Damn. Only You Freestyle smashing at #2. Pleasantly surprised. Good for Headie One, I think his 'GANG' project earlier this year was an excellent one.

 

GREECE doing better than Popstar is surprising, the latter sounded like the surefire hit. Guess you can't predict these things

I was bored so I thought I'd look at where certain albums were on the OCC Albums streaming chart compared with the Apple Music one that supposedly actually measures how many people are streaming the albums and the fact no one is streaming some of these top 40 streaming albums

 

Mabel - #7 on Official Albums Streaming Chart / Below #1500 on AM Album Chart

Ed Sheeran [No.6 Collabs project] - #8 / #40

Elton John [Diamonds] - #9 / #261

Queen [Greatest Hits] - #11 / #110

Becky Hill - #13 / Below #1500

Post Malone - #14 / #58

Dua Lipa [Dua Lipa] - #17 / #207

Eminem [Curtain Call] - #19 / #206

Jax Jones - #21 / Below #1500

Fleetwood Mac [Rumours] - #26 / #75

The Beatles [1] - #32 / #493

Billie Eilish [Don't Smile At Me] - #35 / #152

Ed Sheeran [X] - #38 / #160

Jason Derulo [Platinum Hits] #39 / Below #1500

 

Surely they're gonna do something about this? I know the average person has absolutely no awareness of obscure positions on the albums chart but for those who do follow the chart in 2020 it is highkey ridiculous lmao.

Damn. Only You Freestyle smashing at #2

Number1 now unfortunately.

 

It's better Joel Corry be number 1 this Friday, because next week <_<

I was bored so I thought I'd look at where certain albums were on the OCC Albums streaming chart compared with the Apple Music one that supposedly actually measures how many people are streaming the albums and the fact no one is streaming some of these top 40 streaming albums

 

Mabel - #7 on Official Albums Streaming Chart / Below #1500 on AM Album Chart

Ed Sheeran [No.6 Collabs project] - #8 / #40

Elton John [Diamonds] - #9 / #261

Queen [Greatest Hits] - #11 / #110

Becky Hill - #13 / Below #1500

Post Malone - #14 / #58

Dua Lipa [Dua Lipa] - #17 / #207

Eminem [Curtain Call] - #19 / #206

Jax Jones - #21 / Below #1500

Fleetwood Mac [Rumours] - #26 / #75

The Beatles [1] - #32 / #493

Billie Eilish [Don't Smile At Me] - #35 / #152

Ed Sheeran [X] - #38 / #160

Jason Derulo [Platinum Hits] #39 / Below #1500

 

Surely they're gonna do something about this? I know the average person has absolutely no awareness of obscure positions on the albums chart but for those who do follow the chart in 2020 it is highkey ridiculous lmao.

 

 

Wow this is interesting! Rumours smashing!

we should send this list to James Masterson, he's been critical about how album are c counted now too

 

wow wasn't expecting Headie One/Drake to hit #1, it's a pity kworb doesn't have figures, but at least they could have percentages

like kworb has for iTunes...

Only You Freestyle #1 on Spotify. 66K lead.

Will it be top ten on Official Chart even with half a week? Impressive!

 

Popstar seems to be the one struggling of these Drake tracks, which is surprising given it's the most promoted one.

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POPSTAR is absolutely dreadful so I am glad it is not doing well. GREECE is so much better.

 

Interesting to see Only You Freestyle at #1. I really like it as well.

wow thats crazy and they did 590K

Greece now at #10 is also surprising

so I think the Headie One/Drake song has already done enough to be top 40 come Friday

and could be top 10 if they keep the same streams tomorrow

Meanwhile Headie x Drake are only #71 on US Spotify, with over 200k less streams than in the UK despite the bigger population. I guess not even Drake can give a UK drill rapper a proper US hit then, ah well.

