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Official Singles Chart on 1/10/2021

1 October 2021 - 7 October 2021

The Official UK Singles Chart reflects the UK’s biggest songs of the week, based on audio and video streams, downloads, CDs and vinyl, compiled by the Official Charts Company. The UK Top 40 is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and MTV, the Top 100 is published exclusively on OfficialCharts.com. View the biggest songs of 2024 so far.

 

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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last july, i shared an image of my cd haul, which included two now albums, ksi, dave and jessie ware. here’s every cd i have collected since then as of now...
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9b79baed44aae658196a9002185c4424e6d23528dd92ebc822f20595794abcc7.jpg

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Half Giant- Ethan

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Epic, so glad to see HTE and Blue Weekend as part of the collection, and interesting to see 3 Kanye albums in the mix. Gorrilaz doesn't surprise me att all tho

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Dave Knight

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I think basically to cut a long story short what the charts reflect now are what we were doing in the 70's and 80's when everytime our needle touched the vinyl record and we played the song we were into at that moment is the same as a play today on Spotify.
The only difference is once we spent our money on a single it didnt contribute to further chart positions regardless if we played it to death or not.
So that meant new material kept coming into the charts, keeping it much more exciting, and the turn over was more productive.
Hence why I think streaming has killed music as we know it. The charts are stagnant.

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Dave Knight

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The charts are stagnant these days of streaming and I will explain in my opinion why.
If we rewind when we actually bought a vinyl single or CD single and those formats reigned in the charts, fans bought a single they liked on a physical single and that was it, they didnt need to keep listening to it anywhere else they just played as often as they wanted to the vinyl single or whatever which meant there was room for something new to keep entering the charts
Very rarely did a single last for 11 weeks such as Ed Sherran has recently done because most people have heard it on the radio and bought it by now.
But in the world of streaming these days people seem to only use streaming platforms to listen to music via apps like Spotify so compared to playing something thats already purchased they keep a song on loop on Spotify and this happens all over the country keeping a song in the charts for a ridiculously long time outstaying its welcome compared to keeping the charts fresh as they used to be and should be.
And I think this seriously needs to be looked into and adjusted in some way.
That coupled with the fact streaming alienates older artists from having hits in the first place has made in my opinion the charts a sadder place. And I been following the pop charts for over 45 years. And the last 5 or 6 years I'd say has been unbearable to try and follow or get enthusiastic about.

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afrog

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You do realise only 10 streams per person per day are contributed to the chart? And some people pay for Spotify premium? And 60 people would have to stream the same song 10 times to get 1 chart unit, which is equivalent to 1 sale = 1 chart unit. Not everyone can afford to buy music, not everyone wants to. This just shows steaming is popular and needs to be included in an 'official' chart.

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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“streaming alienates older artists from having hits in the first place”... sorry dave, but i couldn’t disagree with you more.

in recent memory we’ve seen abba, an older group, claim two top 20 hits - one of them went top 10 - and they were big debuts on the spotify charts. they did drop off massively, sure, but they still got streamed a lot. , as of now, elton john is at number 4 on the spotify charts with a high amount of streams (316k) and he’s 74!

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Dave Knight

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Yeah but ABBA are the biggest band in the world, I was expecting their new singles to be number 1. I think had they were released on physical formats they would be number 1 easily. I think number 9 was poor, and people were forced to stream the songs as their only way to listen to them, thats my belief anyway.
The only reason Elton is having a hit is by piggy backing off Dua Lipa. His solo hits dried up years ago.
In the physical age there was a quicker turn over of artists because once people bought the single they like they just play it ss much as they like, the sale has already done its job in terms of chart position, so they are already looking forward to next weeks releases.
Streaming has greatly slowed this process down from what I can see in the top 100, some of the songs have been hovering around there for months in some cases over a year simply because people are using Spotify etc as their player, which in the old days would have been someone's record player, or cd player, and then mp3 player.
It speaks for itself if you think about it, imagine if Spotify was the only place on earth to listen to music, the charts would just be an exaggeration of how its ended up now and become even more stagnant. Music as we know it would be dead and buried.
We need a healthier more balanced charts which includes other formats that are priced equally across the board.
Streaming is dominating other formats and alienating older artists via its cheap subscription.
Obviously the majority of people would opt for listening to music as cheaply as possible, but they are ripping off the artists they claim to be a fan of rather than buy their physical product. This also has been well documented by artists such as Nile Rogers, Simon LeBon, Roger Daltrey, just to name a few, all claiming that streaming is ripping off the artists.
Thats why I think it will kill off music completely very soon if a shake up isnt done soon.
They either need to make how we listen to streaming services priced more fairly and in line with physical formats, or greatly reduce the price of physical formats.

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Dave Knight

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Yeah but that in itself is a joke. Why should a single need to be streamed which basically means played zillions of times just to contribute to a chart position cheaply or not?
Its obvious to me why a younger audience would jump on the bandwagon of a cheap service as you basically got an entire record shop at your disposal, but even if we lived to 200 years of age we wouldn't even scrape the surface of all the artists that exist or exist on Spotify. Of course we got the choice, but when I was growing up there was a quicker turn over of artists, yet personally I prefered to remain faithful to a a few artists probably 10 at the most at any given time to enjoy supporting their music, this sort of thing almost doesn't exist today. I say almost because older people like me are still like that. I still buy music from the artists that were around when I was young.
In my mind the way streaming is priced it should only be used as a pre cursor to something you might buy, like a trailer or teaser, sampler whatever. It actually blows my mind with anger how streaming is ever allowed to contribute to real official chart positions, I can not believe it, and thats being honest.
In my mind streaming isnt a million miles away from downloading songs illegally and those songs having their own chart. Simply because streaming is far too cheap, its like giving the music away for free, but why is that allowed to be involved in the official charts?
Who ever passed it?

