Official Singles Chart on 20/1/2017

Hey Calum! I hope you had a good week. :)
Great review as always. I agree with you almost everywhere, except that I actually don't mind 'On Hold' & dislike 'Bad & Boujee'.
Interesting that you mention about 'Be The One' though. It was released in October 2015 & charted across Europe throughout 2016, so why has it took so long to become big in the UK? It's in the Top 10 on iTunes now, which I guess is a good thing! :D
Yeah, Ed Sheeran is definitely a big reason why the charts have started well for 2017! I really hope the Top 100 stays like it is now. ;)

hey Piran! yes I had a good week! great review from you too ;)

I think Touch has overtaken Be The One back into the top 10 due to the new video

Yeah, I knew the official video would give 'Touch' a boost. However, Dua Lipa's also got 'No Lie' in the iTunes Top 10 right now! :)

yeah it beat bad things ;( ;( bad things was top 10 till this morning

It also took a slight fall on Spotify to #24 today too... :(
Did you like 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' then?

yeah I loved it ;) best duet ever

I really liked it as well, even though I prefer 'Bad Things' a little bit more.
Considering you're a big fan of Camila's, what is your favourite Fifth Harmony song? ;)

all in my head flex

probs my fave of 2016 overall

but I liked all

I lied is amazing too- never released as single

yeah I preferred bad things too. ikwydls was never my fave song but was up there for a very long time. bad things is my fave song now has been like a month will be for a while longer

Nice! :)
My favourite is probably 'Write On Me'. I remember that they released it as a promotional single from '7/27', which made me buy the album a few days later. 'Sledgehammer' would be a close second though!

yeah ive got 7/27 too

Yeah, that was also one of my favourite album tracks. Did you prefer 'Reflection' or '7/27' in terms of albums then? :)

Well there's actually a website that I use where I can create my own weekly chart.
'Bad Things' recently appeared in my Top 10, but 'Shed A Light' is my favourite song of 2017 so far. 'Castle On The Hill' got my #1 this week! ;)

7/27 although both were good. I don't have reflection but ive been planning to get it. I listen to it on spotify though sometimes

and it wont be now camilas left ;(

Do you think Camila will perform well as a solo artist then? She was my favourite member of Fifth Harmony too! :)

ive got a chart too ;) not online though. its on Spotify though- official top 40

all good songs!

Yeah, it's the same with me! :)
So now that Camila is not in the group, are you going to buy Fifth Harmony's next album when they release it?

yeah I'm sure she will. in april/may shell release proper songs and Hard Beat is on major lazers upcoming album due out soon!

depends on how good the singles are. probs will though. ill defo get camilas album though!

Thanks! Other #1s have included 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' & 'Rockabye'. :)
If you're interested, here's my full Top 40 for this week:
www.crownnote.c*m/charts/piran-delves/pirans-top-40-7

cool! ill check it out!

She has a new song with Major Lazer? I have to check that out! :D

Thanks! Please tell me what you think. ;)

its not released but ive known about it months

the albums meant to be out this month

if u look it up theres loads of things that come up. I don't wanna listen to snippets as I don't want it to be given away, and the full things are just instrumentals for some reason :/ I hope the album comes out soon though so I can hear it forreal ;)

I just heard it briefly & it's definitely good at first listen. :)
Well Fifth Harmony were heading in a more R&B direction with '7/27', but if Camila wants to make dance music, then I'm certainly fine with that!

cool I don't wanna listen to snippets tho. I want a big moment like when I first heard bad things ;)

yeah! and I hear shes been working with cashmere cat too- from trust nobody

Yeah, I only heard the instrumental too.
So do you follow other charts as well as the UK ones then? :)

I looked at the bb hot 200 a few days ago but not particularly

I heard about the song first before bad things came out in October!! I really hope the song is legit but I'm sure it will be

insrmental that is, not proper song

weve had a nice conversation! I'm gonna go soon but ill probs check every once in a while

I'm definitely even more excited for new music from Camila now! :)
Anyway Calum, I've got to go now. Chat to you soon though buddy!

cool!

