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- LW: 1,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 18
- LW: 2,
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 3
OWN IT
STORMZY/
- LW: 3,
- Peak: 3,
- Weeks: 2
- LW: 4,
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 5
- LW: 7,
- Peak: 5,
- Weeks: 5
EVERYTHING I WANTED
BILLIE EILISH
- LW: 5,
- Peak: 3,
- Weeks: 3
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU
MARIAH CAREY
- LW: 34,
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 96
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
ED SHEERAN/
- LW: 9,
- Peak: 4,
- Weeks: 10
- LW: 6,
- Peak: 6,
- Weeks: 27
- LW: New
- Peak: 12,
- Weeks: 1
- LW: 43,
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 61
- LW: 57,
- Peak: 14,
- Weeks: 2
LOSE YOU TO LOVE ME
SELENA GOMEZ
- LW: 11,
- Peak: 3,
- Weeks: 7
LOSE CONTROL
MEDUZA/
- LW: 13,
- Peak: 11,
- Weeks: 8
DOWN LIKE THAT
KSI/
- LW: 10,
- Peak: 10,
- Weeks: 4
- LW: 14,
- Peak: 14,
- Weeks: 11
- LW: 12,
- Peak: 7,
- Weeks: 19
- LW: 21,
- Peak: 20,
- Weeks: 8
THIS IS REAL
JAX JONES FT ELLA HENDERSON
- LW: 18,
- Peak: 18,
- Weeks: 11
FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK
POGUES FT KIRSTY MACCOLL
- LW: 71,
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 96
DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS
BAND AID
- LW: 77,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 77
- LW: 19,
- Peak: 13,
- Weeks: 4
TURN ME ON
RITON & OLIVER HELDENS FT VULA
- LW: 17,
- Peak: 12,
- Weeks: 12
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE
SHAKIN' STEVENS
- LW: 82,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 68
- LW: 22,
- Peak: 12,
- Weeks: 12
- LW: 15,
- Peak: 3,
- Weeks: 8
HIGHEST IN THE ROOM
TRAVIS SCOTT
- LW: 23,
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 9
IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE
MICHAEL BUBLE
- LW: 87,
- Peak: 7,
- Weeks: 30
- LW: 79,
- Peak: 13,
- Weeks: 15
SOMEONE YOU LOVED
LEWIS CAPALDI
- LW: 26,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 49
NEW DIOR
DIGDAT FT D-BLOCK EUROPE
- LW: 16,
- Peak: 16,
- Weeks: 2
INTO THE UNKNOWN
IDINA MENZEL & AURORA
- LW: 36,
- Peak: 36,
- Weeks: 2
DON'T RUSH
YOUNG T & BUGSEY FT HEADIE ONE
- LW: 29,
- Peak: 27,
- Weeks: 4
- LW: 24,
- Peak: 22,
- Weeks: 9
- LW: RE
- Peak: 10,
- Weeks: 35
- LW: 46,
- Peak: 40,
- Weeks: 2
ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE
BRENDA LEE
- LW: RE
- Peak: 6,
- Weeks: 44
- LW: RE
- Peak: 3,
- Weeks: 20
I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY
WIZZARD
- LW: RE
- Peak: 12,
- Weeks: 54
- LW: 38,
- Peak: 38,
- Weeks: 6
- LW: 30,
- Peak: 15,
- Weeks: 11
- LW: RE
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 95
- LW: 33,
- Peak: 33,
- Weeks: 4
UNDERNEATH THE TREE
KELLY CLARKSON
- LW: RE
- Peak: 30,
- Weeks: 16
WE GOT LOVE
SIGALA FT ELLA HENDERSON
- LW: 42,
- Peak: 42,
- Weeks: 5
- LW: 32,
- Peak: 21,
- Weeks: 13
- LW: 31,
- Peak: 31,
- Weeks: 2
- LW: 35,
- Peak: 35,
- Weeks: 2
- LW: 28,
- Peak: 28,
- Weeks: 3
- LW: RE
- Peak: 24,
- Weeks: 9
- LW: 37,
- Peak: 3,
- Weeks: 14
- LW: RE
- Peak: 21,
- Weeks: 20
DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
CHRIS REA
- LW: RE
- Peak: 11,
- Weeks: 53
TAKE ME BACK TO LONDON
ED SHEERAN FT STORMZY
- LW: 44,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 19
IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR
ANDY WILLIAMS
- LW: RE
- Peak: 17,
- Weeks: 32
10000 HOURS
DAN & SHAY FT JUSTIN BIEBER
- LW: 45,
- Peak: 17,
- Weeks: 9
- LW: 40,
- Peak: 15,
- Weeks: 4
CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING
BASTILLE
- LW: 39,
- Peak: 39,
- Weeks: 3
SHOW YOURSELF
IDINA MENZEL/
- LW: 68,
- Peak: 66,
- Weeks: 2
- LW: 48,
- Peak: 32,
- Weeks: 11
HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER)
JOHN & YOKO/
- LW: RE
- Peak: 18,
- Weeks: 35
- LW: 55,
- Peak: 55,
- Weeks: 3
- LW: 49,
- Peak: 14,
- Weeks: 12
- LW: 51,
- Peak: 8,
- Weeks: 13
FLOSS
AJ TRACEY FT MOSTACK & NOT3S
- LW: 52,
- Peak: 22,
- Weeks: 6
- LW: RE
- Peak: 41,
- Weeks: 7
- LW: 61,
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 36
- LW: RE
- Peak: 58,
- Weeks: 7
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
ED SHEERAN FT KHALID
- LW: 56,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 23
JERRY SPRUNGER
TORY LANEZ & T-PAIN
- LW: 50,
- Peak: 32,
- Weeks: 4
COZY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
KATY PERRY
- LW: RE
- Peak: 23,
- Weeks: 4
HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS
MICHAEL BUBLE
- LW: RE
- Peak: 34,
- Weeks: 11
SENORITA
SHAWN MENDES/
- LW: 53,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 24
WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME
PAUL MCCARTNEY
- LW: RE
- Peak: 6,
- Weeks: 29
- LW: RE
- Peak: 5,
- Weeks: 31
- LW: 58,
- Peak: 3,
- Weeks: 40
- LW: RE
- Peak: 13,
- Weeks: 26
INTO THE UNKNOWN
PANIC AT THE DISCO
- LW: 74,
- Peak: 74,
- Weeks: 2
- LW: 47,
- Peak: 6,
- Weeks: 6
- LW: New
- Peak: 87,
- Weeks: 1
HIGHER LOVE
KYGO & WHITNEY HOUSTON
- LW: 60,
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 23
- LW: New
- Peak: 89,
- Weeks: 1
- LW: 69,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 37
- LW: 73,
- Peak: 52,
- Weeks: 9
BE HONEST
JORJA SMITH FT BURNA BOY
- LW: 65,
- Peak: 8,
- Weeks: 16
- LW: 54,
- Peak: 6,
- Weeks: 25
- LW: 66,
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 18
- LW: RE
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 46
- LW: 72,
- Peak: 28,
- Weeks: 7
TELL ME
KREPT & KONAN/
- LW: 63,
- Peak: 23,
- Weeks: 5
LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW
DEAN MARTIN
- LW: RE
- Peak: 54,
- Weeks: 16
SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE
BELL/
- LW: 97,
- Peak: 97,
- Weeks: 2
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FG
Frank Griffin
My top 10 favourite songs from 2013!
