3 #1 singles before an album, wonder what the last album to do that was?

:thinking: Future chart hit? :thinking:

 

Ed Sheeran

Boat

 

 

Instant grat from -

Released: 21st April 2023

Label: Asylum Records UK

 

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Biography

 

There’s a lovely moment a little ways into Apple Music’s Songwriter documentary about Ed Sheeran in which Sheeran, jet-lagged and carrying a cup of tea, straggles out into a yard in Malibu at dawn, sits down at his laptop and begins writing a song about the moment right in front of him: the crisp air, the birdsong, the hot tea, the day ahead. He gets a full verse in, melody and all, then pauses. “Songs are weird things,” he says. “How so?” an interviewer asks. “They just come and go,” Sheeran says, smiling. “And they never give you any warning.” For Sheeran, they seem to come pretty reliably. Born in 1991 in Halifax, England, he started out gigging on the UK pub circuit before releasing his first studio album, +, in 2011, and has since become one of the most unstoppable singer-songwriters in music, forging a light blend of folk, pop, hip-hop and dance that feels slick but lived-in, intimate but universal. Whether on his own (“Sing”, “The A Team”, “Shape of You”, “Perfect”) or in collaboration with artists from Taylor Swift to Eminem to Justin Bieber, Sheeran has a unique ability to strike a chord that feels both bittersweet and redemptive, good-natured and genuine: the hopeless romantic who convinces you he might just be right. In 2017, he was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, touching Prince Charles on the arm while shaking his hand—a breach of royal protocol, and an appealingly human one at that. - Apple Music

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2011 03 The A Team -1- MILLION SELLER

2011 35 Hush Little Baby (Wretch 32 feat. Ed Sheeran)

2011 04 You Need Me, I Don't Need You -2- MILLIONAIRE

2011 09 Drunk -4- MILLIONAIRE

2011 05 Lego House -3- MILLIONAIRE

2011 81 Gold Rush -AT-

2011 84 Autumn Leaves -AT-

2012 25 Small Bump -5-

2012 34 Wish You Were Here (Ed Sheeran, Richard Jones, Nick Mason, Mike Rutherford & David Arnold) -AT-

2012 07 (All Along The) Watchtower (Devlin feat. Ed Sheeran)

2012 18 Give Me Love -6-

2012 07 Everything Has Changed (Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran)

2013 13 I See Fire -OST- MILLIONAIRE

2014 18 One -IG-

2014 01 Sing -1- MILLIONAIRE

2014 08 Don't -2- MILLIONAIRE

2014 01 Thinking Out Loud -3- MILLION SELLER

2014 15 Photograph -5- MILLIONAIRE

2014 59 Afire Love -IG-

2014 49 I'm A Mess -AT-

2014 02 Bloodstream (Ed Sheeran & Rudimental) -4- MILLIONAIRE

2014 82 The Man -IG-

2014 62 Tenerife Sea -AT-

2014 46 All Of The Stars -OST-

2014 57 Nina -AT-

2014 71 Runaway -AT-

2014 85 Take It Back -AT-

2014 38 Make It Rain -OST-

2015 69 I Will Take You Home -B-SIDE-

2015 88 Dreams (Krept & Konan feat. Ed Sheeran)

2015 92 Dark Times (The Weeknd feat. Ed Sheeran)

2015 12 Lay It All On Me (Rudimental feat. Ed Sheeran) MILLIONAIRE

2017 01 Shape Of You -1/2- MILLIONAIRE

2017 02 Castle On The Hill -1/2- MILLIONAIRE

2017 02 How Would You Feel (Paean) -IG-

2017 02 Galway Girl -3- MILLIONAIRE

2017 01 Perfect -4- MILLIONAIRE

2017 05 New Man -AT-

2017 06 Happier -5- MILLIONAIRE

2017 08 Dive -AT- MILLIONAIRE

2017 08 Supermarket Flowers -AT- MILLIONAIRE

2017 09 What Do I Know? -AT- MILLIONAIRE

2017 12 Barcelona -AT-

2017 13 Nancy Mulligan -AT-

2017 14 Eraser -AT-

2017 15 Hearts Don't Break Around Here -AT-

2017 18 Bibia Be Ye Ye -AT-

2017 19 Save Myself -AT-

2017 52 Boa Me (Fuse ODG feat. Ed Sheeran & Mugeez)

