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Congratulations to Enya, presumably our most certified artist of the Loxian language One presumes Carr'e Underwood's certification is as much the benefit of American-focused streaming platforms plonking her on playlists as anything else. Shame she's a little bit evil.

How long has the TV airplay chart been in that state? Definitely time to retire that one

The Arcade Fire cert makes zero sense It's only their third ever single certification, and the first from the Funeral album. A random album track really got there before Rebellion or Wake Up? It's Spotify counts are the second lowest of the entire album (10m vs Rebellion's 125m) I call mistake

I would love Remember and What I Know to appear Both objectively flimsy and throwaway, but they also couldn't sound more warm and 90's if they tried. ALBUM RANK 01. Talk On Corners 02. Forgiven Not Forgotten 03. White Light 04. In Blue - not bad in itself, but definitely the record that I think allowed people to mistake them for a shallow and manufactured pop band 05. Borrowed Heaven - some nice standout moments, but ultimately suffers for their recycling the same backing track for too many of the songs. Humdrum / Even If / Confidence For Quiet all bleed into one. 06. Home 07. Jupiter Calling - I've only kept two tracks on rotation (The Sun And The Moon is genuinely fab and deserves to be on a better album)

*Double post* Stream Closer OUT NOW

Well the O2 concert was fab (much more confident than their last tour), and some very pleasant surprises in the set list. The Closer / Don't Say You Love Me / Little Wing segment absolutely a highlight. The stripped down fake out on Summer Sunshine making it feel less like a silly ditty. I Never Loved You Anyway being a less likely crowd singalong. And although it will probably have annoyed some diehards, picking the meatier In Blue over the Unplugged version of Radio made a lot more sense in an arena context. Andrea's voice is obviously a little more worn these days, and although it did seem to mean she skipped a few lines here and there, it actually added a raw authenticity to some of their more wrought tracks (What Can I Do, Don't Say You Love Me, Give Me A Reason). Best moment absolutely the trolling with the encore. "LOL of course they'll be back to do Breathless" "Here we go London...MY LAGAN LOVE" *Hundreds of angrily muttering middle aged people go for a "sensible early exit" only to miss actual Breathless 5 minutes later*

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The idea that Now! will flog more CDs to Tesco shoppers if they included the latest Skepta #74 hit instead of Buble or Snow Patrol

Yeah that kind of confirms it. No way has Thinking Of You pulled more sales than MmmBop in the digital era. O-Town is maybe more believable. It was a bigger hit in the US than it was even over here, so it's not implausible that the UK is a pretty small fraction of those 108m streams.

The Hanson platinum cert feels off. It wouldn't have sold much on its original 1998 release (a blink-and-miss-it #23 appearance). It's Spotify and YouTube stats aren't significant at all (2.5m and 1m worlwide). There's no reason its downloads would be better. I'd guess someone has muddled up the MmmBop streams instead.

Congratulations to MR TUMBLE

It's a shame because really I don't think Toadie's character has stood a chance in the Amazon era. He's been given nothing to do but either cry or be a love rat. Anyone new to the show would never have guessed that once upon a time Toadie was one of the lightest happy-go-lucky characters on the show. The Terese pairing never had any mileage. All of their romance seemingly happened offscreen in the time warp, so all we've actually seen is Toadie and Terese making each other miserable since. And it doesn't help at all that the show drops anvils every single episode that Terese is destined for Paul. Maybe they'd have had some scope to send Toadie back to Melanie had they not wrecked any audience goodwill left for that pairing with the cheating storyline. I wonder if there are other factors at play. We're presumably coming up to renewal discussions; have Amazon demanded a budget cut? Most of the newer recruits (Haz aside) have been seemingly well-received, so perhaps they're feeling more confident in starting to let go of the "Big Four".

Modjo appear to have been certified platinum twice, but with different record labels accredited. So I'd assume its actually done 1.2m minimum.

Congratulations to Paw Patrol!

What a fabulous lot of 90's classics. Tbh I'm surprised Linger and Tubthumping wasn't already there. But I'm pleasantly surprised people are still listening to Runaway and Café Del Mar in 2024.

It's difficult to imagine there was once a time that Tin Tin Out feat. Shelley Nelson would generate a genuine top 10 hit.

The only thing that makes me think this is actually unlikely is this would leave Hollyoaks axing nearly every non-white cast member. Especially if With that racism scandal only a couple of years back, I'd think Hollyoaks would tread more carefully on that one.

