I remember a time, when people said that Adele's '19' era was a flop and that she'd never be as successful as Duffy, ever. I also remembering a few people saying J Lo would never have another big WW hit again and that Nicole Scherzinger will always remain a flop. Also people were saying that Katy Perry would be a "One album wonder"...

 

OH LOOK. :lol:

 

Crazy how times change! :o

 

Yeah, I was thinking the other day - imagine if someone had been in a coma since this time last year, just woke up this week, and looked at the charts - they would've been stunned to see Adele absolutely dominating and Jennifer Lopez and Nicole Scherzinger getting #1s. :lol:

Morning update: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s...t&p=3501968

This is why Radio 1 are better. Their variety gauge is 27% compared to Heart 8% and Capital 4%.

 

Seriously? The impression I get is that they almost play more rap than dedicated urban stations... ;)

 

Seriously? The impression I get is that they almost play more rap than dedicated urban stations... ;)

 

Have you heard of target audience? Some people like rap/dance/current pop and listen to R1. Others who are slightly older or who don't like the current charts listen to Heart or Radio 2. This is possibly why R1 are still around despite R2 beating them in listeners, as R1 is important in bringing new artists up and because my age group don't like R2

Edited March 31, 201114 yr by danielGaGa

On The Floor still going strong at number 1! This is going to be MASSIVE!! :D x

iTunes Popularity Bars

 

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Mann up to No7

Wow, so that must mean Radio 1 play a song more than once a day! :o

 

Anyway, I listen to both Capital and Radio 1 every day, and Capital is better. They play more music, better music, and the system they choose for playing music is farer, imo.

 

Like today, I was listening to Radio 1, and they must've spent like 20 minutes announcing the line-up for that concert they're doing. I was just like "Get on with it!!!!".

Well, apparently C-list on Radio 1 serves the song 5 plays a week, B-list - 10 plays a week, and A-list - 20 plays a week. So, all A-list songs should be played 3 times a day!

Good to see JLo is still smashing it <3

Since yesterday-

No1- Jennifer Lopez ft Pitbull/ On The Floor NON-MOVER

No6- Katy B/ Broken Record UP1

No21- Cee-Lo Green/ Bright Lights, Bigger City UP4

No32- Feeder- Side By Side UP87

No38- Panic! At The Disco/ The Ballad Of Mona Lisa UP6

No84- Milk & Sugar vs Vaya Con Dios/ Hey (Nah Nah Nah) DOWN9

No107- Sick Puppies/ Maybe UP88

No120- Flo Rida ft Akon/ Who Dat Girl UP33

No156- The Hoosiers/ Bumpy Ride UP8

No399- The Joy Formidable/ Whirring UP149

No599- The Milk/ (All I Wanted Was) Danger DOWN247

No784- Lady GaGa/ Born This Way (Bimbo Jones Club Re-Mix) DOWN205

No830- Glasvegas/ Euphoria, Take My Hand DOWN127

 

OUT OF THE iTUNES TOP1000-

Lady GaGa/ Born This Way (Michael Woods Re-Mix)

Since yesterday-

No1- Jennifer Lopez ft Pitbull/ On The Floor NON-MOVER

No6- Katy B/ Broken Record NON-MOVER

No17- Cee-Lo Green/ Bright Lights, Bigger City UP4

No33- Panic! At The Disco/ The Ballad Of Mona Lisa UP6

No56- Feeder/ Side By Side DOWN24

No90- Milk & Sugar vs Vaya Con Dios/ Hey (Nah Nah Nah) DOWN6

No105- Sick Puppies/ Maybe UP2

No112- Flo Rida ft Akon/ Who Dat Girl UP8

No154- The Hoosiers/ Bumpy Ride UP2

No445- The Joy Formidable/ Whirring DOWN51

No607- The Milk/ (All I Wanted Was) Danger DOWN8

 

OUT OF THE iTUNES TOP 1000 UK-

Lady GaGa/ Born This Way (Bimbo Jones Club Re-Mix)

Glasvegas/ Euphoria, Take My Hand

Till the World Ends up to #47!! :o

 

Now up to #44 :w00t:

 

Born This Way is at 16?? WTF :angry: :drama:

 

Bright Lights Bigger City up to 17! He may have his 3rd Top 20 afterall!

