Official Singles Chart on 8/5/2020

UPDATE: Ariana fell off again! Third time not so lucky! Predicted #1, ended up #4! :o

I couldn’t put into words how happy I was, the song is SO good!! :D

Nobody guessed the theme though...

It was UK #1 singles of the 2000's!

Specifically, Song 1 was a #1 single in 2000, then Song 2 was a #1 single in 2001, Song 3 was #1 in 2002, etc. ;)

Wow, never thought that! Great idea, there was so many comments and i didn't see it till Saturday, got bronze twice and my first silver, gold next! Thanks for keeping me entertained! :D

Yeah, you might've got here later than everyone else, but you still got your highest ranking yet, so you're definitely improving, haha.

You're more than welcome! :D

Glad it's growing on you!

Told you it was amazing, haha. ;)

Totally agree Simon

‘Wake Up Call’ by KSI! ;)

Correct! :D

Turn Back Time by Cher

No, but not a bad guess!

First Time by M22 and medina?

...nah! :P

I’ll give you a clue, it’s from the 80s.

One Kiss by Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa

You’re right! :)

‘Drinkin’? Not sure who by though, haha! :D

Drinking from the bottle from Calvin Harris and Tinie Tempah? (if right, it's a banger!!!)

It’s not Drinkin, I haven’t heard a song called that lol. But you’re close!

It’s not that, but that song is good. :)

Ah, I know what it is now, but you just revealed the answer, haha.

‘Baby’ by JB.

Baby by Justin Bieber

That’s correct! Thought I might tease your brains haha. ;)

That’s correct also! A brain teaser. ;)

Haha, whenever I see a baby, I think justin bieber lol

I see I won the deluxe version of your Emoji Challenge this week, which is awesome! :D

I'll post the results to mine in a few moments.

‘Roses’ by SAINt JHN.

Easy! :)

The Box

George guesses it right: King by Years & Years.

Boom Clap - Charli xcx

You’re also correct. :)

Take Care

You too David! :)

Wow, I heard Blinding Lights is now 2x Platinum, I hope it can reach 20 weeks in top 10, drake's studio album is coming in the summer!

Really cool chart facts again, thanks for sharing.

I love this chart facts!

Accelerated Chart Ratio, where songs that have been on the charts for 10 weeks or more & declined in performance for three consecutive weeks get their chart sales from streaming halved.

UK Charts are rigged lol

Sadly, while I dismissed earlier comments of this, I'm actually starting to believe them now. :/

I agree!

ACR is only good when songs like Dance Monkey is at the top for 11 weeks. But terrible when good songs get too short of a chart run (or not at all thanks to the three song rule) :/

When did this rule originate?

It wasn't even good then! It means it's almost impossible for any songs to beat Bryan Adams' record now.

Finally, you agree. It made sense at first though

To be honest, I've seen the flaws since the summer of 2017. :(

Ikr! If they wanted to introduce such a dumb rule, they should void the other "records" as well because it's not fair anymore

Hope OCC can see them too and reconsider. It became more sickening when they added it to the Irish Chart also

In mid-2017, not long after Ed Sheeran had the biggest chart takeover ever! :P

Mid-2017 along a 3 songs per-artiste rule

I thought it was after '÷' was released, which would've been March 2017?

It was, I corrected it

I don’t hate it? It makes a nice change, and besides, I would have quit this site if Blinding Lights was #1 again!

Yeah, it .
I'm very sad that the songs don't have a chance to beat Bryan Adams's record for non-consecutive weeks at #1.
We don't have ACR in our country, the US doesn't have it either. So why, does the UK have ACR? I'll never know.

It's a bit of a blunt instrument but I think they have to do something to push older singles out of the way

It would be a bit of a hollow victory if something did beat his record. It is much easier to stay at the top with streaming.

I’m gonna give you your record SIXTEENTH upvote, even though I disagree mildly.

I guess, but I've already said my piece on why the charts need so much weight put on streaming before (as it accounts for about 97% of all music consumption in the UK).