1. Duke Dumont feat. A.M.E: Need U 100%
2. Storm Queen: Look Right Through (MK Remix)
3. PSY: Gentleman
4. Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams: Get Lucky
5. Martin Garrix: Animals
6. Avicii: Wake Me Up
7. Olly Murs: Dear Darlin'
8. Chris Brown: Fine China
9. Avicii vs Nicky romero: I Could Be The One
10. Robin Thicke feat. T.I and Pharrell Williams: Blurred Lines
JC
Jeremy Clarkson
So any ideas for our new TV show about music?
RH
Richard Hammond
Well we need a name for the TV show!
JC
Jeremy Clarkson
Yes we do. Can you think of any?
RH
Richard Hammond
We could call it, "Clarkson, Hammond and May's musical show"
JC
Jeremy Clarkson
Or how about, "Clarkson, Hammond and May's musical talk show",
RH
Richard Hammond
Can we change the subject because I thought of a brilliant idea!
JC
Jeremy Clarkson
Yeah of course we can and what's the idea, Hammond?
RH
Richard Hammond
Well why don't we ask Scott Mills if we can do the Official UK top 40 on Radio 1 tomorrow and let him have a break this week?
JC
Jeremy Clarkson
That sounds like a brilliant idea. How hard can it be to count down the Official UK top 40 tomorrow.
FG
Frank Griffin
https://disqus.com/by/disqus_XJbjZC0JLD/. What are your predictions for tomorrows Chart? Do you think more Christmas songs will re-enter the top 100 and some more maybe climb into the top 40?
Piran
Sure, it appears that we'll get six more Christmas songs joining the nine that were in last week's Top 40, bringing the total number of festive classics up to 15! :D
FG
Frank Griffin
My favourite Queen songs.
1. Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Killer Queen
3. Radio Ga Ga
4. I Want it All
5. The Show Must Go On
6. A Kind Of Magic
7. Hammer To Fall
8. Fat Bottomed Girls
9. We Will Rock You
10. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
11. Breakthru
12. Under Pressure
13 Backchat
14. Innuendo
15. I Want To Break Free
16. We Are The Champions
17. Another One Bites The Dust
18. Body Language
19. One Vision
20. It's A Hard Life
FG
Frank Griffin
@coolocelot101. Was there any songs from 2016 that you liked? Just out of interest as I was looking through the 2016 charts.
FG
Frank Griffin
New Chart tommorow and more Christmas songs should be in the top 40!
JC
Jeremy Clarkson
The new Chart comes out tomorrow!
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNsPI6V4Iec. Good Tune!
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m61XkXQbvI
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSb9t7sCXJc. When this first came out, I could not stop listening to it. I was obsessed with this song.
FG
Frank Griffin
Got to admit 2013 was also a brilliant year for music :D
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASO_zypdnsQ
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.madametussauds.com/london/en/whats-inside/music/
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhIrzbhEGvs. Who remembers this?
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mMyPJSx8RU This is one of my most favourite MJ songs!
FG
Frank Griffin
Question 3. What was Bruno Mars's debut single not as a featured artist?
Was it
A. Just the Way You Are
B. Grenade
C. 24K Magic
FG
Frank Griffin
Question 2. Which Now album did King By Years and Years appear on?
was it.
A. Now 90
B. Now 89
C. Now 93
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw. Love this song
FG
Frank Griffin
Well done to Ed Sheeran for winning Artist Of The Decade Award. :D
FG
Frank Griffin
my top favourite songs from 2016 are
1. Mike Posner: I Took A Pill In Ibiza
2. Drake: One Dance
3. The Weeknd: Starboy
4. Bruno Mars: 24K Magic
5. Lukas Graham: 7 Years
6. Clean Bandit feat. Anne- Marie and Sean Paul: Rockabye
7. DNCE: Cake By The Ocean
FG
Frank Griffin
From now on, I will be making no more fake arguments on here. I will only be posting music videos, links to older charts and my favourite songs from a certain year. I want to take this music forum seriously now!
RC
Richard Clarkson
2014 was the worst year for music!
FG
Frank Griffin
No it wasn't. 2014 was a brilliant year for music. I loved most songs from 2014! Especially It's My Birthday by Will.I.am.
RC
Richard Clarkson
Hahahahahahahahaha. That is such a rubbish song. Infact that is the worse song I have ever heard in my life. You shoulf get a life you sad weirdo!
FG
Frank Griffin
No it is not a rubbish song. You are a sad weirdo. Who on earth do you think you are calling me a sad weirdo because I like music from 2014. If you don't the music from 2014 then listen to music from a different year!
RC
Richard Clarkson
Hahahahahaha. OMG you such a weirdo listening to such trash. I think you need to get a better music taste! Every song from 2014 was really bad.
FG
Frank Griffin
No every song from 2014 was NOT actually really bad. I loved Happy from Pharrell Williams because that was a brilliant song. YOU should be the one that should listen to more music instead of slagging off songs from 2014 or any other year you might hate. I don't see Coolocelot101 or Piran Delves complaining about the Charts from previous years so why should you. Coolocelot101's favourite year was 2015 and I loved that year as well. If you don't like this decade then listen to a different decade of music!!!!
