August 20, 20168 yr errr... really :blink: we only had 1 British #1 this year... go figure Afele, Coldplay, Florence, Rita Ora comin back etc.
August 20, 20168 yr I find it horrendous that songs can spend the whole week in the iTunes top 40 but not even make the top 10 officially. What?
August 20, 20168 yr I was going to say we do have a pinned topic for all streaming discussion, instead of having endless topics regarding streaming :drama: Sorry, didn't realise that.
August 20, 20168 yr Well it is true that the charts are becoming more Americanised, but this was a thing long before streaming existed too. Anyway, we have over a quarter of the top 40 singles by British artists so it's not tragic. Likewise with the album chart which has even more British artists. The real problem is how hard it is for new acts to break through which needs to be addressed by the music industry soon. More Radio 1 airtime and Spotify exposure to new acts would be great. 03 03 21 Calum Scott ~ Dancing On My Own 12 10 16 Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna ~ This Is What You Came For 15 16 12 Clean Bandit Feat. Louisa Johnson ~ Tears 19 35 06 Olly Murs ~ You Don't Know Love 20 18 09 Bastille ~ Good Grief 22 31 11 TIEKS Feat. Dan Harkna ~ Sunshine 24 22 13 Anne-Marie ~ Alarm 27 21 14 Adele ~ Send My Love (To Your New Lover) 29 26 11 M.O ~ Who Do You Think Of? 33 30 31 Coldplay ~ Hymn For The Weekend 35 33 15 Dua Lipa ~ Hotter Than Hell 36 38 05 Snakehips Feat. Zayn ~ Cruel 01 01 02 Blossoms ~ Blossoms 03 04 320 Electric Light Orchestra ~ All Over The World - The Very Best Of 06 07 39 Adele ~ 25 07 08 37 Coldplay ~ A Head Full Of Dreams 09 21 25 The 1975 ~ I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It 12 15 52 Jess Glynne ~ I Cry When I Laugh 13 14 10 Rick Astley ~ 50 14 02 02 Giggs ~ Landlord 15 18 113 Ed Sheeran ~ x 17 05 03 Viola Beach ~ Viola Beach 18 20 06 Biffy Clyro ~ Ellipsis 19 22 74 James Bay ~ Chaos And The Calm 20 17 05 Michael Kiwanuka ~ Love & Hate 21 28 381 Amy Winehouse ~ Back To Black 22 32 117 Sam Smith ~ In The Lonely Hour 23 27 41 Little Mix ~ Get Weird 24 24 12 Catfish And The Bottlemen ~ The Ride 29 36 329 David Bowie ~ Best Of Bowie 34 50 126 Gregory Porter ~ Liquid Spirit 35 41 166 Bastille ~ Bad Blood 36 26 15 Radiohead ~ A Moon Shaped Pool 38 51 59 Years & Years ~ Communion 39 44 291 Adele ~ 21
August 20, 20168 yr Because with sales, people buy singles only once, the chart will have a tendency to be much slower than a sales only chart. However this year the charts have been so slow compared to any other year recently. Only one new entry this week is shocking, a summer week and not the week after Christmas when this would traditionally be the case. In history we will have less chart records this year to look back on as our favourites and I think this is quite sad. Whereas years in the 2000s and early 2010s have loads of tracks to consider as our favourite top 40 tracks from those years. Record company bosses fear we could have returned to the dark times of the early-2000s, when US acts such as Eminem took over the UK industry.(Sun article) I disagree with this there were considerably more British acts in the UK chart in the early 2000s than now. There was UK Garage which was distinctly British, and other dance acts such as Jakatta and Flip and Fill were British. Edited August 20, 20168 yr by TheSnake
August 20, 20168 yr Well it is true that the charts are becoming more Americanised, but this was a thing long before streaming existed too. Anyway, we have over a quarter of the top 40 singles by British artists so it's not tragic. Likewise with the album chart which has even more British artists. The real problem is how hard it is for new acts to break through which needs to be addressed by the music industry soon. More Radio 1 airtime and Spotify exposure to new acts would be great. What? There's way too much exposure for new acts if you ask me. Radio 1 is terrible these days, older acts never get a look in because they're too busy trying to shove a new act down your throat :rolleyes: Looking at the top 10, I see barely anything but new artists. There's too many British acts as well tbh Lol this is why I stopped caring about the charts Edited August 20, 20168 yr by No Sleeep
August 20, 20168 yr You've stopped caring about the charts, yet here you are posting on the chart forum :lol:
August 20, 20168 yr What? There's way too much exposure for new acts if you ask me. Radio 1 is terrible these days, older acts never get a look in because they're too busy trying to shove a new act down your throat :rolleyes: Looking at the top 10, I see barely anything but new artists. Let's see the top 10, then. All bolded acts are established and not at all new - proving your point incorrect. Major Lazer feat. Justin Bieber & MØ DJ Snake feat. Justin Bieber Calum Scott The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey Jonas Blue feat. JP Cooper The Chainsmokers feat. Daya twenty one pilots Drake feat. Wizkid & Kyla Shawn Mendes Drake feat. Rihanna
August 20, 20168 yr I remember similar articles when digital sales were introduced to the charts... Streaming is here to stay and digital sales will continue to shrink. That's just the way it is.
