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Not sure <800k is a “huge” debut - maybe for this year but not overall imo. She should still get #1 I think, especially cos I thought I read she has physicals too?

Prada will survive, think it did around 7k this week. 505 only did 7.5k and I'd guess around the same for Don't Stop Me Now so unless there's something I've completely missed, there'll be no new entries this week for the first time this year Another Love did chart on audio streaming for the first time this year this week

What a totally not pointless reset that was for Timeless. Also RIP Close to You which dropped out by itself this week before ACR could get it

A Spotify update would be fantastic…

New peak for The Chain at #53

You've downgraded your sales estimate for 'All the Stars' this week Julian? I think we could see the bottom end of the chart stagnate with songs on low sales but nothing to replace them, which didn't really happen last year with everything falling away being replaced quickly. I think 'Prada' will survive one more week with no new entries next week as I don't think '505' is close enough - outside of that it's a guessing game which oldies show up, I guess 'Don't Stop Me Now' could re-enter if stuff drops off really fast. Outside of that maybe 'Wonderwall' or 'Another Love' which has picked up a bit on Spotify recently but I would think they're quite far away by now. I would imagine that 'We are the People' has a fairly poor premium ratio, would be surprised to see it show up. I could see 'Shake It to the Max' showing up in 2 weeks time, but maybe that's optimistic on my part. I had it jumping 'Burning Down', but being passed by 'Azizam' and not quite doing enough to get ahead of 'Dirty Cash', thus staying at #54.

Spotify YTD at the End of May: That's So True still just about holding on at the top. Some bigger differences starting to emerge compared to the OCC list - Nice to Meet You (#45), The Door and Anxiety (#48) are the biggest losers. All the Stars, Timeless, Headlock and luther are the biggest gainers on Spotify compared to the OCC. The Giver, Say My Name (Remix) and MUTT are still yet to reach the top 100 on the Spotify list, whilst Burning Down and Tell Me are outside the top 200. The top two songs on the Spotify list not in the OCC top 100 are both by Tyler, The Creator - Like Him at #60 and See You Again at #64. Happy to answer any questions if people have them

Very unlikely - it’s charted very regularly over the past 4 years, so unless the label could give a good reason for a manual reset it won’t happen

looks like Spotify have recalibrated playlists/auto play yesterday to cause moves like that. Are the big jumps for Fleetwood Mac also due to that or is there a specific reason for them?

I get that thought in theory but it would heavily hinder songs which had very big debut weeks

What the hell have I just listened to

First week under a million streams on Spotify for Stick Season, ending an 83 week run, since October 2023. Previous record was 75 consecutive weeks by Blinding Lights. Lose Control is currently on 73 weeks.

Apple: #54 Castle on the Hill #55 Shape of You #56 Perfect The best song from Divide winning

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?

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.

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.

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.