ago)

4. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic
8. Olly Murs - Grow Up

Good to see both performing very well so far!

Posted by: Mark. 7th October 2016, 06:57 PM

4. 24K Magic - Bruno Mars
8. Grow Up - Olly Murs
39. Love Me Now - John Legend
52. Blended Family (What You Do For Love) [feat. A$AP Rocky] - Alicia Keys
58. Thick of It - Mary J. Blige
69. Drum - MØ
70. Just Your Fool - The Rolling Stones
89. Peace of Mind - The Killers
138. Outernet Song - Janet Devlin
218. Born Again Tomorrow - Bon Jovi

Posted by: leewallace 7th October 2016, 07:11 PM

08. Olly Murs - Grow Up [I'm expecting it to go top #3 on iTunes tomorrow following X Factor promotion on the TalkTalk ads, it's a shame because the song is incredibly disappointing]
11. Zara Larsson - Ain't My Fault [Disappointed to see this dropping so much, I'm hoping that she manages to get a new peak next week but she doesn't seem to be increasing as fast on Spotify as I expected, I thought it would go top 10 but now i'm expecting a peak of around #11-13]
16. Hailee Steinfield Feat Zedd - Starving
17. Craig David & Sigala - Ain't Giving Up
38. John Legend - Love Me Now
61. James Arthur Feat Shotty Horroh - Sermon
104. KDA Feat Tinashe - Just Say
142. Janet Devlin - Outernet Song

Posted by: ElectroBoy 7th October 2016, 08:41 PM

Downloaded sermon by James Arthur - I think his album is going to be brilliant!

Posted by: ThisWillBeFun 7th October 2016, 09:03 PM

This is the usual way with Janet's music. She starts well through pre-orders, then falls for the rest of the week on iTunes.

The main reasons for this are:

1. She's an independent artist who has a limited budget & receives no mainstream airplay. If she received radio play she'd easily make top 30 at least.
So her sales rely in the main on her core fanbase.

2. Janet sells through her own website.
I'm not sure how much of the sales traffic goes through her site instead of iTunes, but she was offering signed polaroids & photos with digital downloads through her site.

3. Janet's fanbase is based on her social media presence, and is very international.
She has more US fans than UK fans, and was in New York for a gigs, interviews and promo last week.

Posted by: jase. 7th October 2016, 10:15 PM

If somebody told me a few weeks ago that James Arthur was going to chart better than Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars...well, I'd have pissed myself laughing

Posted by: jase. 7th October 2016, 10:42 PM

26. Crank It (Woah!) [feat. Nadia Rose & Sweetie Irie] [Radio Edit] - Kideko & George Kwali
37. Love Me Now - John Legend
47. Send Them Off! - Bastille
49. Blended Family (What You Do For Love) [feat. A$AP Rocky] - Alicia Keys
98. Just Say (feat. Tinashe) - KDA

Posted by: ElectroBoy 8th October 2016, 12:14 AM

48. Tom Chaplin // Quicksand

Posted by: ManicKangaroo 8th October 2016, 03:41 AM

3. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic
9. Olly Murs - Grow Up
52. Alicia Keys - Blended Family (What You Do For Love) [feat. A$AP Rocky]
55. Kings of Leon - Reverend
57. Mary J. Blige - Thick of It
60. James Arthur - Sermon (feat. Shotty Horroh)

587. Smoove & Turrell - You Could've Been A Lady
717. Sabrina Carpenter - Thumbs
852. Kaskade & deadmau5 - Beneath with Me (feat. Skylar Grey)

Posted by: mr_pmt 8th October 2016, 08:04 AM

I would really like to see this do something!

Posted by: twentyonemdh 8th October 2016, 08:20 AM

Bruno bright green - could well climb to #2. Olly seemingly recovering from his late night drop, should stabilise around the #8 and #9 mark.

17. Craig David & Sigala - Ain't Giving Up

This is still climbing steadily - a top ten soon?

Posted by: TMD_24 8th October 2016, 08:25 AM

The KDA track is TOTD today as well although I won't think this will do much on weekends.

