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No idea, but maybe it's a lot higher combined as the original probably gets almost as many streams.

Wow I was thinking about Alicia Keys - Un-Thinkable just a couple of days ago, and now it's in the chart. It's another Pocketful on Sunshine, it wasn't a single in the UK but was a hit in the US.

I think the phrase you guys are looking for is "adult contemporary" (or "easy listening'). Almost all the #1s fit into that category now. Only recent one that comes to mind that doesn't is Dior. But I think that kind of music has always been the most popular. Adele and Ed Sheeran were the biggest artists last decade for example, Taylor Swift maybe for this decade, and before that you had artists like Take That, James Blunt, Dido, etc reach incredible heights.

Opalite and Rein Me In were both post-album singles that reached #1 this year though? Most of them don't reach new peaks anymore, but some do. And you have ones like Levitating, Save Your Tears, Watermelon Sugar, Perfect, etc, which did really well in the streaming era. And loads of others which don't reach new peaks but hang around a lot longer in the charts than they otherwise would have due to the extra playlisting, music video, etc, that comes with being a single.

I would not have expected Chico and Jason Derulo to do a song together. Hopefully a Cheeky Girls and Taio Cruz collab is on the way. :)

Maybe Patient Zero can be the first song with zero in the title to peak at #0!

I heard it for the first time in ages in a restaurant a few days ago. Such an anthem!

Zara Larsson had one with Lush Life and Midnight Sun too.

That's my 2nd most-played Lana Del Rey song after the MK remix of West Coast haha (which is also fantastic). So pleased more people are listening to it.

Ah. I guess he could've chosen not to play at all. A lose-lose situation from his perspective. If he had his way they both would've continued performing as normal, but he explicitly wasn't given that option unfortunately. Hopefully after it's all finished they can find a venue that allows them to perform together, even if just to make a statement.

It's highly unlikely it was Ed Sheeran's decision imo. Probably his management or the organisers or the venues who banned Macklemore, so I'm not sure how much of the blame he deserves, if any.

It could be artists coming on and off discovery mode (which boosts you in autoplay, Spotify radio, etc.). Although maybe not because this would be a regular occurrence if so.

I'm surprised it only just now got Silver, if anything.

Apparently the chart was compiled by asking DJs what songs they'd played in clubs during the week, and then adding it all up. But apparently almost all the DJs were lying every week. They conspired to try and have the #1 on the chart change every week, amongst other things.

I think most songs probably are using AI already. Obviously most of you are thinking in terms of AI vocals or lyrics or instrumentals. But in terms of mixing and mastering I'm pretty sure it must be being used in most songs and none of us would be able to tell. Even the singers probably wouldn't know because they just send the song over to a producer and the polished product comes back as has always happened. Even if the singer is sitting in the studio while the song is being mixed, it can just show up on the DAW like a normal plug-in, so they wouldn't even be able to tell from watching. And on top of that producers might be downloading and experimenting with new plug ins and the latest effects and technologies and might themselves be using AI without knowing. Yeah you can easily tell AI vocals or lyrics, but you can't tell AI automation or AI compression or AI EQ easily. So it's impossible to really ban it from the charts. And some songs which may be artistically incredible with real instruments and heartfelt lyrics and vocals, but if an AI noise gate was used to get rid of background noise during the recording, does that make it evil, or slop or ban-worthy from music charts?