12. Jax Jones - Instruction (feat. Demi Lovato & Stefflon Don)

 

Hopefully this and Tom Zanetti/Karen Harding's More and More can become official top 10 hits this year so we can have some dance songs doing well in the charts that aren't tropical house/future bass. Also would like to see High Contrast - The Beat Don't Feel The Same go top 40 officially, but this is unlikely.

 

Dismayed to see that not great (imo) James Hype and Kelli Leigh sped up cover version of More Than Friends near the itunes top 40. Why couldn't Kelli Leigh's much better song with Watermat, Won't Stop had the itunes success?

 

Jaded - In The Morning seems to back on the rise too up to #125. This needs Radio 1 playlist/iTunes Hot Songs adding!

Edited August 6, 20177 yr by Slitherhisser

Snakey, You mean Kelli-Leigh's track with Watermat right? :P

I think Feels is headed for the official #1 this week.

I think Feels is headed for the official #1 this week.

And me, here's the daily stats atm...

 

Spotify:

Despacito - 510,000 / 300 = 1,700

Feels - 377,066 / 150 = 2,514

 

iTunes:

Despacito = 4,055

Feels = 3,711

 

OVERALL:

Despacito = 1,700 + 4,055 = 5,755

Feels = 2,514 + 3,711 = 6,255

And me, here's the daily stats atm...

 

Spotify:

Despacito - 510,000 / 300 = 1,700

Feels - 377,066 / 150 = 2,514

 

iTunes:

Despacito = 4,055

Feels = 3,711

 

OVERALL:

Despacito = 1,700 + 4,055 = 5,755

Feels = 2,514 + 3,711 = 6,255

 

I also think that Feels has a strong chance at #1 this week. I would treat those iTunes sales figures with some caution however, because we know that Despacito only sold 22k last week which works out at just over 3k a day on average

 

I would treat those iTunes sales figures with some caution however, because we know that Despacito only sold 22k last week which works out at just over 3k a day on average

In that case, that helps Feels even more. Good.

What's Wild Thoughts doing?

Snakey, You mean Kelli-Leigh's track with Watermat right? :P

 

Edited. Yup thats what I meant, sorry got the two 'mats' confused. I am quite sure I have heard of another dance producer with 'mat' at the end of his name too!

Edited August 6, 20177 yr by Slitherhisser

What's Wild Thoughts doing?

At the moment these are my daily calculations based on iTunes and Spotify~

 

Feels - 6,255

Despacito - 5,755

Wild Thoughts - 4,606

New Rules - 4,519

Unforgettable - 4,039

Sun Comes Up - 4,002

SUBEME LA RADIO - 3,606

Are you counting all 3 versions of

Unforgettable? Cos i have it much higher

 

But yes I also think Calvin will easily be @1

Edited August 6, 20177 yr by Bjork

so Matt Terry is probably getting a top 10 this week? Great!!

Instruction up to #11 but Despacito has benefited from the top 10 effect and has pulled away :(

4. The Script - Rain

 

Kamaliya up to 24 and 76...

 

I'm not sure what her husband is trying to achieve here? No media outlet has passed comment on it and he's just ultimately wasting a load of money as nothing is happening officially.

 

He's obviously trickle buying more than a thousand copies every week at the moment, so why not just abandon the current pointless strategy and do a bulk purchase Sunday afternoon to ensure it goes top 10 for a bit and then the Big Top 40 show would have to play it, giving her a valuable radio play and maybe creating a bit more sensation, rather than it going completely unnoticed.

 

She keeps tweeting about 'climbing the charts' (sales chart that is) but I don't see how she can genuinely get any joy out of this, when nobody is actually buying the song to listen to it and she knows exactly what's going on.

Edited August 7, 20177 yr by gooddelta

Again I ask, where is the proof this is happening? I keep reading this speculation here unless I'm missing something.

Kamaliya up to 24 and 76...

 

I'm not sure what her husband is trying to achieve here? No media outlet has passed comment on it and he's just ultimately wasting a load of money as nothing is happening officially.

 

He's obviously trickle buying more than a thousand copies every week at the moment, so why not just abandon the current pointless strategy and do a bulk purchase Sunday afternoon to ensure it goes top 10 for a bit and then the Big Top 40 show would have to play it, giving her a valuable radio play and maybe creating a bit more sensation, rather than it going completely unnoticed.

 

She keeps tweeting about 'climbing the charts' (sales chart that is) but I don't see how she can genuinely get any joy out of this, when nobody is actually buying the song to listen to it and she knows exactly what's going on.

 

The problem is that the song isn't that great just a poppy version of the big room house style (in other words a bit like Neon Jungle - Braveheart in terms of style but not as good). I wish she would go 00s style eurodance with her next release, I am sure that nostalgic sound would get more people interested than than the style of Make Me Feel.

 

If the theories on here are right about the bulk buying, then targeting streaming rather than itunes, such as paying to get on the big streaming site playlists would be more effective I would think and probably cheaper too!

 

Again I ask, where is the proof this is happening? I keep reading this speculation here unless I'm missing something.

 

Yeah another thing doesn't make sense with the theory, if itunes chart manipulating bulk buying is taking place then why hasn't her husband arranged for the song to be made 59p?

Edited August 7, 20177 yr by Hiß

21. Kamaliya - Make Me Feel

There's no proof but it's pretty obvious that some manipulation is happening here. Nobody has heard of the woman or the track yet she has been charting for weeks with a song that has just gone over 1,000 plays on Spotify. It's also been #1 on Ireland iTunes and her album is #5 there!

 

There were also reports last year of her husband bankrolling her career with a £20m cash injection, so he's not going to care how much it costs to hype her into the charts, it would only cost him a few thousand pounds but he'd have to do it discreetly, and have a large street team downloading it (which may well be happening), otherwise the OCC would see all the sales coming from the same IP address.

 

There's no logical explanation I can see for this other than arranged bulk buying, but if it turns out these are all legit sales then good on her, I'd love to know where her fanbase are! Every time she tweets she also gets lots of retweets and likes but never any replies, which I find quite bizarre too for a popstar with a supposed fanbase that keep buying her records that aren't played or promoted anywhere :lol:

Shame that Camila Cabello - Havana has dropped to 70, it's much better than anything she's put out so far.

Kamaliya up to 24 and 76...

 

I'm not sure what her husband is trying to achieve here? No media outlet has passed comment on it and he's just ultimately wasting a load of money as nothing is happening officially.

 

He's obviously trickle buying more than a thousand copies every week at the moment, so why not just abandon the current pointless strategy and do a bulk purchase Sunday afternoon to ensure it goes top 10 for a bit and then the Big Top 40 show would have to play it, giving her a valuable radio play and maybe creating a bit more sensation, rather than it going completely unnoticed.

 

She keeps tweeting about 'climbing the charts' (sales chart that is) but I don't see how she can genuinely get any joy out of this, when nobody is actually buying the song to listen to it and she knows exactly what's going on.

 

It'd be interesting to know how he's doing it. I don't think it's even possible to pay for a download on iTunes more than once - it would tell you you already have it. So is he creating thousands of new accounts with different credit card numbers? But how?