2017 49 End Game (Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran & Future)

2017 01 River (Eminem feat. Ed Sheeran) MILLIONAIRE

2019 01 I Don't Care (Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber) -1- MILLIONAIRE

2019 04 Cross Me (feat. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock) -2-

2019 01 Beautiful People (feat. Khalid) -3- MILLIONAIRE

2019 01 Take Me Back To London (feat. Stormzy) -4- MILLIONAIRE

2019 04 South Of The Border (feat. Camila Cabello & Cardi B) -5- MILLIONAIRE

2019 01 Own It (Stormzy feat. Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy) MILLIONAIRE

2020 12 Those Kinda Nights (Eminem feat. Ed Sheeran)

2020 02 Afterglow -NAS-

2021 01 Bad Habits -1- MILLIONAIRE

2021 05 Visiting Hours -IG-

2021 01 Shivers -2- MILLIONAIRE

2021 04 Overpass Graffiti -3-

2021 02 Peru (Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran) MILLIONAIRE

2021 01 Merry Christmas (Ed Sheeran & Elton John) -4-

2021 01 Sausage Rolls For Everyone (LadBaby feat. Ed Sheeran & Elton John)

2022 02 The Joker And The Queen (feat. Taylor Swift) -5-

2022 07 Bam Bam (Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran)

2022 96 Sigue (J Balvin & Ed Sheeran)

2022 09 2step (feat. Lil Baby) -6-

2022 18 For My Hand (Burna Boy feat. Ed Sheeran)

2022 47 Are You Entertained (Russ & Ed Sheeran)

2022 06 My G (Aitch & Ed Sheeran)

2022 06 Celestial -OST-

2023 50 F64 -NAS-

2023 85 Who We Love (Sam Smith & Ed Sheeran)

2023 01 Eyes Closed -1-

2023 00 Boat -IG-

 

14 x #1 | 29 x Top 5 | 41 x Top 10 | 54 x Top 20 | 58 x Top 40 | 77 x Top 100

 

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:thinking: Future chart hit? :thinking:

 

The Weeknd featuring Future

Double Fantasy

 

 

Soundtrack single from The Idol

Released: 21st April 2023

Label: The Weeknd XO

 

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Biography

 

Nobody makes feeling bad sound as good as The Weeknd. Even the singer’s sunniest tracks (“Can’t Feel My Face”, “Starboy”) feel anchored by darkness—the sense that pleasure is pain and beauty decays and you can’t have the night without the morning after. The brainchild of Toronto singer Abel Tesfaye, the project took off in 2011 with a string of mixtapes (later collected as 2012’s Trilogy) that forged cavernous, falsetto-driven R&B with narratives drenched in drugs, sex and other regrettable decisions—a sound both sensuous and detached, featherlight and dead heavy. One of the earliest musicians to find his footing on the internet, Tesfaye originally offered his music through YouTube and free downloads, a move that felt radical then but is common now. Ethiopian by heritage (his parents immigrated to Canada in the late ’80s, just before he was born), Tesfaye—out from behind the mask of making art online—has since come to represent the changing face of Toronto, rooting himself not just in an international musical community but in a specific diasporic experience. Tesfaye’s music has become a symbol of hedonism pushed to bleak excess, with a series of albums—including 2015’s Grammy-winning Beauty Behind the Madness, 2016’s multiplatinum Starboy and 2020’s dense and atmospheric After Hours—whose narrators can’t seem to say no even if they hate themselves for it later. And though his music has gotten a little brighter over time, the prevailing mood remains heavy, even unsettling—the ride you want more of even when you’ve had too much. Speaking to Apple Music about the persona behind his songs, Tesfaye said, “I’m a chill person. That guy is who I am, but it is who I am to myself and in my writing. Sometimes you take him and then you create more, and then it becomes this beast. You add more to him, and then it’s uncontrollable—its own character. It’s like Scarface, the villain: It’s horrible, but you can’t stop looking at it.” Though he didn’t release a new album in 2021, he was a constant part of the cultural conversation, releasing a slew of singles, performing at the Super Bowl and on Saturday Night Live (think: “Ladies and gentlemen, The Weeknd”) and winning the Apple Music Award for Artist of the Year. - Apple Music

