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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 16th June to vote.

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Group 3
Ariana Grande feat. Mac Miller ~ The Way
Ariana Grande feat. Nicki Minaj ~ The Light Is Coming
Big Boi feat. LunchMoney Lewis ~ All Night
Bruno Mars vs. David Guetta ~ Versace On The Floor
Busted ~ On What You're On
Cheryl ~ Let You
Dapper Dan ~ 2 Step Skank
Disclosure feat. Gregory Porter ~ Holding On
Ella Eyre feat. Ty Dolla $ign ~ Ego
Ferreck Dawn & Redondo ~ Love Too Deep
Flakefleet Primary School ~ Light Up
Florence + The Machine ~ Jenny of Oldstones (Game of Thrones)
Hugh Jackman & The Greatest Showman Ensemble ~ From Now On
Jess Glynne ~ Ain't Got Far To Go
Kamaliya ~ Wild Child
Kris James ~ Eyes Open
Lana Del Rey ~ High By The Beach
Lauren Daigle ~ You Say
Led Zeppelin ~ Rock And Roll
Lethal Bizzle & Stormzy ~ Dude
London Grammar ~ Big Picture
Markus Feehily ~ Love Is A Drug
Matt Terry ~ The Thing About Love
Mike Will Made-It & Rihanna ~ Nothing Is Promised
Naughty Boy feat. Sam Romans ~ Home
Olly Murs ~ Excuses
Olly Murs feat. Snoop Dogg ~ Moves
One Direction ~ Ready To Run
Original Cast Recording ~ With You
Purple Disco Machine ~ Dished (Male Stripper)
Rasmussen ~ Higher Ground
Sean Paul feat. Migos ~ Body
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello ~ I Know What You Did Last Summer
Sigala & Digital Farm Animals ~ Only One
Sting & Shaggy ~ Don't Make Me Wait
Stylo G feat. Gyptian ~ My Number 1 (Love Me, Love Me, Love Me)
Twenty One Pilots ~ Jumpsuit
Walking On Cars ~ Speeding Cars



Group 4
5 Seconds Of Summer ~ Hey Everybody!
Aron Wright ~ Look After You
Bars & Melody ~ Stay Strong
Bebe Rexha ~ Last Hurrah
Beyoncé ~ Die With You
Calum Scott ~ Rhythm Inside
Chris Brown feat. Gucci Mane & Usher ~ Party
Coldplay ~ Hypnotised
Dan & Phil ~ The Internet Is Here
David Bowie ~ Changes
David Bowie ~ No Plan
Dido ~ Give You Up
Donel ~ Planets
Frans ~ If I Were Sorry
Freya Ridings ~ You Mean The World To Me
John Lundvik ~ Too Late For Love
Jorja Smith ~ Don't Watch Me Cry
Kanye West feat. Post Malone & Ty Dolla $ign ~ Fade
Little Mix feat. Charlie Puth ~ Oops
Louis Tomlinson ~ Two Of Us
Lucie Jones ~ Never Give Up On You
Madonna feat. Maluma ~ Medellin
Majestic & Tigermonkey ~ Naughty Sesh
Megna McKenna ~ High Heeled Shoes
Miley Cyrus ~ Inspired
Muse ~ Psycho
Nathan Sykes feat. G-Eazy ~ Give It Up
Nicki Minaj feat. Eminem & Labrinth ~ Majesty
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds ~ Black Star Dancing
Oasis ~ Half the World Away
Paolo Nutini ~ Iron Sky
Podcast All-Stars ~ The Sounds of Christmas
Ramin Djawadi ~ The Night King
Salvador Sobral ~ Amar Pelos Dois
Sia ~ Move Your Body
Sigrid ~ High Five
The 1975 ~ Somebody Else
Zayn ~ It's You


*excludes 'Die With You' (cos Beyoncé forgot it existed when she decided Spotify was good again) and 'The Internet Is Here' (I suppose Dan & Phil were so embarrassed by this song they had it removed)

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

Final
Alice Merton ~ No Roots
Blanche ~ City Lights
Calvin Harris ~ I'm Not Alone 2019
Chase & Status feat. Tom Grennan ~ All Goes Wrong
Elton John ~ Tiny Dancer
Florence + The Machine ~ Hunger
Kygo & Imagine Dragons ~ Born To Be Yours
Luca Hänni ~ She Got Me
The Avener & Phoebe Killdeer ~ Fade Out Lines
Viola Beach ~ Boys That Sing

Play-Off
Adele ~ All I Ask
Alesso ~ Falling
Charlie Puth feat. Kehlani ~ Done For Me
CLiQ feat. Alika ~ Wavey
George Ezra ~ Don't Matter Now
Linkin Park feat. Kiiara ~ Heavy
Louisa feat. 2 Chainz ~ YES
Mura Masa feat. A$AP Rocky ~ Love$ick
Radiohead ~ Burn the Witch
Rudimental feat. Anne-Marie & Will Heard ~ Rumour Mill