 

Popstar also is doing a fair bit better than Greece there, #4 to #13, seems to be just the UK who prefer Greece for whatever reason.

well Greece is #1 on Rap Caviar, which might explain why it's doing better

 

Joel Corry/MNEK did 523K yesterday which is a lot for a dance track

Only You Freestyle #1 on Spotify. 66K lead.

Wow such a shame it's a middle of the week release, could have been number 1 officially! Huge numbers!

Also how it did 600K in a middle of the week with no promo on Spotify or Playlists support? no NMF of course. shocked.

Head & Heart to explode this weekend :yahoo:

I think it's more music style than being male/female

If it's a rap it's a hit, it it's pop it's a flop

there's great pop songs by males also flopping like the new James Bay which is all kinds of amazing

but it's flopping cos it's not rap, not cos male/female imho

 

Dance is also doing well as a genre and there are not single one female producers having hits, which is super sad too. Glad females are usually credited as singers at least.

 

Yes it is weird that a faceless new producer or the latest London rapper can easily get a top 10 hit but singers of mainstream pop songs really struggle.

 

Also frustrating that many of the new acts from all genres who do well can only manage a handful of hits before they're deemed over.. one mis-step and you're finished.

I think this is the first UK drill song to get to #1 on Spotify then! Not surprised at it getting there on Apple but I wasn't quite sure if it would manage it on Spotify too, was expecting more like ~#3 or so (it debuting at #37 from its first 3 hours of streams was a good sign of course but that could easily have already soaked up a lot of people just streaming it once out of curiosity).

 

It has actually already dropped back down to #2 on Apple, so I don't think it would have been contending for overall #1 even if it had dropped on Friday, but should have a good shot at giving Headie his first top 5 hit at least.

 

Meanwhile Headie x Drake are only #71 on US Spotify, with over 200k less streams than in the UK despite the bigger population. I guess not even Drake can give a UK drill rapper a proper US hit then, ah well.

 

I'm sure it would have been much higher if the credits on it had been reversed tbf, a Headie One song hitting as high as #71 on US Spotify is still pretty mad considering how little interest the States have ever had in British rap. (Also Headie does at least already have a fairly big hit there with 'Don't Rush' - Young T & Bugsey confirmed bigger in the US than Drake?? etc. :lol:)

 

Doing better on Apple in the US as well (#32). And it's as high as #38 on global Spotify!

 

well Greece is #1 on Rap Caviar, which might explain why it's doing better

 

Rap Caviar is the most influential hip-hop playlist in the US as well! Also 'POPSTAR' is still the higher track on US Apple Music too, while 'GREECE' is now the higher song on all of the major platforms in the UK, I think it's clear that 'GREECE' is just appealing more to the UK audience for whatever reason.

oh Headie One/Drake already down to #2 on Apple Music, so might be very front loaded

oh Headie One/Drake already down to #2 on Apple Music, so might be very front loaded

 

Very interesting week in terms of underground U.K music

Spotify Chart Update (21/07)

 

01 37 Headie One & Drake – Only You Freestyle 590,271 [*NEW PEAK*]

02 01 Joel Corry – Head & Heart (feat. MNEK) 523,784

03 02 DaBaby – Rockstar (feat. Roddy Ricch) 417,010

04 03 Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo – Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) 400,489

05 04 Harry Styles – Watermelon Sugar 310,341

06 05 Topic – Breaking Me (feat. A7S) 297,440

07 06 Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande – Rain On Me 277,928

08 07 AJ Tracey & Mabel – West Ten 271,583

09 08 The Weeknd – Blinding Lights 268,136

10 11 DJ Khaled – Greece (feat. Drake) 258,962 [*NEW PEAK*]

 

11 09 S1mba – Rover (feat. DTG)

12 10 Juice WRLD & Marshmello – Come & Go

13 13 AJ Tracey – Dinner Guest (feat. MoStack)

14 12 Juice WRLD – Wishing Well

15 14 Regard & Raye – Secrets

16 15 DJ Khaled – Popstar (feat. Drake)