Posted by: cqmerqn 8th October 2016, 09:11 AM

Craig David at 15 combined

Posted by: ML Hammer95 8th October 2016, 10:59 AM

This new Bruno Mars song is a tune and a half! Certainly can hear the Snoop Dogg and Uncle Charlie Wilson vibes and it oozes swag.

Posted by: Bjork 8th October 2016, 04:58 PM

71 KDA - Just Say (feat. Tinashe)

Posted by: Rafael x 8th October 2016, 05:35 PM

10. This Town +1
69. History +19

Posted by: lewistgreen 8th October 2016, 08:47 PM

43. Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl

X Factor taking effect.

Posted by: Joe. 8th October 2016, 09:43 PM

33 now!

Posted by: twentyonemdh 8th October 2016, 10:04 PM

3. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

I hope he drops an X-Factor performance on us tomorrow.

Posted by: cqmerqn 8th October 2016, 10:24 PM

HUGE increase for Closer!
02

Posted by: Jonjo 8th October 2016, 10:34 PM

X Factor Effect:

02. Chainsmokers - Closer (feat. Halsey) >> Emily Middlemas <<
15. Justin Timberlake - CAN'T STOP THE FEELING! (& #113, #1197) >> 5 After Midnight <<
33. Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl (& #561) >> Gifty Louise <<
54. Grace - You Don't Own Me (feat. G-Eazy) [& #399, #451] >> Matt Terry << *Bookies Favourite*
75. James Arthur - Impossible (& #806) >> Samantha Lavery <<
138. Fugees - Killing Me Softly (& #1130) >> Freddy Parker <<
154. Mary Mary - Shackles (Praise You) [& #213, #223, #743] >> Relley C <<
199. Idina Menzel - Let It Go >> Saara Alto <<
221. One Direction - Perfect (& #249) >> Ryan Lawrie <<
230. Shontelle - Impossible >> Samantha Lavery <<
292. 2Pac - California Love (& #567) >> Honey G <<
588. Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom >> Bratavio <<
860. Aqua - Barbie Girl >> Bratavio <<
1165. Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly >> Freddy Parker <<

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 9th October 2016, 12:11 AM

Welcome back Vengaboys and Aqua

Posted by: Jonjo 9th October 2016, 01:47 AM

28. Christina Perri - A Thousand Years

I assume Strictly is responsible?

Also, I think Emeli will be top 10 soon! Niall is down to 10 (Zara is back up at 9) and Emeli is up a couple of spots to #11!

Posted by: Mart!n 9th October 2016, 11:14 AM

I really like that Fifth Harmony track its grown on me its got a nice funky beat to it and a killer chorus and a great video, makes me wonder if the track can reach #1 on the back of X Factor, like Uptown Funk did. I really will be backing them for a #1 with this track. This would be my favourite #1 of 2016 if the track gets there.

#27 Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl

Posted by: twentyonemdh 9th October 2016, 11:15 AM

27. Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl

Could go with a performance tonight to help it go top 10.

Posted by: omrimayo 9th October 2016, 11:28 AM

But they said it's only James :|

Posted by: jazzy_765 9th October 2016, 11:41 AM

Sadly though Fifth Harmony don't seem to be top 200 on streaming.... will drag it down

Posted by: Mart!n 9th October 2016, 11:41 AM

I'm not so sure, makes me wonder they are, Impossible (cough James Arthur) was used, James Arthur is on tonight, That's My Girl was used, they could be teasing us

Posted by: twentyonemdh 9th October 2016, 01:10 PM

They had three acts for live show one last year - I really doubt they'll limit it to one this week! They never said specifically James was the only one. I'm 80% sure there will be someone else.

Posted by: twentyonemdh 9th October 2016, 01:11 PM

If anything they're still in the process of confirming someone. Fifth Harmony are in London so they may have still been negotiating and planning yesterday.

Posted by: Joe. 9th October 2016, 01:15 PM

If it were going to have a streaming effect, it wouldn't show until tomorrow.


#25 now by the way. I can see this doing better than Flex with proper airplay and a bit of promo.

Posted by: Hassaan 9th October 2016, 01:42 PM

There's a twist regarding the results, which is why they can only fit one guest in, presumably. Apparently they're going to announce a bottom three then open the voting again.

