Ed Sheeran will release a new album and it will be as big as all his others with several hits. People on Buzzjack only will tire of him and be called ‘ridiculous’ by the same posters who will also claim that ‘Ed gets too much hate’ and ‘he can’t help being popular’.

 

Ladbaby won’t release for Christmas and the Christmas chart will be completely unremarkable.

 

Pink will get a no.1 album but it won’t hang around and she won’t dent the singles top 40 unless she has a high profile collab.

 

The End of Year chart will be packed full of catalogue hits.

 

More chart rules will be introduced to please chart nerds in an attempt to speed up the chart but the attempt will be futile because staleness always wins out. Posters in this forum will claim whatever the OCC do is the best option for the charts because they always do.

 

Pink got 2 top 40 hits and Ed’s albums weren’t as big as usual but the rest all looks set to come true.

My Predictions:

 

Raye will have the first no. 1 of the year with escapism but 070 shake will hardly take notice. 'Escapism.' was the first #1 of the year! 070 Shake did repost RAYE with her Uk number 1 single award iirc

Raye will also have a no. 1 album selling 15K or so first week. RAYE didn't get the #1 album after being defeated by Shania Twain's supermarket tactics but 'My 21st Century Blues did sell just over 15K units in its first week!

NBA YoungBoy will drop 4 albums/mixtapes. Correct - Two albums and two mixtapes

Jess Glynne will comeback and have a similarly performing lead single to George Ezra's Anyone For You. Jess Glynne did comeback this year, with pop's biggest flop :kink: 'Silly Me' didn't even crack the top 100

Dua Lipa drops her 1st single to her 3rd album in Q4 that changes pop forever with its lyrics. Correct! I don't know about the lyrics prediction tho...

Rihanna surprise drops an album.

The Weeknd starts to push Less Than Zero which gains low chart positioning and starts to tease his 6th studio album. Nope, he totally failed to promote 'Less Than Zero' and it looks like it will never be a single. Instead he did that TV thing called 'The Idol' :lol:

Taylor Drops new Tv's in Q3. She did drop 'Speak Now (TV)' in Q3 but '1989 (TV)' came out in Q4

Kaytranada will go viral on tiktok and get a hit. Nope, but he did drop a BANGER with 'Lover/Friend'

PinkPantheress's debut album is 20 mins long. She did release her debut but it was 34 minutes

Ladbaby is crushed by a ton of sausage rolls dropping on him. Annoyingly, no

Rumours start to gather about who is doing the Bond anthem. No

I was Never There by The Weeknd & Gessaffelstein goes top 40 No, 'Die For You' became the older song to be a hit instead

Bloody Mary by Lady Gaga goes to #13 Sadly it only peaked at #22 in the UK

The Vinyl market makes a yearly decrease Quite the opposite, a 11.7% increase

Ariana Grande doesn't release new material for an album campaign. Correct

Central Cee releases his debut album and smashes the charts. No debut album but he did have the UK song of the Summer with 'Sprinter'

Calvin Harris comes back for dance and goes top 3 with a high profile collab. Even more than top 3, #1 in fact! All thanks to Ellie Goulding.

No. 1s for: Ed Sheeran Yes, but perhaps his last?

More Predictions.

 

Jan-Feb Album Predictions:

 

Taylor has the first two weeks of the year. Yep!

Maneskin score their first Uk no. 1 Album with Rush No, they only reached #5 and The Reytons got #1 instead.

Sam Smith Scores their 3rd Uk No. 1 Album and You Me At Six & Ava Max also go top 5 Sam did get a 3rd and You Me At Six did go top 5 but Ava missed the top 10 completely

Raye destroys Ellie goulding to her first Uk no. 1 album with Ellie at 2, 5K away This chart battle never ended up happening! Instead it was RAYE VS Shania and we all know the result of that

Paramore score their long awaited snd no. 1 album They did, with ease!

Pink get another no. 1 album in a close contest with Inhaler (Similar to Y&Y VS Yard Act) It wasn't close in the end, P!NK sold a lot more than I expected tbh

Gorillaz score their 1st no. 1 album in 18 years!!! Yes!

