iTunes Weekly Thread

for discussion of the iTunes singles chart

See also

- Kworb Top 200 (updated regularly) (click)

- iTunes Album Chart Discussion

- International iTunes Chart Threads (click)

- Spotify and Apple Music Chart Thread

New Releases

courtesy of ManicKangaroo

1991 - If Only

Beth McCarthy - How Am I Supposed To Love Myself?

Blackbear - Britney in 07

Blue - Beautiful Spiritual [GRAT]

Catching Cairo - High Speed Chase.

Central Cee - Booga

Eliza - Anyone Else

Fred again.. & BIA – Icey.. / Feisty

Hannah Boleyn - Teardrop

Hugel & Ultra Naté - Free (You Got To Live)

James Hype feat A.D.O.R. - Behaviour

Jordan Rakei & Jalen Ngonda - What It Gave Me

Katherine Priddy - Frightening Machines [GRAT]

Michael Bublé & Sofrinio Vasquez - Maybe This Christmas

Rachel Chinouriri - Little House

Tensnake & Julia Temos - Till The Night

Edited Friday at 01:304 days by ManicKangaroo

6. The Enemy - Trouble

8. HAVEN. - I Run (feat. Kaitlin Aragon)

19. JoJo Siwa - Message to the World (Little Drummer Girl)

29. YONAKA - Hit Me When I'm Sore

30. Schiller & FRIDA GOLD - Euphoria: Sieben Nächte

111. Central Cee - Booga

141. AVAION - COLORS

195. nate band - Side to Side

1. RAYE- WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

4. JoJo Siwa- Message to the world (Little Drummer Girl)

10. The Enemy- Trouble

14. Homecare's Got Talent Choir- Angels

28. Joan Armatrading- Drop the Pilot

40. YONAKA- Hit Me When I'm Sore

46. Schiller & FRIDA GOLD- Euphoria: Sieben Nachte

73. Joan Armatrading- Love and Affection

76. Jessie J- H.A.P.P.Y

92. Ed Sheeran- Spiral

'Drop The Pilot' is very good!

4. JoJo Siwa - Message to the World (Little Drummer Girl)

6. HAVEN. - I Run (feat. Kaitlin Aragon)

9. Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love)

14. Homecare's Got Talent Choir - Angels

68. Ed Sheeran - Spiral

73. Central Cee - Booga

78. Ed Sheeran - I Don’t Wanna Go To Bed

79. Ed Sheeran - Lights Out

90. Tom Fletcher - One Of Us (From 'Paddington The Musical')

91. Ed Sheeran - Rapture

92. Ed Sheeran - Skeletons

117. Hannah Boleyn - Teardrop

118. Ed Sheeran - Crashing

119. Ed Sheeran - Fade Out

120. Ed Sheeran - Satellite

121. Ed Sheeran - Technicolour

154. SB19 - Time - From THE FIRST TAKE

155. SB19 - DAM - From THE FIRST TAKE

195. The Shamrocks - Christmas in Belfast

197. Dub Pistols & Freestylers - Back on the Circuit (feat. Harry Shotta)

Christmas in Belfast 👀

1. Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia

4. JoJo Siwa - Message to the World (Little Drummer Girl)

5. HAVEN. - I Run (feat. Kaitlin Aragon)

9. Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love)

13. Homecare's Got Talent Choir - Angels

31. Tom Fletcher - One Of Us (From 'Paddington The Musical')

46. Sidhu Moose Wala & The Kidd - Barota

55+68+96. Faithless - Insomnia

61. Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever (Stranger Things Remix)

66. Diana Ross - Upside Down

79. roman - Hey Love

86. Hannah Boleyn - Teardrop

87. Ed Sheeran - Skeletons

164. James Hype - Behaviour (feat. A.D.O.R.)

178. Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now

192. The Shamrocks - Christmas in Belfast

193. 1991 - If Only

4. HAVEN. - I Run (feat. Kaitlin Aragon)

7. Jessie J - I'LL NEVER KNOW WHY

9. Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love)

22. Tiësto & FORS - Bring Me To Life

23. Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas

24. Tom Fletcher - One Of Us (From 'Paddington The Musical')

25+39. Faithless - Insomnia

27. Hussain Manawer - Time Machine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

38. Alexandru Bleu - ALL PINK EVERYTHING

44. Sidhu Moose Wala & The Kidd - Barota

53. Foxy and the Bloggers - Wheelie Good Christmas

75. Hannah Boleyn - Teardrop

80. Disney & Shakira - Zoo (From "Zootropolis 2")

94. HUGEL & Ultra Naté - Free (You Got To Live)

105. Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now

Christmas

10. JoJo Siwa - Message to the World (Little Drummer Girl)

15. Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You

17. Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas

32. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

37+54. Wham! - Last Christmas

41. Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree

42. José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad

51. Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas

55. Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

60. Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (2006 Remastered Version)

