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Hopefully Brandon Flowers will come off this list with his new song and I imagine Ben Haenow will also come off the list when he releases his next single. Otherwise I'm surprised how many of those songs I actually like!

Is Sam Smith skipping Like I Can and going straight to Lay Me Down in the US?

Has the new Brandon Flowers song been released to UK iTunes? It's on the new release schedule for release today.

Interesting how 8 of the top 10 albums are by English artists

So is there any word as to whether pre-orders are included in the initial update now? I can't believe enough Marina fans bought the album to get it to no 1 in the space of a couple of hours whereas it took Madonna a while to go top 10.

When did Sugar by Maroon 5 get so high? (currently no 14)

I think the Kylie/Giorgio track is doing better on initial pre-orders than Into the Blue did.

It definitely was playlisted but only got to B List I think.

Why is the Madonna album not charting on iTunes?

Ghost just isn't catching on is it?

Not long before Taylor dislodges Union J from the top now, although the multiple versions of the Union J single will mean that it will still be no 1 combined for a little longer.

David Guetta and Emeli Sande are top 10 when combined.

There's a Union J instant grat at no 74

Any ideas why that Josef Selvat cover of Diamonds is hanging around the top 40?

I think they should be posted every day if they are available. Those people who don't want the surprise ruined don't need to look a t them.

Can anybody remember how Settle Down did when first released on iTunes in the US? Also, why is Hozier so high (I assume he performed it somewhere)? Is he this year's Gotye?

Taio Cruz adding Kylie and the other guy for Higher.

I can see it getting to no 1 quite easily, given that it hasn't even been playlisted by Radio 1 yet.

The Veronica's song isn't on Spotify anymore. It's really irritating when they do that.

I don't understand how if these are all instant grats why the pop bars are different if they were released at the same time?

What they need to do is release non OA/OS songs to streaming a couple of weeks before download release so that they can build up momentum. Otherwise it does put a bit of a spanner in the works of the whole "holding a song back to maximise first week chart position"!

I love Comeback but I'm not sure her image in the video is really connecting properly. It's all quite full on and aggressive, and with the likes of Adele, Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran dominating, aggression is rarely successful in pop music these days.

Bang Bang is album only, though available to stream on Spotify.

There's a new Eminem song out on Monday called Guts over Fear, featuring Sia. Though who knows it if it will be OA/OS in the UK...

Is it on UK iTunes because it doesn't come up when I search for it