August 11, 20233 yr Author 02 | 02 | 4th week Billie Eilish What Was I Made For? Soundtrack single from Barbie Released: 13th July 2023 Label: Darkroom / Interscope Records On “What Was I Made For?”, her contribution to the Barbie soundtrack, Billie Eilish contemplates life in plastic. “Taking a drive/I was an ideal/Looked so alive/Turns out I'm not real/Just something you paid for/What was I made for?” she reflects, channeling the titular doll as she moves between worlds. If you’ve seen the trailer for the Greta Gerwig-directed film, you’ll know that it’s more than just a breezy ride in a hot-pink Corvette—it's an irreverent take on a complicated pop-cultural icon, and Eilish matches that depth with a poignant ballad. “I don't know how to feel, but I wanna try,” she sings. “I don't know how to feel, but someday I might.” - Apple Music Chart Statistics NE (27/07/2023) | 10-3-2-2 Sales: 20k+ Certification: - Status: Standard Chart Ratio 08 Sales 02 Audio Streaming 17 Video Streaming Video cW8VLC9nnTo Biography When singer-songwriter Billie Eilish feels something new, the first thing she does is take out her phone and write it down. “You can write anything,” she told Apple Music in an interview for the Up Next series. “You can say the truth, and you can not tell anyone that it’s the truth—you can just write it, and it’ll be yours.” Raised and homeschooled in Los Angeles by actor/musician parents, Eilish (born Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell in 2001) started writing songs when she was around 11, exploring a strain of melancholy, minimal and slightly surrealistic pop influenced as much by Lana Del Rey as the radical honesty of rappers like Tyler, the Creator and Earl Sweatshirt. Writing and recording with her brother—and producer—Finneas O’Connell at their parents’ house, Eilish released dont smile at me in 2017, followed by an ever-evolving series of singles—a prime example of the fact that, in the streaming era, artists are now free to move directly from their bedrooms into the spotlight. Despite the attention, Eilish is doing her best to stake out a space of freedom and fluidity, expanding her range of collaborators (Vince Staples, Khalid) and dodging easy definition. “If people think I have a sound, if people are like, ‘Oh yeah, her sound is this,’ if someone asks you what my sound is and you have an answer for them—you’re wrong,” she told Beats 1’s Zane Lowe. “Instead of trying to find a sound, when I want to make something and when I have an idea of what I want to make, I’m just going to make that.” - Apple Music Top 100 Chart History Billie Eilish 2018 47 lovely (Billie Eilish & Khalid) -3- MILLIONAIRE 2018 21 when the party's over -2*- MILLIONAIRE 2018 72 ocean eyes -1- MILLIONAIRE 2018 47 come out and play -NAS- 2019 78 idontwannabeyouanymore -AT- 2019 79 bellyache -2- 2019 06 bury a friend -3*- MILLIONAIRE 2019 13 wish you were gay -IG- 2019 02 bad guy -4*- MILLIONAIRE 2019 60 you should see me in a crown -1*- 2019 77 all the good girls go to hell -5*- 2019 03 everything i wanted -NAS- MILLIONAIRE 2020 01 No Time To Die -OST- 2020 07 my future -1- 2020 02 Therefore I Am -2- 2021 35 Lo Vas A Olvidar (Billie Eilish & ROSALÍA) -OST- 2021 05 Your Power -3- 2021 14 Lost Cause -4- 2021 23 NDA -5- 2021 04 Happier Than Ever -6- 2021 28 Getting Older -AT- 2021 32 Oxytocin -AT- 2022 23 TV -1/2- 2022 33 The 30th -1/2- 2023 69 hotline -PS- 2023 02 What Was I Made For? -OST- 1 x #1 | 7 x Top 5 | 9 x Top 10 | 11 x Top 20 | 18 x Top 40 | 26 x Top 100 Barbie The Album 2023 03 Dance The Night (Dua Lipa) 2023 04 Barbie World (Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice with Aqua) 2023 09 Speed Drive (Charli XCX) 2023 02 What Was I Made For? (Billie Eilish) 2023 13 I'm Just Ken (Ryan Gosling) 2023 27 Pink (Lizzo) 2023 58 Man I Am (Sam Smith) 2023 90 Choose Your Fighter (Ava Max) 2023 92 Forever & Again (The Kid LAROI) 0 x #1 | 3 x Top 5 | 4 x Top 10 | 5 x Top 20 | 6 x Top 40 | 9 x Top 100 Social Media Billie Eilish http://i.imgur.com/1SERq1f.png
August 11, 20233 yr What Was I Made For is absolutely gorgeous :heart: And another highlight from Barbie! Would be delighted with either Billie or Dua at #1 next week! (Or Cruel Summer, though that's an absolute pipe dream :lol:) Sprinter is meh.
August 11, 20233 yr Author 01 | 01 | 10th week Dave and Central Cee Sprinter 1st single from Split Decision Released: 1st June 2023 Label: Neighbourhood / Live Yours Chart Statistics NE (15/06/2023) | 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 Sales: 500k+ Certification: Gold Status: Standard Chart Ratio 24 Sales 01 Audio Streaming 01 Video Streaming Video pSY3i5XHHXo Biography Dave Challenging power and perception with a free-spoken approach to rap, Dave has indelibly amplified hip-hop’s voice in Britain. Born David Orobosa Omoregie in Brixton, London in 1998, Dave suddenly implanted himself in the UK rap scene in 2016, first with the electric grime alliance “Thiago Silva” with AJ Tracey and then when Drake jumped on the remix of the velvety “Wanna Know” from Dave’s first EP, Six Paths. Rebuffing label advances to pursue his career independently, he demonstrated a self-reliant streak on releases such as his 2017 EP Game Over, whose “Question Time,” a scathing attack on Theresa May’s Conservative government, garnered him an Ivor Novello songwriting award. Dave’s full-length debut, the Mercury Prize winner Psychodrama, followed in 2019; epitomizing his achingly honest rap style, it laid bare personal vulnerabilities while challenging institutional racism in a provocative fashion rarely heard in British rap. The centerpiece of the lavishly soundscaped album was “Black,” a heart-wrenching portrait of the prejudice affronting Black lives. At the 2020 BRIT Awards, where Psychodrama won Album of the Year, Dave started his performance of “Black” by accompanying himself on piano and ended it by excoriating British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as a “real racist” and executing a perfect mic drop. - Apple Music Central Cee Central Cee is proving himself to be one of London’s most exciting emerging artists. Whilst only just turning 22, the rapper had already released a slew of solid tracks in addition to a powerful Next Up Freestyle on Mixtape Madness reflecting the rising star’s versatility and distinctive delivery. Building on this foundation, in 2020, Central Cee has gone from strength to strength dropping two singles ‘Day In A Life’ and ‘Molly’, with both tracks having racked up 8 million audio streams collectively. The heat surrounding Central Cee along with some killer short freestyle videos showcasing Central Cee’s lyrical abilities has led to him doubling his instagram following in a matter of months (currently 135K). He’s also gained support from various artists at home and abroad including a co-sign from US rapper Big Sean. Music has been an integral part of Central Cee’s upbringing, dating back to the tender age of 8. His eagerness to create his own musical legacy is deeply rooted within his earliest memories of absorbing the rich sounds of his dad's old school hip hop collection. - Spotify Top 100 Chart History Dave 2017 51 Wanna Know (feat. Drake) -NAS- 2017 63 Samantha (Dave & J Hus) -NAS- 2017 86 Tequila -NAS- 2017 53 Peligro (Giggs feat. Dave) 2017 17 No Words (feat. MoStack) -1- MILLIONAIRE 2017 32 How I Met My Ex -AT- 2017 55 My 19th Birthday -AT- 2018 30 Hangman -NAS- 2018 01 Funky Friday (Dave & Fredo) -NAS- MILLIONAIRE 2019 06 18HUNNA (Headie One feat. Dave) 2019 15 All I Ever Wanted (Fredo feat. Dave) 2019 40 Black -1- 2019 08 Disaster (feat. J Hus) -3- 2019 09 Streatham -AT- 2019 06 Location (feat. Burna Boy) -2- MILLIONAIRE 2019 19 Stinking Rich (MoStack & J Hus feat. Dave) 2019 36 Thiago Silva (Dave & AJ Tracey) -NAS- 2019 12 Professor X -OST- 2019 90 God's Eye -OST- 2019 21 Playing For Keeps (D-Block Europe feat. Dave) 2019 15 Paper Cuts -NAS- 2020 35 Straight Murder (Giggs & David) (Giggs feat. Dave) 2021 03 Money Talks (Fredo feat. Dave) 2021 09 Titanium -NAS- 2021 33 Mercury (Dave & Kamal.) -NAS- 2021 02 Clash (Dave & Stormzy) -1- 2021 04 Verdansk -2- 2021 06 In The Fire -AT- 2022 70 Screwface Capital -AT- 2022 01 Starlight -NAS- 2022 48 My 24th Birthday -NAS- 2022 38 Propeller (JAE5 feat. Dave & BNXN) 2022 35 Fresh Out The Bank (Meekz & Dave) 2023 01 Sprinter (Dave & Central Cee) -1- 2023 12 Trojan Horse (Dave & Central Cee) -AT- 2023 13 UK Rap (Dave & Central Cee) -AT- 2023 49 INTOXYCATED (Oxlade feat. Dave) 3 x #1 | 6 x Top 5 | 12 x Top 10 | 18 x Top 20 | 28 x Top 40 | 37 x Top 100 Central Cee 2020 19 Loading -2- 2021 44 Pinging (6 Figures) -3- 2021 09 Commitment Issues -4- 2021 44 Day In The Life -1- 2021 16 6 For 6 -5- 2021 62 The Great Escape (Blanco & Central Cee) 2021 17 Meant To Be (Stay Flee Get Lizzy, Fredo & Central Cee) 2021 34 Little Bit Of This -NAS- 2021 04 Obsessed With You -1- 2021 06 Overseas (D-Block Europe feat. Central Cee) 2022 35 Daily Duppy -NAS- 2022 21 Retail Therapy -2- 2022 25 Cold Shoulder -IG- 2022 22 Khabib -IG- 2022 25 Straight Back To It -3- 2022 02 Doja -1- 2022 40 LA Leakers Freestyle -NAS- 2022 17 One Up -1*- 2022 69 Chapters -AT- 2022 66 Don't Like Drill (Meekz & Central Cee) 2022 06 LET GO -2- 2023 31 Me & You -3- 2023 01 Sprinter (Dave & Central Cee) -1- 2023 12 Trojan Horse (Dave & Central Cee) -AT- 2023 13 UK Rap (Dave & Central Cee) -AT- 2023 26 On The Radar Freestyle (Drake & Central Cee) -NAS- 1 x #1 | 3 x Top 5 | 6 x Top 10 | 12 x Top 20 | 20 x Top 40 | 25 x Top 100 Social Media Dave Central Cee http://i.imgur.com/1SERq1f.png
August 11, 20233 yr Shame I apparently only like dance music and I don't have good enough music taste to appreciate Billie Eyelash :cry:
August 11, 20233 yr Billie's vocals are ethereal on this track which perfectly complements the production. I will be streaming to fight for her to to #1
August 11, 20233 yr Shame I apparently only like dance music and I don't have good enough music taste to appreciate Billie Eyelash :cry: Lol me too it seems
August 11, 20233 yr Shame I apparently only like dance music and I don't have good enough music taste to appreciate Billie Eyelash :cry: To be fair it might come across like that as WWIMF is amazing and cannot think any reason why someone would hear otherwise.
August 11, 20233 yr Author :thinking: Future chart hit? :thinking: Olivia Rodrigo bad idea right? 2nd single from GUTS Released: 11th August 2023 Label: Olivia Rodrigo Video Dj9qJsJTsjQ Biography A few weeks after Olivia Rodrigo’s “drivers license” became the biggest song in the world, Saturday Night Live ran a sketch that featured a bunch of middle-aged guys shooting pool in a dive bar. One puts “drivers license” on the jukebox. Another complains that it just sounds like a teenage girl sitting alone at a piano. By the end of their discourse, they’re all in tears, singing along. “I was driving around my neighborhood listening to really sad songs, like, crying in the car,” Rodrigo told Apple Music. “And I got home and I was like, ‘Maybe I’ll write a song about this: crying in the car.’” Rodrigo had tapped into a universal experience: The middle-aged guys weren’t teenage girls, but they’d also driven around listening to sad songs. Rodrigo was just 17 when the song came out, but she had been getting ready for years. Born in Temecula, California, in 2003, she started lessons in piano, voice, and acting as a child, and went on to star in Disney+’s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. But, really, what could prepare you for breaking the global single-week streaming record for a female artist? Especially on your first single? And getting a nod from Taylor Swift in the meantime? (Along with “drivers license” winning the Apple Music Award for Top Song of the Year in 2021, Rodrigo’s debut LP, SOUR, was the Top Album of the Year and Rodrigo herself was named Breakthrough Artist of the Year.) Like Swift—and Lorde, too—Rodrigo has a knack for conjuring big feelings through small details: an ex singing along to their Billy Joel with his new love (“deja vu”), reading his self-help books “so you’d think that I was smart” (“enough for you”). Her content is all-caps, but her delivery is lowercase, lacing bedroom pop with a vulnerability and anger rare for teen pop: “Where’s my f***ing teenage dream?” she wonders on “brutal.” “I’m the biggest emo drama queen,” Rodrigo tells Apple Music. Maybe. But the key to letting it out is keeping it together. - Apple Music Top 100 Chart History 2020 32 All I Want -OST- 2021 01 drivers license -1- MILLIONAIRE 2021 04 deja vu -2- 2021 01 good 4 u -3- MILLIONAIRE 2021 05 traitor -4- 2021 17 favorite crime -AT- 2021 36 jealousy, jealousy -AT- 2023 02 vampire -1- 2023 00 bad idea right? -2- 2 x #1 | 5 x Top 5 | 5 x Top 10 | 6 x Top 20 | 8 x Top 40 | 8 x Top 100 Social Media Olivia Rodrigo http://i.imgur.com/1SERq1f.png
August 11, 20233 yr To be fair it might come across like that as WWIMF is amazing and cannot think any reason why someone would hear otherwise. Yes, I'm sure after being on this forum for so long the natural conclusion for anyone to draw is that I only like dance music :rolleyes:
August 11, 20233 yr Sprinter only the 13th record to spend 10 consecutive weeks at #1, after 1954 Cara Mia 1955 Rose Marie 1991 (Everything I Do) I Do It for You 1992-93 I Will Always Love You 1994 Love Is All Around 2007 Umbrella 2016 One Dance 2017 Shape of You 2019 Dance Monkey 2021 Bad Habits 2022 As It Was 2023 Flowers
August 11, 20233 yr New entries and new peaks outside the top 40: 41. Sonny Fodera & MK ft. Clementine Douglas - Asking (+10) 45. Luke Combs - Fast Car (+3) 47. Issey Cross - Bittersweet Goodbye (+18) 51. Prinz & Gabriela Bee - Highs & Lows (+9) 52. Turno, Skepsis & Charlotte Plank - Rave Out (+16) 79. Bebe Rexha ft. David Guetta - One In A Million (NEW) 83. Jazzy - Feel It (NEW) 84. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (+8) 99. Beyond Chicago, Majestic & Alex Mills - Million Dollar Bill (NEW)
August 11, 20233 yr Isn't 2023 the first year to have two songs that have spent at least 10 weeks at #1? Edit: Nvm 2017 did this also Edited August 11, 20233 yr by daniellovesmusic
August 11, 20233 yr From Music Week In a close chart contest with Skindred, Ducrot debuted at the summit with sales of 15,668 units (10,299 CDs, 1,413 vinyl albums, 689 cassettes, 1,484 digital downloads and 1,783 sales-equivalent streams), according to the Official Charts Company. It is also No.1 in Ireland. I knew it!
August 11, 20233 yr So Lewis Capaldi's first album is already ahead of his new one. Tbf ÷ and = have been above - foe Ed for a few weeks too
August 11, 20233 yr God help ya if you supported Dave on here and didn't want Billie Eilish or Dua Lipa to get to #1.
August 11, 20233 yr Author Full sales reports aren't up yet and I'm on my holiday so I don't really want to sit around waiting, so I'm going out for a bit - I'll do the rips when I get back, probably some time around 7:30 if that's alright with you guys.
August 11, 20233 yr Cian Ducrot beat Skindred by 149 sales. To Polydor: I hope your pillows are warm on both sides <_<
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