When Spice Girls were number one, their singles were mainly bought by adults for themselves. I miss those times :/

14. Mabel - Don't Call Me Up

 

 

i've written an article in regards to this situation. share ur comments if u have

 

https://hey-whatever-thats-life.weebly.com/...teresting-chart

 

I just like how you quoted and replied to yourself in the same post :lol:

 

I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s a teenage chart more that it’s a lazy persons chart, in which just click Spotify and play most played, rather than taking the effort to go find and discover new music, we just play what’s their :lol:

What are you talking about?

 

Is this because Westlife aren't really relevant anymore in the singles chart? Their single would have charted even lower if it weren't for the OCC's newest rules.

 

Please justify why they would chart lower... Although i doubt there is a justification...

 

And yes the new Ariana #1 is a shame...

Please justify why they would chart lower... Although i doubt there is a justification...

 

And yes the new Ariana #1 is a shame...

Because less people are listening to them. If Ava Max is getting 400,000 plays a day and Westlife are getting 80,000, why should Westlife be ranked higher in the chart?

Because less people are listening to them. If Ava Max is getting 400,000 plays a day and Westlife are getting 80,000, why should Westlife be ranked higher in the chart?

 

he said westlife would chart lower if the new rules werent in place...

he said westlife would chart lower if the new rules werent in place...

 

I'm guessing it's because there are songs higher up the Spotify chart that are on ACR, so they are actually getting marked down (penalised) for having been out longer.

If that rule wasn't there, they would all be ahead of Westlife.

I just like how you quoted and replied to yourself in the same post :lol:

 

I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s a teenage chart more that it’s a lazy persons chart, in which just click Spotify and play most played, rather than taking the effort to go find and discover new music, we just play what’s their :lol:

I get that it is lazy in most people choose a playlist now rather than hunt for specific artists, but this is no different to people tuning into a radio station they like and relying on them to introduce music. Very few actively seek out music themselves. The big difference is people no longer have to make a conscious decision to invest money into a single/album where they can now just get everything for free

Edited January 24, 20196 yr by GTH

he said westlife would chart lower if the new rules werent in place...

Which is because not as many people have been watching, listening to and buying Westlife's song. Overall, Westlife just haven't been as popular as other songs, regardless of how well they did on one specific platform.

OCC turned UK charts into a teenage chart... Anyone enjoys it this way?

 

 

i've written an article in regards to this situation. share ur comments if u have

 

https://hey-whatever-thats-life.weebly.com/...teresting-chart

 

There are a lot of things in your article that are only half true and also shows that you haven't really understood how the UK singles chart work and what the UK singles chart is.

It is not a teenage chart and also not an adult chart or fan chart or a chart with the most popular songs. It is a consumption chart after all, you like it or not. The UK singles chart just shows what the UK people consume from the music market. IT was once a sales chart but in our times consumption is not just buying something, but also streaming. The sales of songs in the UK are dramatically falling and more and more are replaced by streaming. I personally don't want to see a chart that has a number 1 with less than 10.000 copies and that's the point the UK singles chart reached already a year ago.

5-6 years ago weekly 2-1million songs were bought on the online shops and music stores. The last year we haven't seen a week (if I remember well) with more than 1 million sales, but rather less than 900.000 sales. So in my opinion the OCC reacted in time and well to the new consumptions habits of the customers.

 

On the other side the customers of the non classical music market came mostly from the younger audience, that hasn't changed much today either. So that the UK chart is a teenage chart is not a valid argument. :)

When Spice Girls were number one, their singles were mainly bought by adults for themselves. I miss those times :/

Were they? Their fans were teenagers at the time surely?

who was buying Kylie and Jason back in the day? :D

 

I thought your blog came just out of bitterness instead of research, which is what not should have been, you really haven't had any interest in the charts in the last 109 years and it shows that you really cannot grasp how it goes

 

the charts have always been dynamic, formats change, streaming has not been the first big change, actually the change from CD singles to downloads changed the charts completely and many artists fort example big fan fase acts like Manic Street Preachers that had no trouble having hit after hits thanks to loyal fans buying CD singles, stopped having hits like before in the downloads era. Rock and indie suffered the most probably.

And same now with streams. But these are changes that need to be made. You criticise but don't offer a solution, what do you want? revert to sales only? You know how many downloads are sold every day? The #1 does 1-2K max nowadays, with the song at #100 selling 10 copies a day. Do you want a chart based on that? a chart where 10 people buy a song and it charts...

Please justify why they would chart lower... Although i doubt there is a justification...

 

?

 

You have to stop blaming the charts. Westlife are an old, extinct act when it comes to the singles chart, it's nothing to do with "OCC tampering to make a teenage chart". They've done way better than pretty much anyone would have expected (apart from you, it seems).

 

And I just looked at the official untampered top 200 without ACR and Westlife would have charted 10 places lower at #23 so you should be thankful for the new chart rules.

Update to come in a few hours but Sub Focus has cracked the top 200! :cheer:

 

We also have yet another new xxxtentacion song which is just outside top 100

 

Mabel up to 14 should please a few and Calvin is now top five!

So happy for 'Don't Call Me Up' :yahoo:

When Spice Girls were number one, their singles were mainly bought by adults for themselves. I miss those times :/

i'd have said it was mainly kids...?

^I was totally joking, just to point out that young people have always been the biggest audience for pop music.

