GreyAsh

So - what do we reckon: 15 plays for Starship? Or slightly more than that. Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now was the first single I ever bought.

And that order is my initial guess.

I make that 9 songs in the top 50 dropping off the DCL list!

To be fair, all 3 of those artists could get very solid physical sales. With Michael Jackson, I think only 1 posthumous album of his has reached number 1 - but fans are buying more physical products now than when he last released - so an artist with a big fan base has a chance of getting to number 1. That said - the ‘Last Christmas’ soundtrack only reached number 9, and even though that wasn’t a biopic of George Michael, most of his biggest fans would have bought it.

Babydoll now on DCL-2 but many of the others increased this week: definitely Sam Fender, Alex Warren, Sombr, Lush Life and I would imagine Fleetwood Mac, Milky, Sean Paul, Taylor Swift, Midnight Sun.

Looking at how the Apple Chart is going - the only New Entries will be by Noah Kahan (possibly The Great Divide will get reset - so only 1 new song), probably Michael Jackson (but possibly only Billie Jean will do well enough) and Olivia Dean, Baby Steps

I love Jude York’s version of I Kissed A Boy - so much more meaningful and intense than Katy Perry‘s original – so I’m glad to see his new track charting here.

How will Foo Fighters do?

Hoping that Human Nature can become a hit as a result of the film. It was always one of my favourites from Thriller.

I wonder if Baby Steps will be Number One in the First Look Chart.

Jack did the same last week, but clearly it didn’t have quite enough impact. Jessie‘s email will clearly keep her head of Olivia, but that may not be enough.

So true! But she has also had a solo top 10 in the past few years. That said, her fans were just as surprised as anyone else, and it certainly isn’t a regular occurrence for her. She just happened to be lucky enough to land the right song. (No disrespect intended to either her or the other retro acts mentioned.)

Likewise, I can’t imagine Kylie Minogue getting a Number 1 with a new solo hit in the 2020s. 😉

‘Landslide’ on the up again and evading ACR yet again 😜😜 ‘New Religion’ starting its ascent. It might not make the top 40 this week, but it still has a chance in the future. Madonna 87. Even though it’s had fewer days of streams, I can’t see it climbing up much higher.

I was mildly surprised, but not shocked.

Unless I’m much mistaken, Spotify is in, and there is no Madonna.

I hope Rein Me In is number 1 this week! Its reign is iconic! 🤣 I like Elizabeth Taylor but not keen for it to be number one. And on first listen I’m not inspired by the new Olivia Rodrigo track.

Probably one of my top 3 Charli tracks.

Wow… still 1 song unaccounted for as far as I can see. So I guess either Madonna or another Record Store Day exclusive (plus new/re entries for Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo - and two Justin tracks).

With so many songs falling, there could be a lot of songs charting based on physicals, though of course I haven’t actually counted what we have. Maybe just lots of Justin climbing.

Madonna coming to steal the number 1 slot from the Olivias 😬

With the physicals included, I would assume that she would make it.

‘Dreams’ coming for that ACR top 40 hit! And staying there forever 😬

Great to see several new singles showing up on Apple, but to be honest, other than Olivia, they are all quite muted.

On the one hand I feel that during the gap since her last album, people have moved onto other artists. On the other hand, even though I’m not inspired by her new track, I felt the same about the ‘Vampire’ initially but it grew on me.