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Piran

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Regarding the Elton point, I’m obviously really happy that he’s as high as #4 on Spotify, but if I’m being completely honest, there’s no way he would’ve been able to do it without Dua as a co-lead credit.

I think ABBA might get a third Top 40 hit this year when their album comes out next month though! :D

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Dave Knight

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Yeah dont get me wrong I am a big fan of Elton, its nice to see him at number 2 in the singles charts, but we all know its from pigging backing off Dua Lipas back, which seems ironic when you think about it and a sad sign of times.
You could imagine lots of older artists could achieve a top ten hit single if they coupled up with a current artist.
Imagine Ed Shearen teaming up with Status Quo? These days it would be the only way Status Quo would get in the charts at all, but how sad is that?
These situations are all exaggerated by the format war, well I call it a war because streaming has alienated older artists from getting a look in at the charts which to me isn't fair, couple that with ageism which is getting worse. Radio 1 for example doesn't play artists generally over the age of 30,unless they have a current featured artist like the current Elton John situation.
To me following the charts these days breaks my heart.

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Piran

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That being said, I'm certainly not against classic artists collaborating with current popstars! It usually produces songs that are of amazing quality, as 'Cold Heart [PNAU Remix]' proves. :)

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Dave Knight

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Yes I couldn't agree more Im not against collaborations, I really like it when Scooter collaborated with Status Quo when they reworked Whatever you want and made a rave version, something on paper that should never work, but it did.
That said some fans view that as selling out, which is kind of forcing a hit for the sake of a temporary recognition or 5 minutes of regained fame.
The problem I have with streaming is it really suites that younger audience due to many things, convenience via its portability and really cheap service, but this automatically alienates certain artists from getting that all important hit, I say important because record companies will drop you like a stone regardless of who you are.

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Piran

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Yeah, you could almost the same with Coldplay over on the Billboard charts this week! :P

They became the first ever British group to debut a song at #1 on their Hot 100 chart, which may surprising, until you release that BTS were the other co-lead credit on that song.

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Dave Knight

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Yeah I get what you mean, although I then thought hang on the way I look at Coldplay they are still current are they not? Surely Coldplay are not at the stage they need to piggy back off someone even more current?
Does that mean artists are getting past their best quicker, or as we used to say old hat or past it quicker than before?
I mean if you look at Status Quo they had top ten hits in the 60's 70's 80's and even 90's,and even minor hits since then. My question is are artists like that due to the way things are with streaming etc we will never see artists lasting 4 decades plus ever again? It seems unlikely.
If thats correct my argument stackes up about music has died affectively.
Where will Dua Lipa be or Ed Shearen be in 40 years time?

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Piran

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I think Dua & Ed will still perform well on the albums chart in four decades from now, but maybe only the occasional hit on the singles chart. :/

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Dave Knight

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Its hard to say, I mean when I was growing up there were certain artists who were bound to have a hit single and album without fail. Bands like Status Quo even had their own car park at the BBC as they were always on Top of the pops.

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Piran

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Status Quo had a car park all to themselves there? That's insane! :O

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Dave Knight

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Thats because they were always on Top of the pops, I think they hold a record appearances on Top of the pops, they were that popular or had loads of hits over the years. But the minute downloading affected the charts, their hits dried up over night, because Status Quo fans only used to buy the physical formats, but they record company stopped releasing them on single. Now with streaming that kind of issue has spread like a virus within the industry for many artists.

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Dave Knight

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Its hard to say where any of the current artists will be next year talk about decades away.
Ed was on about retiring from the music industry to spend time with his family, but if anything his career has jusr gone into over drive.
Ive nothing against collaborations but that sorr of thing has been more common over the last 20 years or so.
Artists didnt need to be propped up by another possibly more popular artist just to spawn hits.
Anyone can have a hit if they do that but its nothing much to be proud of as such.

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Half Giant- Ethan

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All frogs are disgusting, whether they're real frogs in tents or fake ones

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afrog

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??

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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i don’t like frogs either. this isn’t related to afroginatent in anyway, but even before i met him i never really liked them. they have their uses but i just find them to be really slimy.

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Piran

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New Adele single, ‘Easy On Me’, confirmed for release next Friday (October 15!). 😍

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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i saw on official charts’ twitter!!!!! she’s been teasing us all this time!! buzzing!!

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Piran

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I found out from Jamie, but yeah, not long to wait at all now, haha. :)

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Half Giant- Ethan

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I'm not as hyped as I should be sadly, I feel like this isn't really the time of year for her to release, and her new era scares me

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Piran

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Why do you think that? She released her last lead single only a week later in 2015, so Adele putting something out in the middle of October isn't exactly unprecedented!

Also, why would her new era scare you? :P

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Half Giant- Ethan

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Scare was the wrong word, but I feel like it’s all gonna be the same slow Adele songs that my sister uses to go to sleep, which are great the ones that exist, but like Ed, if there’s nothing new or different for her, then it could be quite dull.

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Piran

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Yeah, I don’t think Adele will do anything significantly different to what she’s done before, but I guess the difference between her & Ed is that we’ve been waiting a lot longer for new music from her, while she also generally has far better single choices!

