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Kelly Llorenna - nicely sung but a carbon copy cover.

Crashing out after too many sweet treats is Flo Rida. The single featured Wynter Gordon and was a slow burner, peaking at #18 in June 2009 a long way into its 17 week Top 75 run. Wynter Gordon would have another slow burning hit, this time solo with “Dirty Talk” in 2011. 6th: Flo Rida featuring Winter - Sugar 15/32 votes (47%) 7th: The Enemy - Away From Here 12/30 votes (40%) 8th: Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu 9/26 votes (35%) 9th: Brian McFadden - Irish Son 19/28 votes (68%) 10th: Richard Blackwood - Mama - Who Da Man? 15/27 votes (56%)

Both awful - but Afroman because why not

9th: The Killers - Mr Brightside 8/31 votes (26%) 10th: Guru Josh Project - Infinity 2008 8/37 votes (22%)

Hard to say on that. In the very long term “Shape Of You” is declining but not necessarily over a shorter period. Ed’s back catalogue had quite a big spike up in the middle 6 months of this year due to his new material. It’s fallen back a bit again now but might still be higher than at the beginning of this year.

Just this week’s or also previously? I estimated 44.5k this week.

All The Stars - #57 Austin now dying - #61

It will surely be back temporarily at least. I now think “Mutt” might fend it off to the year end though.

I’d actually take Wham! over an October #1 hanging on by default or an Amazon exclusive that most of the public hasn’t heard and can’t even access. There always seems to be this idea that we’re missing out on an exciting chart due to Christmas songs, but in reality it would largely be the same chart we’ve had for the last month with poorer numbers. Streaming patterns just aren’t all that exciting whatever rules you make.

Week 48: 1 1 Alex Warren Ordinary 2,041,000 2 2 Lola Young Messy 1,387,000 1,560,000 3 3 Chappell Roan Pink Pony Club 1,333,000 1,780,000 4 4 Rosé and Bruno Mars APT. 1,285,000 1,640,000 5 5 Huntr/x, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast Golden 1,169,000 6 6 Gracie Abrams That's So True 1,127,000 1,560,000 7 7 Benson Boone Beautiful Things 1,087,000 2,870,000 8 8 Ravyn Lenae Love Me Not 1,067,000 1,080,000 9 9 Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Die With A Smile 1,055,000 1,690,000 10 10 Chrystal The Days 961,000 1,130,000 11 11 Billie Eilish Birds Of A Feather 960,000 2,180,000 12 12 Chappell Roan Good Luck, Babe! 934,000 2,140,000 13 13 Teddy Swims Lose Control 919,000 2,750,000 14 14 Olivia Dean Man I Need 893,000 15 16 Sombr Back To Friends 838,000 16 15 Sabrina Carpenter Espresso 829,000 2,580,000 17 17 Gigi Perez Sailor Song 820,000 1,420,000 18 18 Sombr Undressed 815,000 19 19 Sabrina Carpenter Taste 806,000 1,600,000 20 20 Teddy Swims Bad Dreams 805,000 1,040,000 21 21 Teddy Swims The Door 786,000 1,450,000 22 22 Tate McRae Sports Car 779,000 23 23 Myles Smith Nice To Meet You 771,000 880,000 24 24 Myles Smith Stargazing 757,000 1,770,000 25 25 Sabrina Carpenter Manchild 746,000 26 26 Shaboozey A Bar Song (Tipsy) 731,000 2,070,000 27 27 WizTheMc & Bees & Honey Show Me Love 712,000 28 28 Alex Warren Carry You Home 704,000 1,000,000 29 30 Goo Goo Dolls Iris 698,000 4,510,000 30 29 Hozier Too Sweet 696,000 2,150,000 31 31 Noah Kahan Stick Season 690,000 3,210,000 32 32 The Killers Mr Brightside 683,000 6,750,000 33 34 Olivia Dean Nice To Each Other 681,000 34 33 Fleetwood Mac Dreams 667,000 3,890,000 35 35 Ed Sheeran Azizam 656,000 36 36 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast Soda Pop 643,000 37 37 Disco Lines & Tinashe No Broke Boys 639,000 38 38 MK featuring Chrystal Dior 620,000 39 39 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D. Somedays 615,000 1,090,000 40 40 Calvin Harris And Clementine Douglas Blessings 604,000 590,000 44 45 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean Rein Me In 581,000 45 55 Taylor Swift The Fate Of Ophelia 571,000 46 47 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast Your Idol 567,000 1,080,000 58 61 Ed Sheeran Sapphire 520,000 74 78 Huntr/x, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast How It's Done 475,000 82 - Raye Where Is My Husband! 452,000 84 85 Fred Again…, Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax Victory Lap 448,000 88 94 Sombr 12 To 12 442,000 97 - Huntr/x, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast What It Sounds Like 422,000 - 99 Stereophonics Dakota 418,000 2,720,000 - 100 Adam Porte and Stryv featuring Malachiii Move 413,000 880,000

