Eric_Blob

These songs do have a lot in common too. I'm interested to see if the biggest hit of 2016 is going to be another one like these or if it'll be something else.

That's not going to make the chart less static. If anything it'll make the chart more static. Fanbases can't influence a streaming chart in the same was as a sales chart. Also, someone was saying that in the past you could just look at the release schedule and know all the #1s way in advance. How is it any different now? It's been clear as day for months that Cheerleader was going to be massive. Same with other songs like Am I Wrong, All About That Bass, etc, we all knew those songs would be huge months before they actually got #1. Even stuff like Lean On and Where Are U Now, those songs got massive amounts of streams on Spotify from day 1, so it was obvious they'd become big chart hits. The charts are just going to be a lot slower now, there's nothing we can do about it, we just have to get over it. The best way we can speed up the charts is to get Capital FM to change what it plays. The main two things Capital needs to change to speed up the charts are lower the amount of spins it gives to songs in high rotation. Apparently now it's 70+ times a week, so it should lower it to 40 times a week (even lower would be nice). But what's probably even more important is for how LONG songs are kept in high rotation. In the past Capital kept songs like We Found Love and Moves Like Jagger in high rotation for over a year, which is why those songs had such long chart runs. If Capital could decide that they'd only let songs have high rotation for a maximum of 2-3 months, then put them on lower rotation (e.g. 20 spins a week max) afterwards, that would help the big hits drop out faster. But really, as long as songs like Uptown Funk or Thinking Out Loud are getting promoted on the radio to hundreds of thousands of people every hour every day, they're not going to drop out the top 40... This kind of promotion is like someone getting to perform the same song on X Factor every weekend, you can't expect the charts to move fast when songs get such high levels of airplay for such a long time. However, Capital FM is never going to change. My suggestions are pointless, and just wishful thinking... Another option for chart followers is to focus more on the #41-#200 section of the chart. You get some interesting songs down there and whilst you still get a lot of old songs hanging around seemingly forever, you also get a lot of new entries to freshen it up.

I'm not sure if I would say it's a "mistake". It makes the chart slower, but what can they do about it? It's clear that sales are in decline (since some point in 2013), streaming is increasing fast, it'll be counting for 70% of sales soon. Whilst a lot of us follow the charts as a hobby, the charts aren't necessarily meant to be entertaining. The main thing is that they're as accurate as possible, the fact that there's hardly any movement from week to week shouldn't matter, if that's what the data says then that's what it has to be. In terms of the chart show it's being cut down to 2 hours now I think so hopefully they'll stop playing all the long runners from then on. It probably won't be as boring to listen to with all the oldest songs taken out. I actually think there's a lot of good songs in the charts right now, but some of them hang around for a very long time.

2003 was awesome. It's 2015 but even in most (mainstream) clubs today I hear loads of 2003 hits. In the US In Da Club was year-end #1 (but that chart was basically all airplay at the time). 1. 50 Cent - In Da Club 2. K. Relly - Ignition Remix 3. Sean Paul - Get Busy 4. Beyonce - Crazy In Love 5. 3 Doors Down - When I'm Gone 6. Matchbox Twenty - Unwell 7. Chingy - Right Thurr 8. Aaliyah - Miss You 9. Kid Rock - Picture 10. Evanescence - Bring Me To Life The top 4 are club staples even today (I'm genuinely curious as to when they'll stop getting played, as it doesn't seem like it'll happen anytime soon, but they're getting quite old now...). #10 is a classic too, I'm sure it's been top 100 on iTunes quite a lot this decade. She's lasted 2010-2015 now, which isn't something we can look down on imo. I think the media hype in 2011 made a lot of people hate her, but that was never Jessie J's fault.

Not trying to discredit him, but wasn't Jealousy the song he release a few years ago when sales were at an all-time high? It's impressive that he managed to get a big hit so long after he got famous, but some of the lower songs were probably bigger in the charts, but were released in lower sales climates, meaning they're lower in a list like this.

