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1 21P 2 King Gizzard 3 Biffy

1 Mark and Raye 2 Tyla 3 Blusher Addison

Does “Ordinary” stream best when it’s 15 degrees and a grey sky?

Coming soon… and somebody is looking rather smug about it.

Apologies slightly late 1 A-ha - Take on Me 2 Mary J. Blige - Family Affair 3 Elton John - I’m Still Standing 4 Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending 5 James Blake - Loading 6 Addison Rae - Times Like These 7 The Saturdays - All Fired Up 8 Christina Aguilera - Fighter 9 Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding - Miracle 10 Pet Shop Boys - Rent 11 CHVRCHES - Graves 12 SASAMI - Just Be Friends 13 Damiano David - Born With a Broken Heart 14 Charlie Puth - How Long 15 Enrique Iglesias feat. Ciara - Takin’ Back My Love 16 Fifth Harmony feat. Ty Dolla $ign - Work From Home

Because they’re only tracking the post 94 sales, I think that means that if something already has a 2x platinum certification it will only go to 3x platinum on having 1.8 million of post 94 sales. So we don’t get to see those huge old hits hitting the lower download and streaming milestones.

Week 24: 1 2 Alex Warren Ordinary 980,000 2 1 Lola Young Messy 946,000 1,120,000 3 3 Rosé and Bruno Mars APT. 891,000 1,250,000 4 4 Gracie Abrams That's So True 785,000 1,220,000 5 5 Chappell Roan Pink Pony Club 746,000 1,190,000 6 6 Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Die With A Smile 725,000 1,360,000 7 7 Chrystal The Days 637,000 800,000 8 8 Billie Eilish Birds Of A Feather 606,000 1,830,000 9 9 Benson Boone Beautiful Things 601,000 2,390,000 10 10 Chappell Roan Good Luck, Babe! 584,000 1,790,000 11 11 Gigi Perez Sailor Song 546,000 1,140,000 12 12 Sabrina Carpenter Espresso 528,000 2,280,000 13 13 Teddy Swims Lose Control 527,000 2,360,000 14 14 Sabrina Carpenter Taste 525,000 1,320,000 15 15 Teddy Swims Bad Dreams 496,000 740,000 16 17 Tate McRae Sports Car 482,000 17 16 Teddy Swims The Door 480,000 1,150,000 18 18 Myles Smith Nice To Meet You 469,000 580,000 19 19 Shaboozey A Bar Song (Tipsy) 442,000 1,780,000 20 20 Myles Smith Stargazing 439,000 1,450,000 21 24 Ravyn Lenae Love Me Not 438,000 22 21 Kendrick Lamar Not Like Us 430,000 1,050,000 23 22 Hozier Too Sweet 423,000 1,890,000 24 23 Lady Gaga Abracadabra 411,000 25 25 Alex Warren Carry You Home 407,000 710,000 26 26 Noah Kahan Stick Season 401,000 2,920,000 27 27 Sabrina Carpenter Please Please Please 394,000 1,540,000 28 28 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D. Somedays 383,000 850,000 29 29 Sabrina Carpenter Bed Chem 375,000 770,000 30 32 WizTheMc & Bees & Honey Show Me Love 375,000 31 30 Sabrina Carpenter Busy Woman 371,000 32 31 Doechii Anxiety 362,000 33 33 Chappell Roan Hot To Go! 354,000 1,010,000 34 34 Kendrick Lamar & Sza Luther 347,000 440,000 35 36 The Killers Mr Brightside 346,000 6,410,000 36 35 Gracie Abrams I Love You, I'm Sorry 345,000 830,000 37 37 The Weeknd and Playboi Carti Timeless 331,000 560,000 38 39 Sam Fender People Watching 328,000 430,000 39 38 Kendrick Lamar & Sza All The Stars 327,000 2,240,000 40 41 Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen I Had Some Help 325,000 1,240,000 47 48 Ed Sheeran Azizam 307,000 52 59 Sombr Undressed 277,000 62 70 Sombr Back To Friends 248,000 71 74 Morgan Seatree featuring Florence + The Machine Say My Name (Remix) 228,000 78 82 Benson Boone Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 219,000 82 84 Sonny Fodera & Clementine Douglas Tell Me 217,000 And the new and re-entries are… Nothing! 😮

