Its a charming #1 imo and I prefer it to 'I Love You I'm Sorry' or 'Sailor Song'.

 

Nice to get another week without Christmas songs in the top 40. Hope PAWSA makes top 40 in the New Year.

Ugh Gracie is such a borefest.

Wham and Marih in top 40 f*** stick season and blood two sweet and pineapple

 

Want wham and Mariah top 40 but moaning about 3 long running hits make it make sense

The same equivalent chart from this time last year was on the 10th November and those extra 2 days would've allowed for the Xmas increase to take hold further. Given Wham! and Mariah are on ACR, I'd say they're probably where they would be anyway and next week they'll be well into the T40.

 

With a 20 place difference or so from last year's equivalent chart, I doubt two days would make a big difference.

Have to admit, it is nice to not have the Christmas songs enter the top 40 this week. It’s inevitable it will start but it’s nice to hold back on them. I need a couple of weeks before the Christmas madness starts.

 

Same to this, I mean you don’t have to go from listening to ‘Thriller’ one week to ‘Last Christmas’ the next, give it a week or two for autumn to finish.

 

Course I don’t when it’s the same repetitive songs going in the chart every year and it’s also made the race for Christmas #1 single less excitable. I used to get excited for the race for Christmas #1 but now I don’t. If Wham! or Mariah are constantly gonna get Christmas #1, OCC need to do something about it. My suggestion would be to remove streaming from Christmas songs that are more than 3 years old

 

The chart is meant to reflect what’s popular. In the year 2000 the likes of Slade, Wizzard and the Pogues would have been top 10 each year if streaming was included now it’s Mariah/Wham/Buble. In 20 years it’ll be different as tastes and history/listenership moves on and gets older. Surely that’s exactly what the chart is meant to reflect for the history books, not what you would like it to be in your head?

The chart is meant to reflect what’s popular. In the year 2000 the likes of Slade, Wizzard and the Pogues would have been top 10 each year if streaming was included now it’s Mariah/Wham/Buble. In 20 years it’ll be different as tastes and history/listenership moves on and gets older. Surely that’s exactly what the chart is meant to reflect for the history books, not what you would like it to be in your head?

Like I said, OCC need to do something about it if Wham! and Mariah are constantly gonna be going #1 or Christmas #1 every year. That’s why I said a suggestion to remove streaming from Christmas songs that are over 3 years old or put every single non-Christmas song on SCR during the Christmas rush if they don’t want to remove Christmas songs from the singles chart. They did something about compilations constantly going #1 and denying artists a #1 album by creating the compilation chart so they can do something about it if the same songs are constantly getting Christmas #1 every year

Edited November 9, 20241 yr by Hadji

To be fair, AIWFCIY has spent ONE week at #1 since 2021...

To be fair, AIWFCIY has spent ONE week at #1 since 2021...

Only because of Last Christmas. I can see AIWFCIY beating LC to #1 this year

The only non-Christmas song actually denied the #1 spot by Wham! or Mariah was 'willow' by Taylor Swift, and streams were so pitifully low at the end of 2020 that it didn't really deserve to get there anyway.

 

When all the Christmas songs have their streams halved and are still comfortably #1 I don't see what else you can do without making the chart completely unrepresentative of what's actually going on.

Could be worst last no ladbaby anymore 5 years

Could be argued that the streams of old Christmas songs are similar to an album bomb (a very long-running album bomb) and that there should only be 3 songs allowed in the chart per record label?

personally I don't mind cos it's just a few weeks per year

I mean charts have to reflect what people are streaming

wouldn't make sense to ignore Lat Xmas when the song is doing 3 million streams on Xmas day

and instead give the #1 to some non-Xmas song that did 100K

Well, Gracie coming in to prevent Sabrina having my least favourite #1 of the year oop. (She still has my second and third least favourites though x). Real shame 'APT.' ran out of momentum as that would have been up there with the best #1s of the year but ah well.

 

Happy to see 'The Door' finally making the top 10 and a nice new peak for 'WILDFLOWER' which has grown on me a lot.

 

Gaga has two songs in top 15 for the first time since... maybe ever?? :heart:

 

She very nearly had 4 songs in the top 15 the week 'Hair' came out! ('The Edge Of Glory' #6, 'Judas' #8, 'Hair' #13 and 'Born This Way' #16). There was overlap between the top 15 runs of 'Just Dance'/'Poker Face' and 'Poker Face'/'Paparazzi' too.