 

Other Predictions:

 

Big Selling No. 1s for Lewis Capaldi, Lana Del Rey & Noel Gallagher. Correct, but less sales than normal for Noel and he lost his #1 streak

The Killers decide to drop on the same day as a huge artist and Brandon loses his streak. They did go up against two relatively big names (Tate McRae & Nicki Minaj) but neither are big album sellers so The Killers got another #1!

Ed Sheeran's - drops but has a more acoustic sound and barely shifts 100K first week and only produces 2 top 5 singles. Only one top 5 single and It didn't even shift 80K

A Less Than Zero Remix from either Lana Del Rey or Bruno Mars drops and sends the track into the top 5 (Please) Sadly, no

If there is a Lana Remix then the Weeknd will provide something on her new album No

First no. 1 albums for Travis Scott & Cardi B Travis did get hist 1st #1 album! Cardi failed to release a new album again this year

Drake drops a new rap album with an Adele sample and the world goes mad. The record is his biggest to date No,No and No

Gaga starts to tease a new album She did tease recording stuff but otherwise, no

Abba @ Glastonbury! No

The Weeknd drops After Life in Q4 and it is massive No and it isn't even called 'After Life' anymore

Tom Grennan attracts controversy No

1st No. 1 single for KSI No, KSI was the one who attracted controversy this year after he said the P Word :(

More predictions!!!

 

Doja Cat's new album is all over the place musically and does not spawn a hit single, only a stupid tiktok hit. The album wasn't all over the place, just rap! The hit single was a TikTok hit but it wasn't stupid imo

Dua Lipa drops a new album and does the chart double. It features Dua Lipa X Charli XCX & Dua Lipa X Rina Sawayama Not this year, maybe next year!

Bruno Mars' return single goes straight to no. 1 and he drops an album Q3 No new material from Bruno this year, again :sigh:

Travis Scott goes top 5 with a Drake & Sza collab Travis Scott had a SZA collab this year and Drake also had a SZA collab this year. Neither of them made the top 5

21 Savage & Metro Boomin continue their breakout into the UK with more top 40s Metro did get quite a bit of longevity with 'Heroes & Villains' and he also scored a few hits off of his 'Spider Man: Across The Spiderverse' soundtrack

Cardi B's new record does very well (#1 album + top 5 single) but gets into hot water over the Kanye collab. No new album, just a top 40 Megan The Stallion collab (which was a banger)

New soundtrack single from Kendrick Lamar No

Jid's Dance Now & Coi Leray's Players will break the top 40 'Surround Sound' turned out to be JID's viral hit this year. 'Players' did make the top 40, even the top 10

2 Top 40's for Lil Uzi Vert (Courtesy of the Pink Tape) Only 1 (Just Wanna Rock)

Central Cee X Big North American Rapper goes straight to no. 1. Central Cee X Drake turned out to be a flop lol. It was Central Cee X Dave that was the hit

Olivia Rodrigo has 2 no. 1 s and becomes a sales queen, Ariana Grande level. Only 1 #1 single this year and 'Guts' did sell a lot of units in its first week

 

A lot of these weren’t right lol. But some were surprisingly accurate!

 

Ooh let's have a look:

 

Ooh why not xx

 

- Ariana Grande won't trouble the top 40 with any new material this year, instead making us wait until 2024. If she does enter the chart outside of the festive period then it will be with an older song that has blown up on TikTok. - CORRECT, even down to 'Die For You' remix blowing up if she had been credited :P

- Måneskin achieve a #1 album with 'Rush!' (a properly co-ordinated release this time with several formats and a dead release week by the looks of it, why not) - Jack Saunders will fanboy over this - INCORRECT, got to #5

- The xx return with a #1 album - INCORRECT, come back to us

- Noah Cyrus will achieve a first top 40 hit thanks to TikTok - INCORRECT, just her sister getting her biggest hit ever instead lol

- Tove Lo will return to the top 10 as a featured artist - INCORRECT

- Bombay Bicycle Club will release a new album and achieve another top 5 with it - CORRECT :cheer:

- The U.K. Eurovision entry for 2023 will chart at #16 - INCORRECT, did as well as top 10.

