^they were too low in the new music friday playlist, like song #37 or something

Wow to Stormzy straight in at #13. I can see this debuting in the top 10 on Friday

Not surprised at Stormzy

Really nice to see Stormzy so high! Hope he holds up.

(he probably will what with all the roadman traphouse seshes at the weekend)

I do wonder if the UK chart will ever look like the hot 100 with not many #1s per year. It probably won't happen for a few years but once streaming becomes more popular than sales then this is how the list of #1s could look. Buzzjackers would be complaining about the lack of change at #1 all the time

#psychicdan

Stormy down to just 15.

Dua Lipa up to 34.

Hot Hits Update (05/02/17)

 

1 "Shape of You - Ed Sheeran"

2 "Call On Me - Ryan Riback Extended Remix - Starley, Ryan Riback"

3 "Touch - Little Mix"

4 "Castle on the Hill - Ed Sheeran"

5 "Text From Your Ex (feat. Tinashe) - Tinashe, Tinie Tempah"

6 "September Song - JP Cooper"

7 "You Don't Know Me - Jax Jones, Raye"

8 "Human - Rag'n'Bone Man"

9 "Paris - The Chainsmokers"

10 "Weak - AJR"

11 "Oops - Charlie Puth, Little Mix"

12 "Just Hold On - Steve Aoki, Louis Tomlinson"

13 "Rockabye (feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie) - Sean Paul, Clean Bandit, Anne-Marie"

14 "Don't Wanna Know - Maroon 5, Kendrick Lamar"

15 "Should've Been Me - Naughty Boy, Popcaan, Kyla"

16 "Water Under the Bridge - Adele"

17 "By Your Side - Jonas Blue, Raye"

18 "I Would Like - Zara Larsson"

19 "Now and Later - Sage The Gemini"

20 "The Mack - Fetty Wap, Mark Morrison, Nevada"

21 "Move Your Body - Single Mix - Sia"

22 "Scared To Be Lonely - Dua Lipa, Martin Garrix"

23 "Don't Leave - MØ, Snakehips"

24 "No Lie - Sean Paul, Dua Lipa"

25 "Be The One - Dua Lipa"

26 "All Night - Matoma, The Vamps"

27 "Shed A Light (feat. Cheat Codes) - Robin Schulz, David Guetta, Cheat Codes"

28 "You Want Me - Tom Zanetti, Sadie Ama"

29 "Miss You - James Hersey"

30 "After The Afterparty (feat. Lil Yachty) - Charli XCX, Lil Yachty"

31 "Not In Love - M.O, Kent Jones"

32 "Solo Dance - Martin Jensen"

33 "Safe Inside - James Arthur"

34 "Bad Things - With Camila Cabello - Camila Cabello, Machine Gun Kelly"

35 "I Feel It Coming - The Weeknd, Daft Punk"

36 "Run Up (feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR & Nicki Minaj) - Major Lazer, Nicki Minaj, PARTYNEXTDOOR"

37 "Love On Me - Galantis, Hook N Sling"

38 "Issues - Julia Michaels"

39 "Love Me Now - John Legend"

40 "I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker) - ZAYN, Taylor Swift"

41 "Big For Your Boots - Stormzy"

42 "Oh Lord - MiC LOWRY"

43 "How Far I'll Go - From ""Moana"" - Alessia Cara"

44 "All We Know - The Chainsmokers, Phoebe Ryan"

45 "Sexual - NEIKED"

46 "So Good - Louisa Johnson"

47 "Love$ick - A$AP Rocky, Mura Masa"

48 "Find Me - Radio Edit - Birdy, Sigma"

49 "Everglow - Single Version Edit - Coldplay"

50 "Say You Won't Let Go - James Arthur"

not bad for stormy dropping just 2 places

Wowzer at Stormzy :o

 

hope Believer can recover at some point soon, my fave Imagine Dragons since their first album!

 

Burak Yeter - Tuesday #190 -_- don't really like the song but at least if it smashes i can say i called it in december #psychic7 etc.

I find it incredible that Train are still nowhere to be seen.

I find it incredible that Train are still nowhere to be seen.

Probably because R2 and Heart listeners generally don't stream.

Poor Train. Looks like they'll be doing a Robbie Williams

Probably because R2 and Heart listeners generally don't stream.

 

Well yes, but still given how it's doing on iTunes you'd think there would be at least some kind of correlation. Is it because Spotify haven't acclaimed it to any key playlists yet?

Is it because Spotify haven't acclaimed it to any key playlists yet?

Well yes, that too.

Surely if people want to hear a song, they don't just rely on playlists? :rolleyes:

 

If I wanted to listen to Train, I'd search for it. People can't be THAT clueless to not know what songs are current and worth listening to :lol:

Edited February 5, 20178 yr by lewistgreen

I think a lot of Spotify users *are* though. There is a clear correlation to being featured on Spotify playlists and doing well in the chart. Then there's the people who only stream the UK Top 50.

It really stinks that these playlists have so much of an influence on the chart, why is the industry always controlled by a few people pulling strings? (Not that I care much that the Train song isn't on them, just the general sentiment bugs me!)

 

I suppose it's not going to change though, people would be in uproar if Spotify took the playlists away as there are so many passive listeners who don't want to put any effort in whatsoever to finding music to listen to (why not just turn on the radio?).

 

But 'with great power comes great responsibility' and it would be nice if the playlists were updated or shuffled around more frequently or if more new songs were given a chance. It would certainly shake up the charts and help new artists to break through.

Exactly! If anything the charts are now more manipulated than ever because of that very thing, and record companies blatantly pay for a space on one of these playlists. It's a bad situation really.

at least we don't have boybands entering in the top 5 only to fall out of the top 40 three weeks later!