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That Lay Bankz song is a crime against music. Really struggling to care about any song in this weeks chart.

An awful chart so far this week. Lots of dross.

You won't be waiting until 2026 for an election in Scotland. The Conservatives are tabling a motion of no confidence in Humza but Labour are tabling a motion of no confidence in the government. Both should pass - if the second one does an election looks likely short of Labour and the Tories working with each other - which isn't happening.

He's attempting to shift the blame on the council for a decision that's already been made. It's going to end up in China or Saudi.

His post-match interviews shed some light on his thought process. Don't think he's going to win the worlds again and more importantly I don't think he even wants to. Anyway we've got 4 matches playing to a finish today. Should be good.

I think we might be taken aback just how quickly it drops. I can't see people returning to it after 1 listen.

OP updated for Taylor Swift's massive album bomb. The new Top 10 without Christmas songs Top 10 Highest Daily Streams Excluding Christmas 1. 2,801,638 (15-10-2021) Adele - Easy on Me 2. 1,729,543 (16-10-2021) Adele - Easy On Me 3. 1,675,220 (19-04-2024) Taylor Swift - Fortnight ft Post Malone 4. 1,472,625 (11-07-2021) Baddiel, Skinner and the Lightning Seeds - Three Lions 5. 1,409,140 (18-10-2021) Adele - Easy On Me 6. 1,342,576 (17-10-2021) Adele - Easy On Me 7. 1,323,982 (09-01-2017) Ed Sheeran - Shape of You 8 1,308,645 (19-04-2024) Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 9. 1,295,532 (05-06-2023) Dave, Central Cee - Sprinter 10. 1,280,898 (06-01-2017) Ed Sheeran - Shape of You

1,159,687. Taylor's got 5 songs above that with this album.

Congratulations to 9 people that went for 1.5-1.9m.

Now I have to edit the list goddammit.

It would be nice to see another non-Christmas song do 2m streams after all these years.

That mean it's dropped out the Top 40?

No really long odds this year then. 250/1 for Dominic Dale and 200/1 for Robbie Williams seem a bit stiff. Jak Jones all seems a bit sting at 80/1. You can get 300/1 for Dominic Dale on William Hill.

On reddit they're generally saying Part 2 (17-31) is better than Part 1 (1-16) with Desner's production being better than Antonoff's. I've only listened to the first part and got bored of it to be honest.

Will the first 16 tracks end up with two different versions for the Spotify chart as they're on technically different albums or will they end up combined?

If you search Taylor Swift though you get the long (The Anthology) album though. With the other one nowhere in site. So it's going to be how people look for the album how well this does.

Will it being a double album help or hinder streams? Maybe more songs in the Top 40 but at slightly lower numbers as people won't replay the songs as much as normal? With that in mind I'm not sure it'll do 1 million streams as I expected. I normally listen to Friday releases in the morning but will have to leave it until later due to the sheer length. I won't be the only one.

(1) Luca Brecel vs David Gilbert (16) Robert Milkins vs Pang Junxu (9) Ali Carter vs Stephen Maguire (8) Shaun Murphy vs Lyu Haotian (5) Mark Selby vs Joe O'Connor (12) Kyren Wilson vs Dominic Dale (13) John Higgins vs Jamie Jones (4) Mark Allen vs Robbie Williams (3) Judd Trump vs Hossein Vafaei (14) Tom Ford vs Ricky Walden (11) Zhang Anda vs Jak Jones (6) Mark Williams vs Si Jiahui (7) Ding Junhui vs Jack Lisowski (10) Gary Wilson vs Stuart Bingham (15) Barry Hawkins vs Ryan Day (2) Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Jackson Page

Looks like Hozier's got another week at No 1 sewn up.

He's got a winnable but tough match against Jackson Page to qualify - so he might not even make it. If he overcomes that he might have a shot at the second round depending on who he draws. He's first turned pro in 2010 and his best performance came this season where he lost to Gary Wilson in the Scottish Open final - to date Noppon's only final. I definitely wouldn't see him as one to go deep in the Worlds.

Noppon Saengkham knocks out Andy Hicks 10-5 including a 147 break.

Interestingly a couple of the pundits on Dave Hendon's Snooker Scene plumped for Trump as well. When asked for their outside shot, one picked Brecel and the other two Gary Wilson. Elsewhere O'Sullivan's in the press bashing the crucible as a venue again.

Is there any new songs out that don't sample anything? What happened to original music. That Shaboozey song is dreadful.

On who do you think will when - I reckon it's Ronnie's year - after the season he had it would only be appropriate to cap it off with an 8th world championship win. But I went with Selby last year and he lost in the final so we'll see.

Whilst the poster might be looking for a reaction I do think we need to revaluate what we conder a success in light of how long songs spend on average in the Top 10 - both Houdini and Training Season dropped out the top 10 quite quickly. Maintaining - rather than just obtaining - a Top 10 spot is going to be the mark of true success in the future.