- Beabadoobee will achieve a top 15 hit - this time as the lead artist - INCORRECT - was right about achieving a solo hit but it didn't get as high as top 15!

- FLO will achieve a top 40 single and top 10 album - CORRECT about the top 40 single with 'Fly Girl', but INCORRECT about them releasing an album

- the impending Gorillaz and Bad Bunny collab will finally result in a top 40 hit for the current era. The album will go to #1. - CORRECT about album, INCORRECT about a top 40 single unfortunately

- Baby Queen will achieve a first top 75 single. Maybe due to the upcoming Season 2 of Heartstopper. - INCORRECT

- 'Jolene' by Dolly Parton will experience a resurgence due to TikTok - INCORRECT

- Lana Del Rey will achieve a new top 40 hit this year and score yet another #1 album - CORRECT on both counts :cheer:

- The Weeknd will finally release 'Less Than Zero' as a single, perhaps in remixed form and it'll make the top 40 - INCORRECT as this is still a missed opportunity

- RAYE will achieve a top 5 album off the back of 'Escapism' / general goodwill for her at the moment - CORRECT

- Ava Max's new album will chart at #6 - INCORRECT, got to #11

- A song by The Cure will take off on TikTok and re-enter the top 100 - INCORRECT, if only

- Wet Leg's album will return to the top 10 following the BRIT Awards, perhaps due to a 'Chaise Longue' performance. - INCORRECT, I was right about this performance existing but it got more of a mixed reaction than I expected, thus settled for top 40

- Anne-Marie will release a Christmas Amazon exclusive - CORRECT - with 'Christmas Without You'

- Dua Lipa achieves a #1 single and album, the record will include a Jack Harlow feature - CORRECT about a #1 single thanks to 'Dance The Night', however INCORRECT about an album materialising quite yet. Lol at me mentioning Jack when he was relevant in another way - preventing 'Houdini' from #1! </3

- Freya Ridings will finally release a follow-up album that will chart lower than the previous one, but still top 10 - CORRECT

 

Edit: some more xo

- 'American Teenager' by Ethel Cain will become a hit despite underperforming in the BuzzJack Song Contest, have seen her name pop up a few times (latest: the inclusion in Obama's playlist :lol:) - INCORRECT

- Suki Waterhouse will achieve a first top 40 hit - INCORRECT

- Niall Horan will return with a #2 album - INCORRECT, needed to aim one place higher!

- Paramore will achieve a #1 album - CORRECT

- Taylor Swift will achieve another two chart-topping albums with the Taylor's Versions of 'Speak Now' and '1989' - CORRECT

- Caroline Polachek will achieve a top 100 charting album - CORRECT, in fact even better, top 40 :cheer:

 

A mixed bag but some fun correct ones in there!

An old Sugababes song will find its way into the top 40 thanks to TikTok. (WRONG)

Clean Bandit will have a top 5 summer hit with Ella Henderson (WRONG)

Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s new album will debut top 5 (WRONG) It did reach #8 though.

Another year will go by without a new album from Rihanna CORRECT

Taylor Swift will release just one of her Taylor’s Version albums. Speak Now (WRONG)[/color]

Pink will score a top 20 hit for her new album CORRECT[/color]

 

Not great, not terrible.

Not far off with Pink though!

Not far off with Pink though!

 

That was a slight underestimate from me. I think she got 2 in the top 20 and I predicted 1. :)

Central Cee will release collab with an american rapper. Gets number one with it or other song. - if we count Drake as american he did, and got one of the biggest number ones of he years with other song

Fred again will get his first top 10 single. - yes

More afrobeats in the charts. - definitely yes, including a long running top 10 hit

We will get some phonk tracks in the chart, possibly a phonk remake of an older song. - my only incorrect guess, they might have been some in the top 100 but not any big hit

 

I predict I will fail to make any predictions in 2023! :kink: