This week "Messy" is one of those very rare tracks that is number 1 in both sales and streaming but, due to ACR, not number 1 overall.

I think this happened to Despacito in 2017, can anyone think of any other instances?

w/e 11 July 2019 - 'Old Town Road' was #1 on Sales, Audio Streaming, Video Streaming and combined Streaming, but #7 officially, and even if it hadn't been on ACR it would have been #2 behind 'I Don't Care', evidently because the latter must have had a stronger ratio of premium (paid) streams.

There have probably been other occasions, but none immediately spring to mind.

On 08/03/2025 at 00:03, jimwatts said:

w/e 11 July 2019 - 'Old Town Road' was #1 on Sales, Audio Streaming, Video Streaming and combined Streaming, but #7 officially, and even if it hadn't been on ACR it would have been #2 behind 'I Don't Care', evidently because the latter must have had a stronger ratio of premium (paid) streams.

There have probably been other occasions, but none immediately spring to mind.

w/e 16 January 2020 Dance Monkey. Own It official number 1.

w/e 2 April 2020 Blinding Lights. Roses official number 1.
These were number one on combined streaming and sales, but number 2 officially.

And this why ACR needs scrapping.

I really don't think ACR should affect the No.1 spot. If a song is No.1 for 10+ weeks let it have all its weeks at No.1 THEN put it on ACR.

I like the idea of the #1 spot immunity from ACR. I get how it’s created to push fresher songs up but denying literally the most popular song #1 no matter how many weeks it’s been there seems a bit forced.

But it could also be my OCD speaking looking at those ugly ass 1-1-1-1-1-1-8-out-12-7-14 chart runs. (Also judging the 3-song rule a bit oops)

Am I correct in understanding that there's not been a song that would be #1, but misses out due to being on ACR and never actually gets there officially? I've felt for a while that the nature of chart runs nowadays runs a bit afoul of ACR's rigid system and it's totally possible, so I'm surprised if it still hasn't.

Just now, Dircadirca said:

Am I correct in understanding that there's not been a song that would be #1, but misses out due to being on ACR and never actually gets there officially? I've felt for a while that the nature of chart runs nowadays runs a bit afoul of ACR's rigid system and it's totally possible, so I'm surprised if it still hasn't.

Correct - “All I Want For Christmas Is You” was in that position for a while and “Running Up That Hill” for 1 week but both then did reach #1. “APT.” has come close to being the old rules #1 but not quite made it.

Personally doesn't bother me if everything that should of got number 1 got it anyway

Messy drops to number 11 tonight.

Its ACR sales are 22,188 - however it would still be number 1 if on SCR with pre-adjusted sales of 42,705 compared to Pink Pony Club at number 1 with sales of 39,032.

“APT.” confirmed as having a record 10th week at #2 on old rules. “Pink Pony Club” still hasn’t climbed higher than #3.