Top 40 Album Chart Highlights

 

01 | NE | 01 | The Cure - Songs of a Lost World

 

 

NE: 1

 

Sales: 50k+

 

Certification: -

 

Charting Songs From This Album:

 

NONE

 

Chart History:

 

1979 44 Three Imaginary Boys

1980 20 Seventeen Seconds

1981 14 Faith

1982 08 Pornography

1983 71 Boys Don't Cry

1983 26 Japanese Whispers: The Cure Singles Nov 82 : Nov 83

1984 10 The Top

1984 26 Concert: The Cure Live

1985 07 The Dead on the Door

1986 04 Standing on a Beach

1987 06 Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me

1989 03 Disintegration

1990 08 Mixed Up

1991 10 Entreat

1992 01 Wish

1993 29 Show

1993 56 Paris

1996 09 Wild Mood Swings

1997 37 Galore: The Singles 1987-1997

2000 14 Bloodflowers

2001 19 Greatest Hits ~ Million Seller

2004 98 Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978-2001 (The Fiction Years)

2004 08 The Cure

2008 33 4:13 Dream

2024 01 Songs of a Lost World

 

19 | RE | 1174 | ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits

 

 

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RE: 74-90-87-75-93-81

RE: 24-11-10-22-22-26-26-39-53

RE: 97

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RE: 94

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RE: 85-87-80-90

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RE: 87-74-70-64-74-71-91-99-94-86-92-91

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RE: 89

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RE: 84-79-64-68-53-44-13-12-16-13-18-11-8-1-2-1-1-2-2-1-1-2-2-3-5-6-6-5-5-4-7-8-7-7-11-10-16-20-25-18-10-15-17-21-10-14-13-14-15-16-12-8-10-10-11-14-14-11-7-

-11-26-29-32-30-23-31-29-40-40-39-39-41-36-45-40-36-35-35-32-36-37-37-29-37-37-36-33-29-38-41-40-44-48-59-57-47-46-51-51-52-55-54-51-75-77-67-61-72-74-69-

-64-86-89-93-91-71-92-92-94-100-73-83-80-79-89

RE: 72-64-88-87-66-77-75-69-67-68-83-87-99-90-96

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RE: 86-86-77-83-84-78-29-39-38-43-44-71-63-55-63-75-83-87-92

RE: 83

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RE: 84-64-79

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RE: 85-63-79-79-78-62-77-84-92-43-12-5-2-1-1-2-2-6-6-9-14-20-25-27-33-37-51-59-67-67-63-60-57-52-53-34-34-31-28-31-36-37-34-30-28-31-39-37-38-34-25-30-37-41-

-40-39-42-47-50-57-50-56-49-55-41-38-37-36-35-36-33-55-57-67-76-53-59-72-92

RE: 97-94-93-78-81-90-87-97

RE: 91-95-83-85-89

RE: 100

RE: 99-70-55-63-73-85-75-92-81-80-83-82-87

RE: 31-42-42-66-68-74-77-93

RE: 57-98

RE: 93-83-79-68-65-65-78-74-78-90

RE: 97-92

RE: 98-89-71-45-56-67-89-73-89-89-89

RE: 90

RE: 100

RE: 67

RE: 94-88-84-73-93

RE: 99

RE: 53-51-55-68-63-84

RE: 82-67-90

RE: 88-76-71

RE: 95

RE: 97-86

RE: 93-99

RE: 94-69-64-49-55-61-49-65-69-84

RE: 31-48-57-79-97

RE: 100

RE: 97-68-74-92-93

RE: 80-58-52-45-44-92-90-72

RE: 84-83

RE: 72-82-91

RE: 59-65-88-80-71-81-88-76-50-53-68-57-43-34-46-64-48-57

RE: 91-88-86

RE: 71-56-66-79-74-60-54-35-41-58-74

RE: 73-74-79-78-63-62-95-88-75-30-23-18-25-25-20-28-56-81-81-82-82-88

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RE: 57-86-78-80-85-77-80-89-76-40-32-39-40-42-46-57-39-57-62-66-82-85-84-77-60-48-35-45-57-66-50-44-49-43-42-46-31-29-30-40-52-55-51-15-23-15-19-23-29-33-25-

-21-24-23-19-7-6-9-11-14-13-15-15-22-25-22-20-25-26-31-33-39-44-38-46-49-46-38-31-32-29-32-32-37-35-37-40-43-43-48-47-37-37-37-34-33-37-35-35-37-39-39-37-27-

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-21-20-20-22-23-21-22-19-23-20-24-19-22-23-25-41-37-31-24-29-33-43-48-45-50-50-43-24-22-31-33-30-22-26-26-24-30-26-25-30-31-22-23-22-19-27-22-24-21-27-26-27-

-23-17-14-15-15-18-20-21-16-14-12-5-12-7-8-14-11-17-17-16-9-14-24-25-25-27-22-12-11-20-19-26-21-24-22-19-21-21-25-22-25-20-18-14-20-19-19-14-17-9-7-9-11-16-13-

