maybe he simply didn't know the gender of Hozier :o

 

and as we all know you can refer to an unknown gender as 'their' :lol:

 

Hozier is in fact a man. His real name is Andrew Hozier-Byrne

And Hozier has streaming on his side

Not forgetting that it is also played often in bars and nightclubs which is another way for it to grab people's attention and make them go out and buy it

"Blurred Lines" was never rush released. It was released on 26 May 2013 as scheduled

 

It's release date was the 16/6 though!

It's release date was the 16/6 though!

 

Thought it was always 26 May. I know "Whistle" got rush released in 2012 because of a fake version gaining popularity. It was originally scheduled for 17 June but was pushed forward to 5 June. I'm surprised Maroon 5 never rush released "Payphone" the same year

Thursday Update Top 40 Only

 

Singles

 

1 Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (65.5k)

2 Philip George - Wish You Were Mine (32.9k)

3 Hozier - Take Me To Church (27.8k)

4 Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato - Up (21.7k)

5 Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (19.0k)

 

6-10

7 Alesso feat. Tove Lo - Heroes (we could be)

10 Sam Smith - Like I Can

 

11-20

11 Sia - Elastic Heart *

14 Blonde feat. Melissa Steel - I Loved You

16 Sia - Chandelier

20 Taylor Swift - Shake It Off

 

21-30

24 George Ezra - Blame It On Me

28 Echosmith - Cool Kids

30 James Bay - Hold Back The River

 

31-40

31 Avicii - The Nights *

32 Beyoncé - 7/11

33 John Legend - All Of Me

34 James Bay - Scars *

38 Jeremih feat. YG - Don't Tell 'Em ^

40 Lilly Wood & The Prick and Robin Schulz - Prayer In C ^

 

Other notable new entries

42 Kid Ink feat. Chris Brown - Hotel

47 Rae Morris - Under The Shadows

69 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Ballad Of The Mighty I

70 Fall Out Boy - Uma Thurman

77 All Time Low - Something's Gotta Give

86 Laura Doggett - Old Faces

91 The Prodigy - Nasty

95 Fall Out Boy - American Beauty / American Psycho

 

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 

Albums

 

1 Ed Sheeran - x (12.4k)

2 George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage (11.7k)

3 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour (11.3k)

4 Taylor Swift - 1989 (10.5k)

5 Hozier - Hozier (6.1k)

 

6-10

8 Paolo Nutini - Caustic Love

 

11-20

11 Royal Blood - Royal Blood

13 Sia - 1000 Forms Of Fear

14 Gregory Porter - Liquid Spirit ^

18 Carole King - Tapestry ^

20 Coldplay - Ghost Stories

 

21-30

24 John Legend - Love In The Future

25 Catfish And The Bottlemen - The Balcony

26 Kodaline - In A Perfect World ^

27 Luther Vandross - The Greatest Hits

30 Bette Midler - It's The Girls!

 

31-40

32 Ed Sheeran - + ^

34 Jamie T - Carry On The Grudge

36 ABBA - Gold - Greatest Hits ^

40 Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper *

 

Other notable new entries

42 Sylosis - Dormant Heart

68 King Crimson - Live At The Orpheum

96 Hayseed Dixie - Hair Down To My Grass

New look, new year, with the additional notable new entries, while we have the info, its not always guaranteed every week though.

'Like I Can' looking like it might finally re-enter the top 10 this week unless 'Elastic Heart' gets there first - either way it seems #10 this week might only just scrape 20k even including streams. Eek.

Come on Sia! Hopefully now she's top 10 on iTunes, the exposure will boost her sales for the official top 10!

Streaming costing Rae Morris dear. :angry:

Streaming costing Rae Morris dear. :angry:

 

It would only have been a minor top 40 hit on sales alone. I'm actually surprised it's still as high as #47 with streaming added in.

The Nights #31! :cheer:

 

Please it gets top 25 tomoz and top 20/15 Sunday :teresa:

 

And yes TOL bearings its midweek is no surprise :lol:

 

Olly please keep it at #5 :please:

Chris Brown drops out the top 40 despite being #18 on iTunes and Jeremih's rip off of "Rhythm Is A Dancer" re-enters? What a disgrace. So glad Avicii has entered on the other hand. I can see this securing a top 40 placing by Sunday

Chris Brown drops out the top 40 despite being #18 on iTunes and Jeremih's rip off of "Rhythm Is A Dancer" re-enters? What a disgrace. So glad Avicii has entered on the other hand. I can see this securing a top 40 placing by Sunday

 

Yes I have seen tracks in the top 15 even not in official top 49 :o although this isn't that surprising since streaming is added to it.

 

And Jeremih probably re-entered due to it being 59p ;)

Chris Brown drops out the top 40 despite being #18 on iTunes and Jeremih's rip off of "Rhythm Is A Dancer" re-enters? What a disgrace. So glad Avicii has entered on the other hand. I can see this securing a top 40 placing by Sunday

 

The Kid Ink song (Chris Brown is just a featured artist) is an instant grat so a chunk of its iTunes sales will be album pre-orders, which don't count to the chart. That explains why it's so low.

'The Nights' is starting to gain real upward momentum now~ :heart: :cheer:

Anyone think The Nights will be patient enough to get to #1 after Uptown Funk and Love Me Like You do have finished? :thinking:

Or will it be an unlucky #2 added to the list? :drama:

Anyone think The Nights will be patient enough to get to #1 after Uptown Funk and Love Me Like You do have finished? :thinking:

Or will it be an unlucky #2 added to the list? :drama:

It's too early to say really. Top 3 seems very likely if Radio 1 get behind it, but it may have already peaked by the time Love Me Like You Do is off #1

It's too early to say really. Top 3 seems very likely if Radio 1 get behind it

 

And if Capital get on it as well

Great to see Like I Can in the top 10 at last, but Avicii & Asia will knock him out. Ugh the lack of differentiation between preorder album sales and actual single sales is annoying with Nasty & FOB official single just in the top 100!

Great to see Like I Can in the top 10 at last

It peaked at #9 after Sam Smith performed it on X Factor

It peaked at #9 after Sam Smith performed it on X Factor

 

Oh I forgot/didn't realise that, well in that case bring on Sia at least (can't bring myself to urge on Avicii)!