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  1. 4 minutes ago, rio309 said:

    Ahhh this rate has done it again... just listened to Fat Dog - King Of The Slugs which I'd never heard of before and I love it!

    Would definitely have got some mid-table points from me if I was resubmitting my scores (and Heartworms would have got a few too, forgot about that song).

    But since I assume both have zero chance of qualifying, I won't resubmit, will just remember them for next year!

    King Of The Slugs is absolutely the song of the year!

  2. On 28/10/2025 at 19:04, Julian_ said:

    Not convinced actually, but “Birds Of A Feather” might just get there. It’s selling 12k per week right now and needs 11k per week average.

    I’m making an early/bold prediction that Golden joins this list next year though!

  3. 16 hours ago, Jade said:

    Oooooooh Spotify has updated

    ne 119. ROSALÍA - Berghain (feat. Björk & Yves Tumor) ❤️

    I'm a massive fan of ROSALÍA and this song but am surprised to see this showing up here as it's pretty much chart poison, very uncommercial. Her impact *.*

    I love it when an artist throws absolutely everything at the first new release of an era like this. Think she’s elevating herself to the very top level of boundary pushing artists like Kate Bush, Bjork, Fiona Apple etc. Wonderful stuff and what’s more I suspect it will sound even better in the context of that impending 4 suite album. All that and we haven’t got onto discussing 3 different languages and that Mike Tyson quote…..

  4. So Beautiful Things joins that select group of songs with 2 consecutive 1 million ‘selling’ years. Is it still likely an unprecedented further 3 songs will manage it this year (with Espresso to miss out)? Amazing outcome after it being such a rarity up to now.

  5. +30 Fat Dog - King of the Slugs

    +29 Ratboys - Black Earth, WI

    +28 Picture Parlour - Norwegian Wood

    +27 Dave & Central Cee - Sprinter

    +26 Lana Del Rey - A&W

    +25 Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters

    +24 DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ - Honey

    +23 SZA - Kill Bill

    +22 Troye Sivan - One Of Your Girls

    +21 Zach Bryan & Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything

    +20 Lankum - Go Dig My Grave

    +19 Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha

    +18 Men I Trust - Ring of Past

    +17 Jungle - Back on 74

    +16 Loreen - Tattoo

    +15 Jack Harlow - Lovin’ on Me

    +14 Olivia Rodrigo - Get Him Back!

    +13 Troy’s Sivan - Rush

    +12 Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine

    +11 Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova

    +10 Adrianne Lenker - Ruined

    +9 Beatles - Now And Then

    +8 Labrinth (feat. Billie Eilish) - Never Felt So Alone

    +7 Chappell Roan - Hot To Go!

    +6 Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam

    +5 Bob Vylan - Dream Big

    +4 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red

    +3 MGMT - Mother Nature

    +2 Everything Everything - Cold Reactor 1 +1 Chemical Brothers (feat. Halo Maud) - Live Again

  6. Thanks for the comments guys, interesting reading and what you’re all saying makes a lot of sense.

    Firstly, I certainly didn’t mean to ‘put down’ anyone for sticking to what they’re comfortable with, I hope it didn’t come across that way. In fact, if anything, my little autistic brain tends to direct me to repetitive stuff anyway, I think maybe I sometimes try to resist it too much! 

    Don’t get me wrong, as a chart fan I love to see a massive hit as much as anyone, à la Ordinary, even if I don’t like the song itself. I suppose the ones that surprise me most are the older songs hanging around in the mid to lower charts. Not just Mr Brightside (though I often think I’m the only person who never liked that song, even as a big Killers fan) but also things like Lose Control and Beautiful Things (with no reflection on the merits of the songs themselves). Thanks Julian your explanation makes perfect sense!

    I’m sure I’m in the minority, being an old git, but I stream predominately as a way to try out new music before I buy physicals or Bandcamp downloads of the stuff which passes a ‘three-listen test’. That way I feel I’m giving decent payments to the artists as directly as I can. If I had limitless money and could just bulk-buy each week's releases, I'd do so in a heartbeat.  For now, my bank balance hates me, but my music lover side is very happy.😂

  7. Here’s what I don’t understand.

    With streaming we have pretty much the whole of the history of popular music available to everyone all the time, including far more new music to try than ever before and with no financial risk. What I mean is that in the physical era there was a certain reluctance to try a new artist due to cost of purchasing but that no longer applies.

