Hope Florence can get a hit it’s getting decent support everywhere and I was surprised to see it instant added to R1 A List this morning! Thought she would be off to R2 with this era as the last wasn’t overly well received outside of her fan base!

the song is super commercial and radio friendly, very Spectrum, so I really hope she can get a hit

 

on Apple:

20 NEW Aitch/Ashanti

184 NEW Sam Ryder - Spaceman

the song is super commercial and radio friendly, very Spectrum, so I really hope she can get a hit

 

on Apple:

20 NEW Aitch/Ashanti

184 NEW Sam Ryder - Spaceman

Sounds like a hit but we can only dream for it to be I think...

Having now heard 'Sweetest Pie', I can't really see it even coming close to challenging for #1...

here we go again :) BMW climbs today from #23 to #3 :D

New entries on Spotify:

 

56. Aitch & Ashanti - Baby

188. Rex Orange County (feat. Tyler, The Creator) - OPEN A WINDOW

Wonder if Aitch/Ashanti could be more of a challenge for #1 than Dua/Megan,

already in at #56 on Spotify's Thu update and #15 right now on Apple

but Dave is doing crazy high figures, >650K today, so seems pretty unreachable

 

Spotfy's update:

1 Dave 654K

3 BMW 238K

13 A1&J1

32 Nirvana - Something in the way

51 Glad U Came

56 NEW Aitch-Ashanti - Baby

188 NEW REX & Tyler the Creator

 

 

Glad to see 'Something In The Way' continuing to steadily rise!

 

Shame that 'SPACE MAN' by Sam Ryder isn't in the update today (seems like it has a decent amount of goodwill, for the first time in a while, for a U.K. Eurovision entry :kink:) although at least it's showing up on Apple - of course still a couple of months to go until the contest but still interesting to gauge any pre-show hype/support

Spotify

 

01. Dave - Starlight

03. Bad Boy Chiller Crew - BMW

13. A1 x J1 - Night Away

31. Jax Jones x MNEK - Where Did You Go?

51. Liilz, ZieZie - Glad U Came

56. Aitch x Ashanti - Baby

63. George Ezra - Anyone For You

180. Sigala - Melody

BMW back with the fake bot streams :lol:

I think ‘Baby’ can go top 5 officially easily, already #7 on Apple and #56 on Spotify with just 5 hours worth of streams.

Yeah Baby looks set to be big. Which is odd as Aitch hasn’t really landed a hit for a while by himself. Previous songs last year that he released seemed to under perform.

BMW Spotify streams for the last days:

210,577

233,687

221,876

232,108

141,669

135,832

238,897

 

Very odd to drop from ~235k to ~135k for two days and go straight back again. I wondered if the weekly Spotify numbers might have filtered some of these out, but they've taken them at face value as it's equal to their sum, 1,414,646, enough to be #7 for the week. (Heat Waves is back up to #2 for the week btw).

Spotify Chart Update (10/03)

 

The BMW bots are back :lol:

 

01 01 Dave – Starlight 654,779

02 02 Glass Animals – Heat Waves 252,197

03 23 Bad Boy Chiller Crew – BMW 238,897

04 03 Luude, Colin Hay – Down Under (feat. Colin Hay) 231,864

05 04 Lost Frequencies, Calum Scott – Where Are You Now 229,699

06 05 Carolina Gaitán - La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz, Encanto - Cast – We Don't Talk About Bruno 213,799

07 06 D-Block Europe, Central Cee – Overseas 210,573

08 07 Fireboy DML, Ed Sheeran – Peru 203,022

09 08 Sam Fender – Seventeen Going Under 200,408

10 11 Belters Only, Jazzy – Make Me Feel Good 197,659

 

11 09 Russ Millions, Buni, YV – Reggae & Calypso (Russ Millions x Buni x YV) 192,014

12 10 Ed Sheeran – Shivers 190,952

13 16 A1 x J1, Tion Wayne – Night Away (Dance) (feat. Tion Wayne) 187,100 [*NEW PEAK*]

14 13 Dave, Stormzy – Clash (feat. Stormzy) 178,489

15 12 Mimi Webb – House On Fire 175,211

16 14 Ed Sheeran – Bad Habits 166,158

17 15 GAYLE – abcdefu 159,928

18 20 Elton John, Dua Lipa, PNAU – Cold Heart - PNAU Remix 159,018

19 18 The Kid LAROI, Justin Bieber – STAY (with Justin Bieber) 157,594

20 17 Dove Cameron – Boyfriend 157,039

 

21 19 Adele – Easy On Me 155,333

22 21 D-Block Europe, AJ Tracey – Make You Smile 152,315

23 22 Justin Bieber – Ghost 141,296

24 24 SwitchOTR, A1 x J1 – Coming for You (feat. A1 x J1) 140,587

25 26 Frank Ocean – Lost 135,142

26 28 ArrDee, Aitch – War 134,534

27 27 Jessica Darrow – Surface Pressure - From "Encanto"/Soundtrack Version 132,968

28 25 Olivia Rodrigo – good 4 u 132,315

29 30 Dave, Burna Boy – Location (feat. Burna Boy) 131,536

30 29 Lauren Spencer-Smith – Fingers Crossed 130,073

 

