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Yeah that's pretty surprising actually. And given Rod Stewart's entry it's at least 1,947! -
Should Cliff Richard be added?
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Jessie J could be added as she is abrosexual.
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Maybe but I think even with one of their old songs. They have a massive discography, broke through in the US, have done mostly dance-pop music and have a plethora of sassy/tongue-in-cheek lyrics which someone might want to use on TikTok one day lol. And yeah a modern dance artist remaking one of their songs and crediting them and making top 10 isn't impossible either.
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I wouldn't be that surprised if Pet Shop Boys get in the top 10 again one day.
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The David Guetta remix did so well. The original would have done nothing, especially in 2011.
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I think Sabrina Carpenter herself is in trouble tbh. She debuted with 1.5 million first day on Spotify last October with her song The Life of a Showgirl, and went from that to barely scraping the top 40 with Such a Funny Way in the space of like 6 months. I'm worried for her.
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If Sam Fender does get close to breaking the record like Drake did, it would probably get negative media coverage and probably prompt a rule change from the OCC for the chart. Which might be a good thing in the long run. Although I reckon the media and the public would probably be a lot friendlier to the concept of Sam Fender breaking the record than they were to Drake (he's British, he's crosses over to adult contemporary like Radio 2 so more of the older generations will actually know who he is, his songs use real instruments, etc).
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Yeah, but I mean the remix is/was doing really well, I saw it in the top 200 on Spotify a lot so it's boosting the chart position every week.
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I don't like that remix that much but at least its helping a lot for the charts.
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Nobody would've believed Baby and Eenie Meenie would've been remembered past 2012 at the time, let alone that they'd re-enter the top 40 and be remembered fondly 15 years later. That was the big narrative about most pop songs at the time, let alone Justin Bieber. "Everybody will forget about this in a couple of years".
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I used to follow it every week for a while in the late 00's/early 10's. And it absolutely 100% was calculated from real figures (at least back then). They got the sales data for iTunes directly from Apple, and the airplay data directly from themselves (Global). It was highly predictable, I knew roughly where every song would be charting each week. If the charts were made up it would be impossible to predict and I would have noticed glaring errors and inconsistencies every week. It was a completely harmless (and frankly meaningless) chart. Hundreds of radio stations all over the world do their own charts. Some simply rank their most spinned songs for the week, some go by number of requests from their listeners, some get their listeners to vote, some get their DJs to make their own. Given that some platforms like Spotify give out exact streaming figures, some stations now may even be using Spotify data for their own charts without needing a partnership! BBC have a partnership with the OCC so can air the official chart. Global had a partnership with Apple so they could make the Big Top 40 by combining their own airplay with the iTunes sales figures each week. All that said, I have absolutely NO idea how they are calculating it today. Maybe it truly is just made up now (do they even still have the partnership with Apple?).
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Well if it's going to be a fan-driven week 1 peak then yeah that might have been better to attain a higher chart position. But if it's going to be an actual hit song I don't think it will matter very much in the long run. Songs like I'm Good by David Guetta or I Had Some Help by Post Malone just continuously built more and more hype while they were unavailable to stream, rather than the opposite.
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New songs can and do stick but they don't normally debut at #1 first week. Like Man I Need, Rein Me In, Where is my Husband, Rain Dance. If you debut at #1 it's normally fanbase-driven.
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Yeah. I'm absolutely devastated that a straight white male is doing well in the charts. Glad to see someone else on the same page! It's a difficult time for both of us. Stay strong my friend. 😊