Record labels will probably all be trying to get their artists to do them if these boosts continue. :lol:

Yeah, I think most people who use Youtube use it for the audio. Dark Horse by Katy Perry got all the way to #1 on the VEVO chart without a music video which pretty much proves this.

Ayo and I Don't Mind are in the top 25 without even having music videos! :o

I think i might have gone top 10.

The album version of Bad Blood is top 10 now. Maybe there'll be two versions of it in the top 10 soon.

Taylor Swift doesn't stand a chance at #1. I think she'll be top 20 (but maybe #1 in the US in the next couple of weeks but they include Youtube streaming there). Omi will be #1. It's a great song but I'm surprised it's so successful in the charts.

I like it as well, but it sounds like something will.i.am or The Cataracs would've made 5 years ago. :lol: The bit at the end where it goes all disco is the best, I would have loved a version of the song where it was like that the whole way through.

A few years ago I thought Kendrick was going to do a song with Lady Gaga (:puke: :puke:), and nothing will ever be as scary as the thought of that! Taylor Swift's songs aren't that bad imo. Most of them are just a bit boring (especially the ones like Love Story, etc.), but they're not musically terrible like Lady Gaga's were, so I don't mind Kendrick doing a song with her. Kendrick survived through Give It 2 U so I think this will be fine. :lol:

The 1Xtra playlist never has an effect on the charts. I've seen some songs on their playlist not be in the top 1000 on iTunes before. It needs Capital or Radio 1 (or maybe Heart or Kiss).

I hope this smashes, it'd serve Rihanna right for not releasing her version as a single! :lol:

99% of music artists fit in this category! :lol:

The reason people get excited about a pre-order being #24 is because it normally means the song is going to #1 (or at least will do well), not because they think it's selling thousands of copies. :lol:

I think Trap Queen has done quite well to be top 40 on iTunes mainly just off a couple of plays a day on Radio 1! :o Shocked to see New York Raining getting played on Capital, probably mainly because of Rita Ora. It's like a much better version of Empire State Of Mind.

^ Yeah, you're right. You get the urban -> pop crossovers like Don't Tell 'Em, I Don't Mind, Ayo, etc. And you get the pop -> urban crossovers like Thrift Shop, Latch, Fancy, etc. The pop -> urban ones have been more common recently, but it shows that pop music atm is hip hop influenced, since when pop music was dance influenced hardly any songs could cross over. I think one of the weirdest ones in recent years was Royals by Lorde. Whilst the song clearly uses a hip hop beat (and has hip hop references in the lyrics), it's still by a female teenager from Australasia who was marketed as an alternative singer, so the fact that it managed to be a big urban radio hit was impressive (although I'm sure the remixes by Rick Ross and The Weeknd helped a bit).

Pop radio and urban radio have actually been sharing a lot of hits in 2013, 2014 and 2015. But in 2011 and 2012 there were hardly any. Only Super Bass, 5 O'Clock, Girl On Fire and a few others. But also streaming benefits certain songs a lot. Drunk In Love, Anaconda, Harlem Shake and Trap Queen would never have got top 2 without Youtube streaming. And there are songs from the past which probably would've gone top 2 on the Hot 100 but didn't get played much on pop radio had streaming been included back then (for example Rack City).

It was still a success in the UK though. And it got released twice so its total sales are probably quite high for its peak (wouldn't be surprised if it's done better than Break Free tbh).

It'll probably get there eventually, but I'm not sure about next week as I checked and it's got pretty much no airplay yet.

The stations listed there are mostly just clones of each other, and only reach a small portion of the country. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauer_City_3 Unfortunately it is pretty much all about Capital (well, not completely, but way too much :().

I think they must include streaming, because Drunk In Love has probably sold around 2 million and Only around 1 million. It's impressive that Avicii's gone gold with an album track in the US!

I've heard this song again on the radio recently, I hope it's going to get more promotion!