AGOG to hear that "Life" isn't already a million-seller

+30 Chicane feat. Maire Brennan – Saltwater +29 Madonna – The Power of Good-Bye +28 Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance +27 Childish Gambino – This Is America +26 Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer +25 Duran Duran – Ordinary World +24 U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For +23 Vanessa Carlton – A Thousand Miles +22 Safri Duo – Played-A-Live (The Bongo Song) +21 The Corrs – So Young +20 Sia – Chandelier +19 Billy Idol - White Wedding +18 Erasure - The Circus +17 Level 42 - Something About You +16 Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories – Stay (I Missed You) +15 R.E.M. – Shiny Happy People +14 The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition +13 Gabriella Cilmi – Sweet About Me +12 Grace – Not Over Yet +11 Texas – Inner Smile +10 Basement Jaxx – Romeo +09 Meredith Brooks – Bitch +08 Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time +07 Jakatta feat. Seal – My Vision +06 Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars +05 Shirley Ellis - The Clapping Song +04 Charli XCX – Boom Clap +03 Alphabeat – Fascination +02 Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence +01 Metallica – Nothing Else Matters

I think the main issue at the moment is the show is missing a couple of the more outlandish vibrant characters. Unless there are surprises in store, it seems we've lost Amy, Nicolette and Melanie. And in their place we have a perfectly pleasant but not exactly kooky new family, and Mischa Barton looking very bored. I could also do without the nonsense dog plot, which I assume is the show wanting to make a callback to the Bouncer days. It's not so much the dog that's the problem, but it's required Haz to seem like an utter DIMWIT from the very get-go, and I don't think that's actually meant to be his character. The theme tune is terrible. Plus points though I'm not totally hating the Toadie and Terese coupling. Terese and Paul should never have reunited in the finale - Paul had done absolutely nothing to warrant the sudden forgiveness. And Terese already feels a much LIGHTER character. The Rodwells finally getting some limelight, and actually given how little time they actually spent together first-time around, I think they have pretty good chemistry. Emerald Chan has improved considerably as an actress. Wendy's a hoot. Also forget Byron - Andrew is absolutely the eye candy of the show

45 Moby - Natural Blues 46 Aaliyah - Try Again 47 Genuinely torn between All Saints - Pure Shores or Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence 48 Safri Duo - Played-A-Live (The Bongo Song) 49 Zero 7 - Destiny 50 The Ones - Flawless 51 DB Boulevard - Point Of View 52 Doves - Pounding 53 Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles 54 t.A.T.u - All the Things She Said 55 Feeder - Just The Way I'm Feeling 56 Emma Bunton - Maybe 57 Jamelia - Thank You 58 Anastacia - Left Outside Alone 59 Kelis feat. Andre 3000 - Millionaire 60 Reflekt feat. Delline Bass - Need To Feel Loved 61 Natalie Imbruglia - Shiver 62 Gorillaz - DARE 63 Goldfrapp - Ride A White Horse 64 Chicane feat. Tom Jones - Stoned In Love 65 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars 66 Nelly Furtado - Say It Right 67 Rihanna feat. Jay-Z - Umbrella 68 Groove Armada feat. Mutya Buena - Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control) 69 Bloc Party - Flux 70 Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me 71 Christian Falk feat. Robyn - Dream On 72 MGMT - Kids 73 Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People 74 The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition 75 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 76 Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart 77 Plan B - Prayin' 78 Alexis Jordan - Happiness 79 Yasmin - Finish Line 80 Will Young - Jealousy 81 Gotye feat Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know 82 Azealia Banks feat. Lazy Jay - 212 83 Florence + The Machine - Spectrum (Say My Name) 84 P!nk - Try 85 Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams - Get Lucky 86 OneRepublic - Counting Stars 87 Vance Joy - Riptide 88 Sia - Chandelier 89 Sigma feat. Paloma Faith - Changing 90 Sia - Elastic Heart 91 Tinie Tempah feat. Jess Glynne - Not Letting Go 92 Kygo feat. Ella Henderson - Here For You 93 David Bowie - "Heroes" 94 Kygo feat. Kodaline - Raging 95 Matoma & Becky Hill - False Alarm 96 Lorde - Green Light 97 Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times 98 Rita Ora - Anywhere 99 Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla Sign - Psycho 100 Cher - Believe 101 Khalid - Better 102 Mark Ronson feat Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like a Heart 103 Dominic Fike - 3 Nights 104 Dermot Kennedy - Outnumbered 105 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 106 Ellie Goulding - Power 107 Dua Lipa - Hallucinate 108 The Weeknd - Save Your Tears 109 Jessie Ware - Remember Where You Are 110 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under 111 Holly Humberstone - London Is Lonely 112 Baby Queen - Colours Of You 113 Dermot Kennedy - Kiss Me 114 Miguel - Sure Thing 115 Tina Turner - The Best

That cert for Des'ree is a JUST REWARD given how many times she re-released it Queen of Perserverance

+18 Groove Armada feat. Mutya Buena - Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control) +15 David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over +13 Chicane - Poppiholla +12 Chemical Brothers - Galvanize +11 DB Boulevard - Point Of View +10 Fragma - Toca's Miracle +9 Mason vs. Princess Superstar - Perfect (Exceeder) +8 Eric Prydz - Call On Me +7 Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes +6 PPK - Resurection +5 Roger Sanchez - Another Chance +4 Daft Punk - One More Time +3 Guru Josh Project - Infinity 2008 (Klaas Edit) +2 Lasgo - Something +1 Bodyrox feat. Luciana - Yeah Yeah (D Ramirez Edit)

We MUST have an inquiry with the Select Committee

HUZZAH for The Corrs Clearly still 8 people listening in 2023