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Sam Fender doesn’t seem to have been playlisted on here lately considering he’s been playlisted before on r2

They usually announce the numbered albums 4 weeks prior to release date. I reckon they won’t announce anything next week because they don’t usually release albums on Easter weekend then they’ll announce Now 123 in 2 weeks and release it on 10th April

It’s technically #3 on UK Spotify when you take ACR into account

No climb for Brat in the albums following the release of the Moment in cinemas

She didn’t have the BRITs effect though for WIMH. For this one, she does. I reckon for her performance, she’ll do a medley of both songs but if she only performs WIMH, she’d be defeating the object of wanting a number 1 single

According to her Facebook, there are limited 7" press testings for £5 each. Looks like she really wants that number 1

I reckon Bruno could sneak number 4 with Man I Need being on ACR and should get a boost next week with the album effect

Like they did in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990 and 1991? Don’t think so. They should switch to the American format and have four single disc editions a year filled with just hits

She’d be stupid to perform the song when her own song is also a contender for number 1. I’d rather she performed Man I Need only than have her performing Rein Me In too. As she’s more likely gonna perform Man I Need, it would be funny if it does enough to get a reset and deny Rein Me In an extra week at number 1. To be fair, Man I Need has a good chance of winning best British single so could help towards a reset

I hope Bella can increase her lead from Rein Me In on Spotify. Will be nice to see something fresh at the top of the charts

Because I’ve noticed the pattern with the spring Nows lately. Before 2023, they would release them a week before Easter weekend

That’s how they’ve done it now since 2023 Good Friday 7th April 2023 Now 114 - 14th April Good Friday 29th March 2024 Now 117 - 5th April Good Friday 18th April 2025 Now 120 - 4th April And I predict Good Friday 3rd April 2026 Now 123 - 10th April Good Friday 26th March 2027 Now 126 - 2nd April

It won’t unfortunately. If they’d have stuck with their original release schedule for spring Nows the way it was before 2023, they would be announcing it tomorrow. They’re gonna announce it in 2 weeks and release it on 10th April. I’ve said loads of times that they should set the release dates of their spring editions for last Friday in March or do how it was before 2023

Here’s a recap of mine. 5th June 1987 and the song which was #1 on the day I was born was Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me). Songs highlighted in red are the year where the chart week began on my birthday 1. (1988) Wet Wet Wet - With A Little Help From My Friends/Billy Bragg - She’s Leaving Home 2. (1989) Cliff Richard - The Best Of Me 3. (1990) Chad Jackson - Hear The Drummer (Get Wicked) 4. (1991) Beverley Craven - Promise Me 5. (1992) Richard Marx - Hazard 6. (1993) George Michael, Queen & Lisa Stansfield - Five Live (EP) 7. (1994) Absolutely Fabulous - Absolutely Fabulous 8. (1995) Ali Campbell - That Look In Your Eye 9. (1996) JX - There’s Nothing I Won’t Do 10. (1997) Toby Bourke & George Michael - Waltz Away Darling 11. (1998) Bus Stop featuring Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting 12. (1999) TLC - No Scrubs 13. (2000) Mikey Graham - You’re My Angel 14. (2001) Sunshine Anderson - Heard It All Before 15. (2002) Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen 16. (2003) Love Inc - Broken Bones 17. (2004) Natasha Bedingfield - Single 18. (2005) Ben Adams - Sorry 19. (2006) Stan Boardman - Stan’s World Cup Song 20. (2007) Linkin Park - What I’ve Done 21. (2008) Nelly featuring Fergie - Party People 22. (2009) Deadmau5 & Kaskade - I Remember 23. (2010) Taio Cruz featuring Kesha - Dirty Picture 24. (2011) Jessie J featuring B.o.B - Price Tag 25. (2012) Skrillex featuring Sirah - Bangarang 26. (2013) Imagine Dragons - Radioactive 27. (2014) Tove Lo - Stay High 28. (2015) Ne-Yo featuring Juicy J - She Knows 29. (2016) Blonde featuring Craig David - Nothing Like This 30. (2017) Anne-Marie - Ciao Adios 31. (2018) Tom Walker - Leave A Light On 32. (2019) Digga D - No Diet 33. (2020) Niko B - Who’s That What’s That 34. (2021) Years & Years - Starstruck 35. (2022) Aitch & Ashanti - Baby 36. (2023) Harry Styles - Satellite 37. (2024) Gunna - One Of Wun 38. (2025) Gracie Abrams - That’s So True

