Be very strange if the vinyls are released after all for it to stall at 2 now any chance the cds can suddenly brought forward like they clearly been ready a while

1 hour ago, gasman449 said:

Kendrick was increasing in streams throughout the week following the Super Bowl and continued to stay high up the week after, while Bad Bunny hasdropped slightly from Monday on Tuesday. Not sure he will have the same legs as Kendrick sadly!

Now I've seen today's Spotify update, I'd have to say he probably won't make it next week either.

Worst #1 of the year is back on the table then x

(I really strongly dislike this game of just changing dispatch dates on a whim, I know a lot of aspects of the chart are open to manipulation but this has to be the most egregious)

Tbf considering the speed they sold out i doubt the vinyls alone will eat the deficit of the last 3 days, she'd need the cds too

20 hours ago, Mangø said:

Calvin looking fairly safe for top 40 then, unlike Shakira-Shakira

Release The Pressure’s physicals started arriving yesterday apparently

56 minutes ago, jimwatts said:

Now I've seen today's Spotify update, I'd have to say he probably won't make it next week either.

Kendrick already had a profile here, even if it wasn't as big as the states. And he got MASSIVE press because he inferred Drake was a PDF File.

23 minutes ago, blackmascara said:

Release The Pressure’s physicals started arriving yesterday apparently

Guess he might even climb a bit then - I still can't see it having longevity though

Edited February 12Feb 12 by Mangø

Looks like ‘Rein Me In’ is challenging for the Irish #1 from posts I’ve seen today, if that could be repeated in the UK next week pls.

Here next week 🙏

How close it is for number one now?

14 hours ago, 777666jason said:

Tbf considering the speed they sold out i doubt the vinyls alone will eat the deficit of the last 3 days, she'd need the cds too

My cds shipped out the same day as the vinyl.

1 hour ago, kimberley88 said:

My cds shipped out the same day as the vinyl.

Fingers 🤞 she done enough then 🙏

Taylor really messed up her promotion this time . First focusing on CDs and then on vinyl. I’m not even sure she’ll manage to hit #1. And she even dropped it during Super Bowl week, another questionable decision.

^ i don't think the superbowl is going to stop Taylor going to number 1 in the UK.

58 minutes ago, kimberley88 said:

^ i don't think the superbowl is going to stop Taylor going to number 1 in the UK.

Yup. So it’s a question of whether Taylor has sold enough to overtake Dave, and I think the way her team work, they would not have dispatched it if they didn’t think they could do it.

But looking at the way things are at present, and this week’s release schedule, I genuinely think it is going to be ‘Rein Me In’ next week - who would have seen that coming?

3 hours ago, tasospe said:

Taylor really messed up her promotion this time . First focusing on CDs and then on vinyl. I’m not even sure she’ll manage to hit #1. And she even dropped it during Super Bowl week, another questionable decision.

Well she sent out both cds and vinyls yesterday so that was in time for tonight's chart so she has a very strong shot

30 minutes ago, GreyAsh said:

But looking at the way things are at present, and this week’s release schedule, I genuinely think it is going to be ‘Rein Me In’ next week - who would have seen that coming?

Masterclass of just flitting around avoiding ACR until all the competition evaporates.

(At least it'd finally be another week at #1 for Olivia after so many denied by ACR - of course 'Man I Need' will most likely still be #1 on the no-ACR chart)

((Also would already be a 4th #1 of the year by British artists! 2023 was the last year that had more than 3 in total, excluding the annual Wham! return))

And there's likely going to be even more uk artists going number 1 this year too

To be fair to Opalite, it does benefit greatly on the Billboard Hot 100 in America thanks to the chart rules temporarily (due to a dispute between Billboard and YouTube) removing YouTube counts.

Edited February 13Feb 13 by Stephen Emmett