Posted by: Ryan. 9th October 2016, 01:44 PM

I'm not sure that's going to add to much time as all that is really being added in is a second results announcement just for that final 3 which surely won't take more than a minute or two. If there is going to just be one guest then they will still have to do a lot of padding to fill the gap.

Posted by: cqmerqn 9th October 2016, 01:55 PM

James Arthur could possibly push down Closer to maybe 0.3 tonight!

Posted by: twentyonemdh 9th October 2016, 02:38 PM

...meaning he'd be selling in excess of 10,000 Amazing!

Posted by: cqmerqn 9th October 2016, 06:27 PM

Predictions for James Arthur tonight then? How much of a lead will we have?

I'll stick with a 70% lead

Posted by: SevenSeize 9th October 2016, 06:28 PM

James Arthur gonna be pretty much uncatchable for a good while then

Thankfully That's My Girl is one of the better Fifth Harmony singles, I reckon it'll easily make the top 10 once they get an x factor slot

Posted by: twentyonemdh 9th October 2016, 06:31 PM

Definitely 70%. He's great live, so I'd expect the boost to be huge.

Posted by: Doctor Blind 9th October 2016, 07:12 PM

Sorry to go all maths on you, but a 70% lead would appear as 0.59 (for the song in 2nd place) which he has held consistently for the past week at times reaching 100% (0.50).

If you MEANT ‘push 2nd place to 0.3’ that is actually a 233% lead.

#maths

Posted by: cqmerqn 9th October 2016, 07:23 PM

Oops yeah, silly mistake!

Posted by: Rafael x 9th October 2016, 07:59 PM

63. History
175. Perfect
237. Perfect

Perfect was performed on TXF?

Posted by: twentyonemdh 9th October 2016, 08:00 PM

Yep, a good performance by Ryan Lawrie.

Posted by: Rafael x 9th October 2016, 08:08 PM

Hmm, thanks!!

Still rising

162. Perfect
226. Perfect

Posted by: Rafael x 9th October 2016, 08:09 PM

9. This Town +1

Ready for GN show this friday!

Posted by: jase. 9th October 2016, 08:50 PM

20. That's My Girl - Fifth Harmony

Posted by: cqmerqn 9th October 2016, 09:02 PM

178. Fleur East - Sax
Also at 1468!

Posted by: ___∆___ 9th October 2016, 09:19 PM

James Arthur

#1 & #52 Say You Won't Let Go
#53 Impossible
#81 Sermon

Debut album #48 & #137

Posted by: cqmerqn 9th October 2016, 09:33 PM

James Arthur pushes Closer down to 0.5309!

The Weeknd 0.3479.

Posted by: Doctor Blind 9th October 2016, 09:34 PM

Which is a lead of 89% !

Posted by: cqmerqn 9th October 2016, 09:36 PM

17. Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl

Posted by: twentyonemdh 9th October 2016, 09:37 PM

10556 SALES FOR JAMES. Mental stuff!!!

Posted by: cqmerqn 9th October 2016, 09:38 PM

Closer is actually like 0.4600 combined

Posted by: twentyonemdh 9th October 2016, 09:40 PM

This is the highest sales threshold all year. The top 35 all selling in excess of a thousand. 232 is the top 100 mark. lovely.

Posted by: Doctor Blind 9th October 2016, 09:47 PM

I like looking at the Swedish iTunes (where Spotify was introduced much earlier): http://digitalsalesdata.com/diydsd.php?Region=143456

That'll be our chart sales in a few years time !

Posted by: cqmerqn 9th October 2016, 10:00 PM

Yikes

Posted by: jase. 9th October 2016, 10:26 PM

22. This Girl (Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners) - Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners

This is having some serious longevity

Posted by: RobBob 9th October 2016, 10:43 PM

iTunes sales don't even count towards the Swedish chart anymore, it's all just taken from Spotify.

Posted by: jase. 9th October 2016, 11:13 PM

16. That's My Girl - Fifth Harmony

We just need radio to get behind this now

Posted by: Hadji 9th October 2016, 11:27 PM

And it needs to pick up on streaming too

Posted by: Joe. 10th October 2016, 08:03 AM

Well done, Hadji. It's not even properly getting airplay yet. Nobody is expecting it to go top 10 this week, it won't be high on streaming for a very long time.

