March 28, 20223 yr Michael Buble’s sales are actually shocking! MGK is going hard so I can see him overtaking tbh.
March 28, 20223 yr Sweetest Pie so close to top 40. Keep streaming guys. Stream from the Hot Hits playlist if possible.
March 28, 20223 yr Just seen that Amazon Home Delivery sales info is missing for Friday - surely that’s going to give Buble a huge boost once factored in
March 28, 20223 yr Placebo are running a competition with a signed guitar for those who purchase the new album on their website. Indeed, they have just released a digital deluxe version of the album on their website. This could help to hold a little bit! Edited March 28, 20223 yr by sprock-93
March 28, 20223 yr I’d say the chart has been in a worst state - I guess it depends what songs you want to break through but barring Glass Animals and The Sheeran mass (which could’ve got worse this week, but hasn’t) i don’t think it’s that bad. Also 16 of the top 40 was released in 2021 is a misleading statistic given alot of those didn’t break through until the stale x-mas songs exited the chat :D The median of the full Top 40 songs dated last week in March at 10 year intervals is as follows 2022 is 8.5 weeks 2012 is 7 weeks 2002 is 3 weeks 1992 is 3 weeks 1982 is 5 weeks 1972 is 5.5 weeks 1962 is 6 weeks Proof that we are in the slowest chart period. It must be so difficult for aspiring artists to gain any foothold.
March 28, 20223 yr Placebo are running a competition with a signed guitar for those who purchase the new album on their website. Indeed, they have just released a digital deluxe version of the album on their website. This could help to hold a little bit! Love the Placebo comeback
March 28, 20223 yr Wow at Placebo Crazy they will have their highest chart peak ever >25 years after their debut @3 is guaranteed and probably where they’ll end up
March 28, 20223 yr The median of the full Top 40 songs dated last week in March at 10 year intervals is as follows 2022 is 8.5 weeks 2012 is 7 weeks 2002 is 3 weeks 1992 is 3 weeks 1982 is 5 weeks 1972 is 5.5 weeks 1962 is 6 weeks Proof that we are in the slowest chart period. It must be so difficult for aspiring artists to gain any foothold. It's even worse in the US. On last weeks Hot 100 the average number of weeks on the chart from the top 40 songs was 21.8 weeks!!! (and that was with 4 new entries from Lil Durk which will probably fall straight out)
March 28, 20223 yr I hate to be moaning about the charts being stale but they do seem to be this year and potentially could never improve. People are just not interested in new music as fast as they were previously- is it because of a general malaise due to cost of living/Covid/war etc or just people are more intrested in social media/Tik Tok etc? Or ideas in music done so many times nothing is really fresh? Probably combination of all 3. I don't think any more changing of chart rules can really help without charts becoming meaningless. I think it is an illusion caused by the popularity of remixes, the remixes released after the song has been in the chart for a while makes the song feel much less stale to those streaming chart songs but obviously the chart only credits the original song and Radio 1 probably just plays the original song, making the chart seem more stale sadly. Edited March 28, 20223 yr by TheSnake
March 28, 20223 yr Arrdee's album (sorry mixtape!) only falling to 8 and he normally does better by the Friday. He may have a bit of longevity (although really early to say still).
March 28, 20223 yr It's even worse in the US. On last weeks Hot 100 the average number of weeks on the chart from the top 40 songs was 21.8 weeks!!! (and that was with 4 new entries from Lil Durk which will probably fall straight out) True although the USA Billboard Top 100 have a different system to deal with long running hits (recurrence rules) which work well lower down the chart to keep it fresh but nothing to shift a long running top 10 or 20 hit for months and months- see 'Save Your Tears', 'Levitating' and 'Heat Waves' The UK, traditionally much faster than USA, being really slow despite these rules at all parts of the chart is very noticeable these last couple months.
March 28, 20223 yr The median of the full Top 40 songs dated last week in March at 10 year intervals is as follows 2022 is 8.5 weeks 2012 is 7 weeks 2002 is 3 weeks 1992 is 3 weeks 1982 is 5 weeks 1972 is 5.5 weeks 1962 is 6 weeks Proof that we are in the slowest chart period. It must be so difficult for aspiring artists to gain any foothold. The chart changes quite a bit in 10-year intervals though! When we say the chart isn't at it's slowest we're generally comparing it to the 2016 period, for which the median for Top 40 weeks was 9. Having started following the charts around them, it certainly feels quite a bit quicker!
March 28, 20223 yr I know it’ll probably drop but it’s great to see The Motto in the top 10 at this stage of the week.
March 28, 20223 yr charli taking quite a crash Lol at that pun. Feeder falling from 5 to outside the top 100 already - although I'm guessing that's not uncommon nowadays.
March 28, 20223 yr Lol at that pun. Feeder falling from 5 to outside the top 100 already - although I'm guessing that's not uncommon nowadays. Their last album in 2019 went 4-out
March 28, 20223 yr I think it is an illusion caused by the popularity of remixes, the remixes released after the song has been in the chart for a while makes the song feel much less stale to those streaming chart songs but obviously the chart only credits the original song and Radio 1 probably just plays the original song, making the chart seem more stale sadly. Most remixes don’t make any impact on the chart though, so I don’t think that’s the case.
March 28, 20223 yr Most remixes don’t make any impact on the chart though, so I don’t think that’s the case. There is the popularity of 'slow and reverb remixes' on TikTok I have seen mentioned on here before which obviously keep songs from seeming less stale, but they do seem to lead to a boost for the original unremixed song on streaming? :unsure:
March 28, 20223 yr There is the popularity of 'slow and reverb remixes' on TikTok I have seen mentioned on here before which obviously keep songs from seeming less stale, but they do seem to lead to a boost for the original unremixed song on streaming? :unsure: Yes, but they tend to be older songs from what I’ve seen before.
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