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God you’d be FUMING if you were Rudimental and on the week Drake goes down, someone else could be on their way up!! I think These Days will just get it. Deservedly so. Also excited for the first female to be #1 since Havana...

Cigarette is incredibly similar to Check, maybe that’s why they’ve not added it

The Shawn Mendes song is good!!!

Ariana is on her way... I reckon she’ll surprise-release a single before the end of April. If it’s a good song she could go straight to #1. I hope Drake f***s off before then though! Such a NOTHING song

Amazing to see Bebe Rexha so high. Could never have predicted a song from an EP no one listened to in August would be Top 5 on iTunes in March 2018! She deserves so much more. All Your Fault Pt 1 & 2 are fantastic

Wow New Rules was NEVER an iTunes number one? That can’t be right?

Glad BeBe is getting a hit! Her two EPs she released last year (basically an album chopped in half and released six months apart!) was one of my favourite releases in music last year. Every track bar maybe one (That’s It) absolute gold. She deserves more.

The hip hop monopoly on the charts is getting so boring. Maybe I'm getting old (I'm 24...) but so many songs at the moment sound the exact same and aren't exciting at all. J Hus, Not3s, Ramz, Post Malone, Migos... all these artists are just blurring into one for me. Drake's sound is obviously more well known but God's Plan is boring to me. Is pop dying?

What do you think will happen in pop in 2018? It's always fun to refer back to these predictions at the end of the year to see how right/wrong you were... I've made 20 predictions: Cardi B will be one of the biggest stars of the year, featuring on A LOT of tracks Rita Ora's album will be out before May Beyonce will surprise release another album Jess Glynne will come back to muted success Years & Years will make a big return Bastille will get a #1 album Louisa Johnson will finally release her next single in the first half of the year Rihanna will be quiet for another year Little Mix will release a new single in the first half of the year Little Mix will get another #1 album in Q4 Little Mix will announce a hiatus before the end of the year The debut performance for Little Mix's single will be on the BGT Final Liam Payne will get a #1 Jax Jones - Breathe will be a top 5 hit Ariana Grande will return in a HUGE way, particularly in the UK Dua Lipa will squeeze out another single from her album with an added feature Clean Bandit will get a #1 album Gaga will cancel at least 5 of her Vegas shows due to poor health The Weeknd will have a #1 single Troye Sivan will have a hit in the UK Post your predictions in this thread!

+20 Clean Bandit (ft. Zara Larsson) - Symphony +19 Disciples - On My Mind +18 Rita Ora - Anywhere +17 Dua Lipa - New Rules +16 DJ Khaled (ft. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller) - Wild Thoughts +15 Jax Jones (ft. Demi Lovato & Stefflon Don) - Instruction +14 Dua Lipa - Be The One +13 Anne-Marie - Ciao Adios +12 Martin Garrix (ft. Dua Lipa) - Scared To Be Lonely +11 Camila Cabello (ft. Young Thug) - Havana +10 Jax Jones (ft. RAYE) - You Don't Know Me +09 Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It? +08 Lorde - Green Light +07 Calvin Harris (ft. Pharell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean) - Feels +06 Avicii (ft. Rita Ora) - Lonely Together +05 Katy Perry (ft. Skip Marley) - Chained To The Rhythm +04 Camila Cabello - Crying In The Club +03 Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me +02 Major Lazer (ft. Nicki Minaj & PARTYNEXTDOOR) - Run Up +01 Lady GaGa - The Cure J Balvin & Willy William - Mi Gente Kesha - Praying

I’ve only properly followed it since 2012 or so. 2014 stands out as there was a new number one pretty much every week! And lots of housey dance songs

Love looking back at this each year! Of 20 predictions there, 10 came true It definitely has been Ed Sheeran year, sadly... I'll make a 2018 thread at some point unless someone already has!

I can't see them ever removing Xmas songs from the charts, for a number of reasons 1) They only take over for about 5 weeks of the year 2) People LIKE Christmas songs, the average Joe would be happy to see them in the charts 3) What counts as a Christmas song? Does it have to reference Christmas? What counts as a reference to Christmas? is East 17 actually a Christmas song? It's too much of a grey area I personally don't mind it at all!

+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!

Thank God “Cola” is off Such a boring song that they’ve hammered

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

Lord please can Anywhere have one week on the top!! I feel like this is her last chance before it starts to flag a bit It just needs some help on streaming When can Havana be on ACR? Anyone got the stats?

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