Yeah, it was great chatting to you Calum! See you soon then & have a good evening. ;)

Sledgehammer never reached the top 100 in uk did it? at the time I didn't follow 5h but its not on their chart history. I only listened to the top 40 then so knew bo$$, but didn't look online as I didn't really use the computer much in 2014

No, 'Sledgehammer' peaked at #112 according to Wiki. I think 'Bo$$' peaked at #21, but I wasn't really a huge fan of that song to be honest...

i like both although sledgehammer is better ;) I remember when bo$$ was a new entry at 20 or 21, I had no clue who they were until then, as I don't think better together was released here was it? only miss movin on is on Spotify bcos it was on a movie soundtrack

i checked it out- its great! so can anyone make an account there? cos I have a weekly chart ive had ages which I could put up! in my chart each song has to have been in either the official uk top 40 or the Vodafone big top 40, so not just any song can get in. so bad things was only allowed for the first time last week as before it hadnt charted. it would've been no1 since like the start of December though if it was allowed. previous no1s have been from hailee steinfeld (8wks), cheat codes (9wks), sigala (9wks), snakehips (8wks) and 5h (14wks), and shorter no1s from galantis, g-easy, zara Larsson and more!

Here's 'Bo$$'s chart run in the UK:
On 20/12/2014, debuts at #21, then falls to #68 the following week, then #98 the week after & then out of the Top 100 completely. So it only spent 3 weeks inside the charts at all. :/
Something I noticed was that 'The Life' (another promotional single for '7/27') also made the Top 100 for one week; #97 on 07/04/2016.

Thanks! Yeah, anyone can make an account there & it's so easy to make a Top 40. I usually update my charts every Monday night! :)
I have no rules for which songs are eligible to enter my weekly Top 40 chart, but for Top 10 throwbacks of the week (which I update every Saturday), then the songs have to be 5+ years old. :D
Those are certainly some long #1 hits then! Since November (when I started Crown Note), my #1s have been: 'Rockabye' (2 weeks), 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' (1 week), 'Shed A Light' (5 weeks) & 'Castle On The Hill' (1 week, current #1). 'Paris' will probably take the top spot tomorrow!
However, I've been making my own weekly charts since about 2013 & started following the actual charts since 2010. ;)
It's interesting that you mention about the Vodafone Big Top 40; before 2016, whoever got a #1 on that was very likely to lead the Official Charts. Last year saw a huge difference between the two charts because of the increased use of streaming.

yeah the only reason I include it is that without it songs like levels, zero, ikwydls and more couldn't have made my chart. (the first 2 are from 2015 and are two of my fave songs from late that year). I did top 10s in 2013, 20s in 14/late 15, then top 40 since October 2015. so a long time!

yeah I know. I'm surprised it did better than write on me, which overall was a bigger song I thought. like its recently gone ahead of the life in Spotify plays I think

cool! so yeah, all my no1s of 2016 were: you don't know me (2wks), all my friends (8wks), dessert (1wk), me, myself & I(1wk), say you do (9wks), no money (1wk), s3x (9wks), all in my head (flex) (14wks) and starving (8wks). in 2017 I would like got 1 week at the chart and since its been bad things for 2 wks. but a I say it would've been longer if it was allowed. ;) ill make an account now so u can see my chart later ;)

I know the latter of those was very close to making the Top 40 of the Official Charts. Speaking of which, what do you think of Shawn Mendes? I thought 'Stitches' & IKWYDLS were decent, 'Treat You Better' was awful, but 'Mercy' was good. If I'm honest, I prefer his previous discography before he became a big solo artist, include songs like: 'Something Big', 'Life Of The Party' or his guest feature on The Vamps' 'Oh Cecelia'.
The longest #1s in my personal charts are probably; 'Everything Has Changed' (5 weeks), 'Shed A Light' (5 weeks), 'Ready Or Not' (6 weeks), 'Bad Blood' (6 weeks), 'Can't Stop The Feeling' (7 weeks), 'Closer' (7 weeks) & 'Uptown Funk' (7 weeks). I also did just Top 10s back to about 2009, where 'Love Story' was #1 for 12 weeks. As you can tell, I'm a huge Taylor Swift fan! :D

Yeah, I can't believe 'Write On Me' didn't reach the Top 100! :(
Oh I actually heard some audios for Fifth Harmony's songs with Camila's parts edited out (the YouTube user names them Fourth Harmony now!). I'll be honest, the songs are nowhere near as good without Camila.

