Official Singles Chart Top 40 on 08/5/2020

DaBaby is #1! Time to celebrate! :D

Currently listening to Radio 1 to see if DaBaby gets to #1. Zoned out a minute ago singing “don’t stay awake for too long, don’t go to bed...” listening to Death Bed (Coffee For Your Head) which needed to reach #1. Go on, DaBaby & Roddy Ricch! :)

Looks like Rockstar could come out of nowhere and take Number 1 this week!

DOJA CAT is number 1 in USA with her great single SAY SO...So happy!!

Looks like Tom Moore is also the least successful #1 in terms of

Biggest fall from #1? (20 places)
Least weeks on chart (just 2)
biggest drop out of chart for a #1 record (from 21)?

And this song gets to #45 too... -_-
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n7eq3E9zE2Y

Of course this amazing song peaks at #45...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w9uWPBDHEKE

Emoji Challenge Results...

SONG 1: 🇺🇸 🥧 ('American Pie') [correctly guessed first by Cameron]
SONG 2: 👸 ❤️ ('Queen Of My Heart')
SONG 3: > 👩 ('More Than A Woman') [correctly guessed first by Cameron]
SONG 4: 😡 🌎 ('Mad World') [correctly guessed first by Cameron]
SONG 5: 👶 🎂s ('Baby Cakes') [correctly guessed first by Cameron]
SONG 6: ✋ 🔘 ('Push The Button') [correctly guessed first by Fintendo]
SONG 7: 😊 ('Smile') [correctly guessed first by Fintendo]
SONG 8: 💓 💓 💓 💓 💓 ('Beat Again')
SONG 9: 🎤 🌧️ ('Singing In The Rain') [correctly guessed first by Cameron]
SONG 10: (ง'̀-'́)ง 4 ❤️ ('Fight For This Love') [correctly guessed first by Cameron]

Scores:
Cameron: 6 (Winner) 🥇
Fintendo: 2 🥈

Guys... In Your Eyes is slowly growing on me. At first it was a solid 3/10, I found it so recyclable. Now it’s a strong 5/10 and I don’t know what to do! It played earlier on the Big Top 40 too!

Speaking of the Big Top 40, turn up your speakers now, Be Kind is playing now! :D

Today's UK download and streaming charts show even more WWII era acts storming the charts - not just Vera Lynn but now Glenn Miller and the Andrews Sisters too. Do you think some of these will show up in the next top 100?

This chart is pathetic Queen are no 4 on sales chart and 95 on this chart, Amanda Holden no 2 in sales chart, 53 in this chart. Totally unfair, when figures are finally recorded they should take the highest position in either chart as they are BOTH official charts and log it, why take the data from just one chart and log it. use the most amount of weeks it spent on either chart. Matt Lucas no 1 reached 34 on this pile, Vera lynn and Katherine Jenkins no 2 and 72 on this. The same the other way round If a song gets to no 30 on sales chart but no 8 on this one, then class it as no 8, (oh sorry they already do that by only concentrating from data on this and totally disregarding the other chart) so the highest position of either chart, it’s fair. Posthumously change data on all your artists going back to when the sales chart ( the proper chart in fact as it’s based on what people actually pay to download) was first launched. DO IT NOW. it’s a miscarriage of justice.

RESULTS:

6: Roses - SAINt JHN (Piran)
7: Baby - Justin Bieber ft Ludacris (Piran)
8: Poppin - KSI ft Lil Pump & Smokepurpp (none guessed that)
9: One Kiss - Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa (Cameron)
10: Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper (Frank)
BONUS: Wake Up Call - KSI ft Trippie Redd (Piran)

So Piran wins the deluxe challenge! :)

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/LennonJagger/top-40-best-pop-singles-8-may-2020-weekly-updated/

I’ve stated this on Headline Planet, but I waited for a new Tekashi 6ix9ine song for almost 2 years... and it’s TRASH!!! And to think, Fefe was actually dope! Don’t get it in your Top 40, it’s just another light 2/10!

Hold up, what’s this? A bonus song!

BONUS: 🛌 ⏰ 📞

Song 10: ⏰👈⏰

Song 9: ☝️💋

Song 8: 🥤in

Song 7: 👶👶👶😲 (think of the lyrics for this one only)

Time for the deluxe edition of my Emoji Challenge!

Song 6: 🥀🥀🥀

What is this s*It????? 😲

All together now: I’m never gonna dance again...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=izGwDsrQ1eQ

I’ve been waiting for what feels like eternities for a 1D reunion:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwgf3wmiA04

Alright, time for some throwbacks.

Coldplay are my favourite group and this is just one highlight! :)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kcASPx3-HuI

So glad I grew up with this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SRcnnId15BA
But , this is so much better!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WrsFXgQk5UI

that this hit ACR.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2zToEPpFEN8

RESULTS:
1: Boom Clap - Charli XCX (Mateusz)
2: Cigarettes & Alcohol - Oasis
3: King - Years & Years (George)
4: The Box - Roddy Ricch (George)
5: All The Good Girls Go To - Billie Eilish (Mateusz)

So it’s a tie! :)

Song 5: 👍👩👉✌️😈 🔥

Song 4: 📦

Song 3: 🤴

Song 2: 🚬 & 🍺

Time for an Emoji Challenge!
Song 1: 💥 👏

At least Drake is finally number 1

Hey everyone! :)

I'm signing off for now, but I hope you all have a good evening & stay safe as always.

Talk to you all later or tomorrow!