That’s why my expectations still remain as high as they do for this new era. :)

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youngoffender

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Am I alone in thinking 'My Universe' the worst single Coldplay have ever released? The Everyday Life album took them in a more interesting direction, with a bit of soul and texture, but this bland vacuity of a song out-bores the worst offenders of the Mylo Xyloto era. A collaboration with BTS is the kind of cravenly commercial thing Maroon 5 would do to shore up their Asian secondary markets - it's beneath Chris Martin and co.

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afroginatent

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hi, just thought i’d remind all of you to kill yourself 🙂

also, stream looking for me or i’ll push you down the stairs 😂

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Why? 💀

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Anthony Rogers

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Hi Frank

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afroginatent

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f*ck off, i don’t know what that is 🤦‍♂️

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Anthony Rogers

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Don't worry the real Afroginatent, we know it's not

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afroginatent

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but i am real?? 🤔

anyway f*ck off, it’s my turn to piran’s d*clk

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afrog

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It's not frank its probably electrix George or Oliver cos the last two won't leave me alone and the first one said all this in DMs

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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bruh you’re not helping, i hate this kid too but you’re only making the situation worse for yourself.

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afrog

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and in my defence i dont think ive spoken to any of you in weeks this seems random i would get it if i swore at you yesterday or smth

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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yeah, we’ve moved on so why is it being brought up by others again, that is the question.

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GS

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whenever something like this gets posted everyone just thinks it's me. ik who it is and it's not me

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afrog

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Can/have you asked them to stop pls

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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i would ask the person to stop, but i’ve disabled my discord account until friday due to distractions, so i’ll get someone else to do it.

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afrog

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No worries thanks

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Half Giant- Ethan

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NOOO psycho dropped out

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Piran

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Yeah, it went on ACR this week, but it could've dropped out anyway! :(

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Half Giant- Ethan

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So glad ‘One Night’ was on Strictly, that’ll do wonders for the song!!! I love griff so much, what a talent, so criminally underrated (Ik I sound like kiesling now but idc)

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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i love that song.

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Half Giant- Ethan

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Me too 😁

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Half Giant- Ethan

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As everyone is doing it

🔴 (Negative)
- Love Tonight gets an ACR reset. This isn't clicking with me at all
- Love Nwantiti (ah ah ah) climbs to number four. I get that it's representing a genre and a culture or whatever, but I don't feel it at all.
- If You Really Love me (How Will I Know) continues to rise, I'm so glad John Newman is back on the map but I cannot support this
-Leave Before You Love Me drops out of the top 40, and will most likely hit ACR next week. I rly wish this had hit top 20, or even top 10, such a tune and a collab.
-Better Days is climbing. This is by far Dermot's worst, I'm disappointed.
-Freaks is still here. Why lord, why?
-Bored didn't debut :(

🟠 (Mixed)
-All three Drake tracks are still in the top 20, but at least they're dropping, same with Clash by Dave.
-Meet Me At Our Spot climb. I don't love it or hate it, and I quite like WILLOW. It's a grower.
-Ed at number one. You guys know I love Ed, but he has better songs, and Cold Heart is so much better IMO, celebrating and modernising the works of the amazing Elton John
-It horrifies me that Get Into It (Yuh) has overtaken Need To Know. I'm aware the latter is on ACR but still.
-Billie still isn't in the top 10, but I wouldn't say she's flopping either

🟢 (Positive)
-So glad DiE4U didn't climb
-My Universe debuts at #3! So glad to see Coldplay so high up in this era, even though it's only because of BTS.
-OUT OUT, Industry Baby, and Obsessed with you are still fairly stable within the top 10
-Cold Heart is progressively getting closer to number one.

Have a nice week all of you

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Half Giant- Ethan

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Oh, forgot to put You For Me drop in Negative

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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this is catching on isn’t it? 😂

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Piran

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Yeah, I think I might've started a trend here! :P

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Piran

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Good review, Ethan. :)

I think 'Bored' would need a manual ACR reset to enter the chart, because like with 'Love Tonight', it was originally released in 2017!

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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oh yeah, about die4u... you know how i said i was so happy to see rock back in the charts? no, i wish it was good rock instead of some screamo metal garbage. heard it on radio 1 for the first time and had to turn it off as soon as i got to the “(gasp!) YOOOOOUUUUU!!!!”. screaming in music is torture 😣

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Certainly agree that it’s bad, but die4u definitely isn’t metal. 😭

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Half Giant- Ethan

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Screaming in music can be good, but very rarely. Jumpsuit by TØP is a good example of adequate screamage

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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well it’s more rock if anything, but the screaming definitely put me off it.

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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oh yeah just so you know, i’ve disabled my discord account till friday, this is in no way related to my mental health but i just need to stay off it and crack on with college because of an addiction and a fear of becoming a no life. i’ll be back on thursday night or friday morning.

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Piran

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No worries! I'm actually really glad to hear that you're taking your studying so seriously. :)

That's a sign that you've got a lot of potential at college!

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Half Giant- Ethan

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Really keeping my fingers crossed Elton and Dua can make it this week

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Conor

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Although I wish someone other than Ed was no1, Shivers is quite catchy and I'd rather that than Bad Habits at #1!

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Edward Bray

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My traffic light review

🔴(Bad)
1. How will I know by clean Bandit didn't chart. So disappointing as it is such a great tune.
2. Girls want girls is still in the top 10. It is actually a really boring song in my opinion and is really overrated
3. Meet me at our spot continues to climb. Another rock song in the charts that I don't like.

