55 minutes ago, Liam S said:

Ordinary has done pretty well why couldn’t others do it like Alex?

They obviously haven't caught on in the pubs...

Addison has reached a new peak on Spotify:

50. Addison Rae - Headphones On (+10) 💖

A couple of new entries:

181. Charli xcx - party 4 u (happy the brilliant How I'm Feeling Now era is getting some attention)

192. Billy Joel - Piano Man (classic!!)

In an exciting development at the top of the chart, 'Ordinary' falls below 500k for the first time in over a month 😱

an Ordinary flop :D but how can it be when everybody is talking about it!

BIRDS OF A FEATHER #3 seriously?

Streams unsurprisingly low across the board due to Easter Sunday, would expect the same tomorrow on Bank Holiday Monday.

Old songs in general seem to benefit from this for whatever reason, Dreams at #24 might be the highest its been since the 2020 viral moment.

Also apparently it's charted before (even with a peak of #88) but a big fan of You Can Call Me Al showing up at #189

Azizam doing strangely well today. His CD’s are released May 2nd. Ed gearing up for a strategic #1 though remains to be seen. Personally I’m not listening to ordinary this week to let the numbers drop to try and save it from ACR the next week

A few new peaks actually - sombr x2, Ravyn, Addison, MOLIY

Edited April 21Apr 21 by jimwatts

To be completely honest, I can see why Ordinary is doing so well. I was talking with my friends about pop music and they were saying they don't make songs like they used to and how they don't know what's in the charts anymore now there's no Top of The Pops. So I played Ordinary on the Jukebox and everybody stood up and clapped. It really resonates with people. I think it will be year-end #1.

1 minute ago, Eric_Blob said:

To be completely honest, I can see why Ordinary is doing so well. I was talking with my friends about pop music and they were saying they don't make songs like they used to and how they don't know what's in the charts anymore now there's no Top of The Pops. So I played Ordinary on the Jukebox and everybody stood up and clapped. It really resonates with people. I think it will be year-end #1.

Strangely enough I've not met any people who think the song is more than a 5/10 but I guess the people I've talked to about it have more eclectic tastes or see that it's number 1/by an influencer with a production team behind him and are biased against it. If I had played the song to them without context they might've felt differently.

Was the jukebox in a pub perchance? 😁

Edited April 21Apr 21 by gasman449

The message I’m getting is that “Ordinary” sounds better after 5 pints! Sadly I don’t drink very much these days so I’m stuck with hearing it in the cold light of day.

It’s a love song and probably the demographic most receptive to the song are 18-40 straight females so it’s not surprising it’s become polemic outside of this demographic but is what it is. I think the summer needs more upbeat and dance music so ACR or not I give Ordinary 4-5 more weeks before it’s completely out of the top streaming songs

1 hour ago, Liam S said:

Azizam doing strangely well today. His CD’s are released May 2nd. Ed gearing up for a strategic #1 though remains to be seen. Personally I’m not listening to ordinary this week to let the numbers drop to try and save it from ACR the next week

Ed has really pushed the release date of the CD by a week just because Ordinary has avoided the ACR last week ? LMAO Ed is so obsessed by the charts.

12 minutes ago, Jo' said:

Ed has really pushed the release date of the CD by a week just because Ordinary has avoided the ACR last week ? LMAO Ed is so obsessed by the charts.

Why is this a bad thing? Aren't we just as obsessed by the charts? lol

If an artist isn't obsessed with the charts, then they're 'so stupid!' for not strategising with the charts, can't win.

23 minutes ago, Jo' said:

Ed has really pushed the release date of the CD by a week just because Ordinary has avoided the ACR last week ? LMAO Ed is so obsessed by the charts.

Oh no an artist trying to maximise their chart position what a disgraceful thing to do 😱

Tbf if more artists were like him and do stuff like this more people would get much stronger chart positions and potentially more longevity and exposure

 

1 hour ago, jimwatts said:

In an exciting development at the top of the chart, 'Ordinary' falls below 500k for the first time in over a month 😱

Only a month over 500k what a flop 😱

love Billie and Birds of a feather is a great song

but nearly 1 year in the upper Spotify and currently #3 is too much ☠️

will be interesting to see what happens with the Ordinary song and if it can avoid ACR

the song is down a lot this week cos of the so many days of holidays, but that means it will easily increase next week as it's a regular tracking week with no holidays

Edited April 21Apr 21 by Bjork

I don't get the assumption that songs stream less because of holidays, surely it would be the other way round with more people off

I personally listen to a lot more music when I'm at work than at home. The Spotify numbers seem to support this.

