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Even as a faceless dance song it’s disappointing. Becky Hill would never release something as bad.

How can you never have listened to them but branded them "bog standard, ordinary"?

I honestly had no recollection of this being a #1 despite loving the song. She really was in her imperial phase.

I’m not quite sure I’d class Alex as a TikTok artist, he’s now had 3 hits in quite a short space of time so think he’s properly breaking out. A TikTok artist would usually have one hit and struggle with everything else (see Dasha and many many others).

Strange, it doesn’t show at all for me when I search it. Not even as a greyed out option.

It’s a disgrace that Zoe Birkett’s Treat Me Like a Lady isn’t available to stream, what a banger.

That would explain the rise in streams for Addison Rae yesterday.

Has it though? It peaked high and has consistently fallen away. This should be a huge smash considering it's Chappel's first release since blowing up.

Gaga’s album is holding up well, I expected it to tumble after week 1.

I don’t think leaks really impact the charts any more. Music is so easily accessible now it’s more work to track them down.

Selena’s album is absolutely dreadful, not surprised it’s performing so poorly despite all the variants.

Even if people don't like Chappel's new song, I still think it's going to open with pretty huge numbers given it's her first release since her massive breakthrough. How it fares through the week will be the real test but I could see it quite easily getting to #1 with less than 40k.

The new forum is just so ugly, hopefully they can add some better formatting features.

Me on a Sunday night.

That Benson song sounds like it'll be the Song of the Summer.

The OCC are referring to it as potentially being Taylor's 13th #1 so it's definitely being classed separately to the main album.

She's the lead writer and producer on the song. If you're going to spread misinformation, at least try and make sure it's not so easy to fact check it.

What a weird take. Gaga has no integrity because she putting her hit song on her new album?

Craig David's new song sounds like a leftover tropibop from 2016. It's not too surprising Kylie isn't getting a push here. It's a remix of an album track that's planned for the German market.

Aren’t there rules about eligibility criteria? Chappell deservedly had an amazing 2024 but putting her on an upcoming 2025 list feels incredibly disingenuous after she’s had multiple hits and a #1 album.

It seems to just be a new way for labels/artists to label tracks so if it's a bomb they can just say it's not a single. To the actual listener it's inconsequential how it's labelled.

Apt would be an excellent #1, shame it's unlikely to get there.

Not Tom Grennan finally getting the highest chart Christmas song.

The biggest challenge with Leona’s second album is they just tried to repeat the formula of the first. A big Ryan Tedder produced ballad should have been an easy smash but Happy was just so lifeless. She needed far more of a statement song. It’s a pity as Echo is a far superior album to the debut, it was just totally mishandled.

If only Maxipads had bought more we could have had a great Xmas #1 and wouldn't have had to endure that Sausage Roll nonsense for so many years.