    And yet, I think, most would accept that the charts are slower moving than ever now, with longer stays at number one and especially songs hanging around the top 10/20/40 etc for much longer. That means, despite all this availability, the general public are choosing to listen to the same stuff over and over again week in week out, rather than trying something new. I know it’s slightly off topic, but it is related in a way, with the attempts (ACR, 3 track rule etc) to ‘speed up’ the chart and I genuinely wonder if anyone has any theories why that has happened? The only thing I could come up with was that maybe people find too much choice overwhelming so retreat to what they know and are comfortable with? Anybody got any thoughts?

  8. On 20/10/2025 at 00:05, Brer said:

    (I resisted the temptation to just nominate 3 more MOTOMAMI songs, will stick to the list of songs that were nominated last year xx)

    And now, finally, a new album incoming! Can’t wait, hope it can be massively successful. If it was you that manifested it Brer, I thank you!

  9. 11 hours ago, Jade said:

    Ooft bottom 3 for 'Cleo' is rough! My hand will be forced to nominate it every year nevertheless x


    Ha, does that tactic work then, nominating every year until it gets some votes!

    I’ve got a soft spot for Shygirl myself especially ‘Come For me’.

    At least it did better than my nomination for 4th Of July which got … precisely no votes aside from mine. Maybe next year …..?

  10. So I’ve still not had one of my nominations come anywhere near the top 40/AQ places even!

    If it’s going to happen anytime it should be now….’Wild’ is the best song of the decade IMHO, please try to give it a listen through!

    +30 Spoon - Wild

    +29 Alvvays - Easy On Your Own?

    +28 Paramore - This Is Why

    +27 Wet Leg - Ur Mum

    +26 Fred Again - Delilah (Pull Me Out Of This)

    +25 Jessie Ware - Free Yourself

    +24 J.I.D. - Surround Sound

    +23 Charli XCX (feat. Rina Sawayama) - Beg For You

    +22 Jockstrap - Concrete Over Water

    +21 LF System - Afraid To Feel

    +20 Black Country, New Road - The Place Where He Inserted The Blade

    +19 Nilüfer Yanya - Midnight Sun

    +18 Caroline Polachek - Billions

    +17 Djo - End of Beginning

    +16 Ethel Cain - American Teenager

    +15 Let's Eat Grandma - Happy New Year

    +14 ROSALÍA - CANDY

    +13 Wednesday - Bull Believer

    +12 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Spitting off the Edge of the World

    +11 RAYE (feat. 070 Shake) - Escapism.

    +10 Sam Smith (feat. Kim Petras) - Unholy

    +9 Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5

    +8 Rosa Linn - Snap

    +7 Sam Ryder - Space Man

    +6 1975 - About You

    +5 Florence + The Machine - King

    +4 Carly Rae Jepsen (feat. Rufus Wainwright) - The Loneliest Time

    +3 Weeknd - Less Than Zero

    +2 Big Thief - Simulation Swarm

    +1 black midi - Welcome To Hell

    Wow that was hard to choose 30, such great nominations!

  11. +30 Japanese Breakfast - Paprika

    +29 Hand Habits - 4th Of July

    +28 Turnstile - MYSTERY

    +27 Little Simz - Introvert

    +26 Wolf Alice - The Last Man On Earth

    +25 Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name)

    +24 Måneskin - Zitii E Buoni

    +23 Fred again.. (feat. The Blessed Madonna) - Marea (We've Lost Dancing)

    +22 Bicep - Apricots

    +21 Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)

    +20 SZA - Good Days

    +19 Wet Leg - Wet Dream

    +18 Jockstrap - 50/50

    +17 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

    +16 Weeknd - Save Your Tears (Original / Ariana Grande Remix)