82. Sia - Snowman

90. Elton John - Step Into Christmas

92. Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

96. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride

108. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984 Version)

112. Tom Grennan - It Can't Be Christmas

113. Michael Bublé - It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas

114. Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

125. Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody

130. The Housemartins - Caravan of Love

140 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry

141. Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock

148. Bryan Adams - California Christmas (feat. Alan Doyle, Alessia Cara, Barenaked Ladies & The Sheepdogs)

153. Michael Bublé - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

157. Cher - DJ Play A Christmas Song

180. The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)

181 Mariah Carey - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

198. Nativity! The Musical Original Cast - Sparkle Shine

Strictly Come Dancing effect:

12. Harry Styles - Falling

44. Lady Gaga - Born This Way

62. Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From

72. Maria McKee - Show Me Heaven

136. Tina Turner - Proud Mary

198. Shakira - Whenever, Wherever

51. Disney & Shakira - Zoo (From "Zootropolis 2")

77. Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now

79. The British Boys - Labour Lies

Christmas

6. Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You

11. Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas

16. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

20. José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad

26. Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (2006 Remastered Version)

27+71. Wham! - Last Christmas

29. Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree

32. Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

34. Elton John - Step Into Christmas

40. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984 Version)

43. Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

44. Chris Rea - Driving Home for Christmas

45. Michael Bublé - It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas

48. Sia - Snowman

52. JoJo Siwa - Message to the World (Little Drummer Girl)

55. Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

56. Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody

66. John Williams - Carol of the Bells

75. Coldplay - Christmas Lights

76. TALIA - Praise Your Name (feat. Brian May)

81. Cher - DJ Play A Christmas Song

86 Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry

88 Mariah Carey - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

94+96. Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

97+109. Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime

103. Greg Lake - I Believe in Father Christmas

110. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride

115. Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock

116. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

122. Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

130. Tom Grennan - It Can't Be Christmas

140. La Voix - The Magic of Christmas

142. Gwen Stefani - You Make It Feel Like Christmas (feat. Blake Shelton)

148. Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

158 . East 17 - Stay Another Day

169. Ed Sheeran - Under the Tree (from “That Christmas”)

174. St Paul's Cathedral Choir & Andrew Carwood - Carol Of The Bells

179. Michael Bublé - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

193. Taylor Swift - Christmas Tree Farm

199. Bing Crosby, David Bowie & London Symphony Orchestra - Peace On Earth / The Little Drummer Boy

The British Boys? Dare I ask?

I know sales aren’t high on iTunes now, but still baffles me who at this point is only now downloading wham, Pogues and Mariah.

Edited 21 hours ago21 hr by GTH

37 minutes ago, GTH said:

I know sales aren’t high on iTunes now, but still baffles me who at this point is only now downloading wham, Pogues and Mariah.

Population is fluid so there will be new listeners every year who believe it or not haven’t heard the songs!

46 minutes ago, Steve201 said:

Population is fluid so there will be new listeners every year who believe it or not haven’t heard the songs!

It’s more new people downloading rather than streaming that gets me. Would have thought the market was mainly those who used to download whilst it was the most popular format.

2 hours ago, Steve201 said:

Population is fluid so there will be new listeners every year who believe it or not haven’t heard the songs!

But the new listeners of the song will be young people as they get into music, and they generally don't use iTunes, so it's actually quite baffling to me too.

I also think people forget that the population of the UK is nearly 70 million, even though wham is on 6m "sales" (which in itself isnt even 10 percent of the population) a huge portion of those sales are from streaming so of course your gonna get new people purchasing and "discovering" the songs every year

Another explanation could also be people ars just not tech savvy and when they lose passwords or accounts they create new ones and end up repurchasing further down the line

7 hours ago, Mangø said:

But the new listeners of the song will be young people as they get into music, and they generally don't use iTunes, so it's actually quite baffling to me too.

The most popular songs will tend to be the same on each format so they will be in the same order but the numbers are minimal even in the top 20 now. Maybe those who don’t do streaming are just enjoying them for various new reasons are downloading them for parties as a back up etc

1. Myles Smith - Stay (If You Wanna Dance)

13. The British Boys - Labour Lies

16 . Andy Oliver - First They Silenced The Radios

44. Disney & Shakira - Zoo (From "Zootropolis 2")

54. Olly Murs & The Ordinary Boys - Christmas Starts Tonight

6. The British Boys - Labour Lies

20. Olly Murs & The Ordinary Boys - Christmas Starts Tonight

35. Disney & Shakira - Zoo (From "Zootropolis 2")