04. Olly Murs - You Dont Know Love

05. Ellie Goulding - Still Falling For You (new peak tomorrow?)

DJ Snake - Let Me Love You

20. Digital Farm Animals - Millionaire

42. Years & Years - Meteorite (shocking!)

Edited September 18, 20168 yr by cqmerqn

Quite a boost for James Arthur now which suggests either the Big Top 40 is actually great promo, or the X Factor spammed him on the show tonight.

 

He was a guest on the Big Top 40 - any snippet of promo is really benefiting him and the song so I really think it's going to be one of those songs to stick around for an age once media get behind it properly.

When ever I hear the Big Top 40 show it's always weird to hear Marvin Humes say "you can change the songs that we play in the top 10 by downloading your favourite tune now from iTunes". I doubt there is a single person in the UK who buys songs on iTunes just to make sure it will be in the top 10 by 6 PM on Sunday. The top 10 of iTunes by 6 PM on a Sunday is just a matter of coincidence surely, especially now that new releases come out on Fridays and not Sundays like they used to.

surprised Emeli is down to #12, but just heard it's TOTD today on R1 so should big climb today

Both Heart and Capital are now playing James Arthur so I expect he'll continue to sell well

When ever I hear the Big Top 40 show it's always weird to hear Marvin Humes say "you can change the songs that we play in the top 10 by downloading your favourite tune now from iTunes". I doubt there is a single person in the UK who buys songs on iTunes just to make sure it will be in the top 10 by 6 PM on Sunday. The top 10 of iTunes by 6 PM on a Sunday is just a matter of coincidence surely, especially now that new releases come out on Fridays and not Sundays like they used to.

 

I also wonder whether Apple actually refresh the chart at 6pm for them or not. The really daft thing is that they announce the current top 10 at 5pm as well, and there's not usually any changes in that last hour

04. Ellie Goulding

 

NEW PEAK!!

30% lead now James have. top 50 on Spotify.

I was gonna say James is beginning to pull away - I reckon number 1 next week (maybe) if streaming continues to grow

The gap between Ellie and Calvin is far too much but I'm glad it has hit a new peak!

I was gonna say James is beginning to pull away - I reckon number 1 next week (maybe) if streaming continues to grow

Yap, he needs top 10 until next week, I can't see him there... the gap on streaming is huge as of right now.

Performed on X Factor last night:

 

41. Lukas Graham - 7 Years (Also 185, 402)

59. DNCE - Cake By the Ocean (Also 93, 306, 514, 566)

64. Fifth Harmony - Work from Home (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) (Also 214, 272)

127. Wiz Khalifa - See You Again (feat. Charlie Puth)

152. Jessie J - Flashlight (Also 1032)

183. Boyz II Men & Mariah Carey - One Sweet Day (Also 865)

191. One Direction - Little Things

260. Avicii - Wake Me Up

325. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

365. Wilson Phillips - Hold On

431. Dusty Springfield - I Only Want to Be With You

599. Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else's Guy

919. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up

1067. Ben Schuller - Once I Was 7 Years Old

1324. David Guetta - Without You (feat. Usher)

Is the TOTD treatment doing much for Emeli?

Edited September 19, 20168 yr by Mango

Is the TOTD treatment doing much for Emeli?

Not yet no!

 

Dua Lipa however increasing from 59p 33 hopefully this can scrape top 40 on Friday.

Emeli's not really progressing. She's at #11 in the combined update (which jams potato arther is leading by a large margin)

 

1 James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go 1.0000

2 The Chainsmokers - Closer (feat. Halsey) 0.6763

3 Calvin Harris - My Way 0.5555

4 Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own 0.3961

5 Ellie Goulding - Still Falling for You (From "Bridget Jones's Baby" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 0.3915

6 Olly Murs - You Don't Know Love 0.3725

7 DJ Snake - Let Me Love You (feat. Justin Bieber) 0.3625

8 Sia - The Greatest (feat. Kendrick Lamar) 0.3534

9 Ariana Grande - Side To Side (feat. Nicki Minaj) 0.3269

10 Major Lazer - Cold Water (feat. Justin Bieber & MØ) 0.2774

11 Emeli Sandé - Hurts 0.2661

12 twenty one pilots - Heathens 0.2600

13 Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons - Sucker For Pain (with Logic, Ty Dolla $ign & X Ambassadors) 0.2042

14 Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha - In the Name of Love 0.1852

15 Kanye West - Fade 0.1850

16 offaiah - Trouble 0.1639

17 TIEKS - Sunshine (feat. Dan Harkna) [Radio Edit] 0.1596

18 Digital Farm Animals & Cash Cash - Millionaire (feat. Nelly) 0.1529

19 The Chainsmokers - Don't Let Me Down (feat. Daya) 0.1527

20 Matoma & Becky Hill - False Alarm 0.1512

21 Anne-Marie - Alarm 0.1471

22 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Is This Love (feat. LVNDSCAPE & Bolier) 0.1458

