Ed Sheeran has probably calculated the whole era in advance to ensure he remains at number one right up until gone Christmas. for one his new single very conveniently drops the week that Bad Habits is going to ACR.

It looks like 'Jail' and 'Ok Ok' have had the numbers of the original and Pt 2 versions combined today as they both only appear once in the update (the latter having the Pt 2 version as the one that appears for whatever reason), though weirdly 'Junya' and 'Jesus Lord' both have their Pt 2 version appearing separately. I guess everything about this rollout has been a mess so Spotify charts glitching is par for the course :lol: assuming it'll be fixed later in the week. It appears 'Jail' wouldn't have hit #1 without being combined, given it's only ~90k ahead of 'STAY' and the lowest of his album tracks did 89k (with all the others over 100k). That is unless the numbers for 'Jail Pt 2' were just not counted at all for some reason.

 

Very impressive numbers anyway especially for an unannounced midweek and midday drop - I know this album has been long awaited but tbh I was thinking the constant delays and general messiness might backfire and just lead to people getting bored before the album even dropped, guess that clearly isn't the case and there was still a huge base of people who were going to check it out the day it dropped no matter the circumstances! Whether it has any longevity is a different question of course.

 

I would guess that the 2 versions of 'Jail' will be combined as Pt 2 is basically just a remix as I understand (a needlessly provocative remix at that, but Kanye gonna Kanye I guess), but who knows really x

Hopefully Ed will be at the top for even longer than that, if his new single is well received then it could be #1 for 7 weeks up until the album release, then another song from the album could take over until the end of the year (if it can overcome the xmas tracks)

 

Let's hope the songs are better than the last 2 eras in which he really hit rock bottom as a songwriter with those crappy melodies and even crappier lyrics :o

sorry Ed

If Visiting Hours couldn't go #1 (or top 3 for that matter) just like that, it's not guaranteed for the rest of the songs either.

Kanye has the whole top 10 in the US

with Jail doing more than 4.2 million

It looks like 'Jail' and 'Ok Ok' have had the numbers of the original and Pt 2 versions combined today as they both only appear once in the update (the latter having the Pt 2 version as the one that appears for whatever reason), though weirdly 'Junya' and 'Jesus Lord' both have their Pt 2 version appearing separately. I guess everything about this rollout has been a mess so Spotify charts glitching is par for the course :lol: assuming it'll be fixed later in the week. It appears 'Jail' wouldn't have hit #1 without being combined, given it's only ~90k ahead of 'STAY' and the lowest of his album tracks did 89k (with all the others over 100k). That is unless the numbers for 'Jail Pt 2' were just not counted at all for some reason.

 

Very impressive numbers anyway especially for an unannounced midweek and midday drop - I know this album has been long awaited but tbh I was thinking the constant delays and general messiness might backfire and just lead to people getting bored before the album even dropped, guess that clearly isn't the case and there was still a huge base of people who were going to check it out the day it dropped no matter the circumstances! Whether it has any longevity is a different question of course.

 

I would guess that the 2 versions of 'Jail' will be combined as Pt 2 is basically just a remix as I understand (a needlessly provocative remix at that, but Kanye gonna Kanye I guess), but who knows really x

 

Jail Pt II was added to the album late, it might not have been live long enough to be counted in yesterday's update.

If Visiting Hours couldn't go #1 (or top 3 for that matter) just like that, it's not guaranteed for the rest of the songs either.

 

Well yes he's not guaranteed #1 with his next single but it should definitely have a far better chance than 'Visiting Hours'. Ed is really just about the only artist who can casually go top 5 with promo singles.

 

Jail Pt II was added to the album late, it might not have been live long enough to be counted in yesterday's update.

 

It was only missing for a few hours, I don't think that would make that much difference (and that definitely doesn't explain 'Ok Ok'!)

Spotify Chart Update (29/08)

 

01 NE Kanye West - Jail 556,024 [both versions combined] [*NEW PEAK*]

02 01 The Kid Laroi - Stay (feat. Justin Bieber) 465,061

03 NE Kanye West - Off The Grid 407,878 [*NEW PEAK*]

04 NE Kanye West - Hurricane 401,216 [*NEW PEAK*]

05 02 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits 394,964 [#2 combined] 466,752

06 NE Kanye West - Ok Ok pt 2 371,588 [both versions combined] [*NEW PEAK*]

07 NE Kanye West - God Breathed 339,241 [*NEW PEAK*]

08 03 Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U 308,597

09 NE Kanye West - Praise God 306,912 [*NEW PEAK*]

10 NE Kanye West - Jonah 271,231 [*NEW PEAK*]

 

11 NE Kanye West - Believe What I Say [*NEW PEAK*]

12 06 Lil Nas X - Industry Baby (feat. Jack Harlow)

