April 22, 20206 yr that doesn't make sense... they were on 58.7k yesterday, cannot be on 60K today, sure they did more than 1.3k on iTunes yesterday ----- Captain Tom Moore's battle for this week's Official Number 1 single in the UK is heating up, with the gap between the Top 2 narrowing today (April 22). According to the latest sales and streaming data compiled by the Official Charts Company, The Weeknd's Blinding Lights is catching up to Captain Tom Moore and Michael Ball's You'll Never Walk Alone, who still hold the lead with 60,000 chart sales accrued so far this week. However, just over 18,000 chart sales now separate the two, compared to a gap of 27,000 yesterday (April 21). Captain Tom Moore leads the way on downloads, while The Weeknd proves himself a powerhouse on streaming. Can the 99 year-old war veteran and one-man fundraising machine fight off The Weeknd to claim victory on this Friday’s Official Singles Chart?
April 22, 20206 yr They had a lot of red and dark red Kworb updates yesterday so it’s possible I guess - also the general public seem to think it’s already #1 so hopefully the news that it’s not in the bag yet might get people downloading! I just downloaded another from Amazon - I never usually download but it’s a good cause and it would be lovely to see him get the top spot. Edited April 22, 20206 yr by ___∆___
April 22, 20206 yr yesterday they were doing 6 times more than The Weeknd on iTunes, should be at least 5K... today they've really slowed down, now it's like 3 times more than The Weeknd, so just 2-3K today...
April 22, 20206 yr Less than 2k sales from yesterday does seem quite sudden if true considering how it's been doing so far this week!
April 22, 20206 yr According to OCC, the Weeknd is only 18k behind Captain Tom. The Weeknd can piss off trying to stop Captain Tom getting #1 It's not The Weeknd's fault to be honest, it's the people who are still buying and streaming that song that are to blame. I doubt The Weeknd cares much about the UK chart this week.
April 22, 20206 yr would be a bit of a shame if they fall at the last hurdle and end up missing #1 but I suspect they'll do a last minute push tomorrow with the knowledge that they're not as safe a #1 as they may have thought?
April 22, 20206 yr would be a bit of a shame if they fall at the last hurdle and end up missing #1 but I suspect they'll do a last minute push tomorrow with the knowledge that they're not as safe a #1 as they may have thought? Luckily it seems Michael is doing that! @1252902917574713346
April 22, 20206 yr Tom just needs 5sos’ fans to get on board, then he’ll definitely have it in the bag :lol:
April 22, 20206 yr It's not The Weeknd's fault to be honest, it's the people who are still buying and streaming that song that are to blame. I doubt The Weeknd cares much about the UK chart this week. Damn those selfish people listening to whatever music they want... If YNWA somehow doesn't get the 15-20k or so it needs from here to secure #1 (which I'm sure it will) the blame surely would lie with the media outlets who claimed it had already got there.
April 22, 20206 yr Damn those selfish people listening to whatever music they want... If YNWA somehow doesn't get the 15-20k or so it needs from here to secure #1 (which I'm sure it will) the blame surely would lie with the media outlets who claimed it had already got there. I don’t think it’ll even need that much, even 10k should be more than enough, if YNWA is on 60k and BL 18k behind (which would be 42k) with only two days to go I think they’re still the favourites here by some distance.
April 22, 20206 yr Tom just needs 5sos’ fans to get on board, then he’ll definitely have it in the bag :lol: Or he needs to release a last minute remix featuring Ed Sheeran
April 22, 20206 yr Damn those selfish people listening to whatever music they want... If YNWA somehow doesn't get the 15-20k or so it needs from here to secure #1 (which I'm sure it will) the blame surely would lie with the media outlets who claimed it had already got there. If the people who are buying/streaming Blinding Lights also want captain Tom to go to #1 they could have easily gone through this whole week without helping Blinding Lights challenge for this week's number one. My original point was that The Weeknd is not actively campaigning for #1 in the UK chart this week.
April 22, 20206 yr 2 hours ago BL was still at 0.29 on Kworb Have just looked at LivePopBars and No2 is at 0.62 on Tom Looks like Tom may well be flagging at the last minute which is what I thought would happen I do want them to get the No1 but is it on the bag yet given the phantom Thursday syndrome?
April 22, 20206 yr 2 hours ago BL was still at 0.29 on Kworb Have just looked at LivePopBars and No2 is at 0.62 on Tom ?? Kworb JUST updated and BL is on 0.30, so not sure where LPB got the 0.62 from? Seems like some there's some inconsistency between the Kworb stats and the LPB stats :lol:
April 22, 20206 yr The Weeknd should have withdrawn his music from all streaming and online music stores for Captain Tom!!! Why? It's a charity single and songs sell more when there's competition.
April 22, 20206 yr ^^ Exactly, if YNWA does 80k and BL does 70k, that's more money raised than if they did say 60k and 50k.
April 22, 20206 yr Why? It's a charity single and songs sell more when there's competition. Hadji logic.
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