Official Singles Chart on 12/1/2018

I really love seeing 'Bad' enter the Top 40 this week. You already know I love the track since it debuted at #1 on my chart a couple of months back and has stuck around ever since, and even made my year-end Top 40, so it's great to see it finally getting some mainstream attention. I also love the new entries for 'For You', 'IDGAF' and 'Bartier Cardi', and it's cool seeing 'Finesse (Remix)' have a high debut, though you know that I much prefer the original.
I'm about 95% certain that this will be 'Perfect's last week at #1. 'River' is selling and streaming much more than any version of 'Perfect' now, so I really can't see 'Perfect' keeping #1 next week. It could even drop to #3, as 'Barking' is doing extremely well now and will probably overtake 'River' on Spotify before the end of the week.
I really want 'Breathe' to hit the Top 10 as well. If it wasn't for 'Camila' 'Breathe' would currently be the front-runner for #1 on my chart next week, though as things stand it's currently looking at a #11 placement. I still absolutely love the song though and think it really deserves to be a Top 10 hit.
I'm also really hoping that 'Camila' can debut straight in at #1 next week, but 'The Greatest Showman' scares me. It's currently outselling 'Camila' on iTunes and looks like it's streaming better on Spotify as well. 'Camila' will definitely do much better on physical, but that didn't really help '÷' this week.

Wow... has 'Bad' been out for that long? I thought it was only released within the last two months, haha!
I was actually impressed with all of the new arrivals this week, but I wonder how many of them will stick around.
Yeah, I agree with you that 'River' should be the new #1 next week. If you combine all the version combined, 'Perfect' has about 83.1% of the streams of 'River' on Spotify, while it's selling just under 63% of 'River' at the moment. Interesting, all versions of 'Perfect' seem to have similar sales figures now, while 'River' (& four out of the Top 5 on iTunes) are all currently discounted.
Could 'Breathe' be a future #1 on your chart then. or will Camila always have a song out in front of it? What did come as a bit of a surprise was seeing 'Barking' hit #1 for you, considering how much you said you're loving 'Real Friends' & 'River' right now.
I wouldn't be massively surprised if 'Barking' hits #2 on Friday enough, but I think 'Tip Toe' might have a chance of breaking into the Top 10 on Friday as well.
I hope your exams went well! I had a couple last week (which both went fairly well), but I'll have a much harder one on Tuesday morning!

Well, 'Bad' did release in the last 2 months on 24th November 2017, but it's still been out for quite some time now.
I liked most of the new arrivals as well this week, and the most surprising was 'Bartier Cardi'. With me not liking any of Cardi B's previous songs I didn't really expect much, but her and 21 Savage bring some pretty intense flows over a really great beat, so I've ended up really liking this track!
I wonder how long 'River' will be able to keep #1 for. I think that 'Barking' will give it some pretty strong competition, but I don't know whether it'll ever be able to make it to #1. 'Barking' could end up being similar to 'rockstar' in that it manages to top the chart based mostly on streams, and it never manages to really sell that much, but I don't think that it's going to get that many streams. I guess only time will tell.
It was a bit of a surprise for me when 'Barking' hit #1 on my chart as well, to be honest! In the chart before it wasn't even in the Top 10 in the Early Predictions, and then when I spoke to you again a bit later in the week I thought that it had a really good chance of Top 10 and possibly even Top 5, and by the time I was creating my chart it had become my favourite track of the week!
Sadly, I don't think that 'Breathe' will ever manage to get to #1 on my chart. By the time the tracks from 'Camila' start to fall down enough to let another song hit #1, chances are 'Breathe' will also be falling down the chart. I think it has a really good chance of hitting the Top 10 in the coming weeks, though.
Glad to hear that your exams went well! I think that my exams went fairly well, but even if they didn't I've always got the chance to resit them in May, so I should be alright. :D

I was going to say, I definitely remember hearing 'Bad' on the radio about a week before Christmas.
Yeah, I was surprised how much of an improvement 'Bartier Cardi' was to 'Bodak Yellow' for similar reasons that you mentioned, but the latter is the only song of Cardi B's that I really don't like.
'Barking' could possibly be the biggest climber on my charts next week & even with the 'Camila' takeover, I think it might have a chance at the Top 20 & then reaching the Top 10 the following week!
'Breathe' is another song that could hit my Top 40; it's easily better than both 'You Don't Know Me' & 'Instruction' in my opinion, even though that's mostly thanks to Ina Wroldsen's vocals.
Thanks! I think for the first two, I've done well enough to get the marks I need & even if this final one does goes wrong, it might not necessarily count for my final grade this year (we have to take 120 credits, but only the best 100 are required for second year). I'm sure you did fine with your tests, but good lick with the results! ;)

You seem oblivious to the fact that ed Sheehan is number 1

And 2.

Yeah but that's a feature on an American artist's track

True, but the main reason for the track's popularity is because Sheeran features on it.
Also, 4 out of the Top 5 tracks this week are from British artists, and all of the Top 5 at least feature a British artist.

Hey Piran! I totally agree Ed's dominance needs to end soon, especially Perfect, which I didn't think would be #1 anyway as all versions are doing distinctly worse than River. I'm just getting a bit bored of Perfect now, after all it was released as a single back in September and come January it's still at #1.
I also love seeing Barking doing so well, I think it could be a good #1 contender in the coming weeks.
another song which could be up there soon is NBTS; since the album release it's gained a lot of traction in both downloads and streaming. it should be top 10 next week unless it sees a significant decline. where do you think it will peak? :)

I'm pretty sure that this will be 'Perfect's last week at #1 (and I hope it is). With how far down all versions are now, even when you combine all of them they still can't beat 'River' on either iTunes or Spotify. I also think that 'River' won't survive at #1 on Spotify for this entire week. , it may even be gone by Monday (and by "gone" I mean down to #2). 'Barking' is really steadily climbing on Spotify and is giving 'River' a real run for its money now. It's not doing quite good enough on sales to beat 'River' completely yet though, but it should be at least #3 next week, if not #2.
Something that I find really interesting about 'Barking' is that, despite it being #2 on Spotify in the UK with 411,502 streams, it doesn't even make Spotify's global Top 200. The #200 track on Spotify globally is getting 549,125 streams, so that means that 'Barking' is getting less than 137,623 streams in the rest of the world combined, but is extremely popular in the UK.
I can see 'Never Be The Same' reaching Top 10 next week as well with the huge album boost, and I really can't see it anywhere lower than #15 unless it starts to drop off heavily as the rest of the album tracks start to disappear from Spotify's Top 200.

Hey Gameskiller! I too hope Perfect goes off #1 next week, River deserves a chance at the top. that's interesting about Barking though - I know hes a uk rapper and its his first track so he may not have any exposure anywhere else in the world, but its still very surprising he has over three times as many streams in the UK as the rest of the world!
NBTS has taken at hit to #9 on iTunes now, but bear in mind five of the tracks above it have discounts, so that could have something to do with it. tbh though, it will be how it performs on Spotify over the coming days that determine whether it can hit top 10 next week. I think it has a good chance of staying in the top 10 all week though.

Well 2nd day sales and streams are looking very good. Every track is still in the Top 150 on Spotify and 'Never Be The Same' is still up at #6, and it's also still in the Top 10 in iTunes at #9. It's also looking more likely that 'River' will be the #1 single next week, which will be really good to see, and 'Barking' has a decent chance of #2 as well.
I also think that 'Havana' has a really good chance of topping the Hot 100 next week, which would be amazing since it's been stuck at #2 and #3 behind 'rockstar' and 'Perfect' for so long.

yeah, i was really happy to see NBTS stay pretty stationary today too! its even gone back up to #8 on iTunes now!
it would be cool to see River at #1, and i'd love it if Havana could top the top 100 too! :)

'River' is easily outstreaming & outselling 'River' now, so it'll almost certainly be #1 next week! I wouldn't even be surprised if 'Barking' becomes a future chart-topper too, given it's nearly dominant in streaming & it's recently gained a lot of sales traction.
'Never Be The Same' is in the Top 10 on both metrics, so I agree with you on that prediction! I think if it's being pushed as the next single & it gets a video within the next week or two, Top 5 is certainly possible! ;)

i certainly hope so! I had heard of some kind of video for NBTS on youtube but turns out its just a compilation of clips of Camila's life story, not the official mv. I hope one is made though! it would be interesting to see what they would do with it! :)

I think an official music video will be made, considering it's the second official single now! :D
That said, I'm confused why 'Never Be The Same' isn't in the Top 10 on the update now that I think about it, considering it's been on the Top 10 on both iTunes & Spotify almost all the time since Friday.

well I think NBTS can reach top 10 on Friday, given it has climbed to #4 on Spotify, and is now #11 on iTunes (but only because three songs by The Cranberries have hit top 10, none of which are likely to have any streaming).
and I'm also really glad She Loves Control has seen a rebound on Spotify, climbing for two days in a row up to #42! I think its downloads could stop it entering straight into the top 40, but It has a chance if it continues to climb throughout the week! :)