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^But it's not a promo single. it's a proper single, added to R1. Huge push on streaming too. But it's not paying off, down to #175 on day 3 on Spotify.

oh I loved Betty Boo! Does she count as dance? (Then I liked dance after all)

true, looking at the singles I own from the late 80s, the most dance I have is probably Mel & Kim

We'll see I guess. I think it's more of a bizarre view thinking he will replace himself at #1 but alas

You're right I guess, maybe it's cos I fail to see his appeal what I don't get in 2025 is why no songs are exploding in streams... only Alex is capable of >500K, the rest are barely doing 300K max. Old Phone on day 2 didn't even do 100K. Even Alex at #1 is doing over 500K but just so. That's so True was doing much better figures.

I think he has more chances of missing the top 100 than dethroning himself, that's what tiktok artists re in 2025 can Harry Styles already hurry up and comeback, think he's the only one who can stop the crappy ordinary song

Ferrari was also very lucky, they ended up higher than they deserved to be honest

I guess you needto be older to really enjoy dance music cosI never got into Black Box, Technotronic etc as a kid Was into pop, indie, rock, even new-age like Enya, but dance I never got it as a kid, dont think i ever bought a dance album until Prodigy

But why the thread title is about bribing reviewers lol If it werre so easy, Ed Sheeran wouldnt get a 2 on Pitchfork for every album Or even worse, his last album wasn’t even reviewed. If there was a chance of bribing at least he’d get the album reviewed

Lawson deserved far more than a 5 sec penalty. He's a proper danger. My least fav driver in the grid for sure.

also great indie underground artist fav is The Tallest Man on Earth, the Swedish Bob Dylan ;)

^You didn't notice, this forum has now become the Ed Sheeran fanclub page no one can say anything negative about Ed 177K is another underperfomance from Ed, but at least this time we were all prepared and not expecting much so no surprises

Is she no longer with Atlantic? cos I see on Spotify it says: High Roads Records guess this is Kelly's own, so no huge budget for anything, not even for shopping around for songs

177K for Old Phone, not amazing, but at least it's helping Azizam up

Just realised that yesterday Ordinary reached #1 on the US Spotify for the first time Angels up in the clouds must be properly jealous now. Sombr-Undressed also top 5 on US Spotify

loved Siobhan in Bananarama and was a big fan of Shakespeares Sister since day 1 I really liked You Break my Heart but You're History was miles better and a well deserved hit oh I actually though PSB had written Losing my mind for Liza Minelli SAW starting to go really cheap with cover bands like Big Fun

I think it was a big pity she gave up on music so quickly, think in 91 or 92 she said the pressure was too much and gave it all up and never released anything again after album 2 (I think)-

exactly who cares about AOTY? No one at all, deranged fans a go-go check Metacritic instead

this album has got pretty bad reviews especially from the serious press, Pitchfork gave it a 4.8 a 4.8 on Pitchfork means worst album of the year territory, even the crappiest albums get a 5 or 6 Also other serious press like The Guardian or The Telegraph or Mojo or the Independent the only high scores are from outlets I've never ever herd in my life and that sound very low key the previous album from 2021 I think was genius but here there is a serious serious drop in quality imho

AM unfroze now and Ed is up to #50

Poison was clearly from the same guy that was writing for Bon Jovi, great song Toy Soldiers is great, loved Martika back then and thought she was gonna have a great career ala Madonna I notice one of my fav songs of the year peaking at #14 this week, Transvision Vamp-Landslide of Love, single #3 from Velveteen

Gravity is the best Embrace song for me. It was an early days Coldplay track so that might explain it.

^AM has been frozen for like > 12 hours or something

Apple: 146 NEW Ed Sheeran - Old Phone

oh wow Undressed up to #4 and with over 300K too bad the increase was on a Thursday! I noticed Gaga's Just Dance is on the rise, is it tiktok?