March 17, 20233 yr Author 39 | 39 | 21st week Meghan Trainor Made You Look 2nd single from Takin' It Back Released: 21st October 2022 Label: Epic Records Chart Statistics NE (03/11/2022) | 28-14-8-4-3-2-7-12-23-66-5-7-10-12-31-37-38-34-39-39-39 Sales: 400k+ Certification: Gold Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio 01 Sales 04 Audio Streaming 03 Video Streaming Video gPCCYMeXin0 Biography Even before she dropped her debut single in 2014, Meghan Trainor already had it made. By that point, the 20-year-old Nantucket native had achieved the dream of many aspiring singer/songwriters: to infiltrate the inner sanctum of Nashville’s Music Row. But as it turns out, co-writing songs for country stars like Rascal Flatts and Hunter Hayes was the warm-up for what came next. Upon its release in the summer of 2014, Trainor’s first solo single, “All About That Bass,” swiftly became the most inescapable pop earworm of the year, thanks to a rump-shaking, retro-R&B sound that filled the void vacated by the late Amy Winehouse and a then-dormant Adele. But not only did the song transform Trainor into an instant, cross-generational pop star, its celebration of plus-size physiques made her a spokesmodel for body positivity at a time when there were few such role models in the entertainment industry. (And that motivational ethos would make her a natural choice to judge singing-competition shows like The Voice UK.) With the release of the full-length Title in 2015, Trainor became just the 13th woman in pop history to have both her first single and first album go to No. 1 on the Billboard charts, but on the follow-up, Thank You, she proved she was no mere throwback artist, as singles like “Me Too” and “No” updated her old-school aesthetic for modern-day dance floors. And on 2020’s Treat Myself, she further immersed herself in contemporary club sounds, applying her Aretha-sized sass to the synth-pumped thump of “No Excuses” and EDM-washed “Wave.” But even as her muse has drifted from Motown to Minaj (who turns up on the ASMR&B duet “Nice to Meet Ya”), Trainor’s self-help mission remains on course. “Every message that I give when I’m writing songs, it’s all to me,” she told Apple Music, where she also hosts Dirty Pop Radio. “I keep listening to these songs and I keep having to remind myself, ‘baby girl, love yourself.’” Trainor’s ongoing success lies in her ability to find new and creative ways to translate those personal affirmations into communal anthems. - Apple Music Top 100 Chart History 2014 01 All About That Bass -1- MILLIONAIRE 2014 02 Lips Are Movin -2- 2015 20 Dear Future Husband -3- 2015 01 Marvin Gaye (Charlie Puth feat. Meghan Trainor) MILLIONAIRE 2015 99 Like I'm Gonna Lose You (feat. John Legend) -4- 2016 11 NO -1- 2016 84 Me Too -2- 2018 70 No Excuses -1- 2018 11 Just Got Paid (Sigala, Ella Eyre & Meghan Trainor feat. French Montana) 2019 51 Baby, It's Cold Outside (Brett Eldredge feat. Meghan Trainor) 2020 88 Nice To Meet Ya (feat. Nicki Minaj) -2- 2020 70 I'll Be Home -AT- 2022 02 Made You Look -1- 2 x #1 | 4 x Top 5 | 4 x Top 10 | 7 x Top 20 | 7 x Top 40 | 13 x Top 100 Social Media Meghan Trainor http://i.imgur.com/1SERq1f.png
March 17, 20233 yr 'Children' is one of those tracks that doesn't need vocals over it. Perfect as it is!
March 17, 20233 yr really wish Ella would walk away from this useless dance collaborations she is no t even working with top tier dance artists, rather the opposite
March 17, 20233 yr Wasn't there a thing with Leona in 2008 about counting sales of 'Footprints' seperately denying her what could've/should've been the #1? I guess signifying that the concept of a double A-side was unworkable in the digital era.
