Official Singles Chart on 1/4/2016

chart is joke

I would love to see All Saints on the charts again. One Strike is so underated, one of the best singles of the year

I just noticed - there are no new singles in the SALES top 40! This means no-one is buying anything new. For the past seven days - any new pop single releases - haven't charted in the top 40. I can't recall that ever happening in the pre-internet chart era (expect perhaps the first week of January). Few singles were released in the first week of a new year.

It's amazing how streaming has completely altered the buying habit of singles. We could get to a point when downloads are no longer relevant and the chart sales are based purely on streaming.That will mean the UK Top 40 is no longer a sales chart. Just some weird 'streaming = sales' chart.

As Pekka mentioned, the Pet Shop Boys new single, The Pop Kids, hasn't charted in this official 'combined sales' chart. I'm sure the single would have charted in the pre-internet top 40. Unless a group/artist has a decent streaming fanbase, there's little chance of chart success. The chart has completely changed and I reckon many would chart fans would say it's not an improvement over the pre-internet version!

Where is PET SHOP BOYS? Their new single is just a perfect dance track! And it´s not here. WHY? What is ur excuse?

Where is PET SHOP BOYS???? Their new single "The Pop Kids" is one of their best singles in years! Such a perfect dance track and U guys there in the UK don´t take no notice of it! Shame on you! This current nro 1 is...listenable but certainly not nro 1 material! I´ve always trusted U guys to show the rest of us what is worth buying and to listen to but my trust is now fading so fast! Or is the reason the steaming and other s....it that is making a difference? Please tell me! These days I only go through the sales chart or is it any different compared to the "official" chart? I´m from Finland and I have been following the UK singles and albums chart since 1980 and I don´t think that these charts these days are worth anything! I so miss RADIO LUXEMBURG! ( Spelled wrong but U know what I mean ) UR´s Pekka (Peter in English)

Interesting to see a few oldies back in the sales chart. Killers @ 32, Eagles @
53, Guns N' Roses @ 58, Tracy Chapman @ 61, Foster The People @ 63 and
McAlmont & Butler @ 74

The charts really r rubbish nowadays

Another week goes by and no new songs in the top 40. :( 2016 is proof the combined sales chart doesn't work with regard to getting fresh music into the chart week in week out. Physical sales keep the flame of the old format alive but physical sales are not relevant to people streaming their favourite songs.

Sia's "Cheap Thrills" is number 1 in Ireland! Hoping she can go number 1 in Scotland next week, let alone the whole UK!

Cheap Thrills is officially Sia's highest charting solo hit in the UK.

Terra Naomi also deserves to be No.1 with Help You Fly. Please check out her video and support her album campaign on INDIEGOGO. Thank you in advance.

Where is Clare Maguire with Elizabeth Taylor? Deserves to be No.1, as does her new album Stranger Things Have Happened which is released on 27th May.

2nd week that Pet Shop Boys are in the midweek uk top-100 and not at the end of the week

I am amazed to see Mr Brightside up to 53 after all these years.