Drake would've been #2 this week, so Rudimental still wouldn't have overtaken him!

Mental!! They got very lucky then.

 

I can't believe a song that might as well be by The Lonely Island is number 1 this week. I now feel like "Like A Boss" and "I'm On A Boat" should've smashed :lol:

So "These Days" HAS turned out to be an artificial number 1 then. I wonder if Drake would've fallen 1-3 without ACR this week, because if so this'd be the 9th week at 2 in a row for "These Days"!

 

You say artificial, but the chart has technically been artificial ever since streams were included in the chart. In that somebody's had to come up with the formula. And now all they've done is change the formula.

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Definitely the best #1 of the year so far, not that it’s really saying much!

You say artificial, but the chart has technically been artificial ever since streams were included in the chart. In that somebody's had to come up with the formula. And now all they've done is change the formula.

It's just the term we've used here since ACR was applied, so "Wild Thoughts", "Feels" and initially "New Rules" were also 'artificial' number 1s.

Can't say I like Freaky Friday, but it is quite catchy and is getting quite a bit of airplay now on Capital, so it was always destined for #1. Next week should be interesting though with Calvin/Dua One Kiss and another new track from Drake.

It's just the term we've used here since ACR was applied, so "Wild Thoughts", "Feels" and initially "New Rules" were also 'artificial' number 1s.

 

Fair enough. It just makes it sound like Rudimental didn't deserve their week at #1.

Fair enough. It just makes it sound like Rudimental didn't deserve their week at #1.

A fart would've deserved number 1 over "God's Plan" :P

Ew Jesus, gross

no surprises, it was always gonna be #1 when the missing streams were to be added

 

but pretty poor #1, still don't get its appeal, funny video but that's it

'Freaky Friday' isn't exactly a massive fave for me and I don't really get much out of it listening to it without the video, but it's a hell of a lot better than 'These Days' at least, and it's also miles better than Chris Brown's one other #1 (of all the Chris Brown songs that could possibly have been his one #1 as lead artist, 'Turn Up The Music' seems like an absolutely bizarre 'choice', basically his most formulaic and nothingy song ever. At least it wasn't 'Don't Wake Me Up' though which was utterly painful...) so I'm ok with it being #1 for now. x

 

Really liking the sound of this new Calvin song!

Fair enough. It just makes it sound like Rudimental didn't deserve their week at #1.

They definitely deserved a week or two considering how long they were stuck behind Drake, and I don't even like These Days!

but pretty poor #1, still don't get its appeal, funny video but that's it

It reminds me of when I was a teenager and we had songs like the below doing the rounds and I'd rinse them for about a week so I can understand the equivalent happening with streams. Surely it'll have a fairly short lived chart run.

 

It reminds me of when I was a teenager and we had songs like the below doing the rounds and I'd rinse them for about a week so I can understand the equivalent happening with streams. Surely it'll have a fairly short lived chart run.

 

 

I would be here for this being a #1 tbh

 

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It's just occurred to me that 'Freaky Friday' is actually the first #1 produced by DJ Mustard (as far as I can tell) :o quite surprising that he's suddenly only got one now after he seemed to have gone quiet after being everywhere a few years back.

come on Calvin go save the chart

Fair enough. It just makes it sound like Rudimental didn't deserve their week at #1.

 

I think it is fair to say that though, them getting a week at #1 was a fluke even within the context of all #1s being somewhat arbitrary in the streaming era. Rudimental and Drake were both on their 10th chart week last week, so their week at #1 was determined not by their sales last week but by their performance in the previous 3 weeks (with Rudimental happening to have a gain at some point during that timeframe while Drake didn't, so they avoided ACR pretty arbitrarily).

 

I know these are just the rules we have to live with currently but it's still a little frustrating :P

Ewwwwwwwwwww at that #1

'Freaky Friday' isn't exactly a massive fave for me and I don't really get much out of it listening to it without the video, but it's a hell of a lot better than 'These Days' at least, and it's also miles better than Chris Brown's one other #1 (of all the Chris Brown songs that could possibly have been his one #1 as lead artist, 'Turn Up The Music' seems like an absolutely bizarre 'choice', basically his most formulaic and nothingy song ever. At least it wasn't 'Don't Wake Me Up' though which was utterly painful...) so I'm ok with it being #1 for now. x

 

Really liking the sound of this new Calvin song!

 

Freaky Friday is far worse than both Turn Up The Music or Dont Wake Me Up. At least I still remember how those go, I doubt I'll remember how Freaky Friday goes in 1 month tbh.

Freaky Friday is far worse than both Turn Up The Music or Dont Wake Me Up. At least I still remember how those go, I doubt I'll remember how Freaky Friday goes in 1 month tbh.

 

Not even 'I woke up in Chris Brown's booooodyyyyy'? That seems like a pretty distinctive and memorable hook :P (especially compared to the zero effort chorus of 'Turn Up The Music').

Not even 'I woke up in Chris Brown's booooodyyyyy'? That seems like a pretty distinctive and memorable hook :P (especially compared to the zero effort chorus of 'Turn Up The Music').

Also, is this the first number 1 to contain "vagina" as a lyric? That'd be pretty unique and memorable.

Yeah Freaky Friday has catchy hook and the video but other than that it was awful as a song itself and it's shameful to see this song hit top 10 let alone let alone topped the chart.