FG
Frank Griffin
https://disqus.com/by/disqus_XJbjZC0JLD/
@coolocelot101
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUjE9H8QlA4
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqt8Z1k0oWQ I love this awesome track :D
FG
Frank Griffin
More Now adverts to come
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiHme3e-OwM Brings back memories this does :D
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5d9tnaujGU This could be re-issued in July 2020 along with the release of Now 106!
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJLcuyNYiDE The advert for Now 5. Which could be re-issued on CD in March or April 2020 with the release of Now 105!
FG
Frank Griffin
Question 1. What year did Taio Cruz release his #1 single Break Your Heart
was it
A: 2009
B: 2011
C: 2013
reply the answer below.
FG
Frank Griffin
@coolocelot101
https://disqus.com/by/disqus_XJbjZC0JLD/ @https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20121118/7501/ I recommend this Chart to do a review on.
Piran
Okay, I'll do this one next! :)
Did you see my review of the June 2012 chart you suggested?
FG
Frank Griffin
Yeah it was really good. I will try and recommend more if you like?
Piran
Thanks! Cool, I'll try to get through one or two more this week. :)
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbPED9bisSc Good song. I wish the 1D boys would get back together!
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOEJHNZpeck
FG
Frank Griffin
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/bc5ccaa11e54242ccf40beced0b657c7763f6e6b8ffe61273ba75eb0755272dd.jpg Who owns this amazing Now album?
FG
Frank Griffin
@coolocelot101 I would imagine you own this album.
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIgK3zOk0zg
FG
Frank Griffin
What is ACR?
Piran
It stands for "Accelerated Chart Ratio".
It means that if a song has been on the chart for at least 10 weeks & declined more than the rest of the singles market for three consecutive weeks, the value of its streams are halved.
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DlMoJ2V6uk
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/uk-top-40-singles-chart/20120610/750140/. I reviewed a chart from such a great year :D
FG
Frank Griffin
I can't wait to see what Piran Delves and Coolocelot101 has got to say about the top 100 from the 10th June 2012 :)
JC
Jeremy Clarkson
https://disqus.com/by/disqus_XJbjZC0JLD/
@coolocelot101 Yeah me too
FG
Frank Griffin
I don't think 2014 was a bad year for music either.
FG
Frank Griffin
What I am planning on doing is a music quiz. All the questions will be on singles that has been in the Official Singles Chart. It can be from any decade. The first question will come tomorrow evening. I will try and make them as easy as possible!
FG
Frank Griffin
To Coolocelot101 and Piran Delves.
Review this Chart when you get chance please, thanks :D https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20120610/7501/
Piran
Sure, I'll comment on it either later or tomorrow. :)
FG
Frank Griffin
2012 was without a doubt an awesome year for music.
FG
Frank Griffin
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e0cdd8f640105c6e6b863cab588351d942bbcd2318f0b741f48740618a54b508.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/27a2762ae00671eb63c732b0a2ee6e0a4ba203474f4f1e5dfd8fbf797748a38d.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4c752282fa4d3803fea2b89919ca184e4593e316bdf43ada796870bfd65cedaa.jpg The Now albums of 2012.
FG
Frank Griffin
Every one of these albums is worth listening too :D
FG
Frank Griffin
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2f53f4386751375ece2d37976726ede1854742213ed2e1429dbfb8730eaa1cea.jpg If anyone has this album, let me know and tell me if it is good or not.
FG
Frank Griffin
My favourite decades for music is 80's, 90s, 00's and 10's.
JC
Jeremy Clarkson
R.I.P Juice WRLD :(
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/uk-top-40-singles-chart/20151023/750140/
JC
Jeremy Clarkson
That is a great chart
FG
Frank Griffin
My top favourite songs from 2010
1. Jason Derulo: In My Head
2. JLS: The Club Is Alive
3. Timbaland feat. Justin Timberlake: Carry Out
4.Tinie Tempah feat. Labrinth: Frisky
5. Eminem: Not Afraid
6. Tinchy Stryder: In My System
7. Ne-yo: Beautiful Monster
8. Usher feat. Pitbull: DJ Got US Fallin' In Love
9. Lemar: The Way Love Goes
10. Professor Green feat. Ed Drewett: I Need You Tonight
FG
Frank Griffin
2010. Also the start of the 2010's decade!
FG
Frank Griffin
Looks like I am the only person on here today
FG
Frank Griffin
Artists who have had more than one wax figure at Madame Tussauds London.
1. Michael Jackson
2.Madonna
3.Britney Spears
4. Paul McCartney
5.Kylie Minogue
6. Miley Cyrus
7. Beyonce
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLRjFWDGs1g
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcATvu5f9vE
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jCuroTbqBI
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoOlAI8oQS8
FG
Frank Griffin
More Music videos to come :D
Damián
So sad to see none of Kylie's Christmas songs re entered the top 100. Her Xmas album is delightful. I really recommend Every Day's Like Christmas by her
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMAdNZaf7zc
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QGMCSCFoKA Good song
JC
Jeremy Clarkson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDWhpleyfv8. This is from 2007
FG
Frank Griffin
One time, there was a tourist attraction called Madame Tussauds Rock Circus in Picadilly Square London. It opened in August 1989 and closed compeletely in September 2001. The Museum was a walkthrough attractions with each room showing artists from a certain decade. The attraction started from the 1950s to the then present day in which case the 1990s. If Madame Tussauds Rock Circus was still open today, there would be a 2000's section and a 2010's section.
Here are some of the wax figures they would have in the 2000's section
1. Justin Timberlake
2. Flo Rida
3. Lady Gaga
4. Robbie Williams
5. Natasha Bedingfield
6. Keane
7. Coldplay
8. Maroon 5
9. Kylie Minogue
10. Katy Perry.
11. Ne-yo
12. Usher
13. Beyonce
14.Rihanna
15. Craig David
Here are some of the wax figures they would have in the 2010s section
1. George Ezra
2. Ed Sheeran
3. Billie Eilish
4. Justin Bieber
5. Jason Derulo
6. JLS
7. Callum Scott
8. Lewis Capaldi
9. Tinie Tempah
10. Olly Murs
11. Bruno Mars
12. Avicii
13. John Newman
14. Sam Smith
15. The Weeknd
16. One Direction
17. Dua Lipa
18. Ariana Grande.
JC
Jeremy Clarkson
Yes. That can be something else for the TV show. Which artist has a wax figure in Madame Tussauds.