Week 48: 1 1 Taylor Swift The Life Of A Showgirl 591,000 2 2 Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet 494,000 870,000 3 3 Ed Sheeran +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 384,000 490,000 4 4 Oasis Time Flies... 1994-2009 356,000 2,390,000 5 5 Fleetwood Mac 50 Years: Don't Stop 333,000 1,800,000 6 6 The Weeknd The Highlights 321,000 1,560,000 7 7 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 287,000 5,590,000 8 8 Sabrina Carpenter Man's Best Friend 266,000 9 9 Alex Warren You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 262,000 280,000 10 10 Elton John Diamonds 253,000 1,910,000 11 11 Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess 247,000 550,000 12 12 Sam Fender People Watching 246,000 13 13 Michael Jackson The Essential 238,000 2,080,000 14 14 Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard And Soft 232,000 580,000 15 15 Noah Kahan Stick Season 231,000 700,000 16 18 Tate McRae So Close To What 229,000 17 16 Charli XCX Brat 227,000 520,000 18 17 SZA SOS 226,000 710,000 19 19 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits 220,000 6,120,000 20 20 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 213,000 3,530,000 21 21 Arctic Monkeys AM 206,000 2,310,000 22 22 Linkin Park Papercuts 204,000 370,000 23 23 Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits 202,000 3,520,000 24 24 Oasis Definitely Maybe 201,000 3,000,000 25 29 Olivia Dean The Art Of Loving 197,000 26 25 Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department 195,000 980,000 27 26 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 188,000 680,000 28 27 Lady Gaga Mayhem 185,000 29 28 Olivia Rodrigo Sour 184,000 1,230,000 30 30 Gracie Abrams The Secret Of Us 173,000 310,000 31 31 Central Cee Can't Rush Greatness 154,000 32 32 Calvin Harris 96 Months 153,000 220,000 33 33 Queen Greatest Hits 153,000 3,190,000 34 34 Post Malone The Diamond Collection 153,000 490,000 35 36 Pitbull Greatest Hits 148,000 610,000 36 35 Benson Boone Fireworks & Rollerblades 148,000 270,000 37 37 Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine 147,000 330,000 38 38 Billy Joel Piano Man: The Very Best Of Billy Joel 146,000 1,690,000 39 39 Ed Sheeran ÷ 146,000 4,470,000 40 40 Maroon 5 Singles 140,000 980,000 58 63 Ed Sheeran Play 118,000 81 84 Dave The Boy Who Played The Harp 97,000

