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+10 Disciples - On My Mind +9 Camila Cabello - Havana +8 Katy Perry - Swish Swish +7 Maggie Lindemann - Pretty Girl +6 Clean Bandit - I Miss You +5 Charlie Puth - How Long +4 Lorde - Perfect Places +3 Mabel - Finders Keepers +2 Martin Jensen - Solo Dance +1 Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill

+10 Rita Ora - Anywhere +9 DJ Khaled - Wild Thoughts +8 Calvin Harris - Slide +7 Starley - Call On M +6 Zayn - Dusk til Dawn +5 JP Cooper - September Song +4 Selena Gomez - Wolves +3 Avicii - Without You +2 Portugal The Man - Feel It Still +1 Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl

Mariah back up to #1 on Spotify with Ed & Beyoncé down to #6!

Ed Sheeran is releasing a new version of Perfect today featuring Beyoncé. His odds have been slashed. I still think Mariah could clinch it. Or if Anywhere FINALLY takes off on streaming in the next couple of weeks, Rita could? It’s certainly an open race at this point...

Aside from Jack Garratt that list is pretty extraordinary really. This award is really huge. I love many of Mabel’s songs. I don’t know much of Jorja’s but I love On My Mind and Teenage Fantasy. Stefflon isn’t for me although Instruction is great.

Best to worst: Anton Powers - Baby Dua Lipa - Be The One Paramore - Hard Times Taylor Swift - Ready for it? Sean Paul - No Lie James Hype - More Than Friends Logic - 1-800 French Montana - Unforgettable Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut to the Feeling

Best to worst: Dua Lipa - New Rules Jonas Blue - Mama Taylor Swift - Look what You Made Me Do Calvin Harris - Feels Chainsmokers - Paris Paloma Faith - Crybaby Sigala - Came Here For Love Stefflon Don - Hurtin Me Lady Gaga - The Cure Sigrid - Don’t Kill My Vibe

PRETTYMUCH do not deserve a finale performance, it’s actually embarrassing that it’s happening. However their song Would You Mind is really great

Seems to be some confusion on if the classic Xmas singles will be affected by ACR in the run up to Christmas? My understanding was that if a song has had a sales increase week on week, then it will not be hit by ACR and all streams will count as usual at the 150:1 ratio. Is this correct? In the iTunes thread, I saw someone say different... I have Mariah at 50/1 with £10 so I’m anxious! Haha

Best to worst: Clean Bandit - Symphony Louisa Johnson - Best Behaviour Little Mix - No More Sad Songs Charli XCX - Boys Charlie Puth - Attention Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You ALMA - Chasing Highs Kesha - Praying Yungen - Bestie Post Malone - Rockstar Those top 3 are in my top 4 of the entire year! The only track that beats them is Power for me

Best to worst: Little Mix - Power Little Mix - Reggaeton Lento Jax Jones - You Don't Know Me Cheat Codes - No Promises Avicii - Lonely Together Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holding Me Back Selena Gomez - Bad Liar Luis Fonsi - Despacito Steps - Scared of the Dark J Hus - Did You See

Would Zak Abel be eligible? He's had an album that charted at #100 out but never had a top 100 single. Aside from his Gorgon City feature 'Unmissable' that charted at #19

Must be soon, they’ve teased a clip of it a few times now.

Rita is definitely better off releasing next year. Her album would get lost in the Q4 charts. The albums being bought at this time of year are mostly for Xmas presents. The biggest demographics for Xmas presents would be mums, dads, grannies and to a lesser extent, young kids. Rita’s demographic isn’t really any of those. She’s a pop star who has a wider but not a niche appeal. The likes of Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Adele etc. do well in Q4 cos they appeal to the above markets. Rita will certainly chart higher when she doesn’t have that competition.

I really think Rita will climb to #1 in a few weeks

You’re all kidding yourselves if you think Demi is more musically relevant here than Miley! Miley has two number ones and Wrecking Ball is one of most iconic pop songs from the 2010s. Instantly recognisable lyrics and video. She’s a household name. Just because her current era is a bit of a flop doesn’t mean she’s not a huge star still. Demi gets okay-sized hits but ask the average person to name a Demi song and they would seriously struggle. I think most would struggle to pick her out of a line up too. She’s nowhere near a household name. Selena is nothing here lol.

Lol sorry what's this about Clean bandit being a great booking? I adore Clean Bandit but they're hardly a huge name. They headlines Manchester Pride this year which kinda says it all, if they're happy to take that... I reckon the following will definitely gets slots this year: Little Mix, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Camila Cabello, Sam Smith, James Arthur, Matt Terry They may also get the likes of Dua Lipa and Stormzy on board just for some **fresh faces** Also Simon's new boyband PRETTYMUCH are a good shout. Their debut single hasn't been pushed here yet so they're probably waiting for X Factor to promote it. It's actually a really great song.

Little Mix dark red I really hope they get to #1 this week although it's looking unlikely now

I think it's exactly that. Older artists attract older listeners who will be less inclined to be consuming newer technologies. They'll stick to what they know and buy physical albums or download from iTunes. In 10 years time when the concept of buying music is dead, streaming will be becoming old fashioned. Who knows what could be the next way to consume music?

If only there were a way for Dua to discount her streams too 😂

That Script song is dreadful. He is so whiny on the chorus. Sounds like Kermit the Frog.

The rate that she's going, I think getting #1 on iTunes for Dua Lipa is not out of the question. If they drop it to 59p particularly. I don't think she'd get #1 officially, or even a #1 on sales, but I think a short stint at #1 on iTunes is very dua-ble for her (hehehehe)

Is it not part of the prize of winning X Factor that you release an album? Is she entitled to it..? I really want her to do well but people just don't seem to care for her.

Jorja Smith getting a solo seems an odd choice, seeing as she's virtually unknown in the UK, but good for her.

Who sings in what order? Just by voices I can work out: STORMZY ???? JAMES BLUNT RITA ORA ???? JAMES ARTHUR LIAM PAYNE? LEONA LEWIS ???? PALOMA FAITH LOUIS TOMLINSON JAMES ARTHUR ???? ???? LEONA LEWIS EMELI SANDE JAMES ARTHUR ???? PALOMA FAITH ELLA EYRE ANNE MARIE LOUISA JOHNSON