GET IN! FRED AGAIN DID IT!

Not top 40 then, poor VB, she flops again 😭😂

The sales weren't enough for Victoria Beckham in the Top 40, I guess. 🤷🏽‍♂️

2 minutes ago, gasman449 said:

Oh wow, no mention of Victoria!

All the people who really cared downloaded it during the last chart week.

Don’t worry she’s #3 on the only chart that matters 🤭🤭🤭

1 minute ago, conorw said:

Don’t worry she’s #3 on the only chart that matters 🤭🤭🤭

That dam Bruno Mars and harry styles 🙄

9 minutes ago, gasman449 said:

Oh wow, no mention of Victoria!

Was sure it would be in!

Lol oops nevermind at Victoria then...! (Really no way to read how much she is selling on iTunes, I just thought she might have shifted a few thousand on Friday/Saturday with the media buzz around her 'being #1', Harry failing to knock her off #1 seemed like a hint towards that but I guess Harry really must just not have sold much at all lol).

Also I guess they must have got the Friday Spotify data for Arctic Monkeys for them to be that high.

Young Thug maybe finally coming to have his first post-prison release top 40 hit.

Unfortunately streaming sales have ruined the charts. They should be weighted at a much lower percentage. It’s extremely unfair. As for Harry Styles I find it musically smart but anti-radio and second-tier for a lead single. And I love him generally but …

Edited January 26Jan 26 by tasospe

3 hours ago, tasospe said:

Unfortunately streaming sales have ruined the charts.

Streaming sales have saved the chart. It’s how people mostly consume music these days. Sales were dying before streaming was introduced.

Can you tell me that most people who downloaded VB didn’t do it to try to manipulate the charts?

 

12 hours ago, Brer said:

Lol oops nevermind at Victoria then...! (Really no way to read how much she is selling on iTunes, I just thought she might have shifted a few thousand on Friday/Saturday with the media buzz around her 'being #1', Harry failing to knock her off #1 seemed like a hint towards that but I guess Harry really must just not have sold much at all lol).

Also I guess they must have got the Friday Spotify data for Arctic Monkeys for them to be that high.

Victoria is now down to 3 on iTunes, suggesting, as I’ve said before, her sales were focused on the end of the last chart week.

Spotify usually submits correct data to OCC even if its own charts are messed up. I don’t know if it’s because there’s a delay before they submit - or for other reasons.

14 hours ago, djsakgra said:

Harry is gonna be no1 for a long time

In the Big Top 40, he’ll break Despacito’s record for the longest stint at number one in history

40 minutes ago, Sami Hook Jama said:

In the Big Top 40, he’ll break Despacito’s record for the longest stint at number one in history

Which is also the record for the most meaningless record.

47 minutes ago, Sami Hook Jama said:

In the Big Top 40, he’ll break Despacito’s record for the longest stint at number one in history

It’s all fake though lol, the official chart is the real one

5 hours ago, tasospe said:

Unfortunately streaming sales have ruined the charts. They should be weighted at a much lower percentage. It’s extremely unfair. As for Harry Styles I find it musically smart but anti-radio and second-tier for a lead single. And I love him generally but …

The charts are dry clean only Melanie!

2 hours ago, GreyAsh said:

Streaming sales have saved the chart. It’s how people mostly consume music these days. Sales were dying before streaming was introduced.

Can you tell me that most people who downloaded VB didn’t do it to try to manipulate the charts?

 

Victoria is now down to 3 on iTunes, suggesting, as I’ve said before, her sales were focused on the end of the last chart week.

Spotify usually submits correct data to OCC even if its own charts are messed up. I don’t know if it’s because there’s a delay before they submit - or for other reasons.

You do have a point regarding the Singles Chart.
However, when it comes to the Album Chart, it’s quite sad to see new releases from veterans of the music industry such as Belinda Carlisle, Kim Wilde, Kenny Thomas and even the latest albums of Jack Garratt struggling and sinking simply because they don’t generate strong streaming sales.

20 minutes ago, tasospe said:

However, when it comes to the Album Chart, it’s quite sad to see new releases from veterans of the music industry such as Belinda Carlisle, Kim Wilde, Kenny Thomas and even the latest albums of Jack Garratt struggling and sinking simply because they don’t generate strong streaming sales.

That's less about how streaming sales are calculated though, it's more to do with the swathe of greatest hits clogging up the charts which something should definitely be done about. But at the same time, plenty of legacy artists continue to achieve high chart positions today so if new albums aren't doing well they clearly just don't have fan support/aren't playing the game to their fullest potential.

Streaming has ruined the charts ? VICKY B sold 3.5k last week to be the actual sales number 1, this being a rare occasion people actually were buying something, which probably means you only need something like 1-2k sales to be number 1 there normally

So by that theory do we want number ones that only sell 1k that clearly doesnt represent what's popular instead?

Edited January 26Jan 26 by 777666jason
Don't text and walk it makes no sense 😬

1 hour ago, 777666jason said:

Streaming has ruined the charts ? VICKY B sold 3.5k last week to be the actual sales number 1, this being a rare occasion people actually were buying something, which probably means you only need something like 1-2k sales to be number 1 there normally

So by that theory do we want number ones that only sell 1k that clearly doesnt represent what's popular instead?

If it means Victoria Beckham gets #1 over Harry Styles, ABSOLUTELY

1 hour ago, tasospe said:

You do have a point regarding the Singles Chart.
However, when it comes to the Album Chart, it’s quite sad to see new releases from veterans of the music industry such as Belinda Carlisle, Kim Wilde, Kenny Thomas and even the latest albums of Jack Garratt struggling and sinking simply because they don’t generate strong streaming sales.

I also think it must be awful for artists who work on a new album for 12-18 months to go 3-out.

Albums campaigns are over and done in a week now.

5 minutes ago, No Sleeep said:

If it means Victoria Beckham gets #1 over Harry Styles, ABSOLUTELY

Heck even the big top 40 didnt manipulate their charts when they had the headline right there so does anyone really want that 🤣