17 16 Pop Smoke – The Woo (feat. 50 Cent & Roddy Ricch)

18 17 Tion Wayne – I Dunno (feat. Dutchavelli & Stormzy)

19 18 220 Kid & Gracey – Don't Need Love

20 19 Saint Jhn – Roses (Imanbek Remix)

 

21 21 Drake – Toosie Slide

22 20 StaySolidRocky – Party Girl

23 22 Chris Brown & Young Thug – Go Crazy

24 23 Lil Mosey – Blueberry Faygo

25 24 Powfu – Death Bed (Coffee For Your Head) (feat. Beabadoobee)

26 26 Aitch & AJ Tracey – Rain (feat. Tay Keith)

27 31 Jack Harlow – Whats Poppin (feat. DaBaby, Tory Lanez & Lil Wayne) {#18 combined} [*NEW PEAK*]

28 25 Juice WRLD – Life's A Mess (feat. Halsey)

29 30 Drake – Chicago Freestyle (feat. Giveon)

30 27 Becky Hill & Sigala – Heaven On My Mind

 

31 32 Digga D – Woi

32 29 Tones and I – Dance Monkey

33 33 Dua Lipa – Break My Heart

34 38 Nathan Dawe – Flowers (feat. Jaykae)

35 28 Pop Smoke – For The Night (feat. Lil Baby & DaBaby)

36 41 Niko B – Who's That What's That

37 36 Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved

38 40 Sam Fischer – This City

39 34 Pop Smoke – Dior

40 35 Juice WRLD & Marshmello – Hate The Other Side (feat. Polo G & The Kid Laroi)

 

41 44 Ty Dolla $ign – Ego Death (feat. Kanye West, FKA twigs & Skrillex)

43 45 Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber – Stuck With U

48 50 GRM Daily – Burning (feat. M Huncho & Dutchavelli)

50 49 Jubël – Dancing In The Moonlight (feat. Neimy)

51 54 Abra Cadabra – On Deck [*NEW PEAK*]

52 52 Young T & Bugsey – Don't Rush (feat. Headie One)

54 58 Ava Max – Kings & Queens

59 62 PS1 – Fake Friends (feat. Alex Hosking)

61 64 Rosalía – TKN (feat. Travis Scott)

63 63 M1llionz – B1llionz

70 70 Kygo & Tina Turner – What's Love Got to Do With It

74 66 The Kid Laroi – Go (feat. Juice WRLD)

76 75 Wallows – Are You Bored Yet? (feat. Clairo)

82 84 Curtis Waters – Stunnin' (feat. Harm Franklin) [*NEW PEAK*]

83 82 Deno – Circles (feat. OFB)

84 94 Daði Freyr – Think About Things

100 96 D-Block Europe – Plain Jane

 

107 104 KSI – Killa Killa (feat. Aiyana-Lee)

109 111 Rod Wave – Rags2Riches (feat. ATR Son Son) [*NEW PEAK*]

126 124 Kygo – Lose Somebody (feat. OneRepublic)

136 153 Tate McRae – You Broke Me First [*NEW PEAK*]

141 158 Nea – Some Say (Felix Jaehn Remix)

149 174 Tom Walker – Wait for You

160 161 Banners – Someone To You

162 181 Dermot Kennedy – Giants

163 169 Blackpink – How You Like That

165 170 Doja Cat – Like That (feat. Gucci Mane)

175 192 Paul Woolford & Diplo – Looking For Me (feat. Kareen Lomax) [*NEW PEAK*]

176 172 Willow – Wait a Minute!

184 173 Unknown T – Deh Deh

188 195 Jason Derulo, Puri & Jhorrmountain – Coño

198 NE The Kid Laroi – Tell Me Why [*NEW PEAK*]

199 RE Ella Henderson – Take Care of You

200 197 Dixie D'Amelio – Be Happy

 

xx 149 August Alsina & Rick Ross – Entanglements

xx 190 Lil Baby – We Paid (feat. 42 Dugg)