Tones and I's Dance Monkey is now the longest-running Number 1 single by a female since Leona Lewis’s Bleeding Love

Yeah these days it's really difficult to achieve a no.1 for longer than 6 weeks with acr so 7 weeks and still going strong is an absolute record breaking achievement that not many singles will ever be able to do! Thanks for pointing that out :)

Yeah, I thought it went up in performance from last week, so I guess your comment confirms that. Not sure why 'Dance Monkey' actually recovered this week though.

I'm going to be annoyed if this means 'Don't Start Now' ends up getting blocked!

Actually i may be wrong. While total streams went from 9.33 m to 9.6 m, sales equivalent streams fell from 73,031 to 72,527...so it may still be on its 2nd week decline towards ACR...

Interesting.

This is what I found from the OCC's current chart rules document;

"New releases will have a streaming to sales ratio of 150:1 (or as otherwise amended by the CSC) applied for the combining of chart eligible transactions. This ratio will be known as Standard Chart Ratio (SCR).
After 3 consecutive weeks of decline a stream to sale ratio of 300:1 (or as otherwise amended by the CSC) can be applied. This is also known as Accelerated Chart Ratio (ACR).
Decline is defined as negative week on week variance of combined sales and streams AND negative variance lower than the market rate of change week on week."

Based on this extract, it seems to imply that if a song falls on sales equivalent streaming, the ACR clock still runs. Unless, of course, a song gets a massive surge in downloads.

Combined sales and streams also fell to 82,944 vs. 84,488 last week, while the market increased so yes, 2nd week of the ACR ticking clock this week...
If it had been on ACR this week, then Dua Lipa would have been no.1 by about 3,000 sales....

I think one of the reasons streaming continues to stay high is the song has legs, like Australia, it took 9 weeks to get to number 1 and it seems to be refreshing it's streamers. One drops off another joins and the cycle continues

I am worried too Dua lipa "Don't start now " might be blocked. looks like it's going to keep up on the top spot for a month unless JUSTIN bieber release /Adele .Just like Giant Calvin Harris was kept off for a long time this year

It really comes down to whether or not anything can pass it before 'Dance Monkey' goes on ACR in two weeks. At the moment, 'Everything I Wanted' by Billie Eilish already appears to be looking like an early contender! :O

I guess, since 'Dance Monkey' is the kind of song that either grows on people so quickly that they get tired of it about a month later, or takes a very long time to creep up on them, haha.

So we've got another two weeks before 'Dance Monkey' takes a drop from #1, but looking at the margins, it might be too late for Dua Lipa by then, especially since Billie Eilish has already passed her significantly on Spotify.

true it's my first time liking Billie song after Lovely the rest never liked billie at all but the new one i like it

Cool! I guess 'Everything I Wanted' is a bit softer for a Billie Eilish song than usual.

I could see this one doing a lot better on pop radio than her other singles have! :)

It's clean and friendly radio the others sounded scary for me

Yeah, I'm actually surprised that 'Bad Guy' became as big as it did, especially given how dark the song was. I still enjoyed it as a whole, but it's definitely an anomaly for hit music in 2019! :P

Unfortunately here in south africa when the remix with JB it ruined the charts she peaked #3 spent few weeks in the top 10 became the biggest dropper from #3 to 12 and only track to be in the chart.

It's very rare that a remix actually decreases a song's performance. It looks like SA really didn't take to the JB version at all then! :O

I know I thought so .my observations thought that she would endure in the chart unfortunately not. It's big suprises on my chart

yah didn't. will chat tomorrow on Billboard chart update

See you then! :)

I just posted a comment your new chart over on Crown Note.

Grime music. Nonsense, is this what our music industry has sunk to?

It's been this way since like 2012 though.

Some grime artists like Stormzy & Dave often put out consistently good tunes, but the problem is the songs that are entering the charts now by the lesser known artists mostly sound the same!

At 5.30 pm today, AEST, we will know if the song has become the longest number 1 ever in Australia, it currently stands at 16 weeks. The song is also celebrating it's 4th week at number 1 on the World Charts

That would be an incredible achievement!

We have to remember that Tones & I is only 19 years old, who was busking on the streets just six months now... now she's possibly about to have the longest #1 single ever in her home country. :O

Yes, Byron bay, just down the road from where I am, although I must point out, here in Oz 50k is just down the road :)

Oh, you're from Australia yourself? That's awesome!

So I guess 'Dance Monkey' getting so much radio play there hasn't made you tired of it just yet? ;)

Not really, funny thing is I do actually prefer Johnny runaway, she wrote the song about her Best Friend and the struggles he endured coming out in his community and no it isn't depressing lol, I do believe that song is the next release in the UK

And Yes Tones & I is still no.1 in Australia setting a new record of 16 weeks (also consecutive)

Yes, awesome. She is also number 3 on the largest salesby an Aussie Artist ever and seems assured on reaching number 1. She is also number 10 of all time sales, but will never get to number one there as that chart is done by pcm and a certain swedish group with a question about our ability to hear the drums will forever hold that with a 23.6% pcm

Interesting. I'd have thought 'Never Seen The Rain' would be the more likely follow-up hit in the UK, since that officially came after 'Dance Monkey' back in Australia, while 'Johnny Run Away' had already been out for a little while.

'Dance Monkey' really stands out for me as something unique & insanely addictive, so that has to be my favourite of the three, but the other two songs we've already mentioned are still awesome! :D