I like shawn mendes, yeah. I liked stitches (peaked at no10), treat u better (no4) and mercy (no15) too, yeah! ikwydls only actually got to no7 but its been on there 9 months so that makes up for it ;)

I liked bad blood, although it never made my top 20 at the time dunno why! ;)

Great #1s! I look forward to seeing your Top 40 later. :)
'You Don't Know Me' is a contender to be #1 on my personal charts soon, but it's definitely going Top 5 next week. :D
Regarding your #1s, 'Me, Myself & I' was #1 on mine for 1 week, 'Starving' has previously peaked at #2 in my personal chart & 'Say You Do' reached #3. All of those others peaked just outside of my Top 10. Please tell me when you've posted your new chart though! ;)

yeah the that's my girl without her was way worse. although camila has no proper lines in it, she does all the backing vocals making it sound better. it sounded like there was something missing without her ;)

camilas bits in write on me are amazing I must say. so's the chorus

oh I meant you don't OWN me. u don't know me wasn't out in jan 2016! u don't know me is 12 now, will climb. ;) soz for the error

I will do it now ;)

I know that song got a lot of hate from critics, but I remember watching the video on repeat when it came out! :)
To give you an idea of how much I love Taylor, here are all the #1s that she's had on my personal charts: 'Love Story' (12 weeks), 'Fearless' (2 weeks), 'Should've Said No' (2 weeks), '22' (1 week), 'Everything Has Changed' (5 weeks), 'Style' (2 weeks), 'Bad Blood' (6 weeks), 'Wildest Dreams' (3 weeks), 'Out Of The Woods' (3 weeks) & 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' (1 week). Other songs like 'Shake It Off' & 'New Romantics' have spent many weeks at #2.

Especially before the final chorus... wow! :D

Fair enough! :D LOL
'You Don't Know Me' peaked at #6 in my charts, but spent a few weeks in my Top 10 if I remember correctly. Back then, 'Broken Arrows' & 'Ocean Drive' would've been at the top.

I think uve made the mistake too :D lol did u mean you don't own me too? ;)

yes yes yes ;)

Oh yeah, I did too! :P LOL
I did indeed mean 'You Don't Own Me'.

Yeah, that was Camila's best singing moment in my opinion. Also, in the final chorus of 'Work From Home'! ;)

well, I had top 10 or 20 for most of those songs. I think shake it off peaked at #17/18, bad blood and style just outside top 20, 22 I liked but that was when I had no chart at all I think. my fave taylor swift song was I knew you were trouble (I had no chart then but it would've got top 5 if I had) but ive never been a particular fan

and wildest dreams got #40 but it would've got top 20 if it came in earlier. and blank space got I think like 12 or something

oh no 31 not 40 for blank space. #40 was its real chart pos. got confused ;)

yeah bad blood had a good video. I think it won video of the year in 2014

Coincidentally, 'Wildest Dreams' also peaked at #40 in the Official Charts too. I still can't believe Taylor Swift hasn't had a #1 in the UK! Do you think she'll be able to do it with the lead single from her next album? :)

oh no 31 was wildest dreams not blank space. I KEEP GETTING CONFUSED! lol

I dunno. she had some stick last year bcos she tried to break up 5h, but I think that's over now so u never know!

'I Knew You Were Trouble' peaked at #4 for me, but at least it's good to know that she's had a few songs in your Top 40. :)

ikr. those notes!