Week 24: 1 1 Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet 330,000 700,000 2 2 Ed Sheeran +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 200,000 300,000 3 3 Sam Fender People Watching 180,000 4 5 Fleetwood Mac 50 Years: Don't Stop 159,000 1,630,000 5 4 The Weeknd The Highlights 158,000 1,390,000 6 6 Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess 151,000 450,000 7 7 SZA SOS 148,000 630,000 8 8 Elton John Diamonds 143,000 1,800,000 9 9 Charli XCX Brat 132,000 420,000 10 10 Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard And Soft 131,000 480,000 11 11 Tate McRae So Close To What 129,000 12 12 Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department 127,000 910,000 13 13 Lady Gaga Mayhem 126,000 14 14 Central Cee Can't Rush Greatness 124,000 15 15 Noah Kahan Stick Season 121,000 590,000 16 16 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits 117,000 6,020,000 17 17 Oasis Time Flies... 1994-2009 115,000 2,150,000 18 18 Michael Jackson The Essential 114,000 1,950,000 19 20 Arctic Monkeys AM 111,000 2,210,000 20 19 Gracie Abrams The Secret Of Us 110,000 250,000 21 21 Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits 108,000 3,420,000 22 22 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 104,000 2,650,000 23 24 Linkin Park Papercuts 95,000 270,000 24 23 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 95,000 590,000 25 26 Olivia Rodrigo Sour 93,000 1,140,000 26 25 The Weeknd Hurry Up Tomorrow 92,000 27 27 Kendrick Lamar GNX 91,000 150,000 28 28 Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine 88,000 270,000 29 29 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 87,000 5,390,000 30 30 Alex Warren You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 85,000 110,000 31 32 Calvin Harris 96 Months 83,000 150,000 32 31 PartyNextDoor & Drake $ome $exy $ongs 4 U 83,000 33 33 Benson Boone Fireworks & Rollerblades 82,000 200,000 34 34 Queen Greatest Hits 81,000 3,120,000 35 36 Pitbull Greatest Hits 78,000 550,000 36 35 Teddy Swims I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 2 76,000 37 37 Post Malone The Diamond Collection 75,000 410,000 38 38 Ed Sheeran ÷ 74,000 4,410,000 39 39 Fontaines D.C. Romance 73,000 190,000 40 40 Maroon 5 Singles 72,000 910,000 78 84 Sleep Token Even In Arcadia 50,000 “Rebel Diamonds” by The Killers is back, replacing “The Very Best Of Bob Dylan”

I think we’re already there thanks to “Show Me Love” dropping off quite quickly! 19/6: 1 - Manchild (1) 2 1 Ordinary (1) 3 2 Love me not (2) 4 3 Pink pony club (2) 5 4 Undressed (4) 6 5 Family matters (5) 7 11 Back to friends (7) 8 7 Blessings (7) 9 - Sapphire (9) 10 9 Azizam (3) 11 8 Show me love (4) 12 6 Just Keep Watching (6) 13 10 Messy (1) 14 13 Beautiful things (1) 15 17 Can’t decide (15) 16 16 Shake it to the max (16) 17 14 APT (2) 18 15 Birds of a feather (2) 19 12 Bloodline (11) 20 21 Mystical magical (20) 21 - Dior (21) 22 18 The days (5) 23 20 That’s so true (1) 24 24 Good luck, babe! (2) 25 - Nice to each other (25) 26 27 Lose control (2) 27 23 Die with a smile (3) 28 19 Sports car (7) 29 33 One thing (29) 30 22 Hairdresser (22) 31 25 Carry you home (16) 32 32 Espresso (1) 33 28 Bad dreams (13) 34 30 Taste (1) 35 29 Stargazing (6) 36 26 Nice to meet you (12) 37 31 The door (13) 38 39 Dreams (22) 39 - Fame is a gun (39) 40 35 Sailor song (2) 41 36 A bar song (2) 42 37 Party 4 u (35) 43 44 Nokia (18) 44 42 Iris (3) 45 34 Revolving door (17) 46 40 Too sweet (1) 47 43 Mr Brightside (10) 48 38 Busy woman (11) 49 - The glen (49) 50 - People watching (11)

“Gravel Pit” is great and easily the best in this lacklustre bunch!

He’s had it pretty bad in most of these polls and Usher gets the boot again. This was his 3rd straight Top 5 hit following his ‘00s comeback, reaching #5 in October 2001. It was the middle of 3 consecutive singles with “U” as the first word. 6th: Usher - U Got It Bad 9/30 votes (30%) 7th: Jay Sean - Ride It 11/31 votes (35%) 8th: McFly - The Heart Never Lies 10/31 votes (32%) 9th: Emma Bunton - Downtown 12/31 votes (39%) 10th: JoJo featuring Bow Wow - Baby It’s You 9/33 votes (27%)

Not surprised she’s never felt like this before as she never had to suffer such an early exit with her badmates. Despite having been a key songwriter in All Saints this was her only solo Top 40, reaching #8 in January 2004. It does mean all of the All Saints members had at least one Top 10 outside the band. 9th: Shaznay Lewis - Never Felt Like This Before 7/28 votes (25%) 10th: True Steppers featuring Dane Bowers - Buggin’ 14/34 votes (41%)

