James Silkstone

People are so dramatic about the chart on here :lol:

Shawn at 90% :cheer:

WXL1L9WmwLA It could be worse :)

Not to be mean, but is Greg annoying anyone else today? I usually really like him but he's getting right on my whick today

99p doesn't seem to be affecting Shawn, he's still in dark green. I do like the irony that to get rid of one teenage canadian popstar's dominance we're all rooting for the success of another teenage canadian popstar

Personal opinion; all I'm saying is that their is no distinctive sound a song must have to get to number one.

Really don't get all these 'Stitches' doesn't sound like a number one posts. What's a number one meant to sound like? 'Stitches' is a pop song - 90% of UK Number 1's are pop songs.

2 Justin Bieber - Sorry 0.6788 3 Shawn Mendes - Stitches $ 0.6757 Shawn could get to #2! :cheer: :o

I knew 'Stitches' would do OK, but I never expected it to be a Top 3 contender!

Shawn at #6 on iTunes and #8 on Spotify :cheer: at least we'll have one new top ten entry this week

Shawn coming in for #6 soon :cheer:

Years & Years just loosing out on that T10 placing at the last minute :(

Shawn Mendes seems to have taken a bit of a hit

09 What Makes You Beautiful 01 Gotta Be You 09 One Thing 07 More Than This 06 Live While We're Young -1 Little Things 10 Kiss You 04 One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks) 10 Best Song Ever 11 Story Of My Life 03 Midnight Memories 09 You And I 07 Steal My Girl 08 Night Changes 09 Drag Me Down 08 Perfect 07 History

Last Christmas is such a classic

I'd say Robin Schluz, Shawn Mendes, Craig David, Little Mix/Derulo, The Weeknd and Elle King all have a very good chance of making the top ten post Xmas. Selena's a hard one to predict, she's really not been that sucessfull in the UK, but seems like she could score a big hit at anytime. I expected it to be 'Same Old Love' but that stalled at #81, maybe this one could be it?

30th April 2011 - Lady Gaga - "Judas" Just a quick FYI, I've decided not to include Tracy Chapman's 'Fast Car' in this thread as it already hit the top ten in the 80's. However, songs from other decades that hit the top ten for the first time in this decade will be getting full reviews - and I do really like 'Fast Car' if anyone was wondering Onto Gaga, and for me, this was where I was kind of sold on the 'Born This Way' era. The title track really hadn't done much for me and I was a little relieved when 'Judas' came out as I'd been so disappointed by the overhyped comeback single and I wanted from Gaga what I was expecting to get. Back in May 2011, I was still a massive Gaga fan and I wanted her to come back stronger and more bizzarre than ever but 'Born This Way' just felt like trying too hard - 'Judas', to me, was a step in the right direction. Yes, the concept is way over the top and probably deeply offensive to anyone that is religious of any kind (atheism coming in handy once again for me here) but god do I love this. This is the Gaga I love, absurd but brilliant. Invoking religious imagery and folklore in order to tell a story of conflict and love is a fascinating move and no matter what Gaga's critics were saying back then, I could always defend her by saying that there was really nobody around in music at the time who was willing to push things in such a way. For me, 'Judas' is just a very enjoyable and fun pop record and maybe I should be getting more bogged down in the theology of it all but I experience what I experience - a very fun, pretty different topic wise pop song that really pulled me back onto the Gaga bandwagon after I briefly almost stumbled off. wagn8Wrmzuc

30th April 2011 - Wretch 32 feat Example - "Unorthodox" On top of the mountain of University work that was bogging me down, I think a major factor in this thread having such a long sabbatical was a little to do with procrastination on my point. As much work as I had to do since September, there probably was enough time for me to carry on this thread to a reasonable degree however the point we're at now - April 2011 - is a point in chart history where there's really not much music around that I like or find interesting enough to really talk about. I actually disagree with those who say that the 2010's has been crap for mainstream chart music, because for the most part, I've enjoyed a lot of the music that each year has had to offer, and even if I don't like it - I can at least find something in it to warrant discussion, but there have been periods which for me on the review front, have been pretty dry and we're in the middle of one now. The last few entries for me have consisted of pretty boring, generic, mainstream at it's worst type music which I don't find very compelling to write about - but, I'm giving it a shot, as 2011 soon turns a corner and I just need to work through this blip. So, 'Unorthodox' for what it's worth is a big step up from Wretch 32's last hit in that I can actually stand to listen to it and it's fairly catchy. ....And that's why I had the big long winded explanation paragraph before because I have nothing else to say about this. LysZJBo2HI4

23rd April 2011 - Chris Brown feat Benny Benassi - "Beautiful People" I've already made my thoughts on Chris Brown and his continued success following his blatant assault on his girlfriend so I won't bore you with them again, and instead, I am going to focus fully on the music. Here's the thing - even before he was the Rihanna bashing anti-christ we know him as today - I was never all that taken with Chris Brown. He came out around the same time as Ne-Yo; who is way more talented, has a much better voice, writes his own music and doesn't behave in a way I find morally deplorable. Ne-Yo's music, for the most part, is sexy and smooth whilst Brown's can be guilty of coming off as either needy, aggressive or completely soulless none of which are particularly enticing things for me when it comes to music. Without a shadow of a doubt, 'Beautiful People' remains the most generic thing Chris Brown has ever done, and that's saying something. I know the song got a lot of love when it first came out for being "an absolutely massive tune" or whatever but for me it's always been grossly repetitive and generic, plus I am incredibly cynical towards its success. Of course this was going be a huge hit in 2011 - it fit the mold of what music was both mainstream and acclaimed at the time, as well as the fact that the song is so anonymous that even if you were morally opposed to listening to Brown's music you wouldn't even know it was him. Just a waste of three perfectly good minutes e2oRqyn7ToQ

16th April 2011 - Snoop Dogg vs. David Guetta - "Sweat" ....And we're back! Apologies for the three month silence but I really didn't want to make myself worry about this thread during my first semester back at University and as of 10 minutes ago, my final essay has been submitted and I feel free enough to kickstart this - for a while. It's a shame really that we come back with a song as generic and baseless as "Sweat" which for me was the very low point of the whole dance-pop invasion that occurred in the early parts of the decade - a gross crass song in its original form is not particularly well hidden by some generic Guetta beats and I've always hated the duck like sounding repeats of Snoop's voice after he utters the word 'sweat'. Sorry for the negativity, but at least the thread is back! KnEXrbAQyIo

I am a tad confused on how 'Stitches' missed out when it's been Top 30 on streaming all week and Top 40 (albiet low Top 40) on iTunes most of the week as well?

Stitches will be #41 I bet. Hopefully it'll make it next week.

Don't think Shawn's made it

Mendes update?

Edited up to date!