He is as well but he’ll more likely perform Ordinary

She is performing on Saturday but will more likely perform WIMH

They might have to use some of the old re-entries as filler ie. Diana Ross, The Police, The Cure and songs that charted outside of the top 40

A BRITs performance of this song is wishful thinking and he’s gonna perform Ordinary only instead

The Bride! and Hoppers both have pre-sale tickets up for sale and as for Peaky Blinders, IMDb has it down for 20th March and I don’t know if all cinemas will be showing it. I hope it gets shown in at least one of my local cinemas and both my local cinemas have been ignoring certain films

Shame the weekend previews never contribute. That means the weekend screenings of Hoppers won’t be contributing next week and because of the previews, The Bride! will more likely beat Hoppers to number 1

I’m surprised EPIC hasn’t entered when it was out this weekend. The IMAX screenings they had this week were absolutely packed out

There’s room for 50 songs with how short the songs are and Demon Hunters will probably become licensable once that album gets toppled from the top of the compilation chart. The longer it remains at the top of the compilation chart, the harder it is to license Golden

And here's mine without all the old songs that have been re-entering the charts lately CD 1 1. Olivia Dean – So Easy (To Fall In Love) 2. Alex Warren – Fever Dream 3. Bella Kay – ILoveItILoveItILoveIt 4. PinkPantheress & Zara Larsson – Stateside 5. Bruno Mars – I Just Might 6. Sienna Spiro – Die On This Hill 7. Tate McRae – Tit For Tat 8. RAYE – Nightingale Lane 9. Charli XCX – Chains Of Love 10. Myles Smith & Niall Horan – Drive Safe 11. Noah Kahan – The Great Divide 12. Sombr – 12 To 12 13. Lily Allen – Madeline 14. Skye Newman – U & UF 15. Zara Larsson – Midnight Sun 16. Ella Langley – Choosin' Texas 17. Lana Del Rey – White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter 18. James Marriott – California Rain 19. Tyla – Chanel 20. Lewis Capaldi – The Day That I Die 21. Justin Bieber – Yukon 22. Dermot Kennedy – Funeral 23. Tame Impala – Dracula 24. Dominic Fike – Babydoll 25. Sabrina Carpenter – House Tour CD 2 1. HUNTR/X – Golden 2. Bad Bunny – DTMF 3. Sam Fender & Elton John - Talk To You 4. HAVEN & Kaitlin Aragon – I Run 5. Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Poppy Baskcomb – Think About Us 6. Milky & Mall Grab – Just The Way You Are 7. MK featuring Clementine Douglas – Come Find Me 8. Danny L Harle & Dua Lipa – Two Hearts 9. Jazzy featuring Spriitzz – Can't Deny It 10. JADE – Church 11. James Hype featuring Sam Harper & Bobby Harvey – Waterfalls 12. KATSEYE – Internet Girl 13. Jessie Ware – I Could Get Used To This 14. Sabrina Carpenter – When Did You Get Hot? 15. Djo – Basic Being Basic 16. Becky Hill – Hands On Me 17. December 10 – Run My Way 18. Calvin Harris & Kasabian – Release The Pressure 19. David Guetta, Teddy Swims & Tones & I – Gone Gone Gone 20. Ed Sheeran featuring Karen Aujla – Symmetry 21. The Last Dinner Party – The Scythe 22. Robbie Williams – All My Life 23. Westlife – Chariot 24. Louis Tomlinson – Imposter 25. Meghan Trainor – Get In Girl

I hope she does a medley of this and WIMH on Saturday

We’ll more likely get the track list on 12th March with a release date of 10th April. The spring Nows seem to be all over the place. Last Friday in March would be a better set release date so if Easter falls on that weekend, then release it first Friday in April and I hope Harry Styles does appear and that his licensing issue is just with his Harry’s House era