Anyway,

13 Fifth Harmony That's My Girl VERY promising.

Posted by: lewistgreen 10th October 2016, 08:13 AM

Littlewoods promo probably helping!

Posted by: gooddelta 10th October 2016, 08:30 AM

Spotify is astonishingly popular in Sweden, the No.1 regularly gets 200,000 plays a day, which is roughly half of what we'd expect a No.1 to get here, and the UK has a population seven times the size!

So going by the UK system the No.1 would get about 14,000 chart sales a week from Spotify and about 350 digital sales from iTunes, so it’s really not worth counting.

Posted by: *Ben* 10th October 2016, 08:51 AM

I don't think it's such a surprise to be honest. Spotify is Swedish

Posted by: omrimayo 10th October 2016, 09:00 AM

James Arthur lead is insane. Now on Spotify too. He will stay there for a while.

Posted by: Bjork 10th October 2016, 09:01 AM

it takes 9 daily sales to go top 100 on itunes in Denmark, 6 in Norway, 3 in Sweden and just 2 sales in Finland

Scandinavia loves itunes... not

Posted by: AcerBen 10th October 2016, 09:02 AM

I don't actually believe we'll get to that stage (unless iTunes closes). At some point the decline will slow. Some people will never convert to streaming.

Posted by: Joe. 10th October 2016, 09:06 AM

We won't. Sweden's population is about a 10th of ours, and Spotify is actually a proud Swedish company, so it's not really a great comparison. I don't think sales in the UK will decrease much more than they have, probably just a very slow and slight decline.

Posted by: Bjork 10th October 2016, 09:07 AM

why not? if all Scandinavian countries have converted to streaming, why wouldn't the rest follow? cannot see the difference between opening your computer then going to itunes and playing an mp3 you've previously bought vs. opening your computer going to a streaming site and play a song... I see a huge difference with owning a physical CD or vinyl but not with an mp3

Posted by: AcerBen 10th October 2016, 11:43 AM

Not everyone only listens to music on a computer. What if you listen to music on your phone but you don't have unlimited data? What if you already have a large iTunes library that you're perfectly happy with and you only buy the odd Now comp or Adele CD to add to it now and then? What if you like burning songs on CD to play in your car? Not everyone wants to pay £10 a month because they don't want or need access to unlimited songs.

In some European markets, downloads never really took off in a big way in the first place for some reason. Even before Spotify, iTunes sales in Sweden were quite low.

In the UK, we're still downloading 1.5 million tracks a week. I think if streaming was going to completely kill the downloads market it would be a lot lower than that by now. I mean, what are people waiting for?

Posted by: Hadji 10th October 2016, 12:08 PM

At least it's doing something on streaming. It's at #133 on Spotify

Posted by: Mart!n 10th October 2016, 12:19 PM

At least its heading in the right direction, just needs pushing on streaming, never been a fan of their music but the track is just amazing with that killer chorus and the funky beats.

Posted by: Bjork 10th October 2016, 01:15 PM

i know first week positions don't matter much anymore, but why are Little Mix releasing on a Sunday?

Posted by: Joe. 10th October 2016, 01:16 PM

Their reasoning is to "premiere it on X Factor" It makes little sense but I'm sure it'll be huge either way.

Posted by: pippa 10th October 2016, 01:39 PM

Little Mix are crazy not to release on Friday and take whatever sales/streams they can and X Factor performance can only boost their position.

Posted by: Davidson 10th October 2016, 01:48 PM

The Sunday release would have been questionable at the best of times but when hardly anyone is watching X Factor it seems even more strange.

Posted by: JosephStyles 10th October 2016, 01:52 PM

Well generally speaking its ratings are up from last year.... It still gets great viewing figures even if it's not at its peak anymore.

The Sunday release is very confusing though, not sure what they were thinking. Although I'd be more annoyed if songs still peaked on week 1, thankfully they don't now.

Posted by: Houdini 10th October 2016, 03:01 PM

Wow, I didn't know that we ALL had to be pro Little Mix on this forum, say one thing about them and then your post gets deleted..........


92. Zay Hilfigerrr & Zayion McCall - Juju On That Beat

Posted by: Joe. 10th October 2016, 03:08 PM

The post added absolutely no value to the thread. You can have an opinion if you're diplomatic, but out and out trolly posts just to get a rise out of people are just pointless. It's not personal, anyone who posts things like that about any artist will be deleted.

