Stitches now #12, highest it's been I think

YES Shawn! :cheer: Also his iTunes peak as an artist too I think as I seem to remember the Oh Cecilia single version stalling at around this mark on iTunes.

I'm getting bored of Justin Bieber now. :(

I'm getting bored of Justin Bieber now. :(

and this is just the itunes lead. When you add streaming..

I'm fine with him doing well. 'What Do You Mean' and 'Sorry' are really good songs but I just don't get how it's quite THIS popular. It's bizzarre.

Judging by his growth rate, Shawn could/should be top 10 by midnight.

It's so annoying not knowing where the next big hit is going to come from isn't it?

 

Birdy's got a new single out on Friday, hope that does well

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It's so annoying not knowing where the next big hit is going to come from isn't it?

Britney with the next smasher. :P

It's so annoying not knowing where the next big hit is going to come from isn't it?

 

I'm thinking/hopeful that some current charting songs can just grow to become bigger hits: The Weekend ("In the Night"), 99 Souls ("The Girl is Mine"), Major Lazer ("Light It Up"), Shawn Mendes ("Stitches"), Robin Schulz ("Sugar") - I'm sure there's a few others that I've forgotten.

On the other hand I think it's great! It becomes tedious when the year is practically planned out with guaranteed #1s week after week like 2000 and 2014.

It's so annoying not knowing where the next big hit is going to come from isn't it?

I think that makes it more exciting imo!

I'm fine with him doing well. 'What Do You Mean' and 'Sorry' are really good songs but I just don't get how it's quite THIS popular. It's bizzarre.

 

Is he really this popular or is this just the way things are going with streaming? With download sales on the slide staying at the top of the itunes chart will be easier and streaming will just keep songs around forever.

 

I feel like Bieber is the first big name to really benefit from this but we will get this happen more and more this next year or so.

Is he really this popular or is this just the way things are going with streaming? With download sales on the slide staying at the top of the itunes chart will be easier and streaming will just keep songs around forever.

 

I feel like Bieber is the first big name to really benefit from this but we will get this happen more and more this next year or so.

 

Well if you think about it, he wouldn't do that well on streaming if he wasn't that popular :kink: I think they go hand in hand, but it's no like is sales are particularly low either - he has the top 2 songs on iTunes and What Do You Mean? is in the top 10 right now too. His album has been selling amazingly well and he's getting acclaim everywhere right now. So yeah, I think he is really that popular :heehee:

:rofl: Yeah they can't all be casual streamers milions of them

Well if you think about it, he wouldn't do that well on streaming if he wasn't that popular :kink: I think they go hand in hand, but it's no like is sales are particularly low either - he has the top 2 songs on iTunes and What Do You Mean? is in the top 10 right now too. His album has been selling amazingly well and he's getting acclaim everywhere right now. So yeah, I think he is really that popular :heehee:

 

But he is top 2 when his main competition is Adele looking to sell albums, NHS xmas song and well I cant really think of another big release lately. Even the X factor winners song hasn't done its regular 200k opening.

 

He is of course very popular but I feel circumstance is playing a part too. Rihanna was #1 for 10 weeks in a transitional period for the charts where cd sales were dying and downloads were taking off and lack of real competition.

 

The singles chart will just reflect the radio airplay chart more and more with streaming where songs stay longer and longer on it.

 

Right now everyone who has a proper 'hit' is havig crazy longevity, Love me like you is in its 13th week and still top 20 on itunes, Sax has basically been a mainstay of the top 10 (excluding xmas songs), Biebers 3 songs have lingered on, Hello is still what #3 combined.

 

There is currently only 2 songs in the official top 40 who have less than 5 weeks on the chart and that is NHS and Louisa, everything is stale and the xmas songs that fall off are going to be replaced by old stuff too.

I'm thinking/hopeful that some current charting songs can just grow to become bigger hits: The Weekend ("In the Night"), 99 Souls ("The Girl is Mine"), Major Lazer ("Light It Up"), Shawn Mendes ("Stitches"), Robin Schulz ("Sugar") - I'm sure there's a few others that I've forgotten.

 

Sadly I think Sugar is on its way out now - #51 on iTunes

The chart is incredibly stagnant right now. Nothing new being released that's having any sort of impact. Crap songs staying around for weeks on end.

 

I'm not getting the Bieber love at all. The songs are not good. Love yourself is quite decent. The other 2 singles are bland r'n'b.

 

Just feel like the chart needs a few big songs to explode in January otherwise we'll have the same top 5 for another month.

The chart is incredibly stagnant right now. Nothing new being released that's having any sort of impact. Crap songs staying around for weeks on end.

 

I'm not getting the Bieber love at all. The songs are not good. Love yourself is quite decent. The other 2 singles are bland r'n'b.

 

Just feel like the chart needs a few big songs to explode in January otherwise we'll have the same top 5 for another month.

 

Lush Life is your best bet for that.

 

Radio friendly and I assume it could definetly go top 5, who knows, maybe even higher.

 

But he is top 2 when his main competition is Adele looking to sell albums, NHS xmas song and well I cant really think of another big release lately. Even the X factor winners song hasn't done its regular 200k opening.

 

He is of course very popular but I feel circumstance is playing a part too. Rihanna was #1 for 10 weeks in a transitional period for the charts where cd sales were dying and downloads were taking off and lack of real competition.

 

The singles chart will just reflect the radio airplay chart more and more with streaming where songs stay longer and longer on it.

 

Right now everyone who has a proper 'hit' is havig crazy longevity, Love me like you is in its 13th week and still top 20 on itunes, Sax has basically been a mainstay of the top 10 (excluding xmas songs), Biebers 3 songs have lingered on, Hello is still what #3 combined.

 

There is currently only 2 songs in the official top 40 who have less than 5 weeks on the chart and that is NHS and Louisa, everything is stale and the xmas songs that fall off are going to be replaced by old stuff too.

 

Lol it's the wrong time to have this convo this is the week when the hits of the last yr traditionally get a boast in a month or so a lot of new tracks will be dominating, things change but in the last week of December it always seems slower.

Yeah, this is always the worst time of year for new music.