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It's bonkers that he's never got higher than #89, with the number of great songs he's released. Hope this one makes the top 40 at last.

For goodness sake where the hell is Lizzo on Spotify? Such an obvious smash hit yet it's doing nothing.

From Popbitch: George Ezra is one of the biggest names in British pop at the minute, but after he and his manager were overheard slagging off Global Radio it seems that the top bods there are considering an on-air ban. What on earth could he possibly have said? They already don't play him very much do they?

Hilco weren't interested in HMV's long-term prospects. They just wanted to make some quick money. https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comment...8m_from_ailing/

Last time they moved it to a smaller shop though

The store finder online seems to have been updated. If it's still there it's not one of the 27. The Oxford Street one is gone and closed with immediate effect. https://www.hmv.com/store-finder

I agree but I wasn't responding to you. dandy* said "I don’t know a single person in the UK who would stay up to watch Super Bowl"

It is niche but people do it! There's a couple guys in my office who always book the Monday off so they can watch it

I think John said his song this year is more up-tempo.

Michael Rice is my favourite but I think the Eurofans will finally get their way and we'll send a dance song this year. If she can do it live I'll be happy, though always a worry with dance songs in ESC. But also we've been sending a lot of mid-tempos and ballads and bombing with those too, so I dunno! Hopefully the best one on the night wins through.

@MintRoyale 7 Rings is flying in to number 1 this week, silly streaming numbers and video views straight away. I wonder who would win if she released something the same week as Drake.

That was a rumour from about a year ago which was denied by Apple.

Well in recent years that was the case, but in years gone by it was often an extra show! :)

I like the idea but it'd make the chart a lot easier to rig

I haven't listened to it yet but I think Dev did Chart of the Year Part 1 and Scott Part 2

I think if they ever did consider bringing it back, Saturday teatime would be the perfect slot.

2.2 million last night - up 600k on last year's NYE show.

If they closed all those it'd be hardly worth carrying on at all

They always have done previously

He's doing Paradise I'm afraid

If you think Christmas ends on Christmas Day then you're doing it wrong! ;)

The chart is made first and foremost for the music business though, and it's not helpful for new product to be overshadowed by Christmas songs - hence why they changed the rule in the first place.

2.3m isn't nearly 3m

Best ratings since 2015. The earlier slot actually seems to be helping it, probably due to weaker competition. Should see it safely back for another year. 2015: 2.83m 2016: 1.92m 2017: 2.0m 2018: 2.3m

It's daft really. It's more Christmas now than it was in November when they started playing the songs. Christmas doesn't end the minute you've opened your presents.