Official Singles Chart Top 40 on 08/2/2019

Thanks. Never heard Sam padrul.

I disagree that good music isn't being created. In my humble opinion it is... but A) it's not getting in the chart, and B) streaming has narrowed the type of music people want to listen to. Pure pop seems less popular with people born after 2000. Sad but that's the way it is.

Here are four recent examples

One of the best pop songs of the decade is Sam Padrul's Got My Love. Didn't chart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2stNuqzOqi0

That song is so catchy and feel-good! :)

DNCE - TV In The Morning - another great pop song out last year. Didn't chart:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHIGQ3mQT1I

One of the best pop songs of last year...

The Shadowboxers - Finding A Problem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QNJpdSy2ZM

Nathan Haines - Got Me Thinking - great funky pop song from a few years back, Didn't chart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4SrHfvL3q4

The simple but harsh truth is streamers don't want to listen to catchy pop. Times have changed.

Tamaz - I'd rate this one of the best pop songs (remix) of the 2010s decade. Blondie - Fun. Really catchy pop dance track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gVf9lqL5oc

People still produce catchy pop songs - but the streaming generation are not that interested. They want r and b urban stuff which does not put a lot of emphasis on catchy up-tempo melodies. I like other music genres too - not just uptempo pop. But Tamaz seems to like poppy stuff so I was giving some examples of catchy pop songs.

Sorry, but i have to say, the above songs are just not hit bombs, just something medium level.

Let me tell you (and please listen) what are the real hits (some examples from between 1987 and 1994) : Maxi Priest - Close to you, Sinead O connor - Nothing compares 2 u, Chris Isaak - Wicked Games, Bangles - Eternal flame, Extreme - More than words, Mr. Big - To be with you, Shakespeare sister's - Stay .. you wont find such these days.

Back to the current times:
It is not fully true that streamers are not interested in catchy pop, as Justin Timberlake - can't stop the feeling, Luis Fonsi - Despacito, Ed Sheeran - Shape of you..etc..charted, but somehow from 2018 something changed and urban is getting more and more attention. Last year we had some good pop charting high (Portugal - Feel it still, Rudimental - These days, George ezra - Paradise, Shotgun, but they were always beaten by Drake...And i highlight last year we had only a few good pop songs even to the prior years, not to mention the 1987 and 1994.

Checking today's hits, what are good and deserve to be hit: For example - Jack Savoretti - candlelight . good songs, charting good in download only charts, itunes (it was even number 3 on friday), i hope it will be a bit hit in the official top 100 also.

But i still stay that streaming should count less:
For example the ratio to the downloads should be increased( for example 1:10000 ), or/AND only the streamings should count where the listeners listens to at least 4/5 of the song (instead of the 30 seconds).

Hey Piran! I like seeing '7 rings' at #1 again, and I think we should probably get used to seeing it there. Originally I thought it wouldn't last as long as 'thank u, next', but with the release of the album and with it still being way ahead of the rest of the market I think it might do it now. The only thing that looks like it could knock it off at the moment is Ariana herself.
As for the new debuts this week, 'bury a friend' is a light 5/10 for me, and to be honest I can't really see the appeal behind Billie Eilish's music in general, outside of it being creepy and mysterious to listen to once. 'All I Ever Wanted' is a solid 7/10 for me, but I agree with you that it doesn't hold up to 'Funky Friday' or even '18HUNNA', and 'a lot' is a light-solid 9/10 for me, definitely my favourite debut of the week (not surprising given that it's #1 on my charts). 'i'm so tired...' would be a strong 6/10.
If you do ever decide to check out 'i am > i was', just know that 'a lot' is fairly different to the rest of the album. Not massively different (like 'all my friends', which definitely stands out compared to the rest of the album), but different enough to the point where you wouldn't immediately think 'a lot' was from the same album as a lot of the tracks on 'i am > i was'. Also, I don't think J. Cole called out artists who make memes, but rather is using it as a metaphor to compare his massive success ("make millions") to much less successful artists who can't make that claim, and whose only claim to fame could be that people "make memes" about them. It also seems like a reference to Tory Lanez' verse on Meek Mill's 'Litty' ("See, we both be making M’s: they be makin' memes, I be makin' millions").
Looking ahead to next week, I don't think it's any secret who's going to be #1 on both charts, so I think it's more fun to speculate about how far ahead she'll be, and which track will be #1. I think that 'thank u, next' will debut with somewhere in the region of 100k - 150k sales, with around 40k - 50k of those being from streams.
The singles chart will be more exciting, since even I didn't expect 'thank u, next' to get the kind of streams that it currently is. All 12 of its tracks fall inside the Top 15 on Spotify, both in the UK and globally, and in the UK only 'Wow.' at #10, 'Sweet but Psycho' at #13 and 'Don't Call Me Up' at #14 stop a complete clean sweep. '7 rings' and 'break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored' will definitely hold the Top 2, but which way around? '7 rings' has the advantage on Spotify with 908k streams to 785k, but 'break up' could climb through the week, and its new music video is sure to give it an advantage. It is also slightly ahead of '7 rings' on iTunes. Additionally, which of Ariana's other tracks will end up in the Top 5 (since I can't see her not having 3 of the Top 5)? Currently it looks like it'll be 'needy' but it could definitely change throughout the week.
AJ Tracey is also definitely worth a mention, as he manages to get 4 tracks from his new album in the Top 40 on Spotify, and 14 inside the Top 100, even despite Ariana's takeover. He could very well be heading for a #2 album next week.

