Official Singles Chart on 31/3/2017

I'm surprised too. Won't even happen in the US probably, I expect them to barely make Bubbling Under over there.

It means nothing nowadays. Streaming and downloading has made this chart utterly irrelevent.

*looks at Physical chart where Blondie's leading, Disturbed's Sound of Silence is top 10 in its 37th week, and there are 2 songs in the top 40 with over 70 weeks, and 1 top 30 even with over 80 weeks*

Uh huh...yeah, you're gonna have to at least concede that downloads of singles are relevant.

No, Frankie Laine stayed at No. 1 through sales alone and the sales chart should be the principal chart nowadays too. Nobody's mentioning the Physical chart. Downloads that are paid for make up the sales chart as well as physical sales
Which by the way has Galway Girl at No. 1

I'm responding to Paul Mount's assertion that "streaming *and* downloading" made the chart irrelevant. You appear to already agree with me that paid downloads do in fact matter.

Paid sales are relevant in any form of singles chart compilation. Streaming and airplay are not. Occ won't change unless forced to by e.g. The BBC so these charts as a measure of singles popularity are meaningless.

do you like the top 10 the way that is or want different songs to crack the top 10?

Hey Piran! So I noticed the counter for the charts refreshed was an hour earlier than I'd have expected and I figured DST came into effect in the UK. Anyway, I see all the songs from More Life and ÷ are still around, but the latter ones have held up better overall in their fourth week vs. the former ones second week.

As to the risers you mentioned I do like all of those songs. I still haven't heard Zayn's new song, so I'll listen to it and let you know on Sunday what I think of it. Too bad for Chained to the Rhythm that radio doesn't count for it in the Singles chart or it would be doing better. Also, I see that You Want Me and Bad & Boujee are getting close to dropping out. Now if we could only get rid of Solo Dance ... I also want to hear the new Cheat Codes song.

BTW, I posted some radio update observations in the Hot 100 article.

Anyway, I guess people got caught by the DST so that they missed the new chart refresh (guess they don't actually live in the UK).

If I don't hear from you before Sunday, have a good weekend and I'll see you on the BB 200 article. ;)

Hey Techfan! :)
Yeah, all clocks in the UK went one hour forward last Sunday for DST, so that's why the charts are an hour earlier than expected for people living outside of the country. That's why a couple of weeks ago, the Billboard articles posted an hour earlier than I thought they would, as the US were in DST & the UK weren't.
Well I found the Cheat Codes & Demi Lovato collaboration only decent at first listen, but I'm very sure it'll grow on me as I like all of their songs.
It's good to see that 'Bad & Boujee' & 'You Want Me' are dropping fast, but while I think 'Solo Dance' is average, it'll likely not climb any more & stay in the lower Top 10 for about a month. The good news for you is that I see 'Issues' getting into the Top 10 possibly as soon as next week. :D
I'll certainly try to check out your radio observations on the Hot 100 article if I have time to get to them later. I'm going home this weekend for my Mum's 50th birthday, so I'll be very busy over the next couple of days. Anyway, have a good night! ;)

hey what's up mate!

Hey Sunshine Gal! I hope you're good today. :)
What do you think of the latest UK chart then?

i'm still on fb and twitter, but it's very cool ed's locked the top 3...going on 3 wks straight, right? on the hot 100, it'd be a history making feat ;)

That ended this week, but Ed's still got the Top 2; 'Shape Of You' at #1 & 'Galway Girl' at #2.
I think he managed to get the entire Top 3 for the previous three weeks like you said though! ;)

Not this week: Drake cuts it off with a 4-3 rise as Symphony also climbs 6-4, meaning Castle on the Hill gets shunted down 3-5. It ends a 3-week consecutive top 3 Ed lock though.

I see that Liverpool's playing Everton early 2mor and Man City vs. Arsenal on Sunday. Those will be tough matches.

I'm glad you can go home to celebrate your Mum's b-day just a week after your own. ;)

yeah, over here, not too my knowledge has an artist been able to do that. maybe usher or 50 cent. but i forget today if they were able to lock the top 3 positions for 3 wks straight...brb ;)

hey good morning buddy! did you catch all the michael flynn reporting on cnn all yesterday and today? yikes! oh 1 question: you know how ed's locked the top 3 for 3 wks straight here? has anyone done that on the hot 100? usher, 50 cent?

Yeah, both of those matches will be interesting. Meanwhile, Sunshine Gal's team have a relatively easy game against Crystal Palace! LOL
Well Mother's Day & my birthday were actually on the same day this year (I know your part of the world celebrate it on a different day to ours), so when I go home, it will be a double celebration. :D

What about The Beatles? I know they're still the only act ever to occupy the entire Top 5 spots on the Hot 100 at the same time. :)

they did that for 3+ wks? well, 'i wanna hold your hand' was an unusual ly long #1...from what i know of the chart back then, it'd be very rare to go that many wks @ #1. let's see what techfan says to all that :)

Hey Sunshine Gal! No, I just saw that thanks to you. Remember the week The Beatles had the Top 5 songs in the Hot 100. It turns out they also had the Top 3 ones for 3 weeks before that for a total of 4 consecutive weeks! 50 Cent came close to having a Top 3 for at least one week but his other two songs were at #4 and #5 for two weeks. ;)

the current singles chart up right now isn't for this week? i see ed in all the top 3 spots...? or are you talking about next week's chart?

oh, so the beatles were the last act to do that??!! wow!! or actually, they're still the only act since ed's feat is on the uk charts :D. usher never locked the top 3 for 3 wks?