💛(Medium)
1. Cold heart remains at 2.I love the song so I'm happy it's doing really well but I wish that it was number 1 this week.
2. Shivers still at number 1.I like it but Ed Sheeran has had his time at the top at I really want cold heart to overtake it.
3. Dance monkey still in the charts,I really like it but 98 isn't high enough it needs to go up.
4. Love nwantiti climbing quickly-I'm not so sure what to think of it yet.
5. Drive going up 1 place. I really like this so pleased that it's climbing although I wish it had climbed more

🍏(Good)
1. Love tonight gets an ACR reset and goes into the top 30. It so deserves this and the chemistry of the singers and drama of the chorus make it so good.
2.I don't want you climbing. I heard this earlier this week and immediately fell in love, hope it goes top 40.
3. My heart goes climbing again, really hope it goes top 10.
4. Kiss my(uh oh) avoiding ACR and climbing up too places.
5. If you really love me(how will I know climbs again and reaches a new peak. Another David Guetta banger.
6. Driver's license isn't in the top 100, hehe🤭

Hope you all liked my chart review and I'd like to know what you think. Have a great week.

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Piran

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Amazing review, Edward! :)

I mostly agree with the points you mentioned, except for Clean Bandit's remix of 'How Will I Know' & 'Drivers License', haha.

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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what’s wrong with drivers license 😭😭😭

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afrog

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omg hi edward :D piran just told me about this, hope youre doing well lol
the only thing girls want girls is good for is drake's lesbian line i like to make fun of that a lot lol
agree with ed, i dont like visiting hours either but its so much better than bad habits and shivers
i dont like love nwantiti, but on the other hand i dont really mind it being around, essence was better tho :P
drive wouldnt even be top 40 without ACR :(
I'm surprised my heart goes got traction but im happy about it :D
isnt it?? finally rid of it wahoo lmao

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afrog

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what did you rate how will i know lol

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Piran

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By Clean Bandit? Probably a light 5/10. :/

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heavenonmymind

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may I review this too?

🔴 (Negative)
1. I don't want to spread negativity but the UK deserves a better top 10 with no Ed Sheeran or Drake, imo.
2. Industry Baby down 4 spots, actually I prefer this song instead of Call Me By Your Name or that new song.
3. Nathan Dawe's new song is pretty nice, I think it should've debuted at a higher position.

🟠 (Mixed)
1. I still don't get all the buzz about Love Nwantiti but anything that can beat Mr. Sheeran has my support.
2. Hurricane down 4 positions. It's a honest song but it's Kanye West so I'll get over it pretty soon.
3. Out Out down 1. At first listen, I was like: ok, this is nice. After a few, I was like "why this song seems like someone has put a lot of bad booze into a blender and gave us so we can get drunk easily?"

🟢 (Positive)
1. Cold Heart still at #2. Pretty please let it be #1!
2. Becky still climbing! Love her. Maybe Remember gets an ACR reset next week?
3. Love Tonight is a jam, very happy to see that australian duo going up in here!

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Piran

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Yeah, it's not even that I hate Ed's or Drake's new singles (I just think they're okay), but it'd be really nice to see more underrated artists in the Top 10 for once!

I definitely agree with all three of the points in the positive section though. :)

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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coolocelot’s traffic light review - 1/10/2021

🔴 (negative)
1. oh come on... you know, i really am questioning who exactly is buying and streaming shivers. this is hands down one of the worst songs of the year. not only that, but he tied the beautiful olivia rodrigo for most weeks at number 1 this year!! BOOOOO!!!
2. continued gains for my heart goes and if you really love me - again!
3. oh, this is getting ridiculous at this point - are you guys really gonna let family ties by baby keem and the greatest rapper of all time, kendrick lamar, tank?! you’re missing out on some quality music, just saying.
4. hurricane keeps crashing and crashing... then again, so did wildest dreams. i’m on both sides, i don’t care about the feud between them because they make GREAT music.
5. i’m also gonna hop onto this topic - not related to the chart, but i wanted to ask radio 1 why they play the same songs every time during the chart show? look, i get they have a playlist but they should start playing different songs, even if i’m a fan of some of the ones played.

🟠 (mixed)
1. cold heart remains at number 2. this will maybe go into the green section soon?
2. on one hand, i’m disappointed that lil nas x fell this week... on the other hand, i’m still glad 2 out of 3 of his songs are still in the top 20!
3. the lathums got their first number 1 album - i haven’t heard it yet, but i might check out more of their music as that snippet on radio 1 sounded decent. wish public service broadcasting got the number 1 album instead though, they are so underrated.

🟢 (positive)
1. my universe got a top 3 debut. this is a great song and my favourite bts song to date, such a happy and uplifting song!
2. love nwantiti is in the top 5 - can this be the next number 1 before adele releases? anything but that ginger fool.
3. behold another song with the word “love” in the title - love tonight by australian dance duo shouse! the song got an acr reset this week. honestly the edm this year has been so depressingly boring, but this is a breath of fresh air and the first good edm top 40 debut since remember, from june! let’s talk more about this: the chemistry between the singers are amazing, and when it leads up to the choir chanting over that really groovy beat, you know this is a banger. the saxophone solos placed across the song are so good too! fantastic work shouse, you’ve created something an edm hater loves. i hope this climbs.
4. meet me at our spot is edging ever closer to the top 20! i really hope this ends up there, it’s so good.

have a fantastic weekend everyone and thanks for reading. 🧡

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Piran

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Hey Coolocelot! I'm glad to see you doing this too. :)

Yeah, I know that I like Ed way more than most of this community do, but I definitely agree that it's time for him to make way for someone else now, but I think either Ckay or Adele will be taking over very soon!

I'm also really happy that we finally got another Top 40 EDM hit that you love! 'Love Tonight' stands out compared to the other dance songs in the charts now, although I massively disagree with you a lot on 'If You Really Love Me [How Will I Know]', haha.

