Maestro

Can’t believe that Believer made the final - would’ve given it negative points if I could

Think PUSH 2 START is next on the chopping block and then BACKBONE

In fairness, Stick Season and Espresso are of the strongest totals ever: #1 Shape of You [Combined] (2017) - 149.0m #2 Stick Season (2024) - 141.6m #- Shape of You [Solo] (2017) - 133.5m #3 Espresso (2024) - 131.4m #4 Someone You Loved (2019) - 124.8m #5 Beautiful Things (2024) - 121.0m Think it will end up somewhere around Beautiful Things and Someone You Loved. Blinding Lights is #6 on 115.2m which Ordinary should definitely beat

Spotify YTD asof July 'Ordinary' now over 10m ahead of the nearest challenger which is still 'That's So True' - basically a lock for YE #1 and should do around 120m, but won't be able to match last year's totals from 'Stick Season' (142m) and 'Espresso' (131m). 'Love Me Not' broke into the top 10 this week, although I can't see it finishing the year any higher than #6. Overperformers on Spotify compared to the OCC are the same as previously with the three Kendrick Lamar songs continuing to hold up well here, with oldies such as 'Mr. Brightside' and 'Iris' also doing better. Aditionally, 'WILDFLOWER' seems to be maintaining momentum better on Spotify than the OCC list. All of Teddy Swims' stuff continues to underperform on Spotify compared to the OCC, especially 'The Door' at #45. Other underperformers include 'Nice to Meet You' (#44), Abracadabra (#53) and Anxiety (#64) - although the last two's positions are hindered further as they have now both dropped out of the weekly chart. '505' remains the highest song not on the OCC list at #61 with 'Feel Good Inc.' (#70) and 'Teenage Dirtbag' (#71) next on that list, although a re-entry on the OCC list is likely for the latter. The only 2025 hit in the Spotify top 100 that isn't in the OCC YTD currently is 'Like Him' at #97. As always, please ask if you have any questions :)

Catfish and the Bottlemen

Re-entry for Cocoon at #195 Tour effect I guess?

+50 Fleetwood Mac - The Chain +49 Tame Impala - Let It Happen +48 Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum +47 Blossoms - Charlemagne +46 David Bowie - Changes +45 The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping +44 Stevie Nicks - Edge Of Seventeen +43 Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl +42 The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter +41 Elton John - Tiny Dancer +40 Talking Heads - Psycho Killer +39 Arctic Monkeys - I Wanna Be Yours +38 Bryan Adams - Summer of '69 +37 Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers +36 Oasis - Champagne Supernova +35 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll +34 Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream +33 Blondie - One Way or Another +32 Tina Turner - Proud Mary +31 Oasis - She's Electric +30 The Who - Baba O'Riley +29 Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 +28 Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know +27 John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads +26 Daryl Hall & John Oates - You Make My Dreams (Come True) +25 Oasis - Morning Glory +24 Frank Ocean - Lost +23 Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb +22 Alphaville - Forever Young +21 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Aerosmith - Dream On) +20 The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun +19 Adele - Rumour Has It (Oasis - Half the World Away) +18 Queen - We Will Rock You +17 Pixies - Where Is My Mind +16 Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence +15 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here +14 The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice +13 Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive +12 Rihanna - Love On The Brain +11 Lily Allen - F**k You +10 Vampire Weekend - A-Punk +9 The Beatles - Blackbird +8 Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) +7 Kiss - I Was Made For Lovin' You +6 The Beatles - In My Life +5 Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill +4 Lou Reed - Perfect Day +3 Woodkid - Run Boy Run +2 The 1975 - Somebody Else +1 Imagine Dragons - Believer

Somebody Told Me re-entry at #200

There’s no way this is true

Am I the only person who likes the Giver?

Wouldn’t consider either particularly likely by the end of the decade, they’d need to do over 1m a year. Think Mr. Brightside is currently favourite to get there first but the performance of the Christmas songs each year is hard to predict

Not any time soon - assuming 750k sales a year, it will take around 85 more years to get there

The number is literally in the post you quoted?

Very low streams all round even for a Sunday

*2 and a bit. Which is effectively one and a bit on streaming as the Thursday numbers won’t be estimated properly