-13-15-10-9-10-9-12-11-10-11-11-6-16-11-15-19-18-17-18-21-19-22-23-20-13-10-11-13-15-13-15-10-13-13-17-12-14-13-12-10-11-16-17-10-14-15-16-17-21-22-18-18-19-

-20-19-19-20-21-20-21-23-20-21-20-23-20-22-20-26-23-19-24-17-15-5-4-6-9-7-12-11-12-14-18-17-11-12-11-12-14-10-11-9-9-12-10-12-17-17-14-16-11-16-15-13-11-14-18-

-18-17-21-19-22-25-28-23-23

RE: 19

 

Sales: 6,600k+

 

Certification: 21x Platinum

 

Charting Songs From This Album:

 

01 Dancing Queen

01 Fernando

01 Knowing Me, Knowing You

01 Mamma Mia

01 Super Trouper

01 Take a Chance On Me

01 The Name of the Game

01 The Winner Takes It All

01 Waterloo

02 Chiquitita

02 I Have a Dream

03 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

03 Money Money Money

03 One of Us

03 Voulez-Vous

04 Does Your Mother Know?

06 SOS

07 Lay All Your Love On Me

33 Thank You for the Music

 

Chart History:

 

1974 28 Waterloo

1976 13 ABBA

1976 01 Greatest Hits ~ Million Seller

1976 01 Arrival ~ Million Seller

1978 01 The Album ~ Million Seller

1979 01 Voulez Vous

1979 01 Greatest Hits Volume 2 ~ Million Seller

1980 01 Super Trouper ~ Million Seller

1981 01 The Visitors

1982 01 The Singles: The First Ten Years

1983 17 Thank You for the Music

1988 70 Absolute ABBA

1992 01 Gold: Greatest Hits ~ Million Seller

1993 13 More ABBA Gold

1998 51 Love Stories

2001 17 The Definitive Collection

2006 15 18 Hits

2006 15 Number Ones

2008 89 The Albums

2014 48 Gold / More Gold: Greatest Hits

2014 30 Live at Wembley Arena

2021 01 Voyage

2024 17 The Singles: The First Fifty Years

 

28 | 42 | 36 | Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes by Cocomelon

 

NE: 50-38-42-37-29-37-41-36-32-32-39-34-32-37-38-42-40-38-31-34-42-34-28-33-35-36-34-37-38-39-36-36-35-42-42-28

 

Sales: 100k+

 

Certification: Gold

 

Charting Songs From This Album:

 

NONE

 

Chart History:

 

2024 28 Nursery Rhymes by Cocomelon

 

30 | RE | 75 | The Cure - Greatest Hits

 

 

NE: 33-52-72-92

RE: 40-56-89

RE: 90

RE: 93-76-76-75-99

RE: 91-75-91

RE: 85-72

RE: 72-39-37-45-45-43-35-38-41-39-63-95

RE: 48

RE: 19-24-49-70-66-85-77-74-82

RE: 94-93-88

RE: 91

RE: 99-83-78-74-60-41-53-63-76-84-90-88-89

RE: 95-97

RE: 92-95-82-91

RE: 93

RE: 99-100

RE: 96-100-98-99-95-98

RE: 96-99

RE: 30

 

Sales: 1,100k+

 

Certification: 3x Platinum

 

Charting Songs From This Album:

 

05 Lullaby

06 Friday I'm in Love

07 Lovecats

08 High

13 Close to Me

13 Never Enough

14 Caterpillar

15 In Between Days

18 Lovesong

21 Why Can't I Be You

22 Boys Don't Cry

29 Just Like Heaven

31 Forest

31 Mint Car

44 Let's Go to Bed

54 Cut Here

62 Wrong

 

Chart History:

 

1979 44 Three Imaginary Boys

1980 20 Seventeen Seconds

1981 14 Faith

1982 08 Pornography

1983 71 Boys Don't Cry

1983 26 Japanese Whispers: The Cure Singles Nov 82 : Nov 83

1984 10 The Top

1984 26 Concert: The Cure Live

1985 07 The Dead on the Door

1986 04 Standing on a Beach

1987 06 Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me

1989 03 Disintegration

1990 08 Mixed Up

1991 10 Entreat

1992 01 Wish

1993 29 Show

1993 56 Paris

1996 09 Wild Mood Swings

1997 37 Galore: The Singles 1987-1997

2000 14 Bloodflowers

2001 19 Greatest Hits ~ Million Seller

2004 98 Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978-2001 (The Fiction Years)

2004 08 The Cure

2008 33 4:13 Dream

2024 01 Songs of a Lost World