4/12: 1 1 Man I need (1) 2 2 The fate of Ophelia (1) 3 4 Where is my husband! (3) 4 3 Golden (1) 5 8 Last Christmas (1) 6 11 All I want for Christmas is you (1) 7 5 Ordinary (1) 8 6 So easy (6) 9 19 Rockin’ around the Christmas tree (3) 10 7 Nice to each other (5) 11 31 Underneath the tree (5) 12 13 Rein me in (7) 13 28 Santa tell me (5) 14 9 Opalite (2) 15 12 12 to 12 (8) 16 34 Jingle bell rock (4) 17 32 Fairytale of New York (2) 18 10 Soda pop (4) 19 14 No broke boys (3) 20 43 Merry Christmas everyone (1) 21 16 Back to friends (7) 22 15 Raindance (7) 23 36 Century (23) 24 - Do they know it’s Christmas? (1) 25 18 Die on this hill (18) 26 33 Phantom (26) 27 - Step Into Christmas (6) 28 - Sleigh ride (13) 29 - For good (19) 30 17 Your idol (7) 31 - Snowman (14) 32 - It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (4) 33 - It’s the most wonderful time of the year (7) 34 22 Manchild (1) 35 - Wonderful Christmastime (6) 36 - Nobody’s girl (36) 37 - No good deed (37) 38 21 How it’s done (13) 39 40 Tit for tat (7) 40 24 Pink pony club (2) 41 26 Undressed (4) 42 30 What it sounds like (18) 43 23 Tears (3) 44 27 Love me not (2) 45 41 Let alone the one you love (31) 46 - Holly jolly Christmas (15) 47 - Christmas (17) 48 - Happy Xmas (2) 49 25 A couple minutes (25) 50 29 Iris (3)

Love both but giving it to S Club by a whisker

It’s actually quite rare for a monster million selling song to also be a fantastic and forward looking piece of music but “Don’t You Want Me” manages that, and was just a whisker away from a 10. 9 The Human League Don't You Want Me 491st #1: my favourite ever Christmas #1, a 1.5 million seller, a US #1 and a brilliantly written and performed synthpop duet 8 Meat Loaf Dead Ringer For Love His only pre 1990 Top 10 hit with uncredited assistance from Cher: an epic feeling piece of storytelling excellently delivered 8 David Bowie Wild Is The Wind Orignally a 1957 film song, this version pays tribute to Nina Simone's cover, and it's a beautiful vocal performance from David 8 Gary Numan And Dramatis Love Needs No Disguise Only Top 40 for Gary's backing band alongside him: a small hit but a beautiful synth laden track with his usual futuristic delivery 7 Madness It Must Be Love A Labi Siffre cover that's now one of their signature songs: I do prefer the original but this piano led version suits them very well 7 Toyah Four More From Toyah EP Another quartet of tracks from them: the opener "Good Morning Universe" is very lovely, and the others are all very good too 7 Bucks Fizz The Land Of Make Believe 492nd #1: this is on the syrupy side for me but it is one of a kind and there's a sincerity and warmth to the lyrics and sound world 6 Status Quo Rock 'N' Roll This is very different from their usual chirpy chugging guitar sound: an interesting ballad with nice touches like the whistling 6 Godley And Creme Wedding Bells By far their biggest hit and it's very nice but missing the intensity of "Under Your Thumb" or their other more experimental work 6 Imagination Flashback Their 2nd #16 peaker in quick succession and another brooding and atmospheric but catchy British soul style track from them 5 Duran Duran My Own Way After a n excellent opening trio of singles this has a 4th single feel to it: it's decent but clearly weaker and less well remembered 5 Blue Rondo A La Turk Me And Mr Sanchez Only Top 40 for this UK jazz group who probably did other better things: this is a pleasant but fairly standard salsa style track 4 Bad Manners Buona Sera A Louis Prima track from 1956 turned into a ska hit: this isn't a bad effort at a reinvention but certainly doesn't feel essential 4 George Benson Turn Your Love Around This formed part of his greatest hits collection: it's very much his usual style and serviceable but doesn't stand out at all to me 3 Boney M We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World) Their last new Top 40 hit, which starts off quite promisingly but descends into a "Heal The World" child led turgid second part 1981 Group 21: #624 14/11/1981 Dollar Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour) 4 67-41-41-37-26-19-9-9-8-{4}-11-8-16-24-38-63-74->17 #625 28/11/1981 Showaddywaddy Footsteps 31 71-38-35-38-{31}-31-35-47-59->9 #626 12/12/1981 Adam And The Ants Ant Rap 3 9-4-4-4-{3}-5-15-23-32-63->10 #627 12/12/1981 Abba One Of Us 3 11-{3}-3-3-5-6-17-22-30-65->10 #628 12/12/1981 The Police Spirits In The Material World 12 28-13-{12}-12-15-18-38-54->8 #629 12/12/1981 Rod Stewart Young Turks 11 41-23-{11}-11-14-14-21-25-38->9 #630 12/12/1981 Jon And Vangelis I'll Find My Way Home 6 46-26-10-10-9-8-{6}-7-11-19-25-47-73->13 #631 12/12/1981 Altered Images I Could Be Happy 7 51-29-20-20-10-{7}-10-13-17-27-37-57->12 #632 12/12/1981 Foreigner Waiting For A Girl Like You 8 58-30-19-19-12-11-{8}-11-13-15-39-43-65->13 #633 12/12/1981 Chas And Dave Stars Over 45 21 59-36-{21}-21-27-24-34-47->8 #634 12/12/1981 The Snowmen Hokey Cokey 18 68-40-{18}-18-23-28-33-52->8 #635 19/12/1981 Kool And The Gang Get Down On It 3 52-26-26-7-{3}-4-5-8-14-20-32-55->12 19/12/1981 John And Yoko And The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir Happy Xmas (War Is Over) {1981} 28 63-{28}-28-36-74->5 19/12/1981 Slade Merry Xmas Everybody {1981} 20 56-32-32-59-67R(50)-67-72-72R(48)-35-{20}-20-20-67R(49)-47-48-67->16 #636 12/12/1981 Brown Sauce I Wanna Be A Winner 15 75-64-33-33-31-20-23-{15}-19-25-34-51->12 #637 19/12/1981 The Four Tops Don't Walk Away 16 58-37-37-26-23-19-{16}-18-21-27-58->11 #638 19/12/1981 Holly And The Ivys Christmas On 45 40 66-{40}-40-40->4

