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Lovely. It is the superior song. I have a feeling Sombr is going to be THE 2025 music act. We will never hear of him again. * (*This coming from the person who thought Ed Sheeran would have a James Morrison or Paolo Nutini style career after his first single)

2x platinum album but relatively few certificated songs. Maybe we'll see Playing God get something in the next few months I bought it first week! The Only Exception is my nemesis.

Back to Friends went platinum today so its over 600k but sales estimate suggests it sold approx 13k this week. That would been its been a bit undercounted here by at least 7k. There was 3k between Undressed and Back to Friends approx this week. The gap would need to widen a bit for Back to Friends to overtake by year's end.

Taylor will save us Has anyone ever looked into the disproportionate performance of album track 1s in the streaming age?

Deftones - Change (In The House Of Flies) (I love this year's Deftones resurgence. Shame about Glasto) Layo & Bushwacka - Love Story (Vs Finally) (Scary that this isn't Platinum yet) Panic! At The Disco - But It's Better If You Do (Finally joins 'Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off' for a certification. Like to see more of that first album with certificates to be honest. It soundtracked my uni days)

Linkin Park - Somewhere I Belong Deftones - My Own Summer (Shove It) Emerging from the 00s sales quagmire! AC/DC - Shoot To Thrill Arcade Fire - Ready To Start Bon Iver - For Emma Some classics finally rating.

Yes but I think the problem is that everything will reach this threshold with time. Reaching platinum in a calendar year is different than reaching it after 10-15 years. This system was made for a time when CDs and tapes would be printed and then stop being sold.

Ry X - Only- STUNNING! Is this TikTok and YouTube pushing that? Paramore - That's What You Get There is a shocking lack of Paramore certificated tracks. Considering the number of their albums. The Coral - In The Morning, Up the WIRRAL!

1979 by Smashing Pumpkins rightfully now platinum Welcome to New York is very underrated. A great album opener, always gets me pumped

Hanging by a Moment flopped and then that was that. 4 US top 10 Albums, 0 charted in the UK. They've always existed in my head as a great example of how the US chart and UK chart used to be very different.

YAY for Can't Catch Me Now. Hoping the next Hunger Games will get it to Platinum. Lifehouse- You and Me is such a good song. I was always surprised they did so well in the USA in the 00s and did NOTHING here. Its weird. You and Me it seems has seen a surge through fanvideos and edits on social I guess. With that in mind, You and Me got to Gold and Everything is still not at silver?

Christina Perri - A Thousand Years (5x) - 3m and that isn't even counting the Youtube Fanvideos

Hozier - From Eden Dare I say, his greatest song. 'Honey, you're familiar, like my mirror years ago ' might be my favourite ever lyric

I still buy CDs. Streaming feels like rental. I use it to find new music. Not to have a collection of music I love

Best British Artist- Sam Fender Best British Group- The Cure Best British Album- The Cure- Songs of a Lost World Best British Song- Artemas- I like the way you kiss me Best New British Act- Myles Smith Best International Artist- Taylor Swift (although Chart alone, Sabrina deserves it. Obviously Taylor had a massively successful year) Best International Group- Linkin Park Best International Song- Hozier- Too Sweet Best British Alt/Rock Act- The Cure Best British Hip-Hop/Grime/Rap Act- Stormzy Best British Dance Act- Becky Hill Best British Pop Act- Dua Lipa Best British R&B Act- Jorja Smith The Cure SWEEP

With streaming every song gets more certifications in time. That's what bothers me a bit now. Does it really represent success properly or just time. If you know what I mean? If a #12 peak can go platinum 15 years later, what does it actually mean?

I remember you could chart from imports too. I remember some songs would make it big in Ibiza and then chart on imports. Trance/Dance was very popular in the early 00s. Stuff didn't even need lyrics really. There were loads of songs that had titles like 'city sounds' on old Chillout compilation CDs around this time. 'The Sound of Oh Yeah' on your 2000s playlist has Ibiza import written all over it. 40-100 in the 00s are not going to be hits. If a record company pressed CDs and it didn't get in the top 40 its an abject failure. Music was not democratic. Thinking back on some of my fave 00s obscure tracks. Televators by The Mars Volta. That was played a lot on MTV2. It got to number one on the Rock and Metal chart. Not top 40 though. Auf Der Maur had some great songs around the same time. Taste You did not go Top 40. Through Glass by Stone Sour. Enjoy the Silence by Lacuna Coil. Salt Sweat Sugar- Jimmy Eat World Ocean Avenue- Yellowcard I was very alt as a teen...

Mr.Kitty - After Dark YAAASSS. Amazing track. Its one of those songs that changes the way I feel from the first few notes. Its sensational. Spine tingling Ultrabeat- Pretty Green Eyes. Robbed of Number One by Blu Cantrell. That's been getting steady sales. Robin S- Show me love Classic, now multi platinum. Cream rises to the top

'the success of "Nasty" on TikTok has cemented Tinashe as a global star.' LOL TikTok songs don't make stars, they make background content

Defying Gravity has a shot if someone on Strictly uses it

Why are they ignoring the 1989 Band Aid? Although having listened to it, could I take every line being sung 4 times? No

If Defying Gravity was to get to number one, it would be there now after opening weekend. Unless there is a big TikTok moment with it. I don't see it getting there. I'd love a top 10 peak for that though.

I'd love this to go to 1, purely to immortalise the song. And to give Dave Grohl his chart trophy! Its original chart placing is woeful, stellar for a rock act today though!

Sounded like it already had been recommissioned at the end of last episode.

Shame we won't get a Linkin Park re-peak. Really shows you how popular they were and how tastes have changed. 4 top 10s, 10 top 20s, 16 top 40s. (each inclusive the previous) How many rock bands have had that success the last 20 years? The Killers, 12 Top 40, of which 4 were top 10. Foos, 11 top 40 since 2000 or which 3 were top 10.