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Surprised it took Shania this long for Don’t Be Stupid to go silver. One of my faves, especially the dance mix.

Ariana is my preferred choice, but I expect Djo to clinch it.

Being strict on myself and only going for one song per week. Happier gets my first vote - been obsessed with that for weeks. :wub: Olly gets my second vote and hope it becomes a decent sized hit after Eurovision. Overall not a bad set of entries. Skrapz being the only one I couldn’t finish. D-Block Europe being the bigger issue for me on that track though. :puke2:

There is definitely some dead wood to clear, but nice to see the top of the charts being interesting for once. Certainly beats the situation we were in just over a month ago where it was just stick season, Prada, greedy, cruel summer and MOTD (Lovin On Me before that) hogging the top 5. Great numbers for Ariana and to see 9 songs still top 40 almost a week in is great. Happy for Djo too although I wonder if it would be doing this well if the TikTok black out of universal acts/songwriters wasn’t limiting choice on the app.

I don’t get the comments suggesting waning interest in the charts. How is this measured or evidenced? We may not have as many people listening to the radio now, but in part comes from how accessible music has come from streaming services, including finding new music. You don’t need to listen to a chart show or radio to find new music like you used to. Whilst I agree the charts aren’t perfect, I don’t think anything we do would get people outside chart fans more engaged. I also don’t get comments saying the chart risks ‘creaking into oblivion’ or what that would even look like. Clear from forums like this that even with regular chart grumblers about staleness/acr/etc, the same people are still checking the charts regularly so it can’t be THAT bad.

This does feel quite pointless to me. A top 10 also seems like something that can be manipulated to get a peak position that is misleading on a song’s actual impact. At least with number one you need significant sales to get there. Can’t see the OCC handing one of these to The K*nts for their Boris Johnson Christmas singles as one example where I don’t expect distribution compared to artists the occ might want to highlight. For hits not reaching number one but making a big impact, there are the bpi certifications.

Looks like Jack Black’s band has covered Britney as part of the soundtrack to Kung Fu Panda 4 Actually think he has done a good job here! Given Peaches ended up being a chart hit, perhaps this might be making an appearance to…

I turned off after the first hour as it was a snooze fest. Will catch up on performances later. Raye being up for and winning best new artist feels so off. I get this was her first album but in this age of lengthy EPs and mixtapes of singles, an album release can be quite far into a career now.

Thanks for the update. Just noticed Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go is set to platinum, but it went 2x 08.07.2022.

*NSYNC is the only omission that comes to mind. Bye Bye Bye is the only platinum certified single (26.11.2021). Top album unclear as but the 3 gold albums are No Strings Attached (September 2000), Celebrity (May 2002) and Greatest Hits (December 2022)

What week for Beyoncé in the charts and certifications! :cheer:

Definitely feels like the emphasis is on the song this time rather than Sophie, with the album benefitting loads first time around. Great for MOTD although it is a shame none of her other tracks/albums have seen a noticeable benefit/viral surge.

Enough sounds a bit more interesting than the other singles so far. Got an uphill climb for this to do anything though.

The film has obviously been a massive bomb, but I expect Argylle’s heavy use of the song has helped build some more streams/downloads recently. Crazy sales point for Mr Brightside.

Quite like the ‘new’ Hazbin Hotel song and glad it has overtaken last week’s third choice. Picked that, Jazzy and Cat Janice.

10 Baby One More Time 9.0 Sometimes 10 (You Drive Me) Crazy (STOP Mix) 9.0 Born To Make You Happy 7.0 From The Bottom of My Broken Heart 10 Oops I Did It Again 9.5 Lucky 9.0 Stronger 8.5 Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know 10 I'm A Slave 4 U 7.5 Overprotected 7.0 Overprotected (Darkchild Remix) 7.5 I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman 8.0 Boys (ft Pharrell Williams) 8.5 I Love Rock 'N' Roll 7.0 Anticipating 9.0 Me Against The Music (ft Madonna) 10 Toxic 9.0 Everytime 8.0 Outrageous 8.0 My Prerogative 8.5 Do Somethin' 6.5 Someday (I Will Understand) 10 Gimme More 8.0 Piece of Me 11 Break The Ice 9.5 Womanizer 9.0 Circus 8.0 If U Seek Amy 6.5 Radar 7.5 "3" 9.0 Hold It Against Me 8.5 Till The World Ends 8.0 I Wanna Go 7.5 Criminal 8.0 S&M (Remix) (ft Rihanna) 7.5 Scream & Shout (ft will.i.am) 6.5 Ooh La La 9.0 Work Bitch 8.0 Perfume 4.0 Pretty Girls (ft Iggy Azalea) 8.0 Tom's Diner (ft Giorgio Moroder) 7.5 Make Me (ft G-Eazy) 7.5 Slumber Party (ft Tinashe) 8.5 Mood Ring (Pride Mix is the best) 7.5 Swimming With The Stars 7.0 Matches (ft Backstreet Boys) 8.5 Hold Me Closer (ft Elton John) 7.0 My Only Wish (This Year) -1 Mind Your Business (ft will.i.am) What a great set of singles, with the odd exception.

What a random tune from The Little Mermaid to get certified (Alan Menken - Bedtime). Didn't realise it was a big streamer. So pleased Primadonna has finally gone Platinum. :cheer:

Love to see Ain’t Your Mama above some more established hits. Deserved better at the time it came out.

I suspect Taylor’s next release will beat The Weeknd this time given it is an album of new material released early in the year, so has time to build up streams. I agree greatest hits getting streams from singles across multiple album eras is giving them an unfair advantage and hopefully gets addressed at some point. Artists and labels always find a way round these things though, so not sure any one rule change would stop the trend we are seeing.

As an album of all new material with time for pre-orders to build, I would be surprised if this didn’t scrape 100k. As for overexposed, it does feel like she has been unavoidable since 2022 as a chart follower. I get the comments that the general public may not feel it quite so much though. Cruel Summer sticking around the top 10 for so long hasn’t helped, though I can’t blame Taylor for that.

Could certainly see some Bob Marley back in the chart with the biopic film out soon. Interesting to see if more artists pick up the reggae influence again.

I went for Skepta, Justin, Good Neighbours and the Loser, Baby song. That Nicki track is such a mess, although got to admire a spoken word outro. :lol:

+12 The Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters - love :wub: +10 Ella Henderson - Alibi (feat. Rudimental) - good +08 Noah Kahan - Homesick (w/ Sam Fender / solo) +07 Ariana Grande - yes, and? +06 Kygo and Ava Max - Whatever - ok +05 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things +04 Becky Hill and Sonny Fodera - Never Be Alone +03 Lost Frequencies and Bastille - Head Down +02 The Cast Of Wonka - You've Never Had Chocolate Like This +01 21 Savage - redrum - needs to be a good minute+ shorter

Oh Justin. That was so unnecessary. :(

Just Noah/Sam and Benson this week. A lot of ‘meh’ songs this week. The Thank You dance version was awful. Dido deserves better.