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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they did whitney houston’s 1985 classic DIRTY on if you really love me, plus it’s one of the most generic songs i’ve heard this year...

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Piran

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The original version will always be the best one due to how iconic Whitney Houston is a singer, but I still like David Guetta's remix a fair bit, although Clean Bandit's didn't do it any justice in my opinion. :/

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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well if you think about it, ckay has lots of remixes on his side plus international success, and it only keeps climbing on spotify, adele is like the biggest artist of the century so you might be right. hope they get there before = drops...

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Piran

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Adele will certainly debut at #1 if she releases her next single before the release of '=', but it's definitely not guaranteed on the day or probably up to two weeks after Ed's album comes out! :(

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Half Giant- Ethan

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SHIvers (87/100)
Cold Heart (89/100)
My Universe (76/100)
Love Nwantiti (43/100)
Obsessed with you (85/100)
Bad Habits (82/100)
Industry Baby (92/100)
Heat Waves (88/100)
OUT OUT (76/100)
Girls want girls (-100/100)

Total:618/1000
62%
Best song: Industry Baby
Worst song to ever chart: Girls Want Girls

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Matteo Pirelli

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TikTok ruined the Charts.

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Half Giant- Ethan

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Agree to disagree, I personally it brings more representation to a wider variety of genres (Heat Waves, Sugarcrash, Freaks, Meet Me At Our Spot), and helps smaller artists become big (look what happened to Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion, Tate McRae, PinkPantheress, Clinton Kane). Even if you don’t like some of these songs, artists or genres, there’s still an audience for them. :)

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heavenonmymind

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I think tiktok is very important because it allows some good music who passed us by to get a lot of new fans.

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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remove sugarcrash and you’d be 100% right. (i hate hyperpop)

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Half Giant- Ethan

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haha

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Piran

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'Sugarcrash' is definitely going to be a Bottom 10 song of 2021 for me! :(

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

2

still better than 100 gecs though... :(

i think you’ll hate the hyperpop genre too, it’s just high-pitched squealy noise.

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Piran

1

I'm refusing to check out 100 Gecs for exactly this reason! :P

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kari torres

3

Congratulations to BTS, top 3 is a good position.
Ed Sheeran, i do not know how many weeks will stay in number 1.

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Oreo Camarao

2

Wow😊. Math Professor Ed Sheeran is still the King🤴 of UK Singles Charts🙌. Ed's Chart Territory as always 👍. I'm waiting for the album "=" Equals, to complete Ed's artistic mathematical symbols🤪😁. I'm new in this community and "very late" to post a comment because of the "timezone"☹.

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Kiesling

7

You For Me drop over 50 spots... What the heck 😔😔

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thierry henon

6

I am shocked as well!! Great single..Really thought the single will put RITA ORA back on the map as she hasn't had a Top 20 in ages..Shame! She is so talented but her career went down hill so quickly in the UK...

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Kiesling

6

The song deserves more 😭

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Damián

4

Yep....that

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Piran

2

You have ACR to "thank" for that. :/

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Kiesling

2

Can't it get reseted or something

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Kiesling

4

I'm gutted 🤦

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

3

i don’t think it’ll get a reset anytime soon...

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Piran

2

Not unless it somehow gets a gain of at least 25% in overall performance in a week, which is looking very unlikely for it sadly. :/

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Kiesling

2

We'll just have to wait for newer songs from the artists then 🤦

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Kiesling

0

That's sad to hear 😭

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Kiesling

7

Love Tonight jumping 31 places into the Top 30... Wow 🤯🤯. The David Guetta remix is nice but I like the Robin Schulz one better 🥰

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rayever

8

Weekly Chart Review:
🔴 Negative:
1) Shivers number 1 again. Believe it or not I actually like My Universe and feel like it should have been number 1, either that or cold heart.
2) Wid It and Bad Day still in the top 40. Please make these awful songs go away.
3) Girls Want Girls still in the top 10.
4) BED dropping from its rise last week. :(
5) Let Them Know down to 95.
6) Wildest Dreams TV down to 40.

🟠 Mixed:
1) Little Bit of This falling. Love it but I feel like it’s dodged ACR too much.
2) OUT OUT down to 9. However, it went to number 1 on the dance chart this week.

🟢 Positive:
1) My Heart Goes getting a new peak.
2) Woman staying strong at 14.
3) Head & Heart back in the Top 75.
4) I Don’t Want You getting a new peak
5) Kiss My (Uh Oh) avoiding ACR again
6) Cold Heart at 2 again
7) Love Tonight going Top 40!

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Piran

6

Awesome review! I'm also really happy about the new peaks for 'My Heart Goes [La Di Da]' & 'Love Tonight'. :)

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Edward Bray

5

Wow, you have great music taste,I agree with pretty much all of these things

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rayever

3

thank you! :)

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rayever

3

thanks, so am i

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

2

awesome review macie! nice to see you on here. :)

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Piran

1

I think at least the former will keep climbing for at least another week or two. :)

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Piran

1

I'm also really disappointed about the massive drop for 'Wildest Dreams [Taylor's Version]' too & I wish that 'Bad Day' would just plummet, but if I'm being totally honest, 'Wid It' is kind of a guilty pleasure for me, haha.

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Aaron

4

Goodbye is only at 89? Needs to be higher

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Aaron

3

Did love tonight get an acr reset?

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Piran

5

Yeah, it did. :)

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afrog

3

🥳🥳

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

7

yup, as it should! one of the few edm songs i’m liking.