 

Hey (Nah Nah Nah) at 90? Seriously? I thought it was going to be Top 40 by now! Is it getting radio support?

All the radio stations have their advantages and disadvantages tbh.

 

Heart is the worst imo. The thing that annoys me the most is that they say "more music variety", yet refuse to play certain genres at all. Other stations like Smooth FM, it doesn't really bother me if they don't play hip hop, because they don't claim to. I don't know how is in charge of Heart FM, but it seems to me that they think "variety" means songs from different decades. It continually baffles me how they play songs like Borderline by Madonna and then Empire State of Mind by Alicia Keys (also worth noting, they play this song every few hours, and I've never heard them call it "Part II", or "Broken Down", and I've never heard any reference to Jay-Z), and claim to be playing more music variety?!?

 

I like Radio 1. I listen to it everyday. Some things that annoy me about it though, is the talking they do all the time. It can get really frustrating tbh. Although Radio 1 does have the most variety of all the stations, and it plays songs from a few years ago which you think everybody has forgotten and stuff. It does annoy me a bit though, how during the day-time shows, it's almost as if they have a checklist of songs to play. It's like "one pop song, check, one rock song, check, one hip hop song, check". It just gets annoying tbh. It just comes across as artificial sometimes, although I'm glad they're not playing jazz or country music every hour, I guess. :lol: Another thing that annoys me if how they've got this list of artists which they seem intent on never playlisting anymore (e.g. Alexandra Burke, Enrique Iglesias). They have admitted this, so kudos to them, to be fair, because it saves us all from wondering, but it does seem very unfair. Alexandra, for example. Her next single could be a completely revolutionary song or something, but Radio 1 have already decided that they're not going to playlist it. Just seems a bit unfair tbh.

 

This brings me onto Capital. One thing I like about Capital is that I can trust them that if ANY artist comes out with a hit, they'll play it, because, from listening to the station, it's almost as if they're just playing all the songs that have made top 10 on iTunes over the past 12 months on rotate. :lol: However, this really doesn't help with those artists that are trying to break the mainstream. Although Capital's puropse is to "play all the hits". Unlike Heart FM, it's quite straight-forward with its intentions, and not misleading at all. Capital don't get some random obsession with a song and play it every few hours for 5 years, and they don't bias toward genres as much as some of the other radio stations which claim not to (Capital do play mainly pop and urban songs, because the chart is mainly pop and urban at the moment, that's the whole point!!!!). An annoying thing about Capital is how they have some really stupid radio edits of songs though. Most of them are okay, but some songs seem chopped up and scattered all over the place. Another annoying this is the insane amount of adverts. I usually turn over to Radio 1 during the adverts on Capital, although to be fair, the amount of adverts on Capital probably take up the same amount of time as the talking on Radio 1, although the talking on Radio 1 is far more interesting tbh (most of the time).

I'd just like to add my tuppence worth in - I agree almost entirely with what you've said Eric; I'd agree, for me, Capital is the best station. Real Radio up here is basically the Scottish version of Heart though, which I also dip in and out but they don't play the rap edit on a lot of songs that have a rap component on and that frustrates the hell out of me. Same with Forth One, which is basically a cross between Real Radio and Capital, leaning more to the Real Radio end of that spectrum.

 

Capital do seem to have a select few songs (usually 5 or 6) that they hammer to death. This I think is quite good, as usually at least 3 or 4 of them.

 

The 5 tracks they are hammering right now seem to be:-

 

Lady Gaga - Born This Way (was getting the play at the top of the hour this week) :wub:

Adele - Someone Like You :wub:

Rihanna - S&M :wub:

Jessie J - Price Tag :wub:

The Wanted - Gold Forever :puke:

 

So four out of five seems like a good ratio to me :)

 

 

Capital play all of S&M. Radio 1 do a horrific edit.