And I'll leave it there.

Posted by: Houdini 10th October 2016, 03:16 PM

My comment definitely was not to get a rise out of anyone and couldn't do that anyway (unless if Little Mix themselves read this forum). Not everyone's opinions can be the same which is the whole point of a forum.

And really what is so offensive about what I said anyway?

Posted by: JosephStyles 10th October 2016, 03:22 PM

It was an obvious troll, of course there are many people excited for new Little Mix. It's not hard to see why. If you have an issue with a mod's decision, please PM one of us rather than making a scene here.

Posted by: Houdini 10th October 2016, 03:42 PM

Alright, I apologise for not being excited for new music from Little Mix and it certainly was not meant in a trolly way. It was just a freedom of expression that was not received well and once again I am sorry and will not speak of Little Mix for the foreseeable.

Posted by: Bjork 10th October 2016, 03:56 PM

a normal Fri release would have been perfect, cos usually newies start dropping on itunes by Sunday, then an xf performance would stop the decline/stabilize them again... guess they're not expecting to peak on week 1, but still some do (i.e. Katy Perry - Rise, 5 Seconds of Summer - Girl Talk, probably Gaga)... plus it kills all their chances of a #1

a bit like Niall releasing on Thu, didn't get that either...

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 10th October 2016, 04:17 PM

Well maybe he was going for that 91 place climb on the charts

Posted by: Houdini 10th October 2016, 05:38 PM

83. Drake - Controlla

Now this is a song that I'd like to see performed on The X Factor at some point this year!

Posted by: Joe. 10th October 2016, 05:43 PM

Yep. My thoughts exactly. Try as you might. It's impossible to understand why the music industry do certain things.

Posted by: ML Hammer95 10th October 2016, 05:48 PM

Yes mate! One of the most influential records this year for sure.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 10th October 2016, 06:03 PM

Please say you're joking

Posted by: Houdini 10th October 2016, 06:11 PM

No I'm not.

Posted by: jase. 10th October 2016, 07:26 PM

huh?!

Posted by: Doctor Blind 10th October 2016, 08:21 PM

They've dropped around 20% consistently year-on-year, and for 165 consecutive weeks....

Paid-for sales are down 0.15% week-on-week at 1,583,250 – 20.01% below same week 2015 sales of 1,979,420 and below same-week, previous-year sales for the 165th week in a row.

What makes you confident that they won't decrease much more than they have all of a sudden?

Posted by: Liаm 10th October 2016, 09:38 PM

Honey G will slay Controlla.

Posted by: Jonjo 10th October 2016, 09:47 PM

Honey G to perform 'Controlla' with a Motown twist this week tbh.

Posted by: The Hit Parade 10th October 2016, 10:14 PM

Maybe they're using Little Mix to promote X-Factor, not using X-Factor to promote Little Mix.

Posted by: tommie 10th October 2016, 11:00 PM

To be fair, for some reason iTunes digital sales never really took off here for whatever reason, even at its peak a few years back.

Posted by: Bjork 11th October 2016, 07:14 AM

Neiked up to @18 huge TOTD effect

Posted by: Jonjo 11th October 2016, 09:19 AM

Is it TOTD today, or was it yesterday? We're only 3 hours or so into the day and it's already benefitting strongly! *.* top 10 in a couple of weeks please!!

Posted by: Bjork 11th October 2016, 09:23 AM

Yesterday (did big climb yesterday evening)

Posted by: Jonjo 11th October 2016, 09:24 AM

Cool. Thanks! Still happy at the boost it got

Posted by: Davidson 11th October 2016, 09:42 AM

Surprised at how well 'Million Reasons' is hanging about for Gaga.

Would have expected it to be on way out of top 40 by now but it is still staying relatively steady at #20.

Posted by: AcerBen 11th October 2016, 03:09 PM

Because declines usually slow eventually. At some point streaming will reach saturation point. The fact that 1.5 million tracks are still be downloaded at this point suggests that there's a lot of people who don't want to make the switch.

Posted by: Joe. 11th October 2016, 03:28 PM

I only just saw this, but yes, basically the above post.

