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I’m surprised RMI is back at No.1 I thought Olivia would hold up this week and does Taylor still have physicals to come?

Not sure why but I keep reading Bebe in a Moria Rose accent in my head 😅. So is Olivia’s total of 85k from Monday? Impressive if so as I thought 50/60k would be where it opened.

I think the most weeks at No.1 on the singles chart will go to Wham unfortunately at some point, its just a question of when (unless they change rules). Christmas songs aside though I think something new beating 18 weeks is a longshot but I wouldn't entirely rule it out RMI has shown that songs can keep dodging ACR for months on end, again unless they change the rules. Most consecutive No.1 singles be a female artist I can't see being broken due to how songs are released these days, although Sabrina came close to equalising. Same with No.1 singles off an album, I think nobody has had more than 3 recently (Sabrina and Ed). There's some bigger records I can't see being touched like fastest selling single/album also.

Janet and Bon Jovi are the ones that stand out to me as they’ve had several notable hits. Janet especially as he’s had at least five or six top 3 hits? I went with Depeche Mode also as I always had the impression they had a strong (although not huge) fan base and that they must have got a quick No.1 somewhere. It’s odd they never had a top 3 hit tbh. Led Zeppelin is another I almost went for as again they were such a legendary rock band you’d have thought they would have had one somewhere.

Yeah I tend to agree with this, her global success is fairly recent, but those four markets have always been where her career success has been most consistent/biggest (especially the US). I feel she will change tactic more toward singles going forward as that seems to have been the case since she started the latest era with multiple variations/cds/vinyls. I was personally expecting slightly bigger first day streams in the UK for her new one. Will be interesting to see how it holds up though the next couple of days.

Yeah agree it’s almost gone too far the other way now but the download era was a nice middle ground.

Steps’ Tragedy was another one that unusually stuck around for 5-6 weeks before climbing to No.1 too. Although I guess all saints did something similar a year earlier. How do I live was another one that’s not been mentioned that sat around for a while but never managed the top 5. Growing up in the late 90s I remember always being puzzled when records were broken for the most no.1 debuts etc as I had no other concept of how the charts were. I do miss going to Woolies or Asda (as ours had a huge music section) and seeing the singles chart as it was usually a good indicator of how the Sunday chart would look. Also buying the odd single here and there. The only thing I didn’t like was that if a song you liked debuted at a relatively low spot you had to just accept that was it and it wouldn’t improve not to mention the high No.1 turnover at some points got very boring.

I’d be surprised if Taylor isn’t >900k on the first day on Spotify. Although I tend to agree, I can’t see it holding up but then again folk/country pop seems to be in favour the last couple of years. The bar is low for No.1 I think she has an easy chance to get there with physicals if the streams do fall off.

Thought Mel might have got past Kneecap by now, at least the top 3 is on lock and a best ever peak wise on the albums. It’s not a bad album either.

Noah could potentially nudge just past 50k in the albums by Friday especially if his streaming numbers continue to hold. Shame Doors is just outside the top 10, I need to have another listen of the album, I feel it’s a grower.

Oh nice! I must admit I was expecting Noah to drop a lot more so I’m chuffed to see it’s holding up well. Maybe Doors could clinch a top 20 spot at least this week, hopefully it’s enough to keep the album ahead of the foos too.

It’ll be interesting to see Noah it holds up, I only finished listening to it today. I think heavy is a good description. Lol at RMI going back to No.1.

By removing older hits you allow more chance for new music to break into the chart though, which is one part of the issue I would say. I think another factor which I thought of the other day aside from the compilation of the chart itself, is there’s no platform to promote music from, like we had in previous generations. Ok there’s tik tok but I don’t think it’s something you can bank on for breaking out a song. In some ways I feel we’ve gone back to that 70/80s format of where songs climb gradually over a few weeks and artists take at least a couple of eras to breakout into mainstream success (Olivia/Sabrina/Sam) but unlike then there’s nowhere for anyone to get strong consistent promo. I think we need something of a cross between TOTP and the X Factor live shows (but not so cheesy and full of lip syncing) to help give songs/artists a push as if it’s done in the right way I think it would work.

Ah thanks, I honestly couldn’t remember.

Hope Titi Me Pregunto holds in the top 20 till Friday, such a bop that totally passed me by in 2022 but been obsessed with it the last week. How many weeks has reign on me had in the top 10 now? Must be close to 30 surely? I do like it but it is a bit crazy it’s now heading to no1 after all this time.

Amazing for Bad Bunny, I do love DtMF it’s the first song of his I liked. I’ve since become obsessed with some of his older hits since the Super Bowl. Love to see it doing well, would be happy if it went to No.1 on the singles chart.

I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s intentional so she can try and sneak a week at No.1 in the US. Bad Bunny has probably thwarted a chance of her doing it this week following his Super Bowl performance.

I think there needs to be two charts, a singles chart only and a songs chart that incorporates everything without any rules. Once a song has been charting for say a year or 18 months it gets removed from the singles, but likewise if an album track gets pushed as a single it can transfer across. Additionally and quite controversial perhaps I think AirPlay is needed for the chart in the absence of people buying records. Unlike the US it should be a select bunch of stations that focus on playlisting new music routinely and it only has a short duration to the chart like a couple of months so it doesn’t get stale. I think record labels would jump at this as a way to push something up the charts and make things more competitive. ACR also needs to be changed so that the drop isn’t so harsh for one and secondly there shouldn’t be any dodge rules, like give them 12 weeks to peak and then if it’s made the top 10 then that’s it. No resets or second reruns unless it’s going to actually repeak, if a song still manages to hang around for months in the top 10 as it’s that big then so be it. Albums are also a mess, a lower ratio for streams and remove the downweighting rules. The greatest hits don’t need removing, the problem is the occ double count any streams from any act toward a greatest hits even if it’s not even been listened to so that just needs to stop. Also soundtracks should be brought back into the albums as well.

Was surprised at how well Noah started on day one but glad to see it. Hasn’t clicked with me yet but hope he manages to nab a top 10 placing this week, seems to have stabilised reasonably well after the initial drop.

Ah thanks for this, I probably should have just looked myself. It does sound almost as arbitrary as ACR is at times and open to any song re-entering at any point, the case by case basis might explain why certain country songs haven't dipped out as mentioned before perhaps.

What is Mayhem on now sales wise for the UK, must be around 200k? I would disagree and in Sabrina's case I think that fact she's done that for over 18 months straight is probably where it has burned out but I think its personally refreshing to see an artist do that. Harry did something similar with Fine Line and it worked pretty well for example as that only lasted just over 12 months and then he wrapped it up. The album has been a great comeback for her and its great to see all the nominations, but I do feel its the most underplayed album of all time with the lack of singles. Fingers firmly crossed she wins one of the big ones at the Grammys and also I'm hoping she bags a BRIT too.

I don't get the rules from billboard as why are Christmas song allowed to re-enter each year when they don't technically qualify? Is there a massive loophole or is them just looking the other way again because a record could be broken. Just seems a bit contradictory that relatively new hits are banished after x amount of time (which i get and think its fair enough) yet the same old songs can chart each Nov-Dec.

Really hope she wins something, I think she has more chance for the Artist award given the song is voted for by the public. Would be fitting if she got song though as she was the recipient of international album I think. So she’d be the first to get both international song and album.

Good point, I assume this one as I’m sure it was on 2.4 million prior to streaming but then again I’m not a 100%.

To have your first six albums do 2 million units each is a mad feat. Even though albums were at their zenith at the time, nobody’s come close to that and I doubt they will for a long while. His greatest hits will eventually get to 3 million at some point with the way the occ count streaming.