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Easily. The charts are slowing down big time, partly thanks to streaming. We've only had around 6 number ones so far this year as many have had multiple weeks at the top. Last year there was pretty much a different one every week. I think in the next two years there'll definitely be a 10+ week runner.

#12 Kodaline -The One Glad this is doing well, it's a beautiful song

I normally don't get the Iggy hate but I find her voice SO annoying on 'Trouble'.

Over the moon that Cheerleader isn't gonna make #1. I would genuinely rather have Lay Me Down/Thinking Out Loud/Happy at #1 for 12 months than that absolute pile of shite at the top of the charts.

This reference has gone over my head. Explain?

All Cried Out is HUGE. really hope it does well

ANYTHING but the absolute abortion of a song that is 'Cheerleader'

Wtf is this Wiz Khalifa song? I've literally not heard or seen anything about it til this morning

The original Cheerleader sounds like a fake song in itself. The vocals are horrific.

CHEERLEADER IS JUST AWFUL how on earth is it popular?!

I really hope he does get #1. Anyone but that Voice song! Wouldn't it be wonderful if the Voice got #1 on sales but was knocked down to #2 with streaming combined hehe

Question 1 -> Predict where this week's notable new releases and climbers will chart this week. Use 101+ for a position outside the top 100. Do not use 76+. [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out. A prediction or result of 101+ will be counted as #101] 101+ Bars & Melody – Stay Strong 75 Felix Zimma - Cheerleader {Omi 'fake' version} 45 Iggy Azalea - Trouble (feat. Jennifer Hudson) 39 Kodaline - The One 34 Meghan Trainor - Dear Future Husband 05 Nick Jonas – Jealous 60 Nicki Minaj - The Night Is Still Young 40 Omi - Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix) {not on sale} 08 Pep & Rash – Rumors 101+ Sia - Big Girls Cry Question 2 -> Predict the Official Top 10 Singles of the week [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 01.Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand 02.Ed Sheeran & Rudimental - Bloodstream 03.James Bay - Hold Back The River 04.Rihanna/Kanye/McCartney - FourFiveSeconds 05.Nick Jonas - Jealous 06.Years & Years - King 07.Maroon 5 - Sugar 08. Pep & Rash - Rumors 09.Kygo - Firestone 10.Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk Question 3 -> Predict the sales (including streaming) of the #1 single to the nearest thousand [10 points for a correct prediction, 9 points for one place out... 1 point for nine places out.] 76,000 Question 4 -> Bonii [questions marked with • are worth 5 points for a correct answer and 0 points for an incorrect answer] [questions marked with * are worth 5 points for a correct answer, 4 points for one place out and so on] • Firestone • Dappy * 5 * What I Did For Love

As far as I know she's not said that it's a buzz single, official single, lead single, etc etc. She's just thrown it out there. I guess they're waiting to see how well it does before they label it as anything! When FourFiveSeconds came out she was adamant that it wasn't the 'lead single', it was just the first track to be released from the album. I imagine they've changed their attitude now it's smashed everywhere.

The Nick Jonas single is brilliant. If it was a female vocalist singing it, you'd all be lapping it up

I can understand why people might not like it when a song counts to an artist's record when they are only a featured artist on the song (eg. Rita Ora on Hot Right Now) - but I think it's silly to suggest that songs should only count if they are the SOLE artist on that record. For example, I've seen someone argue that Crazy Stupid Love shouldn't count towards Cheryl's record cos Tinie Tempah is featured. That, to me, is going too far

Firestone is coming for that Top 5...

Does anyone else just not get why Cheerleader is at all popular? Its awful

Jess Glynne now has 3 number 1s to her name. What other British female solo artists have achieved the same? Cheryl Cole (5) Rita Ora (4) Geri Halliwell (4) Jessie J Alexandra Burke Leona Lewis Lily Allen Pixie Lott Who else?

I follow these threads a lot and I've seen literally no one ask whether Bloodstream will be combined or not. It's getting to the point where ANY question asked on the iTunes thread is met with a response of 'OMG ITS THE NEW WHAT NOW!!!!!". Just let people ask questions. Shock, horror, some people don't have time to read EVERY post on these forums and remember ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING that gets said. Sometimes questions will be repeated.

Will the original Bloodstream and the new Bloodstream get combined? Or will they be separate like Lay Me Down Parts 1 and 2 are?

I adore the album version of Bloostream but I'm not sold on the Rudimental version. I just don't really like dnb

Or maybe people have different opinions to you on what's good and what's not?

King Love Me Like You Do Uptown Funk ^^all amazing Hold My Hand (good) [enormous gap] Lay Me Down (dog shit)

Mind boggling right? When I was about 11 and Don't Play Nice was first out I absolutely LOVED it. The Verbalicious album leaked a few years ago, I'm yet to hear it but I've actually heard good things.

Maybe this pre-order change is a move from iTunes to stop record companies holding back releases so long? iTunes must know that in the long run, pre-orders are detrimental to sales. 'FourFiveSeconds' is already one of the biggest selling tracks of the year, for example. Would it have sold as much if it was released two months after it originally premiered? I don't think so.