Official Singles Chart on 22/5/2020

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Results for my personal charts will be revealed in a few minutes...

This is from Buzzjack

UK Midweeks:
(Missing Apple, Spotify and YT for Wed)

1. ROM 51,670
2. Rockstar 43,467

Yeah UK #1 is on lock at this point

I'm so glad all of you here on the singles chart are friendly people, unlike these immature & disrespectful trolls on the albums chart article: https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-1975-and-ksi-go-head-to-head-for-this-week-s-number-1-album__29845/

Buy & stream 'Notes On A Conditional Form' so that this doesn't happen to us again on Friday! :P
(also because it's a really awesome album!)

Emoji Challenge Results...

Weekly Theme: Eurovision Winners [correctly guessed first by Coolocelot] +3

SONG 1: 💧 ⬇️ ('Only Teardrops') [correctly guessed first by Hulnia] +1
SONG 2: 🛰️ ('Satellite') [correctly guessed first by Coolocelot] +1
SONG 3: 🧚 📖 ('Fairytale') [correctly guessed first by Hulnia] +1
SONG 4: 🤘🙏 ('Hard Rock Hallelujah') [correctly guessed first by Hulnia] +1
SONG 5: ❤️ 💡 ('Love Shine A Light') [correctly guessed first by Coolocelot] +1
SONG 6: 🌊 🚽 ('Waterloo') [correctly guessed first by Hulnia] +1
SONG 7: 🏃 😱 ('Running Scared') [correctly guessed first by Coolocelot] +1
SONG 8: 🗣️ ('The Voice') [correctly guessed first by Cameron] +1
SONG 9: ✋💋 4 👨 ('Save Your Kisses For Me') [correctly guessed first by Hulnia] +1
SONG 10: ⬆️ 🔥 🐦 ('Rise Like A Phoenix') [correctly guessed first by Hulnia] +1

Scores:
Coolocelot: 6 (Winner) 🥇
Hulnia: 6 🥈
Cameron: 1 🥉

Right, Coolocelot & Hulnia, we've got a tie-break to determine which one of you will get the gold medal & which one of you will get the silver medal.

Your tie-break song will appear in the replies to this comment in a couple of minutes, but it will not be related to this week's theme!

Who remembers this banger from Deadmau5? Appeared on NOW! 74 too. ;)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h7ArUgxtlJs

This atrocity...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s0PCMNels-s
...is my SIXTH 0/10. Do not play unless you want your ears to start ringing. >:(

Anyone heard the track by Joris Johnson- We have a plan.
It's really a great club tune and shows the usual UK spirit.
It's in the Scottish top 40... not in the UK one though which is weird to me?

Music is dead. All these songs are utter toilet.

Well, just noticed the end of the world is coming - Melanie Martinez is at #78! 😂