Surprised to have lasted until na na na is Akon. This was 1 of his 12 Top 10 hits, entering in October 2008 and taking 9 weeks to peak at #6. There was a subsequent lawsuit because the song had taken elements from “Remember” by Summer Love. 3rd: Akon - Right Now (Na Na Na) 16/29 votes (55%) 4th: Lemar - 50/50 14/29 votes (48%) 5th: Destiny’s Child - Emotion 10/30 votes (33%) 6th: Mariah Carey - Get Your Number / Shake It Off 9/30 votes (30%) 7th: Cast Of High School Musical - Breaking Free 8/31 votes (26%) 8th: George Michael - Freeek! 11/32 votes (34%) 9th: Geraldine - The Winner’s Song 13/30 votes (43%) 10th: Peter Andre - Insania 13/33 (39%)

Ordinary 5 Manchild 4 So I can’t get too invested in this battle. That said I wouldn’t put “I Believe” or “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You)” above 5 either so I won’t be mad if Alex surpasses those - he might as well achieve something interesting if he returns and avoids ACR.

Will be interesting to see if they’re in ChartsPlus, which usually comes out late tonight.

Always nice to get a fresh winner - very well done Dan! And great job Bray. Thanks for the couple of votes for poor Bobby and Yo Yo - I guess I went way too far out of the room with this one!

30 The Beatles- In My Life 29 Fleetwood Mac- The Chain 28 Simon & Garfunkel- The Sound Of Silence 27 Lykke Li- I Follow Rivers 26 Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb 25 Arctic Monkeys- 505 24 Tame Impala- Let It Happen 23 Michael Kiwanuka- Cold Little Heart 22 Frank Ocean- Lost 21 The Who- Baba O'Riley 20 Arctic Monkeys- I Wanna Be Yours 19 The XX- Intro 18 Alt-J- Breezeblocks 17 Billie Eilish- You Should See Me In A Crown 16 Lord Huron- The Night We Met 15 Woodkid- Run Boy Run 14 Pixies- Where Is My Mind 13 Tame Impala- The Less I Know The Better 12 Billy Joel- Piano Man 11 Royal Blood- Figure It Out 10 Gorillaz- On Melancholy Hill 9 Master KG ft. Nomcebo- Jerusalema 8 Foals- Mountain At My Gates 7 Kendrick Lamar- Swimming Pools (Drank) 6 Childish Gambino- L.E.S. 5 Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here 4 The Rolling Stones- Gimme Shelter 3 David Bowie- Changes 2 Adele- Turning Tables 1 Duke Dumont- Ocean Drive

5 Love Me Not 4 Back To Friends 3 Pink Pony Club 2 Undressed 1 Blessings -1 Family Matters -2 Azizam -3 Ordinary -4 Manchild -5 Sapphire

OK I will now switch to Akonanana

Lemar has been eliminated without having chance to ask the audience or phone a friend. This reached #5 in November 2003 and was the 2nd of 7 Top 10 hits for the “Fame Academy” star. His hits continued as late as 2010, so he was by far the biggest mainstream success story to come out of the show. 4th: Lemar - 50/50 14/29 votes (48%) 5th: Destiny’s Child - Emotion 10/30 votes (33%) 6th: Mariah Carey - Get Your Number / Shake It Off 9/30 votes (30%) 7th: Cast Of High School Musical - Breaking Free 8/31 votes (26%) 8th: George Michael - Freeek! 11/32 votes (34%) 9th: Geraldine - The Winner’s Song 13/30 votes (43%) 10th: Peter Andre - Insania 13/33 (39%)

Riding the wave of elimination is Jay Sean. This was only his 5th highest peakig hit, reaching #11 in January 2008 but having a good chart run. Regard would go on to reach #2 with a cover in 2019. 7th: Jay Sean - Ride It 11/31 votes (35%) 8th: McFly - The Heart Never Lies 10/31 votes (32%) 9th: Emma Bunton - Downtown 12/31 votes (39%) 10th: JoJo featuring Bow Wow - Baby It’s You 9/33 votes (27%)

Buggin’ us no more are the True Steppers. This was the garage duo’s debut hit featuring Dane Bowers formerly of 911. It reached #6 in April 2000, but of course their biggest hit would come later in the year with Victoria Beckham. 10th: True Steppers featuring Dane Bowers - Buggin’ 14/34 votes (41%)

I guess we don’t know yet whether “Shake It To The Max” is silver. It will need to be there or very close to enter. “Arm’s Length” is gone I think, meaning there’s a small chance “Prada” could survive. They might both be out though.

Spoiler I love Caroline and Tom. He’s so sweet, and she’s the quintessential posh British housewife with a surprising killer instinct. Delighted they won, but I do like all the others a lot too. But yes they totally must encourage (if not compel) whoever’s leading to pull back and whoever’s trailing to push forward to make it as exciting as possible. Which is fine really - it’s more fun when they’re all getting in at roughly the same time. When a pair is leading by miles they always say “we need to take some time out and recharge”, or they do a job that waylays them for a day and only makes them like £10. I reckon they also encourage the teams to take different routes so they can get more variety of scenery and cities in. It’s all good: it’s still a great show.