Look at my reply to Sunshine Gal for the answer! ;)

Unless the site's having problems, you'll wanna refresh, because this is what I see right now:

"1 1
SHAPE OF YOU
ED SHEERAN ASYLUM
2 2
GALWAY GIRL
ED SHEERAN ASYLUM
3 4
PASSIONFRUIT
DRAKE CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS
4 6
SYMPHONY
CLEAN BANDIT FT ZARA LARSSON ATLANTIC
5 3
CASTLE ON THE HILL
ED SHEERAN ASYLUM"

is the current chart dated 3/24/2017-3/30/2017? i'll try refreshing it, but i keep getting the same chart.

never mind, i see on the homepage in the right corner the current chart...i see drake @ #3 ;)

I don't know how long The Beatles held the Top 3 spots for. I knew they got the entire Top 5 for one week though.
How long was 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' at #1 in the US for then? :)

Yeah, I think I already knew Mother's Day was on Sunday in the UK from something they posted in Official Charts earlier week. I had no idea was Mothering Sunday was until just now and that it's related to Easter. So do they tend to schedule holidays in the UK for them to fall on a particular weekday as they do in the US? I know that Boxing Day depends on when Christmas falls.

He got 3 #1s, but they all fended off different artists' challenges, plus none of them were all in the top 3 at the same time, much less consecutively. By the third single #3 got in, Confessions, Yeah was down to #10. He also doesn't have a consecutive #1 record, sadly, thanks to American Idol getting Fantasia a one-week #1 debut.

Not only the last one but the only one. In Usher's case Confessions Part II climbed up too late for him to have a chance to get the Top 3 for one week.

what i meant, was if usher locked the top 3 spots for 3 wks like ed did ;). i know usher had 3 #1's off the confessions album, i was following the hot 100 back then :). um, what do you mean he didn't have a consecutive #1? you mean for a long period of time? i recall 'yeah' getting something like 10+ wks @ #1.

I mean, that's the phase in which he had a string of hits (his 90s era had them stretched out over the years, and he hasn't anything big recently, so the only opportunity was 2004). When I say consecutive, I mean that the crown position of the chart gets usurped from an artist by that same artist. It happened between Yeah! and Burn, and it happened between Burn and Confessions, but in between those two things happening, Burn was usurped by I Believe and had to get the top back, meaning he wasn't able to string the 3 number ones in a row.

Well most holidays over here are always on the same day & never change. For example, Boxing Day is always 26th December & that's the same every year.
Mother's Day & Easter though are exceptions & the dates for those do change each year.
Easter Sunday is always the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox apparently & is hence a different day each year. ;)

oh yeah that's right! she debuted @ #1! i knew he had 3 top 10's in the same week, but vaguely recalled if all 3 held the top spots 3 wks straight.

well, even if he doesn't he's still the top hot 100 artist of the 00's. i actually had a huge blast following bb that year, esp. the hot 100 :) he was in the top 10 almost the entire year.

7 wks...well, the beatles are the only act to lock the top 3 spots for 3+ wks on the hot 100. i recalled that 50 cent and usher had mult. top 10's in the same week, but forgot how long it was :D

Wow... so no act has ever held the entire Top 3 spots for 3+ weeks in the UK; Ed got to three weeks & then JB is the only other artist to do with one week. ;)

that was shocking for me to see ed lock almost the entire top 20 :D if the hot 100 allowed mj on the hot 100 after he passed, i think he could've done it. but they had that stupid rule about older songs being ineligible. but watch the 10th anniversary of his passing ;)

Yeah, even though I knew Ed's album got lots of streaming, I didn't think 16 spots in the Top 20 was possible! :O
Well remember what I was telling you about MJ having 27 songs in the Top 100 over here in the week after he died? That was without recurrent rules & I know his popularity was even greater in the US.

yeah on the hot 100 recurrent chart, he flooded the whole chart and that's 100 entries! but i have a feeling he'll be back in full force on both charts ;). unless there's another rule change *rolls eyes* i think mj can do what ed did ;) maybe even moreso :)

Do u think Calvin's heat stroke is good is it worth downloading

Oh yeah, can't believe Calvin Harris has done a song with Ariana Grande, stop with the R&B , you're selling out to the Americans...

I thought it was decent, but I wouldn't spend 99p on buying it.

It's not as bad as 'Slide', but far from Calvin Harris' best.
I wish he would go back to making the EDM that he did in 2010-11. :/

Don't think he really did much in 2010 but I see what you mean