I can't listen to S&M now on any station other than Capital as the deletion of certain words does my bloody head in!!!

 

I've not heard Gold Forever that much on there tbh. If there's any song they're hooked on, I'd say it was Firework, but even so.

 

The bit about the DJs, their music taste isn't supposed to reflect in the music they're playing. They just play "the hits" on rotate. It's not up to the DJs to decide what "the hits" are, it's up to the public (i.e. what sells the most).

I think they've dispensed with Firework now on the whole (probably relegated to their C-list equivalent, if they have one) but they're definitely playing Gold Forever almost non-stop still, which ironically really needs to erm, stop.

 

Actually, I wonder if Capital vary the music they play between regions - since it was syndicated country wide I just (naively) assumed that they would be playing the same tracks pretty much the same number of times across the UK, but maybe this isn't the case?

Looks like LMFAO will be up to #2 shortly :o

iTunes Top 100

 

[01] 01| Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull - On The Floor

[02] 02| Adele - Someone Like You

[03] 03| LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & Goonrock - Party Rock Anthem

[04] 04| Black Eyed Peas - Just Can't Get Enough

[05] 05| Nicole Scherzinger - Don't Hold Your Breath

[07] 06| Katy B - Broken Record

[12] 07| Mann feat. 50 Cent - Buzzin

[06] 08| Wiz Khalifa - Black And Yellow

[09] 09| Dr. Dre, Skylar Grey & Eminem - I Need A Doctor

[08] 10| Rihanna - S&M

 

[16] 11| Snoop Dogg & David Guetta - Sweat

[15] 12| Kanye West - All Of The Lights

[13] 13| Adele - Rolling In The Deep

[10] 14| The Wanted - Gold Forever

[11] 15| Jessie J feat. B.o.B. - Price Tag

[14] 16| Lady GaGa - Born This Way

[22] 17| Katy Perry - E.T.

[25] 18| Cee Lo Green - Bright Lights Bigger City

[17] 19| Chris Brown - Yeah 3X

[18] 20| Tiësto & Diplo feat. Busta Rhymes - C'Mon (Catch 'Em By Surprise)

 

[21] 21| Alexis Jordan - Good Girl

[24] 22| Bruno Mars - Grenade

[20] 23| Birdy - Skinny Love

[27] 24| Jeremih & 50 Cent - Down On Me

[23] 25| Noah & The Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.

[29] 26| Chipmunk feat. Chris Brown - Champion

[28] 27| David Guetta & Rihanna - Who's That Chick?

[26] 28| Tinie Tempah feat. Ellie Goulding - Wonderman

[19] 29| Glee Cast - Thriller/Heads Will Roll

[34] 30| Justice - Civilization

 

[36] 31| Lady Antebellum - Need You Now

[35] 32| Chris Brown feat. Busta Rhymes & Lil Wayne - Look At Me Now

[44] 33| Panic! At The Disco - The Ballad of Mona Lisa

[60] 34| Nicki Minaj - Girls Fall Like Dominoes

[32] 35| Pink - F**kin' Perfect

[30] 36| Parade - Louder

[33] 37| Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude

[85] 38| Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag

[37] 39| Diddy-Dirty Money & Skylar Grey - Coming Home

[48] 40| Katy Perry feat. Kanye West - E.T.

 

[53] 41| Jodie Connor feat. Tinchy Stryder - Bring It

[52] 42| Adele - Make You Feel My Love

[31] 43| Glee Cast - Firework

[71] 44| Britney Spears - Till The World Ends

[45] 45| Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World)

[51] 46| Nicki Minaj & Drake - Moment 4 Life

[47] 47| Katy Perry - Firework

[50] 48| Rihanna & Drake - What's My Name?