Seriously though, I don’t know how it got in the charts and it needs to tank. :/

Getting to the charts late today, but anyway, let’s go. Rockstar clings on for another week despite having no video, somehow Stuck With U and GOOBA stay in the top 10, and we have 12 new entries to have a peek at! So let’s get right in, using the same format as last week despite how unreadable it may be, to get past the spam filter.
Let’s start with #96 – “Guys” by the 1975, a band who never seem to fail to notch a charting song, and who have seemingly dipped their toes into all manner of genres across the year so far. However, after hearing this I’m definitely gonna be looking forward to 1975 songs charting in the future, because frankly, this is great. It’s a song which is absurdly sappy, completely unashamed to revel in unadulterated emotion, the singer pours his heart out for his fellow bandmates and declares “you guys are the best things that ever happened to me”. It’s a beautiful sentiment delivered in a gorgeously soft vocal timbre, and over pillowy instrumentation that includes just a touch of fluttering pianos and string embellishments to create such a warm, enveloping mix. This song hits all the right notes, it’s definitely a blissful oasis in these strange times. For me, a decent 7/10. At #95 we have “Bad Luck” by SL. I have to say I was surprised to hear Kenny Beats’ tag. He does ok here, the beat is very lethargic, just a flute line and a slow knock, but it’s dynamic enough not to lose my interest. SL sounds half-asleep to match the beat. I can see how it could kind of work, but overall it’s just ok. Decent 5/10.
At #91 we have “Flex” by Polo G and Juice WRLD, and yeah, this ain’t it. The production here is garbage, it’s completely lifeless and stiff, the guitar loop gets annoying, the bass is grating against it, overall it doesn’t come together and sounds completely cheap. Juice WRLD’s verse would be fine paired with some more organic production with more space in the mix, this completely suffocates him. And Polo G uses the same flow for the verse and chorus and sounds about as stiff as the beat underneath him. This is grating. Bad news, decent 4/10 and that’s being charitable. At #85 we have “Trillionaire” by Future and YoungBoy Never Broke Again, and this isn’t particularly good either. The production does the bare minimum, some melancholic keys and some bass that’s somewhat suffocated, not much groove here. The main problem is the absence of a good hook to make this more interesting to listen to because without it, this is pretty tedious. Future and YoungBoy have no vocal chemistry and could pretty much switch out for each other. It’s definitely better than “Flex” but, pretty much just filler, and not good filler either. Strong 4/10.
At #82 we have “X” by the Jonas Brothers and KAROL G. I’m gonna be pretty charitable towards this, because it has a REALLY strong hook. In fact, the whole song, from a songwriting point of view, has pop excellence written all over it, more writing like this and I won’t feel like the Jonas Brothers reunion is so pointless anymore. The KAROL G feature was tasteful, the song has a danceable beat, the ingredients are here, but I can’t help but feel like the production ruins this one. Again, as I’ve said for other songs here, it feels lifeless, just a bit too artificial. We need a stronger bass groove here, the brass needs to be better incorporated, the sound isn’t enveloping enough, it’s not tangible enough. For me, a strong 5/10. Probably with room to grow because the hook is great. One of the best Jonas Brothers reunion songs so far if not the best. At #81, “Will” by Joyner Lucas, and I’m gonna assume it’s the remix with Will Smith that has this charting, so apologies if that’s wrong. Anyway, I’m seriously surprised by the quality of this. Will Smith spat an amazing verse, it really has to be heard to be believed. He sounds so genuine in everything he’s saying, acting as a mentor to Joyner, mentioning how he too had idols, detailing his career so far. He really makes the listener root for him, relish in his successes, every line he delivers flawlessly, he sounds like he really means what he’s saying. This isn’t just a phoned in verse, he really tried here to deliver something honest and heartfelt and it really worked, and his dynamic flows and vocal delivery are too. The production is standard for a hype anthem, a distorted trap knock that definitely has more bounce than some other songs we’re reviewed today. I’m not a big fan of Joyner Lucas, but he only handles the hook so there’s nothing to complain about. For me, a strong 6/10. Good stuff.
At #78: “Play Date” by Melanie Martinez. I’m gonna be honest and say I have no idea why this song is blowing up now and it’s 4 years old! The more important thing though is that it’s not at all good. The lullaby-like production isn’t as cute as she thinks it is, her heavily autotuned vocals remove all personality from her voice and what personality remains is grating. The lyrics with their analogies to toys are really trite and boring and the sentiment of the song is petty and not in the way you can root for. This is just annoying to listen to. For its competency as a song (it’s not an assault on the ears), this is a decent 4/10. But I don’t want to hear this ever again and if I do its score will probably plummet further. At #75 we have “Surrender” by Natalie Taylor. This song is 3 years old and all, but I feel like I’ve heard it before so I’m gonna assume this is here courtesy of TikTok. Anyway, Taylor’s vocal performance is decent in a pretty standard melancholic song with an ok hook. The production seems quite basic, overall doesn’t seem polished enough to really hit. The production is very…royalty-free, perhaps. There’s the kernel of a good song here, but for the moment, it’s just ok. Light 5/10.
At #65 we have “Lose Somebody” by Kygo and OneRepublic, and, well, I’ve made it no secret that I’m about the furthest possible thing from a Kygo fan. However, this is definitely one of his least detestable songs in a while. The piano build up is very tried and true, it works, the hook is pretty strong. However, to my surprise, all this momentum wasn’t instantly ruined with a mid-paced drop and distorted vocal snippets all over the place, Kygo’s calling card for sucking any and all life out of a song. Instead we get a second verse, and when the drop does come, it’s far more tasteful and puts the vocals much more front-and-centre. This reminds me a bit of the heel turn Marshmello recently provided, but a little better. This is inoffensive. Decent 5/10. At #59 we have “Solitaires” by Future and Travis Scott, and yeah, not good. The vocals are way too high in the mix for some reason, the beat is grating and just sounds tinny and flat, it compliments neither artist. The hook is garbage, there’s no focus, no structure to the song. This is just a headache. Decent 4/10.
At #43 we have “Think About Things” by Daði Freyr. I’ll admit to not being plugged into Eurovision this year, which is rather unlike me, in fact I thought it was cancelled completely. There was still enough hype around the Icelandic song though, one of the favourites, that it’s managed to chart. Sadly, however, I don’t like it. The production here is so rigid that there really is no groove to this. It’s hard to explain it, but despite the prominence of the bass in the mix, the up-tempo beat just feels so square, and I hate to use the word again but, lifeless. There’s a cute energy to the song, I like the vocals, I like the progression of the song, I just really think the production here fails spectacularly and completely squanders this song’s chances. It doesn’t make the song difficult to listen to or anything, it more just makes it completely flat and unevocative. A light 5/10 for me, about as middling as you can get. Finally, we have “Daisies” by Katy Perry at #37, a pretty low debut for her. The song itself is ok, Perry’s vocal performance is pretty strong, the production is ok, we’ve got a nice touch of guitar and some skittering percussion. The song never really gets off the ground though, there’s no build up to the final chorus which provides a payoff which doesn’t feel earned. It’s a song that just doesn’t feel like it gets off on the right foot, even if there are elements of it that are fine enough. It’s not offensive though. Decent 5/10 for me.
That leaves me giving best of the week handily to “Guys” and worst of the week is “Flex”, but good god is Melanie Martinez lucky I didn’t give it to her. Some real stinkers this week that I hope don’t stick around, but some good stuff too. Not a terrible week. Anyway, thanks for reading, have a good one!