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David N'jama

2

Y'all keep responding to that jobless 26 year old, that's why he keeps showing up

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

3

dude shows up regardless.

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ineedabigboi33

5

How is Woman not top 10 yet!

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Half Giant- Ethan

11

Reminder that we have a discord server which apparently has over 100 members. Have a nice week y'all :)

https://discord*gg/rBwQNS9dqB (Replace the star with a dot)

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Piran

4

This already got posted earlier? Like, literally less than an hour ago. :/

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David N'jama

1

Just pass lady

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GS

3

ratio

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Piran

5

Uh, I have no idea what you're talking about. :/

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Piran

4

More spam & desperation, but okay. :)

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

3

the more the merrier i guess

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⁉️

3

We didn’t ask him to, he’s just being nice. :)

Stop caring...

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Piran

5

Yeah, but you guys are doing fine by posting once every week. Twice is kind of overkill when people are trying to read comments about the charts! That's all I'm saying. :)

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Piran

5

I can't stop caring when I never started. :)

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GS

2

ratio again

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Piran

4

Anyway, stream 'Psycho'! 😍

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afrog

0

thought you didnt like electrix or the idea of the server cos you 'didnt fit in'

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Half Giant- Ethan

3

Sorry, I looked through and didn’t see it

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Piran

3

No worries! This place is really active on Friday nights, so I don't blame you for missing it, haha. :)

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

2

new maneskin song on october 8th! who streaming? i know three people here definitely will, yous know who you are.

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Piran

4

Did somebody say Maneskin? :D

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

2

yup, that somebody was me!!

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Piran

4

That somebody has taste. :)

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Anthony Rogers

2

I'll give it a go

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Edward Bray

1

Not me, I'll be trying to avoid it😣

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

2

lol!!

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

1

awesome, did you like their previous hits?

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Anthony Rogers

1

Yeah, I hope they can do well.

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Half Giant- Ethan

2

Hey everyone! Good to see 'SHIvers' stay at number one, but gutted 'Cold Heart' and 'My Universe'. Nice to see James Arthur's 'Emily' debut this week, although I'm distraught with the knowledge that 'Bored' by Billie Eilish hasn't entered yet. Trucking ACR's 3 yr rule. It makes it so hard for old songs that blow up now to gain the valid recognition (although I suppose as it's Billie it doesn't need it, but still)

How's everyone's week been? Hope you're all ok! :) (Unless your name is Frank Griffin)

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GS

2

need to get love nwantiti to #1

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Joshua Sombra

0

Will be #1 next week. I will stream it tonight.

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David N'jama

4

So Ed Sheeran blocked 3 great songs from hitting number 1.

NC

Nigel Coleman

2

I love Sam Fenders new single released last Monday?
I loved it on first listen and is amazing called
" Spit of You", worth a listen, but probably won't do much cause of no Physical Single, just like "Seventeen Going Under" did No 44 with amazing 12th week on the chart, not bad for a No44 song?

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

2

are you going to buy his album? i definitely will.

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mildredfarts

1

i agree,it's a great song that stands out against all the soundalike songs clogging up the charts.i will buy his album knowing that all the tracks will be worth listening to!

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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hello everyone! how are you all? :)

we decided to create a discord server a while ago to talk about music and the charts. we also host special events in there, and i guarantee if you join you're gonna fit right in. be sure to join if you're interested!

to join, use this link: (replace the * with a .)
https://discord*gg/QHjCVHt2Ep

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thierry henon

4

So overjoyed to see finally GRIFF "one night" reaching a new peak this week and hopefully to the Top 75 next week!! Love that girl: so different than other singers out there but still so talented!!

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thierry henon

3

ELLA HENDERSON "let's go home together" is still going strong after 32 weeks in the chart!! Never got tired of listening to that song!! Her vocals + TOM GRENNAN: a pop song at its best!!

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Piran

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WEEKLY CHART REVIEW (01/10/2021 – 07/10/2021)

🔴 (Negative)

1) ‘Bad Day’ is refusing to go away! So much for me hoping the hype for this would completely die this week. Yeah, I didn’t have the same level of hate for this that I did last week somehow, but that still doesn’t mean it’s terrible!

2) Does anyone else find that Radio 1 always seem to play the same songs every week of those that aren’t inside the Top 10, e.g. ‘Clash’, ‘Stay’, ‘Meet Me At Our Spot’, ‘If You Really Love Me [How Will I Know], ‘Drive’, ‘Wasted’, ‘Black Magic’, ‘Take My Breath’, etc.? I honestly think most of these songs are awesome, but what annoys me is the lack of variety in the chart show every week! Seriously, I swear they’re just pretending that ‘Visiting Hours’ doesn’t exist at this point & ultimately, I feel like I’m just listening to a standard radio show than the weekly chart countdown at this point & it never used to be like that, even a few months ago.

🟠 (Mixed)

1) Ed Sheeran now sets a new personal best in terms of consecutive weeks at #1 (14). I know I generally like him as an artist more than most of this community, but even then, there are much better singles in his discography that he could’ve done this with, e.g. ‘Lego House’, ‘Castle On The Hill’, ‘Galway Girl’ etc.! Why ‘Bad Habits’ & ‘Shivers’ of all songs?