13 NE Kanye West - Moon [*NEW PEAK*]

14 04 Jonasu - Black Magic

15 05 Becky Hill & David Guetta - Remember

16 NE Kanye West - Donda Chant [*NEW PEAK*]

17 NE Kanye West - Junya [#8 combined] 333,967 [*NEW PEAK*]

18 NE Kanye West - 24 [*NEW PEAK*]

19 07 Doja Cat - Need To Know

20 NE Kanye West - Heaven and Hell [*NEW PEAK*]

 

21 NE Kanye West - Remote Control [*NEW PEAK*]

22 09 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever

23 NE Kanye West - No Child Left Behind [*NEW PEAK*]

24 NE Kanye West - Donda [*NEW PEAK*]

25 08 Joel Corry & Jax Jones - Out Out (feat. Charli XCX & Saweetie)

26 11 Måneskin - Beggin'

27 14 Dave - Clash (feat. Stormzy)

28 13 Digga D - Wasted (feat. ArrDee)

29 10 Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix - Heartbreak Anthem

 

30 17 Doja Cat - Woman

31 NE Kanye West - Keep My Spirit Alive [*NEW PEAK*]

32 15 Måneskin - I Wanna Be Your Slave

33 20 Glass Animals - Heat Waves

34 12 Rain Radio & DJ Craig Gorman - Talk About

35 16 Doja Cat - Kiss Me More (feat. SZA)

36 NE Kanye West - Jesus Lord [#14 combined] 256,464 [*NEW PEAK*]

37 18 KSI - Holiday

38 NE Kanye West - Pure Souls [*NEW PEAK*]

39 NE Kanye West - New Again [*NEW PEAK*]

40 22 Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name)

 

41 23 Olivia Rodrigo - Traitor

42 19 Tones and I - Fly Away

43 24 Sleepy Hallow - 2055

44 21 Anne-Marie & Little Mix - Kiss My (Uh Oh)

48 25 Mabel - Let Them Know

49 27 The Weeknd - Take My Breath

50 29 Ed Sheeran - Visiting Hours

53 32 PinkPantheress - Just for Me

55 35 Clinton Kane - I Guess I'm In Love

56 36 PinkPantheress - Pain

57 33 Tion Wayne & ArrDee - Wid It

64 43 Doja Cat - Get Into It (Yuh)

68 40 Lizzo - Rumors (feat. Cardi B)

70 41 Sigala & Rita Ora - You for Me

71 48 Dave - Verdansk

73 51 Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)

74 49 Shouse - Love Tonight (David Guetta Remix)

76 50 Becky Hill - My Heart Goes (La Di Da) (feat. Topic)

77 56 Olivia Rodrigo - Jealousy, Jealousy

78 65 KSI & Lil Wayne - Lose

79 62 Arz - Alone with You

81 52 WizKid - Essence (feat. Tems) [#48 combined] 137,125

83 72 Steve Lacy - Dark Red

84 55 Blxst & Tyga - Chosen (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)

88 75 Surf Curse - Freaks

93 71 Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar - Family Ties

98 67 Camila Cabello - Don't Go Yet

99 66 Marshmello & Jonas Brothers - Leave Before You Love Me

 

101 73 Dave - In The Fire

111 80 Clean Bandit & Topic - Drive (feat. Wes Nelson)

129 155 The Anxiety - Meet Me At Our Spot (feat. Willow & Tyler Cole) [*NEW PEAK*]

133 123 PinkPantheress - Break It Off

144 89 David Gutta, MistaJam & John Newman - If You Really Love Me (How Will I Know)

163 111 Headie One - 2 Chains

164 130 Dermot Kennedy - Better Days

169 140 Halsey - I Am Not A Woman, I'm A God

173 154 Post Malone - Motley Crew

179 125 Mist - Rollin' (feat. Burna Boy)

180 136 Dua Lipa - Love Again

182 NE Tubbo - Life By The Sea (feat. CG5) [*NEW PEAK*]

184 181 KSI - No Time (feat. Lil Durk)

188 RE Tate McRae - That Way

195 159 Capella Grey - Gyalis

 

xx 134 Mentis - Excuses (feat. Kate Wild)

xx 149 Skrillex - Don't Go (feat. Justin Bieber & Don Toliver)

xx 182 PS1 - Life Goes On (feat. Alex Hosking)

xx 195 Central Cee - Little Bit of This

xx 197 Lorde - Mood Ring

xx 200 Maisie Peters - Psycho

 

-x-

 

Kanye tracks outside top 40:

45. Lord I Need You

46. Tell The Vision

47. Come to Life

62. Junya pt 2

72. Jesus Lord pt 2

 

no idea if the pt 2 versions are being combined with their respective tracks for chart purposes, but seeing as Spotify has combined Ok Ok I'll give the combined positions anyway and presume they are.

 

this Tubbo person who has the one other NE is a Minecraft YouTuber associated with Dream btw, "yay".

