AcerBen

New Harriet single https://twitter.com/HarrietsMusic/status/1615855972198789120

Got a soft spot for that Schak track. Wonder if it can catch on. It reminds me of the sort of Northern dance stuff that used to do well in the early 2000s thanks to plays on The Box - who seem to be playing this every time I switch it on.

Yeah I think RAYE's got this now. Will be best top 2 in a while either way, IMHO!

That's fair enough, and really RAYE does objectively deserve to hold on to the #1 based on its genuine popularity But it's also a bit unfair of some people to suggest the Lewis single is a fanbase hit and not a real hit, when it's top 10 on Amazon and Apple, and the only reason it's not doing well on Spotify is because of its lesser support from the playlists And really this is a perfect example of why something needs to be done about the power of playlists.

I know there are demographic differences between the DSPs, but it's kind of ridiculous with some of the differences between chart positions for certain songs. How can Lewis be top 10 on Apple and Amazon but only 45 on Spotify? Presumably it's largely due to playlist support?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMqZ2PPOLik Haha, just kidding. I agree that Pointless is his best song so far!

What was the reason they scrapped the official top 200? It was something to do with the exclusion rules that would either make it technically impossible or just not meaningful.. I used to know but have forgotten. Thanks!

I think there's still time for it, as it'll surely pick up on airplay now that Christmas is over.

Tom performed Another Love on the Hootenany so that might have been part of why it's climbed back as high as it has?

That Thomas Headon record on Radio 2's A-list is a belter. In a sane world it'd be a hit.

Yeah probs a point system. The weekly chart is heavily weighted towards iTunes downloads rather than streams. And I suppose Cold Heart has been on the top 40 all year due to airplay.

The order is a bit weird, but as a whole it represents 2022's hits better than the official one does in a way.

"Just happens to be" :teresa: I find the lyrics highly offensive. And if it's OK to blame someone for poverty because they once voted Tory, that's OK too.

He cares about being #1 though, so if it was a slog to get there this year and they only just manage it there's not much point trying again

I think they've been genuinely worried about not making #1 though this year - they'll probably realise it's time to quit whilst they're ahead.

The K**ts are homophobic. See previous single "Use My A***h**e As a C**t".

I'm not anti them in principle, but in their latest video they've said "it's 99p - a hundred percent of it goes to the charity". Now they're out and out lying I don't want them to get to #1.

I reckon win or lose, the sales are going to be lower and if they take it it'll have been very tight - and they won't want to risk going for it again now.

You do have to factor in though that people are out of the habit of downloading too though, which makes it more difficult to get people to hand over their 99p. They even have to give instructions on how to use iTunes Store because people don't use it these days.

Sam's did a lot of promo throughout last week, even doing The One Show after he'd already gone in at #1, so I guess that will have helped him get a good start to week 2. I think he's also got some gigs this week too.

I don't feel strongly against LadBaby but I do think it needs to be the final one so I wouldn't mind seeing them fall short in the end. It might mean we have to go through Wham! or Mariah at #1 over the next couple of years but maybe after a bit OCC will finally realise that it'd be a bit daft for that to happen every year for eternity, and do something about it.

It'd be quite funny if Ed Sheeran actually gets his original version of the song to #1 this year after LadBaby disrupted his plans last year

Why was ABBA so high yesterday

Is Digital Sales Data also not reliable then? http://www.digitalsalesdata.com/diydsd.php?Region=143444 I know it says "Since actual sales figures are no longer available, the following figures have been generated by a statistical model." It does seem unlikely he'd be doing less than 200 downloads a day

The downloads are 99p and what record company? It'll be more than 7p. Plus the extra publicity they generate for the charity encourages donations. Last year they were said to have raised £200,000 from the singles.