The TV chart gets weirder every week. 😕

The UK Radio Airplay Chart

1 1 ED SHEERAN Azizam 5,320 +3% 54.61 +3%

2 2 ALEX WARREN Ordinary 5,652 -5% 42.84 -10%

3 3 CHAPPELL ROAN Pink Pony Club 4,260 +9% 36.64 -5%

4 5 MYLES SMITH Nice To Meet You 4,262 +1% 33.59 +4%

5 4 MYLES SMITH Stargazing 3,223 -9% 33.15 -2%

6 6 RAVYN LENAE Love Me Not 3,055 +13% 30.32 -4%

7 7 BENSON BOONE Beautiful Things 3,055 0% 28.79 -7%

8 33 TOM GRENNAN Full Attention 1,110 +43% 28.63 +84%

9 9 ALEX WARREN Carry You Home 3,024 +5% 28.32 -1%

10 14 TEDDY SWIMS The Door 2,855 +2% 26.51 +9%

11 30 SAM FENDER People Watching 2,596 -2% 26.39 +45%

12 16 CALVIN HARRIS & CLEMENTINE DOUGLAS Blessings 3,177 +17% 25.51 +5%

13 8 TEDDY SWIMS Bad Dreams 2,882 -9% 25.37 -17%

14 N MYLES SMITH Gold 1,435 - 25.06 -

15 15 BENSON BOONE Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 3,988 +1% 24.99 +3%

16 20 SHABOOZEY A Bar Song (Tipsy) 2,754 +2% 24.98 +9%

17 13 JESSIE J Living My Best Life 1,441 +54% 23.79 -3%

18 24 POST MALONE FT MORGAN WALLEN I Had Some Help 2,380 -4% 23.37 +15%

19 85 ELLA HENDERSON Me & You 1,402 +44% 21.22 +212%

20 25 DASHA Austin 2,342 -5% 21.03 +7%

21 11 LOLA YOUNG Messy 3,081 -10% 20.4 -19%

22 22 BRYAN ADAMS Never Ever Let You Go 462 +72% 18.85 -9%

23 35 CYRIL & JAMES BLUNT Tears Dry Tonight 503 +19% 18.1 +17%

24 28 GRACIE ABRAMS That's So True 2,906 -4% 16.92 -9%

25 21 TATE MCRAE Revolving Door 1,029 +2% 16.81 -26%

26 27 LOLA YOUNG One Thing 954 +22% 16.79 -11%

27 18 JOE JONAS Heart By Heart 730 +8% 16.1 -31%

28 17 ED SHEERAN Old Phone 2,259 -10% 15.87 -32%

29 N LAINEY WILSON Somewhere Over Laredo 61 - 15.7 -

30 32 ELTON JOHN & BRANDI CARLILE Little Richard's Bible 77 +38% 15.7 -10%

31 29 LADY GAGA & BRUNO MARS Die With A Smile 2,337 - 15.6 -15%

32 43 MILEY CYRUS End Of The World 3,236 -6% 15.22 +21%

33 12 SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR Taste 558 +6% 14.63 -41%

34 36 JORJA SMITH The Way I Love You 377 +20% 14.13 -8%

35 34 MAROON 5 & LISA Priceless 1,689 -14% 13.98 -9%

36 55 SABRINA CARPENTER Busy Woman 2,381 +19% 13.77 +41%

37 10 SAM FENDER Little Bit Closer 611 +2% 13.52 -52%

38 26 WOLF ALICE Bloom Baby Bloom 115 -29% 13.14 -33%

39 37 ROSÉ & BRUNO MARS APT. 2,342 +10% 12.93 -14%

40 62 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD Unwritten 678 +1% 12.42 +49%