Damián
Kylie has 3 figures already, by the way
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sMKX22BHeE
FG
Frank Griffin
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/412f05f0ddf1a54373f5cf7e94bf683801277639da15c00e0450f473859ff63a.jpg Who owns this album?
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOz_fuQk-Wo
Damián
A masterpiece opinion pop music
FG
Frank Griffin
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/09fe677d3e537a62bfc55da038e18d5580eaf4605151fab2fd5c72f6547a9265.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2693c010fa2c334afafce977ab7fcd3bcca40695fc7b54de32ee7a97c423df46.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/dbfdbc229e298aebfc9684275af4fc08cb78c14898555ae7a25943cf87c743df.jpg The 3 Now albums of 2010.
FG
Frank Griffin
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/fbc7f3e9f83ca1f0c3d3500b20e25c4b0ce6299557a7293808e015f3f18db2e9.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e4bab40a54256aa070d650c6e1ce321c20ccee2a98f9f46945cfcf55152d20ae.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c80bf15bbc89afa4a15d269a4178ef40645e8ee6f7b5571bb2229ac86d7712ab.jpg The 3 Now albums of 2015.
FG
Frank Griffin
Has anyone heard of The Beatles?
JC
Jeremy Clarkson
No who are they?
FG
Frank Griffin
The Beatles. They are biggest group of the History of music!
FG
Frank Griffin
If I was to become a music artist I would have myself inspired by artists such as Michael Jackson, Elton John, Freddie Mercury, Stevie Wonder, George Michael and Justin Timberlake!
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ Love this song!
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Frank Griffin
I know this is not music related but I am never using snapchat again.
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Frank Griffin
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/486d2e95070246be4a39138479ad0fb38f06fdf471e67b459887f810eca0e698.jpg. Here it is. The first ever Now Album ever to be released.
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Frank Griffin
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0f4b2a2f780533d2fd700785ebabc187efd546845f362a7a93e6e6a40b7f6922.jpg
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Frank Griffin
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/721cce969e32f32d83062fcf758da16acac5815ddcca2901e5838347e36cf8aa.jpg This has got to be my most favourite Now That's What I Call Music album.
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Frank Griffin
2020 could be an amazing year for Music
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Frank Griffin
Songs that spent ages at number 1
1. Wet Wet Wet: Love Is All Around (1994)
2. Ed Sheeran: Shape of You (2017)
3. Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
4. Bryan Adams: (Everything I do) I Do It For You (1991)
5. Tones and I: Dance Monkey (2019)
6. Drake feat. Wizkid and Skyar: One Dance (2016)
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Frank Griffin
Blinding Lights by the weeknd sounds like it should be an 80s song
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Frank Griffin
Dance Monkey by Tones and I has beaten Bryan Adams: (Everything I do) I Do It For you which spent 16 weeks at number 1 way back in 1991.
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Frank Griffin
Christmas songs that could be entering the top 40 next week.
1. Slade: Merry Xmas Everybody
2. Wizzard: I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
3. East 17: Stay Another Day
4. Cliff Richard: Mistletoe and Wine
5. Jona Lewie: Stop the Calvary
6. Coldplay: Christmas Lights
7. Chris Rea: Driving Home for Christmas
8. Mud: Lonely This Christmas
9. John Lennon: Happy Xmas (War is over)
10. Paul McCartney: Wonderful Christmas Time
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Frank Griffin
Blinding lights by the weeknd is such a good tune. I love it and it is my first time hearing it. 10/10 :D
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Frank Griffin
Does anybody listen to the top 40 on Radio 1 every Friday
Piran
Yeah, I certainly do! :)
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Frank Griffin
https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20091206/7501/ The charts 10 years ago today.
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Frank Griffin
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8051244ff283d8203fa55978a7f3c56426dc454547af25289e85d4b220c2a381.jpg Who owns this album?
JC
Jeremy Clarkson
In Our TV show, we could talk about Now That's What I call Music.
RH
Richard Hammond
That does not sound like a bad idea actually.
JC
Jeremy Clarkson
Yes. and we could have a News segement and also a throwback segemant
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Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87XZLUEeGhA Good Album
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Frank Griffin
So my top favourite songs from 2010 has been marked as spam
Piran
I will say that I do like how this forum is getting a lot more activity! :)
I remember about a year ago, the weekly singles chart thread was so dead, now we're regularly getting over 100 comments every week!
Whether it's chart reviews, throwback reviews, debates or recommendations, it's definitely nice to see a lot more chart followers here.
Rob Parkinson
Hi Piran, great to see all this activity on here every week now, I kind of feel you set most of this off! Is also great to see Becky Hill and Wiess just bubbling under your chart, was a great track upon release and still is nowm I'm really liking the music and her voice and style right now and hope she can manage a decent chart hit all of her own soon
Damián
Hey Piran! It's a pleasure to chat and discuss with so many ppl so.passionate about charts and music!
Piran
Hi Rob! :)
Aw thanks, I really hope I've had at least some input into the sudden surge of popularity here, haha.
Yeah, it took me a while to discover 'I Could Get Used To This', but better late than never, since it's really my style!
Piran
Hey Dami! :)
I agree! It's really awesome to discuss different eras & styles of music each week.
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Frank Griffin
My Top favourite songs from 2009
1. Taio Cruz: Break Your Heart
2. David Guetta feat. Akon: Chick
3. Daniel Merriweather Change
4. Flo Rida feat. Kesha: Right Round
5. Black Eyed Peas: Meet Me Halfway
6. Tinchy Stryder feat. N Dubz Number 1
7. Steve Angello feat. Robin S: Show Me Love
Piran
I actually love a lot of this, especially: #2, #4 & #7! :)
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Frank Griffin
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ecc9573786483281ab63b6b158d62627a714b1128aa0ba0437ff2643b695067f.jpg Anyone has this album?
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Frank Griffin
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2693c010fa2c334afafce977ab7fcd3bcca40695fc7b54de32ee7a97c423df46.jpg Who owns this album
Piran
Me! :)
thierry henon
So glad to see Ellie Goulding getting another Top 20 under belt...I am sure Tones & 1 will get a final week at number 1 to surpass Rihanna and Whitney before we got a new Xmas number 1 single...
Damián
Me too, at last Ellie's getting another top 20!!!
thierry henon
So happy to see Mariah back into the Top 10...but very early this year...like so many Xmas songs climbing the chart so quickly...We may get finally a proper Xmas song this year at number 1? Come on Mariah, Wham or The Pogues!!
