Official Singles Chart Top 40 on 15/1/2016

Hi Russell, i totally agree with your comments, but as i also point out every week. There is a sales only chart to click on which is how the main chart used to be compiled. Unfortunately it is not now known as the principle chart. And unfortunately it isn't much different to the main Top 100. So really, i don't think there's a lot we can do about it.

How many times do I have to tell you people? Streams are not going to stop being added to the charts!

I find it tedious to repeat over and over, but I'll say it again:

Streaming is the best way to see what songs are more popular now. Especially considering that in 5 years tops, sales will be 100% nonexistent and people will only be streaming music and not buying it, it's a good way to see what songs are more popular. If that bothers you, that's your problem, not the OCC's. Also, I doubt they ever read these comments, so feel free to whine and cry about it all you want, but they don't care about you or any of us. Streaming will continue to be added to the charts as long as it's heavily used, which it is. In some cases, streaming is used even more than sales, which shows how big it's getting.

If you want to see what the chart looks like WITHOUT STREAMS and ONLY INCLUDING SALES, feel free to check out the SALES CHART: http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-sales-chart/

That chart is exactly the same as the normal chart but ONLY INCLUDING SALES and NOT INCLUDING STREAMS. That seems like the chart you're looking for.

Moral: STREAMING IS NOT GOING AWAY FROM THE CHART SO IT UP AND STOP WHINING IN THE COMMENTS THEY DON'T EVEN READ COMMENTS SO YOUR RANTS ARE POINTLESS. SALES ARE DYING SO STREAMING IS THE BEST WAY TO SEE WHAT SONGS ARE MORE POPULAR, THAT'S WHY IT'S ADDED. CHECK OUT THE SALES CHART IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT THE CHART LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT STREAMS.

Good day, Mr. Ansell.

The OCC listen to the people who PAY for the charts. That isn't us, it's the music industry and the BBC. As consumers, we have as much say as most people have in the running of their favourite football club or the plot of their favourite television programme.

Well, considering sales are losing out and will soon be completely non-existant, the best way to see what songs are more popular is from streaming. That's why they put streams into the chart.

Simeone, it was so much better, exciting in the pre-internet chart era. That was the chart! New entries, songs going up and down much quicker, more UK artists in the charts too, greater mix of music. What's happened to the love ballads or the rock songs? Hardly any make the top 40. Indie pop? Gone too!

Well, all I can say is that different styles have come and gone. Can't change that. But hey, who's to say they won't come back.

By the way, you spelled my name wrong. It's "Simeon," not "Simeone."

Absolutely agree. The only relevant chart nowadays is the album chart, if you want to know what people are really spending their money on, rather than just listening to. In years gone by there used to be an Air-Play chart, which listed the most radio plays. I would say that is nearest to the current Top 100 singles chart.

Stop it with the stagnant charts. We know. Besides, America's had that problem for years.

That's Fred. He's a metro gnome.

Go for it....hahaha hehehe im the laughing gnome and you should stream me !!!

Wrong, Space Oddity, Ashes to Ashes, Lets Dance all got to no 1 prviously, so where is that shown when you press +

you look up the 1975, 1980 , 1983 listing respectively and click the + and you get every chart position, scroll the page down its all there. its not going to be carried on as its a download now.

i see them, so dont know whats wrong on your system as mine works fine, i dont work for the OCC btw

Some people are too lazy to do their own research, need to stop having a go at a site that provides it's content for free, And if they think they can do the job better set up a rival site. Like you say the info is pretty much all there they neeed to work out how to look for it and if they find discrepancies inform the web site so that they can double check and edit if need be!

Yeah, it is a little irritating, isn't it? Don't worry, hopefully Shawn Mendes will hit #1 next week and break Bieber's streak.

Elle King's father is Rob Scheider (Deuce Bigalow movies).
Considering almost 20 Bowie tracks popped up ahead of her, she (and Alessia Cara) both did good by climbing at all. When Bowie virtually disappears from next week's chart, both tracks will make further chart gains.

Not exactly , they are wearing underwear. I checked! Good song though.

I hope it picks up in the UK! It's a dope song!

It may be that the song is now on a different label, which would not be considered an exact match.

Exactly.

Nothing to do with different labels, Heroes was originally on RCA but it is showing its previous wks on the charts, just sloppy documentation

I agree the Official Charts Company do stuff like this all the time in singles and albums theyre not at all fit for purpose. And then theres their ridiculous adherence to using the chart that didn't show the Beatles 'Please Please Me' at no1 when everyone knows it was No1 just because of the whim of the compilers of the old British Hit Singles book.

totally agree.....

because its technically a reissue and not a follow on. has a different catalogue number and lable.

the classic RCA work is now on EMI/Universal thus a totally new listing

original listings are where they are and reissues are in the 2016 bit

I think it is likely that the OCC only refer back to the charts from the time when they took over the running of the official charts, and ignore the previous "official charts" companies like BMRB, Music Week, and New Musical Express. I agree that the Guinness Book of Hit Singles and Albums is the only reliable archive source.

If this is so why then are they selective on what they show, Heroes, which shows original weeks on chart was well before OCC

Sorry, hadn't noticed that one. Bang goes my theory then! The one that stood out for me was Under Pressure, which everyone, except the OCC it would seem, knows went to No.1 in 1981, and yet is showing a first chart run 1999-2000, with highest position 14. It seems someone is just plucking info out of the air... Maybe someone should be giving the OCC a proverbial kick up the posterior!

It's a simple matter of slightly different credits. I assume the data has come from a number of different sources built up over many years. The original chart run of Under Pressure is credited to Queen And David Bowie. The re-entry is credited to Queen & David Bowie.

All we can do is give the OCC details of these little glitches and hope they have somebody with the time to correct them. If they were willing to pay me to interrogate their database to search for such anomalies, I'd be happy to oblige!