41 64 SABRINA CARPENTER Espresso 1,012 -9% 12.01 +47%

42 53 BLOSSOMS The Honeymoon 134 -16% 11.73 +19%

43 N ALEX WARREN & JELLY ROLL Bloodline 987 - 11.52 -

44 31 MUMFORD & SONS Caroline 348 -11% 11.43 -37%

45 44 WIZTHEMC & BEES & HONEY Show Me Love 1,399 -5% 11.41 -9%

46 45 BENSON BOONE Mystical Magical 1,762 -1% 11.36 -2%

47 38 WET LEG Catch These Fists 198 -13% 10.63 -27%

48 50 JAMES HYPE Don't Wake Me Up 808 +5% 10.27 0%

49 58 THE WEEKND Blinding Lights 865 +5% 10.25 +17%

50 3740 MT JONES Punchin' 46 +156% 10.22 +2,773%

The UK TV Airplay Chart

1 161 MEAT LOAF I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) 21 +75%

2 619 SPICE GIRLS Wannabe 20 +186%

3 21 CORONA Rhythm Of The Night 20 +5%

4 76 T'PAU China In Your Hand 20 +33%

5 25 ERIC PRYDZ Call On Me 20 +5%

6 600 P!NK So What 20 +186%

7 24 CHER Believe 19 -

8 37 EIFFEL 65 Blue (Da Ba Dee) 19 +6%

9 118 BLACK EYED PEAS I Gotta Feeling 19 +46%

10 26 JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS I Love Rock 'n' Roll 19 -

11 81 LMC & U2 Take Me To The Clouds Above 19 +27%

12 149 NIRVANA Smells Like Teen Spirit 19 +46%

13 727 BILLY OCEAN When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going 18 +200%

14 68 STARSHIP Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now 18 +20%

15 158 CHRISTINA AGUILERA Genie In A Bottle 18 +50%

16 369 QUEEN Don't Stop Me Now 18 +100%

17 67 SPILLER Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) 18 +20%

18 10 AQUA Barbie Girl 17 -26%

19 339 BACKSTREET BOYS I Want It That Way 17 +89%

20 50 ELTON JOHN & KIKI DEE Don't Go Breaking My Heart 17 -

21 335 ALL SAINTS Pure Shores 17 +89%

22 336 ATC Around The World (La La La La La) 17 +89%

23 93 FEDDE LE GRAND Put Your Hands Up For Detroit 17 +21%

24 262 M.C. SAR & THE REAL MCCOY Another Night 17 +70%

25 238 UB40 (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You 17 +55%

26 382 UB40 Red Red Wine 17 +89%

27 49 DARUDE Sandstorm 17 -

28 62 KINGS OF LEON Sex On Fire 17 +6%

29 97 QUEEN Bohemian Rhapsody 16 +14%

30 58 TINA TURNER The Best 16 -

31 36 AEROSMITH I Don't Want To Miss A Thing 16 -11%

32 22 JOHN PARR St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) 16 -16%

33 549 OASIS Wonderwall 16 +129%

34 12 STEPPENWOLF Born To Be Wild 16 -24%

35 1022 BADDIEL & SKINNER AND THE LIGHTNING SEEDS Three Lions 16 +220%

36 73 DAVID GUETTA FT KELLY ROWLAND When Love Takes Over 16 +7%

37 92 EUROPE The Final Countdown 16 +14%

38 104 O-ZONE Dragostea Din Tei 16 +14%

39 54 SURVIVOR Eye Of The Tiger 16 -6%

40 137 INFERNAL From Paris To Berlin 16 +23%

41 125 THE SHAPESHIFTERS Lola's Theme 16 +23%

42 87 BON JOVI Always 15 +7%

43 317 DJ JAZZY JEFF & THE FRESH PRINCE Boom! Shake The Room 15 +67%

44 163 QUEEN We Are The Champions 15 +25%

45 N INNER CIRCLE Sweat (A La La La La Long) 15 -

46 479 LADY GAGA Poker Face 15 +88%

47 597 THE OFFSPRING Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) 15 +114%

48 436 ERIC PRYDZ Pjanoo 15 +88%

49 148 EVANESCENCE Bring Me To Life 15 +15%

50 247 YOLANDA BE COOL & DCUP We No Speak Americano 15 +36%

This basically confirms that the only relevant TV channels still playing videos are the throwback ones 😂

Meat Loaf is even more strange than Gina G last week. At least Eurovision explained that away.

And what is Three Lions doing there, did I miss a football tournament? 😄

43 minutes ago, gooddelta said:

Meat Loaf is even more strange than Gina G last week. At least Eurovision explained that away.

And what is Three Lions doing there, did I miss a football tournament? 😄

Womens euros coming soon 🤷

How exactly are they ranking the many, many songs which are tied in spins on the TV airplay chart?

The fact that no current music video was played on the music channels more than 15 times last week is pretty sad. No wonder a lot of artists don’t put as much effort into videos anymore or just chuck out lyric videos, it’s basically you watch it yourself online or you don’t see it.

It’s such a shame that so few channels remain and none are dedicated to new music.

I would definitely abolish the chart, what’s the point of it. 21 plays represents nothing apart from what looks like a 90s number one singles countdown on loop.

Little But Closer falling down the radio chart and Peolle Watching moving up to replace it again. 😕