March 22, 20233 yr Zara dropped only one place from the Monday midweeks to the Friday chart last week so she has a fair chance of staying in I think. As for Taylor, you know as much as we do but its trajectory doesn't look promising She was #39 on Monday too
March 22, 20233 yr The ACR system is far from perfect but Calm Down has just been posting both its highest ever weekly sales and positions so I can’t see the logic in saying it should be on ACR. Edited March 22, 20233 yr by JulianT
March 22, 20233 yr The ACR system is far from perfect but Calm Down has just been posting both its highest ever weekly sales and positions so I can’t see the logic in saying it should be on ACR. Been around 29 week get old now
March 22, 20233 yr A shame All of the Girls won't make the top 10, but its debut will still be a good one. And glad to see Midnights hopefully back in the top 5!
March 22, 20233 yr I saw that in the Rolling Stone interview. Novel concept but bold of him to assume people will be interested in that in potentially 60-70 years. That’s a long time he needs to stay relevant. I know he’s the king of bucking all trends but sooner or later the party will end. Best to put out your very best material while you’re still alive and relevant (and can perform it live) I’d say! Surely he has enough of a legacy to be still releasing albums then?!
March 23, 20233 yr Been around 29 week get old now Just because it’s old doesn’t mean it doesn’t deserve to still be on SCR! Not all singles will have a 6 week chart run!
March 23, 20233 yr Let's also remember that Calm Down was heading for #4 in the mids for the first chart this year before the likes of Anti-Hero were given manual resets, so there's some justice in that it's finally about to reach that position.
March 23, 20233 yr yeah much as I'd like Calm Down to have gone to ACR already it's clearly one of those rare beasts of hits that take absolute ages to peak. there's no excuse for As It Was, GGG and Hide & Seek to still be on SCR though
March 23, 20233 yr I've said many times that I love As It Was, so I don't mind it being back in the Top 10... but it really didn't need to be. I think after it received a lot of accolade at awards etc that it deserved some resurgence, but maybe not quite what it did get. In comparison, I'm not that bothered by Calm Down, but if it is still increasing then it deserves to be on SCR whether it's 29 weeks old or not. It's just a slow-burn. Reinventing ACR has been done to death on here, but I do think a staggered approach would be good - like 75% after so many weeks and the 50% after so many more. Then you don't get the odd big drops. Maybe resets could be staggered as well?
March 23, 20233 yr I think a staggered ACR would create some serious transparency issues, particularly when the OCC don’t make songs’ status public. At least with only 2 levels it’s reasonably clear what’s going on. Us geeks just have to accept chart runs having an ugly drop in the middle I think. I think it would help if songs were only eligible for a re-set if their streams were 50% of their peak level at the very least (maybe a higher threshold even).
March 23, 20233 yr Agreed on the last point. Am I right in thinking it used to be 50% for a reset? If so I really don't get why they dropped in to 25% because resets are something we should be avoiding unless absolutely warranted.
March 23, 20233 yr This has been dicussed ad nauseum but I do think some kind of system based on whether a song would recieve a new chart peak as a result of a reset would be the ideal.
March 23, 20233 yr I feel like a prior peak should be irrelevant to the whole conversation, it just becomes totally arbitrary at that point. Like, had Kate Bush had a resurgence with "Wuthering Heights" instead of "Running Up That Hill", should that not warrant the same treatment? The only difference is that the former peaked at #1 instead of #3 so it couldn't get a new peak even if it tried but if it were clearly the biggest song in the country, it'd look silly to not reset it on that arbitrary ruling. Or imagine a world where Arctic Monkeys put out "Do I Wanna Know?" at the start of the week, Tom Odell wouldn't have a top 10 hit...until this year, and many would celebrate that in the moment. It'd be really dumb if the OCC were just sitting looking at the trigger and waiting to see if he got 1 place higher than he did 10 years ago to warrant a reset that's merely depicting a notable resurgence. The purpose of the chart should be to demonstrate what is relevant/popular etc, not to just fiddle around and generate as many arbitrary hits as possible. At some point *that* devalues the chart more so than a reset that is costing a few new songs 1 position on the chart for a bit until it's swiftly forgotten about once it's back on ACR.
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