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I imagine it will climb for sure this week now we are within a few days of Christmas when OMS is streamed/downloaded the most on record.

That’s one way to get them on streaming services. Original albums still aren’t available to stream

With any luck she will still be promoting #LL6 this time next year , assuming it does actually get released next year! Speaking of which, early 2019 would be a great time for Leona's team to capitalise on the current buzz around her. The ACR rules around getting back to SCR for songs over 3 years old are unclear at present, so it is all guessing until we actually have an actual manual reset from the OCC for a song. No other artist/label has had it done for a song affected by this rule as of yet.

I would be quite happy with it being a low top 20 hit, considering the lack of Spotify support it has had. Might not be to the same level as the other clean bandit singles from this era, but still a hit. Really hope when Marina releases he new solo stuff, her label/team have a plan in place to get the streaming support needed.

So pleased with those global streams. Based on Pes' data on the first page (thanks for keeping that updated Pes), OMS didn't break that until Xmas day last year!

Although the songs aren’t Christmassy, the videos certainly have an element of winter/Xmas for perfect and thank u, next. Only one that really stands out is clean bandit. As mentioned, sales are very low now and it is harder to influence streaming with campaigns etc. Not enough incentives for labels to do anything for it.

So happy this has stabilised during the middle of the week. Was expecting it to drop a lot until this weekend coming when the Xmas playlists and parties start again. Should be comfortably top 30 even with ACR. :cheer:

That’s great news! Got a good feeling this year about the song. You can tell by the daily Spotify streams compared to just the UK figures that it is picking up on streaming globally, not just exclusive to the UK.

The 2018 Wrapped Up playlists are out, so expecting more hits early on in the year to start climbing again.

Malibu was still a decent sized hit and did hang around for a good while. The problem was there was nothing commercial enough for the UK on the rest of the album, which was all country music. Solid collection for that genre but it wasn’t pop, which is what Miley was known for with every prior album era. If Taylor Swift came back with a pure country album like her first one, I could see her having a similar era to Miley’s last.

What an odd song choice for Leona. Will be interesting to see how she handles it. It’s such a soft and sultry song. Not things I automatically link with Leona.

Exactly, right now we are looking at songs entering the top 100 from practically every decade since the 50s/60s! I think that is quite special and makes the chart more exciting for all generations. It is only a few weeks a year.

A top 75 position at this stage is a great start for Leona. Only going to build as the weeks roll on. It’s top 50 on Spotify, so should benefit from the top 50 effect and not drop so quickly after the weekend. Looking in a very good position to potentially go gold even before Xmas week! :cheer:

Media training will do that to an artist :P

I am guessing George/the label are gunning for the biggest song of 2018 against One Kiss and God’s Plan. Think it has the potential to catch up by the end of December. Would have preferred Hold My Girl still. The song is doing well on radio and downloads. It’s the sort of the song that would benefit from a tv performance.

I properly started following the charts weekly around 2007 when Bleeding Love came out. Was always aware and did watch TOTP most weeks as a kid, but only started to care about the chart element around 2007.

To answer Scene’s question from the previous thread, Better In Time went gold this year, so that is her most recent gold certified song. The streaming ratios have now been changed, so there is one ratio for streams from paying accounts (1:100) and a different from free streams (1:600). Where this will be on ACR as far as we’re aware, the streams will be taken as 1:200 and 1:1200 for chart purposes. The positive of the new rules is that the total streaming figure now also include video views as well. Really good that the song is getting over 500k global streams a day at this point on Spotify. Being on the big playlists from the get go is paying off. Would love to see One More Sleep chart in a few more countries outside the UK this year as well.

As she rightly deserves (though I wouldn’t mind if they swapped AIWFCIY with Oh Santa on a few playlists) :D

Baby is the sort of the song that would do very well if performed on Strictly. Having said that, I wouldn’t say the Strictly audience are the sort that would normally buy/listen to clean bandit. That in itself is an issue with the song. Still would like to see it at the very least scrape top 10 for Marina.

Tis the time of year people start buying albums en masse for their gran and grandads. I am expecting Greatest Showman to reclaim it by this point. It has been so consistent in sales and I expect it to build as more xmas shoppers are out looking for stocking fillers.

I am rooting for Sweet But Psycho for #1 by then. It is still building in momentum and we haven't even seen any UK promo from Ava at this point!

Do you have Cher’s Dancing Queen sales a YTD position? Thanks in advance

You can tell Leona isn’t used to lip syncing (which just shows how little she ever has to do it). Great to see some US promo though I take it this was more a one off performance than the start of any plans to actually promote throughout the season.

So pleased Panic are doing so well with this song! Hopefully they can get another hit or two out of the album as well.

Definitely the way forward with greatest hits collections now you can just make playlists of the hits on streaming services. Evanescence did a similar thing with their last album. Some of the new versions don’t sound that different from the originals, so still works well as a hits album rather than a full reinvention of the songs. Would be nice to see an album breach 100k in a week. Sad we haven’t had any manage it this year.