2 minutes ago, conorw said:

its may... the christmas songs arent affecting the charts currently so whats the need to bring them up, they aren't causing the current overload of older songs in the top 40

I’m talking about the charts all year round, not just now and that’s why I said no random/unnecessary resets

34 minutes ago, Hadji said:

I only agree with old songs charting when they haven’t charted before and I only agree with songs recharting when it’s because of films ie. MJ and not because of TikTok ie. Lush Life

This is an odd take. You like songs recharting when people in the business have orchestrated it by placing it in a film, but not when the public have taken it and run with it (which is often the case with movie songs anyway...)? If anything, recharting because a song was fortunate enough to be selected for use in a film is more dubious - though I don't really agree with that.

I think the main issue is that streaming services don't place enough new music on their major playlists or remove old songs often enough. I doubt most people dig deeper than what appears prominently in film/TV or what is added (usually high up) to the major streaming playlists. And that is why what does well varies so much between streaming services - Apple seem to refresh theirs more often (and with different songs to those on Spotify), leading to different songs charting, and their comparatively quickly moving Top 100s.

So typically, a song that does well on Apple but not on Spotify will trouble the lower reaches (due to a lower market share), for a short time (because they pull the support plug quicker, in favour of something fresher), on the official chart. Higher market share + infrequent changes in support = long chart runs in the higher positions.

Edited 47 minutes ago47 min by Juranamo

I really don't think playlists curated by streaming services that aren't Amazon have as big of an impact now so can't see how them promoting new music on there would change anything. If Today's Top Hits on Spotify is so influential how come Choosin' Texas hasn't gone top 10 yet? The main way people discover new music now is through social media and it just so happens that all the big videos use old songs that a young TikTok audience may be hearing for the first time or rediscovering and that gets reflected in the charts. And with attention spans so low people aren't enthusiastic about actually seeking new music unless it's handed to them on a plate or it's a big release by a megastar that is sure to be discussed online.