February 16, 20214 yr I don’t think there’s ever been another period where the singles market has been so healthy but also where the chart has been so democratic and free of record company or chart rule interference. Apart from the small matter of nearly all singles being held back from being available to download for over a month to cram all of their sales into one week and the record labels no doubt colluding to avoid clashing their major releases in the same week :P
February 16, 20214 yr Some utter drivel in there, especially The Club Is Alive! Also some real non-events of Number 1s. I thought the likes of Twighlight and Roll Deep might have been typos on the original list, had no memory of them existing :o , though it seems Roll Deep are quite popular on here
February 17, 20214 yr Apart from the small matter of nearly all singles being held back from being available to download for over a month to cram all of their sales into one week and the record labels no doubt colluding to avoid clashing their major releases in the same week :P Sure - I'm not saying things were perfect back then by any means. Some songs did climb to their peak but most of the #1s were held back. I just feel a bit of nostalgia for the few years when more or less the whole universe of music was available but everything could chart on an equal footing based on 1 sale = 1 sale. There were very good reasons why it couldn't last of course.
February 17, 20214 yr Author NO 207 (Cont'd)- ZERO POINTS 2013-19 Let's Get Ready To Rhumble PJ & Duncan No 1 for 1 week in April 2013- Seems you don’t want to walk memory lane with this one- here after they performed it live on “Saturday Night Takeaway” The Monster Eminem Featuring Rihanna No 1 for 1 week in November 2013- 8 No 1’s between them in the 2010s but you clearly don’t like this one much! Skyscraper Sam Bailey No 1 for 1 week in December 2013- Another X Factor winning single bites the bullet The Man Aloe Blacc No 1 for 1 week in April 2014- An uncredited vocal on Avicii’s “Wake Me Up” probably helped him to No 1. Stay With Me Sam Smith No 1 for 1 week in May 2014- They’ve got 7 chart toppers so they won’t be too worried to lose one at this stage! Wake Me Up Gareth Malone's All Star Choir No 1 for 1 week- November 2014- Another charity chart topper gets the boot but then we have Avicii’s original in the rate so you know…. Something I Need Ben Haenow No 1 for 1 week in December 2014- More X Factor misery as this leaves- Matt Cardle and James Arthur are the only winning X Factor debut releases to get points! Lay Me Down Sam Smith Featuring John Legend No 1 for 2 weeks in March 2015- The Sam Smith cull continues- this was for Comic Relief- Marvin Gaye Charlie Puth Featuring Meghan Trainor No 1 for 1 week in August 2015- You do not want to “get it on” with this track- both have other offerings so fingers crossed! A Bridge Over You Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir No 1 for 1 week in December 2015- Justin Bieber pleaded to us to buy this and then you give it zero points….. Say You Won't Let Go James Arthur No 1 for 3 weeks in October 2016- So just to upset the trend you give his X factor winning track points but not this one. Poor James. Bridge Over Troubled Water Artists For Grenfell No 1 for 1 week in June 2017- Charity record- tick, out you go! These Days Rudimental Featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen No 1 for 1 week in April 2018- 8 weeks at No 2 so I suppose it can be thankful for making No 1 at all. Rudimental have two other tracks left but can this really be the only Jess Glynne record to leave on zero points? Eastside Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid No 1 for 1 week in September 2018- no love for this one which only made No 1 by 139 “chart sales” We Built This City Ladbaby No 1 for 1 week in December 2018- another charity casualty- seems we don’t like sausage rolls as much as three Christmas No 1’s might suggest. Beautiful People Ed Sheeran Featuring Khalid No 1 for 1 week in July 2019- So both Khalid chart toppers are pointless and gone! Take Me Back To London Ed Sheeran Featuring Stormzy No 1 for 5 weeks in September 2019- Another Ed Sheeran elimination- good job he’s got another 6 in the running. River Ellie Goulding No 1 for 1 week in December 2019- Buzzjack gets its revenge on Alexa……
February 17, 20214 yr Obviously expected the novelty/charity records but I'm shocked to see 'Let's Get Ready To Rhumble', 'The Monster' and 'Say You Won't Let Go' on zero points :o Edited February 17, 20214 yr by Mangø
February 17, 20214 yr Very surprised that nobody voted for 'The Monster'. Otherwise a load of old tosh and charidee records. PJ & Duncan is a guilty pleasure though.
February 17, 20214 yr Most of those are deserved but I do quite like 'The Monster'. It was actually a #1 in my chart at the time but hasn't held up super well, hence not even including it in my votes. Still good though, if overshadowed by 'Rap God', which definitely remains my favourite of that era.
February 17, 20214 yr These Days leaving on nothing is a shame, I came close to giving that one points. River I enjoy a lot as a Christmas record, but wasn't in consideration for points from me.
February 17, 20214 yr 'Say You Won't Let Go' was one of the last songs I cut from my list, aww. Also like both of the Ed Sheeran songs (they're not quite my faves from his #1s but they didn't deserve to get 0 if 'River' and 'I Don't Care' managed to avoid that fate...!) and 'Let's Get Ready To Rhumble' was obviously an iconic moment for the charts as well xx I am surprised at Dan not voting for 'These Days' - more than happy to see that one going though of course. Lol bai to 'The Man' (this is really one of the more inexplicable #1s in recent history), 'Stay With Me' and 'Marvin Gaye' as well.
February 17, 20214 yr It's a shame both the tracks that Khalid featured on got zero points but I can't say I actually like either of them. If only something from the American Teen album had made #1!
February 18, 20214 yr Quite a few shocks in the second nul points list as others have mentioned - for me particularly Eastside which I think was a unique track and These Days which would have been around my 32nd choice!
February 18, 20214 yr Looks like Say You Won't Let Go and Take Me Back To London were the only songs not to go through which spent more than 2 weeks at #1.
February 18, 20214 yr Surprised at a lot of these getting zero points tbh! I guess only having 30 votes and probably a lot of those concentrating on some of the same songs makes it hard to make space. (also more fuel to the idea that Say You Won't Let Go's permanent Spotify presence is just some botnet and nobody actually cares about it) Edited February 18, 20214 yr by Dircadirca
February 18, 20214 yr Author 204- 1 POINT I Love Sausage Rolls Ladbaby (Voter: Sevenseize) No 1 for 1 week in December 2019- So both Ladbaby’s chart toppers managed to attract 1 vote between them! 7 Years Lukas Graham (Voter: donnahjaneymack) No 1 for 5 weeks in February/March 2016- I always think the cover is a bit creepy…maybe just me. Love You More JLS (Voter: Gezza) No 1 for 1 week in November 2010- even with iconic lyrics and my support the rest of you were unimpressed. But it is for charity and we know how you feel about that….
February 18, 20214 yr With Ladbaby out, I think that's all the songs which made huge nosedives from #1 gone - only Senorita is left that fell from #1 to outside the Top 10, and that was an ACR-induced 1-11.
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