23 hours ago23 hr 14 minutes ago, braindeadpj said:Isn't this in contravention of their own rules?Rein Me In emerged triumphant after a short, sharp and successful social media campaign for fans to download the track on Thursday (30 July) boosted its digital sales from 562 to that point, to 3,865 just 24 hours later. The incentives to do so before the chart deadline, at a 59p price point, included prizes of Official Charts Fan Awards and T-Shirts with, appropriately, 19 of each available.Or are they covered if they say Purchase not required...?If it is in contravention i wouldn't be surprised if Shakira's management kick up a fuss about that...Shakiras team was also running a competition to win tickets to a show in Madrid (city may be wrong) again No purchase necessary so it was 6 of 1 half a dozen of the other
20 hours ago20 hr I wouldn’t have thought that Dai Dai would’ve been number 1 if you remove the 3,866 sales that Rein Me In sold this week
20 hours ago20 hr 3 hours ago, braindeadpj said:Isn't this in contravention of their own rules?Rein Me In emerged triumphant after a short, sharp and successful social media campaign for fans to download the track on Thursday (30 July) boosted its digital sales from 562 to that point, to 3,865 just 24 hours later. The incentives to do so before the chart deadline, at a 59p price point, included prizes of Official Charts Fan Awards and T-Shirts with, appropriately, 19 of each available.Or are they covered if they say Purchase not required...?If it is in contravention i wouldn't be surprised if Shakira's management kick up a fuss about that...If there is an option to enter without purchase (which there was for the Sam and Shakira competitions) then they are covered.
19 hours ago19 hr I know I’m really old and miserable about the state of the charts nowadays, but imo this just doesn’t compare to the previous records held by Frankie Laine/Bryan Adams etc. On paper, yes, a new record, but in terms of people physically going and buying these songs, it just isn’t the same. I get that we’ve evolved and streaming is the fairest and most popular way to calculate nowadays but it just feels like a bit of a meh record to have taken this title.
18 hours ago18 hr Just now, Spiceboy said:Goodness Shania Twain did quite poor didn't she! 😮Following two number one albums, a Harry Styles support slot and all those variants I'd consider that quite a spectacular bomb!
18 hours ago18 hr 33 minutes ago, robbied said:I know I’m really old and miserable about the state of the charts nowadays, but imo this just doesn’t compare to the previous records held by Frankie Laine/Bryan Adams etc. On paper, yes, a new record, but in terms of people physically going and buying these songs, it just isn’t the same. I get that we’ve evolved and streaming is the fairest and most popular way to calculate nowadays but it just feels like a bit of a meh record to have taken this title.Yeah im sorry I just listened to I believe out of curiosity cant find the special part 😬 hes got a unique voice id give him that Edited 18 hours ago18 hr by 777666jason
18 hours ago18 hr Even though RMI has increased in units this week, is it actually on DCL-2 due to the increase being in physical sales and not streams?
18 hours ago18 hr Author 8 minutes ago, DanielCarey said:Even though RMI has increased in units this week, is it actually on DCL-2 due to the increase being in physical sales and not streams?The increase is down to downloads, not physicals. But yes, as explained on the page before, ACR is based on streaming increases and decreases only, so Rein Me In is on DCL-2 (this is mentioned in the sales report).
9 hours ago9 hr 9 hours ago, 777666jason said:Yeah im sorry I just listened to I believe out of curiosity cant find the special part 😬 hes got a unique voice id give him thatHaha agree that it’s not a particularly special record and tbf I like the Sam and Olivia song. I think my point is that people listening to these in multiple created playlists aren’t the same as physically buying these records. Like I said, totally get that times have changed and the ancient way doesn't work anymore. Just not sure any song nowadays should get the same credit.
6 hours ago6 hr I’ve seen more tweets like this than people actually celebrating the record. It’s not just us getting old and out of touch like someone was saying the other day! Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by No Sleeep
6 hours ago6 hr 3 minutes ago, No Sleeep said:I’ve seen more tweets like this than people actually celebrating the record. It’s not just us getting old and out of touch like someone was saying the other day!I dont really see your point here I've never seen any of the Avatars or Avengers films does that mean they dont deserve the title of the 3 highest grossing films of all time ?
6 hours ago6 hr 4 minutes ago, 777666jason said:I dont really see your point here I've never seen any of the Avatars or Avengers films does that mean they dont deserve the title of the 3 highest grossing films of all time ?Do you always need to play so oblivious? As if there’s no difference between a 3 hour movie and a 3 minute song. You know what those movies are at least, that is cultural impact, a lot of people don’t even know what Rein Me In is.
6 hours ago6 hr 9 minutes ago, No Sleeep said:I’ve seen more tweets like this than people actually celebrating the record. It’s not just us getting old and out of touch like someone was saying the other day!A post on X from a poster getting his news from Sky. Must be true
6 hours ago6 hr 2 minutes ago, No Sleeep said:Do you always need to play so oblivious? As if there’s no difference between a 3 hour movie and a 3 minute song. You know what those movies are at least, that is cultural impact, a lot of people don’t even know what Rein Me In is.Its a pretty fair analogy considering how many people play dumb on things like this i even see people comment who on Taylor swift posts doesnt mean she isnt 1 of the biggest artist currentlyHere's another take then the population of the UK is 70m , hyperthetically the 2 million sales of Rein me in was each 1 person that would only be 3 percent of the population actually buying it and 68 million still to "discover" it Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by 777666jason
6 hours ago6 hr 18 minutes ago, No Sleeep said:I’ve seen more tweets like this than people actually celebrating the record. It’s not just us getting old and out of touch like someone was saying the other day!I’ve seen a lot of those posts too - it leads into where would people hear it if they are not a chart follower, fans of the artists, their algorithm doesn't push it to them or they don’t listen to mainstream radio? (Not that it’s been particularly huge there - it’s #27 YTD and not in the current Top 40 radio chart).Back in the day everyone knew about charts and who was where - popular music was inescapable (TOTP along with artists performing on morning, afternoon, and weekend TV).It’s very easy in 2026 to ‘stay in your lane’ and only be exposed to music you like and your algorithm rewards you with more of the same - probably one of the reasons new acts are finding chart breakthrough success such a challenge.
5 hours ago5 hr 19 minutes ago, Bleedin Heck said:A post on X from a poster getting his news from Sky. Must be trueA tweet with 7.2k likes. There are plenty of other ones like it
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