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

The Weeknd

2012 37 Crew Love (Drake feat. The Weeknd)

2014 48 Love Me Harder (Ariana Grande & The Weeknd)

2015 04 Earned It -OST/2- MILLIONAIRE

2015 64 Where You Belong -OST-

2015 03 The Hills -4- MILLIONAIRE

2015 03 Can't Feel My Face -3- MILLIONAIRE

2015 65 Often -1/6-

2015 72 Real Life -AT-

2015 74 Tell Your Friends -AT-

2015 78 Prisoner (feat. Lana Del Rey) -AT-

2015 90 Acquainted -AT-

2015 91 Losers (feat. Labrinth) -AT-

2015 92 Dark Times (feat. Ed Sheeran) -AT-

2015 48 In The Night -5-

2016 84 FML (Kanye West feat. The Weeknd)

2016 35 6 Inch (Beyoncé feat. The Weeknd)

2016 02 Starboy (feat. Daft Punk) -1- MILLIONAIRE

2016 51 False Alarm -IG-

2016 09 I Feel It Coming (feat. Daft Punk) -2- MILLIONAIRE

2016 17 Party Monster -3-

2016 26 Rockin' -4-

2016 30 Sidewalks (feat. Kendrick Lamar) -AT-

2016 39 Reminder -AT-

2016 43 Six Feet Under -AT-

2016 47 Secrets -AT-

2016 53 A Lonely Night -AT-

2016 55 True Colours -AT-

2016 68 Love To Lay -AT-

2016 73 Stargirl Interlude (feat. Lana Del Rey) -AT-

2016 03 Die For You -5-

2016 76 All I Know (feat. Future) -AT-

2016 78 Attention -AT-

2016 79 Ordinary Life -AT-

2016 81 Nothing Without You -AT-

2017 83 Comin Out Strong (Future feat. The Weeknd)

2017 38 Lust For Life (Lana Del Rey feat. The Weeknd)

2017 51 A Lie (French Montana feat. The Weeknd & Max B)

2017 78 Curve (Gucci Mane feat. The Weeknd)

2018 11 Pray For Me (The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar) -OST-

2018 07 Call Out My Name -1-

2018 17 Try Me -AT-

2018 18 Wasted Times -AT-

2019 09 Lost In The Fire (Gesaffelstein & The Weeknd)

2019 91 Price On My Head (NAV feat. The Weeknd)

2019 45 Power Is Power (SZA, The Weeknd & Travis Scott) -OST-

2019 10 Heartless -1-

2019 01 Blinding Lights -2- MILLIONAIRE

2020 20 After Hours -IG-

2020 17 In Your Eyes -3-

2020 23 Smile (Juice WRLD & The Weeknd)

2020 33 Over Now (Calvin Harris & The Weeknd)

2021 02 Save Your Tears -4- MILLIONAIRE

2021 09 You Right (Doja Cat & The Weeknd)

2021 13 Take My Breath -1-

2021 15 Moth To A Flame (Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd)

2021 20 One Right Now (Post Malone & The Weeknd)

2022 10 Sacrifice -2-

2022 22 How Do I Make You Love Me? -AT-

2022 45 Is There Someone Else? -AT-

2022 07 Creepin' (Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage)

