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Presumably it was too difficult for the presenters of GB News to count to 16 weeks. They had hurty brains 😢

Generally your list is great… but Human is awful! The bit where he says “whilst you were away I was human too” is one of the cringiest lyrics I’ve heard! 😂

Elvis as well… but this will get tough real soon

Roxette are a big childhood favourite of mine, their singles from the first two albums are really wonderful pop songs

Obviously I would love to see a revival for this, but I don’t see it happening past the immediate tour effect. I was over the moon to see it pass one million in sales consumption this week though, I wouldn’t have thought it was anywhere near so that was such a lovely surprise

Excellent choice of #1! I fully approve... will post my order later once I've had chance to listen to everything again

Thread sponsored by Espresso, a song I am loving this year just two years after the rest of y’all

That’s great sales for any song from the early 90s!! Take out the rare long runners like Whitney & Bryan Adams and I suspect Meat Loaf sold quite a bit more than the vast majority of other #1s This list will be heavily biased towards the second half of the 90s when sales were significantly better so any acts from 90-94 will have done really well to feature

Ah that’s nice to know, thank you! I’m still not confident about our chances this month but as long as it gains a few fans then I’ll be happy ☺️

How did Rare DM go down? I’m expecting it to only scrape through at best as it’s a grower and not really pop enough… but I can’t resist the cheap goth video and the synth vibe. When she jumps from behind bin bags 😂

Lots of songs I like now… Papa Don’t Preach is my favourite to feature so far but I definitely do prefer at least two of the remaining tracks so it would be top 3 at best. The one I’m not sure about is George Michael, I really can’t recall it at all which makes me think I’m not bothered about it at all. I did have a flick through the video of it you posted but it still doesn’t really sound that familiar, even though I’ve definitely heard it before as I bought his best of.

Bizarrely, you could actually semi argue that Dear Jessie signposted I’m Breathless

I’ve always thought that Act of Contrition signposted the way for I’m Breathless

To be fair, I don’t believe there’s anything out there to definitely suggest they haven’t been counted - aside from it generating less of a sales increase than may have been hoped for. It’s possible that iTunes album sales really are just that low

I could have sworn anything above £3.75 counts. What makes you think they haven’t been counted?

I do! Not everything by any means but I prefer to have downloads for now of things I want in the versions I like rather than just what’s on a streaming platform. I appreciate I’m very much in the minority though!

For such a huge albums act, REM really never managed to crack the singles chart at all.

Sounds like maybe, you’re gonna be the one that saves you

I can see where you’re coming from here… the original Confessions definitely has a core group of amazing tracks but it did also have a few that weren’t up to that (very high) standard - either through very clunky lyrics or just not being as strong. I absolutely forgive them in the album as everything else is so strong but I usually switch it off after Isaac and even then I’d skip How High if it wasn’t mixed in. Confessions II is a very different experience but I agree that there’s nothing on it I’d consider to be bad. We’ve listened to it about ten times over on holiday and it’s just really strong album - even Bring Your Love and Love Sensation have grown on me; albeit they’re still the least essential tracks for me. The former does work well before Dancetaria though. For me it’s a very different project to the original Confessions and all the better for it. It’s just smart marketing to link the album back to it to get people to listen and generate much more media interest. My only slight grumble is I’m not mad on the aesthetics for the album, but I’ll wait until I’m back in the UK to judge it properly in person.

I’ll need to think on this one but it definitely doesn’t remind me that much of the first Confessions album.

Dancing On My Own in the top 100 for the first time <3

Exactly! I can’t tell you how much I’m willing it to happen!! 😂

Oh I would honestly vote Binface between those two. Would be the most amusing thing ever if Nige lost to the Count! And honestly, if all the opposition aren’t standing and it goes to a vote for or against Farage then there is a chance Binface could do pretty well

Haha - not saying there won’t be others, but there’s definitely one song I think has a very broad appeal

I’ve only heard the few I knew before the contest and I think there’s a good chance one of them will landslide it as well