It's more the fact that it's not accurately reflecting what the most popular songs in the UK chart are.

I get that older songs sticking around for months on end is tedious, but at least it's trustworthy!

Besides, there are instances where ACR isn't even effective, take 'Someone You Loved' for example.

I agree entirely!

Other countries allow older songs to stick around, so why do only the UK have to bring in this nonsensical concept?

I know it can be tedious, but at least it's accurately reflecting the songs that people are buying & streaming the most.

Yeah, but as Rector posted, 'Blinding Lights' is actually the most popular song of the week & yet it's at #5... how does that make sense? :/

Same! I believe they also introduced the "three songs" rule there too. :/

I thought IRMA covered the Irish Charts, but apparently OCC do now!

Yeah, yet another issue with ACR... records that are set now aren't comparable with ones before mid-2017.

Haha, thanks Coolocelot! :D

Yeah, I think it's a record for OCC, but I think a couple of Billboard posts got somewhere in the 20's back when we had loads of comments back there on a regular basis.

It just shows how many people here share the same opinion about ACR being useless. Hopefully the message will get to OCC one day!

Dude, 'Say So' is (probably) coming for #1 on the Hot 100 tomorrow! :D

https://twitter.com/simmnfierzig/status/1259530179489271814

Get in there!!! Me and Oldies are gonna be so happy, along with you and many others!!! You got to keep it focused, you want it, say so! :D

The best thing about this chart week is Oasis re entering the charts, even if it is only right down at 80, that's quite impressive considering it's only an old demo.

Incredibly, they actually debuted at #13 on the Big Top 40 chart a couple of weeks back (Capital FM's & Heart's chart).

Yeah. the Three songs rule also applies.

OCC covers the Irish Charts for the IRMA, previously, it was GFK (Germany)

Ah, fair enough.

What is ACR

It stands for "Accelerated Chart Ratio".

This is where a song's streaming units are halved where they've been on the chart for at least 10 weeks & declined in performance for three consecutive weeks.

Conclusion: ACR is terrible. :(

“1. Blinding Lights”... yuck.

And without streaming and re-plays by young girls on TikTok, the Top 10 would have looked like this:

1 TIMES LIKE THESE
2 OVER THE RAINBOW
3 BLINDING LIGHTS
4 YOU ARE THE CHAMPIONS (QUEEN & AL VERSION)
5 DEATH BED
6 YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE (CAPTAIN TOM VERSION)
7 ROSES
8 SAVAGE
9 SAY SO
10 PHYSICAL

Good point!

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SONG 2: 👸 ❤️

SONG 3: > 👩

SONG 4: 😡 🌎

SONG 5: 👶 🎂s

SONG 6: ✋ 🔘

SONG 7: 😊

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SONG 9: 🎤 🌧️

SONG 10: (ง'̀-'́)ง 4 ❤️

American Pie

Mad World

Baby Cakes

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Singing In The Rain

Maybe it's 'Happy' by Pharell Williams? :)

Fight For This Love

Correct! :)

Right again! :D

Yes! :)

Four correct already! You might end up winning this week. :)

omg banger

No, it's not from this decade. There's your clue! ;)

That's five points for you! :D

Queen of Hearts?

More Than a Woman

That song that goes "Come up and see me, make me smile"

Ah, was late and didn't see this challenge! Is it Smile by Lily Allen?

Beating Heart by Ellie Goulding?

Push the button by sugababes?

Correct! :D

I'll go through the exact answers that everyone replied with shortly.

Correct! :)

It's alright! You might get another medal anyway.

It is indeed! :D

No, but that wasn't a bad guess! :)

Right again! :D

Oops... actually, I was thinking of a different song, but you were very close!

It's not sticking to me :P

It's a 7/10 from me on first listen, with the potential to climb! What about you? :)

That's ok lol.

8/10 for me, 7/10 is a solid score though.

I thought it'd get an advantage for you given Ariana's on it! ;)

4/10 boring :/

That's alright, it is not for everyone.