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Vikingman
Perhaps we should all leave our a streaming on repeat during the night Christmas week if we want to see a festive song at number one.
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Frank Griffin
Years and Years should also be at Madame Tussauds
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Frank Griffin
Here is a list of artists that Madame Tussauds London should make wax figures of.
1.Lewis Capaldi
2. George Ezra
3. Ellie goulding
4.Kelly Clarkson
5. Adam Levine
6. Mariah Carey
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Frank Griffin
The X Factor single actually entered at 87.
AW
Adam white
I’m shocked that the X factor charity single entered at only 86 after being number 1 on iTunes for days
Piran
Just shows how little sales impact the charts nowadays.
What's even more surprising is that it was in the Top 40 back in Monday's update! :O
AW
Adam white
It was said to go top 20 and then it flopped so badly.. it also should show Simon that this year didn’t work and the show has to be fixed next year
Piran
Apparently, there's another spin-off called 'X Factor: The Band' starting Monday. If the celebrity version couldn't produce anything big, I doubt this one will either sadly!
I hope they go back to the original format next year, but even then, it's very clear that the show is long past its best now. :/
AW
Adam white
The band seems more promising than the celeb version but I don’t think they will get a hit out of it.. they are reworking the format and going back to basics next year apparently stripping back everything and making the show just about the talent now which is needed!!
Piran
I don't either. Heck, they barely get a hit with the original format nowadays anyway! :/
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Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4fCIzXV25M. This is at #26 this week.
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Frank Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZBtPf7FOoM. This is a good tune!
JC
Jeremy Clarkson
This is not a bad Chart to be honest. Who thinks myself, Richard Hammond and James May should do a show about the music Charts?
Piran
I'd be interested! :)
Piran
So, as promised, here are my Top 100 Songs Of 2019! :)
This is based mostly on how my Crown Note leaderboard for the year looked like, but some songs moved about due to quality going up or down & the total number of streams they got.
Once again, disagreeing with this list is fine, but please be respectful regardless!
Hope you all enjoy.
Piran
PART 1 (#1-25)
#1: Avicii ft Aloe Blacc - SOS
#2: Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho
#3: Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Senorita
#4: Sigrid - Don’t Feel Like Crying
#5: Sam Smith & Normani - Dancing With A Stranger
#6: Tones & I - Dance Monkey
#7: Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer
#8: Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved
#9: Dermot Kennedy - Outnumbered
#10: MEDUZA ft GOODBOYS - Piece Of Your Heart
#11: Lil Nas X ft Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road
#12: Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow
#13: Taylor Swift - Lover
#14: Victor Crone - Storm
#15: Kygo & Whitney Houston - Higher Love
#16: Avicii ft Chris Martin - Heaven
#17: Ed Sheeran ft Khalid - Beautiful People
#18: Sam Eeldt ft RANI - Post Malone
#19: Mahmood - Soldi
#20: Camila Cabello - Liar
#21: Sigrid - Never Mine
#22: Gryffin ft Maia Wright - Body Back
#23: Duncan Laurence - Arcade
#24: Katy Perry - Never Really Over
#25: Ed Sheeran ft Camila Cabello & Cardi B - South Of The Border
Piran
PART 2 (#26-50)
#26: Charli XCX & Troye Sivan - 1999
#27: Post Malone - Circles
#28: Post Malone ft Swae Lee - Sunflower
#29: Mark Ronson ft Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart
#30: Taylor Swift - You Need To Calm Down
#31: Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next
#32: The Chainsmokers & ILLENIUM ft Lennon Stella - Takeaway
#33: Dermot Kennedy - Rome
#34: Mabel - Don’t Call Me Up
#35: Dominic Fike - 3 Nights
#36: Regard - Ride It
#37: Taylor Swift ft Brendon Urie - Me!
#38: The 1975 - It’s Not Living [If It’s Not With You]
#39: Sigrid - Sucker Punch
#40: Taylor Swift - Paper Rings
#41: Sigrid - Strangers
#42: Mark Ronson ft Camila Cabello - Find U Again
#43: Pale Waves - One More Time
#44: ILLENIUM & Jon Bellion - Good Things Fall Apart
#45: Echosmith - Lonely Generation
#46: MAG!C☆PRINCE - Update
#47: Alejandro Sanz ft Camila Cabello - Mi Persona Favorita
#48: Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don’t Care
#49: R3HAB & A Touch Of Class - All Around The World [La La La]
#50: P!NK - A Million Dreams
Piran
PART 3 (#51-75)
#51: Ava Max - So Am I
#52: Sigrid - Sight Of You
#53: Taylor Swift - Cornelia Street
#54: JVG - Tarkenee
#55: Taylor Swift - The Archer
#56: Marshmello ft CHVRCHES - Here With Me
#57: Daddy Yankee ft Snow - Con Calma
#58: Tiesto & Mabel - God Is A Dancer
#59: Jax Jones ft Ella Henderson - This Is Real
#60: Jess Glynne - Thursday
#61: Selena Gomez - Lose You To Love Me
#62: MAG!C☆PRINCE - Gomen.. Hanashitakunai
#63: Benny Blanco & Calvin Harris - I Found You
#64: Ariana Grande - Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored
#65: Robin Schulz ft Erika Sirola - Speechless
#66: Little Mix - The Cure
#67: Michela - Chameleon
#68: The Chainsmokers & 5 Seconds Of Summer - Who Do You Love?