March 17, 20233 yr Doesn't Meghan have a new song out? Why it isnt here instead of this old news? Edited March 17, 20233 yr by Jason
March 17, 20233 yr This is only the second song to have 3 weeks in a row at #39, and the other required a frozen chart over Christmas to do so! Edited March 17, 20233 yr by jimwatts
March 17, 20233 yr Author 38 | 32 | 3rd week JayO 22 Non-album single Released: 22nd February 2023 Label: The Flight Club Records Chart Statistics NE (09/03/2023) | 67-32-38 Sales: 10k+ Certification: - Status: Standard Chart Ratio 00 Sales 64 Audio Streaming 00 Video Streaming Video fwyKHN-znrA Biography Born & raised in the heart of Tottenham, JayO is a singer, songwriter & producer of Nigerian descent, catering to all sounds whilst innovating in the process. Able to capture elements of his heritage as well as using his current surroundings to inspire his music, JayO takes inspiration from genres such as RnB, Afrobeats and Hip-Hop. Since building an increasingly engaged audience across platforms, JayO’s career seemed to reach new heights with the release of his single ‘XO’. - Spotify Top 100 Chart History 2023 32 22 -NAS- 0 x #1 | 0 x Top 5 | 0 x Top 10 | 0 x Top 20 | 1 x Top 40 | 1 x Top 100 Social Media JayO http://i.imgur.com/1SERq1f.png
March 17, 20233 yr Wasn't there a thing with Leona in 2008 about counting sales of 'Footprints' seperately denying her what could've/should've been the #1? I guess signifying that the concept of a double A-side was unworkable in the digital era. Yeah that probably cost it
March 17, 20233 yr Author 37 | 29 | 25th week Sam Smith and Kim Petras Unholy 2nd single from Gloria Released: 22nd September 2022 Label: Capitol Records UK / EMI Chart Statistics NE (06/10/2022) | 1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-16-37-46-45-59-13-20-24-25-26-21-20-20-24-29-37 Sales: 800k+ Certification: Platinum Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio 03 Sales 01 Audio Streaming 04 Video Streaming Video Uq9gPaIzbe8 Biography Sam Smith It’s hard to think of many artists in 21st-century pop who could match the vulnerability of Sam Smith. “I’ve never shied away from telling the truth in my music,” the singer told Apple Music in 2020. “Music is literally my best friend; it’s a release, a form of diary and therapy.” Born in London in 1992 and raised in Cambridge, Smith first began gaining significant traction in 2012 with a pair of dance hits—Disclosure’s “Latch,” and Naughty Boy’s “La La La” the following year. They revealed that elastic falsetto, but didn’t quite hint at the sadness that would define the outrageous success to come. That arrived with 2014’s Grammy-winning In the Midnight Hour, an exquisite meditation on unrequited love, and its followup, the heartbreak-inspired The Thrill of It All. This second album saw Smith—by then an Oscar winner for 2015’s Bond theme “Writing’s on the Wall”—open up about instant fame and embrace their status as a gay role model, against a backdrop of stirring, gospel-infused balladry. It has always been clear that Smith’s power lies as much in that voice as in an unwavering bravery to put their innermost feelings—loneliness, confusion, desperation, desire—on full public view. By the run-up to album three, however, Smith was also ready to have a little more fun. The aching melancholy of love, loss, and yearning for someone to spend their days with was still present, but this time, it was all being mined for invigorating music to help dance the blues away. That third LP should have arrived in early 2020 in the form of To Die For, but, amid the global pandemic, it was delayed, reworked, and renamed with the more sensitive title Love Goes. The album, Smith said ahead of its release, allowed them to heal after their first true breakup. But it also heralded freedom. “I felt at one point that I was going to be trapped onstage wearing a suit and singing ballads for the rest of my life,” said Smith. “When I look back at Love Goes, it reminds of the