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Those two days last week were also Easter weekend, so it's not hugely surprising that everything is up this week. It definitely makes a difference even on weekends. On Sunday according to kworb everything in the top 20 except Sports Car and Espresso increased from the previous week. The OCC really need to consider an increase by less than the overall market as a decline, really doesn't make sense for everything to automatically go back to zero weeks of decline this week.

Pink Pony Club still stands a chance of holding on to #1 this week as it's ahead on other platforms and not far behind on Spotify... Will depend on whether Ordinary and Anxiety keep increasing throughout the week. I'd quite like to see it getting the old rules #1 as well just so it feels deserved. Shame to see The Giver dropping so much too, would be nice to see it stabilise and become a decent sized hit regardless.

Guess I was wrong about Ordinary, did think when it first came out that it could be huge but then it seemed to be stalling somewhat until the past few days. I wonder what caused it to explode out of nowhere. Be funny if it ends up getting stuck at #2 behind two different Chappell Roan songs though!

Not saying it couldn't keep rising, but Ordinary was performed on the Love Is Blind finale released yesterday which might help explain why it's so high today. Anxiety is climbing extremely quickly so I could see that being the next #1 unless Chappell's new one is absolutely huge next week.

Yeah, I'd noticed this, but the thing is it's compiled by the OCC, so I don't understand why they apply different rules to the Irish chart. Not a topic of conversation for this thread I suppose

Not surprised to see That's So True back at #1, it's been holding up much better than Messy over the last few weeks regardless of any tour boost. Actually over in Ireland it's currently on its 102nd day at the top, and back at #1 officially this week having avoided ever going to ACR 😂 their top 10 looks absolutely dire with Taste, Espresso, Good Luck Babe and BIRDS OF A FEATHER still somehow on SCR. I quite like looking at it each week, usually just looks like an alternate universe version of our own chart. Looks like PPC is probably safe for another week at the top, if none of the Gaga tracks can overtake it on day 1!

The solo version of Anxiety is decent but I can't get past how she's literally just singing over the entire backing track for Somebody That I Used To Know. At what point does it go past being a sample? 😆

Love the new format, so easy to read! Does this mean there are 4 Fleetwood Mac tracks in the top 100? Insane!

APT could actually reach #1 on Spotify at this rate :lol: Jokes aside, we really need something new to blow up.

Thanks for this, always an interesting read! Really hoping the OCC do something about the greatest hits/streaming sales situation soon. The Highlights being the biggest album of the decade is absurd (of course The Weeknd is very popular but let's be honest, virtually nobody is consuming that album specifically and most listeners probably are barely even aware it exists)

Pink Pony Club would now be #3 without Kendrick :o 6-13 are very tight though, so Gaga is still safe for top 3. Now it's a question of whether Kendrick can dethrone Lola, probably depends on the Thursday estimates!

Stick Season climbing into the top 10, it's great to see new tracks breaking through ^_^ Genuinely though, hopefully we get some big new releases soon. The 2024 year-end top 10 felt the freshest it's been for years, would be a shame to see it go back the other way this year although it's far too early to tell!

Still think Gracie has a good chance to hold Wham off this week - on the equivalent week last year they managed 53k, but the 1st was a Friday so we can surely expect that figure to be a bit lower this week. Gracie's Spotify numbers look fairly stable (actually currently up 30k on last week) so she'll probably do another ~50k. It could be close!

Big fall for Sam but at least he's still #5 when ACR is taken into account... In fact only 5 songs in the top 20 are on SCR, charts are so stale at this time of year. Would imagine he could easily get #4 officially with the CDs given the low bar, that would be a great result!

+5 That's So True +4 APT +3 Hot To Go +2 Taste +1 Move -1 Sailor Song -2 I Love You, I'm Sorry -3 The Door -4 Bed Chem -5 Thick Of It