2) ‘My Universe’ debuted in the Top 3 with dominant sales! Honestly, I wasn’t sure where my thoughts sat with this song when I first heard it & a week, my opinion on it only hasn’t changed. I completely understand the hype, especially from fans of these kind of pop ballads; I appreciate how sweet the lyrics are, where a couple who are being doubted by others for being completely different people to one another are determined to overshadow all of the discriminatory views from the haters & put their love for each other first, Chris Martin’s cries in the hook further inject the passion into this & yet it still feels generally like a Coldplay song because of how much of it is primarily soft, alternative rock instrumentation. As for BTS, Jungkook’s silky upper register is a surprisingly good fit to where the production is toned down a little, even if I do feel that j-hope & SUGA could’ve given us a bit more of a dynamic performance in the bridge! I think my larger issue comes with some of the bizarre mixing that’s going on here, particularly the robotic vocal pressing that randomly & abruptly appears halfway through the song (something you’d expect more from a throwaway Daft Punk single) & the choppy breakdown in the final 30 seconds for the outro just didn’t work at all, especially when the transition into it was so messy anyway. That’s why it’s not in the positive section for me yet, because while it’s a mostly fun & admittedly cute song, it had almost all the ingredients to be something truly amazing & even with 11 members on this song, it sadly still didn’t get there for me! I respect the idea, but let’s be honest, we know that both BTS & Coldplay are capable of showing off their talents far better than what we’ve heard here.

3) While I’m always disappointed to see Taylor take massive falls in the singles chart like she did today, I wasn’t even expecting ‘Wildest Dreams [Taylor’s Version]’ to last more than one week inside the Top 40, so the fact that Radio 1 actually played it on the chart show today was a really pleasant surprise for me!

🟢 (Positive)

1) ‘Love Nwantiti’ broke the Top 5 & is now a hit almost everywhere in the world following five different remixes of it, as well as gaining a lot of virality on TikTok! You know when I said last week that this was far from my favourite Afrobeats hits? I’m almost tempted to take that back! This keeps giving me warm, summery vibes even though we’re in the spell of terrible autumnal weather & I honestly can’t say that about a lot of R&B or dancehall hits lately. I think if this keeps growing like it is now for much longer or a popular mainstream artist hops on it, then as long as Ed doesn’t have any more tricks up his sleeve to boost the anticipation of ‘=’, I’d say that this is the most likely song to go to #1 out of any that’s in the charts right now!

2) ‘Love Tonight’ is… almost Top 20… really? Okay, I knew a David Guetta remix had been propelling the success behind this for weeks now, but I thought it was on permanent ACR for the original version being over three years old, so I was really surprised to hear that it got a manual reset back to the normal streaming ratio after a request by their record label to OCC, since you don’t typically see that happen for throwbacks like this that take a while to gain some recognition! Anyway, no complaints about it whatsoever, the song is absolutely remarkable, haha. I love the male & female “call & response” lines in the verses, proving within literally seconds that the singers here have stunning chemistry between them! They’re also part of the choir in the hook who together sound absolutely euphoric over the melodic 80’s-style electronica & thumping bass beat. The saxophone that peppers around the verses & outro also adds to the snazziness here! Honestly, Shouse have been able to crack the tough formula of making an EDM banger that would go off in clubs both today & from about 40 years ago. I can’t think of many dance hits in 2021 that will have a massive sense of nostalgia in many decades to come, we all know that & even massive fans of the genre like myself would probably admit to it, but this might be an exception to the rule! I really adore this & seriously, if you’re into upbeat party anthems & you haven’t heard this one yet, please check it out. You won’t regret it!

3) ‘Meet Me At Our Spot’ & ‘If You Really Love Me [How Will I Know]’ both made small gains! Regarding the latter, I think David Guetta did Whitney Houston’s classic more justice than Clean Bandit did (their remix of it was unfortunately disappointing for me).

4) ‘Better Days’ is still growing nicely! I have a ton of respect how motivational & hopeful the lyrics are in this. I’m so glad that the UK fell in love with another Dermot Kennedy single!

5) ‘Life Goes On’ by Oliver Tree didn’t enter the Top 40 after all! I already had a rant prepared about this, so thank goodness the British public saved me both time & sanity from not having to post it here, haha.

My latest personal chart (replace the * with an “o”): www.crownnote.c*m/charts/piran/pirans-top-50-9

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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what’s your opinion on family ties by baby keem and kendrick lamar? 🐐

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Piran

2

Decent song, low replay factor. :/

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Half Giant- Ethan

6

I'm so glad you agree about the radio songs, until this week 2055 used to be a rly popular one, but I think they got too many OfCom complaints cus half the song was bleeped lol.

In my opinion, the John Newman & David Guetta rendition of How Will I Know is utterly appaling, because no-one can do the original justice apart from Whitney herself.

Meet Me At Our Spot isn't great imo, but it's growing on me.

I agree with you on the Ed songs. Even though I have been obsessed with SHIvers, I feel like he's been here, done this, and I hope the album is a lot less 'Ed' than this

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Piran

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Oh, yeah, I personally think that the David Guetta remix of Whitney's classic was solid for an late summer into early autumn EDM effort, but the original was always be far more superior than it. :)

Regarding Ed, like I said in last week's review, I miss when Ed experimented with different sounds from outside the mainstream like he did on 'Divide' & I've not heard any of that in the '=' era so far!

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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fair enough lol, baby keem’s part did have to grow on me a bit in order for me to really love it, but kendrick just full on blew me away with those bars. i didn’t realise how much i played it until i checked out my most played songs on lastfm and all...

range brothers sucked a$$ though! 🥱

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Damián

3

Absolutely stunning your review dear buddy!

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Piran

2

Thanks Dami! Always a pleasure to hear from you. :)

How's your weekend going?

