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BuzzJack Music Forum _ UK Charts _ How many weeks will Shape Of You total at the top?
Posted by: zenon 25th March 2017, 06:29 PM
With 11 weeks at the top, Ed Sheeran now has a chance to do what Drake just failed to achieve last year and beat the record for longest ever runner at number 1. Can he actually do it?
Posted by: Rob S~ 25th March 2017, 06:32 PM
I wouldn't mind him taking it to 17 but it won't happen. Galway Girl is looking good to be #1 in the next couple of weeks if not taking it next week!
Posted by: mdh 25th March 2017, 06:32 PM
I personally think this'll be his last week, and Galway Girl will overtake after. I'd like to think the next number 1 will be something non-Ed Sheeran but it's too good to be true, Galway Girl is its logical successor.
Posted by: JosephSharman 25th March 2017, 06:46 PM
Thinking 2 more weeks now with Harry Styles' single out on 7th April knocking him off 
Posted by: cqmerqn 25th March 2017, 06:51 PM
A couple more weeks by default I guess
Posted by: T Boy 25th March 2017, 06:52 PM
Too many
Posted by: Jack 25th March 2017, 07:10 PM
It's not even if it's about being a good song to top the charts anymore. It's all about just getting enough hype.
Posted by: common sense 25th March 2017, 07:15 PM
Another week and then Galway Girl.
Posted by: slowdown73 25th March 2017, 07:25 PM
I'd like Clean Bandit to achieve it with symphony!
Posted by: ankietarrr 26th March 2017, 12:35 AM
the more you want it go the more it will stay
Posted by: Peenus Fly Trap 26th March 2017, 12:59 AM
Galway Gurls will overtake this week soo 11.
Drake's song was utter w*** and undeserving of 1q weeks, esp by such a talentless douche, so at least it matched that however.
Posted by: Steve201 26th March 2017, 02:02 AM
Shape Of You has been the biggest hit for most of its run to be fair but yeh the length of stay for a lot of the No1s is far too long due to streaming!
Posted by: vidcapper 26th March 2017, 09:33 AM
Not even that - you just need to be popular with streamers...
Posted by: awardinary™ 26th March 2017, 10:25 AM
14 weeks.
Posted by: gooddelta 26th March 2017, 10:44 AM
Harry Styles will be along to end his run in a couple of weeks if he hasn't ended it himself by then with Galway Girl.
I do agree with Jack though, it's all about hype and status now with one superstar after another taking an extended turn at the top...Ed, Clean Bandit, Drake, Bieber etc...
I'm not saying their songs don't necessarily deserve to go to #1, as many of them are very good, but I'd like to see more acts with no previous major chart history getting to #1 if they've got songs good enough to do so, regardless of their a-list status.
I suppose James Arthur was arguably the last as that was quite a comeback...but regardless, he'd had a #1 single before...so tracing back the last 'unknown' to top the charts, purely because the song and not the artist was popular was Mike Posner a year ago - or Lukas Graham if you discount somebody without a previous chart history.
Posted by: Dexton 26th March 2017, 10:50 AM
I reckon Galway Girl will be #1 this week, but will be dethroned not long afterwards by Symphony. Passionfruit and Something Just Like This also pose threats at the moment although they could both peak at #2 and I'd be quite happy.
Posted by: Doctor Blind 26th March 2017, 10:58 AM
12 weeks.
“Shape Of You” still has a significant 1.5 million lead on streaming (as of last week) and the sales of “Galway Girl” are at record low levels for the #1 so I don't quite see an overtake this week. Anything could happen next week, but I expect Clean Bandit might be able to increase enough to climb to #1.
Posted by: Dobbo 26th March 2017, 11:31 AM
I do agree with Jack though, it's all about hype and status now with one superstar after another taking an extended turn at the top...Ed, Clean Bandit, Drake, Bieber etc...
