August 5, 201511 yr Silento is another Meridian Dan surely..hyped but ultimately a flop. I suppose on the one hand this at least has its US success to fall back on, nobody in the world actually cared about that 'German Whip' thing.
August 5, 201511 yr I suppose on the one hand this at least has its US success to fall back on, nobody in the world actually cared about that 'German Whip' thing. There was a while last year when I was hearing German Whip pretty much every day (you probably don't believe me, but I don't care, I'm not going to walk around video-taping my whole life just to prove that to you :lol:). But grime music is VERY local to the UK, I'd say local even to just specific areas of the country. It's getting more traction overseas recently however, due to some US artists promoting it.
August 5, 201511 yr Added notable songs and albums for #41-100 in the update on the previous page, as well as singles top 5 sales! Fire away with any requests :D PS: I'm not 100% clued up on the album re-entries so if I've marked it incorrectly, please let me know and I'll edit!
August 5, 201511 yr Joss Stone is doing ok. Top 10 would've been nice though with the low sales at the moment.
August 5, 201511 yr ouch at Joe Stone, I really want this to make the top 20 but looks unlikely now He's still #5 on iTunes though - surely that should be enough? Streaming is FUBARing the chart majorly now :(
August 5, 201511 yr It seems majorly crazy that songs that have been as high as #2 on iTunes in the last few weeks have only just gone top 30 officially, first Disclosue and now this Joe Weller (if he holds up enough to even make it that high!). iTunes is not the official chart barometer it once was! Weirdly large discrepancies between the tastes of music buyers and streamers too, more so than ever in the last few weeks. Edited August 5, 201511 yr by gooddelta
August 5, 201511 yr He's still #5 on iTunes though - surely that should be enough? Streaming is FUBARing the chart majorly now :( Yes, should *just about* hang on - the only reason it dropped so much today was a load of weekend streaming data from Spotify was added.
August 5, 201511 yr I don't think the Now 91 effect has helped at all actually, I mean there are still multiple versions of many songs lingering around the iTunes chart so it's not quite as reflective as it was a couple of weeks ago!
August 5, 201511 yr I think also the fact that the #1 digital download yesterday sold just 4.4K (Calvin Harris + Disciples) showing how little songs are selling on iTunes right now..
August 5, 201511 yr How in the hell are Sigma/ Ella top 3 on iTunes but fell out of the top 5 in the newest update? They were just #4 yesterday? :( Because my love, that's just the way the cookie crumbles.
August 5, 201511 yr I'm fuming. Glitterball is def. a flop. I don't think Ella will ever get another number 1 in the UK again. -_- :cry: I'm flabbergasted and defeated. :( See a therapist? They may be able to help you.
August 5, 201511 yr not Mirror Man again :lol: how many accounts do you have now -_- Edited August 5, 201511 yr by Rob S~
August 5, 201511 yr The huge discrepancies on iTunes and the official streaming included chart simply shows that acts need to just make songs available earlier and let them rise up the chart. Silento may do this and this week may not be its chart peak and Calvin although performing well as an OAOS release because of his big name should peak in the top 2 eventually. The point being that the industry wants OAOS and has done since 2010 as it makes more sense to counter illegal music consumption so adding streaming has got rid of the power of big new entries after a 6 week wait for a song so they want labels to realise this and bring forward release dates - some labels are starting to follow suit now but no matter what without radio airplay it'll be hard for any song/artist. Edited August 5, 201511 yr by steve201
August 5, 201511 yr Author How in the hell are Sigma/ Ella top 3 on iTunes but fell out of the top 5 in the newest update? They were just #4 yesterday? :( I don't want to be rude, but please go away, you are making thread topics unbearable to read. Now its getting tiring and boring. Can I just add not to respond to any of his comments.
August 5, 201511 yr I think Silento will be fine in the long run! And Calvin can potentially get to #2 this week as a current top digital seller and a #4 in Spotify. :D To think he's had quite a few #2s with held-back releases. Edited August 5, 201511 yr by Zárate
August 5, 201511 yr #6 and #29! Thanks! (I must say I expected the latter to be much lower, with it's drop on iTunes this week. And to answer someone's question, the reason why the former isn't top 5 is because streaming data from Spotify is now added, where the three songs overtaking it are top 10 but Glitterball isn't top 50. It's really not that hard to comprehend.)
August 6, 201511 yr Interesting that Silento's song is high on streaming but not performing overly well on sales, while Sigma/ Ella's streaming is virtually non existent but they have a strong hold at the top 5 on iTunes. Wonder what causes this?
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