2 minutes ago, Hadji said:

Spam my arse. Songs DO go number 1 because of people pressing play and repeat

Yes that's how streaming works

Just now, JosephStyles said:

Yes that's how streaming works

f*** streaming. Physical all the way. To all those people loving streaming, they can remove your favourite song or album without explanation. One reason to hate streaming and love physical

Edited Sunday at 19:563 days by Hadji

1 minute ago, Hadji said:

f*** streaming. Physical all the way. To all those people loving streaming, they can remove your favourite song or album without explanation. One reason to hate streaming and love physical

I don't entirely disagree but this has nothing to do with Rein Me In breaking the record.

Dai Dai should get a nice boost

25 minutes ago, Hadji said:

f*** streaming. Physical all the way. To all those people loving streaming, they can remove your favourite song or album without explanation. One reason to hate streaming and love physical

Im confused do you want them to release another physical to celebrate getting the record ?

2 hours ago, Padamic_Tension said:

Rein me in really looking see to break all the record books now,

I wonder Sam or Olivia do anything further to help it along.

I don’t think they’ll do anything but I’m sure they’ll acknowledge it if it happens.

Its wild that they’ve only performed the song 4 times in total - twice on Sam’s tour before it was released and twice on Olivia’s tour, we’ve had no TV, festivals etc., performances and no TV/radio promo from them for it.

23 minutes ago, Hadji said:

f*** streaming. Physical all the way. To all those people loving streaming, they can remove your favourite song or album without explanation. One reason to hate streaming and love physical

That's only one aspect though. It's one of the reasons I still choose to buy music I really love, even if it's only a digital file... but for most people buying music isn't good value for money, they could spend £30-£40 on one vinyl (or let's say £10 on a CD?) and then also buy the kit to play them on; or they could utilise their phones they already have to just listen to anything they want to for a comparatively small amount a month. There's clearly so many valid reasons for a lot of people to love streaming, even if you personally don't.

Just now, ___∆___ said:

Its wild that they’ve only performed the song 4 times in total - twice on Sam’s tour before it was released and twice on Olivia’s tour, we’ve had no TV, festivals etc., performances and no TV/radio promo from them for it.

Sam performed it recently with Lewis Capaldi at one of his shows, and TV and radio mean nothing now... but still impressive that it's still raking in new listeners after all this time!

What TV promo is there nowadays in the UK

2 minutes ago, Henessy Lake said:

What TV promo is there nowadays in the UK

There’s not tons (and obviously some artists wouldn’t touch some of it) but there’s -

Graham Norton Show

The One Show

Sunday Brunch

Saturday Night Live UK

There are also seasonal opportunities on Strictly Come Dancing and BGT.

Rein me in 18 week acr rules should never change Down 25% think few year back change im sure use be high

Edited Sunday at 20:353 days by Dj Cheeky magpie

Does anyone really watch those though

10 minutes ago, Henessy Lake said:

Does anyone really watch those though

Realistically does anyone watch any tv these days eastenders averages 2 million and thats one of the most popular shows in the country

14 minutes ago, 777666jason said:

Realistically does anyone watch any tv these days eastenders averages 2 million and thats one of the most popular shows in the country

Not too go too off topic lol, but Michael McIntyre’s Big Show does around 5m with iPlayer included, Strictly around 8m. They’re probably the biggest that has live performances.

Other “broadcast” TV shows (mainly dramas really) frequently get 5-8m viewers with iPlayer, ITVX, etc. It’s not all about the live rating these days. EastEnders is far from being one of the most popular shows though.

1 hour ago, Henessy Lake said:

Does anyone really watch those though

Average 3-4 million for The One Show, Graham Norton 3 million, Sunday Brunch 800k - decent for most artists to get that kind of exposure.

Come on Hugel and Ultra Nate. Next stop top 10

Official Chart Update

Singles (Top 100)

01 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In (14,500)

02 ANOTR feat. 54 Ultra - Talk to You (9,215)

03 Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas (8,861)

04 Oasis - Wonderwall (8,402)

05 Olivia Rodrigo - stupid song (8,310)

08 Ariana Grande - hate that i made you love me

09 Taylor Swift - I Knew It, I Knew You

10 Olivia Dean - Man I Need

11 Harry Styles - American Girls

13 HUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté - Movin' to the Sun

15 STELLA LEFTY - Boston

17 BTS - NORMAL (5,252)

19 SIENNA SPIRO - Die on This Hill

20 Alex Warren - Ordinary

21 Harry Styles - Sign of the Times

23 Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings

24 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun

25 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

26 Journey - Don't Stop Believin'

27 Gracie Abrams - Hit the Wall

28 RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

29 Zara Larsson - Lush Life

30 Katy Perry - The One That Got Away

31 Alyssa Grace - bloodstream

32 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die with a Smile
33 Gracie Abrams - Look At My Life

34 The Killers - Mr. Brightside

38 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall in Love)

40 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden

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Albums (Top 100)

01 Gracie Abrams - Daughter from Hell (24,493)

02 Michael Jackson - The Essential (5,068)

03 Olivia Rodrigo - you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love (4,747)

04 The Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongue (3,282)

05 Yard Act - You're Gonna Need a Little Music (3,253)

06 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving

07 Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist

08 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop

11 New Order - (The Best of & The Rest of) New Order

12 Katy Perry - The Ones That Got the Plays

14 Ed Sheeran - +-=÷× (Tour Collection)

15 Motionless In White - Decades

19 Elton John - Diamonds

20 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits

22 Loathe - A Stranger to You

23 Michael Jackson - Bad

28 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

31 The Waterboys - Atlantic Rain: The Lost Fisherman's Blues Recordings

33 As It Is - As It Is

35 Calvin Harris - 96 Months

36 Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS

37 Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans

39 Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR

Be interesting to see Gracies numbers shes hardly doing well on streaming so must be doing really well on physicals

She did far better on Spotify on day 1 than she did with her last album (that only had 1 new song charting and that was the song with Taylor). Also her debut album made the top 3 here and that was before she ever had any hit singles.

Did she really though? Spotify streaming numbers were significantly higher on the whole in June 24