April 7Apr 7 8 minutes ago, ___∆___ said:The great thing about streaming is you never need to hear any song ever again that you don’t want too - you don’t even hear it on TV music shows etc as they are not any.I feel like I've heard the song a million times, and I've never once played it of my own accord.
April 7Apr 7 53 minutes ago, ___∆___ said:I love seeing the forum versus reality for ‘Rein Me In’I was with family at the weekend, my nieces and nephews were all talking about the song, they had no idea it had been out 8+ months, had been #1 or was currently #1 - always amazes me how outside of core chart followers how unaware people are of what’s charting high or not.I think most of the GP assume that if they hear a song on the radio and it is all over playlists that it must be a ‘hit’ regardless of if it’s #1 or #91 in the official charts.I also think that’s why there is less fatigue of songs from the GP that are clogging up the top end of the charts - they are not aware that they are!.Tbf its the same with any song that overstays its welcome 🤣 take ordinary last year or nearly any long running number 1 of last 5 years 🤣
April 7Apr 7 4 hours ago, ___∆___ said:Agree, some of Sam’s earlier stuff is stellar but as a new artist he didn’t have the fanbase to secure hits however they have all gone onto be huge sellersHypersonic Missiles #48 - 2 x PlatinumWill We Talk #43 - 2 x PlatinumThe Borders #59 - PlatinumPlay God #DNC - PlatinumGetting Started #47 - PlatinumSpit Of You #41 - Platinum‘Rein Me In’ just came along at the right time along with Olivia’s rise to super stardom, it’s clearly clicked with people and is the kind of sound that all radio stations lap up rather than being restricted to a few.Spice is a cracking song. Dead Boys was what got me to notice him though
April 7Apr 7 2 hours ago, 777666jason said:Tbf its the same with any song that overstays its welcome 🤣 take ordinary last year or nearly any long running number 1 of last 5 years 🤣Totally - I just always forget there are only a few people who actually care about the charts these days 🤣
April 7Apr 7 I’m not annoyed by Rein Me In, still love it.Would prefer Dracula at number 1, but it won’t get there as it’s too far behind.
April 7Apr 7 4 hours ago, ___∆___ said:The great thing about streaming is you never need to hear any song ever again that you don’t want too - you don’t even hear it on TV music shows etc as they are not any.So true. I thought it was my age that I just simply do not tune into the mediums that younger generations use to hear music either passively or proactively hence my lack of familiarity woth current hits. I'm often aware of artists and names of songs from following these forums but never hear or know about the songs outside of here. I'm old enough to remember the original chart runs of Bryan Adams (Every Thing I Do), Whitney Houston (I Will Always Love You) amd Wet Wet Wet (Love Is All Around Me) ...all 10 weeks or more at No.1 and they all started getting a backlash towards the end as everyone (I mean the general public) was SICK of hearing them nonstop. They were simply ubiquitous. Retrospectively they"ve stood the test of time and I dont think most people hate those songs now. I wonder how many of the GP know Drake or Dave or Sam Fender's extended No.1 hits?Even songs that were considered awful or novel (eg Geri Halliwell's entire output) were familiar to the GP even if you wanted to change the dial the instant you heard them. Music consumption and broadcasting was a lot more linear and less fragmented then so.the GP were familiar regardless. I imagine a lot of young people are unfamiliar with Rein Me In amd many other No.1s of the last 5 years yet those of us of a certain vintage remember most top 10 hits from the 80s or 90s even if you weren't a chart follower or hated the songs..they were just more ubiquitous thanks to TOTP and how we generaly were exposed to pop music...different times... Edited April 7Apr 7 by Ongarboy
April 7Apr 7 Official Chart Update: Bank Holiday WeekSingles (Top 100) 01 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In (26,532) 02 Bella Kay - iloveitiloveitiloveit (21,800) 03 Tame Impala - Dracula (13,962) 04 Zara Larsson - Lush Life (13,804) 05 Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM (13,430) 06 sombr - Homewrecker 07 Dominic Fike - Babydoll 08 Olivia Dean - Man I Need 10 Milky - Just the Way You Are 11 Dominic Fike - White Keys 12 Alex Warren - Ordinary 15 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun 17 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall in Love) 19 Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 22 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden 23 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia 24 Bruno Mars - I Just Might 25 Sean Paul feat. Keyshia Cole - (When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me 28 Harry Styles - Sign of the Times 30 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die with a Smile 31 Djo - End of Beginning 32 sombr - 12 to 12 33 Fleetwood Mac - Landslide 35 Noah Kahan - The Great Divide 36 SIENNA SPIRO - Die on This Hill 37 Taylor Swift - Opalite 39 ANOTR feat. 54 Ultra - Talk to You++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Albums (Top 100) 01 Dermot Kennedy - The Weight of the Woods (17,220) [15,448 physicals, 399 downloads, 1,373 streaming] 02 RAYE - THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. (7,978) 03 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (6,433) 04 BTS - ARIRANG (4,987) 05 Harry Styles - Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. (4,372) 06 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop 07 Arlo Parks - Ambiguous Desire (3,747) 08 Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend 09 Michael Jackson - The Essential 10 Ed Sheeran - +-=÷× (Tour Collection) 13 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid 14 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 18 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet 19 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 21 Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 22 Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS 23 Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR 24 Arctic Monkeys - AM 25 Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl 27 sombr - I Barely Know Her 29 U2 - Easter Lily 30 Tate McRae - So Close to What 31 Queen - Greatest Hits 33 Thundercat - Distracted 36 Calvin Harris - 96 Months 38 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 39 The Beatles - 1967-1970 40 Oasis - Definitely Maybe
April 7Apr 7 Gone from 50 new entries in the album top 40 last week to only 4 this week potentially as little as 2 😮
April 7Apr 7 Filled out the post above, just awaiting sales from MW when they arrive hopefully a bit later. In the album chart, I've omitted any climbing greatest hits albums outside the top 10, as it's a mammoth list already
April 7Apr 7 Yes its film related but the fact that SIGN of the Times is his 3rd highest track barely a month after the album dropped is really something else 😮
April 7Apr 7 3 minutes ago, 777666jason said:Yes its film related but the fact that SIGN of the Times is his 3rd highest track barely a month after the album dropped is really something else 😮Only because Aperture's gone to ACR...!
April 7Apr 7 55 minutes ago, JosephStyles said:Official Chart Update: Bank Holiday WeekSingles (Top 100) 01 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In (26,532) 02 Bella Kay - iloveitiloveitiloveit (21,800) 03 Tame Impala - Dracula (13,962) 04 Zara Larsson - Lush Life (13,804) 05 Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM (13,430) 06 sombr - Homewrecker 07 Dominic Fike - Babydoll 08 Olivia Dean - Man I Need 10 Milky - Just the Way You Are 11 Dominic Fike - White Keys 12 Alex Warren - Ordinary 15 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun 17 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall in Love) 19 Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 22 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden 23 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia 24 Bruno Mars - I Just Might 25 Sean Paul feat. Keyshia Cole - (When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me 28 Harry Styles - Sign of the Times 30 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die with a Smile 31 Djo - End of Beginning 32 sombr - 12 to 12 33 Fleetwood Mac - Landslide 35 Noah Kahan - The Great Divide 36 SIENNA SPIRO - Die on This Hill 37 Taylor Swift - Opalite 39 ANOTR feat. 54 Ultra - Talk to You++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Albums (Top 100) 01 Dermot Kennedy - The Weight of the Woods (17,220) [15,448 physicals, 399 downloads, 1,373 streaming] 02 RAYE - THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. (7,978) 03 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (6,433) 04 BTS - ARIRANG (4,987) 05 Harry Styles - Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. (4,372) 06 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop 07 Arlo Parks - Ambiguous Desire (3,747) 08 Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend 09 Michael Jackson - The Essential 10 Ed Sheeran - +-=÷× (Tour Collection) 13 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid 14 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 18 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet 19 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 21 Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 22 Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS 23 Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR 24 Arctic Monkeys - AM 25 Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl 27 sombr - I Barely Know Her 29 U2 - Easter Lily 30 Tate McRae - So Close to What 31 Queen - Greatest Hits 33 Thundercat - Distracted 36 Calvin Harris - 96 Months 38 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 39 The Beatles - 1967-1970 40 Oasis - Definitely MaybeSales are in!
April 7Apr 7 ANOTR probably not making the top 40 then given the 30-39 slip from Sunday. What a sorry state of affairs the official chart is at the moment. It looks like Bebe Rexha has peaked at #41 for good now too.Malcolm Todd may climb in and save us from having zero new top 40 entries I guess? Not heard the song yet so can't comment on its quality mind.
April 7Apr 7 Ella Langley has two songs in the midweek chart - "Choosin' Texas" at #19, and "Be Her" at #93.
April 7Apr 7 If you look closely at the Album Update chart you will discover that the positions of 12 albums between 101 and 166 last Friday are revealed. For example,75 (166) EVERYONE'S A STAR - 5 SECONDS OF SUMMERHas anyone ever noticed that before? I haven't.
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