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/LennonJagger/top-40-best-pop-singles-22-may-2020-weekly-updated/

I really hope that "Stuck With U" will be on the top 5 next week because it really that it did not go on No. 1 last week and it would be great if it went on the top 5. I think it might be unlikely that it could be No.1 but you never know. We will wait and see.

Buzzing secrets made the top 40!

Song 5: 💋👩

Song 4: 🦋🦋

Song 3: ♾8️⃣8️⃣8️⃣

Song 2: 📞 🇺🇸

Time for a quick emoji challenge:

Song 1: ⛳️ 🏌️‍♂️ 📺

⚠️ WARNING ⚠️

Stay away from 645AR. He is basically a mosquito on helium. Listen to “Yoga” and “4 Da Trap” AT YOUR OWN RISK. He is horrid.

Be Kind deserves to chart higher. It's a banger!

Songs going on ACR next week:

Harry Styles - Falling
Travis Scott - HIGHEST IN THE ROOM
Travis Scott - SICKO MODE

Ava Top 25 and new single next week!!!!

Tonight’s banger - Anne-Marie and Marshmello! Easy 10/10 and one of the best of 2018. :)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jzD_yyEcp0M

Me: (drives lazily in Forza Britain)
Horizon Pulse Station: (plays Clap Your Hands by Le Youth & Ava Max)
Me: https://media1.giphy.com/media/jsZWNGNuQDnfKDE9eK/giphy.gif

Fun facts:

- Rockstar increased its sales by 28%, selling 57K this week. Even on SCR, Blinding Lights would still not be #1 for the second week.
- Lewis Capaldi returns to the top of the album charts exactly a year since it debuted. Its seventh stint (not counting consecutive weeks), it sets a new record for a solo male artist to do so and joins Our Version Of Events by Emeli Sande and 21 by Adele.
- Nearly 20,000 sales separate #1 and #2.
- Around 200 sales separate #2 and #3, while another 200 separate #4 and #5.

Hey everyone! :)

I'm signing off for now, but I'll be back either later or over the weekend with the Eurovision Emoji Challenge Results, but who will get the douze points this week? :D

In the meantime, stay safe everybody. ;)

Me: (blasts Baby Pluto by Lil Uzi Vert)
Dad: Son, can you turn that off?
Me: Why? It’s a quality tune!
Dad: We have bigger speakers downstairs. ;)

Emoji Challenge! :D

Songs coming up in the replies in a few minutes.

Once again, you get one point for every correct song title & three points if you can guess what links all of them!

Like Coolocelot, I'm going to recommend another song from Forza Horizon 4! :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXgHcdLM7lM

Break My Heart will go to ACR if it declines again. STREAM IT!!

This is AWESOME!!! It’s a crime to not chart it when it was #7 on iTunes last time I looked.

It’s so chilled out and summery, so I’d love for this to get success! :D
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=piOIvNO2M8Q

Honestly ACR just gets worse every week. I mostly look at the audio streaming chart now.

Who’s in the mood for another Forza tune? ;)

This just brings me in goosebumps with the laidback piano and those climaxes, very close to a 10/10...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xarC5jAiO7w

NEW ENTRIES BEST TO WORST
Katy Perry- Dasies [5/10]
RAYE & Regard- Secrets [5/10]
StaySolidRocky- Party Girl [0/10]
Yeah this week left a lot to be desired :(

Okay, I can't contain my excitement about this collaboration! :)

Why wait until next week, when I discuss this amazing remix now? :D

The original was already a highlight of 'After Hours' for me, but the breakthrough star of 2020 already made it even more enjoyable. ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozMBCFd7fFM

Apologies for spam tried to advertise the group will stop now

This week's chart is a non-event. Nothing interesting happened.

I’m gonna rank 2010s years for music best to worst, feel free to join in! :)
1. 2015 (got the edge)
2. 2018 (phew, this was too close)
3. 2012
4. 2017
5. 2014
6. 2013
7. 2019
8. 2010
9. 2016
10. 2011 (not good at all, but 1D and Adele saves it)

Glad Say So managed to get back to #2! Drake needs to toosie slide down the chart.
Dua still stuck under the top 10 makes me sad :/
Great to see Watermelon Sugar returning thanks to the video. Hope it gets a new peak!
Daisies is kinda meh to me. Not really top 10 material imo.

Interesting to see where Rain on Me will land next week!