AcerBen

They are, though it's a track from the album

Well it's not impossible even Easy On Me could hold on that long - we're not that far away from Christmas now. I expect something else will come along, but Adele seems as good a guess as anyone right now. Before Ladbaby we had a few "default" #1s with normal sales numbers.

I get why independent or legacy acts are releasing these - and charging maybe £3 or £4 for them - but why does Ed Sheeran need to go to the effort of signing thousands of CDs and selling them for 99p when he'll probably go to #1 anyway?

yeah IIRC if the CD had been eligible it would've made number 13. Also- Tatjana - Santa Maria (original 1995 release) The Modern - Industry And one I heard DJ Stephanie Hirst mention once, though have never been able to verify, is Barkin Brothers - Gonna Catch You (Gordon's Groove) which she reckons would've been top 5.

Would be interested to see what's there.. take a picture for us next time you go!

Sadly there hasn't been as many released in Germany in the last couple of years as there were for much of the 2010s

Amazing to see Brandi Carlisle's The Story doing well because of Jools (and Elton) too!

James Morrison Greatest Hits out Feb 11 https://music.apple.com/us/album/whos-gonna...15?i=1589449182

This thread has the number 1s http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s...52080&st=20

Darin - Holding Me More new single out Oct 22 https://thebedford.com/event/november-9th-2021/

Good to see Grace hanging on! She's had a bit of promo from Radio 1 and BBC News online today and that pushed her up to #3 for a few hours.

Yeah that was weird. Was it the label trying to make people buy the soundtrack album?

Nice to hear Grace Davies get a spin on the Big Top 40 at 28 :)

Nice article about this on OCC https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/c...-format__34089/ Others I've bought recently Katy Perry - Electric Lady Gaga - Rain On Me/Stupid Love Dermot Kennedy - Giants Grace Davies - Roots LadBaby - Don't Stop Believin' Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved/Bruises Westlife - Hello My Love/Better Man The Weeknd - Blinding Lights I guess labels have seen them as an easy way to make a few extra quid. The main reason they used to lose money wasn't the cost to manufacture them, but the cost to distribute them to stores around the country. Now you can sell them direct to the customer and charge them for the postage so it's all profit really. It's a shame that many of them only have the 1 track on them and but hope we continue to see them released.

Good to see Grace doing well.

Reckon this Motown CD will be big this Christmas https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/motown-...-110644964.html

No title yet but Ed Sheeran and Elton John are doing a Christmas single together! Heard Ed say it on Radio 2 this morning.

Tusse - Grow out 15 Oct https://twitter.com/scandipop/status/1445349675884744716

I reckon it still might be Black Friday, like 25 was (Nov 26). More people shopping potentially means higher first week sales? Obviously they'll be big either way

oh my God, finally Roots!

Is that the KLF remix <_<

Don't you guys ever just listen to the radio just for a change though? Plus perhaps it's an age/nostalgia thing for me.. it's quite nice to listen to an old-fashioned chart show on a Sunday afternoon like the ones I listened to as a kid.

The Big Top 40 is based on data from iTunes and Apple Music, plus radio airplay (probably from Capital & Heart only now), though quite heavily weighted towards downloads. The old Hit40UK/Pepsi Network Chart before that used OCC/CIN data, with the top 10 being pure sales. I suspect some of the other ones aren't as scientific.

Ooh hadn't noticed that BURNS record doing well on Apple Music now. It's fab!

Does anyone listen to the Massive 40? It's a Sunday chart show played mostly on community radio stations, presented by Jason Scott. It's been going for about a decade now, under various names. They make the dubious claim that they are "the chart to trust" (to me, it looks suspiciously close to the iTunes chart at around 9pm on a Friday night!) But if you don't mind that the chart is even less meaningful than the Big Top 40, it's actually a good listen. It's got a cutely retro feel and sounds like a proper chart show. It's also quite fun to hear some of the proper random songs that make the lower end of the chart. Sam Bailey and Matt Goss sneaked in the other week haha. I've discovered a few gems from it actually, like The War On Drugs track in this week's chart. It's kind of like listening to the official chart cerca 2004 before they included downloads. :lol: Here's this week's chart: 1 1 = Elton John feat. Dua Lipa Cold Heart 2 3 +1 Ed Sheeran Shivers 3 2 -1 Ed Sheeran Bad Habits 4 NEW Taylor Swift Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version) 5 7 +2 Joel Corry & Jax Jones Feat. Charli XCX & Saweetie OUT OUT 6 18 +12 David Guetta, MistaJam & John Newman If You Really Love Me (How Will I Know 7 14 +7 Becky Hill & Topic My Heart Goes (La Di Da) 8 NEW Bring Me The Horizon DiE4u 9 21 +12 Dermot Kennedy Better Days 10 10 = Jonasu Black Magic 11 13 +2 Radio Rain & DJ Craig Gorman Talk About 12 11 -1 The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber Stay 13 5 -8 Ed Sheeran Visiting Hours 14 16 +2 The Weeknd Take My Breath 15 8 -7 Abba Don't Shut Me Down 16 29 +13 Ella Henderson, House Gospel Choir & Just Kiddin Risk It All 17 9 -8 Abba I Still Have Faith In You 18 25 +7 Anne Marie & Little Mix Kiss My (Uh Oh) 19 28 +9 Clean Bandit & Topic Feat. Wes Nelson Drive 20 34 +14 Glass Animals Heat Waves 21 NEW Ewan McVicar Tell Me Something Good 22 NEW Placebo Beautiful James 23 22 -1 Tones And I Fly Away 24 24 = BURNS Talamanca 25 NEW Lil Nas X That's What I Want 26 23 -3 Becky Hill & David Guetta Remember 27 NEW Luke La Volpe Alter Ego 28 26 -2 Marshmello & Jonas Brothers Leave Before You Love Me 29 12 -17 Rag'n'Bone Man Alone 30 38 +8 Olivia Rodrigo Good 4 U 31 NEW Shawn Mendes & Tainy Summer Of Love 32 NEW Liam Payne Sunshine 33 NEW Griff One Night 34 NEW The War On Drugs I Don't Live Here Anymore 35 33 -2 Calvin Harris Feat. Tom Grennan By Your Side 36 15 -21 JLS Eternal Love 37 NEW Sabaton Feat. Tina Guo Have Mercy 38 32 -6 Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix Heartbreak Anthem 39 NEW Jonas Brothers Who's In Your Head 40 NEW Central Cee Obsessed With You Obviously it's complete nonsense as a chart, but it's kind of how I wish the chart was - more varied, faster moving, and more pop-leaning. Anyway, give it a go on Sunday - I listen via http://www.hiveradiouk.com Does anyone listen to any of the other alternative chart shows? I believe Hits Radio have one of their own now for instance, as the Big Top 40 is exclusive to Capital and Heart now. Think there are some others?