JosephBoone

It's not, people say the same thing any time we get an ACR-fuelled #1.

The Giver begs to differ!

Seems like she was making a point about being an independent artist and it not being a level playing field! https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a672929/this-is-why-alesha-dixon-is-re-writing-the-chart-rules-with-her-new-music/

Full update here!

Yes this is right! At the time, albums could only have one "instant grat" charting, given iTunes/the OCC didn't quite know how to handle them, nor separate their individual sales from an automatic download as part of the album pre-order. Break Free was ineligible until My Everything came out, because Problem was already an instant grat from the album pre-order! We see this chaos with Eminem, who had very erratic chart runs for Berzerk, Rap God and Survival due to these rules. As for the topic at hand, I think anything that wasn't actually released here in the first place wouldn't make it "ineligible", because it's not like the sales were happening and just didn't count. It wasn't a huge hit by any means but one example I can think of is Alesha Dixon's The Way We Are, which I think could have been a top 40 hit but she chose to withdraw it from being able to chart unfortunately. Fleur East's Uptown Funk cover from X Factor would likely have scored a high chart position had it been eligible too, particularly before Mark Ronson brought the release of the original version forward.

Official Chart Update Singles (Top 100) 01 Alex Warren - Ordinary (23,342) 02 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club (13,007) 03 Ed Sheeran - Azizam (11,335) 04 Jack Black - Steve's Lava Chicken (11,099) 05 WizTheMc & bees & honey - Show Me Love (10,717) 08 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 09 Lorde - What Was That (8,372) 12 Benson Boone - Mystical Magical (7,416) 14 Sleep Token - Damocles (7,351) 15 Oasis - Some Might Say (7,036) 38 Teddy Swims - Lose Control ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums (Top 100) 01 Stereophonics - Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait (24,849) [23,278 physicals, 1,062 downloads, 509 streaming] 02 Ghost - Skeletá (19,957) 03 James Arthur - PISCES (13,671) 04 Self Esteem - A Complicated Woman (9,436) 05 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet (4,301) 06 Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra - Still Blooming (4,251) 07 Tide Lines - Glasgow Love Story (4,104) 08 Simple Minds - Live in the City of Diamonds (3,886) 11 Gary Numan - Berserker 12 Viagra Boys - viagr aboys 16 Billy Idol - Dream Into It 39 Kate Rusby - When They All Looked Up

Glad Mystical Magical's been added to HHUK but shame it's so low when it's showing such promising signs - a really big climb on a Sunday is very positive! Now up to #11 on Apple

First half of this year's line-up for the Summertime Ball, taking place on Sunday 15th June at Wembley Stadium, has been announced! Mariah Carey Benson Boone Lola Young KSI Jessie J Reneé Rapp Zara Larsson Busted vs McFly Dasha REALLY impressed that they've got Mariah!!! her and Benson alone have made this worthwhile but interested in a lot of those names!

I think she'd have to fall off very drastically to miss the top 20, I'd say she even stands a chance of remaining top 10 if she can stabilise on Spotify in the coming days, especially considering Oasis and Sleep Token are all but guaranteed to fall behind.

Official Chart First Look: Full Update 1 Alex Warren - Ordinary 2 Oasis - Some Might Say 3 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 4 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 5 WizTheMc & bees & honey - Show Me Love 6 Sleep Token - Damocles 7 Lorde - What Was That 8 Doechii - Anxiety 9 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 10 Benson Boone - Mystical Magical 11 Tate McRae - Sports car 12 Jack Black - Steve's Lava Chicken 13 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 14 Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman 15 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 16 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 17 sombr - undressed 18 Myles Smith - Nice to Meet You 19 Lola Young - Messy 20 Chappell Roan - The Giver Official Charts Report

Aww Shanequa's last First Look chart for a while as she's off on maternity leave!

2 Oasis - Some Might Say 1 Alex Warren - Ordinary

3 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club

4 Ed Sheeran - Azizam

5 WizTheMc & bees & honey - Show Me Love