if a 45 second intro was track one surely quite a few people would just skip it and start with track two especially on repeated listens. there's no way it'd go anywhere near his top three.

Most likely Jess Glynne- I'll Be There.

Yeah, the inevitable big album track hit from Drake will surely be the most mainstream leaning song that initially does well, and gets propped up by Hot Hits support throughout the week? (á la Passionfruit and Better Now)

Jess is fairly stable on iTunes, so let’s assume she’ll sell 14,000 pure sales again.

 

Think it’ll be close, CB are #5 on Apple Music whereas Jess is only #10. Here’s a rough calculation

 

Jess Glynne

iTunes: 14,000

Spotify: 16,000

 

Total: 30,000 (without Apple Music & other small sites)

 

Clean Bandit ft. Demi Lovato

iTunes: 10,500 (14,000 x 0.75 - provided that both tracks remain stable throughout the week)

Spotify: 17,000

 

Total: 27,500 (without Apple Music & other small sites)

Dare I say that with this and Anne-Marie as outsider it's the first genuine chart battle for a while? :o

Dare I say that with this and Anne-Marie as outsider it's the first genuine chart battle for a while? :o

 

Drake vs. Lil Dicky vs. Calvin Harris was a genuine chart battle (that was the closest top 3 sales-wise for years iirc).

the funniest thing would be if Drake releases his album and track 1 is a 45 second-intro, knowing how lazy people are, this could be his most streamed track as most people stream in order

with sales so low at the moment, it might go to #1 with 600K streams x day and even with 0 sales

would be kinda funny to have an album intro as UK #1 thanks entirely to album streams, at least then the occ would have to reconsider their stupid (lack of) rules :)

This isn't how it works at all, let's look at the first track of each album for each recent album track invasions:

 

Post Malone - Paranoid (third highest song)

Kanye West - I Thought About Killing You (not in the eligible top three)

Arctic Monkeys - Star Treatment (second highest song)

Ed Sheeran - Eraser (13th highest song!)

Cardi B - Get Up 10 (not in the eligible top three)

A$AP Rocky - Distorted Records (not in the eligible top three)

J. Cole - Intro (not in the eligible top three)

The Weeknd - Call Out My Name (top song, also the lead single)

XXXTENTACION - Introduction (instructions) (not in the eligible top three)

 

People stream in order, but if they played the full album from start to finish, every song would get the same plays, it wouldn't benefit the intro. People will simply not return to an album intro as a standalone track so there is no way it will end up as the top song. J. Cole is the most relevant example there.

Dare I say that with this and Anne-Marie as outsider it's the first genuine chart battle for a while? :o

 

The battle of the bisexuals

The battle of the bisexuals

Now this is something I can support *.*

The battle of the bisexuals

Post of the year

Clean Bandit up to 80% on iTunes..

 

I think they’ll take the #1.

I reckon it will be between “I’ll Be There” and “2002”

Congratulations to the 54 people who guessed correctly!

Who will be the next #1?

Anne-Marie - 2002 [ 8 ] ** [8.25%]

Ariana Grande - No Tears Left to Cry [ 3 ] ** [3.09%]

Jess Glynne - I'll Be There [ 55 ] ** [56.70%]

George Ezra - Shotgun [ 9 ] ** [9.28%]

Clean Bandit ft. Demi Lovato - Solo [ 9 ] ** [9.28%]

Something else... [ 13 ] ** [13.40%]

Total Votes: 103