2023 00 Double Fantasy (feat. Future) -OST-

 

1 x #1 | 7 x Top 5 | 15 x Top 10 | 23 x Top 20 | 32 x Top 40 | 60 x Top 100

 

Future

2013 44 Love Me (Lil Wayne feat. Drake & Future)

2014 92 Real And True (Future & Miley Cyrus feat. Mr Hudson) -NAS-

2015 58 Jumpman (Drake & Future) -1- MILLIONAIRE

2016 68 Grammys (Drake feat. Future)

2016 67 Used To This (feat. Drake) -1*-

2016 76 All I Know (The Weeknd feat. Future)

2017 24 Cold (Maroon 5 feat. Future)

2017 83 Comin Out Strong (feat. The Weeknd) -AT-

2017 94 Selfish (feat. Rihanna) -1-

2017 22 Mask Off -2*- MILLIONAIRE

2017 44 Rollin (Calvin Harris feat. Future & Khalid)

2017 92 Pie (feat. Chris Brown) -2-

2017 71 High End (Chris Brown feat. Future & Young Thug)

2017 89 Patek Water (Future & Young Thug feat. Offset)

2017 49 End Game (Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran & Future)

2018 50 King's Dead (Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future & James Blake) -OST-

2018 41 Top Off (DJ Khaled feat. JAY-Z, Future & Beyoncé)

2018 55 Fine China (Future & Juice WRLD) -1-

2019 78 First Off (feat. Travis Scott) -2-

2019 81 Crushed Up -1-

2020 03 Life Is Good (feat. Drake) -1- MILLIONAIRE

2020 59 Solitaires (feat. Travis Scott) -AT-

2020 85 Trillionaire (feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again) -2-

2020 73 Rari (Octavian feat. Future)

2021 11 Way 2 Sexy (Drake feat. Future & Young Thug)

2021 43 too easy (Gunna & Future)

2022 28 pushin P (Gunna & Future feat. Young Thug)

2022 08 WAIT FOR U (feat. Drake & Tems) -1-

2022 50 I'M ON ONE (feat. Drake) -AT-

2022 53 PUFFIN ON ZOOTIEZ -AT-

2022 100 LOVE YOU BETTER -AT-

2022 27 Turn On The Lights again.. (Fred again.. & Swedish House Mafia feat. Future)

2022 67 BEAUTIFUL (DJ Khaled feat. Future & SZA)

2022 34 Superhero (Heroes & Villains) (Metro Boomin, Future & Chris Brown)

2023 84 Too Many Nights (Metro Boomin & Future feat. Don Toliver)

2023 74 Private Landing (Don Toliver feat. Justin Bieber & Future)

2023 00 Double Fantasy (The Weeknd feat. Future)

 

0 x #1 | 1 x Top 5 | 2 x Top 10 | 3 x Top 20 | 8 x Top 40 | 36 x Top 100

 

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The Weeknd

 

Future

 

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Thank as always Joseph

Well done Lewis for the #1. Although as far as the sales tactics go, if you keep repeating the same trick it gets tiresome after a while.

 

I could suggest the same for his music, but I think Wish You The Best is a good song and he was never going to embrace electronica or death metal or anything - I just don't see these new songs on quite the same level as the best ones from his debut.

Well it’s better than Pointless I’ll give it that, though many things are.

Will anyone else following Lewis strategy to get the #1 spot with CDs being delivered on a Thursday?

Getting very bored of Buzzjack's hate for Ed, Lewis and other male artists but maybe I'm still relatively new and its been going on for years? Just appreciate music, I enjoy everything from Dua Lipa to Drake.

Just to clarify I don't hate Lewis Capaldi, just not keen on the strategy he has gone about it. I don't hate Ed. I appreciate music as well and enjoy everything from Mariah Carey to Puff Daddy.

Glass Animals AGAIN. Can't we just ban resets? Once you've gone on ACR, that's it - keep the way clear for new music.

