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Looks like 'drop dead' will remain in Olivia's top 3 tracks come Friday - could be an interesting tussle for #1 out of her top 2. ...and 'Rein Me In' up by 21k on last Saturday...

No complaints about the bottom placed song here - The X Factor really ran that charity song concept into the ground, and this manages to be even more unlistenable than the three which came before. The "JLS 1D!" cameo was clearly just to add a few sales. I'd certainly put a few other songs below 'Glad You Came', but I'm not a huge fan and prefer their earlier #1. "Hand you another drink, drink it if you can" is a rather cloying example of trying to sound rebellious but still cater for a young audience.

Coming at the earlier than usual time of 3.45pm, we have 51 songs from the final 9 weeks of 1983! https://sync-tube.de/room/2gHBerpI

Hardly a surprise, don't think any of her songs have appeared in the Spotify chart before?

'Rein Me In' up by 2.3k on last Friday (just saying)

Just a heads up that the session will start at the slightly earlier time of 3.45pm tomorrow, as there are a few more songs than usual to take us to the end of 1983. I'll also close the poll then, so anyone yet to vote has 24 hours to do so and perhaps break the current tie!

Switching to S Club Juniors (I mean it was barely a year after they debuted under that name)

+5 Chemical Brothers - Go +4 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean +3 Ariana Grande - hate that i made you love me +2 Tame Impala - Dracula +1 Olivia Rodrigo - The Cure -1 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun -2 Michael Jackson - Beat It -3 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In -4 Taylor Swift - I Knew It, I Knew You -5 Drake - Janice STFU

Depends whether it has also had 3 declines, in which case it would be either 'Dirty Diana' or a debut for 'Chicago' instead

My predictions for next week: Anotr ~ Talk To You (feat. 54 Ultra) - SCR Calvin Harris and Clementine Douglas ~ Blessings - SCR Ella Langley ~ Choosin' Texas - SCR Ella Langley ~ Be Her - SCR Ewan McVicar ~ Share the House - SCR Fleetwood Mac ~ Dreams - SCR Fleetwood Mac ~ Everywhere - SCR Fleetwood Mac ~ Landslide - SCR Harry Styles ~ American Girls - SCR Katy Perry ~ The One That Got Away - SCR Milky ~ Just the Way You Are - SCR Myles Smith ~ Stay (If You Wanna Dance) - SCR Olivia Rodrigo ~ Drop Dead - SCR (and starred out - edit: actually will prob. stay in as her 3rd track) Sam Fender and Olivia Dean ~ Rein Me In - SCR Sombr ~ Homewrecker - SCR Tame Impala ~ Dracula - SCR The Chemical Brothers ~ Go - ACR The Jackson 5 ~ I Want You Back - SCR Zara Larsson ~ Midnight Sun - SCR Zara Larsson ~ Lush Life - SCR

This week's new peaks on the Audio Streaming chart for songs either on ACR or starred out: 38 Michael Jackson - Chicago Despite still being only the 6th highest of his songs on this chart, I think it could enter the Top 40 officially next week, depending on the ACR fate of some of the others.

'Rein Me In' becomes the first song to remain in the Top 100 while on SCR for an entire year. Next week it will upgrade that achievement to the Top 40.

Listened to a few tracks earlier and surprised how like, well, The Cure it is!

A chart run of 2-3-4-1... could it happen?

'Billie Jean' has now had longer in the Top 10 since MJ's death than on its original run.

This is now Drake's longest running solo Top 10 hit since 'Toosie Slide' 6 years ago

Now The Chemical Brothers' outright longest running Top 10 hit, moving clear of 'Galvanize'!

Still puzzled as to how this avoided ACR a few weeks back

She will, but because of 'Rein Me In' which will get there first!

Still the only dance hit from 2026 itself to go Top 20. It's fine but both Prospa and Cloonee are capable of better.

'Fairytale Of New York' for one...

This has now been at every position from 11-20 this year alone (but no higher).

One of this year's BJSC entries from overpass, sent by LiamSime, getting a snippet played on the album top 5!

Same - Iggy's also peaked at #22!

Ty Dolla $ign has an 11th Top 30 hit, none of them as lead artist.