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Patrik Jean's "Numb" single is out Oct 8 https://www.instagram.com/p/CUKAEAiMRwc/

Agnes has a new single on October 1st and album 22nd https://twitter.com/scandipop/status/1440768347168075781

If you like Fearne Cotton's Sounds of the 90s, you'll also enjoy my show Back 2 The 90s! Show 74 includes classic tracks from Saint Etienne, The Corrs, Alanis Morissette, Backstreet Boys, Sasha and B*Witched, plus the new singles from Vengaboys and Lukas Graham. Check it out on Mixcloud ;) https://www.mixcloud.com/back2the90s/back-2...ow-74-18092021/

I'm now itching for BBC Four to hurry up and get to October relaunch!

The Lil Nas X album

just in case it flies under the radar.. new Vengaboys single out tomorrow :D https://music.apple.com/nz/album/1999-i-wan...ngle/1579045962

There are ABBA Spotify ads on billboards so I expect them playlisting them is part of the deal. Though they should be there on merit anyway.

Fades feat. Lia White - Obsession - out 1 Oct https://www.facebook.com/officialfades/phot...08275549398469/

It's not all about making the top 75 these days though. He has 6 million monthly listeners on Spotify and has several tracks with tens of millions of worldwide plays - so he must be making someone some money.

At least Spotify Sweden have put them at #1 on NMF :)

A1 - Spiders - single out Sep 17 https://twitter.com/A1Official/status/1433745994148089859

The original is actually a Belinda Carlisle track

Good to see this as I enjoyed the previous two. I'm guessing the methodology of the OCC Dance Chart did change at some point in the 2010s though to more or less match what you're going to do, except ACR maybe changing things like you say? Not that it won't still be interesting. Incidentally, how was the chart compiled historically? Was it based on only sales from certain specialist dance stores?

Yep he must have passed Candle In The Wind now - that was at 4.95 million in 2017 with very few streams. Bonkers.

I'm rather baffled by Måneskin's continued streaming success. If they can do so well off the back of one TV appearance, why are rock bands in general not doing better?

422. Darin - Can't Stay Away BOP alert 54PHddnnTp0

The main reason Radio 1 have taken back the lead is that Big Top 40 now only goes out on Heart and Capital. Though Radio 1 does better on a Friday than it was on a Sunday, just because it's a better slot. Think it's closer to 1.5 million than the 1 million it used to get. Even though it's "made up", I also prefer the Big Top 40 for its pace and more mainstream pop feel.

Has there been any homepage promotion of Eurovision on Spotify or Apple this time? It's unusual to see them doing so well on streams isn't it?

Interesting Italy I think only got about 4 points in UK televote.

She's gone all gospel!

Vanessa Amorosi's next album (digital only) "Volume 2" is out June 11. https://www.facebook.com/VanessaAmorosi/pos...322580152558254

Deluxe edition of Duncan Laurence's album is out on Friday, and he's performing "Stars" in the Eurovision final so I guess that's the single. https://www.instagram.com/p/COTWjYFMDYZ/

Darin releases new single "Can't Stay Away" on May 28th https://www.instagram.com/p/CO-sLibBRKA/

I have heard the DJs mention "next up it's current Big Top 40 number 1" I think a lot of artists do care about the Big Top 40 because they don't understand how it's compiled - i.e. that it's mostly based on download sales, and that download sales are now ridiculously low. They get excited about being #1 on iTunes still as well. Though I did see Ella Henderson celebrating online when her current one finally made the official top 10, so that obviously meant something to her.

It's a really poor follow-up though. Can't imagine it tests well.