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I had a look and compared last time vs this year The highlights being how strongly labour or conservative they voted in 2021. Inner vs Outer London is tricky to tell as some places are both inner and outer (Camden & Barnet for instance or Enfield & Haringey for instance). The 3 conservative voting areas have seen increased turnout, particularly Bexley & Bromley. Although most outer London areas have had decreased turnout, but less so than inner London. There is a slight caveat in my data above though in that the 2021 data is rounded (so increases and decreases might be off by between 0.1-0.4, but it should still given a general idea). I just couldn't be bothered to go through all 14 files and do the math for them. I'm thinking he'll win by a smaller margin, but who knows. I'm quite interested to see what the London Assembly will look like as if Susan does end up winnning, the conservatives will likely lose a number of seats, with Labour, Greens & Lib Dems likely gaining seats between them (+ Reform will likely end up with 1 too). It's possible that there may be a 2/3rd majority between Labour, Greens & Lib Dems (Need 17/25 seats for that, currently Labour has 11, Greens 3 & Lib Dems 2 for 16 total) so they could majorly frustrate Susan's plans/budgets etc.

All figures out now and turnout was 40.5% which is 1.5% down on last time. Generally within the norm for the mayor elections though. Hopefully he'll still win comfortably, although likely with a slightly lower lead than polls indicated - say about 5-8%.

Hoping that Sadiq wins by a landslide and the battle between him and Susan turns out to not be close at all. Susan is nothing but a bag of lies and her party are directly or indirectly responsible for a lot of the aggrevation voters have had with Sadiq Khan about things like ULEZ/Knife Crime/TFL etc. She's nothing but slogans. I think things will be better for London as a whole with Sadiq as mayor with a likely labour government coming to power - removing the current tactic of the conservatives forcing him to do unpopular things and getting the blame instead of the government.

It's climbed back up spotify the last couple days. Hoping it'll climb back in the top 100. Also top 40 on Amazon. Holding on really well so far. It was put up slightly higher to #19 on HHUK Monday I believe. Hopefully the spotify gains will continue as Taylor's album continues to slowly decline. Should get a 3rd week top 40. Hopefully they'll release the physicals left as and when to keep in top 40 in week 4 perhaps?

Amazon 5. Sabrina Carpenter - "Espresso" 7. Dua Lipa - "Illusion" 14. Shaboozey - "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" 16. Layz Bank - "Tell Ur Girlfriend" 19. Dasha - "Austin" 20. Post Malone - "I'm Gonna Miss Her (Amazon Music Original)" 33. Drake - "Push Ups" 39. Perrie Edwards - "Forget About Us" 60. Chappell Roan - "Good Luck, Babe!"

Hopefully we'll see more of these policies as the election comes closer. A very good policy to begin with that many people will agree to!

Dua Lipa - "Illusion" Amazon: #5 Apple Music: #35 Spotify: #42 Perrie Edwards - "Forget About Us" Amazon: #43 Apple Music: #32 Spotify: #113 Dua looking primed to climb a bunch this week as she'll likely overtake a number of the Taylor tracks on Apple Music/Spotify. Likewise for Perrie, although her spotify is a bit low considering she is #23 on HHUK - would've thought she would be slightly higher. I wouldn't be surprised if Dua gets a new peak when the album is released, perhaps even going top 5?

Glad to see it top 40 second week. Should hopefully stabilise/rise in its second week. Apple Music: #34 (climbing there now, in part due to Taylor tracks falling) Amazon: #24 It's been moved up two spots to #23 on HHUK. Not sure why it hasn't been able to start climbing on spotify again. Hopefully it will manage to do so over the coming days as Taylor's album starts to fall a bit more.

Amazon 5. Sabrina Carpenter - "Espresso" 7. Dua Lipa - "Illusion" (+55) 8. James Arthur & Kelly Clakrson - "From The Jump" 20. Dasha - "Austin" (+72) 24. Perrie Edwards - "Forget About Us" 29. Shaboozey - "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" 65. SZA - "Saturn" 131. Chapelle Roan - "Good Luck, Babe!"

Will give this a pity spin due to posting the wrong thread.

Over 900k for Sabrina! Deffo #1 next week? Might pass 1 million? :o

Amazon 6. Sabrina Carpenter - "Espresso" 7. Dua Lipa - "Illusion" (+55) 12. James Arthur & Kelly Clarkson - "From The Jump" 21. Dasha - "Austin" (+94) 25. Perrie - "Forget About Us"

Amazon 7. Dua Lipa - "Illusion" 10. Sabrina Carpenter - "Espresso" 14. The Blessed Madonna - "Happier (feat. Clementine Douglas)" 30. Taylor Swift - "Fornight (feat. Post Malone)" (+39, 41, 230) 62. Perrie - "Forget About Us"

I figured the reason why - there are 4 versions of each song from the album on the Amazon chart. I was going to do a Taylor album update for Amazon but it just gave me a massive headache. :lol: I really wished Amazon would combine versions :(