I think it broke the daily YouTube record at the time of release, which would be passed by 'Hello' a few months later.
Wouldn't it have won Video Of The Year in 2015 though? ;) LOL

Yeah, it confuses me as well sometimes! It's probably because I also follow so many international charts. :P LOL

Yeah, I really hope she can though. Can you believe this will be Taylor's 11th year in the music industry already?! :O

Yeah, her upper range is incredible! :D
So which other artists/groups are you a huge fan of then? For me, I also really like: Ed Sheeran, Little Mix, David Guetta, Robin Schulz, Avicii, Hailee Steinfeld, The Vamps, Jess Glynne & Adele.

really? is she that old? ;)

Yeah, she released her debut single at 16 & she's 27 now. :)

er... Cheat Codes, Craig David, The Weeknd, Maroon 5, Zara Larsson, Justin Timberlake, Ed Sheeran, I do like all Hailee Steinfeld's songs (although 1 EP is hardly enouh to consider yourself a huge fan) and obviously 5H and Camila. probs more, but yeah that's all I can think of right now ;)

cool! good age to begin in the industry. Camila started at that age too, when 5H's debut song came out. ;)

Yeah, I love all of those artists too! Well we'll wait for a full album from Hailee Steinfeld, but everything she's released has been awesome so far! ;)
Oh I also forgot: The Chainsmokers, Ariana Grande & Tinie Tempah.

Yeah, considering Camila's 19 now, that gives her plenty of time in the mainstream music industry! :)
Are you a similar age to her then? I'm one year younger than her.

I'm actually 5 years younger :)

well 4 and a half

yeah I like those 3 too!

Wow... I thought I was relatively young chart fan! :D LOL
When did you start following the UK charts then?

so I'm year 10. are you in college or something?

well, 2013 really, so when I was year 5. ;) but I got really into the charts and stuff in 2014 and later ;)

AARRGGHH!! I was halfway through putting my chart on crownnote then it refreshed so I had to start again! ;(

I'm actually in my first year of University studying Maths. What is your favourite subject then? :)

Well I remember my brother was always a big chart fan & he would keep me updated about who was #1 each week. He became too busy to follow them eventually, so now I always keep him updated! :D LOL

dunno really ;)

Yeah, I occasionally get that problem too! :/
Sometimes what I do is open up a second tab just in case one of them doesn't work.

is your brother older than you?

oh ok

Fair enough. I'm also a huge science fan as well, especially Astronomy! :)

Yeah, he's 21 now & in his final year of University studying History & Politics. :)

cool ;) I'm the oldest sibling in my family LOL

Haha! Well I'm the youngest. I only have one brother though! :P

well ive gotta do something else now but ill get back to it later. bye! ;)

I have a brother and a sister ;) anyway, gotta go talk to u later or another day ;)

I look forward to seeing your chart later.
Enjoy the rest of your afternoon Calum! :)

ok bye!

I've put the chart up on Crownnote! it looks really cool doesn't it?! hope you like it! btw, do u have to do that whole process every time u do a new chart? I do mine on Fridays, btw, after listening to the charts on radio 1 ;)

and I followed u on crownnote too :)

Awesome! Yeah, I think the charts there look cool. :)
Well I'll head over to Crown Note now, take a look at your Top 40 & leave a comment!

hey mate!! has our mate ed commented on his recent history making bb feats yet? ;)

Hey Sunshine Gal! :)
Well I think he celebrated having his first Hot 100 #1 on his Twitter. Also, the official video for 'Castle On The Hill' is coming out tomorrow! :D
He recently said in a radio interview that he knew 'Shape Of You' would be the instant hit, but 'Castle On The Hill' would be the song that grows on people. I really hope Ed's right with that! ;)

i was wondering where your ar$e was mate LOL! so, will both singles remain in the top 10 2mor? and you also did your updated chart over on crownnote?

'Shape Of You' will probably fall to #2, but could return to #1 in the coming weeks if airplay grows a lot for it. Unfortunately, 'Bad & Boujee' should go back to #1 on tomorrow's chart! :/
Meanwhile, 'Castle On The Hill' should sadly fall all the way down into the 31-40 range. :(
I'm going to update my chart either later or tomorrow morning. ;)

****!!! i wish boujee could be banned off the chart altogether :D well, since ed and our 1D mates are good friends, maybe our 1D mates will come back to the group since ed just made history over here ;)

oh on another topic...i was checking out whitney houston's uk chart feats :/ that's so wierd she has only 4 #1's over there. here, she's still the only artist to notch 7 straight #1's in a row (stemming fro 1985-88). but wow! some of her biggest and even iconic u.s. hits didn't seem to make a splash in the uk: how will i know, heartbreak hotel, i wanna dance with somebody (who loves me).

Yeah, I hope 'Bad & Boujee' doesn't keep getting streamed & stays at #1 for a few weeks! I'd take any Ed Sheeran song over that. LOL
Well Whitney may only have 4 #1s, but including those, she did have 17 Top 10s! When she died, 'I Will Always Love You' re-entered the charts at #14 in the UK. Next month will be the 5th anniversary of her death... :(

#14??!! over here, i think she was in the top 5...i'll double check in a sec. and yes, i got some whitney throwbacks planned for the hot 100 article around the anniversary of her passing...5 yrs already! i can't believe it! i mean, i still remember her first vid on mtv 'you give good love' back in 1985 :D. but i'll also say, it sure was fun growing up with her and her music! she was def. one of my childhood idols.

*i just checked and on the hot 100 for 2/25/2012 'i will always love you' re-entered @ #7*

I might also do a Whitney Top 10 in the same week as you do throwbacks for her.
Didn't 'I Will Always Love You' climb to #3 the following week on the Hot 100 dated for 3/2/2012? That was when 'Part Of Me' by Katy Perry debuted at #1! :)

cool, we'll both plan ahead ;). and it sure did! it went to #3 the following week..i know i saw it in the top 5! and katy debuting @ #1 is nothing...whitney was the 3rd artist to do so :p. but wow, it sure was a blast tracking whitney's singles on the hot 100...while i did miss her on the charts back in the 80s...as you know, the bodyguard soundtrack just slayed left and right!

hard to believe that this year will be the 25th anniversary of the bodyguard soundtrack...i still remember going to see the movie and everyone couldn't stop talking about much 'better' she sang! and right there, is unheard of :D. when people were saying that to me right before i went to see the movie for the first time, i had no idea what they were talking about :D and they were right! even clive davis (arista record head) said that was the best singing of her career. ;) and then after you saw the movie, you'd go get the soundtrack ;)

Well I'll definitely keep you updated with whatever lists I'm doing. As well as the usual Top 10 songs/throwbacks of the week, I'll be giving you a shout-out for the 'only one #1s' list! :)
Anyway, I know you're going to be signing off soon, so have a good night! :D
Chat to you again soon! ;)

your ar$e better give me a shout out ;D. ok mate, i'm gonna put on the blackhawks and get dinner ready...and yes, pls. remind me 2mor of any of the lists we're gonna be doing...good night :P

have u done ur chart yet? ill check it out when its done :D

Hey Calum! :)
Yeah, I updated it this morning. :D
Also, what do you think of the Official Chart Update then? ;)

haven't seen it yet :/ ill check now and ill check ur chart too :D

If you like Dua Lipa, then you'll how the charts should look for Friday! :)
Anyway, I look forward to seeing your response on Crown Note.

check out bb's hot 100 for last week and every other week for the whole past year :/. streaming and viral are big chart components so those songs have been the bigger hits. such a shame, cuz there's been a number of really good tracks that can't budge the top 10 based on those 2 big factors.

in reject land ;)

you should've seen the hot 100 all year last year! this week's #1 is ed's 'shape of you', but next week's #1 (possibly) will be 'bad and boujee' LOL! it's already been #1 over here last week.

what do u mean? ed sheerans new releases has been one of the biggest chart moments in the last couple of years!

They do but people still repeatedly listen to the same songs on streaming, which is why these charts are such a farce. The sales charts are much more accurate, even if what's in them is still utter , with a few exceptions..

He' number 1 in the US? That's good, even if it was Shape of You that did so, where is Castle On The Hill in the US?

WTF is Bad and Boujee?

a rap song. its currently 37 here. its ok but u probs wont like it

Is it one of those novelty songs that gets all the tossers in the US?

