Eric_Blob

Sparks’ to-date consumption of 954,574 units makes it the band’s 15th most-consumed track, despite the fact it was never a single, and didn’t register a ‘sale’ until OCC started to count streams in 2004. What do they mean by this? Is it a typo and they mean 2014? But even then, surely it would got at least 1 download before then? I'm surprised Rock That Body has only sold 400,000, after all this time. It probably did about 150,000 in 2010 alone.

You guys think our charts are bad, Heat Waves was #1 in March/April in 2021 AND 2022 in Australia. Absolutely unbelievable.

I know it's a bit of a tangent, but I can think of a gazillion songs about rain (or using rain as a metaphor, etc), but comparatively a lot less about other weather conditions. I don't know why that is, maybe it's a psychological thing, or maybe because so much of our pop music is from artists living in the UK.

I just find the concept of Sabrina Carpenter having stans hilarious. Even though I disagreed with how nasty Beyoncé (and Lady Gaga, etc.) fans were back in the day, I could at least understand it. But Sabrina Carpenter, she flopped endlessly for years, and now she suddenly has a load of fans who are going to extreme lengths to abuse her competition? I went on the Twitter link someone posted a couple of pages ago and after a few clicks I came across a Sabrina fan who tried to accuse Alex Warren of being a rapist (which was debunked in the replies). That's just the absolute low, and for a pop star who would have been mocked as a flop a few years ago probably by the same person...

I feel like Country does better than rap in the charts, at least the past couple of years. Even some of the pop hits recently like Please Please Please sound like Country songs with extra synths.

That's bizarre and doesn't make any sense. Do you have any idea what causes that? Even if it was a seasonal/weather thing it would happen more gradually, and at slightly different times in different countries and in different years.

How exactly are they ranking the many, many songs which are tied in spins on the TV airplay chart?

We should all move to a tiny country like Malta or something, then we might be able to influence the streaming charts. Honestly, a streaming service could allow for people to make groups and then have charts for just those groups. I'm surprised I hasn't been done already. It might be good for subcultures or people into obscure genres (or Buzzjack members) and things like that.

I'm gutted. I was going to make that joke then I scrolled down and saw your post. :lol:

I've heard a few people complain about Sabrina Carpenter too. She has Scientologist relatives which guarantees her family have huge connections in the entertainment business that I'm sure they made use of.

Not consecutive but I was wondering how long Azizam and The A Team would have identical chart runs lol.

To be fair Love Story and You Belong With Me were notorious in the US at the time for having insane longevity. It was over 15 years ago though, loads has changed since then.

I think Keri Hilson - Turn My Swag On would've probably done quite well but wasn't available for download iirc.

To be completely honest, I can see why Ordinary is doing so well. I was talking with my friends about pop music and they were saying they don't make songs like they used to and how they don't know what's in the charts anymore now there's no Top of The Pops. So I played Ordinary on the Jukebox and everybody stood up and clapped. It really resonates with people. I think it will be year-end #1.

How do you know this isn't her peak though? There are a plethora of artists who peak with their breakthrough era that makes them household names and then decline after that, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, 50 Cent, Lady Gaga, Alanis Morisette, Olivia Rodrigo, Duffy, James Blunt, Ke$ha, etc. I think Dido is another example, maybe. Arguably only a very slight decline on her 2nd album but it didn't follow the logic of "my breakthrough era made me a huge star so my next one will be bigger". I'm not sure if last year was Chappell's 1st album (and i think technically it wasnt Alanis Morisette's 1st album, etc), but she broke through in the mainstream and became a household name and it's functionally hardly any different to what happened with these other artists, and why I specifically chose "breakthrough era" instead of "1st album" in the previous paragraph.