aidan755

I think the biggest issue is Greatest Hits albums should be removed from the chart and put on the already existing Compilation Album chart. The way they’ve done the rule where the top 2 songs are weighted down in line with the rest of the album has essentially rigged it for compilation albums to bloat the chart. They already moved soundtracks to that chart, but I think soundtracks have more of a place on the chart than Greatest Hits. ~35% of the Top 50 is currently Greatest Hits and they’ll never leave. I also think a recurrence rule like Billboard is more appropriate than ACR. 10 weeks is far too short to declare a song too old and it means established chart records are nearly impossible to be broken.

Aperture’s performance was obvious from first listen and I have to assume that Harry’s second single will be the radio friendly hit because there’s no way his team or the label would’ve expected this to be a huge smash.

Raye is an independent artist who has only recently found success after years of label and industry battles. It’s ridiculous to even think it’s the same level.

the Blood Records liquid variant (finally) shipped this week. It’s stunning!

It got a week at #1 when the album came out

I’ve always found it insane that the OCC removed soundtrack albums from the chart because they were hanging around too long but are allowing Greatest Hits albums to clog the Top 40. 1/3 of the entire Top 40 is Greatest Hits albums - they should be moved to the compilation chart. The Highlights by The Weeknd has spent 3 years in the Top 10 and will probably never leave the Top 40, same with Ed Sheeran’s compilation album. The weighting rule is nice in theory but it’s also unlike the rest of the world and clearly doesn’t work that well in practice. It’s almost impossible for albums to go platinum nowadays unless they’re mega smash albums - platinum shouldn’t be completely unachievable as it is now.

They need to create a separate album chart for Greatest Hits albums. They had no problem removing soundtracks when they were dominating and the Greatest Hits problem is way bigger.

I honestly don't understand why OCC removed soundtracks from the album chart but they still let greatest hits albums clog the charts like this. They should make a rule where the songs chart towards the parent album only. What Greatest Hits albums do to the chart in the streaming era is fundamentally different from when they were released in the physical/digital eras.

Do we think the label could request an ACR reset when Christmas is over? It deserves it. The 3 year rule is stupid when it comes to songs like this.

Does anyone think Bloody Mary by Gaga could get an ACR reset if the label request it after Christmas if the song holds up? Already at 107k on Spotify with huge jumps each day so would’ve been Top 50 in literally any other month and it deserves it cause it was never a single before.

I love Rihanna but sorry she doesn’t deserve an Oscar for this given she didn’t contribute to writing the song and that’s what the Best Original Song award is for.

This is just a PSA in general but you never actually need to buy the album for a presale code in the UK cause it goes against the chart rules. The artist’s websites always tell you to preorder and then in the small print it says “purchase not necessary” and you just sign up for free lol

Why are people still so against streaming in the year of 2022? It's the most accurate charts have ever been. Once you purchase a song that's it - you could never listen to it again. Streaming shows what songs are still popular months and years later and accurately reflects consumption. And music has never been so accessible you can discover as many new songs and artists as you want. Streaming is easily the best thing ever to happen to music.

I would love to know everyone's expectations with Charli's new album given the number of posts saying she's flopping? It's comparable to the release of Number One Angel and Pop 2, not 'Charli'. Its a quarantine album (aka mixtape) put together in 6 weeks and it's a digital only release with no promo and no features or charting songs leading up to the album. Is everyone forgetting that Charli was actually promoted on TV and was an era in the making for months. The fact she's Top 20 in the midweeks is very good given the fact that none of her other mixtapes have even charted.

Yeah, maybe because she’s shamelessly tagging on new songs every 5 minutes. First God Is A Dancer (which isn’t even her song) and now Boyfriend.