So another year has passed, with only ten number ones, but how many will we see in the charts next year, and what kind?

 

Feel free to specify your answers in the thread and vote in the polls ^_^

 

How many #1's will there be?

How many #1's will be by British artists?

What genre will make up most #1's?

Which artist(s) will have the most #1's?

There'll be 5 no.1s and Dido will have the biggest selling single of the year.

Hey mdh! -_-

 

12-15

Pure pop

5-8

Clean Bandit

Edited December 31, 20168 yr by cqmerqn

I think there will be more :no1: in 2017 but not by much, probably scrape the amount in 2016.

Think it will be focused on EDM/Dance but wouldn't be surprised to see pop or hip-hop in some :no1:

2-4 English :no1:

Edited December 31, 20168 yr by TMD_24

12-15

EDM

5-8 English

12-15

Pop/EDM (mostly pop but alot of them will be a combo of both)

5-8 English

Which artist(s) will have the most #1's? - Chainsmokers I guess?

Due to steaming changes, there will be more number ones in 2017

12-15

Indie, it could make a comeback with the new sales ratio

2-4 English

Which artist(s) will have the most #1's? hmmm... could be quite a few having debut hits that we haven't heard of yet, so I say nil on that one

Could we change English to British please?

^ done!

 

I've voted:

 

12-15 #1s

Pure pop (although I expect we'll get more pop songs with dance/urban influences really)

5-8 British #1s (probably the lower end)

16/19

EDM (all dance)

5/8

Due to steaming changes, there will be more number ones in 2017

 

What are steaming changes? :lol:

For those undecided between whether pure pop or EDM will have more #1s:

 

the pop songs to make #1 in 2016 were 'Stitches', 'Pillowtalk', '7 Years', 'Say You Won't Let Go' and 'Shout Out To My Ex' which altogether spent 14 weeks at #1

 

the EDM songs to make #1 in 2016 were 'I Took A Pill In Ibiza', 'Cold Water', 'Closer' and 'Rockabye', which altogether spent 21 weeks at #1 (and that's not counting 'One Dance' which is very EDM-influenced).

 

could go either way really but safe to say EDM is incredibly popular now, quite amazing that EDM songs have spent longer at #1 in the year.

EDM should have been divided into two on the list, chilled, and lively. Lively EDM isn't likely to dominate the top 40 though, there was a period with Tears, Cry and Give Me Your Love when it looked like it might be coming back. But most chart EDM is chilled at the minute.

 

I wonder will we see more lively EDM during the second half as everyone hopefully gets bored of the chilled minimal stuff around at the moment?

I'd definitely welcome more songs like I Took A Pill In Ibiza

I think by the end of 2017 there will have been a definite shift away from tropical house or dancehall influenced #1's. To what genre is difficult to say. Perhaps afrobeats or (my tip) early 00's influences.

I think by the end of 2017 there will have been a definite shift away from tropical house or dancehall influenced #1's. To what genre is difficult to say. Perhaps afrobeats or (my tip) early 00's influences.

 

Early 00s would mean trance, funky house, UK garage, lively Christina Millian type R&B, soft rock ballads like in the style of Travis or early Coldplay, or a return to more fun hip hop like Eminem, Shaggy or Fatman Scoop had in the early 00s.

 

All of them sound better to what we have today.

16-19

EDM (All Dance)

5-8 British

 

The new streaming ratio should help the #1 turnover somewhat.

12-15

EDM

2-4 British

Artist: Ed Sheeran I guess

Just me thinking Tribal Lithuanian Sitar Interludes will take off in a big way? :unsure: I think Capital would really get on board with them.