Aww “Star Girl” is lovely and I’d put it in my McFly top 3. “Something Kinda Shouty” rightfully blocked.

Ms Jackson ❤️

I’ll give this one to Nickelback for their only great song.

Oh for me “Nasty Girl” >>> “Smack That”. The latter is quite a bit better than “Just Lose It” but it’s still Eminem showing his puerile side.

I tend to see 2005 as a bit of a chart nadir, I guess because of physical sales going down the pan, the Elvis fiasco and downloads coming in so late. But this reminds me that there was actually plenty to love - the last 5 are all brilliant.

Estimated - there’s never any retrospective correction

“It’s Chico Time” isn’t exactly good but does sound better than a lot of the talent show dross when you listen to it now. “Nasty Girl” is pretty good, though I probably wouldn’t put it very much higher as I suspect the quality will be ramping up fairly quickly soon.

Haha interesting. I think December 1 will really be the acid test regarding whether “Last Christmas” will continue to underperform relative to previous years. Of course “Last Christmas” will have pretty high numbers on Boxing Day so should be well ahead of “Mr Brightside” in the mids going towards the New Year chart, though “Mr Brightside” will start to come back over Twixmas and then get a big boost on New Year’s Eve / Day.

I have “Dakota” doing about 8k per week, so if it drops out it could come back once it leapfrogs “Cruel Sunmer” and “Burning Down”. I’m guessing those two have 1 more week above “Dakota” but could be wrong.

“Where Is My Husband!” in for “Move” this week. Not 100% sure if “What It Sounds Like” will be this week or next week, possibly at the expense of “Dakota”.

Oh interesting that this has entered from Olivia. I’d have preferred it to have been “Baby Steps” but this is nice too.