Official Singles Chart on 5/4/2019

And without the 3 songs per artist rule it wouldn´t have made the Top 100 at all, because then this chart would be full with all 14 tracks of Billie Eilish´s new album. So Rammstein would be 11 places lower (109)

bad guy, Wish you were gay and bury a friend are singles though.

(98) Deutschland by Rammstein is neither doing very well on audio streams nor sales.

The 26 million views are mostly from other countries

What's does it mean for a track to enter ACR

If the song declines in pure sales for 3 consecutive weeks, the streaming figures of the song will be slashed, that would result in the song taking a big drop on the chart. It usually happens on the 10th week or more depending on how the song is performing

I agree on "Monopoly", definately Ariana's worst single since 2018. My rating was slightly better but only a very light 6/10.

I don't know what to think about "Old Town Road" anymore. After first listen I gave it a 1.5/10, I was so disappointed over it. But I still saw it being very interesting. It has grown to a 3/10, and now after the Billy Ray Cyrus remix which was mad awesome, maybe even a 5/10 is possible. Definately my biggest grower in ages!

Rammstein also debuted at #98! It's cool to see, even though the story behind the song wasn't as glorious. They might debut in Finland as the song's been doing well on streaming (Top 10 on Spotify), adding to that good sales which rock bands always have.

How do you calculate the sales of tracks

Hey Piran! It's great to see 'Someone You Loved' stay at #1 for a 6th week! I honestly hope that it can make 8 weeks at the top, which does look at least reasonably likely at this point. i don't mind seeing 'Giant' finally move away from #2, though I would've preferred something other that 'bad guy' to push it down. I love seeing 'Fashion Week' and especially 'Location' continuing to prove themselves as strong Top 10 hits, and seeing 'Piece of Your Heart' make the huge climb into the Top 10 is great as well!
As for the debuts, I'm not a huge fan of 'bad guy' as you probably could've guessed. I actually do really like the beat, but I just can't get into that style of song or Billie's style of singing, so I'd give it a light 6/10 for now. 'Your Mrs' is slightly better for me, but it's nothing incredible and I'd only give it a strong 6/10. 'Better Man' would probably be a solid 5/10, while 'Old Town Road' has grown on me a decent amount since I first heard it - light 7/10 for now. I agree with you on 'MONOPOLY', though. It's a shame, given how much I love 'thank u, next', but I'm not really a fan of 'MONOPOLY' at all. Maybe a light 6/10 at best.
Next week, it looks like 'Piece of Your Heart' will be climbing higher, as will 'Old Town Road' with the new remix, and Khalid will probably see the highest debut with one of the tracks from 'Free Spirit'. 'MONOPOLY' will also likely climb, but I'm not sure about Top 10. #18 on Spotify, #48 on Apple Music and #31 on iTunes makes it seem like it'll be a Top 20 hit at best. It doesn't look like it's going to be a crazy week, though.
By the way, have you heard 'Lesley' yet? If you have, what do you think? It just spent its 4th consecutive week at #1 on my charts, the joint 3rd longest consecutive run at #1 ever! It's likely to beat that next week as well. On top of that, I recently added it to my All-Time chart and placed it at #9 with a 100/100 rating, so obviously I like it a lot!

Hey Gameskiller! :)
I feel like 'Someone You Loved' could easily get another two weeks at #1, since it doesn't seem to in danger of being put on ACR for now.
Where we disagree is on Billie Eilish as you know! I did wonder if 'Bad Guy' could pull off a surprise & debut at #1, but it didn't have enough sales & nowhere near enough radio.
It seems like we agree on most of the new arrivals, although I definitely liked 'Bad Guy' & 'Better Man' a lot more than you did!
So far, all of your predictions seem right! On the Official Chart Update so far, 'Talk' is set to jump into the Top 10 for the first time at #8, while 'Piece Of Your Heart' climbed to #6 off of strong sales & huge airplay momentum.
The biggest surprise was the huge jump for 'Old Town Road' to #4! I knew the song would definitely be climbing thanks to the remix & the dance challenge surrounding it, but not that high, even though I won't exactly complain about it, haha.
I'm listening to 'Lesley' right now; really deep delivery from Dave & I love the heavenly production, Ruelle also sounds good too! It feels like more of a story than a song to me, but I mean that in a positive way. This might end up charting for me at some point, but maybe not too high.

A lot of them are either reported on ChartData, BPI or the other OCC articles.

Hey Henri! :)
Yeah, 'Monopoly' definitely disappointed me, but I'm pleased to hear that 'Old Town Road' is growing on you fast, even if you think it's still only okay for now. Apparently, everyone else seems to think the same thing, since it's heading for the Top 10 on the Hot 100 tonight & it'll probably end up being #1 next week.
It's really cool to see a German song on the UK charts... I can't remember the last time that happened actually! Like you, I do like the song in general, but not the lyrics.
By the way, you know how I told that one of the semi-finalist of The Voice UK was from the same county as me? She only went on to win the show! :D
Her "song of the series" was, unsurprisingly, 'I'll Never Love Again'! She absolutely slayed it, even with the bias of her being so close to where I live, she's still an incredible singer regardless, so I was going to vote for her anyway.
Her cover version is already #1 on iTunes over here!

The thing about "Old Town Road" is, I love the remix but the original would be OK at best. So I'm praying Billy Ray gets credited.

As Lil Nas X himself said, "Billy Ray murdered it". And oh he did! It's so surreal to think that any Cyrus would rule the charts, yet alone Billy Ray! Nothing in 2019 surprises me anymore 😅

Rammstein actually debuted at #4 here. That's so surprising! I'll post the entire Finnish Singles chart later tomorrow, Billie also had an album bomb!

Oh that's super awesome! I saw the "I'll Never Love Again" cover and it was awesome! She feels like a great winner!

Okay, I must've been looking at a previous chart then, but it's cool that Rammstein managed to get Top 5 in Finland anyway!
Regarding 'Old Town Road', while I'd still give the original a light 7/10, the remix probably boosted that to a solid 8/10! It's kind of cool that what was one of your least favourite songs on the Hot 100 at the time it debuted went on to be "awesome", haha!
Yeah, I wouldn't have been massively surprised about Miley getting another #1, maybe not even Noah, but I would never have expected Billy to be possibly doing it! Generally, the people I've asked seem to think that he will get credited, since the remix is currently selling more than the original, but we'll have to wait & see.
Also, if they do credit Billy, I wonder if they'll put 'Old Town Road' back on to the Hot Country Songs chart...
I'm definitely glad to hear that you liked Molly's cover! :D
By the way, this was another really busy week on my personal charts! There were 11 debuts & one re-entry, so I can't wait for you to see that a little later.

If anything's going to be replacing 'Someone You Loved' before it goes on ACR I'm pretty sure it'll be 'Old Town Road'. If you combine the Spotify streams of both versions it puts it solidly at #1 with 700k streams, ~200k ahead of 'bad guy'. On Apple Music they're at #5 and #13, so while the effect isn't quite as big there, combining the 2 would certainly put it Top 3 at least.
I definitely feel like 'Lesley' is more of a story than a song as well, and that's one of the things that I really love about it. It's rare to hear such thoughtful and emotional stories in songs, so to have it be so well crafted and well executed makes it incredibly good. In terms of the actual song, it's far from my favourite to listen to, but in terms of the content and lyrics of the song it's probably among the best I've ever heard.