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+12 P!nk - TRUSTFALL +10 beabadoobee - Glue Song +8 RAYE - Ice Cream Man +7 Paramore - Running Out Of Time +6 Lana Del Rey - A&W +5 Linkin Park - Lost +4 Freya Ridings - Weekends +3 Niall Horan - Heaven +2 Sam Smith, Calvin Harris and Jessie Reyez - I'm Not Here To Make Friends +1 Rita Ora - You Only Love Me Good set of songs here, none I dislike. Glue Song has been a huge grower for me but Trustfall is arguably P!nk’s best song in at least 5 years. :wub:

That’s a great climb for Niall on Spotify! Guess we will see after today if it suddenly starts plummeting as another track gets what seems to be the weekly autoplayola pick.

I went for Niall, Beabadoobie, P!nk, Lana and Caity. The last one is admittedly very basic but undeniably catchy. NF was a bit too all over the place for me.

I thought P!nk would be a guaranteed #1 with the lack of new competition. Just shows what a mammoth streaming success SOS has been (and how bad P!nk is doing on that front).

Lionheart looking like the only ACR casualty that I can see. Big jump for Freya! :cheer:

The Muppets got my vote + Under Pressure and I Want To Break Free. So many classics in this list of singles. :wub:

I voted for Linkin Park, Paramore and Mae Stephens. The rest varied from ok to awful (Central Cee is nothing if not consistent).

As happy as I am for the clear out, GGG and As It Was filling two of the gaps doesn’t scream freshness. :lol: Here’s hoping Niall can hold on, though I am not very optimistic at this stage.

So pleased to see beabadoobie - even if it isn’t a song of hers I particularly like. Has much better music out there. Lana smashing too. :cheer:

Definitely would love to see more creative merch opportunities taken with CD singles and/or exclusive B-sides (at least exclusive for a set period of time). Can be a great way to keep fans engaged post album release.

I voted for Rita, RAYE and Switch Disco this week. Not the best week, though I can see Give It To Me growing on me. Love seeing Nelly Furtado getting a second life in the charts having her verses remixed for dance tracks - just wish she got some credit. The full vocal mix is definitely an improvement on the standard version.

+12 - Bizarrap and Shakira - Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53 +10 - Miley Cyrus - Flowers +8 - Taylor Swift - Bejeweled +7 - Skrillex, Fred again.. and Flowdan - Rumble +6 - Fall Out Boy - Love From The Other Side +5 - Cat Burns - People Pleaser +4 - Mimi Webb - Red Flag +3 - Luude and Issey Cross - Oh My (feat. Moby) +2 - FLO - Cardboard Box +1 - Sub Focus and Dimension - Ready To Fly 0 - NewJeans -Ditto None of these I actively dislike but from Luude down I am indifferent to them. So pleased Shakira to see charting and with a Spanish language track.

Hats off for putting that Drake chart history together - I feel exhausted just looking at it. :lol: Hadn’t realised how many hits Lil Uzi Vert has had, though I do wonder how many even his fans can remember.

Really don’t understand the love for Boy’s A liar Part 2 (the original is much better), but happy to see this smashing for Pink Pantheress.

We don’t know if Raye has the resources to supply the physicals though as an independent artist. No point getting loads printed without the guarantee they would sell. Universal clearly do have the resources to go all in with stock, variants etc.

Bar Giddy Up, the album is pure pop (even Giddy Up is arguably more pop than country). Not surprised it isn’t doing as well in America considering it isn’t the sound she is known best for there.

Got to hand it to Shania. She has put the in here to get the sales. #2 will still be a great achievement for RAYE considering the struggle she has had to get it out there. Mimi slowly climbing up! Potential top 10 come album release week?

I went for KSI, P!nk, Sam, Tom and Freya. Actually found them all ok, but only those 5 do I like enough to listen of my own choice. P!no’s is definitely the stand out here still. Can’t seem to click with Snooze which is a shame as I have enjoyed all the other hits from SOS. Couldn’t hum it if I tried after repeated listens since album release.

R.I.P. Bloody Mary. It was good while it lasted. :cry: Quite happy see Miss You hitting ACR. Just need Messy In Heaven to follow. So pleased for Raye. Was worried Escapism’s success wouldn’t translate to album interest. Hopefully it is secure for top 5.

It is top 10 already on the airplay charts, so could be gaining a lot of interest from that. It is a much better song than NGNDA so glad it is doing well this early on. :dance:

FLO are the BBC sound of 2023 winner. Suspect that has something to do with it.

I am not entirely convinced Unholy hasn’t ended up alienating a number of their normal album buyers. By far the most removed from their normal sound so might have put off a number expecting the whole album to be experimental. Here’s hoping INHTMF does become a moderate hit still and leads the way to Lose You hopefully getting a single campaign.

Tom Odell and Arctic Monkeys seem to just be permanently stuck in the bubbling under area. Shame they can’t seem to get enough momentum to scrape top 100. Guessing 22 will be RAYE’s peak now. Seems to be levelling out globally.

Not the best of weeks… Voted for Fall Out Boy and Cat Burns. Luude, Ed, Dominic and Arya were Ok. Wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to any of them though.

Ouch for Rita! Actually pleased with Ava being too 5 at this point. Should at least be safe for top 20. Meghan finally hitting ACR :cheer: we just need Messy In Heaven to go now.