I really think some people just ran with the admittedly shady nature of the Amazon exclusive Christmas songs and extrapolated to think the entire platform is illegitimate for some reason.

We need new chart rules like done in Australia

https://www.aria.com.au/aria-chart-changes-faqs#:~:text=The%20ARIA%20Charts%20are%20evolving,years%20of%20their%20release%20date.

Need something something like that uk charts

Edited September 4, 2025Sep 4 by Dj Cheeky magpie

Just bear in mind that the Kiwi charts have had rules like this for years now, they're a little more strict (18 months is their limit), and they aren't remarkably exciting for it.

Like how can they predict if an "old song is guaranteed to stay on the charts for 10 weeks" bit off an odd one that

1 minute ago, 777666jason said:

Like how can they predict if an "old song is guaranteed to stay on the charts for 10 weeks" bit off an odd one that

That's not how I read it, I think it means if an old song re-enters it can stay on the chart for 10 weeks before getting booted out again

11 minutes ago, gasman449 said:

That's not how I read it, I think it means if an old song re-enters it can stay on the chart for 10 weeks before getting booted out again

Ah that would make a bit more sense

13 hours ago, Dj Cheeky magpie said:

We need new chart rules like done in Australia

https://www.aria.com.au/aria-chart-changes-faqs#:~:text=The%20ARIA%20Charts%20are%20evolving,years%20of%20their%20release%20date.

Need something something like that uk charts

It has done little for the Singles chart, but that may change when the majority of the Carpenter rubbish disappears next week. Album wise the changes have really shook it up with 27 either new or recent albums entering the top 50. Only 4 of the songs in last weeks Australian Artist chart remain in the top 20 this week, which I believe was the main objective of the changes

2 hours ago, Bleedin Heck said:

It has done little for the Singles chart, but that may change when the majority of the Carpenter rubbish disappears next week. Album wise the changes have really shook it up with 27 either new or recent albums entering the top 50. Only 4 of the songs in last weeks Australian Artist chart remain in the top 20 this week, which I believe was the main objective of the changes

Not sure what you'd expect on the singles chart? If Sabrina wasn't there, it'd just be pulling in older hits like Messy and Good Luck, Babe. I'll probably have a lot to say in the International Chart thread in a few days.

17 minutes ago, Dircadirca said:

Not sure what you'd expect on the singles chart? If Sabrina wasn't there, it'd just be pulling in older hits like Messy and Good Luck, Babe. I'll probably have a lot to say in the International Chart thread in a few days.

And Demon hunters, the two make up 20 of the top 50

And Jack's back as host of the chart this week!

5 minutes ago, Stephen Emmett said:

And Jack's back as host of the chart this week!

H-O-T-T-O-G-O, Jack Saunders is hot to go... 😬

3 minutes ago, gasman449 said:

H-O-T-T-O-G-O, Jack Saunders is hot to go... 😬

I highly doubt that might be played.. unless Jack talks over the intro of Hot to Go without chanting. But I do have a question - I'm not sure who did that random intro. Was it a random listener or some other Radio 1 DJ, i.e. Greg James who does the voice of that pseudo-intro?

1 minute ago, Stephen Emmett said:

I highly doubt that might be played.. unless Jack talks over the intro of Hot to Go without chanting. But I do have a question - I'm not sure who did that random intro. Was it a random listener or some other Radio 1 DJ, i.e. Greg James who does the voice of that pseudo-intro?

I assumed it was Jack himself doing it? Not 100% sure as none of the chart shows he played it on seem to be archived...

Just now, gasman449 said:

I assumed it was Jack himself doing it? Not 100% sure as none of the chart shows he played it on seem to be archived...

Well, I'm archiving all the Radio 1 chart shows that I can tune into and yes, I can confirm on some of them, yes it does get played. But I often turned the volume down when said spoof intro came on air..

23 minutes ago, gasman449 said:

H-O-T-T-O-G-O, Jack Saunders is hot to go... 😬

Poor jack what ever did he do to you 😢🤣