He may not have beaten Bryan Adams' record but he's got a chance of beating Frankie Laine's record

Absolutely no way lol it has number 1 written all over it whoever released it.

 

I'm Sure even if Lisa Scott Lee released it she would've had that long awaited number 1 hit :D

I'm Sure even if Lisa Scott Lee released it she would've had that long awaited number 1 hit :D

Okay let's be more realistic rather than taking my comment completely literally :D

but could have easily been a Rihanna single

And why has Kendrick Lamar released an album full of 1 letter words and in block capitals, with a full stop at the end on every track :drama: its a mess. -_- :(

And why has Kendrick Lamar released an album full of 1 letter words and in block capitals, with a full stop at the end on every track :drama: its a mess. -_- :(

I'd call it very concise myself :P

Thankfully I expect the Kendrick influx will be shorter-lived than the Ed and Drake impacts as he's less of a big name, will end up with a few top 40s this week anyway though I expect. Yawn.

One that would only have been a middling hit if released by anyone else, too.

 

LMAO the denial is real

One that would only have been a middling hit if released by anyone else, too.

Agreed. I don't think anyone else would've survived the 'Cheap Thrills' comparisons as much as he has, to the point it would've hindered the success slightly!

LMAO the denial is real

Absolutely - it's huge because it's huge, not just because of Ed Sheeran - it's as infectious as "Call Me Maybe" or "Can't Get You Out Of My Head". It will be seen as a pop classic.

And why has Kendrick Lamar released an album full of 1 letter words and in block capitals, with a full stop at the end on every track :drama: its a mess. -_- :(

 

I'd be quite happy with that seeing as his last album was just a list of dates :heehee:

Yeah, the British public are really getting this Kendrick album wrong.

 

'FEAR', 'LUST', 'LOVE' and 'FEEL' are the 4 standouts for me and they are all waaaaay too low.

 

All the one's up high are the worst tracks :lol:

 

The tracks high up are the ones higher up the tracklist (..or playlist, hi Drake) - there is little indication of popularity after just 1 day of streaming.

It's Sir Kendrick's turn to be clogging up the singles chart with his album tracks this Friday but at least he'll push out some of Drake's and Ed's album tracks

'DNA' and 'LOYALTY' are the only tracks of Kendrick's other than 'HUMBLE' in the iTunes top 100 just now. Depending on how they hold up (I predict they will already start falling down Spotify by tomorrow) there is a possibility that only those two album tracks will trouble the top 40. 'ELEMENT', 'YAH' and 'BLOOD' (although I can't imagine people streaming this intro much on it's own come tomorrow) could maybe sneak in somewhere between 30-40 I suppose, but it is definitely won't be no Drake/Ed take over (as much as I'd like it to be).

Shape Of You has been deservedly huge I think... gets a lot of love across the board. Even sounds good in a club, never thought that'd be true of an Ed Sheeran track! :lol:

 

Undeniable tune.

Absolutely - it's huge because it's huge, not just because of Ed Sheeran - it's as infectious as "Call Me Maybe" or "Can't Get You Out Of My Head". It will be seen as a pop classic.

 

Well, of course it will a pop classic becuase it's been a huge hit, even if it is a bit generic. It doesn't mean that his name hasn't been a huge reason of why the song has been huge. I just think if, say, Maroon 5 had released the exact same song and it would have peaked at around #5. The fact that the song was originally intended for Little Mix goes to show that it could have been anyone's, but really only he could have made it a 10+ week #1.

for Little Mix? Wasn't Shape intended for Rihanna??

 

anyway, Kendrick going down a bit

 

5 5 Humble

10 6 DNA

15 10 Loyalty ft Rihanna

21 14 Element

25 18 Yah

27 24 Feel

29 27 Pride

32 31 Love

33 25 XXX ft U2

37 29 Lust

39 17 Blood

50 42 Fear

 

at the top

1 Galway 448K

2 Shape 442K + ?

3 Symphony 438K

for Little Mix? Wasn't Shape intended for Rihanna??

 

The idea of Rihanna came further down the line.

oh didn't know, just read it now

 

"Do you know what, the actual story is, we started it for Little Mix originally," he explained. "And then halfway through I was like, 'Actually this sounds like it could be good for Rihanna'.

Spotify Chart Update [15/04/17]

 

RELEVANT-

03 Clean Bandit - Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson) [9k off #1]

05 Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE.

06 Zedd - Stay (feat. Alessia Cara)

08 Martin Jensen - Solo Dance

10 Kendrick Lamar - DNA.

11 Bruno Mars - That's What I Like

12 Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times

15 Kendrick Lamar - LOYALTY. (feat. Rihanna)

16 Jason Derulo - Swalla (feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign)

19 Julia Michaels - Issues

20 Future - Mask Off

24 Lorde - Green Light

26 ZAYN - Still Got Time (feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR)

28 Little Mix - No More Sad Songs (feat. Machine Gun Kelly)

42 Martin Solveig - Places (feat. Ina Wroldsen)

46 J HUS - Did You See?

48 KYLE - iSpy (feat. Lil Yachty)

 

64 Calvin Harris - Heatstroke (feat. Ariana Grande, Pharrell Williams & Young Thug)

72 Louisa Johnson - Best Behaviour

79 Wizkid - Come Closer (feat. Drake)

82 Khalid - Location

85 KATO & Sigala - Show You Love (feat. Hailee Steinfeld)

92 Lil Uzi Vert - XO Tour Life

95 Post Malone - Congratulations (feat. Quavo)

 

102 Cheat Codes - No Promises (feat. Demi Lovato)

105 G-Eazy & Kehlani - Good Life

108 Jon Bellion - All Time Low (feat. Stormzy)

110 Maggie Lindemann - Pretty Girl (Cheat Codes x CADE Remix)

111 French Montana - Unforgettable (feat. Swae Lee)

112 Halsey - Now Or Never

117 Disciples - On My Mind

120 Chris Brown - Privacy

 

151 Sia - Move Your Body

166 WHTKD - Say To Me

169 Not3s - Addison Lee

175 Royal Blood - Lights Out

179 Auli'i Cravalho - How Far I'll Go

181 Xxxtentacion - Look At Me!

 

PEAKS-

TBC