#69: Kygo & Chelsea Cutler - Not OK
#70: James Arthur & Anne-Marie - Rewrite The Stars
#71: Dua Lipa - Swan Song
#72: Jonas Blue ft Chelcee Grimes, TINI & Jhay Cortez - Wild
#73: Jax Jones & Martin Solveig ft Madison Beer - All Day & Night
#74: Lizzo - Good As
#75: Sigrid - Home To You
Piran
PART 4 (#76-100)
#76: Post Malone - Wow
#77: Joel Corry - Sorry
#78: Westlife - Dynamite
#79: Dua Lipa - Don’t Start Now
#80: Maitre Gims ft Vianney - La Meme
#81: Lady Gaga - Always Remember Us This Way
#82: Cameron Barnes - Chasing Love
#83: End Of The World ft Clean Bandit - Lost
#84: Luca Hanni - She Got Me
#85: Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait
#86: Destery Smith ft Chase Gallarza - Dancing In The Dark
#87: Carly Rae Jepsen - Now That I Found You
#88: Sam Fender - The Borders
#89: Audien & Echosmith - Favourite Sound
#90: The Prince Karma - Later es
#91: MAX & Ty Dolla $ign - The Other Side
#92: Fisher - Losing It
#93: Westlife - Hello My Love
#94: Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man - Giant
#95: Nina Nesbitt - Colder
#96: JVG - Spagettipyssyt
#97: Panic At The Disco - High Hopes
#98: SAINt JHN - Roses [Imanbek Remix]
#99: Loud Luxury ft Bryce Vine - I’m Not Alright
#100: Khalid - Saturday Nights
James
Hi Piran,
I've been reading your reviews for a while now and thought I'd comment on this list. Overall I mostly agree with what you write, however, I really dislike both Señorita (which is the only song that I find so annoying I turn off my radio or switch the station) and Shallow, which I just find plain boring. I find it difficult myself to define my favourite songs of the year. At the moment I am really enjoying listening to White Mercedes by Charli XCX.
Have a nice weekend.
Piran
Hi, thank you for very much for your comment! :)
I'm pleased to hear that we're mostly in agreement, although disappointed to hear that you didn't like 'Senorita' nor 'Shallow' that much at all, since these were among my longest Crown Note #1's of the past year! That said, everyone's opinion is always appreciated by me, so that's fair enough.
'White Mercedes' is a decent choice & I'm surprised it hasn't become bigger in at least the UK!
I hope you have a nice weekend too.
K
Kevan
I don't like Señorita too. But thanks to streaming, I could just listen to my fav. tracks 😄
Damián
Wowww! #72 and 84 are great songs! Sadly, didn't even get into the top 100. So glad to see many Sigrid's songs on the list, she does a genuine and lovely pop. I was hoping New York City by Kylie could enter unless on your top 100... 😞😞😂😂
David N'jama
JVG!! Wow didn't know you listen to music from Finland. That's cool, now I feel less weird knowing I'm not the only one who has songs from other languages in their library.
Piran
Yeah, JVG are one of my favourite foreign language groups actually! :D
They were recommended to me by a Finnish user on Headline Planet, but I also listen to: Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Italian, Norwegian & Swedish occasionally too.
David N'jama
Very nice :)
akyovbashiev
I review everything hot inside and bubbling just under the UK's official top 40 - and as the Christmas songs begin their annual chart takeover, we still have a couple of releases managing to pop their heads out and shine inside the top 40 - one of which, doing so quite unusually! Let's get started.
(NEW ENTRIES) #10 + #12: THE WEEKND - HEARTLESS // BLINDING LIGHTS
I'm combining these into one, because I've mostly the same things to say about them. The Weeknd is incredibly hit-or-miss with me, it's actually insane - I've loved upbeat tracks of his like "Starboy" and downbeat ones like "Call Out My Name", but something like "Can't Feel My Face" was largely forgettable and at a certain point, a bit annoying. Now with "Heartless", there's some pretty interesting production going on, and I love how it and the lyrical content alternate throughout the song between the life of partying, drugs and alcohol; and the sadness that comes with that. Despite the track not being convincing enough, however, it's the better out of the two for me: "Blinding Lights" is a promotional song for a Mercedes commercial, and while the beat with this one is certainly much more intriguing, there's not much else that captures me at all - "Heartless" had at least some heartfelt delivery, this one doesn't really! I wanted to give these a joint score, because I feel mostly the same about them, but I really can't: so I'm giving "Heartless" a light 6/10, and "Blinding Lights" a pretty strong 5/10.
akyovbashiev
(NEW ENTRY) #14: ELLIE GOULDING - RIVER
So this track has managed to break into the top 40, being available exclusively on Amazon - and did so with a very good peak! This means this is now Ellie's highest-charting single this year, and it got me thinking: when was the last time a track exclusive to a single platform has managed to break the top 40? Turns out, it was last year, and the track was once again only available on Amazon Music! Katy Perry's 'Cozy Little Christmas' managed to sneak to a #23 peak last year, so it appears this year they're trying the same strategy to attempt to convert people to their streaming platform. (if only it was any good, but that's a rant for another day) Now, I love Ellie, and she's had quite a weird year, her last single 'Hate Me' managing to barely dent the top 40, and it was quite an unusual one. So here we have her covering a 1971 song of the same name by Joni Mitchell, and it's a slow piano ballad. I thought this should definitely work out, considering her strong vocals - but I suppose not. See, I'm not one for Christmas songs, but I don't think that has anything to do with that fact here. I think what this comes down to, she tries her hardest to do this, but this is just not the right song for her. The vocal curves that she attempts to do just don't fit her voice, in my opinion - she doesn't have the voice for this. Again, I'm generally a fan of Ellie, but I'm going to have to give this a 4/10, sorry.
akyovbashiev
(NEW ENTRY) #40: TREVOR DANIEL - FALLING
I can't help but think of Juice WRLD when I hear this song - Trevor Daniel's voice sounds strikingly similar (although that could just be me), and, of course, the lyrical content is also, just like with the former, incredibly raw and heartfelt. The track itself is actually kinda reminiscent to "Lucid Dreams", again, that might be me, but unfortunately, I genuinely prefer that one - Juice had a bit more of a consistent flow and the Sting sample was something else, where as with "Falling" we get a pretty basic trap beat and apart from the guitar strings in the beginning, nothing really capturing about this song, or something that would make it "catchy". In a week with two other urban tracks, which I also didn't really enjoy, this doesn't stick out in any way, sadly! Very light 5/10.
akyovbashiev
And that's about it for this week! Not a very eventful week overall, apart from all the holiday songs obviously - and as much as I'm generally not a fan of them, it does really put you in a Christmas mood. Mariah Carey is, as per usual, the highest of the bunch, and this really could be the year she gets to #1 - not on Christmas, though, that's a peak she's hardly going to reach, considering her streams are halved all the way through and it's going to be tracking data from the week of 13th-19th of December. Meanwhile, "Dance Monkey" claims a 10th week at the top, an astonishing record considering the chart rules that are set in place and usually prevent such things, and she's by all means looking set to grab an 11th one, as there's not much in sight that could dethrone her. Predicting a 12th one is a roll of the dice, however - she declined again this week, a 2nd one in row, and all she has to do is decline again next week to be put on ACR and out of the running for Christmas #1. What does that leave us with, again? Lewis Capaldi's "Before You Go" is a strong contender, and his team will undoubtedly push it for that title, but also Stormzy could grab it, in my opinion - his new album comes out next week and that might give it enough of a push to send "Own It" to the top. The race is as exciting as ever - and with two weeks still remaining, quite anything is possible.