I get that it is lazy in most people choose a playlist now rather than hunt for specific artists, but this is no different to people tuning into a radio station they like and relying on them to introduce music. Very few actively seek out music themselves. The big difference is people no longer have to make a conscious decision to invest money into a single/album where they can now just get everything for free

 

Big difference is radio didnt dictate the chart you still had to actively find the music for it to contribute to the charts, in the case of major playlist these do dictate the charts with the odd exception

 

Spotify Daily Chart Update (23/01)

01 [01] Ariana Grande – 7 rings 829,510

02 [02] Ava Max – Sweet but Psycho 417,003

03 [03] Post Malone – Wow. 410,182

04 [04] Sam Smith & Normani – Dancing With A Stranger 386,816

05 [07] Calvin Harris & Rag'n'Bone Man – Giant [*NEW PEAK*] 324,862

06 [08] Halsey – Without Me 314,503

07 [06] Post Malone & Swae Lee – Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) 309,212

08 [05] Ariana Grande – thank u, next 307,859

09 [09] Mark Ronson – Nothing Breaks Like a Heart (feat. Miley Cyrus) 254,265

10 [10] Jax Jones & Years & Years – Play 221,669

 

11 [11] Travis Scott – SICKO MODE

12 [12] NSG – Options (feat. Tion Wayne)

13 [13] Gesaffelstein – Lost in the Fire (feat. The Weeknd)

14 [20] Mabel – Don't Call Me Up [*NEW PEAK*]

15 [14] Meek Mill – Going Bad (feat. Drake)

16 [16] Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved

17 [15] Kodak Black – ZEZE (feat. Travis Scott & Offset)

18 [18] Zara Larsson – Ruin My Life

19 [17] benny blanco – Eastside (with Halsey & Khalid)

20 [19] Khalid – Saturday Nights

 

21 [21] Ellie Goulding & Diplo – Close To Me (feat. Swae Lee)

22 [22] Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – Shallow

23 [23] Headie One – 18HUNNA (feat. Dave)

24 [26] Billie Eilish – when the party's over

25 [25] George Ezra – Shotgun

26 [24] Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes

27 [27] Dave – Funky Friday (feat. Fredo)

28 [30] Chris Brown – Undecided [*NEW PEAK*]

29 [28] Calvin Harris & Sam Smith – Promises

30 [29] Marshmello – Happier (feat. Bastille)

 

31 [33] Ariana Grande – imagine

32 [38] Khalid – Better

33 [31] Sheck Wes – Mo Bamba

34 [32] Post Malone – Better Now

35 [37] Flipp Dinero – Leave Me Alone [*NEW PEAK*]

36 [36] Tyga – Taste (feat. Offset)

37 [35] Loud Luxury – Body (feat. Brando)

38 [34] AJ Tracey - Psych Out!

39 [45] Russ splash – Gun Lean {#12 combined} [*NEW PEAK*]

40 [42] Little Mix – Woman Like Me (feat. Nicki Minaj)

 

41 [43] James Arthur & Anne-Marie – Rewrite The Stars

46 [47] Cadet & Deno Driz – Advice

52 [51] 6ix9ine – KIKA (feat. Tory Lanez)

55 [54] A Boogie Wit da Hoodie – Look Back At It

57 [53] Catfish and the Bottlemen – Longshot

58 [64] George Ezra – Hold My Girl

64 [81] Clean Bandit – Baby (feat. Marina and The Diamonds & Luis Fonsi)

70 [72] A Boogie Wit da Hoodie – Swervin (feat. 6ix9ine) [*NEW PEAK*]

72 [70] Russ splash – Gun Lean Remix (feat. Ms Banks, Lethal Bizzle, Taze, LD & Digga D)

76 [78] Swarmz – Bally (feat. Tion Wayne) [*NEW PEAK*]

77 [86] benny blanco & Calvin Harris – I Found You

80 [80] Cardi B – Money

85 [74] James Blake – Mile High (feat. Metro Boomin & Travis Scott)

87 [105] The Chainsmokers – Hope (feat. Winona Oak) [*NEW PEAK*]

89 [89] Kehlani – Nights Like This (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)

93 [96] Anne-Marie – Perfect To Me

100 [115] Westlife – Hello My Love

 

104 [103] Lewis Capaldi – Grace

112 [NE] XXXTENTACION - Sauce! [*NEW PEAK*]

113 [113] A Boogie Wit da Hoodie – Startender (feat. Offset & Tyga)

117 [123] Seeb & Bastille – Grip

126 [127] Fredo – Survival of the Fittest

128 [125] Logic – Keanu Reeves

132 [131] Sam Smith – Fire On Fire - From "Watership Down"

159 [173] CamelPhat & Cristoph – Breathe (feat. Jem Cooke)

160 [174] Bring Me The Horizon – medicine

172 [146] Future – Crushed Up

173 [168] FISHER – Losing It

174 [NE] Bring Me The Horizon – mother tongue [*NEW PEAK*]

177 [177] 5 Seconds of Summer – Lie To Me (feat. Julia Michaels)

178 [158] Future – First Off (feat. Travis Scott)

187 [187] Marshmello & Roddy Ricch – Project Dreams

189 [RE] benny blanco & Juice WRLD – Roses (feat. Brendon Urie)

191 [RE] Elderbrook – Old Friend

194 [RE] Hozier – Almost (Sweet Music)

196 [NE] Sub Focus & Dimension – Desire [*NEW PEAK*]

200 [63] Foals – Exits

 

OUT [175] Yxng Bane – Problem (feat. Fredo)

OUT [197] Sigrid – Don't Feel Like Crying

Was the new XXX released middle of the day? Otherwise, it's a huge flop for his new stand alone track.