[39] 49| Adele - Someone Like You (Live from the Brits)

[90] 50| Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me

 

[63] 51| Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are

[38] 52| Enrique Iglesias feat. Ludacris & DJ Frank E - Tonight (I'm F****in' You)

[42] 53| Taio Cruz feat. Kylie Minogue & Travie McCoy - Higher

[40] 54| Glee Cast - P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)

[56] 55| Martin Solveig & Dragonette - Hello

[43] 56| Glee Cast - Fat Bottomed Girls

[61] 57| Jessie J & B.o.B. - Price Tag

[46] 58| JLS feat. Tinie Tempah - Eyes Wide Shut

[57] 59| The Strokes - Under Cover of Darkness

[**] 60| Feeder - Side By Side

 

[**] 61| Warren G & Nate Dogg - Regulate

[64] 62| Ke$ha - Blow

[**] 63| Chase & Status feat. Plan B - End Credits

[**] 64| Nxtgen - Andrew Lansley Rap

[69] 65| Chase & Status - Blind Faith

[55] 66| Rebecca Black - Friday

[41] 67| Glee Cast - When I Get You Alone

[**] 68| The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved

[**] 69| Tim McGraw & Gwyneth Paltrow - Me and Tennessee

[78] 70| Cage and the Elephant - Shake Me Down

 

[62] 71| Take That - Kidz

[**] 72| Radiohead - Creep

[65] 73| Avril Lavigne - What The Hell

[68] 74| The Vaccines - If You Wanna

[**] 75| Coldplay - Viva La Vida

[82] 76| Foo Fighters - Rope

[66] 77| Flux Pavillion - Bass Cannon

[58] 78| Ke$ha - We R Who We R

[80] 79| Cee Lo Green - Forget You

[79] 80| Jamie Woon - Lady Luck

 

[76] 81| Katy B feat. Ms Dynamite - Lights On

[49] 82| Glee Cast - Silly Love Songs

[83] 83| Eminem & Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie

[74] 84| N-Dubz - Morning Star

[67] 85| Usher - More

[72] 86| Olly Murs - Heart On My Sleeve

[81] 87| Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor (CCW Club Mix)

[**] 88| Usher - Yeah!

[54] 89| Glee Cast - Need You Now

[75] 90| Milk & Sugar & Vaya Con Dios - Hey (Nah Nah Nah)

 

[**] 91| Chris Brown feat. Benny Benasi - Beautiful People

[70] 92| Justin Bieber & Jaden Smith - Never Say Never

[59] 93| Glee Cast - Bills, Bills, Bills

[88] 94| Natalia Kills - Mirrors

[**] 95| Wretch 32 - Traktor

[100] 96| Jessie J feat. B.o.B - Price Tag

[92] 97| Tinie Tempah feat. Eric Turner - Written In The Stars

[89] 98| The Black Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit)

[91] 99| Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

[**] 100| Lady GaGa - Born This Way (Twin Shadow Remix)

I expect Katy Perry to hit to around 10 tonight (combined) I'm shocked at Alexis Jordan stability! Her songs actually do well.. which is good as she was a nobody before Happiness and everyone expected a flop.

Ugh, if LMFAO overtake Adele :angry: PRA is growing on me though

Really glad to see Mann in the top 10 and Kanye West at number 12. Best news by far is seeing Gaga fall to number 16!

 

Hopefully we'll see Panic! enter the top 40 by Sunday and then perhaps Feeder and Justice'll debut within too - nice to have some new much for a change. As for Jodie Connor at the edge of the top 40, well done; I thought it'd flop considering it was 'On Air, On Sale' about a month ago. Hopefully Chipmunk and Willow Smith will follow a similar pattern now with radio support.

WOAH NICKI!

 

Didn't realise 'Girls Fall Like Dominoes' was so high already. She's doing so well in the UK atm!

WOAH NICKI!

 

Didn't realise 'Girls Fall Like Dominoes' was so high already. She's doing so well in the UK atm!

 

oh wow i didn't even notice her there! same with kanye, i cannot believe he's at #12! if only they'd both come over and just do one big performance they'd both easily go top 10. so glad it's 2 of their best songs that are doing so well too