The BBC News at 10 this evening played out with 'Heroes' alongside images from Bowie, so that'll no doubt give it an extra boost.

Someone whip up a combined chart so we can see how well he's doing overall :P

Combined/Weighted

 

David Bowie - Heroes 1.000

Shawn Mendes - Stiches 0.877

Justin Bieber - Love Yourself 0.867

 

Shawn is now ahead of Justin combined. David having another big update and pushing into the #1 spot. Once you take into account his other versions outside the top 100, he's likely ahead by a bit more.

Edited January 11, 20169 yr by Envoirment

13% lead prob 15-20 with the other versions, prob nowhere near enough as they'll fall away later tomorrow but plenty on top 40 entries with streaming into tomorrow to come!

If my counting is correct, 37 of the top 100 on the latest Kworb update are Bowie songs.

 

X Ambassadors' "Renegades" the only non-Bowie track even in pale green.

Edited January 11, 20169 yr by fchd

Also there are a few documentaries on TV showing his work and music, that I have recorded, his lead is only going to increase, and the lead up to his final resting place, so I imagine Heroes can still do the impossible. I would love to see Heroes at #1.

 

Finally someone is going to have a bad day on Friday ripping out the sales info :( -_- Alan Jones will be tearing his hair out. :(

If my counting is correct, 37 of the top 100 on the latest Kworb update are Bowie songs.

 

X Ambassadors' "Renegades" the only non-Bowie track even in pale green.

39, including two versions of Under pressure.

David Bowie currently has:

 

16 songs top 40

38 songs top 100

76 songs top 200

203 songs top 1500

 

Not combining duplicates and including "Under Pressure" (with Queen).

Edited January 11, 20169 yr by Envoirment

13% lead prob 15-20 with the other versions, prob nowhere near enough as they'll fall away later tomorrow but plenty on top 40 entries with streaming into tomorrow to come!

 

Nah this boost will be big for a good few days yet, lots of press coverage still to come, his funeral etc. He's definitely a contender for the number 1 spot and he has a real chance. The Cascada scenario might play out again mind I rate his chances as pretty good.

 

Is Bieber's record of 8 songs charting in the top 40 under threat?

Current YouTube viewcount for Lazarus: 2,368,611

 

It will be interesting to see what the view count will be by the end of today.

New YouTube view count: 6,000,004

Heroes would be such a brilliant number one, particularly making up for the fact that a dreadful cover of it got there and the original didn't get anywhere near! I don't feel Bowie's streaming will be that bad either, people will pay a tribute by listening as well as buying.

New YouTube view count: 6,000,004

 

Oh wow and it's likely higher than that as youtube normally takes a while to update the viewing figures.

Nah this boost will be big for a good few days yet, lots of press coverage still to come, his funeral etc. He's definitely a contender for the number 1 spot and he has a real chance. The Cascada scenario might play out again mind I rate his chances as pretty good.

 

Is Bieber's record of 8 songs charting in the top 40 under threat?

Bieber's eight was a record for a living artist. Michael Jackson had 13 after his death.

466. David Zowie - House Every Weekend (Radio Edit)

466. David Zowie - House Every Weekend (Radio Edit)

 

Why do you keep insisting on posting pointless updates on this?

3+10+62. Heroes

6+32+41. Life On Mars?

7+34+83+90. Let's Dance

9+20+54+77. Starman

15. Lazarus

17+23. Space Oddity

21+59. Ashes To Ashes

22+98. Changes

27+85. Under Pressure

36. Blackstar

40+91. Modern Love

47. China Girl

48+52. Rebel Rebel

57+74. The Jean Genie

60. Magic Dance

61+100. Sound and Vision

64. I Can't Give Everything Away

68. Dancing In the Street

72. Ziggy Stardust

79. Absolute Beginners

93. The Man Who Sold the World

 

Highest Versions only:

 

101. Young Americans

105. Where Are We Now?

109. Fame

110. All the Young Dudes

115. Dollar Days

121. Golden Years

129. Oh! You Pretty Things

133. Suffragette City

153. 'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore

154. Kooks

166. Fashion

169. Queen Bitch

170. Sorrow

187. Five Years

191. The Laughing Gnome

192. Girl Loves Me

193. Wild Is the Wind

205. Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)

267. John, I'm Only Dancing (Sax Version)

282. Sorrow

319. This Is Not America

352. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide

355. Cat People (Putting Out Fire)

438. Lady Grinning Soul

444. Let's Spend the Night Together

449. Moonage Daydream

451. Diamond Dogs

463. Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy

464. Hallo Spaceboy

530. The Prettiest Star

532. Underground

582. Drive-In Saturday

619. Everyone Says 'Hi'

639. Blue Jean

661. Jump They Say

687. The Stars (Are Out Tonight)

695. Boys Keep Swinging

707. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)

738. Quicksand

755. Memory of a Free Festival

783. Valentine's Day

803. Aladdin Sane

805. Time

806. The Bewlay Brothers

822. The Prettiest Star

856. Thursday's Child

897. Letter to Hermione

920. Just For One Day (Heroes)[David Guetta vs. Bowie]

921. Andy Warhol

922. Little Wonder

946. Velvet Goldmine

974. Lady Stardust

1228. Fascination

1229. Win

1230. Soul Love

1323. Always Crashing In the Same Car

1325. 1984

1326. The Hearts Filthy Lesson

1371. Loving the Alien

Yah Heroes is the poppiest so I'm not surprised.

I'm all here for Bowie rolling the chart on Friday, please be number 1 on the singles chart. Legend deserved all of this love!

Why do you keep insisting on posting pointless updates on this?

Because I want to. And because some numptys on Twitter and YouTube have confused the geezer who made House Every Weekend for David Bowie :lol:

 

tbh this is the iTunes chart after all so no update is pointless. It certainly serves more of a purpose than just words being typed in this thread.

Also there are a few documentaries on TV showing his work and music, that I have recorded, his lead is only going to increase, and the lead up to his final resting place, so I imagine Heroes can still do the impossible. I would love to see Heroes at #1.

 

Finally someone is going to have a bad day on Friday ripping out the sales info :( -_- Alan Jones will be tearing his hair out. :(

 

I'm certainly happier seeing Bowie dominate the chart, than Bieber!