Posted by: gooddelta 11th October 2016, 03:29 PM

Physicals still had a huge impact in Sweden until streaming took over.

*Eric Saade does shopping mall signing and climbs from 30 to 2*

Posted by: AcerBen 11th October 2016, 04:09 PM

But it being 20% down YOY doesn't in any way prove that it's going to continue falling at that rate. No one's saying it's going to reverse.

Posted by: Joe. 11th October 2016, 04:44 PM

Yes, I'm agreeing with you.

Posted by: AcerBen 11th October 2016, 05:29 PM

Oh.

Posted by: Doctor Blind 11th October 2016, 05:53 PM

Yes but I'm talking about a percentage decline, 20% of 1.5 million is a lot less than 20% of 3 million (the average sale in late 2013) but we shall see.


Weekly sales of the entire UK digital singles market since 1 Jan 2010.

If it is down to 1.2 million this time next year that'll be the lowest weekly sales since mid-2006!

Posted by: leewallace 11th October 2016, 06:01 PM

10. Zara Larsson - Ain't My Fault

Posted by: AcerBen 11th October 2016, 06:28 PM

Yep and it'll fall even further than that I'm sure. I'm just saying I don't think it's going to fall to ridiculously low levels. People said the download would kill the CD off but it hasn't.

Posted by: *Ben* 11th October 2016, 06:44 PM

But for singles it did

Posted by: Scene 11th October 2016, 06:48 PM

I'm definitely here for Zara pulling off a shock #1 somewhere down the line. It sounds like a song that would blow up plus surely Cowell would want her to perform one week on XF since she's one of the biggest new popstars to emerge this past year. It just needs a promo push.

Posted by: twentyonemdh 11th October 2016, 07:40 PM

This to rebound please. It does sound like a massive quarter three smash - it just needs a push. I wouldn't mind it being used on that insanely irritating Talk Talk advert either, as much as it pisses me off.

Posted by: Hadji 11th October 2016, 08:55 PM

Calum Scott randomly climbing to #12

Posted by: JosephStyles 11th October 2016, 08:59 PM

It was used significantly at the start of EastEnders tonight!

Posted by: jase. 11th October 2016, 10:24 PM

08. Hurts - Emeli Sandé
14. Starving (feat. Zedd) - Hailee Steinfeld & Grey
17. Sexual (feat. Dyo) - NEIKED
18. Crank It (Woah!) [feat. Nadia Rose & Sweetie Irie] [Radio Edit] - Kideko & George Kwali

Posted by: mr_pmt 11th October 2016, 10:50 PM

Hoping 'Sexual' can go on to be at least a top 10 hit, looking likely.

Posted by: twentyonemdh 12th October 2016, 07:03 AM

Kideko's been steadily increasing constantly for the last 24 hours. Hopefully can break the top 10 soon.

Also expect the new Maroon 5 track to show up somewhere in the top 40 today.

Posted by: Bjork 12th October 2016, 07:06 AM

expect a big climb for 5th Harmony today too, they're TOTD on R1

255 Maroon 5 Don't Wanna Know (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

Posted by: ML Hammer95 12th October 2016, 08:32 AM

444. Tory Lanez feat. Sean Paul - Luv (Remix)

Why did they release this in October?! So much more suited to warmer weather.

Posted by: Joe. 12th October 2016, 08:40 AM

Might be a bit ambitious, but I'm hoping Fifth Harmony can sneak into the top 10 by the end of the day.

Posted by: Bjork 12th October 2016, 08:48 AM

sneaking in at the bottom of the top 100

99 Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

Posted by: lewistgreen 12th October 2016, 10:15 AM

Radio 1's Track of the Day today, so it's possible.

12. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey - Starving (feat. Zedd)
15. Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl
16. NEIKED - Sexual (feat. Dyo)

Posted by: Joe. 12th October 2016, 11:08 AM

That's why I said it. Getting Dark green updates, but looks like too much of a climb.