Youtube Chart (19-20/4) 1. Taylor Swift - Fortnight (feat. Post Malone) 998,935 2. Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 393,421 3. Teddy Swims - Lose Control (Live) 320,880 4. Noah Kahan - Stick Season 301,440 5. NewEra - Birds In The Sky 238,622 6. Artemas - i like the way you kiss me 235,250 7. Pozer - Malicious Intentions 219,262 8. Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD 'EM 218,877 9. Billy Gillies - DNA (Loving You) (feat. Hannah Boleyn) 204,862 10. Clavish - 10th Floor 204,828 11. Sonny Fodera - Asking (feat. Clementine Douglas) 194,426 12. Stormzy - Cry No More (feat. Tay Keith) 193,129 13. Disturbed - The Sound of Silence 180,667 14. JoJo Siwa - Karma 178,537 15. Taylor Swift - So Long, London 170,011 16. Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 159,105 17. Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 157,284 18. Hozier - Too Sweet 156,965 19. Perrie - Forget About Us 155,905 20. Cassö - Prada 150,854 Almost 1 million for Taylor, might be able to pass 1 million in tomorrow's update. Also nice to see Perrie enter with the release of the music video - should help buffer the 2nd week fall for the song and keep it top 40 (Was #19 in first look which is promising!).

The music video came out at 1am UK time on the 20th. It was out in the US for a while on the 19th depending on time zone (between 4-12 hours). The audio version of the video is at 6 million views. So the US numbers make sense when you take that into account and that the US makes up the largest % of her youtube streams.

The chart is for the 18-19/4 if you look at the top - so it only includes the audio video and some of the lyric video. Although not a full day as it wasn't released until ~5am UK time. The next chart update will be the 19-20/4 which will include the music video so it should see a much larger update. Should do 1 million+

Great start for the song! I can see this being a massive multi-week #1, it just gets better and better with each listen :wub: The youtube views for the video are doing great as well - 15.5 million views in 18 hours, likely going to do ~20 million in the first 24 hours. I also hope this marks the start of a comeback for Post with his next album!

Amazing for Taylor!! I really love "Fortnight", so happy to see it doing huge numbers. It's usually best to wait until Sunday/Monday for checking new releases as it takes a bit of time for them to be shown properly (I have a feeling the Amazon might be some sort of rolling chart). Also Taylor's streams are split between two versions of the album which won't be combined unfortunately!

Great debut! :cheer: Hopefully it'll rise to a new peak album release week. Perhaps top 5? *_*

After listening through a couple times, these are the 12 I really enjoyed/will be adding to my playlists: "Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)" "The Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys" "So Long, London" "Fresh Out The Slammed" "Florida!!! (feat. Florence + The Machine)" "Guilty As Sin?" "I Can Do It With A Broken Heart" "The Smallest Man Whoever Lived" "imgonnagetyouback" "How Did It End?" "So High School" "thanK you aIMee" Would've made a great shorter album. I prefer the first half to the second half.

A few songs hitting new peaks on Amazon, although Taylor pushing them all back down now: 10. Artemas - "i like the way you kiss me" (8 w/o Taylor) 12. The Blessed Madonna - "Happier (feat. Clementine Douglas)" (10 w/o Taylor) 21. Sabrina Carpenter - "Espresso" (17 w/o Taylor) 38/107. Dua Lipa - "Illusion"(29/87 w/o Taylor) 52. Perri Edwards - "Forget About Us" (39 w/o taylor) Will do a Taylor update tomorrow or Sunday when her album climbs more. Currently two songs top 10: 7. Taylor Swift - "Fornight (feat. Post Malone)" (+22) 8. Taylor Swift - "The Tortured Poet's Department" (+31)

It's stayed fairly stable on Apple Music and was still climbing on Amazon (before the Taylor album bomb). Main let down is spotify, but I can see it re-climbing once the Taylor album bomb dies down a bit. The music video was released today which should help boost it a bit. It has a great summer feel so I think it will manage to last a while in the top 40, perhaps 10+ weeks even. Happy it managed to debut in the top 10! :cheer:

I feel like the label kind of hurt him getting another big hit as it seemed streaming services were split between "Cry" and "Slow It Down". The latter is still top 10 on Amazon (#7), but "Cry" has started rising there the last week (#15). If they fully push "Slow It Down" I think it should make the top 10 fairly easily post-Taylor. Then push "Cry" for another top 20/40 hit.

I would say as much as people moan about the ULEZ I am glad he has been so stern in its implementation and expansion. Since his time in office, Khan has done really well in regards to air pollution. Latest report into air pollution in London shows big decreases from 2016-2023 and air pollution is decreasing in London faster than the rest of the UK. https://www.london.gov.uk/new-report-reveal...ir-quality-2016 Still plenty of work to be done, but as a London resident I am very happy about that.