What songs will benefit the most from the gift card effect this year?

 

Uptown Funk, All About That Bass, All Of Me, Rather Be, Happy, Budapest, Stay With Me, Thinking Out Loud, Steal My Girl, Shake It Off, Ghost, Sing, Chandelier and Waves come to mind, will there be any "surprising" beneficiaries of this effect though? discuss

If the same 59 batch stays up, those will all benefit heavily, as most of them have been pretty big hits this year.

Yep, pretty much all of the above, plus the three Calvin Harris singles of 2014 will probably get a bit of a boost.

I'd put 'Money on my Mind' in there too

I'd put 'Money on my Mind' in there too

Really Rob? I'd say 'I'm Not The Only One' and 'Like I Can' would benefit more than MOMM.

The more recent singles by some of the acts you've mentioned ('Night Changes' and 'Blank Space' in particular) should also get a decent bump, would also expect Olly Murs to benefit a fair amount with both 'Wrapped Up' and 'Up' sans Wrapped. I think the 'only old hits get a boost' thing is exaggerated sometimes, the big hits around just before Xmas tend to benefit just as much as the established older hits.

Really Rob? I'd say 'I'm Not The Only One' and 'Like I Can' would benefit more than MOMM.

yeah I included it because it was another of his #1's and was around the chart for donkeys years but I guess you could be right.

Edited December 17, 201410 yr by HonkBonkXMAS

Oh and Let It Go should get a significant boost too considering it appeals to the teenage girl market.

 

Last year's beneficiaries:

 

1 2 5 Pharrell Happy

3 5 9 Avicii Hey Brother (7wks T75)

4 8 6 Jason Derulo Trumpets

5 9 9 Eminem feat. Rihanna The Monster

8 15 17 Katy Perry Roar

9 10 9 One Direction Story Of My Life

10 22 21 OneRepublic Counting Stars

13 16 7 Martin Garrix Animals

14 19 8 Little Mix Move

16 24 10 Lorde Royals

17 27 24 Avicii Wake Me Up

18 38 20 Ellie Goulding Burn

19 39 4 Little Mix Little Me (3wks T75)

21 50 15 Jason Derulo feat. 2 Chainz Talk Dirty

22 42 12 Miley Cyrus Wrecking Ball

23 31 8 Storm Queen Look Right Through

26 23 7 Lady Gaga feat. R. Kelly Do What U Want

27 25 10 Katy Perry Unconditionally (9wks T75)

28 29 96 The Killers Mr. Brightside (23wks T75)

29 57 2 Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z Drunk In Love

31 79 12 Rizzle Kicks Skip To The Good Bit (10wks T75 (RE))

33 58 15 Ylvis The Fox (14wks T75)

34 68 23 One Direction Best Song Ever (22wks T75)

35 74 13 The Vamps Can We Dance

36 47 12 James Blunt Bonfire Heart

37 40 26 John Newman Love Me Again (24wks T75)

38 66 44 Bastille Pompeii (41wks T75)

39 60 31 Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell Blurred Lines

40 R 12 Jessie J It's My Party (9wks T75)

41 54 11 Wilkinson Afterglow

43 52 21 Drake feat. Majid Jordan Hold On, We're Going Home

44 69 37 Passenger Let Her Go

45 26 4 Chase And Status feat. Jacob Banks Alive

46 62 3 One Direction Midnight Memories

47 86 15 Avicii You Make Me (12wks T75 (RE))

49 78 37 Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Get Lucky (32wks T75 (RE))

50 94 54 PSY Gangnam Style (50wks T75 (RE))

51 R 10 Eminem Berzerk (9wks T75)

52 95 21 Miley Cyrus We Can't Stop (18wks T75 (RE))

54 73 33 Olly Murs Dear Darlin' (28wks T75)

56 77 28 Arctic Monkeys Do I Wanna Know? (24wks T75 (RE))

58 R 28 Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding I Need Your Love (25wks T75)

60 R 10 Conor Maynard R U Crazy

61 90 9 Fatboy Slim and Riva Starr feat. Beardyman Eat Sleep Rave Repeat (8wks T75 (RE))

62 99 9 Eminem Survival (5wks T75 (RE))

69 R 9 James Arthur You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You (8wks T75)

70 75 5 Olly Murs Hand On Heart

71 R 21 Jason Derulo The Other Side (19wks T75)

73 96 31 Naughty Boy feat. Sam Smith La La La (27wks T75 (RE))

75 R 18 Lady Gaga Applause (17wks T75)

76 82 24 Lana Del Rey vs. Cedric Gervais Summertime Sadness

77 R 7 Eminem Rap God

79 R 7 Tinie Tempah feat. John Martin Children Of The Sun

82 R 9 Showtek feat. We Are Loud and Sonny Wilson Booyah

83 R 36 Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton Can't Hold Us

85 R 52 Imagine Dragons Radioactive

86 R 28 Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre No Diggity

88 R 59 Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx Gold Digger

89 R 8 Lawson Juliet

90 R 20 will.i.am Bang Bang

94 R 3 Justin Bieber All That Matters

95 R 35 Bon Jovi Livin' On A Prayer

96 R 9 The 1975 Girls

97 R 13 Bryan Adams Summer Of '69

98 R 78 One Direction What Makes You Beautiful

99 R 57 Nickelback Rockstar

100 R 11 Rizzle Kicks Lost Generation

Problem by Ariana will get a *small* boost I'd reckon along with Ghost although the latter has already been mentioned :P

Edited December 17, 201410 yr by NellyXmas. S

More importantly, which not so big hits like Skip To The Good Bit will get a boost? :P

Pretty much everything in the current top 40 bar the XF winners single and Band Aid 30 (+ Christmas songs and 'alternative' campaigns). Streaming will make this even bigger than it already is I think what with New Years party playlists and all.

Edited December 17, 201410 yr by FrostytheWallaby

If the effect lasts more than a week, anything featured on the New Years fireworks could get a good boost.

I think 'Rather Be' will be the biggest beneficiary of the effect. Would quite like 'Outside' to get a boost out of it, or something a bit more obscure like 'Faded' by Zhu. I can only dream about the latter, I suppose. :P

Let it Go is on Sky this Christmas, could see that go top 15 with gift cards

Plus it's playing every weekend morning over Christmas in cinemas, sort of how Despicable Me 2 was this time last year - which had a mildly popular Pharrell Williams song in it.

Edited December 17, 201410 yr by BillyH

If the effect lasts more than a week, anything featured on the New Years fireworks could get a good boost.

 

I think Ghost is a shoo-in for the NYE fireworks, works very neatly!

Edited December 17, 201410 yr by zenon

I think a lot of stream-loved hits will benefit, but it's not very easy to predict! And this is the first season with the combined chart!

If "Happy" has a major impact due to the gift card effect, that means it will be the first to benefit from this two consecutive years

If "Happy" has a major impact due to the gift card effect, that means it will be the first to benefit from this two consecutive years

 

I reckon it will be enough to reach perhaps #30-#40 in the chart, even though it will be a painful experience for all of us :(

I reckon it will be enough to reach perhaps #30-#40 in the chart, even though it will be a painful experience for all of us :(

 

Maybe even #1 tbh.

 

I'm thinking Thinking Out Loud will get a sales boost aswell.

Maybe even #1 tbh.

 

I'm thinking Thinking Out Loud will get a sales boost aswell.

 

Happy isn't going back to #1 :lol: