Yessss pov, I love this so so much :wub: I'd love it to be a huge hit for her and I think it could be!

The accompanying TikTok trend for this sounds nauseating but I'm happy that it's helping 'pov' take off :kink: a gorgeous closing track from her new album :wub:

pov is a highlight from Positions, gorgeous track and feels quite well suited to winter! :heart:

This is one of the best tracks from the album, but I really wish 'My Hair' could be one to get a chart placement as it's easily the best song on it.

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This is the best of the album tracks which I've heard thus far (and probably ever)

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Finding this a bit dull tbh...

21 | 21 | 12th week

 

BTS

Dynamite

 

 

1st single from BE

Released: 21st August 2020

Label: BigHit Entertainment

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (03/09/2020) | 3-13-18-21-19-19-19-20-15-18-21-21

 

Sales: 200k+

Certification: Silver

Status: Standard Chart Ratio

 

01 Sales

15 Audio Streaming

01 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

BTS (Korean: 방탄소년단; RR: Bangtan Sonyeondan), also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a seven-member South Korean boy band who began formation in 2010 and debuted in 2013. The septet co-writes and produces much of their output. Originally a hip hop group, their musical style has evolved to include a wide range of genres. Their lyrics, often focused on personal and social commentary, touch on the themes of mental health, troubles of school-age youth, loss, the journey towards loving oneself, and individualism. Their work features references to literature and psychological concepts and includes an alternative universe storyline. The group has staged several world tours.

 

The group initially formed as teenagers under Big Hit Entertainment and released their debut single album, 2 Cool 4 Skool (2013). Subsequent work such as their first U.S. Billboard 200 entries The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 2 (2015), The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever (2016), and Wings (2016) helped establish BTS' reputation as a socially conscious group. Wings became BTS' first album to sell one million copies in South Korea. By 2017, BTS crossed into the international music market, leading the Korean Wave into the United States and breaking numerous sales records, becoming the first Korean group to receive a certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for their single "Mic Drop". The band is the first Korean act to top the Billboard 200 with their studio album Love Yourself: Tear (2018) and have since hit the top of the U.S. charts with their albums Love Yourself: Answer (2018), Map of the Soul: Persona (2019) and Map of the Soul: 7 (2020), making BTS the fastest group since the Beatles to earn four number one albums in less than two years. Love Yourself: Answer also broke South Korea's Gaon Album Chart's all-time monthly record previously set by Love Yourself: Tear and became the first Korean album certified Platinum in the United States.

 

Having sold over 20 million albums on the Gaon Music Chart, BTS is the best-selling artist in South Korean history and holds the best-selling album in South Korea with Map of the Soul: 7. BTS were the second best-selling artists of 2018 worldwide according to the IFPI's Global Artist Chart, as well as the only non-English speaking artist to enter the chart. The group has won Top Social Artist three years in a row and Top Duo/Group at the 26th Billboard Music Awards. Featured on Time's international cover as "Next Generation Leaders", BTS has appeared in the magazine's 25 most influential people on the internet (2017–2019) and Time's 100 most influential people in the world (2019), with the outlet giving them the nickname "Princes of Pop". Forbes Korea named BTS the most influential celebrities of Korea in 2018 and 2020, and BTS ranked 43rd in the Forbes Celebrity 100 (2019) as one of the world's top-earning celebrities. BTS are ranked #4 of Billboard's Top Social Artist of the 2010s, and are the highest group on the list. During their Love Yourself World Tour, BTS became the first Asian and first non-English speaking act to headline and sell out Wembley Stadium; and broke the record for the single highest-grossing engagement in Rose Bowl Stadium history. Billboard ranked BTS at #45 on their Top Touring Artists of the 2010s list, being the highest-ranked Asian as well as the only non-English speaking act on the list. As of 2019, BTS are purportedly worth more than $4.65 billion to South Korea's economy each year, or 0.3 percent of the country's GDP. BTS attracted one in every 13 foreign tourists that visited South Korea and were cited as one of the key acts boosting global music sales to $19 billion in 2018.

 

Following the establishment of their Love Myself anti-violence campaign in partnership with UNICEF, BTS addressed the United Nations 73rd General Assembly and became the youngest ever recipients of the Order of Cultural Merit from the President of South Korea due to their contributions in spreading Korean culture and language. - iTunes

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2017 90 DNA -1-

2017 43 MIC Drop (feat. Desiigner) -2-

2018 42 FAKE LOVE -1-

2018 21 IDOL -1-

2018 57 Waste It On Me (Steve Aoki feat. BTS)

2019 13 Boy With Luv (feat. Halsey) -1-

2019 68 Make It Right (feat. Lauv) -2-

2019 74 Mikrokosmos -AT-

2019 61 Dream Glow (BTS & Charli XCX) -1-

2020 46 Black Swan -PS-

2020 21 ON -1-

2020 100 Filter -AT-

2020 03 Dynamite -1-

 

0 x #1 | 1 x Top 5 | 1 x Top 10 | 2 x Top 20 | 4 x Top 40 | 13 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

BTS

 

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It just wouldn't be a chart show without it :D

 

(Hopefully not on ACR next week!)

Impressive longevity for 'Dynamite'! It's not an absolute BTS favourite for me but stupendously catchy nevertheless.

So out of 21 times of being outside the Top 10 either here or in First Look, this has been skipped.. maybe twice?

So happy to see POV getting a life of its own, my immediate favourite from the album. So beautiful :wub:

BTS presumably getting played again because their fans would burn down Radio 1 if they didn't. Still like this one more than I thought I would.

so what's the verdict for this...was this a huge hit or not?

20 | 25 | 6th week

 

Shawn Mendes

Wonder

 

 

1st single from Wonder

Released: 2nd October 2020

Label: Island Records

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (15/10/2020) | 21-27-23-28-25-20

 

Sales: 70k+

Certification: -

Status: Standard Chart Ratio

 

20 Sales

33 Audio Streaming

42 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

Shawn Mendes once said the best advice he ever got about how to handle pre-show jitters came from his then-tourmate Taylor Swift. “Just remember,” Swift said. “Everyone’s here to have fun.” Fun? Yeah, sure. But they were also there to see Mendes perform, share his feelings, bare his soul. “When you’re writing something super-honest and about people you care about and things you’ve been through, the last thing you want to do is re-live upsetting experiences,” Mendes told Apple’s Music around the release of his 2018 self-titled album. “But that’s the music that travels and connects with people.” And therein lies the rub. Soulful but soft, wholesome without sounding like he’s hiding something, Mendes is the rare artist who has managed to find audiences in both the teen-pop and adult-contemporary set, blending singer-songwriter conventions with the lighter sides of R&B and dance music, bucking trends in part by ignoring them to begin with.

 

Born in the Toronto suburbs in August 1998 (a Leo—confident and optimistic), Mendes started out by uploading six-second covers of pop songs onto the video-sharing service Vine. Like Justin Bieber on YouTube before him, he navigated the leap from covers to original material, from making content to forging a career, modelling himself on the sound of artists, like John Mayer and Ed Sheeran—superstars whose charm lies, in part, in how un-super they seem. Within a couple of years, he released his first album, Handwritten. Success was huge and immediate. Illuminate arrived in 2016, followed by Shawn Mendes in 2018, marking transitions toward adult themes—anxiety, sexuality—without shedding the brightness or earnestness that made him appealing to begin with. “The hardest thing in the world is to wake up in the morning and be, like, ‘Today I’m me, regardless of how big of a song “Stitches” was,’” Mendes told Apple Music, referring to his 2015 breakthrough single. “The best way to do it is to ignore that and take your step forward in what you think sounds amazing. And that’s kind of all you can do.” - iTunes

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2014 99 Life Of The Party -1-

2014 09 Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart) (The Vamps feat. Shawn Mendes)

2015 01 Stitches -2- MILLIONAIRE

2016 42 I Know What You Did Last Summer (Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello) -3-

2016 06 Treat You Better -1- MILLIONAIRE

2016 15 Mercy -2-

2017 04 There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back -3- MILLIONAIRE

2018 10 In My Blood -1-

2018 30 Lost In Japan (Shawn Mendes & Zedd) -2-

2018 35 Youth (feat. Khalid) -IG-

2018 91 Where Were You In The Morning? -IG-

2018 54 Nervous -PS-

2019 09 If I Can't Have You -3-

2019 01 Señorita (Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello) -4- MILLIONAIRE

2020 20 Wonder -1-

 

2 x #1 | 3 x Top 5 | 7 x Top 10 | 9 x Top 20 | 11 x Top 40 | 15 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

Shawn Mendes

 

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BTS presumably getting played again because their fans would burn down Radio 1 if they didn't. Still like this one more than I thought I would.