My latest CrownNote chart is not up just yet - this post will be updated when it's available!
Piran
Good review once again, even if 'Heartless' is the only one I really agree on, haha! :D
My Top 100 Songs Of 2019 are up by the way.
Piran
I don't know, Mariah went from 34-8 this week alone, but it's still only the first chart of December!
At the moment, it really looks like she'll get both the Christmas & New Year #1 if this kind of momentum continues.
akyovbashiev
I assumed we wouldn't be agreeing about a lot of the new entries, haha! Although, apart from "Heartless", we do also seem to agree on "Falling" in that it's not that good.
Oh, that's cool! It's a bit early for my personal Top 100 of 2019, but I'll be checking yours out!
Piran
Oh yeah, I forgot about 'Falling', but that's honestly just a Post Malone rip-off.
That's alright, hopefully you'll like my chart! :)
akyovbashiev
Yeah, she does have strong momentum, but a lot of Christmas tracks shot up this week, so obviously Mariah would be the highest. It's anybody's guess, really, whether she will make it or not.
I do still think a Christmas #1 for her is a bit unlikely, but the week after that could be hers!
Piran
I honestly think the chart that follows Christmas could see 70+ festive songs inside the Top 100, with 8-9 in the Top 10! :O
Last year was crazy enough, but the streaming impact looks to be even greater this time round.
Karl Fursey
It's the 25th anniversary of Mariah Carey's festive classic this December, what a wonderful achievement it would be if she could bag Christmas or New Year number one .
The 1994 festive chart topper which kept Mariah at number two, East 17s Stay another day has barely re-entered the chart this week.
akyovbashiev
It's certainly a bad time for any song that's not a Christmas song, haha!
I do wonder though, with the increase in streaming numbers in recent years, which obviously also translates to holiday songs also flooding the charts in much larger quantities and with much higher peaks, will we ever see a post-Christmas chart that's 90-95% Christmas songs? I think 100% might be asking a bit too much, but the former certainly could happen at some point.
Piran
I'm not sure that'll be possible, since you'd literally need the 95th biggest Christmas song of the week to be streamed more than the 5th biggest non-Christmas song of the week for that to happen, haha!
Mind you, I don't think we'll come too far off though, unless the OCC introduce another rule that prevents festive classics from getting this high.
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Frank Griffin
This ain't quite a bad Chart. This is the proper Charts now!
RC
Richard Clarkson
No, the sales Chart is the proper Chart!
FG
Frank Griffin
Err no this is the proper Chart because this is the Chart that gets played on Radio 1
RC
Richard Clarkson
The sales Chart is the proper Chart and that's final
FG
Frank Griffin
https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-sales-chart/ Here you go. Here's a link to the Sales Chart. Comment on that instead!
Pete Seaton
the one on Radio 1 is manipulative and fixable. as soon as they realise that and go back to proper sale the better
Rector
Here's hoping for a new number one next week!
#10 - "Heartless" - The Weeknd - 6/10
Not as catchy as Blinding Lights, but the beat was pretty good.
#12 - "Blinding Lights" - The Weeknd - 8/10
The catchy instrumental reminds me of Take on Me. This might be my favorite song from The Weeknd.
#14 - "River" - Ellie Goulding - 6/10
Great vocals but the instrumental is really sad. Not sure if it fits the Christmas theme.
#40 - "Falling" - Trevor Daniel - 4/10
Not a bad song. Beat was good and the vocals were not terrible, but it's not for me.
Piran
Agreed on everything, except I would rate 'River' a little higher.
I see what you mean about it not really feeling as festive as it's trying to be though!
Piran
My thoughts & observations on the UK chart as always…
‘Dance Monkey’ by Tones & I extends its singles chart reign to a 10th consecutive week at #1! In doing so, it ties an Official Chart record alongside ‘I Will Always Love You’ by Whitney Houston from 1992 & ‘Umbrella’ by Rihanna ft Jay-Z in 2007, that being the longest running #1 of all-time by a female artist!
Commercially, ‘Dance Monkey’ racked up 75,000 chart sales for the tracking week, which includes 9.39 million streams.
We’ve gone from one Christmas song inside the Top 40 last week to nine this week! That’s almost a quarter of the entire chart, with still three more charts to go before festive classics have their biggest impact.
‘Don’t Start Now’ by Dua Lipa retains the top spot on the national airplay chart!
‘Dance Monkey’ also continues its dominant run on YouTube, where it’s spending an eighth consecutive week at #1! Compared to last week, it increased 5% in views to 4.6 million over the past seven days.
THE WEEKND - HEARTLESS (#10)
While The Weeknd’s always been hit-or-miss for me, I’ve always been able to see his appeal as an R&B singer, since he has a voice that’s very distinct on the radio; you know it’s him straight away! As for this, it certainly falls more on the positive side of things, although I still have my reservations. Of course, I still love the vocal display here, which with how they alternate between a huskier deep tone to the passionate falsetto, almost reminds me of Michael Jackson & while the trap beat here might be very predictable & overused, it’s the kind of vibe that suits The Weeknd almost better than any other act in the charts right now! That said, where I can’t get on board with this so much is in the content, where he discusses how fame made him “heartless”, which makes you think this would be a sadder vibe from him, but instead he seems to take up almost all the airtime bragging about girls, but also being very disrespectful to them! I mean, the lyrics , but everything else seems to work fine. So for that, solid 6/10!
THE WEEKND - BLINDING LIGHTS (#12)
Now, this is more like it! I definitely meant the MJ comparison in the ‘Heartless’ review above as a compliment, but with The Weeknd now taking on brighter & groovier vocals, this might actually be an even better fit for him! I’ve also always loved whenever The Weeknd goes into a disco-funk throwback (such as when he collaborated with Daft Punk on ‘Starboy’ & ‘I Feel It Coming’), which is why the synth-driven electro-pop sparkle is a standout here; it might pack less of a punch than its companion single, but it’s a heck of a lot more fun! See, this is a much more effective approach on how to get a lover, because it’s really impressive! This might’ve been the lower of the two debuts for The Weeknd, but it certainly has more hit potential. As such, strong 8/10!
