Official Singles Chart Top 40 on 01/10/2021

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

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.

“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!

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.

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?

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

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.

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. :)

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.

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.

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?

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. :/

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.

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

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.

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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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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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. :)

Why? 💀

Hi Frank

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

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

but i am real?? 🤔

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

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

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

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

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

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

Can/have you asked them to stop pls

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.

No worries thanks

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

i love that song.

Me too 😁

Oh, forgot to put You For Me drop in Negative

this is catching on isn’t it? 😂

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

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!

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 😣

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

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

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

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.

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!

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.

what’s wrong with drivers license 😭😭😭

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

what did you rate how will i know lol

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

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. :)

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.

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...

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. :/

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...

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! :(

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. :)

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

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

haha

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

still better than 100 gecs though... :(

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

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

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...

The song deserves more 😭

Yep....that

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

Can't it get reseted or something

I'm gutted 🤦

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

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. :/

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

That's sad to hear 😭

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

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

thank you! :)

thanks, so am i

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

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

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.

Yeah, it did. :)

🥳🥳

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

dude shows up regardless.

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

Just pass lady

ratio

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

More spam & desperation, but okay. :)

the more the merrier i guess

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

Stop caring...

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. :)

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

ratio again

Anyway, stream 'Psycho'! 😍

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

Sorry, I looked through and didn’t see it

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

Did somebody say Maneskin? :D

yup, that somebody was me!!

That somebody has taste. :)

I'll give it a go

Not me, I'll be trying to avoid it😣

lol!!

awesome, did you like their previous hits?

Yeah, I hope they can do well.

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

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

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!

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

Decent song, low replay factor. :/

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

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!

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! 🥱

Absolutely stunning your review dear buddy!

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

How's your weekend going?

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

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

"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!

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!

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

and he'll beat it next week :P

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

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.

olivia is better anyway 😻

at least it’s number 1 on the dance chart

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

On a sidenote, I’ll recommend this:

https://youtube*com/B9dSYgd5Elk

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. :)

Oh haha, fair enough. 💀

Still would recommend for anyone else though.

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

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

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

definitely my favourite album of theirs.

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

so glad i got you into this :D

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

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

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

someone who agrees XD

It definitely will.

Hey Piran! Enjoy the weekend. :)

Hey Marco! How's it going? :)

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

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. 🎉

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

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

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

OK thanks. :)

You're welcome, haha. :)