A single artist been able to monopolise the #1 position for half a year unbroken isn't something to celebrate.

 

I don't care it's Ed or Drake or Stormzy or Adele or any of my personal favourites, an artist using well timed releases to get around the ACR rules and keep replacing themselves at #1 for months would just be dull and depressing.

If Visiting Hours couldn't go #1 (or top 3 for that matter) just like that, it's not guaranteed for the rest of the songs either.

The main reason for that being that ‘Visiting Hours’ is just a promo single which he even announced before he released it so obviously not gonna be as big. His next song out will be a proper single on the 10th of September so he’s got a much better chance, then when that single is due for ACR his album will be getting released. He’s really thought it out well.

to help us make sense of that Spotify update here's the top 50 with OCC rules applied

 

1 Kanye West – Jail 556,024

2 Ed Sheeran – Bad Habits 466,752

3 The Kid LAROI – STAY (with Justin Bieber) 465,061

4 Kanye West – Off The Grid 407,878

5 Kanye West – Hurricane 401,216

6 Lil Nas X – INDUSTRY BABY (feat. Jack Harlow) 259,580

7 Jonasu – Black Magic 246,764

8 Becky Hill – Remember (and David Guetta) 242,973

9 Doja Cat – Need To Know 216,102

10 Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever 203,992

11 Joel Corry – OUT OUT (feat. Charli XCX & Saweetie) 191,405

12 Dave – Clash (feat. Stormzy) 187,158

13 Digga D – Wasted 183,136

14 Doja Cat – Woman 175,499

15 Rain Radio – Talk About 172,256

16 Olivia Rodrigo – good 4 u 154,299

17 Tones And I – Fly Away 149,909

18 Sleepy Hallow – 2055 149,342

19 Anne-Marie – Kiss My (Uh Oh) 147,373

20 WizKid – Essence (feat. Tems) 137,125

21 Mabel – Let Them Know 127,793

22 The Weeknd – Take My Breath 126,206

23 Ed Sheeran – Visiting Hours 122,446

24 PinkPantheress – Just for me 119,163

25 Clinton Kane – I GUESS I'M IN LOVE 114,141

26 PinkPantheress – Pain 112,259

27 Tion Wayne – Wid It 108,914

28 Doja Cat – Get Into It (Yuh) 97,268

29 Måneskin РBeggin' 94,113

30 Doja Cat – Ain't Shit 93,181

31 Lizzo – Rumors (feat. Cardi B) 92,571

32 Sigala – You for Me 90,069

33 Dave – Verdansk 89,911

34 Galantis – Heartbreak Anthem (with David Guetta & Little Mix) 88,985

35 Elton John – Cold Heart - PNAU Remix 87,815

36 Måneskin РI WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE 87,341

37 Glass Animals – Heat Waves 86,533

38 Becky Hill – My Heart Goes (La Di Da) (feat. Topic) 84,685

39 The Weeknd – Save Your Tears (with Ariana Grande) (Remix) 82,917

40 KSI – Holiday 82,708

41 Olivia Rodrigo – jealousy, jealousy 82,323

42 KSI – Lose 82,291

43 Arz – Alone With You 82,002

44 Blxst – Chosen (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) 78,064

45 Lil Nas X – MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) 77,825

46 Olivia Rodrigo – traitor 75,976

47 Surf Curse – Freaks 74,593

48 Baby Keem – family ties (with Kendrick Lamar) 73,112

49 Camila Cabello – Don't Go Yet 70,129

50 Marshmello – Leave Before You Love Me (with Jonas Brothers) 69,854

I think it's definitely too soon to just assume Ed is going to stay at #1 for months on end again tbf. 'Bad Habits' did end up having a long run of course but there's no guarantee the next single won't have a similarly shaky start and then fail to gain or stay stable in the way 'Bad Habits' did, it's really dependent on the song. I think he has said that 'Bad Habits' is not representative of the sound of the next single / the album as a whole.

Any news on Drake? Wonder if his album will be commercial with big samples and big names featured

or more in the vein of the last tracks he released...

 

There have been rumours for ages that Ariana is on the Drake album but I don't think anything is confirmed (except the release date). This one is an actual album and not just a mixtape so unless he has had a change of heart probably expect another Scorpion-esque bloated album full of commercial songs.

One cannot unsee the cover art tho

haha someone sent it to me and really. thought it was a joke :D

If the streams of Jail and Jail pt 2 get combined on OCC I could genuinely see Jail hitting #1 tbh

really cannot see how having lost 2 days of streams, and yesterday they did the same so Ed is 1 million streams ahead on Spotify only

plus Ed has still healthy download sales + Alexa is on his side :)

Yeah there’s no chance, but if both versions of Jail do get combined I think it could make top 10 on Friday, with his other 2 tracks getting top 40.

But also depends what happens the rest of the week, if it was just curiosity streams or if he maintains the same figures or even increases