ELLIE GOULDING - RIVER (#14)
Yeah, we’re not only getting Christmas songs re-enter, but there’ll also be a lot of debuts here & there as we approach the 25th! As for this, it’s particularly interesting to see it this high, since it was an Amazon Music exclusive up until literally a few days ago. It’s also a cover of the 1971 classic by Joni Mitchell & on top of that, it’s actually really enjoyable! It’s honestly reminiscent of her early days where she covered the classic ‘Your Song’ for the John Lewis Christmas Advert for example, especially with the rich vocal delivery & her cooing upper register, which is primarily a piano-driven ballad! What I respect a lot more coming from Ellie is how she can carry the descriptive details so well in her singing, which allows this to resonate on a very strong level, even when like me, you’ve only heard it for the first time! I do wish we got a bit more on the ending, but that’s something I feel could’ve been improved on the original anyway. Regardless, I still think this is such a sweet remake of the original, so I’m giving it a solid 8/10!
TREVOR DANIEL - FALLING (#40)
Looks like we have another TikTok entry sneaking its way in despite all the Christmas songs & while I’ve never got on board with a majority of songs getting big from this platform, trap singers have been growing on me a lot throughout 2019, but not enough for me to get on board with this, because it’s honestly nothing you’ll care about! Seriously, we’ve heard Post Malone do this sort of thing about a year or two ago, except with production that’s nowhere near as cheap as it is here! He even sounds like a less convincing version of Post Malone too, especially when you only have a single verse & a hook that doesn’t even any attempt to rhyme. I mean, the low-end rumbles of the synths along with the watery guitars might’ve developed a bit of an atmosphere at points here, but even then, they’re fairly short-lived! Even the content doesn’t go into any sort of detail that’s worth a lot of discussion, so yeah, its chances of becoming a hit with any sort of staying power are extremely unlikely, especially when December has more competition than ever in the build-up to Christmas! Honestly, I’ll stick with those festive classics, not something with this much mediocrity. For me, light 4/10!
On the albums chart, it’s a lucky 13 for Robbie Williams, as he scores his 13th #1 studio album with ‘The Christmas Present’, tying Elvis Presley’s record for the most #1 albums ever by a solo artist!
The rest of the Top 5 is: ‘You’re In My Heart’ by Rod Stewart & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (3-2), ‘Everyday Life’ by Coldplay (1-3), ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent’ by Lewis Capaldi (stationary at #4) & ‘Back Together’ by Michael Ball & Alfie Boe (stationary at #5).
Looking ahead to next week, these songs could enter the Top 40 for the first time: ‘Christmas Tree Farm’ by Taylor Swift, ‘Adore You’ by Harry Styles, a couple of tracks from ‘Romance’ by Camila Cabello, a couple other new Christmas songs & maybe even more.
I’ll also be posting my Top 100 Songs Of 2019 on this thread a little later this evening!
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-40-158
Martin Austin
Dance Monkey may be at 1 for the 10th week, but it cannot be compared with I will always love you as that was pure sales, and when people actually bought music rather than just watched videos which counted as sales. If streams had been around then, artists would have sold millions more, or clocked the views as sales.
Piran
If streaming was around back then, there probably wouldn't be many sales at all. People don't want to buy music when they can listen to it for free, just the way it is!
People's music consumption has changed considerably since then, so the chart formula also has to change with it to reflect popularity as accurately as possible! Besides, digital sales nowadays count for less than 3% of all units, while physical sales contribute for a negligible proportion.
That said, while 'I Will Always Love You' is a classic, I agree that I definitely couldn't put 'Dance Monkey' in the same league as it. Heck, I'm not even sure I could call 'Umbrella' a "classic" just yet!
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Nigel Coleman
Without Physical Sales the charts mean nothing? Streaming are not sales and for the fact you can pay £10 a month and have access to thousands of songs, what is that saying reference towards the charts?
Keep living in a fantasy world cause the charts are dead now?
Piran
Physical sales are certainly big on the albums side of things, but on the singles chart, they account for ~0% of music consumption figures.
Even the OCC are suggesting this! Downloads have become a lot bigger in the past 20 years since almost all people would rather buy a song through their phone or computer without having to make a trip to do it! It saves both time & money, but honestly, it's also common sense at this point. Even then, digital sales are dying fast now... why do you think iTunes got took over by Apple recently?
As for why streaming's included, I already mentioned a comment about this a few weeks back! I'm not going to do it again. Sick of explaining it to everyone week after week! :/
Ultimately though, say physical sales were removed from existence last week, then the Top 100 you're seeing now would likely remain unaffected entirely.
akyovbashiev
Oh, you're my favorite type of person. Piran might be sick of explaining this to people like you, but I'm not - I have a field day doing so.
Saying that the chart means nothing without physical sales (mind you, not even downloads, lmao) is so delusional, you might want to double check if you actually believe what you're saying. If you really want the charts to be dead, sure. A quick look at the physical sales chart (which the OCC still compile, mind you! You can join the party of nay-sayers and claim that's the proper one) reveals it's so stagnant, it's become a joke. All that's left there are new releases entering and dropping quick, and really, really old singles still sticking around, because the physical singles market itself is dead.
Streaming does not equal sales, that I agree. It means much more. The musical landscape changes constantly, and if the chart does not reflect that, then that's when it literally becomes the joke you're suggesting it currently is. You want the music taste of, like, a couple of hundred people (if even that many) still buying physical singles to officially define popular music for a nation of 65 million people? Say that out loud, maybe a couple of times if once doesn't do it, and if you still hold that opinion... I genuinely don't know what to tell you.
Physical sales were huge decades ago. Then came downloads and physical sales started dying. Then came streaming and downloads too started dying. Things change. Get over it.
Piran
Couldn't have put it better myself!
Across the UK, hundreds (probably even thousands) of songs are being streamed every second.
On the other hand, I'm fairly sure none of my local supermarkets have sold even one physical single this week! :P
EDIT: I don't even know if many shops in my county still sell physical singles at all, because they're that outdated.
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Kevan
Blinding Lights sounds so much 80s and I love it on first listen.
Piran
Oh yeah, such an awesome throwback vibe to it! :D
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Frank Griffin
Sometimes, I wish I could sing like Freddie Mercury!