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I was not aware of this. That’s something I guess. Thanks for this info.

Definitely not compared to the version that it plagiarized

Every song I’ve heard from her/featuring her sounds boring and uninspired imo, and that’s before we even get into the stolen Make Me Feel Good

Why are people streaming Jazzy ffs

Amazed that Don’t Speak is only just 3x platinum

Ah understood, didn’t realise we were discussing consecutive weeks not total

Does Frankie Lane not hold the record with I Believe?

New top 10 run number I've lost count for Bad Dreams next week?

Levi Horen being the lead artist on the song which is titled “Levi Horen Edit” upsets me greatly

I only had Undressed on 138k which I'm gonna put down to me doing some bad mental maths at some point, but yes it will definitely be in next week in that case.

Gonna predict a top 100 appearance for 'The Chain' for the first time since 2017 this week - it's had a pretty good week on both Apple and Spotify and has a good premium streams ratio.

Thanks for the extended update Julian. I had suspicions that Seventeen Going Under had a very good ratio so got that one right. I was actually underestimating Red Wine Supernova (so averaging mine and Gasman's predictions out we might have got it right) and really underestimating Arm's Length. Was also overestimating we can't be friends if it might be in trouble next week. Overall I'm finding it much harder to estimate stuff this year compared to last, well done to Gasman for correctly predicting Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else in this week. Can't see anything else entering beyond back to friends and Tell Me next week, GBP is obviously gone, I would have had Chasing Cars in trouble but I guess I'm underestimating that.

Timeless is incorrectly shown as still being on ACR when it got reset this week

Thank you, wasn't sure which of Sex on Fire or Riptide was above The Giver (I guessed wrong)

Oh wow - Our predictions are wildly different. I have back to friends and Tell Me both on 147k and Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else on 146k. Not sure how we could have a 11k difference on Tell Me, maybe I've double counted a week at some point.

"back to friends" should enter the YTD next week, I'd predict "505" to drop straight back out. "Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else" and "Tell Me" will be close next week but I don't think they'll make it til the week after. "Arm's Length", "Chasing Cars" and "GBP" will be in trouble then, I think "Don't Stop Me Now"'s sales have picked up enough to keep it safe for now. Please could I have positions for Riptide, Sex on Fire and Naive @Julian_ Also on a side note that despite being #66 here, "The Giver" is still yet to enter the top 100 on the Spotify YTD (Currently #108 between "I Remember Everything" and "She Moves in Her Own Way"). It won't enter the top 100 there til week 21 at the earliest!

Wham! and the Killers will definitely overtake - I think Mr. Brightside will be the first song to 11x platinum. Band Aid should get past as well, but difficult to know what sales that will manage this year. Julian might have a better estimate than me for Shape of You, but I’d guess ~6.45m

Ed will pass the Kooks for sure but they should hold onto top 5 I think

I would think it’s ahead atm, no way Wham! have sold 120k since week 1 of the year

Can’t wait for all these songs to decline for the next two weeks before climbing again on the third week as the second week has a bank holiday in.

Could be tough for the Kooks to hold on to top 5 I fear. Suspect they’ve accrued most of their sales for the week already. They should tag Naive and She Moves in Her Own Way on the end for extra sales lmao

Presumably it’s doing well on Amazon then?

How is The Giver still top 20 - is out the top 100 on Spotify now

I'm late but brief summary: 505 drops out as expected, however it also dropped out on audio streaming meaning that all songs which have charted on the audio streaming chart in ever week this year (of which there are 45), remain on the YTD. The Sound of Silence remains the only song on the YTD to not yet have charted on audio streaming (side note, this is gonna be tough to estimate now it's on ACR). Please could I have the positions for A Sky Full of Stars and Belong Together - I've made a bit of a mess predicting them I think and I'm not sure where they are exactly. Not sure about the 505 re-entry personally, feel like Pink Skies has probably done enough to hold on.

NAIVE!!!