31 39 Jax Jones, MNEK – Where Did You Go? (feat. MNEK) 128,506

32 36 Nirvana – Something In The Way 128,359 [*NEW PEAK*]

33 31 Doja Cat – Woman 127,217

34 45 Lil Nas X – THATS WHAT I WANT 124,369

35 32 Digga D, Still Brickin' – Pump 101 124,092

36 35 The Killers – Mr. Brightside 124,060

37 34 Tiësto, Ava Max – The Motto 123,584

38 33 Central Cee – Obsessed With You 122,138

39 38 Dave, Fredo – Funky Friday 120,633

40 37 Tate McRae – she's all i wanna be 120,392

 

42 40 ArrDee – Come & Go 117,253

49 49 Cat Burns – Go 111,842

50 50 Em Beihold – Numb Little Bug 109,344

51 54 Liilz, ZieZie – Glad U Came (feat. ZieZie) 107,836 [*NEW PEAK*]

52 51 Camila Cabello, Ed Sheeran – Bam Bam (feat. Ed Sheeran) 105,951

54 55 ACRAZE, Cherish – Do It To It 103,118

56 NE Aitch, Ashanti – Baby 100,274 [*NEW PEAK*]

58 57 Elley Duhé – MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT 94,697

59 58 HAZEY – Packs and Potions 92,064

60 59 Gunna, Future, Young Thug – pushin P (feat. Young Thug) 92,008

62 61 Charlie Puth – Light Switch 89,285

63 64 George Ezra – Anyone For You (Tiger Lily) 88,859

65 62 Labrinth – Mount Everest 85,715

67 65 Labrinth, Zendaya – All For Us 84,075

69 63 Labrinth, Zendaya – I'm Tired - From "Euphoria" An HBO Original Series 82,793

70 66 Dave – Screwface Capital 82,653

72 72 Wilkinson, Issey Cross – Used To This 82,232

82 77 Ruth B. – Dandelions 76,798

84 87 D.O.D, Carla Monroe – Still Sleepless 75,918

88 85 Central Cee – Khabib 74,825

90 92 Jnr Choi, Sam Tompkins – TO THE MOON 73,184

92 90 Becky Hill, Galantis – Run 73,139

94 86 The Walters – I Love You So 73,001

97 97 Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz – What Else Can I Do? 71,389

 

101 103 Charli XCX, Rina Sawayama – Beg For You (feat. Rina Sawayama) 70,670

106 96 The Rare Occasions – Notion 69,468

108 104 Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift – The Joker And The Queen (feat. Taylor Swift) 68,703

109 107 Koomz – Pretty One 68,607

110 111 Tion Wayne, M24 – Knock Knock 68,505

113 114 Jack Harlow – Nail Tech 67,658

115 109 Central Cee – Straight Back to It 67,395

122 105 Central Cee – Retail Therapy 66,583

129 119 Knucks – Los Pollos Hermanos 64,613

139 149 Tyga, Doja Cat – Freaky Deaky 62,425

145 143 Nemzzz – Elevate 61,396

151 117 David Kushner – Mr. Forgettable 60,169

155 155 Doja Cat – Get Into It (Yuh) 59,469

163 160 Muni Long – Hrs and Hrs 58,065

164 168 Adele – I Drink Wine 57,966

165 153 Omah Lay, Justin Bieber – Attention 57,657

167 164 Nemzzz – 2MS 57,245

170 RE Florence + The Machine – King 56,630

173 170 JBee – 4am 56,011

180 186 Sigala – Melody 55,702

188 NE Rex Orange County, Tyler, The Creator – OPEN A WINDOW (feat. Tyler, The Creator) 55,053 [*NEW PEAK*]

196 151 Digga D, Moneybagg Yo – G Lock 54,167

I really hope that any illegitimate (botted or otherwise - it might also just be a glitch again like what happened with 'White Christmas') streams for 'BMW' are being excluded by the OCC, it looks like they might be judging from the song's relatively low midweek position. Certainly today is 99.9% proof, if still needed, that the stream pattern for it isn't genuine.

 

Wow at how well Aitch is doing already, who'd have thought his quickfire follow-up to 'War' would have done better than ArrDee's? *_* Could well be another #2 hit for him at this rate though I think Dave is probably still safe to stay #1 unless his numbers suddenly fall off a cliff. Ashanti casually back with a big hit after 14 years of chart silence as well :cheeseblock:

Funnily enough Ashanti is doing a UK tour end of May and so may be a chance to do a live collab with Aitch. That would be cool to see! She hasn't mentioned the Aitch track (yet) on her Twitter though.

On Apple:

1 Dave

5 NEW Aitch/Ashanti

9 ArrDee

12 A1 x J1 & Tion Wayne

30 BMW

40 Bam Bam

118 Sam Ryder - Space Man

174 NEW Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa

 

Aitch & Ashanti coming for #2 debut

Spotify’s search feature is down for many at the moment! (At least on mobile)

Spotify’s search feature is down for many at the moment! (At least on mobile)

Sweetest Pie crashing Spotify again :)

'BMW' is now rising a bit on Apple as well (had been between 39 and 45 for the last two weeks but now into the top 30) so I guess it is still growing in genuine popularity... unless this is just the bots moving to Apple :basil: