Official Singles Chart on 22/11/2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4IIPxzEIH8. Who remembers this from 2012?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmrOcdSx3J4. Who remembers this song from 2010?

What have been your favourite singles from the 2010's

As the curtains close on the 2010's decade, I will be looking back and review the charts from the decade.

2 days until the new chart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBI3lc18k8Q. This was in the Charts this time 10 years ago!

What is your favourite John Lewis Christmas advert?

My thoughts and observations on this Chart from 18th July 2010

1.B.O.B feat. Hayley Williams: Airplanes. To me I think it is a very good song. It is not something I would listen to all the time but I would listen to it if it comes on the radio. I believe it was massive hit when it was first released and still gets airplay to this day. It also features on Now That's What I call Music 77.

2. Yolanda Be Cool VS D Cup: We Speak No Americano. When i first heard the song back in 2010, I didn't like it as much but when I heard it on The Inbetweeners Movie which is the scene where Will, Simon and Neil dances towards those girls, I began to like the song for a while but not as much now.

7. JLS: The Club is Alive. This is one of my favourite songs from JLS. It is very upbeat and something that would dance too. It is a shame that JLS had split up. Who here remember the JLS hoodies that only girls wore. I wonder if there would ever be a time where JLS would get back together and have a reunion in the future. It also features on Now That's What I call Music 76

9. Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull: I like it. This song is also one of my favourite songs from 2010. It samples All Night Long by Lionel Richie. This song was a #4 hit when it first came out. It Also features on Now That's What I Call Music 76

20. Jason Derulo: Ridin' Solo. This was Jason Derulo's Third single from his first album which is self titled. This song reached #2 in the Uk Charts in May 2010 and it had a lot of Airplay again. I can't think of what else to say about it.
12. Kylie Minogue: All The Lovers. To be honest, this ain't a very bad tune. Infact, it is one of my favourite songs from kylie Minogue. However, I find the video weird as it features people taking off their clothes and piling on top of each other.
To all the songs, well some are quite good and some are quite bad.

So if we did have a TV show about Music, what should we feature in it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk1Q9y6VVy0. Not a bad tune this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHCYHldJi_g. Who remembers this song

The ususal chavvy assortment that you'd rather drill your own head out with a pneumatic [drill] than listen to with the odd exception. I bet Radio 1 have a permanent and dedicated supply of parcetamol for the Presenters. Never see any indie rock or alternatives getting anywhere. Very depressing. It's been like that for about 10 years. The only time that you see a rock band these days with any edge is when Queen gets put back in??? Something's badly wrong with the OFC's skewed calculations of what people listen to. "Init Blud you get me?", "brap brap".

The Sales Chart is the proper chart. Not this one.

https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20100718/7501/. Check out this review from 18th July 2010

Right, I would like everyone to start streaming Christmas songs. I would like to see loads of Christmas songs re-enter the Charts this Friday coming!

So glad to see baby LIZZO still in the Top 10!! Actually as much as i love GOOD AS , i was expecting THRUTH HURTS to be bigger in UK as it is a stronger song with a better chorus but still glad to see my baby girl having success in Uk...well deserves and she has been patient enough.

Looking at this Chart, none of them have a wax figure at Madame Tussauds.

I still can't believe AVA MAX never made it to the Top 40 with her amazing song TORN!!

I am surprised DERMOT KENNEDY not having more success in UK.. he is so big in Ireland...I know his hometown...but still, he is so talented.

Selena Gomez is dropping fast!! Her amazing new song should have been number 1...I thought she will actually get as much success as ARIANA GRANDE...but not yet i guess!

BILLIE EILISH should have been number 1 this week!! She really deserved it...7 weeks at number 1 for TONES AND I were more than enough!! Okay i grew fonder of the song...But come on...BILLIE is in another league!

So glad to see baby LIZZO still in the Top 10!! Actually as much as i love GOOD AS , i was expecting THRUTH HURTS to be bigger in UK as it is a stronger song with a better chorus but still glad to see my baby girl having success in Uk...well deserves and she has been patient enough!!

I am going to look through the charts of the 80s and see which ones I can review.

Maybe we should make a new TV series. But instead of it being about Cars, it can be about Music!

https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19840902/7501/. Check out the review on the singles chart from 2nd September 1984.

Selena Gomez is dropping fast!! Her amazing new song should have been number 1...I thought she will actually get as much success as ARIANA GRANDE...but not yet i guess!!

I am surprised DERMOT KENNEDY not having more success in UK.. he is so big in Ireland...I know his hometown...but still, he is so talented...Better than LEWIS CAPALDI...

So glad to see baby LIZZO still in the Top 10!! Actually as much as i love GOOD AS , i was expecting THRUTH HURTS to be bigger in UK as it is a stronger song with a better chorus but still glad to see my baby girl having success in Uk...well deserves and she has been patient enough!! Love you...

BILLIE EILISH should have been number 1 this week!! She really deserved it...7 weeks at number 1 for TONES AND I were more than enough!! Okay i grew fonder of the song...But come on...BILLIE is in another league!!

https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20091122/7501/. I have just reviewed this chart

Here is what I think of the Charts. Most of the songs on here are rubbish. The only good songs on here are the 2 christmas songs I mean most of the people on this chart can't sing.

I might look at older charts and review them throughout the week.

Tonight, I take a look back at the Charts from late 2012 and early 2013

PSY: Gangnam Style: One of the most popualar dance songs of the year. It was a massive hit and the video has over 1 billion views on YouTube. I remember everyone at my College doing the dance when it first came out. My College tutor who I had at the time showed me and my coursemates the video.

Robbie Williams: Candy. I fell in love with the song the first time I heard it when it was uploaded onto YouTube in September 2012. I find it very catchy and I really like the video as well as I find it entertaining. The song entered the UK Charts on 4th November 2012 and was number 1 for 2 weeks.

Ellie Goulding: Anything could Happen: Once again it was one of my favourite songs from 2012. I find it very Catchy and I really like it. I sometimes sing it to myself. I entered the UK Charts at number 5 on 7th October 2012.

The Script feat. Will.I.am Hall of fame: I really like the song at it was a number 1 hit in mid September 2012. I think the song is very catchy and it is easy to sing. The video to the song is brilliant.

Bastille: Pompeii. I really like the song and I think it is catchy. I entered the Charts at number 2 in February or March 2013. It became a massive hit back in Spring 2013 and had a lot of Airplay.

Avicii Vs Nicky romero: I could be the one. Rest in Peace Avicii. I could be the one was one of my favourite Avicii singles. I think the Music it was brilliant and I like the Lyrics of the song as well. it became a massive as well being performed live I think It was featured on some TV adverts.
Disclosure: White Noise. I like the song. I think it is very catchy and I rememeber hearing it for the first time in early 2013. The music in it is brilliant and I sometimes listen to it as well.
That's all for now.

MY thoughts & observations on the UK charts as always...

Terrible, terrible joke of a chart...

My thoughts & observations on the UK charts as always…

‘Dance Monkey’ by Tones & I becomes the longest running #1 of 2019 on the singles chart (tying ‘I Don’t Care’ by Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber) as it spends an eighth consecutive week at the top.

‘Dance Monkey’ accumulated 82.800 combined chart sales (down 0.25% from last week), but that includes 9.63 million streams (up 0.31% from last week), so I’m honestly not sure if that prevents it from ACR on the next chart.

‘Orphans’ by Coldplay dominates the national airplay chart for a fourth week running!

‘Dance Monkey’ also claims a sixth consecutive week at #1 on YouTube with its best weekly viewing figure to date, up 16.3% to 4.89 million!

BILLIE EILISH - EVERYTHING I WANTED (#3)
I’ve actually seen a lot of people surprised about a sudden new Billie Eilish single out of nowhere, but I’m actually not, given that none of her album singles since ‘Bad Guy’ have really gained attention. That said, I’m glad she’s actually opted to potentially move into a new era, because I can see a lot of potential for this! For one, she’s substituted her signature deeper & darker tone, for a more raspy & whispery one, which might actually far more effective here, since the production takes a step away from eeriness, but focuses more on the softer side, with that gentle piano line accompanied with light claps. It’s a bit restrained to really add the swell in the hook that we’re used to, but then we get to the content, where you’d argue it might be a good pairing after all. In which case, Billie discusses about a nightmare where she achieved all that she wanted, but then committed suicide discovering that nobody really cared for her in the first place, with only the reassurance from her brother Finneas that this wouldn’t actually be the case in reality. For a song that ventures outside of what made her style so unique to begin with, it still connects with me surprisingly well, so if she stays in this lane, I’d certainly be on board with that! As it is, strong 8/10 from me!

LEWIS CAPALDI - BEFORE YOU GO (#19)
So I literally only released today that Lewis Capaldi put out an extended version of his debut album recently, which is what caused this song to debut despite only being out for part of the tracking week! That said, this is the kind of track that just hits deeper the more you listen to it. Lewis, as always, showcases his powerfully raw vocals throughout the song, which are amazing as usual, although I’m not sure if it impacts as hard as it could given the lively guitars that open the song & the thumping beat that joins it at the start of the second verse! Regardless, one thing I can’t deny is how personal the content is, where he’s in the aftermath about someone commiting suicide & he’s repeatedly questioning if he could’ve done anything to prevent it. Once again, this hits on a level that is both impressive & emotional, even if it’s probably not got the radio potential to challenge, say, ‘Someone You Loved’ nor ‘Bruises’ on airplay. Still a really awesome song though, so for me, solid 8/10!

TORY LANEZ & T-PAIN - JERRY SPRUNGER (#32)
I’ve been hearing very mixed responses for this song across YouTube & other social media all week, which didn’t really give me any kind of expectations for this given that I never really cared all that much for ‘I’m Sprung’ by T-Pain, which this song tries to remake. That being said, this does a lot less than you’d expect to build on the original mid-2000’s R&B tune, with the only possible improvement being that T-Pain at least sounds a bit less awkward here. That said, most of the problems still remain; the production is notably weak across the board (particularly the bass & snares having absolutely no substance whatsoever), there’s far too much autotune than is actually required, Tory Lanez somehow sounding less memorable than T-Pain & when you combine all of this together, the lyrics are way less $exy than they’re trying to be. Really, it’s more disposable than outright terrible, but for both artists, especially T-Pain, that’s still so disappointing! Light 4/10 for this!

HARRY STYLES - WATERMELON SUGAR (#35)
So I’m really excited for that new Harry Styles album next month, even if I’m not expecting it to reach the levels of exceptional performance that we got on his debut album. I mean, I’ve always liked ‘Lights Up’, but it felt a lot more modern that some of his biggest solo hits have been & as for this… it certainly feels mid-tempo & refreshing at the start, but I do feel that Harry’s vocals might not stand out in the same way this time around, probably in the dynamic that he’s shown before, since he’s certainly got the range later on in the track, particularly showing off his upper register. I’m more impressed with the instrumentation, especially the fuzzy guitar & the euphoric trumpets that close the song, which is really where the whole thing comes to live! In other words, I do like this on first listen, but I don’t feel it’s going to be a stand-out track on ‘Fine Line’ when that album comes out next month. For that, light 7/10!

On the albums chart, ‘Spectrum’ becomes Westlife’s eighth #1! Their first studio album in nine years shifted 63,000 chart sales across all formats over the past seven days.

The rest of the Top 5 is: ‘Courage’ by Celine Dion (debuts at #2, highest charting album in 17 years), ‘Back Together’ by Michael Ball & Alfie Boe (2-3), ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent’ by Lewis Capaldi (8-4) & ‘Odyssey - Greatest Hits Live’ by Take That (debuts at #5).

Looking ahead to next week, these songs could enter the Top 40 for the first time: ‘Own It’ by Stormzy ft Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy, ‘One I’ve Been Missing’ by Little Mix, ‘Leaving My Love Behind’ by Lewis Capaldi, ‘Loyal’ by PARTYNEXTDOOR ft Drake, ‘French Kisses’ by ZieZie & Aitch, ‘New Dior’ by DigDat ft D-Block Europe, 'We Got Love' by Sigala ft Ella Henderson & maybe even more.

Thanks for reading everyone! I hope you all have a good weekend. :)

My latest Crown Note chart: http://crownnote.com/charts/piran-delves/pirans-top-40-156