-Jay-

You mean Madison Love, not Madison Beer! Funnily enough none of the Madison Love penned tracks on Diamonds & Dancefloors were selected to be singles, despite her having a hand in Kings & Queens, Torn, Who's Laughing Now, Salt, Sweet But Psycho and My Head & My Heart from Heaven & Hell. Cirkut and Madison Love may be out of the picture now, but it's not like Ava's devoid of talented people working with her, for instance Lost Your Faith is mixed/engineered by Serban Ghenea. I think it's sadly just the case with her that for whatever reason, the second album singles just didn't catch on / didn't garner great support, so it created diminishing returns. That's not the easiest thing to bounce back from. I don't think she's ever really been the artist to attract a highly devoted and widespread fanbase. I would say her early success was largely driven by her songs reaching the masses of casuals. That's just my impression!

All the first week sales data I could find for Solo Mix! Forget About Us - I'm not sure if this was all of the CDs pre-ordered up to that point, or if it disregarded any CDs bought along with the vinyl and cassette? Fantasy - seemingly a possibility that the CDs and cassettes bought with the vinyl didn't count towards this week? Angel of My Dreams physicals didn't come out until some weeks later. Don't Say Love's downloads and streaming weren't announced, but based on the midweeks, roughly speaking it was due for 2,500 downloads and 10,300 streaming that week.

🥺 Oh still quite a way off! Thanks for that info! I wish some of the Golden and Disco singles would sneak over silver too.

Fabulous Now when is Tension (song) going to go Silver...

It's about time! It went Gold 62 weeks ago, meaning its average sales per week have been 3,226. In terms of her "proper" singles (so I'm going to disregard Santa Baby x), it's a bit mad to think that Padam Padam is her 4th best selling single. Nestled amongst #1 singles Can't Get You Out of My Head, Especially for You, I Should Be So Lucky and Hand on Your Heart.

Padam!!

Anywhere in the Top 30 would be very pleasing!

Thought I'd compare the updated playlist from last week, just to get a sense of how much of a refresh it's had: 01 (03) [USA] Alex Warren - Ordinary 02 (02) [USA] Doechii - Anxiety 03 (12) [USA] Chappell Roan - The Giver 04 (06) [UK] Sam Fender - People Watching 05 (04) [USA] Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 06 (01) [UK] Myles Smith - Nice to Meet You 07 (41) [USA] Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman 08 (11) [USA] Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else 09 (09) [USA] Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us 10 (08) [Canada] Tate McRae - Sports car 11 (19) [USA] Playboi Carti - RATHER LIE (with The Weeknd) 12 (10) [South Korea] JENNIE - Handlebars (feat. Dua Lipa) 13 (07) [UK] Lola Young - Messy 14 (14) [UK] Chrystal - The Days - NOTION Remix 15 (15) [South Korea/New Zealand] ROSE & Bruno Mars - APT. 16 (23) [USA] Ravyn Lanae - Love Me Not 17 (13) [USA] Gracie Abrams - That's So True 18 (17) [UK] AJ Tracey - Crush (feat. Jorja Smith) 19 (18) [Germany] Adam Port, Stryv, Keinemusik, Orso & Malachiii - Move 20 (20) [USA] Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 21 (21) [South Africa/Germany] WizTheMc and bees & honey - Show Me Love 22 (25) [Canada] The Weeknd - Cry for Me 23 (16) [USA] Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 24 (22) [South Africa] Tyla - PUSH 2 START 25 (24) [UK] PAWSA & The Adventures of Stevie V - Dirty Cash (Money Talks) 26 (26) [USA] Sabrina Carpenter - Taste 27 (27) [South Korea] JENNIE - like JENNIE 28 (28) [USA] Gigi Perez - Sailor Song 29 (--) [USA] Lil Tecca - Dark Thoughts 30 (30) [USA] Teddy Swims - The Door 31 (29) [USA] Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die with a Smile 32 (46) [USA] Selena Gomez, benny blanco & Gracie Abrams - Call Me When You Break Up 33 (31) [USA] Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER 34 (32) [UK] BL3SS & CamrinWatsin - Kisses (Feat. bbyclose) 35 (36) [UK] Myles Smith - Stargazing 36 (33) [USA] Addison Rae - Diet Pepsi 37 (35) [USA] Doechii - DENIAL IS A RIVER 38 (37) [USA] Leon Thomas - MUTT 39 (34) [USA] Lady Gaga - Garden of Eden 40 (42) [Austria] Ely Oaks - Running Around 41 (05) [USA] Sabrina Carpenter - Bed Chem 42 (38) [UK] Olivia Dean - It Isn't Perfect But It Might Be 43 (39) [UK] Central Cee - CRG (feat. Dave) 44 (43) [USA] Kendrick Lamar & SZA - luther 45 (45) [Canada] The Weeknd - Timeless (feat. Playboi Carti) 46 (40) [USA] Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! 47 (--) [UK] Sleep Token - Emergence 48 (47) [Australia] Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D - Somedays 49 (48) [UK] nimino - I Only Smoke When I Drink 50 (49) [UK] Sam Fender - Arm's Length 51 (44) [USA] Gracie Abrams - I Love You, I'm Sorry 52 (51) [Canada] Tate McRae - Revolving door 53 (53) [USA] Post Malone - I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen) 54 (50) [USA] SZA - BMF 55 (52) [UK] Charli xcx - Apple 56 (54) [USA] Sam Barber - Indigo (feat. Avery Anna) 57 (55) [USA] Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 58 (56) [USA] Billie Eilish - WILDFLOWER 59 (57) [Canada] Drake - NOKIA 60 (61) [Ireland] Hozier - Too Sweet 61 (58) [Thailand] LISA - Born Again (feat. Doja Cat & RAYE) 62 (59) [Australia] The Kid LAROI - NIGHTS LIKE THIS 63 (60) [UK] Sam Fender - Little Bit Closer 64 (62) [UK] Charli xcx - Guess (feat. Billie Eilish) 65 (64) [UK] RAYE - Oscar Winning Tears. 66 (63) [UK] Aitch & Bou - Raving in the Studio 67 (65) [UK] Chase & Status and Stormzy - BACKBONE 68 (67) [Ireland] Fontaines D.C. - It's Amazing to Be Young 69 (68) [USA] Tyler, The Creator - Like Him (feat. Lola Young) 70 (69) [Phillippines/UK] beabadoobee - Real Man OUT: from 66 [USA] The Marias - No One Noticed from 70 [UK] Central Cee - GBP (feat. 21 Savage) There's still 20 songs from UK artists, Sleep Token newly added in 47th. The most significant change is Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman up from 41 to 7, while Bed Chem tumbles from 5 to 41.

Side note but some of the rumours on SpiceNews are so funny, you can just tell that stuff came from the mind of 11 year old fans with big imaginations lol

It grew, it clicked 🥳

Bad Romance!

All these leaks all of a sudden! 🫨 Wild to have Sugar & Spice and Melody of Life after all these years. I have to wonder… why now? I suppose, why not now… just seems interesting that the floodgates have opened.

No overly short songs this time! intro (end of the world) extended – 2:41 twilight zone – 3:18 warm – 3:21 dandelion – 3:24 past life – 3:35 Hampstead – 3:36

Updated up to week ending 20th March!

Sugababes by a distance!