Streams of #50 song on Spotify the last few Fridays (new entries in top 50)

21 March: 151k (0)

28 March: 161k (7)

4 April: 157k (3)

11th April: 162k (1)

18th April: 138k (1) [BANK HOLIDAY]

Pretty clear that the assumption is valid

Spotify Chart Update (20/04)

01 01 Alex Warren – Ordinary 476,913

02 02 Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club 299,218

03 05 Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER 278,984

04 03 Lola Young – Messy 265,225

05 04 Gracie Abrams – That’s So True 263,536

06 07 Gigi Perez – Sailor Song 244,323

07 06 ROSÉ, Bruno Mars – APT. 239,139

08 13 Ed Sheeran, Googoosh – Azizam (feat. Googoosh) [Persian Version] 234,585

09 08 Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe! 227,274

10 09 Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars – Die With A Smile 217,989

11 11 Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso 216,844

12 12 Benson Boone – Beautiful Things 213,423

13 10 Tate McRae – Sports car 212,299

14 20 sombr – back to friends 193,550 PEAK

15 18 Ravyn Lenae – Love Me Not 190,838 PEAK

16 14 WizTheMc, bees & honey – Show Me Love 190,495

17 15 Sabrina Carpenter – Taste 189,349

18 21 sombr – undressed 184,390 PEAK

19 17 Sabrina Carpenter – Busy Woman 183,726

20 16 Drake – NOKIA 180,587

21 22 Hozier – Too Sweet 180,497

22 19 Doechii – Anxiety 177,715

23 28 Dream Supplier, Baby Sleeps, Background White Noise – Clean Baby Sleep White Noise (Loopable) 175,080

24 38 Fleetwood Mac – Dreams - 2004 Remaster 164,474

25 26 The Killers – Mr. Brightside 161,627

26 23 Chrystal, NOTION – The Days - NOTION Remix 159,529

27 30 Teddy Swims – Lose Control 157,831

28 27 Lady Gaga – Abracadabra 153,866

29 35 Noah Kahan – Stick Season 152,999

30 31 Teddy Swims – Bad Dreams 152,662

31 29 Benson Boone – Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 151,026

32 34 Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten 150,274

33 33 Kendrick Lamar, SZA – All The Stars (with SZA) 142,539

34 36 Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy) 142,326

35 32 Tate McRae – Revolving door 141,791

36 43 Dasha – Austin (Boots Stop Workin') 141,634

37 42 Alex Warren – Carry You Home 138,888

38 46 Coldplay – Viva La Vida 136,920

39 39 Post Malone, Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help (Feat. Morgan Wallen) 136,112

40 44 The Goo Goo Dolls – Iris 135,708

42 41 Lil Tecca – Dark Thoughts 133,766

50 60 Addison Rae – Headphones On 121,669 PEAK

53 53 Chappell Roan – The Giver 115,810

61 64 Myles Smith – Nice To Meet You 111,219

65 71 d4vd – Feel It (From “Invincible”) 105,515

68 70 MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng, Shenseea – Shake It To The Max (FLY) - Remix 99,254 PEAK

74 74 Jack Black – Steve's Lava Chicken 97,837

88 73 Leon Thomas – MUTT 91,822

99 81 Ely Oaks – Running Around 88,108

109 89 Ariana Grande – twilight zone 85,240

118 86 Morgan Seatree, Florence + The Machine – Say My Name - Remix 81,779

124 114 JENNIE – like JENNIE 80,496

134 153 Sydney Rose – We Hug Now 78,108

162 122 Selena Gomez, benny blanco – Bluest Flame 73,526

170 132 Sleep Token – Caramel 71,863

180 178 Shaboozey, Myles Smith – Blink Twice 69,923

181 NE Charli xcx – party 4 u 69,887 PEAK