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Piran

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Honestly, if we're talking about Baby Keem songs, then I really wish 'Durag Activity' was a Top 40 hit more than anything, haha. :)

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thierry henon

6

and MANESKIN Beggin just made the Top 20 in the USA!! So happy to see them having so much success not only in Europe but America as well!! Well done guys!!

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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hi thierry, did you hear about their new song coming next week? 🔥

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thierry henon

6

"mammamia"? so maybe another top 20 for the band!?! They are so gooood!! How are you btw? good week at the uni? have a wonderful week end and don't study too much!

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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yup, that’s the one! i hope that’s a top 20 debut, but if not, it’ll be a slow burner like i wanna be your slave was.

unfortunately i’ve had a bad week outside of tuesday sadly, but i’m much better today and i’m doing some meditation in between studying to help. hope you’re doing great though!

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thierry henon

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hope you are feeling better soon and hope you have a peaceful week end my friend...

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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so you're telling me ed tied my queen olivia rodrigo for most weeks at number 1?? https://media4.giphy.com/media/WrNfErHio7ZAc/giphy.gif

review coming tomorrow.

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Foxes

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and he'll beat it next week :P

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Joshua Sombra

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I don't think so. Love Nwantiti has a higher chance of being #1.

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Foxes

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Shivers sold double what love nwantiti did this week lol, love nwantiti is a great song but there's no way it's doubling its sales in the space of a week.

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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olivia is better anyway 😻

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thierry henon

3

Glad to see ABBA: DON'T SHUT ME DOWN still hanging around the Top 100: a beautiful single from that amazing band!!

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thierry henon

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come on MIMI WEBB: 24/5 has to be a Top 20 soon!! She hasn't released a bad single yet!! Such a talented singer!!

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thierry henon

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Loving BECKY HILL at 17!!

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Cena's bald spot

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https://media3.giphy.com/media/PMjUBJIipQ6jFZH1Kt/giphy.gif

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thierry henon

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Really thought JOEL CORRY would have reached the Top 5 by now!! OUT OUT is such a great single!!

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rayever

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at least it’s number 1 on the dance chart

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Piran

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I normally don’t recommend individual songs here anymore since links don’t work here now, but I have to with this one, because it’s absolutely beautiful, especially for any alternative-indie lovers! 😍

It’s ‘Didn’t Make It’ by Charli Adams, which is #1 on my personal chart this week! I hope you all like it. :)

https://www.youtube.c*m/watch?v=SalxXtm6aCM (, replace the * with an "o"!).

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⁉️

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This is a pretty good song, but it’s definitely not indie. :)

On a sidenote, I’ll recommend this:

https://youtube*com/B9dSYgd5Elk

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Piran

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Oh, I didn't say it was indie, I just meant that fans of that sound might like this if they're after something more chilled! I've edited it anyway though, haha. :)

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⁉️

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Oh haha, fair enough. 💀

Still would recommend for anyone else though.

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Piran

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Given that I'd score it a light 10/10, yeah, the recommendation is really for anyone, haha. :)

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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funny cause i got like three gorillaz recommendations:

• empire ants (2010) (check out the full plastic beach album as well while you’re at it)
• sleeping powder (2017)
• aries (2020)

#gorillazsupremacy

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Piran

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Would you say 'Plastic Beach' is your favourite album of theirs? If it is, then I could probably just do a full review of that instead! :P

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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definitely my favourite album of theirs.

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Piran

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I think they'll end up in my throwbacks chart at the very least! :D

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afrog

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so glad i got you into this :D

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Piran

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Yeah, I probably should've given you a shoutout too, but thanks for much for the recommendation. :)

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afrog

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dw, no one would've listened to it if you had 😂

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Piran

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Yeah, I still follow some of Spectrum Pulse's album reviews, but probably not enough to check out individual tracks from them! :P

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thierry henon

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Really wanted either Elton John or LIL nas x to be our new number 1! Again another week at number 1 for ED!!! ED, ED, ED..my God! we need another number 1 single..He will already dominate the album chart this month for months.....to come!! then Adele i guess!! So looking forward to ABBA release!! Hope they will claim another 1 number 1!

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thierry henon

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Ckay's song is awful!! Can't believe he is having so much success worldwide!

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afrog

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someone who agrees XD

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thierry henon

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And yep DERMOT KENNEDY is having another great week even though BETTER DAYS should have made the Top 10 ages ago!

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thierry henon

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So happy to see COLDPLAY having great success with MY UNIVERSE even though i reckon it made the Top 3 thanks BTS but am so glad COLDPLAY can claim another top 5: they are so talented!

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Piran

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Do you guys think ‘Love Nwantiti’ is going to be the song that finally Ed’s run at the top of the charts?

It has insane momentum behind it at this point! :O

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Joshua Sombra

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It definitely will.

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Piran

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Happy Friday everyone!

How have we all been this past week? :)

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Marcothedonjuan

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Hey Piran! Enjoy the weekend. :)

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Piran

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Hey Marco! How's it going? :)

Thanks! I hope you have a nice weekend too, haha.

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Marcothedonjuan

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I'm good thank you! "Stay" spent its 12th consecutive week at No. 1 in Australia. It's entire 3 month run. Happy about that. 🎉

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Piran

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I really want it to beat 'Dance Monkey', but even that's extremely unlikely! :P

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Marcothedonjuan

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Being the second longest is still awesome. 💯 How many weeks did "Dance Monkey" get consecutive? If you don't remember that's fine. Haha

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Piran

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I know it got 24 weeks in total! I have no idea how many of them were consecutive though. I want to say 21, but I'm really not sure! :P

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Marcothedonjuan

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OK thanks. :)

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Piran

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You're welcome, haha. :)