Fun facts:
- Toosie Slide sold less than 50K, which is the lowest for a #1 since Shallow in November 2018. Blinding Lights would still be #1 with 57K sales if it weren't for ACR.
- Drake's other 'album' songs would chart at 25, 26, 29, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 45, 56 and 60.
- Drake's 'album', which is unavailable physically, sold less than 20K. To compare, Views sold 78K and Scorpion sold 63K on its opening week.

What does ACR mean haha

Can we all agree that ACR just ? :(

Sorry if I'm ranting about it at this point!

Without ACR, the top 10 would be:

1. Blinding Lights
2. Toosie Slide
3. Roses
4. Say So
5. Savage
6. Death Bed
7. Physical
8. Rover
9. Don't Start Now
10. Lonely

Emoji Challenge! :D

Now, this one has a twist, because it's chart-themed! If you can guess the theme, you get three extra points.

Songs coming up in two minutes!

What does everybody think the new Ariana and JB song Stuck with U if you have heard it, also what would you rate it?

Lennon Stella is so underrated, can you get this song in the charts and do me proud?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LJMhJyWRhVE

Song recommendation of the week! :)

Sweden just about managed to get into their latest Top 40! Why don't we do the same in the UK? It's so inspiring across the board...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqU0NCl62Xo

YES SAY SO AT #2 ❤

Okay, in celebration of NOW! 105 being released, thought I’d share this with you... NOW! 105, but tweaked.

Some songs will be replaced by other songs, but the first time you look at it, it’s a weird tracklist flow. In the replies is what NOW! 105 should have been if it was the perfect NOW! album...

Toosie Slide is awful imo

Why is "Rockstar" surging? What have I missed.

Here’s something I’d thought I’d share with you all… the chart in the week that I was born! :D

https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19980322/7501/

So, we’re gonna let Be Kind by Marshmello and Halsey, an amazing song, miss the Top 40? Disappointed. :(

NEW ENTRIES BEST TO WORST
AJ Tracey Ft. MoStack- Dinner Guest [5/10]
Drake Ft. Giveon- Chicago Freestyle [4/10]
Drake Ft. Playboi Carti- Pain 1993 [4/10]

Notice how neither Beyonce or Nicki Minaj got credited though...

So happy to see DOJA CAT at number 2!! OMG, i never expected it as she got stucked outside the Top 5 for so many weeks!! Congrats girl and MEGAN is climbing even faster the chart: our new number 1 next week? and AVA MAX getting a new peak ..yeah...if the overrated DRAKE wasn't at number 1, i will be over the moon!!

Well, there’s a lot to like about this chart!! :D

Firstly, the Top 3 is amazing, especially Say So! Dinner Guest deserves to be high up as I’ve been addicted to it since, and we no longer need to worry about Blinding Lights getting 19 weeks. Rockstar jumping to #6 and Sicko Mode re-entering is great as well.

Coming up tonight: NOW! 105... tweaked!

By the way, I can't contain how excited I am to see 'Say So' at #2!!!

Been cheering that song on before it even reached the charts! :D

Keeping the review fairly brief tonight because of the bank holiday…

Firstly, Drake’s got his sixth #1 & look, this is going to be one of those songs which will be fine to see less than a month at the top, but it’ll be really tiring if it stays there any longer! I certainly see ‘Toosie Slide’ having more longevity on the singles chart than ‘Dark Lane Demo Tapes’ will on the albums chart. As for the song, eh, it’s probably still a light 6/10 for me.

Now, what I’m a lot more excited about are the two big remixes that came out last week! As you all know by now, I adore the original version of ‘Say So’ thanks to its general 80s disco feel & sensual delivery from Doja Cat, but while there are some questionable lines from Nicki Minaj in her remix, she still brings enough of an entertaining presence to the remix to make that almost just as good. Man, I really hope this becomes a future #1, then 2020 would really be set to be an amazing year for the charts!

The other is ‘Savage’ & while I’m a little bit less impressed by Beyonce’s additional verse in this remix, her rapping is still better than previous times she’s tried to do it in my opinion! Then again, for as much as I would call Beyonce a legend at this point, Megan Thee Stallions’ part still stands out for me just because of the sheer swagger & attitude she’s bringing to the table.

Not really anything of note to say about any of the debuts sadly, except AJ Tracey’ a lot harder than expected! I also really like the gains for: ‘Rockstar’ (peaked higher in the UK than in the US!), ‘Rover’ & ‘If The World Was Ending’. Meanwhile, the re-entry for ‘Sicko Mode’ is okay & ‘Don’t Rush’ returning is amazing. Both came back for very different reasons & a while after they first charted, but I don’t see either of them surpassing the success of their initial chart run!

Sadly, there were also a lot of disappointments this week! Now, a lot of that blame can be placed on OCC because of their ridiculous ACR rule, which caused a lot of incredible hits to plummet, including: ‘Blinding Lights’, ‘Roses’, ‘Don’t Start Now’, ‘Physical’ & ‘Lonely’... yeah, they might’ve done really well over these past few weeks, but my point remains, ACR is a problem here because there are songs above it in the current chart that are receiving lower overall chart sales. As I’ve mentioned before, it doesn’t reflect the true popularity of these hits! We all knew it was coming, but I’m still very disappointed.

What the public can be blamed for is causing the huge talent of ‘If You’re Too Shy [Let Me Know]’ to fall a massive 23 places & not letting ‘Be Kind’ land a Top 40 debut!

Oh well, I’ve had a lot of positive things to say lately, shame this week was just okay at best.

Anyway, enjoy the bank holiday weekend everybody! :)

🇬🇧 Happy VE Day everyone!!! 🇬🇧