Didn't notice it at #37 but when I was watching the charts on TV earlier there was definitely one song where I was like 'What on earth is that?' Put 2 and 2 together

'Castle On The Hill' is at #6 in the US this week.
Ed actually became the first ever artist to have two songs debut in the Top 10 in the same week over there! :D

Whoa...

yes

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'bad and boujee' is a current top 10 viral hit over here, ed replaced it @ #1 this week, but 'boujee' might be @ #1 next week. terrible song, look it up on youtube ;)

castle on the hill is #6 this week. with ed debuting 2 top 10 singles this week, this makes him the very first artist to do so ;). so, he should be getting a special bb award as well as a guinness world record award later in the year :)

ever since the hot 100 added the viral feat to the chart formula, songs like that, 'juju on that beat' and 'harlem shake' have been big hits over here. most of us bb chatters hate that factor! cuz the really good songs keep getting blocked off the top 10.

yep!!! very cool and i personally have seen each #1 debut ever since mj was the first artist to do so in 1995 with 'you are not alone'. but yes, ed's the first artist with 2 top 10 debuts in the same week :)

hey mate, tried to beat your ar$e here :D anyhow, is 'boujee' gonna be a top 10 hit over here too? i'd rather it be in your guys' top 10 then ours :P

I think 'Bad & Boujee' is very unlikely to go Top 10 in the UK; no sales momentum, rising very slowly on Spotify & little radio support. That's a good thing though! :D

you guys don't have the same chart factor the hot 100 has where viral songs can stay in the top 10 for a long time? oh speaking of bb...they have the george michael tribute issue out (or soon) i'll try to get it soon :)

Well I'm very sure that YouTube doesn't count towards the UK Charts, so that's why memes & other viral songs don't chart well over here. The exceptions to this are: 'Harlem Shake', 'Gangnam Style' & 'Black Beatles', all of which hit the Top 5 over here.
Is the George Michael album called 'Listen Without Prejudice 25'? :)

here in america? no i think it's always been called just 'listen without prejudice'...what i was referring to is that bb is doing a special mag. tribute to him. if you scroll to the bottom of the home page and click 'buy this issue' and then 'back issues' you'll see our mate george's tribute issue ;). i see quite a bit of our 1D mates in the back issues section ;)

Ah fair enough. I'll have to check that out soon! :)
Anyway, what do you think of the UK Charts this week? It doesn't look like anything too exciting should happen next Friday though.

unless it'll be a future release...so far, i haven't seen anything about a listen without prejudice 25. but we'll see later in the year, and also this is the 30th anniversary of the 'faith' album over here, so maybe sony will do something special with that album.

oh i thought of a couple more lists ;): top 10 fave rock songs and top 10 songs 'when you first heard it, it blew you away' ;). so the rule to that list would be: it made a great 1st time impression on you ;). and it don't matter if it made it on the chart...i have quite a few songs that i heard for the first time that really did blow me away :D

I'm sure that the album I'm referring to will be a reissue for his 'Listen Without Prejudice Vol.1'. Wow... I didn't know that this year will be the 30th anniversary of his 'Faith' album being released. The latter is still my favourite George Michael album! :)
Great first impressions & Top 10 favourite rock songs are good ideas for lists! Coincidentally, I was considering the former idea myself, as I plan to do Top 10 lists for every genre later in the year.

oh yeah...i can't get over how fast the time went by when i was listening to the faith album on my beloved walkman :D. the walkman ruled back then! but anyhow, i think in the george tribute issue, bb will go over all his past bb chart feats and take the reader back in time when him and wham were really big here. i mean, i was just a kid back then, but today i def. have a new appreciation for his achievements...he basically did what adele, tay-tay, etc. did remaining in the top 10 almost a full year...and no internet advantages :)

and yeah, that's what i was thinking 'top 10 1st impression songs' list...i couldn't think of a shorter way to put it.

Haha! Yeah, that's really the shortest description that you could make for that list! :P LOL
Oh apparently the Little Mix tour tickets sold out in a few minutes across the UK today. I wonder if 'Touch' can climb back up the Top 10 next week now that it has an official video...