I'm not saying their songs don't necessarily deserve to go to #1, as many of them are very good, but I'd like to see more acts with no previous major chart history getting to #1 if they've got songs good enough to do so, regardless of their a-list status.
I suppose James Arthur was arguably the last as that was quite a comeback...but regardless, he'd had a #1 single before...so tracing back the last 'unknown' to top the charts, purely because the song and not the artist was popular was Mike Posner a year ago - or Lukas Graham if you discount somebody without a previous chart history.
That's exactly it though! If the song is good/popular enough it WILL become a monster hit, just like 7 Years last year.
It was becoming a little embarrassing when complete nobodies were scoring #1s week after week in 2014 so at least now we're back to some semblance of genuine popularity being reflected in the Charts.
And that's still not to say previously unknown artists aren't able to have big hits. Look at Martin Jensen right now for example, huge top 10 hit & presumably a very long runner too based on current evidence. Yeah he may he been a #1 if we were still in the heldback era but it would have fallen off a cliff after that.
Posted by: T Boy 26th March 2017, 11:54 AM
I suppose what's 'great' depends entirely on whether you began following charts for entertainment or just because you love measuring accuracy and popularity. For those of us that are the former, the chart has become meaningless, dull and broken.
Posted by: gooddelta 26th March 2017, 12:01 PM
It was becoming a little embarrassing when complete nobodies were scoring #1s week after week in 2014 so at least now we're back to some semblance of genuine popularity being reflected in the Charts.
And that's still not to say previously unknown artists aren't able to have big hits. Look at Martin Jensen right now for example, huge top 10 hit & presumably a very long runner too based on current evidence. Yeah he may he been a #1 if we were still in the heldback era but it would have fallen off a cliff after that.
It's just that No.1 itself seems to be locked out right now to anyone but the very biggest a-listers, which is a shame.
I take your point that unknown artists can and indeed do still have hits, but they never seem to be able to rack up the weekly streaming numbers to get them to the very top, because there are always some streaming superstars in the way.
Posted by: Steve201 26th March 2017, 12:21 PM
I think we have a better balance now between 2014 and today. Yes the big comebacks by Ed/Drake/Bieber outstay their welcome at the top but that will probably sort itself out as time goes on.
I watch totps 1983 on BBC 4 each week and it was similar back then only songs chart runs were quicker due to the fact it was due to supply to shops etc. So Spandeu Ballet True is the current no1 in May 1983 and SB were a big pop band back then but only their truely classic tracks hit the no1 depending on the competition and most other no1s of back then are genuine classics today still. It really is very interesting following the chart back then.
I would say Rockabye was a song that rose to the top due to genuine popularity because although CB were a big act that can enter first week in the top 15 they did rise and stay at the top due to genuinely Rockabye being a huge pop song of that time - hence its chart run of 7-3-1-1-1 etc.
Posted by: Supercell 26th March 2017, 08:37 PM
I think SOY has another two weeks or so in it yet. Harry Styles is now looking very likely to topple it at least for a while, I wouldn't be surprised if Galway Girl eventually gets there if he picks it as the next official single.
I do think it has been no.1 for far too long but then again its matched it on downloads on 9 of the 11 weeks its had so I suppose its been there rightly so, however the Brits did give the song a massive boost. I do think songs are spending longer times at no.1 but it'll get quicker during the next couple of years when the public/record labels start getting used to the market.
Posted by: M4NG0 27th March 2017, 10:22 AM
I think Galway Girl will topple Shape Of You this week.
Posted by: PeaceMob 27th March 2017, 10:41 AM
I hope that happens, love "Shape Of You" but I wanna see "Galway Girl" go to #1 too.
Posted by: Houdini 27th March 2017, 02:36 PM
Ed Sheeran will be number one until the OCC finally decide to scrap this shambles of a chart.
Posted by: JosephStyles 27th March 2017, 02:37 PM
So Ed Sheeran's gonna be #1 for a long time coming then?
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