Jess Glynne claims seventh Number 1 single with I'll Be There and sets new Official Chart record

According to me Jess Glynne has had 3 number one singles. "Hold My Hand" , "Don't Be So Hard On Yourself" and "I'll Be There". The number one should only go to the lead singer of a song and not just a featured artist and if the credit is say for instance 'One Kiss' by Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa then this should count only as a double act and not a solo number one for either. I mean if they're saying that Jess Glynne has had 7 number one's then everyone who has ever sung on 'Do They Know It's Christmas' would be claiming a number one single. By saying that every time an artist is featured on a single they're credited with having a hit it puts everything out of proportion . It's like Jay-Z , Rihanna and Drake are quite often credited with having more solo hits than they really have had. There has to be a line drawn somewhere to keep things in context !!

I agree. Rihanna has a total of 9 number ones but only 6 of them are as a solo artist or main artist. Her other 3 are as a featured artist. However, Kylie has 7 number ones as a solo artist, so she should be the second female artist with more number one singles. All Geri's number ones are by her own, not like Jess, so I wouldn't consider this "a chart record"

It would be 11 number 1s for Geri. 7 with Spice Girls and 4 as a solo artist.

You're right in saying that Rihanna has had 6 solo number one's but Kylie only had 6 because the duet with Jason Donovan is a different act all together. Had it been featuring Jason Donovan then Kylie would have had the 7 that you mentioned. That's what I was trying to say. You have to draw the line somewhere. It's like I said about Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa being a totally separate act. If you go back further to the 60's then you'll see that Cliff Richard and The Shadows were always listed as a separate act. Also when 'Sacrifice' by Elton John made the top spot in 1990 it was regarded as his first solo number one because 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' was a duet between him and Kiki Dee. Do you see what I mean now? It's also like saying that John Travolta has had 2 number one's in his own right which of course he hasn't because the two number one's he had with Olivia Newton-John were quite clearly duets and should be counted separately. Going back to what I said in my last post everyone who sang on the Band Aid single would claim credit for having a number one which would open up a can of worms. Another example would be Paul Young who sang the first line on the original Band Aid single. He's had one number one and not two . When a duet is defined by the word " And " as appose to with or featuring it's quite clear that the acts who dueted should be known by that title. I don't like the way that the OCC claim these type of chart records. I mean if that's the case then according to them Rihanna has had over 60 top 40 singles, which is rubbish because she was featured on about half of the hits she appeared on.

Yes, I understand your point of view and I think you're right about it. Sadly, there's an almost invisible line between what can be considered a duet, a collaboration or a featuring. I would like to know how the charts will consider the new Beyoncé/Jay-Z album, When they have called themselves "The Carters". Will it be like a completly new act? Or will it be incluided like a new album for both of them after Lemonade and 4:44, respetivily?

I'm not the only one who thinks like this, thank you for your support. The Jay-Z/Beyonce album should be under C for Carters and not added to their chart totals because it's a totally separate act all together . I think a lot of these false claims are down to the record companies and the artists PR's to be honest. It's all down to promotional reasons. Years ago ( back in the 60's -80's there was hardly any featured artists on singles which made everything easier. Nowadays you have producers who can't sing who use singers that are normally in the public eye to help them sell records which has caused this problem. Back in the 80's when the Guinness singles books were out every act was listed separately and no duets were added to solo listings. The only thing they did was say underneath an act See Also.... For instance Sharpe And Numan was See Also Gary Numan. Things were simpler back then. Like I've said there has to be a line drawn to keep things in perspective otherwise they might go back and credit anyone who had a song on the Jive Bunny number one's or anything that's been sampled. For instance will they now give ABBA 10 number one's because "Gimme,Gimme,Gimme (A Man After Midnight) was sampled on Madonna's "Hung Up" ? I hope the OCC read this and take note because it's becoming a farce just like the way the charts are compiled.

Yes! Ha ha ha. Calvin Harris has a lot of number 1s just for being the producer of the single when actually it seems that he is a featured artist. Well, you're right in everything you've said. I think that if a song is not performed by two or more voices, it shouldn't be consider a proper collaboration between two or more artists. If Calvin gets a number one just for playing a guitar or a rapper gets a number one just for rapping during a minute, why a sampled artist can't get it?

One Kiss. And given that this is its tenth week, I'd assume so.

Yes, according to Alan Jones (Music Week), One Kiss is no.1 on 46,159 without ACR vs. 37,959 sales for Jess Glynne, so again she gets a number because of ACR. Without ACR she would still only have 5 no.1s....Just goes to show what a mockery ACR is.....

Of course if we excluded streams entirely both her 6th and 7th no.1 have reached No.1 on the sales chart.....

Pleased you finally liking leave a light on piran, it's taken a long time to finally get to the top 10 especially after just missing the top 40 first time around! Is a great week with loads of great tracks on the climb!

Yeah, it's growing on me a little bit. It was actually #1 over on the sales chart this week!