 

So what are they gonna do when it "mysteriously" drops out of the top 40 completely I wonder?

new peak for 'Wonder" :cheer:

 

Shawn songs always grow with me months after they come out :wub:

YAY! Glad 'Wonder' has finally scraped a top 20 peak, I really think it's his best song to date, or one of at least. Such a shame it's being underappreciated :(

Wonder going top 20! :heart:

Pleased that this has finally reached the top 20 for Shawn! I'm surprised that this gets quite a hard time on here - a strong return I think.

19 | 23 | 4th week

 

James Arthur

Train Wreck

 

 

Album track from Back from the Edge

Released: 28th October 2016

Label: Sony Music Entertainment Germany

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (29/10/2020) | 69-24-23-19

 

Sales: 100k+

Certification: -

Status: Standard Chart Ratio

 

90 Sales

39 Audio Streaming

19 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

James Arthur was the victor of the British X Factor's ninth season in 2012, winning the public vote with a rendition of Shontelle's rousing ballad "Impossible." Born in Middlesbrough, England, Arthur had written and performed in various bands since the age of 15, as well as performing solo in pubs and bars in his hometown. Many of the singer/songwriter's early recordings illustrate the pop/rock and hip-hop influences that helped shape his unique voice and style. Before he appeared on The X Factor, Arthur made it into the final 200 contestants of the U.K.'s The Voice TV series in 2011, without managing to progress any further. A year later, he auditioned for The X Factor, where he sang judge Tulisa Contostavlos' song "Young" and subsequently made it through the boot-camp round and into the live shows.

 

From then on, Arthur showcased his considerable talents and slowly improved under the watchful eye of mentor Nicole Sherzinger. He was pitted against Jahméne Douglas and Christopher Maloney in the final round of the contest, where he impressed the audience with performances of Cy Grant's "Feeling Good," Bob Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love," and Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On." The final song of the evening -- the version of Shontelle's "Impossible" -- was released immediately after Arthur was announced as the winner and made it to number one in the U.K. and Ireland, while also charting across Europe. He then went on tour with the X Factor show, playing across the U.K. in huge, sold-out arenas such as Wembley and the Birmingham LG.

 

After his X Factor success, Arthur worked alongside singer/songwriter Labrinth and Graham Stack (JLS, Take That, Westlife) in preparation for his debut album. He put out the eponymous release later that year; the album featured "Impossible" and "Roses" (with Emeli Sandé), as well as follow-up singles "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You," "Recovery," and "Get Down." Arthur departed from Syco Music the following year and briefly returned to the scene with an independent release, the rap mixtape All the World's a Stage. The singer/songwriter made a return in 2016, signing a record deal with Columbia and issuing his second full-length effort, Back from the Edge. The stripped-down and reflective record was led by the singles "Say You Won't Let Go" and "Remember Who I Was." The next year, he was featured on Rudimental's "Sun Comes Up" and issued his own solo single, "Naked." Arthur released a string of singles in 2018, including "Rewrite the Stars," a duet with Anne-Marie that was featured on The Greatest Showman: Reimagined. - iTunes

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2012 01 Impossible -1- MILLION SELLER

2013 02 You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You -2-

2013 97 Wrecking Ball (Alonzo Holt feat. James Arthur)

2013 96 Get Down -4-

2013 19 Recovery -3-

2016 01 Say You Won't Let Go -1- MILLIONAIRE

2017 31 Safe Inside -2-

2017 69 Can I Be Him -3-

2017 06 Sun Comes Up (Rudimental feat. James Arthur)

2017 11 Naked -1-

2018 91 You Can Cry (Marshmello, Juicy J & James Arthur)

2018 53 You Deserve Better -2-

2018 22 Empty Space -3-

2018 07 Rewrite The Stars (James Arthur & Anne-Marie) -OST-

2018 04 The Power Of Love (Dalton Harris feat. James Arthur)

2019 52 Nobody (Martin Jensen & James Arthur)

2019 25 Falling Like The Stars -4-

2019 77 Quite Miss Home -5-

2020 10 Lasting Lover (Sigala & James Arthur)

2020 19 Train Wreck -AT-

 

2 x #1 | 4 x Top 5 | 7 x Top 10 | 10 x Top 20 | 13 x Top 40 | 20 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

James Arthur

 

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