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Looking great for Mel C to land the first ever solo Spice top 3 album then!

B-b-b-baby steps.

What exactly do you mean by a run being cancelled out? And also I'm not aware he's even announced the album yet?

You were right! I just listened to the new one she performed, it's very chilled and doesn't sound like a single so I guess it will just be on the album.

That's about right for Alex Warren's new one, it's nowhere near as strong as 'Fever Dream' so I knew it wouldn't debut that high. It'll probably end the week just outside the top 10. Hopefully MadSab can climb a couple of places by Friday.

Depends how many copies @Spiceboy bought at the signing!

This one is definitely a bit more mid than 'Fever Dream' was!

Sounds like the day was everything you wanted and more! And Mel sounds like the loveliest person ever, though I'm not surprised about that! The only bit of your post I didn't quite get was the Matthew/Paul thing, are you Matthew and your hubby's Paul?

What did you reply to that? Tell us how the convo went!

Hey Jordan! 1 - Well considering only 3 songs have achieved the feat of debuting at #1 in the past 12 years I don't think we'll see another one for a while 2 - Oh you should definitely take a listen, it's quite the banger! The chorus interpolates 'The Best' by Tina Turner. 23 - It is sweet and I thought I'd really get into it but it seems to have plateaued with me already. I think it's a lot weaker than 'Used To Be Young' which I really liked! 28 - Surely she won't be releasing a new song so soon after this! Wouldn't it be more likely for her to be performing 'Drop Dead'? I'm going to try and get tickets next week for her tour btw, my daughter really wants to go! 29 - It's a very solid comeback from him! I really thought it would be a big smash, it has all the ingredients of one. It seems like people are tiring of him already, which is a shame Thanks

I think it will probably go Noah > Kacey > Mel. But even top 3 would be a fantastic result for Mel given that no solo Spice album has ever peaked that high!

Are you telling me that no solo Spice album has ever been top 3? Seriously?!

Oh Lizzo! This is such a step down from 'Don't Make Me Love U'

Loving You is absolutely brilliant (oh and the song's not bad too...)

I'm intrigued to see how Mel C's gonna do. I quite liked the album when I listened to it today but I don't know what the general consensus seems to be on it.

That's some very precise info! Do you and @Sempachorra have access to all historical playlists?

Love that playlist, especially 'Remedy' on the A-list, 'Break Your Heart' on the B-list and 'Fight For This Love' on the C-list Is that last list supposed to be the 'In New Music We Trust' list (or whatever it was called back then?)

Hi Sergej! Great to see Lana at the top, what a song! Now we know what a Lana Bond theme would sound like My favourite new entry this week has got to be from Muse, what a song! I like that they're returning to their old sound, 'Be With You' is such a banger! Niall's song is decent too, quite a catchy chorus. I usually like Rita Ora but that collab with Zerb is as disappointing as her new short hairstyle :/ Great chart

Thank you Sergej Hi Seltin! Yeah it's great to have Olivia back and with such a bop too *.* Holly's song is good but I don't really know how long it will stay on my chart. Niall is going to peak this week, sorry! FLO did really well, their highest peaking song yet Thanks!

Well no because then Alex Warren wouldn't be on there

Oh it was this comment from you that made me think it was the lead single from a new album: But I see the song was then tagged onto the end of last year's EP and I guess Lewis hasn't officially said anything, so yeah it's not the lead after all. Will still be interesting to see how a new lead single from Lewis does when it eventually comes, I'd be surprised if it flops completely but I think he'll be struggling to get top 10 hits going forward. His imperial phase is definitely over!

Oh right I thought he said it was supposed to be a lead single from a new album? Did I mishear that? Or did he say that and then go back on it??

Yes technically she was playlisted with 'Popular' but that was a Weeknd single which just happened to have her as one of the featured artists. It's still 18 years since they've playlisted a single with Madonna as the lead artist (The Sun were never going to bother with such technalities in their wording).

It is pretty wild to see her playlisted in 2026 We're reliably informed by The Sun that she hasn't been playlisted by R1 for 18 years, so that would make it the Hard Candy era, with MDNA onwards being snubbed, which sounds about right. They must have playlisted 'Celebration' too I'm guessing? I do remember it hearing it on R1 back in the day.

So this properly flopped to go from getting a #1 just last year to a new lead single only making #68 is a pretty dramatic fall from grace. I wonder what he needs to do to get a hit again?