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Both Billie and Zayn have really surprised me with how high their sales are. I really thought Zayn was over.

Do all the people moaning about auto play not realise they can just turn it off? Or just put their music on repeat? People constantly trying to downplay how big Espresso is are getting weird.

Wow that is bad for Sia. I know she's long past her commercial peak but I thought she had some sort of fanbase.

Buzzjack chart fans: Physical sales, downloads and streaming shouldn't be allowed in the charts! The charts:

I'm surprised to see Swish Swish so high, I always thought it was a bit of a bomb. Anyone know its total sales?

It's been out for 5 days and is doing 600k a day. I wish my faves were 'flopping' like this.

Not even one new song is miserable. What's the point in the streaming era?

The number of massive hits at the moment is insane. Most of the Top 10 could be #1 on a quieter week.

Illusion has already gone Top 10 so I think it's more about its longevity at this stage.

She’s probably only going to open with 60-70k, no chance she’ll be anywhere near #1.

And it's all thanks to Taylor if certain posters are to be believed!

Yep, but then she had several years of bombing before a commercial resurgence in 2022.

Both Charli XCX and Camila Cabello supported Taylor on her last tour and it wasn't until year's later Charli broke out. I don't think it's fair to put touring with Taylor down as the reason Sabrina is performing so well. The song is just super catchy.

People saying Love Story is not one of her signature hits have clearly never heard it at a wedding because it goes off.

Hopefully Jess plummets as the week goes on.

This era doesn't feel as big but with the surge of vinyls/multi-formats, I can still see her opening with similar numbers.

Jess Glynn's streaming numbers are anemic and I'm not sure she has (any sort of) the fanbase to turn up for signings and buy multiple variants. Her numbers will be interesting to see.

Taylor keeping Pet Shop Boys from #1 would be karma after they slated her this week.

I’m really not sure what to make of Perrie’s week 2 performance. Don’t think it’s going to be a hit unfortunately.

It was just too much material at once. I’ve not even started the Anthology yet, just had the original on repeat.

Love her or hate her, Taylor's incredible numbers are really good for the music industry as a whole.

Drake dropping his track the week of Taylor’s album release because he didn’t want her to have the entire top 10 on the Hot 100 again.

He probably is. I’m surprised the rest of the band haven’t distanced themselves from him after his recent antics… though I suppose he is their meal ticket.

And yet Ariana’s album spent its first 4 weeks in the Top 5? If you’re going to try and be shady at least have something of merit.

I'm so confused about Meghan Trainor's performance. Been Like This is #103 on Apple and #168 on Spotify but Top 40 in the midweeks?