Posted by: ManicKangaroo 12th October 2016, 11:25 AM

34. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
37. Dan and Phil - The Internet Is Here

Posted by: Hadji 12th October 2016, 12:14 PM

Maroon 5 now up to #31. R1 need to make it tomorrow's TOTD

Posted by: Mart!n 12th October 2016, 12:42 PM

This sounds like a duet by 2 Buzzjack members

Posted by: honeyG 12th October 2016, 01:17 PM

If only haha

Alas it is YouTuber stars/Radio 1 presenters Dan and Phil.

Watch out for TheSnake vs danG ft Princess Lotti though, coming to smash all known iTunes records.

Posted by: pippa 12th October 2016, 01:17 PM

Signs like looking positive for Maroon 5 to achieve another hit.

Posted by: Hadji 12th October 2016, 01:22 PM

Hope this can crawl into the top 40 on Friday

Posted by: JosephStyles 12th October 2016, 01:25 PM

Don't get your hopes up, it's VERY unlikely to happen.

Posted by: Hadji 12th October 2016, 01:46 PM

Why? What position are they? They have minor streaming and they're top 15 on iTunes and could climb after being made today's TOTD

Posted by: JosephStyles 12th October 2016, 01:57 PM

#55 yesterday, not selling enough to make up the deficit into the top 40.

Posted by: TheSnake 12th October 2016, 02:35 PM

You forgot mdh and Bento Leao in the credits

Posted by: honeyG 12th October 2016, 03:20 PM

Credits are starting to look mightily long then, perhaps we should give ourselves a collective group name?

Posted by: JosephStyles 12th October 2016, 03:29 PM

36. James TW - When You Love Someone

This has zoomed up quietly Really hope Radio 1 stick with it for a bit longer, it sounds like a massive hit to me.

Posted by: twentyonemdh 12th October 2016, 04:08 PM

Like 'The Throne' for Kanye and Jay-Z ?

Maybe TheSnake x DanG vs Bento Leao ft princess_lotti & mdh? That sounds ok :,)

Posted by: twentyonemdh 12th October 2016, 04:09 PM

19. Dan and Phil - The Internet Is Here

Cringe.

Posted by: Ryan. 12th October 2016, 04:57 PM

THE PRINCESS OF POP IS TOP 10 ON ITUNES

Posted by: twentyonemdh 12th October 2016, 05:00 PM

10. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey - Starving (feat. Zedd)

OMGGGGG

13. Dan & Phil - The Internet Is Here
19. Kideko & George Kwali - Crank It (Woah!) [feat. Nadia Rose & Sweetie Irie] [Radio Edit]
22. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

Posted by: Cameron 12th October 2016, 05:50 PM

YASSSSS

Posted by: ML Hammer95 12th October 2016, 05:57 PM

Is Zedd still making generic dance-pop?

Posted by: twentyonemdh 12th October 2016, 06:03 PM

Starving is brilliant

Posted by: ManicKangaroo 12th October 2016, 06:08 PM

9. Dan and Phil - The Internet Is Here
10. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey - Starving (feat. Zedd)
20. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 12th October 2016, 06:09 PM

5. Dan & Phil - The Internet is Here

Will this go Top 100 this week?

Posted by: Steve201 12th October 2016, 06:14 PM

Anyone know why Maroon 5 released midweek?

Posted by: Regina 12th October 2016, 06:15 PM

Such perfection simply could not wait until Friday.

Posted by: mr_pmt 12th October 2016, 06:18 PM

Oh Jesus CHRIST. What is this Dan & Phil thing in aid of?

Posted by: Steve201 12th October 2016, 06:22 PM

Well, quite!

Posted by: honeyG 12th October 2016, 06:24 PM

Well yes and no. He's moved on from the generic sound of 2012 to the generic sound of 2016 (the song sounds a lot like The Chainsmokers). I do like 'Starving' a fair bit, but it probably isn't your thing

Posted by: honeyG 12th October 2016, 06:26 PM

Stand Up To Cancer.

Not heard the song yet but can't imagine it'll be any good, at least it's for charity.

Posted by: mr_pmt 12th October 2016, 06:28 PM

OK, now I feel bad.

Posted by: Tombo 12th October 2016, 07:24 PM

That Dan & Phil song is awful.

I don't get why charity songs are so awful.

Yes, the causes are GREAT but the quality of the music is often awful.

