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How is ‘I Had Some Help’ still so high!?

Not long until it is 21 times platinum!

Of course! I forgot that ‘How It’s Done’ was strangely removed from the chart midweek.

I was just about to post this: 🤣🤣🤣 each week this year I seem to be getting something massively wrong! 🤦🏼‍♂️ ‘Gut feeling: ‘Landslide’ it is not one of the remaining songs. ‘It started off the week really well, but collapsed as the week went on, despite having narrowly avoided ACR last week.’

I’ve not listened to any of these songs yet, but looking at your selections, I’ve made the right choice about which songs to add to my playlist.

Although ‘Landslide’ is climbing, it started off the week well, but is now below this time last week on Spotify I think. Bizarre about ‘How It’s Done’! It seems as if it has been put on to ACR then, and maybe because it was accidentally missed out! Though how that happens, nobody knows.

50 Years Don’t Stop at 2 on the ytd chart. Is that a new record?

Minor point - I think this should be a non-mover, not an entry.

A peak for ‘The Chain’! The Fleetwood Mac scenario is so bizarre. Firstly ‘Everywhere’ keeps charting in the midweek, with ‘The Chain’ overtaking it by Friday. Let’s see if it happens again this week! And this chart shows just how close they are. But secondly, their only current top 40 hit’ ‘Landslide’ is not in this chart at all - whereas three of their other songs are, including one that is starred out.

That top 5 is going to shuffle again this week!

Assuming it is similar on other platforms, that should easily be enough by the time it comes to the end of the week. Unless the OCC finds an excuse not to reset - for example, it is over 3 years old - and has charted within the past 3 years. That’s the official rule I think, but the OCC ignores it. ‘As It Was’ was reset twice in just under three years (2 years and 50/51 weeks) And was over three years old by the second time it was reset.

Do you know if this has been consistent since Friday?

So far most people have a 10-14 song match with me - but @Mangø you are the closest to my selection with 16. But I’m not sure your favourite and my favourite will make it through.

+25 Taylor Dayne - Prove Your Love +24 Bananarama - Cruel Summer +23 Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal +22 Savage Garden - Affirmation +21 Pet Shop Boys - Rent +20 Belinda Carlisle - Always Breaking My Heart +19 Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell +18 Rufus and Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody +17 Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi +16 Jessie J - Who You Are +15 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay +14 Pink - Try +13 George Michael - One More Try +12 Bloc Party - Flux +11 The Beatles - Yesterday +10 Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet +9 Blink 182 - I Miss You +8 Black - Wonderful Life +7 Maxx - No More (I Can't Stand It) +6 David Guetta featuring Sia - She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) +5 Kygo featuring Conrad Sewell - Firestone +4 Lady Gaga - Judas +3 Biffy Clyro - Many Of Horror +2 McAlmont & Butler - Yes +1 Mary J Blige - Family Affair

Very close top 5 on the singles as we probably expected given the First Look Chart. Most Stranger Things tracks (and Tyla?) now on ACR - but not Prince, and Landslide is solidly climbing - it clearly did narrowly increase last week. And lol at Everywhere and The Chain battling it out each week. Everywhere is solid on Amazon - so starts each week in the Chart before being kicked out by The Chain - which could hit a new peak soon.

New peak for ‘The Chain’ 😮 it just keeps growing. Not bad for an album track that was never released as a single! I wonder what the biggest selling/most streamed album tracks released before the digital era are?

Surprised not to see Dave at number 1! He was ahead on most streaming platforms - though we never really know what is going on at Amazon.

I guess the question is, how many people are likely to buy the physical single? It’s difficult for any act to sell a large number of copies of a single physically (unless your name is Lewis Capaldi).

Rumours: of course ‘Oh Daddy’ is the only song not certified, and is easily the least streamed track.

I was going to made similar comments! Amazing the streams for Divide - and Catfish & The Bottlemen are a huge surprise. And surprising not to see Rumours here, or more from Adele or some Oasis. It’s difficult to know which albums are continually successful because of the streaming of multiple songs as opposed to streaming of the album. Which leads to the question, which albums are the most surprising to not be on this list?

Addison Rae - Fame Is A Gun Alex Warren feat. Rosé - On My Mind Imogen Heap - Headlock Jade - FUFN (F*ck You For Now) Lady Gaga - Garden of Eden Lola Young - D£aler Myles Smith - Stay (If You Wanna Dance) Oasis - Slide Away Remember Monday - What the Hell Just Happened? Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna - Indigo Sombr - We Never Dated Tame Impala - Dracula Tommy Cash - Espresso Macchiato

From the current Spotify, Apple and Amazon charts, Dave is slightly ahead of Harry on all of them and could climb back to number 1 - but I think it will be a close battle. Who knows - Noah Kahan might be Number 1 in the First Look, and this might be enough to carry him through. Harry is only in slight decline overall - so who knows, even if he drops to number 2, he might return to number 1 once all of the other tracks go to ACR.

+18 Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else +15 Lady Gaga - The Dead Dance +13 Lorde - What Was That +12 Lisa feat. Doja Cat & Raye - Born Again +11 Huntr/x - What It Sounds Like +10 Tate McRae - Nobody's Girl +9 Doja Cat - Jealous Type +8 Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home +7 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone +6 Lily Allen - Madeline +5 Moliy & Silent Addy - Shake It to the Max (Fly) +4 Skye Newman - Hairdresser +3 Charli XCX - Party 4 U +2 Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande - For Good +1 Justin Bieber - Yukon

What do we feel is the cut-off point for a reset? Is it more likely that it is on the condition that it te/enters the top 40, or is it more likely that it is based on whether it would, without reset, be in, say, the top 100/top 200?

So impressed that it is still climbing!!