Official Singles Chart on 6/5/2016

I agree with you on point B. As much as it would be cool for Calvin Harris toget another number 1 it would be a kick in the if This is What You Came For hit number 1 considering Feel So Close didn't. TIWYCF is so bland, Calvin Harris is losing his style.

Nah there's been songs that dropped out the entire charts from the top 10. I think last year's Voice winner did that.

Or you can search Wikipedia for List of UK Chart Statistics.

Most of the songs came from digital sales and not streaming coz her songs are -dal exclusive! That's impressive but streaming views from YouTube and Vevo ruined it! The charts nowadays are a whole mess!

Pretty predictable, just like David Bowie's songs dropped like a stone

Thats not true, very rarely happened before streaming

uhh, what? no. the last time a song has stayed in the top 100 for at least 70 weeks was in 2014, the year streaming was added to the mix. there were only nine songs in 2015 that managed to stay in the charts for between 50 to 69 weeks, and some of them were actually international hits

Browse some charts from 1997-98 and you will notice that there are more NEW entries in a singles week chart then there are in a months or so charts now. Also very rarely does an artist have more than 1 song in the chart.

lmao people still care about this comment? y'all just need to get over it and learn that the charts have been somewhat slow at random moments.

Then look at the sales chart.

The today's music charts are based on Quantity over Quality, which totally ! The Youtube, Vevo views shouldn't be counted to this streaming! This should be banned! The pointing system is so ridiculous! It's not reliable anymore! But it's still a success, that Hold Up have charted well unsuspectedly! Thanks to the good digital sales and not this stupid streaming!

The chart seems to go through phases. Personally, I like things to hang around a while; the 3-week runs of the #1, #37, oblivion kind of the 90s were FAR more annoying, as was a different number one every week in the 00s. I'm sure it will change again in time, though; it always does...

because the UK tends to grieve more over artists from their own country than artists from across the pond lol

ORLY? Look at the US. They pretty much only like Americans, Canadians and Australians in the charts.

uhh, yea really. and I am aware of the fact that the USA charts don't vary too much with nationality.

The USA charts always have been a farce, with radio airplay being included in the format

except the hot 100 is meant to measure overall popularity and legal consumption, not solely on sales. there was even a period where billboard outright banned entire songs from showing up if they were released to the radio only lol

What are you talking about? A lot of his music has charted. His music has only dropped from the chart quickly because that's what happens when a legend passes away-they're music charts for one or two weeks then it drops like a stone because people get over it-the same thing happened to David Bowie.

More like official drake-beyonce chart.

No, her last top ten song was Runnin (Lose it All) with Naughty Boy and Benjamin from 2015! No 4 peaked!

yeah sure...collaboration with 2 other artists it wasnt her personal hit.if i release with 3 artists a single mabe i will go to no1 lol

Yeah, but if Beyonce wasn't in Runnin' it probably wouldn't have been very big at all

Probably in a couple of weeks, the song that I really don't want to drop out is shut up and dance, it's no.100.

Streaming may have a negative impact on the charts but it's what everyone's using now.

Completely agree. The sales chart is the one I go to first now. Including streaming has in my opinion ruined the chart. It's made it so stagnant and almost impossible for artists who aren't played to death on on video channels/commercial radio etc. to break into the charts.

It reflects buying habits. If everyone is streaming Beyonce then Beyonce is popular.

no, this is called when big artists release albums. this has nothing to do with streaming lmao

Unless Spotify is an exception, none of those Beyoncé songs seem to be available for streaming. Or was it a two week release only type thing? (I'm a few weeks behind, chartwise!)

Not sure I don't stream I buy

What I mean is, if they're not available for streaming, then akiue's theory that it's 'when big artists release albums', rather than streaming, that has filled the charts with Beyoncé & Drake is probably right. I'd tend to agree because this has happened ever since all tracks were permitted in the chart (via purchased downloads), rather than record companies deciding which tracks we should be buying and listening to most by 'releasing' them.

If you are a white artist either over the age of 25 or not making urban music forget it you won't chart although Coldplay get let in every now and then. Most serious artists of any race or musical genre don't care about this pointless once great institution.

It was released late in the week and didn't have a full week's of sales to register higher.

Having said that, Radiohead haven't had much of a presence on the singles chart for almost 15 years. They're now what the industry like to call "legacy" or "nostalgic" acts and only relevant to their base of loyal, fans.

No, you've mis read the post. The sales chart has it at 27, and the chart that includes streaming is at 85

Totally agree with you Simon. The charts are a total sham now. Virtually no artists of any credibility rank any more. But even if the likes of Queen, Rolling Stones, Iron Maiden, Bon Jovi, Guns n' Roses, Alice Cooper, Smiths, etc were around now, they still wouldn't chart. Just dominated by a load of disco-based repetitive nonsense...

Seems fairly accurate TBH. That's why Silento was a thing.

And only 2 of his songs in the Sales Chart. Surely The Sales Top 100 should be the priority chart that gets played on the radio

The British record industry clearly see streaming as the future which may explain why it's given such heavy weighting in the chart to the detriment of sales.

17 if you count Rihanna feat. Drake

Oh yeah

Thank god only 3 of them are in the top 40.

May 2015, actually

No I'm sure it was May 2014 because 'Stay With Me' got to #1 in the same week that 'In The Lonely Hour' did.

No Johnny is right. Lay Me Down and In The Lonely Hour were also number 1 simultaneously in 2015. But I think that was April, not May.

Yeah I've just checked the archive and that is right. It was actually at the end of March but 'Lay Me Down' was a #1 at the same time as 'In The Lonely Hour' (sorry about that). I didn't realise that 'In The Lonely Hour' was still a #1 album like 10 months after release... :) lol
Anyway what Drake has done on the official charts is very impressive!

Pretty sure celine Dion achieved this way back in 1995

Yes she did. Around Jan/Feb 1995, 'Think Twice' was the #1 single & 'The Colour Of My Love' was the #1 album. :)

Amazing music!