Hey Gameskiller! :)
Yeah, it looks like between Ariana Grande & AJ Tracey (& maybe The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds Of Summer), next week will be the busiest one for debuts in a while! Had the new chart rules not been put into place, Ariana would likely have had her entire album in the Top 20 & maybe came second to Ed's record for simultaneous Top 10 placings.
'Thank U, Next' seems like an early contender to lead, but if 'Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored' can catch up a little on YouTube, I think that might have a chance of debuting at #1 on Friday or potentially getting there the week after. Interestingly, all of the #1s in 2019 so far have come from an artist whose name starts with the letter 'A'. :P
We seem to agree on 'All I Ever Wanted' & 'I'm So Tired...' for the most part, but it appears that you like 'A Lot' way more than I do, which was expected & you like Billie Eilish considerably less than I do. Like I said, her style isn't for everyone.
Your take on J Cole's part in 'A Lot' makes sense too, but the only thing is that would be contradictive of his line saying that he was never one for the bragging. I will say he does at least sound more convincing at boasting about his luxuries than almost all the other rappers in the trap scene right now.
Ariana will probably get three of the Top 5 as you said, with 'Needy' probably having the best chance since I doubt the title track will come off ACR since it would need at least a 50% gain in streams, which it won't appear to do before Friday.

Not only is it set to be a busy week for debuts on the UK charts next week, it's set to be incredibly busy on my own charts. Between 'thank u, next' looking to have all 12 of its tracks inside my Top 14 (with only 2 of Ariana's other tracks interrupting), 'AJ Tracey' looking to make a big effect and a few other tracks set to debut, my next chart could very well be over 50% new debuts!
Yeah, if the new rules hadn't been put in place Ariana would definitely be looking at a ridiculous takeover. I don't know if all her tracks could've made the Top 20, but all of them in the Top 40 would be inevitable, and 5 out of the Top 10 would've been pretty likely as well.
'break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored' is definitely holding up very well, with the gap between it and '7 rings' closing on the most recent Spotify chart, so I definitely think it's a contender for #1 either this coming week or the week after. I can't even tell if it's ahead on Apple Music, since the entire album charts twice (presumably the regular and clean versions). 'break up' is #1 and #94, while '7 rings' is #9, #16 and #117 (I'm assuming the single, album track, and clean version are all charting separately). Whichever ends up on top, I think it'll be a pretty close race, and personally I'm rooting for 'break up', if only to get Ariana another #1 and to allow her to knock herself off the top!
The 3rd track is currently looking like it'll be 'needy', though I think that 'bloodline' could make a Top 20 or maybe even Top 10 debut the week after, since it seems to be holding up better than most of the album tracks at the moment. The track has "single" written all over it as well, so I think it'll be the next single after 'break up'.
It is pretty interesting that all #1s so far this year (and seemingly for the foreseeable future) have been from artists with names beginning with 'A', but that's not very hard when there's only been 2 #1s so far haha! On a similar note, my 3 favourite tracks from 'thank u, next' at the moment are the 3 tracks beginning with 'B'.
The album is also already my most streamed of 2019, with its 317 streams passing Mike Stud's '4THEHOMIES' with 301, 21 Savage's 'i am > i was' with 171 and Post's 'beerbongs & bentleys' with 122.

It looks like both of our personal charts will be busy, as at least 10 tracks from Ariana are going to be in my new Top 40, with the other two from 'Thank U, Next' probably in the bubbling under. Then there are debuts from: M-22, The Chainsmokers & 5 Seconds Of Summer, as well as the UK's Eurovision entry that are going to be in the Top 40 among them.
I think it'll be close too, but like you, I'm still hoping it'll be 'Break Up, With Your Girlfriend', although it looks like it'll be more likely that '7 Rings' gets it given how things have gone throughout the week. Did you see that 'Thank U, Next' has broken the record for biggest opening week Spotify streams for an album by a female artist with 361 million! In other news, 'Havana' moved up into the all-time global Spotify Top 10, making Camila the only female lead artist currently there, although I could see Ariana easily joining her soon!
Interestingly, as well as my three favourite songs from 'Thank U, Next' starting with a 'B', my two least favourites are the tracks that start with an 'I', haha!