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Didn't realise Ravyn Lenae - "Love Me Not" was climbing the chart/becoming a hit in the UK!! I heard it last year and thought it was nice and would be nice to see it do well in the UK chart as it has an almost british feel to it despite Ravyn being american.

Great start for Ariana! Adele - "Hometown Glory" Amazon: #35 (+120). New peak for main version. Apple Music: #59 Spotify: #74 Climibing nicely on spotify again. I've been seeing videos of the song being used now on my social media so might manage to climb a bit more on spotify to another new peak in the coming days? I think it did close to its highest streams on spotify yesterday.

It's only the 2nd song after Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69" to go 5x platinum and missed the top 40. The first to go 5x platinum and miss the top 75. Some other low-peaking songs with high certifications: Imagine Dragons - "Believer" 4x Platinum, #42 peak (still can't believe how low this peaked!). Van Morrison - "Brown Eyed Girl" 4x Platinum, #60 peak. Arctic Monks - "505" 3x platinum, #73 peak. Billie Eillish - "Oceans Eyes" 3x Platinum, #72 peak. Billie Eillish & Khalid - "Lovely" 3x platinum, #47 peak. Neighbourhood - "Sweater Weather" 3x platinum, #49 peak.

Really enjoy this. Have it stuck in my head after a couple listens - hopefully it'll do decently! It's on NMF which is a good sign although not on HHUK.

The new Linkin Park song is quite good, can see that making a splash in the top 40, perhaps top 20. Music video almost at half a million views in just a few hours which bodes well. They're at #7 on NMF. The Jax Jones & Rebecca Black collab is quite good although too short! Needs an extended version. At #5 on NMF.

I want to say Onya but I have this nagging feeling Lexi will take it at the last hurdle. Hoping I'm wrong and Onya kills the finale and claims the crown!

Not top 100 if there's no Apple or Spotify streams at all. Although ACR can mess with things. Generally speaking though Amazon can help songs to chart in the top 100. Kylie Minogue is a good example for a number of singles. "Dance Alone" or "Lights Camera Action" - strong support from Amazon (think "Dance Alone" even went top 10 for a bit) but very poor on Apple/Spotify. Without the Amazon support they likely wouldn't have charted in the top 100.

Music video also releasing at the same time. Out in a couple hours or so: Excited! Hope we get a decent amount of new songs on the deluxe version.

Yes. Also Adele - "Hometown Glory" Amazon - #40 (+113) New peaks for both versions. Apple Music - #55 New Linkin Park out in a couple hours, hoping they will be able to chart well next week!

The thing that made me the most disgusted was upping the age from 18 to 22 for claiming incapacity benefit. What was the reason for that? At 18 you are an adult. You should not be punished for being a young adult with a serious long-term illness or disability.

Sounds promising. Recebba Black getting a hit in 2025? That would be interesting!

Yes I think rejoining the EU would probably be the best option, especially with what's happening in the US. The UK should align much closer with the EU and on top of the general benefit, Canada is also working with the EU for a closer partnership which would benefit the UK as well. Or perhaps not rejoin the EU but rejoin the single market. The boost to the economy from that alone will help to balance the books a lot more easily.

Same. But the film was handled really weirdly release-wise. It only released in a small number of countries with staggered release timings and such. With the very positive reception of the film I was expecting it would get a wide-release globally and the song would naturally do well from that. But I guess it was a limited release then straight to streaming services. The film did make a fair profit at least (it's still being released in some countries such as New Zealand last week)! Rumour is a lead single will be coming before album release, supposedly called "Walk Of Fame". Although take with a pinch of salt, not sure how realiable that rumour is.

So excited! The visuals look great. I hope we get all 13 music videos uploaded properly and the long-form/full thing at the same time.

I only heard "Ordinary" the other day and quite like it, can see why it's doing well!

Miley had said previously the album is inspired by Pink Floyd's "The Wall". So expecting it to be Pop/Rock infused.

#6. I expected she'll rise back into the top 5 come end of the week as 2 new entries ahead will likely fall somewhat.

Just got emailed by spotify about the limited edition smoke red Vinyl. Can't believe it's coming so soon. I wonder when we'll get the lead single? Or if the album will just drop all at once?

Adele - "Hometown Glory" Amazon - #49 (+171) Apple Music - #53 Spotify - #82 I think that's the highest it's been on Amazon (combined) and Apple Music so far. Might climb into the top 30 in the official chart this week?

Week 12 1. Lexi Love (1-x-10-9-4-5-8-5-3-7-4-1) 2. Onya Nurve (3-x-3-2-1-6-1-2-8-4-1-2) 3. Jewels Sparkles (2-x-9-8-8-3-2-1-1-6-7-3) 4. Lana Ja'Rae (6-x-11-6-3-12-10-7-5-3-5-4) 5. Suzie Toot (1-x-7-3-6-8-7-4-6-5-3-5) 6. Sam Star (5-x-1-7-9-4-3-3-4-1-2-6) Out: Lydia B Kollins (5-x-6-5-12-11-6-8-7-2-6) Arrietty (7-x-2-11-10-1-9-6-2-8) Kori King (4-x-12-12-11-7-4-10-9) Acacia Forgot (4-x-8-10-2-10-5-9) Crystal Envy (2-x-5-1-7-2-11) Hormona Lisa (7-x-4-4-5-9) Lucky Starzzz (3-x-14) Joella (6-x-13-13)

This episode was OK. I wished they were able to have more stage props etc to enhance the performances. Onya & Lexi rightly winning. Honestly I woud've had Suzie vs Sam for the bottom 2 as Lana's dancing was quite good and I didn't think her story that bad. Sam's dancing just wasn't great. Likewise Suzie's dancing was a bit meh. And the lip sync was good! And lowkey Lana won that. You could tell by the edit of the lip sync they were setting it up for Sam to win as Lana did a number of great things that the camera didn't focus on or were cut out of frame. Lana sending home Sam would've been such a gag.

Shame about Peppa & A'Whora! They would've been great to have on.

"Hometown Glory" Amazon: #59 (+245) Apple Music: #55 Spotify: #86 Looks like it will stick around for a bit which is great to see. As well as being reset in the charts! It might even be able to double its weeks in the top 40. Prior to its re-entry last week, it had 7 weeks top 40. Another 6 weeks doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility with its current performance on streaming services taking into account ACR. Although it also comes down to how long it continues trending on Tiktok. Perhaps it might get a little bit more playlist support on streaming services due to its resurgence which might help.

Only just listened to "Ordinary" and have to say - it's quite good! Glad to see the first song released in 2025 going to #1.

Some of those achievements are a damned nightmare! I have been playing overwatch since original release in 2016, particularly support characters. I finally got Zenyatta's Rapid Discord achievement last year and I nearly cried 😂 Although I do know that there are groups that "cheese" the achievements as I believe there are usually forums on the achievement sites for people to group up to try and get certain achievements. In terms of acheivements I think one of my most memorable would be getting the platinum in Bloodborne. I had literally tried playing and dropped bloodborne many times over the years as I could never quite get into or get the knack of it. But then something clicked with me and I spent a full week playing non-stop and managed to beat all the bosses. I'm hoping to do the same for Elden Ring eventually but I need to be in the right mindset to play souls-like games.