New entries and new peaks outside the top 40:

 

46. Jonas Brothers - Waffle House (+43)

48. RAYE - Flip A Switch. (+11)

59. Strandz - J'Adore (NEW)

60. Jorja Smith - Try Me (NEW)

68. Taylor Swift - Karma (NEW)

69. ANOTR & Abel Balder - Relax My Eyes (+2)

71. Tech It Deep - Maria Maria (+21)

74. Cat Burns - live more & love more (+19)

93. Sigala, Mae Muller & Caity Baser ft. Stefflon Don - Feels This Good (NEW)

98. Jazzy - Give Me (NEW)

so did Lewis Capaldi released all 3 versions of signed CDs with free postage this week. I thought they weren't being shipped until May

Tbf I prefer the lewis , Ed strategy I'd rather definite sales , than constant streams being counted , could be the same people streaming the capacity daily limit every single day for months

Glass Animals AGAIN. Can't we just ban resets? Once you've gone on ACR, that's it - keep the way clear for new music.

I don’t know if he had an increase to get a reset or he requested a reset. If he had an increase, we didn’t have much hot weather for people to stream it enough. Anyway, it will be 3 years old in June so if it’s still on SCR by then, OCC should force it onto ACR like they did with Perfect

Edited April 21, 20233 yr by Hadji

Tbf I prefer the lewis , Ed strategy I'd rather definite sales , than constant streams being counted , could be the same people streaming the capacity daily limit every single day for months

I agree. At least its real rather than 'calculative' (and artifically inflated by passive playlists)

Edited April 21, 20233 yr by braindeadpj

I don’t know if he had an increase to get a reset or he requested a reset. If he had an increase, we didn’t have much hot weather for people to stream it enough. Anyway, it will be 3 years old in June so if it’s still on SCR by then, OCC should force it onto ACR like they did with Perfect

It would have been an automatic reset thanks to Spotify's autoplay algorithm favouring it this week, nothing to do with the weather.

Niall Horan just had single CDs for Heaven, Harry Styles had single vinyl for one of his songs, Elton John and Dua's 'Cold Heart' only went #1 because of signed CDs, UK music article stated didn't have most streams overall that week, and went #1 because of CDs. Majority north american pop/rap artists or k-pop artists now have 4-10 digital versions discounted on itunes and their webstores for BB Hot 100. fans don't even listen to the songs but delete and mass buy again to count for charts. Little Mix 'Sweet Melody' only went #1 in UK because had 10-12 discounted versions (with single, standard and deluxe albums, dj remixes, acoustic, clean and dirty, or whatever) on uk itunes. Dua Lipa tried something similar with several discounted versions of song but was denied #1 on BB Hot 100 that week.

plus some artists caught using auto-pen signed singles like demi and ariana, or sell discounted digitally signed singles cover art for a limited time to boost sales, like the weeknd and taylor

Edited April 21, 20233 yr by PopTartlet

I don’t know if he had an increase to get a reset or he requested a reset. If he had an increase, we didn’t have much hot weather for people to stream it enough. Anyway, it will be 3 years old in June so if it’s still on SCR by then, OCC should force it onto ACR like they did with Perfect

Glass Animals are 4 people ;)

Glass Animals are 4 people ;)

I assumed that the lead singer went solo and kept the name just like Passenger and Years & Years for example

I assumed that the lead singer went solo and kept the name just like Passenger and Years & Years for example

What made you assume that? It’s not a very common occurrence!

Little Mix 'Sweet Melody' only went #1 in UK because had 10-12 discounted versions (with single, standard and deluxe albums, dj remixes, acoustic, clean and dirty, or whatever) on uk itunes.

 

Well, ... no.

Even without this boost on download sales, Sweet Melody would have been number #01 that week.

The challenger (Ed Sheeran and his Afterglow) was not strong enough :

 

1 Little Mix 31,186 (Sales: 5,919 | Streaming: 25,267)

2 Ed Sheeran 25,725