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I did wonder whether Taylor would challenge for no1 on the singles too but if it holds up today, she could well claim it with relative ease. Will be interesting to see how it holds up during the week. Hats off to her having such success this far into a career, it’s almost like the 1989 era the way it’s taken off.

I went for 90k + for midnights but I can see it getting close to 100k this week. Arctics I reckon 60-70k.

Ah thanks for that, completely forgot about those two! I reckon Taylor could easily go top 3 next week given it’s her first album of new material since folklore/evermore but as Waspbre said, If she’d done a build up lead single she might have had more chance.

Probably because the label hasn’t released 20 remixes of it as per the last few singles. Plus it seems like more of a promo single for Pokémon rather than a standard single as well perhaps. Must admit, unholy is growing on me, one of the best songs sam smith has done since promises. I do wonder if Taylor could mount a decent challenge next week when the album drops, although I has anyone managed a no1 hit yet the same week as an album drop?

Nice to see Robbie claiming another No.1 album, even if it is a compilation. It’ll be a 14th in total and will move him to 2nd place just behind the Beatles for the most No1 albums in the U.K. if he holds on. I’ll be interested to see how this holds up next week. Singles chart is rather dire again, although I think I’d take Lewis to be no1 over the other two dance tunes. We’ve had some cracking dance music this year, but that blue da ba dee rip off is just awful.

I think it’ll be Taylor. As popular as the Arctics are, their last album didn’t do all that well and the first single sounds in a similar vein to that so I think they’ll be No2. Taylor I’m sure will pull out all the stops and have thousands of signed CDs to launch if she’s trailing behind.

Ah thanks for that, blimey! That’s even more impressive

Beyoncé didn’t manage a single top 10 off Lemonade to my recollection, although she probably would have had multiple entries if it had been on Spotify. I think she might actually be the next no1 single when the album drops, I think as has been suggested the team are being clever in holding the video back. How many weeks has As it Was been lodged in the top 2 now? It must be 15-16 weeks at this point? It’s done remarkably well to hold on that long and avoid ACR.

Ahh Gaga, a true legend. I’ve always thought poker face hasn’t aged well over the years, it sounds very much of the time. Although when it was out I was obsessed with it but Just Dance and paparazzo for me is pop perfection and the standouts from the fame. Bad Romance I would say is her signature song and personally in my top two of hers, always surprised me how that never sold more back at the time. Shallow though has to be one of my favourite no1s from the 2010s just because I still can’t believe it actually managed it. It was so different to anything else out at the time and the whole ASIB era has to be one the biggest musical comebacks in years. I think if Shallow had come out in the download era then it probably would have matched pokerface and BR if not bettered it. Also I wish the occ would stop this nonsense with soundtracks, it was no1 on the official album charts therefore it’s a no1 for Gaga so she’s technically on five no1 albums, not four.

Quite a few dance/house bangers out this week! I can see Hot in it blowing up over the next few weeks.

I know it’s a 2021 album, but Self Esteem, Prioritise Pleasure is by far my favourite this year. I’d put Florence second (or first for 2022 releases) but I do like what I’ve heard of Foals’ new album so far.

Yeah I’d echo the permanent cap idea. If they can implement a daily one then a lifetime one shouldn’t be hard, although I think removing the daily one might cause issues with certain fan acts taking advantage. I think 100 streams as that’s what’s “equal” to a download should be the new permanent cap then it’s not counted after that, if that still doesn’t improve things then maybe drop it to 50. However this should be what the actual sales units should be derived from too, so we don’t have these inflated sales. Also premium accounts only, not even any reduced free streaming should count.

Thrilled that Kate Bush is finally heading for No.1, it’s the most streamed track in the country and one that many people have probably discovered for the first time too. This is how the charts should be counted, based on new streams for songs which once they’ve reached a threshold they shouldn’t be counted anymore. It would serve better than ACR and would help new acts break through. If that was how the charts worked, Harry probably would have likely been toppled a few weeks back, so spaceman would have had its week and Kate would have been No1 two weeks ago. I won’t even get started on labels adding tracks to albums to boost sales and releasing 30 remixes for one song.

Ah ok thanks! That’s a shame, she’d probably looking to grab the no1 spot this week otherwise.

Someone may have already asked this but is Kate still on permanent ACR or has it broken free of that given the big increase last week?

Wow! Amazing start for Harry, his first transatlantic chart topper looking very likely. I wonder how it’ll hold up the next few days.

Tricky one as I’d have thought 70-100k but I feel like he might get over the 100k mark. I reckon 125k or something around there. I’d agree though he’s almost on the same level as Ed and has very broad appeal. I really wasn’t a fan of OD but I’ve really grown to like Harry’s solo material, fine line was a good album.

Yeah I would say he’ll get a lot of curious listens with whatever he releases tomorrow. Fine line seemed to have a fairly broad appeal compared to his first album. So he could do a one week wonder like sign of the times did.

Nice to see a change of No1 this week, was starting to get annoying having Bruno there. Even better it’s being dislodged regardless of ACR and we aren’t having yet another No1 by Ed.

Shame Florence isn’t holding up well, liked king from the first listen which is unusual for me.

Blimey at Rumours being No.15, is that mainly from streaming? That’s quite impressive if so.

Hardly a rebound for sam when he’s gone up one place. Although I’d suspect he’ll be challenging for a top 3 placing by midweek if his steams hold up.

Nice to see some Brit boosts for Sam and Adele. I do like seventeen but was kinda hoping he was going to do Spit of You and help push that into the top 40. It’s a great mellow track but I’m all for seventeen having a bite at re-peaking. I drink wine should have been the follow up imho then maybe omg. I feel like from a narrative point of view that flows better and then round it out with love is a game. Alas omg has grown on me over the last few weeks so I hope it can continue to climb. Surprised Ed hasn’t picked up with JATQ.

Interesting as ever thanks for this! Would that not have been a first appearance in the top 40 for the latter two meat loaf songs? Edit: I’ve just looked, you’re right. I never realised they’d both been top 40 before.

I seem to remember the same thing happened with George’s last album. Don’t matter now was released a good 6-7 months ahead of the album and was very muted response wise, then paradise somehow took off when that came out.