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Could it be due to the time zone difference and that she may appear in Australia's update tomorrow?

Just watched through Bracket 1 EP1: Morphine should've been top 2 over Dawn. Although Dawn definitely did well and her runway was great too! Morgan killed it and deserved the top 2/win! I was a bit disappointed by Mystique, I was hoping she would bring more energy to it. Lucky plesantly surprised me - I thought she did well in the performance but I didn't like the lyrics/verse much. A'Keria was definitley 4/6 but still did decent! EP2: Dawn and A'keria the right top 2 - both killed it! I thought everyone did well, even Mystique and Morphine would be safe on a usual season. The lip sync was a bit underhwhelming but I did feel A'Keria was the winner/gave the tighter lip sync. EP3: The A'keria love at the start giving her 2 more points! Unexpected but also nice to see! For the challenge I thought it was a bit boring? I would've put A'Keria in the top 2 over Dawn and would've had Morgan win the lip sync vs Dawn. Shame to see Morgan not make it through but happy to see A'Keria get through! Dawn did well in all 3 episodes so deserved to make it through too. Overall I thought the Bracket was decent, but a bit boring. A clear top 3 of Morgan, Dawn + A'Keria. I was hoping Morphine would do better.

Honestly props to Streeting for having the confidence to not only mention Brexit being a big mistake but that we should not only seek a special relationship with the EU but aim to rejoin in the future. He's got my vote if he is going to push more for closer ties with the EU if he wins than what Starmer is doing.

Great to see the video for PinkPantheress - "Girl Like Me" helped it enter the chart for the first time at #81! Would be nice to see it climb/become a decent hit in its own right.

I'm actually quite happy with the Drake release from a US chart perspective. He should help clear out the Hot 100 quite a bit by making a lot of songs go recurrent. *_* It'll be nice to have some more 2026 music in the UK charts too! I haven't listened to any tracks yet but he usually has a few good songs every album!

That's a good move by Katy if it does become an eligible album to chart. Will keep her on the album charts for a while.... Plus possibly boost her songs further. Perhaps generate a sense of good will/nostalgia around her once again in prep for a new album campaign. Katy could probably get a hit fairly easy if she and her team weren't constantly working against her with the decisions they've been making. A Max Martin lead single with a non-controversial producer would likely net her a moderate hit!

I've been getting "Choosin' Texas" on autoplay on spotify recently, I think mainly due to me playing Kacey Musgraves new album a bit!

Glad this went top 40! Hope it will stick around, perfect song for the summer. TikTok do your thing *_*

"Remedied" sounds like another BOP! *_*

"Hard Times" 2x plat! So happy it's become an enduring streaming hit. Their After Laughter album should've been massive with multiple moderate-big hits! One of my favourites of theirs. "Hard Times" should've been a long running top 10 hit and songs like "Fake Happy", "Rose-Coloured Boy", "Told You So" & "Caught in the Middle" top 10/20 hits.

Ed sheeran - his first 5 albums (including no.6 collab) all did 100+. Adele first 3 did 100+ - poor 30 only did 66 weeks compared to 200+ weeks for her prior 3 albums. Coldplay's first 3 also did 100+ but VIVA LA VIDA OR DEATH AND ALL HIS did 86 weeks. I can't find anyone else close. The caveat being that the digital era and streaming era makes it much easier for studio albums to hang around now compared to years prior. Particularly the 60s-90s where music wasn't always available to purchase etc (Some classic artists like Whitney, Celine etc have some really impressive chart runs for their albums!). Either way, still very impressive for Billie! Certainly going to be one of the biggest selling artists in the UK in the 21st century if she continues to release such quality albums!

Really enjoying this! Hopefully it'll take off in the UK as much as it is in the US (up to new peak of #13 on US spotify!).

Fingers crossed for Justin's songs to all go on ACR next week to help clear out the chart a bit!

I wonder if we'll see Dexter and the Moonrocks enter the top 200 on spotify soon? "Freakin' Out" continues to climb global spotify (up to #148), so expect it may appear in the top 200 in the UK soon. Entered the chart for the first time last week at #95. Quite enjoy the song and would be nice to see a rock song take off/become a big hit!

Tbf I think things were starting to look up until the whole Iran war... The best way for Labour to gain in polls in the run up to 2029 is to make the average person feel better off via more money in their pocket/better services. I think that is something that is slowly starting to happen (NHS waiting lists consistently coming down, GDP per capita increasing after a couple years stagnating). A number of their policies such as minimum wage increases, child benefit cap lifted etc should go some way into helping. If the Iran war situation/inflationary effect is temporary then we could possiblly see labour start to do things such as unfreeze tax thresholds (IIRC this was on the potential cards before the Iran war due to better than expected economic data/tax receipts/lower borrowing).