    +15 Olivia Rodrigo - Déjà Vu

    +14 MUNA (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) - Silk Chiffon

    +13 ABBA - Don’t Shut Me Down

    +12 Griff - Black Hole

    +11 Glass Animals - Heat Waves

    +10 Olivia Rodrigo - Brutal

    +9 Japanese Breakfast - Be Sweet

    +8 Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - Industry Baby

    +7 Weeknd - Take My Breath

    +6 Silk Sonic - Leave The Door Open

    +5 Black Country, New Road - Concorde

    +4 CHVRCHES (feat. Robert Smith) - How Not to Drown

    +3 Mitski - The Only Heartbreaker

    +2 Let's Eat Grandma - Hall Of Mirrors

    +1 Caroline Polachek - Bunny Is A Rider

  12. +30 Waxahatchee - Lilacs

    +29 Phoebe Bridgers - I Know The End

    +28 Fleet Foxes - Can I Believe You

    +27 Dadi Freyr - Think About Things

    +26 Christine and the Queens - People, I've been  Sad

    +25 HAIM - The Steps

    +24 Cardi B (feat. Megan Thee Stallion) - WAP

    +23 Weeknd - In Your Eyes

    +22 Charli XCX - Forever

    +21 Bicep - Atlas

    +20 Royal Blood - Trouble's Coming

    +19 1975 - If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)

    +18 Rina Sawayama - XS

    +17 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club

    +16 Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure

    +15 Pendulum - Driver

    +14 Kali Uchis - telepatía

    +13 Magdalena Bay - How To Get Physical

    +12 Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death

    +11 Thundercat - Dragonball Durag

    +10 Tion Wayne (feat. dutchavelli & Stormzy) - I Dunno

    +9 Gorillaz (feat. slowthai & SOFT PLAY) - Momentary Bliss

    +8 Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto

    +7 Chloe x Halle - Do It 

    +6 Disclosure, Aminé & Slowthai - My High

    +5 Killers - My Own Soul's Warning

    +4 Charli XCX - Party 4 U

    +3 London Grammar - Baby It's You

    +2 Pendulum - Nothing For Free

    +1 Weeknd - After Hours

  13. 26 minutes ago, jimwatts said:

    I'd have expected 'APT.' ahead of 'Pink Pony Club', as it's still ahead for 2025 to date and all its weeks in the Top 5 before Christmas would have more than made up for it having no sales until midway through October?

    Yes you’re right of course, as I mentioned in the commentary above, PPC is the one I keep overestimating! I’ve never been sure of its ‘trickle’ sales pre 24 and early 24 to be able to remove them from its total… if that makes any sense!🤷‍♂️

    23 minutes ago, gasman449 said:

    Not too far off with my own! Another great effort Jaz 👍

    1 Ordinary 1.710m

    2 APT 1.535m

    3 That's So True 1.465m

    4 Pink Pony Club 1.390m

    5 Die With A Smile 1.380m

    6 Beautiful Things 1.280m

    7 Birds Of A Feather 1.255m

    8 Good Luck Babe 1.230m

    9 Messy 1.230m

    10 Taste 1.210m

    11 Sailor Song 1.190m

    12 Espresso 1.120m

    13 Lose Control 1.085m

    14 The Days 1.010m

    15 Stargazing 960k

    16 Bad Dreams 920k

    17 A Bar Song 920k

    18 Love Me Not 915k

    19 The Door 910k

    20 Too Sweet 860k
    21 Somedays 845k

    22 Stick Season 840k

    23 Please Please Please 840k

    24 Nice To Meet You 790k

    25 Hot To Go 785k

    26 I Love You I'm Sorry 785k

    27 Bed Chem 760k

    28 Carry You Home 750k

    29 Iris 745k

    30 Kisses 735k

    31 Mr Brightside 725k

    32 I Had Some Help 705k

    33 Austin 705k

    34 Wildflower 685k

    35 Sports Car 680k

    36 Timeless 670k

    37 Undressed 650k 

    38 Not Like Us 650k

    39 Show Me Love 645k

    40 Back To Friends 635k

    Brilliant work, thanks very much again!

