2 hours ago, GreyAsh said:

‘I Don’t Care’ clearly! I can’t even remember if that’s what the song was even called! But as it was her first number 1 single, that must be the one.

 

Yes. At present I make it roughly the 12th highest song on SCR (132).

Well, Boom Clap, Fancy and Doing It were hits shortly after that.

If she ever was considered a one-hit wonder it can't have been for more than a year lol.

51 minutes ago, Eric_Blob said:

Well, Boom Clap, Fancy and Doing It were hits shortly after that.

If she ever was considered a one-hit wonder it can't have been for more than a year lol.

Yup, it was more a certain side of stan-twitter that kept the one hit wonder narrative going, even though she wasn't. Every news about would always just refer to her “the boom clap girl”.

Yeah I think 'I Love It' was deemed to be more Icona Pop's one hit wonder.

1 hour ago, Eric_Blob said:

Well, Boom Clap, Fancy and Doing It were hits shortly after that.

If she ever was considered a one-hit wonder it can't have been for more than a year lol.

Boom Clap was OK, Fancy was annoying and Doing It was an absolute pop gem that makes me feel nostalgic for 2015!

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It reminds me of someone I had the displeasure with talking to the other day, someone who was steadfast about the idea that someone could only be a one hit wonder if they think most people (or they) only know one song, just based on vibes. I feel like once you start disregarding high charting, potentially platinum selling hits, you're either serving an audience that isn't very interested in music, or exposing your own ignorance on the subject. A one hit wonder should be someone whose entire discourse is derived from one song (note: don't get me started on regional pockets of success). If people are still writing & talking about their subsequent releases, then they aren't a one hit wonder, beyond a whimsical 'technically they only had one top x hit, isn't that interesting?'.

One other problem with the concept of ‘One Hit Wonders’ is that these days songs can go silver, gold or platinum without actually being a chart ‘hit’.

Indeed. Catfish and the Bottlemen are technically a one-hit wonder with 'Longshot' - but that's absolutely not their only (or even by far their biggest) hit!

2 hours ago, WhoOdyssey said:

Indeed. Catfish and the Bottlemen are technically a one-hit wonder with 'Longshot' - but that's absolutely not their only (or even by far their biggest) hit!

Wouldn't surprise me if 'Kathleen' was their most streamed, its certainly the one I remember.

7 minutes ago, TheSnake said:

Wouldn't surprise me if 'Kathleen' was their most streamed, its certainly the one I remember.

It is, although it's currently 3rd most popular behind 'Cocoon' and '7'

Now Scouting For Girls  These Are The Good Days has been pull to can no longer play that song

Just now, Dj Cheeky magpie said:

Now Scouting For Girls  These Are The Good Days has been pull to can no longer play that song

I can still play it on Spotify (not that I'd want to)

2 minutes ago, Mangø said:

I can still play it on Spotify (not that I'd want to)

Thank you Must be Apple Music issue

Spotify:

New Peak:

125. Fleetwood Mac- Landslide

Re-Entries:

165. Billie Eilish- ocean eyes

168. Chris Rea- Driving Home For Christmas

169. Olivia Dean- A Couple Minutes (A COLORS SHOW) [New Peak]

176. Cigarettes After Sex- Apocalypse

188. Hazbin Hotel, Jeremy Jordan, Christan Borle, Sam Haft, Andrew Underberg- VOX POPULI

190. Sam Fender- People Watching

191. The Game ft 50 Cent- Hate It Or Love It

192. Lorde- Ribs

195. Evanescence- Bring Me To Life

196. Portugal, The Man- Feel It Still

198. Crowded House- Don't Dream It's Over

200. The Script- Breakeven

Sad to see Chris Rea doing so poorly, hopefully will pick up as the song title becomes more appropriate closer to Christmas.

Crazy to think that it has a daily peak of #5 only a few years ago.

18 minutes ago, Maestro said:

Sad to see Chris Rea doing so poorly, hopefully will pick up as the song title becomes more appropriate closer to Christmas.

Crazy to think that it has a daily peak of #5 only a few years ago.

It's the americanisation of the playlists unfortunately. I find they're becoming more and more american-biased on spotify (Apple & Amazon do a much better job of regional variation for their Christmas playlists). Chris Rea is only at #77 on the main Christmas playlist on spotify.

In other news, Taylor songs are showing up again on Kworb for Apple Music

4 hours ago, Envoirment said:

It's the americanisation of the playlists unfortunately. I find they're becoming more and more american-biased on spotify (Apple & Amazon do a much better job of regional variation for their Christmas playlists). Chris Rea is only at #77 on the main Christmas playlist on spotify.

Culture is becoming more monopolised by awful americanisms

 

5 hours ago, Dj Cheeky magpie said:

Now Scouting For Girls  These Are The Good Days has been pull to can no longer play that song

Still playing for me mate, album still in the top 10 preorders!

13 hours ago, Envoirment said:

It's the americanisation of the playlists unfortunately. I find they're becoming more and more american-biased on spotify (Apple & Amazon do a much better job of regional variation for their Christmas playlists). Chris Rea is only at #77 on the main Christmas playlist on spotify.

100% this because there is no way in hell you can tell me that Andy Williams and Brenda Lee suddenly becoming mainstays was organic and not playlist boasted.

Not sure they are the best examples as both charted well before playlisting became a thing. Bobby Helms is a good example and the exclusion from Spotify at least of songs like Shaky, Slade and someone like Greg Lake.

Brenda has become popular for real thanks to Home Alone etc. If that's just "americanisation", then Mariah going #1 is as well.

Also Bublé has always been even more popular in the UK than in the US (he is Canadian of course, but coming from American Christmas traditions).

Pleased to see Charli heading back in the right direction on Spotify today:

71. Charli xcx - Chains of Love (+88)