There are exceptions like Girls Aloud vs Sugababes, One Direction - One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks), Little Mix - Word Up, Amarillo, 500 Miles, Islands in the Stream etc

Posted by: ManicKangaroo 12th October 2016, 07:35 PM

3. Dan and Phil - The Internet Is Here
19. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

Posted by: twentyonemdh 12th October 2016, 07:36 PM

I love Dan and Phil but the song is shit - their fanbase is MASSIVE though. If this was on Spotify I'd give it a thought for top 40.

Posted by: jase. 12th October 2016, 07:56 PM

Is that iTunes top 3 possibly the worst iTunes top 3 in the history of iTunes top 3's?

Posted by: Lenny 12th October 2016, 09:25 PM

I'm surprised you're not a fan of Chainsmokers...

Posted by: jase. 12th October 2016, 10:13 PM

Why? I've only heard three of their songs. 'DLMD' is an absolute bop, 'Selfie' and 'Closer' are abominations

Posted by: Jason 12th October 2016, 11:10 PM

Dan and Phil are now number 2.
Why the hell?

Posted by: Tombo 13th October 2016, 12:17 AM

#Selfie is a monster hit and a bop and that cannot be denied!

Posted by: JosephStyles 13th October 2016, 12:19 AM

I'm denying it, it's dreadful (I've liked all of their other hits though)

Posted by: Scene 13th October 2016, 10:47 AM

Don't - it wouldn't hurt for somebody to actually make a good charity song for once.

Posted by: BillyH 13th October 2016, 10:48 AM

I've (controversially) mentioned before that my enjoyment of Chainsmokers songs is completely the inverse to their chart peaks. Roses (the lowest peaking) is a great track in its own right, #Selfie (second lowest) tons of fun in a nightmarish sort of way - the backing track coupled with the demented vocals always sounded wonderfully claustrophobic to me, really giving you the feeling of being in some mad club with irritating revellers downing shots and taking selfies. The main 'character' is meant to be a bit horrifying in a what-the-hell-have-we-become sort of way.

The other two hits are just really dull generic pop tracks, neither with the odd beauty of Roses or the pleasingly chaotic madness of Selfie.

Posted by: andeeeeyhart 13th October 2016, 12:10 PM

Listen to Roses - that's by far the best.

Posted by: cqmerqn 13th October 2016, 12:30 PM

10. Ellie Goulding

Posted by: Mango 13th October 2016, 12:55 PM

'Do They Know It's Christmas?' says hello.

Posted by: TheSnake 13th October 2016, 01:05 PM

Yes we need to spam genre names in it to get those youtube views so it becomes a hit ... The EDM, Tropical House, Future Bass and Progressive House Band perhaps.

The Internet Is Here up to number 4...sounds like a novelty song from the 80s.

Posted by: TheSnake 13th October 2016, 01:11 PM

Selfie is intended to be a social commentary song. I really like it (along with the similarly named Nina Nesbitt song too).

Don't Let Me Down is great apart from the really annoying drop.

The drop in Closer is dreadful, it sounds like a kids' toy made that sound.

What is up with that Weeknd song, DAFT PUNK are supposed to be on it, I can't hear it, it just sounds like a generic PBR&B song and is nowhere near as good as the epic The Hills

Posted by: The Hit Parade 13th October 2016, 01:31 PM

Most of those are awful too, except 'Amarillo', which doesn't really count because it wasn't recorded as a charity song.

Posted by: *Ben* 13th October 2016, 03:41 PM

Roses?

Posted by: Lenny 13th October 2016, 07:48 PM

Agreed - crikey '500 Miles' and 'Islands In The Stream' are embarrassingly awful covers, that was more or less the point you really started to think "these have gotten really bad".

Posted by: Tombo 13th October 2016, 07:58 PM

They are both hilarious and have great videos.

The added spoken lyrics to 500 Miles are funny too such as "when I come."

Islands in the Stream was also fab!

The worst ones are the military wives and Gareth Malone ones. They send me right to sleep.

Posted by: Scene 13th October 2016, 10:50 PM

Fair point but maybe I should've said "...in the last 30 years".

Posted by: jase. 13th October 2016, 10:55 PM

Oh of course! But I find it extremely dull/forgettable, hence the reason you bringing it up has only just refreshed my memory about it