  14. Here’s another attempt at estimating a rolling chart for the 12 months ending Q3.

    Again, any help with more accurate figures is always welcome. I know you’ve very kindly helped me with the previous ones @gasman449, so if you’ve got the time or inclination to have a look at my numbers again I would be very grateful!😌

    1 Alex Warren - Ordinary 1.709m

    2 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 1.550m

    3 Rose & Bruno Mars - APT. 1.530m

    4 Gracie Abrams - That’s So True 1.460m

    5 Lola Young - Messy 1.440m

    6 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 1.430m

    7 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 1.278m

    8 Billie Eilish - Birds Of A Feather 1.250m

    9 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song 1.250m

    10 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! 1.236m

    11 Sabrina Carpenter - Taste 1.220m

    12 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 1.118m

    13 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 1.080m

    14 Chrystal - The Days 1.030m

    15 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 0.960m

    16 Myles Smith - Stargazing 0.959m

    17 Teddy Swims - The Door 0.958m

    18 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 0.947m

    19 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 0.910m

    20 Hozier - Too Sweet 0.883m

    21 Sabrina Carpenter - Bad Chem 0.880m

    22 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 0.870m

    23 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D. - Somedays 0.870m

    24 Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please 0.845m

    25 Gracie Abrams - I Love You, I’m Sorry 0.830m

    26 Billie Eilish - Wildflower 0.830m

    27 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 0.790m

    28 Chappell Roan - Hot To Go 0.787m

    29 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 0.780m

    30 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 0.740m

    31 Bl3ss & CamrinWatsin ft BbyClose - Kisses 0.735m

    32 The Killers - Mr Brightside 0.720m

    33 Post Malone ft Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help 0.704m

    34 Dasha - Austin 0.702m

    35 Tate McRae - Sports Car 0.679m

    36 The Weeknd & Playboi Carti - Timeless 0.670m

    37 Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us 0.656m

    38 Sombr - Undressed 0.650m

    39 WizTheMc & Bees & Honey - Show Me Love 0.644m

    40 Sombr - Back To Friends 0.635m

    Some things I’ve noticed:-

    Alex is now miles ahead as expected and I presume will only go further ahead by the end of 2025?

    Below that it is close, though I suspect I might have overestimated Pink Pony Club’s total again due to being unsure of its earliest sales figures.

    Overall the chart maybe feels a little fresher than the last one? The Demon Hunters soundtrack should change things up even more very soon.

    Any thoughts?

  15. +30 Angel Olsen - Lark

    +29 FKA Twigs - Cellophane

    +28 James Blake - Assume Form

    +27 Big Thief - Not

    +26 Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall

    +25 Lana Del Rey - Doin' Time

    +24 100 gecs - money machine

    +23 Stormzy - Vossi Bop

    +22 Lil Nas X - Old Town Road

    +21 Blossoms - Your Girlfriend

    +20 Sigrid – Don’t Feel Like Crying

    +19 Sam Fender - Hypersonic Missiles

    +18 AJ Tracey - Ladbroke Grove

    +17 Roddy Ricch - The Box

    +16 Charli XCX & Christine And The Queens - Gone

    +15 Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted

    +14 Tyler, The Creator - EARFQUAKE

    +13 Magdalena Bay - Killshot

    +12 James Blake - Mile High (feat. Travis Scott and Metro Boomin)

    +11 Ghost - Mary On A Cross

    +10 Fontaines D.C. - Boys in the Better Land

    +9 Fisher - Losing It

    +8 Bring Me The Horizon (feat. Grimes) - Nihilist Blues

    +7 Billie Eilish - Bury a Friend

    +6 Haim - Now I'm In It

    +5 Vampire Weekend - This Life

    +4 Caroline Polachek - So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings

    +3 ROSALÍA & J Balvin - Con Altura (feat. El Guincho)

    +2 Rina Sawayama - STFU!

    +1 Lizzo – Truth Hurts

  16. 12 hours ago, rio309 said:

    Please keep nominating your favourite tracks, even if obscure! I don't always get time to listen to unknown songs in this rate, but when I do they can often become favourites of my own. Examples from the last few years include Shum, Oh Baby, Wait (M83), Out Of The Woods, Saint Claude and of course Doomscroller which not only got me into that song but into the whole wonderful band that are Metric!

    Oh I have to admit I haven’t heard much Metric, so on your recommendation I’m going in for a deep dive! Where do you suggest starting?