courage it took. A lot of my life, probably because of a lot of internalized queerphobia, and queerphobia around me, I felt ashamed of myself and not being able to fully be myself through my music. Each time I make an album, I learn to like myself a little more. The more I make music, the closer to myself I feel.” - Apple Music Kim Petras Kim Petras has spawned an entire generation of bunheads (as her fanbase is called) with her brand of hook-heavy, hedonistic synth-pop. Born in Cologne, Germany in 1992, Petras had aspirations of international stardom from an early age, writing her first songs at 13 and inspired by pop stars like Britney Spears and Spice Girls. Though she released minor works in the late 2000s, it was 2017’s “Unlock It,” the singer’s attention-grabbing collaboration with scene queen Charli XCX, that served for many as a gateway into her world. Petras' Era 1 collection of endorphin-popping bangers, elevated by her virtuosic vocal range, solidified her status as pop music royalty. Songs like 2017’s sugar-baby anthem “I Don't Want It At All” and 2018’s criminally catchy “Heart to Break” showcased her singer/songwriter prowess through a neon glow of ‘80s-infused dance pop. An indie artist at heart, Petras has released the bulk of her work on her own BunHead Records imprint. Her official full-length debut, Clarity (2019), found her eschewing some of the blithe spirit of her early songs in favor of a greater vulnerability in songs like “Icy” and “Broken,” where materialism becomes an escape from the emotional void of heartbreak. The hyper-sexualized Slut Pop arrived in 2022. Petras’ success has also turned her into a role model for the broad swath of her fanbase who identify as LGBTQ, celebrating her as a pioneer for transgender representation in the genre. - Apple Music Top 100 Chart History Sam Smith 2012 11 Latch (Disclosure feat. Sam Smith) MILLIONAIRE 2013 01 La La La (Naughty Boy feat. Sam Smith) MILLION SELLER 2013 86 Safe With Me -EP- 2013 82 Nirvana -EP- 2014 01 Money On My Mind -2- MILLIONAIRE 2014 15 Lay Me Down -1/6- 2014 01 Stay With Me -3- MILLIONAIRE 2014 03 I'm Not The Only One -4- MILLIONAIRE 2014 09 Like I Can -5- MILLIONAIRE 2014 53 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas -NAS- 2015 01 Lay Me Down (feat. John Legend) -7- 2015 13 Omen (Disclosure feat. Sam Smith) 2015 01 Writing's On The Wall -OST- 2017 01 Too Good At Goodbyes -1- MILLIONAIRE 2017 26 Pray (feat. Logic) -3- 2017 63 Burning -IG- 2017 27 One Last Song -2- 2018 01 Promises (Calvin Harris & Sam Smith) MILLIONAIRE 2019 63 Fire On Fire -NAS- 2019 03 Dancing With A Stranger (Sam Smith & Normani) -1- MILLIONAIRE 2019 07 How Do You Sleep? -2- 2019 76 I Feel Love -PS- 2020 18 To Die For -3- 2020 20 I'm Ready (Sam Smith & Demi Lovato) -4- 2020 43 My Oasis (feat. Burna Boy) -5- 2020 11 Diamonds -6- 2020 89 Kids Again -AT- 2020 72 The Lighthouse Keeper -NAS- 2022 52 Love Me More -1- 2022 01 Unholy (Sam Smith & Kim Petras) -2- 2023 60 Gimme (Sam Smith, Koffee & Jessie Reyez) -PS- 2023 23 I'm Not Here To Make Friends -3- 2023 85 Who We Love (Sam Smith & Ed Sheeran) -AT- 8 x #1 | 10 x Top 5 | 12 x Top 10 | 18 x Top 20 | 21 x Top 40 | 33 x Top 100 Kim Petras 2022 100 Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) -NAS- 2022 01 Unholy (Sam Smith & Kim Petras) 1 x #1 | 1 x Top 5 | 1 x Top 10 | 1 x Top 20 | 1 x Top 40 | 2 x Top 100 Social Media Sam Smith Kim Petras http://i.imgur.com/1SERq1f.png
March 17, 20233 yr If I never hear 'Made You Look' again, it'll be a day too soon. Looks like we've got another horror on the horizon too. Deep joy.
March 17, 20233 yr Quite a big drop for "Unholy", still remains a really good song and one of the best no. 1s of 2022.
March 17, 20233 yr Footprints in the Sand charted solo at #25 separate from Better in Time/Footprints in the Sand at #2
March 17, 20233 yr 'Made You Look' slightly grew on me in the end. Her new one though.. :manson: :manson:
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