August 20, 20168 yr What? There's way too much exposure for new acts if you ask me. Radio 1 is terrible these days, older acts never get a look in because they're too busy trying to shove a new act down your throat :rolleyes: Looking at the top 10, I see barely anything but new artists. There's too many British acts as well tbh Lol this is why I stopped caring about the charts Radio 2 is for older acts mostly I thought.....Anyway Tiesto still gets some airplay on Radio 1 and he's been around for ages....I think its good that Radio 1 plays loads of new tracks but the problem is that the same, usually global hit artists (Beiber, Drake) or massive pan European tropical house artists (Kungs, Sigala) tend to be most successful and stay in the top 40 for weeks on end. Rock bands can be played on A list for a few weeks and still not come near the top 40. Edited August 20, 20168 yr by TheSnake
August 20, 20168 yr You've stopped caring about the charts, yet here you are posting on the chart forum :lol: I'm only here for the artists forums
August 20, 20168 yr Let's see the top 10, then. All bolded acts are established and not at all new - proving your point incorrect. Major Lazer feat. Justin Bieber & MØ DJ Snake feat. Justin Bieber Calum Scott The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey Jonas Blue feat. JP Cooper The Chainsmokers feat. Daya twenty one pilots Drake feat. Wizkid & Kyla Shawn Mendes Drake feat. Rihanna I think we have different definitions of established... I wouldn't call DJ Snake, The Chainsmokers, Shawn Mendes or Twenty One Pilots established
August 20, 20168 yr I think we have different definitions of established... I wouldn't call DJ Snake, The Chainsmokers, Shawn Mendes or Twenty One Pilots established But there is less old sounding music in the charts too, rock, disco and trance are rare or non-existent these days.
August 20, 20168 yr Sorry, didn't realise that. Vidcapper just out of interest are you named after a cap on a video camera lens to protect the lens from collecting dust when the video camera is not in use?
August 20, 20168 yr Yes, radio should definitely still give established acts the time of day but what about up-and-coming artists like Christine and the Queens, Dua Lipa, Anne-Marie and M.O who had to face a bit of a struggle to get into the upper reaches of the charts and don't necessarily get lots of airplay on commercial radio, because they're still playing songs that were hits months ago more regularly. The top 10 most played songs on Capital in the past month: 1 This Is What You Came For by Calvin Harris feat. Rihanna 261 plays 2 Too Good by Drake 260 plays 3 Don't Let Me Down by The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya 232 plays 4 Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes 221 plays 5 Tears by Louisa Johnson & Clean Bandit 220 plays 6 Girls Like by Tinie Tempah Feat. Zara Larsson 213 plays 7 Cheap Thrills by Sia Feat. Sean Paul 210 plays 8 Don't Mind by Kent Jones 204 plays 9 The Middle by Dj Snake Ft Bipolar Sunshine 203 plays 10 Light It Up by Major Lazer Feat. Fuse Odg & Nyla 200 plays why is Light It Up, Cheap Thrills, Girls Like and Middle still getting so much airtime??? More focus should be given to NEW songs and breaking NEW artists.
August 20, 20168 yr Blossoms seem to be the only British act to really breakthrough so far this year on the album charts, I''ve noticed other new acts like Jack Garrett have had one week high in the album charts but then vanished from the charts. So it does seem acts are struggling but is it down to streaming? I don't know, apple music have a New Artist playlist, does Spotify have one dedicated to new artists?
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