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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 7th July to vote.

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Group 9
Britney Spears feat. G-Eazy ~ Make Me...
BTS ~ Fake Love
Calvin Harris feat. Future & Khalid ~ Rollin
Christine and the Queens ~ Girlfriend (feat. Dâm-Funk)
David Bowie ~ Zeroes
DJ Fresh feat. Ellie Goulding ~ Flashlight
Duke Dumont ~ Ocean Drive
Fleur East ~ Favourite Thing
Flo Rida ~ My House
Foo Fighters ~ The Sky Is A Neighborhood
Friends Of Jo Cox ~ You Can't Always Get What You Want
Galantis ~ Rich Boy
George Michael feat. Nile Rodgers ~ Fantasy
Hikaru Utada & Skrillex ~ Face My Fears
James Bay ~ Running
James TW ~ When You Love Someone
Jay Sean feat. Sean Paul ~ Make My Love Go
Kid Ink feat. Chris Brown ~ Hotel
LP ~ Lost On You
Madcon feat. Ray Dalton ~ Don't Worry
Madonna ~ I Rise
Marshmello ~ Alone
Mega Giants ~ Prayer In C
OneRepublic ~ Kids
Panic! At The Disco ~ Bohemian Rhapsody
Rick Astley ~ Keep Singing
Sander van Doorn, Martin Garrix & DVBBS ~ Gold Skies
Skrillex & Rick Ross ~ Purple Lamborghini
Sub Focus & Dimension ~ Desire
SuRie ~ Storm
Take That ~ Out Of Our Heads
Take That ~ Hey Boy
Teddy Mac The Songaminute Man ~ You Make Me Feel So Young
The Chainsmokers feat. XYLØ ~ Setting Fires
The Phat Chants Podcast feat. Micky P Kerr ~ Bielsa Rhapsody
The Vamps & Martin Jensen ~ Middle Of The Night
Tom Odell ~ Piano Man
Tory Lanez ~ Luv
Zedd & Kesha ~ True Colors



Group 10
5 After Midnight ~ Up In Here
Arctic Monkeys ~ Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Cee-Lo Green ~ Music To My Soul
Chris Brown ~ Privacy
Crowded House ~ Help Is Coming
DJ Khaled feat. Jay-Z, Future & Beyoncé ~ Top Off
Fergie ~ M.I.L.F. $
Freddie Mercury ~ Time Waits For No One
Hoseah Partsch ~ Paper Planes
HRVY ~ Told You So
Jack Savoretti ~ Catapult
Jamie Cullum ~ Love Is In The Picture
Jim Radford ~ The Shores of Normandy
Joe Weller & Elliot Crawford ~ Queen & A Double
John Gibbons ~ P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
Just Us ~ Cloudbusting
Loïc Nottet ~ Rhythm Inside
London Hospices Choir & Paul Carrack ~ The Living Years
Louisa Johnson ~ Best Behaviour
Lukas Graham ~ Mama Said
LuvBug ~ Best Is Yet To Come
Madonna feat. Quavo ~ Future
Major Lazer feat. Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley ~ Powerful
Nick Knowles ~ Make You Feel My Love
Nicki Minaj feat. Drake & Lil Wayne ~ No Frauds
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds ~ It's A Beautiful World
Only The Young ~ I Do
Radiohead ~ Daydreaming
Rag'n'Bone Man ~ Grace
Robbie Williams ~ Party Like A Russian
Samantha Harvey ~ Please
Seinabo Sey ~ Younger
Sigala feat. Kylie Minogue ~ What You Waiting For
Solomon Burke ~ Cry To Me
The 1975 ~ Medicine
The Independents ~ UKIP Calypso
Tinie Tempah feat. Wizkid ~ Mamacita
Vampire Weekend ~ This Life
Years & Years ~ All For You


*playlist excludes 'UKIP Calypso'*