23 Tom Zanetti - You Want Me (feat. Sadie Ama) 0.1383

24 Justin Timberlake - CAN'T STOP THE FEELING! (Original Song From DreamWorks Animation's "Trolls") 0.1276

25 Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better 0.1276

26 Zara Larsson - Ain't My Fault 0.1209

27 Christine and the Queens - Tilted 0.1201

28 Jonas Blue - Perfect Strangers (feat. JP Cooper) 0.1191

29 Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl (Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners) - Single 0.1095

30 Bastille - Good Grief 0.1050

31 OneRepublic - Kids 0.1024

32 Dua Lipa - Blow Your Mind (Mwah) 0.0986

33 Calvin Harris - This Is What You Came For (feat. Rihanna) 0.0967

34 DNCE - Toothbrush 0.0967

35 Drake - One Dance (feat. Wizkid & Kyla) 0.0947

36 Craig David & Sigala - Ain't Giving Up 0.0853

37 Charlie Puth - We Don’t Talk Anymore (feat. Selena Gomez) 0.0790

38 Years & Years - Meteorite (From "Bridget Jones's Baby") 0.0750

39 Lady Gaga - Perfect Illusion 0.0746

40 Birdy - Wild Horses 0.0742

41 DNCE - Cake By the Ocean 0.0737

42 Lukas Graham - 7 Years 0.0732

43 Kings of Leon - Waste a Moment 0.0679

44 Adele - When We Were Young 0.0647

45 Drake - Too Good (feat. Rihanna) 0.0635

46 Ariana Grande - Into You 0.0623

47 Kungs - Don't You Know (feat. Jamie N Commons) 0.0619

48 MØ - Final Song 0.0593

49 Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) 0.0585

50 Sia - Cheap Thrills (feat. Sean Paul) 0.0574

51 Clean Bandit - Tears (feat. Louisa Johnson) 0.0566

52 Kideko & George Kwali - Crank It (Woah!) [feat. Nadia Rose & Sweetie Irie] [Radio Edit] 0.0566

53 Shawn Mendes - Don't Be a Fool 0.0544

54 twenty one pilots - Cancer 0.0530

55 Tory Lanez - Luv 0.0528

56 Wiley - Can't Go Wrong 0.0488

57 Kent Jones - Don't Mind 0.0466

58 Cheat Codes & Dante Klein - Let Me Hold You (Turn Me On) 0.0461

59 Jax Jones - House Work (feat. Mike Dunn & MNEK) 0.0439

60 The 1975 - Somebody Else 0.0436

61 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human 0.0423

62 Fifth Harmony - Work from Home (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) 0.0405

63 John Gibbons - Would I Lie to You 0.0405

64 Zara Larsson - Lush Life 0.0383

65 Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex) [feat. Fetty Wap] 0.0378

66 twenty one pilots - Stressed Out 0.0370

67 Usher - Crash 0.0340

68 Gavin James - Nervous (The Ooh Song: Mark McCabe Remix) 0.0337

69 Justin Bieber - Love Yourself 0.0337

70 The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell 0.0337

71 Drake - Controlla 0.0331

72 twenty one pilots - Ride 0.0325

73 Sia - Chandelier 0.0323

74 Hailee Steinfeld & Grey - Starving (feat. Zedd) 0.0318

75 Giggs - Lock Doh (feat. Donae'o) 0.0309

76 Savage Garden - To the Moon & Back 0.0309

77 Coldplay - Hymn for the Weekend 0.0305

78 Justin Bieber - Sorry 0.0305

79 Beyoncé - Hold Up 0.0298

80 Mike Perry - The Ocean (feat. Shy Martin) 0.0295

81 Pentatonix - Jolene (feat. Dolly Parton) 0.0284

82 Ruth B. - Lost Boy 0.0282

83 John Newman - Olé 0.0276

84 Tove Lo - Cool Girl 0.0273

85 The Shires - My Universe 0.0271

86 Imani Williams - Don't Need No Money (feat. Sigala & Blonde) 0.0266

87 gnash - i hate u, i love u (feat. olivia o’brien) 0.0262

88 KSI - Jump Around (feat. Waka Flocka Flame) 0.0262

89 Reef - Place Your Hands 0.0262

90 Disturbed - The Sound of Silence 0.0256

91 Sigala - Sweet Lovin' (feat. Bryn Christopher) [Radio Edit] 0.0246

92 Beyoncé - Sorry 0.0242

93 Knox Brown & Gallant - Reignite (Knox Brown x Gallant) 0.0242

94 NEIKED - Sexual (feat. Dyo) 0.0240

95 Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It for You 0.0237

96 Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud 0.0235

97 Eminem - Stan (feat. Dido) 0.0235

I'm struggling to think of the last shock iTunes Number 1 before James Arthur...

I'm struggling to think of the last shock iTunes Number 1 before James Arthur...

Not much would top Bring Me The Horizon from December '14 in those stakes! (although there was The 1975 a year ago with Love Me <3)

I'm struggling to think of the last shock iTunes Number 1 before James Arthur...

 

Jamie Lawson... even though he was already top 40, he jumped from 11 to 1 in the morning which shocked me at the time!

 

Yes BMTH being the only other one I can think of aside from that.

Edited September 19, 20168 yr by Rob S

Yeah, I reckon definitely BMTH!

But BMTH or Love Me were at @1 for

5 nanoseconds

James Arthur has been there for days now