Official Singles Chart on 15/3/2019

quiet fool

Agree the sales chart has more my choice at the moment

Totally agree dude! British pop is the best in the world and its practically nonexistence nowadays

Wow so Idris Elba actually raps in the song?! When I saw his name on the song I thought it would be like a spoken part or something.

I'm glad we hate "Robbery" so much! My 2/10 is starting to feel generous.

I'd say im quite a big fan of Juice WRLD's music, but i have to say his
new album was really bad, i'd personally give Robbery a 5/10, as
his voice can really annoying on the song. definitely a step down from
goodbye and good riddance... (really happy for Dave though)

Guess, I'm the odd one out. I actually like the song but his voice was really annoying

You clearly aren't a producer. Streatham's instrumental evolves over it's run time, also stop calling all UK hip-hop grime. Grime is a whole different genre

After listening to boasty a few times upon first release I didnt take to it much but left it in my play list and a few fast forwards but week by week it has grown on me considerably and I really rate the track now. Its lively, it's fun and it stands out on it's own like no other tracks out there, a true original that I think many have been trying to do lately to no avail but I think Wiley, stefflon, Sean and Idris have smashed this. Also not sure what has given it such a big boost this week?

Hey Piran! I love that 'Someone You Loved' stays at #1, but of course the best part about the chart this week for me is that Dave has done so well! I was surprised when he was only #5 in the update, but it seems like his superior streaming combined with the other #1 contenders being more sales driven, and therefore more front-loaded, let him surge to #1 by the end of the week. He absolutely deserves it with how much work he's been putting in and how incredible the album is!
I did hope that he would manage 3 Top 10 hits, but 3 in the Top 11 isn't a bad result either, especially given that 'Location' could definitely reach the Top 10 next week with it being #1 on Apple Music and #10 on Spotify currently. I did think that 'Disaster' would debut higher as well, especially since it was #4 in http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/foals-dave-and-dido-locked-in-three-way-chart-battle/075610, but #8 is still pretty good. Looking at current streaming it's unlikely that Dave will see any new debuts next week, but his 3 current tracks could all make the Top 10 and will almost definitely all be in the Top 20 still.
As for the new debuts, the 3 Dave tracks are unsurprisingly my favourite tracks of the week, with 'Disaster' at a solid 8/10, 'Streatham' at a light-solid 9/10 and 'Location' at a light 9/10 for me. 'wish you were gay' would only get a 5/10 for me, while 'Boasty' would be a solid 6/10 for now. Then there's 'Robbery'... it's very, very rare that I will think something along the lines of "This song is absolutely awful" when I first hear it, but that's what went through my head when this played on the chart show. It's extremely close to a 0/10 for me, but for now I'll give it a very light 1/10.
I know it's not in the chart (though it would've been if all of Dave's entries were allowed to chart), but I would be very interested to hear your thoughts on 'Lesley'. I'd love to hear your thoughts on 'PSYCHODRAMA' as a whole, but 'Lesley' in particular is the one that stood out above all the others for me, so I'd love to hear what you think about it.
One thing that stood out to me about 'PSYCHODRAMA' going to #1 isn't actually to do with the album, but it's to do with 'Gang Signs & Prayer' instead. Dave now has the highest streaming total for a UK rap album, but in terms of combined sales it was around 42,000 behind. I didn't actually realise how well 'Gang Signs & Prayer' did on sales, since it must've gotten around 50,000 actual sales, compared to Dave's roughly 6,000 sales.
Looking ahead to next week, there's nothing that immediately screams "this will be in the Top 40 next week", so for now all I really hope is that Dave can hold onto the #1 album. Jack Savoretti's new album seems to be doing quite well on sales, but I'm hoping that Dave's massive lead on streams will keep him at #1.

Hey Piran! Is that Sigrid in.your profile pic??😊

Hey Damian! :)
That's right, I absolutely loved her debut album!

Hey Gameskiller! :)
I'm guess I'm happier about 'Someone You Loved' staying at #1 on the singles chart than I am about 'Psychodrama' debuting at #1 on the albums chart, but both are positives for me.
I did actually think the streams from both Spotify & especially Apple would be enough to carry all three of Dave's tracks into the Top 10 this week, but he probably has a good chance to do that next week anyway! I think that he'll definitely be #1 on the albums chart for a second week if he can!
Yeah, next week's chart should be relatively boring I reckon, but 'Baby' & 'So Am I' probably have the best chances at entering the Top 40 at this point, unless a video makes a big debut out of nowhere on the YouTube chart.
The problem is, it's hard to predict sales estimates for songs at the moment, since it appears Kworb hasn't updated in the past four days.
I'm not too surprised about the 'Psychodrama' beating 'Gangs, Signs & Prayer' point to be totally honest. From what I've seen from both of them so far, the latter does better on sales, while the former does better on streaming, as you mentioned. I think along with the fact that the OCC reported 95% of combined single "sales" come from streaming & a lot of UK hip-hop albums get a lot of debuts on the singles chart too, I can definitely see why Dave caught up so much throughout the week.
It seems like we generally agree on most of the debuts this week, with you liking the Dave tracks a bit more than me as expected, while I also could've seen you not enjoying 'Wish You Were Gay' as much as me, since you've already told me you're not a massive fan of Billie Eilish.
I'm pleased we both strongly dislike 'Robbery' though. I very rarely get mad when it comes to the charts, but I think I will be if this becomes any more of a hit!
I'll get back on you on 'Lesley' whenever I get time to hear it. I know it's about an abusive relationship & the track is something like 11 minutes long, right?

I'm glad we both have the same opinion on 'Boasty'! :D
I think it must've been the big jump in downloads, because it didn't debut very high on streaming outside of Apple Music at all this week.

Uh... I never said I am a producer. 'Streatham' does see some subtle changes in production at around the two minute mark, but that still doesn't make it all that memorable. The beat & rhythm were better on his other hits like: 'Funky Friday', '18HUNNA' & 'All I Ever Wanted' in my opinion.
Regarding your other point, Dave's album doesn't necessarily fit into that genre, true, but Wiley definitely does! He's one of the founding artists of grime music.

See, I'd say that 'Death Race For Love' is on the same level as 'Goodbye & Good Riddance' for me.
While I never cared about the latter for having very few tracks that I wanted to come back to (it didn't leave much of an impression for me at all), the former has more intriguing tracks, but a lot more embarrassing moments such as on 'Robbery' too.
His sophomore album reminds me of Post Malone at points, although I'd certainly take him over Juice WRLD.

He does indeed! I was surprised that he raps in it too. ;)
Yeah, 'Robbery' was a 3/10 for me at first, but I started to find it more grating with every listen. Disappointed to see this gain traction, when the rest of the album is actually okay at points.

Oh about Juice in Finnish charts:
"Robbery" ended up not getting much momentum, being in the low 40s in our Spotify chart, so it didn't debut on the singles chart.
But the album managed a strong debut at #7, being the second-highest debut, behind Finnish rock band Children of Bodom's new number-one album. I also see it maintaining that success, seeing as "Goodbye & Good Riddance" is still at #31, after 42 weeks.

After looking back through the Finnish chart archives, I noticed that 'Goodbye & Good Riddance' also peaked at #7 in the albums chart, while 'Lucid Dreams' hit a high of #7 in the singles chart. Without a major hit like that on 'Death Race For Love', I'm not sure if his sophomore album will stick around like his debut did.

It looks like 'Someone You Loved' will be spending next week at #1 as well, and probably a few weeks after that as well, which I am definitely happy about. I hope that 'PSYCHODRAMA' can stay #1 next week, but with the vast majority of its sales coming from streams I'm not sure if it can hold up against albums that do better on traditional sales.
'So Am I' is only #92 on Spotify and #74 on Apple Music currently, and while it is climbing on both, and those positions are certainly much better than last Friday where it wasn't in the Top 200 on either, I'm not sure if they'll be enough to bring it into the Top 40. I am really surprised with how little it's been doing on all services, given how massive 'Sweet but Psycho' was just a couple of months ago.
I didn't even notice Kworb's iTunes charts hasn't been updated. I wonder why, since all of their other charts have been, but all of their iTunes charts seem to be frozen.
Yeah, 'Lesley' is about an abusive relationship, and it's 11:08 long. With it being that long, it's also the longest song to ever reach my charts, beating the 10:42 of 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You (captured in The Live Room)'. The track really showcases Dave's talent as an artist, as his storytelling is absolutely incredible on it. I would love to see a music video of the track, but I feel like it'd be way too much effort for them to make a good one, especially since the song will almost definitely never be a single given its length.

Hey, hey! Good on you mate! I love her music too, even though I couldn't listen to the full album yet! Pure Classic Pop

I'm really pleased that you love her music as well! Hopefully you'll be able to heat the album in full soon. :)

If that was the case then the prodigy's firestarter would at least be in top 100, downloads hardly effect the overall chart, would have to be no.1 in downloads by a huge margin like when they release a charity single to have an effect. I was thinking more along the lines of a video release, appearing on an advert or appearing on a big show somewhere? Perhaps it has gotten more airplay on radio of late or maybe Idris is pushing it on his social media channels lol

I think it's because Apple are doing some updates, so Kworb haven't got their sales estimates from them since then! You might remember me telling you that I follow the US charts as well as our ones; they recently took down the radio updates for the Billboard charts, but I think they're back up now.
I'd need to go back through my archives to find out what my longest #1 in terms of run time is.
Speaking of #1s, do you think 'Someone You Loved' will be on ACR soon? This'll be its 12th week on the chart & seem to have declined in sales again to allow 'Giant' to extend its lead there. It appears to have peaked on streaming too, although the one place where 'Someone You Loved' did gain this week was YouTube (6-2, +3.7%).