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Official Singles Chart Top 40 on 10/1/2020

10 January 2020 - 16 January 2020

The Official UK Top 40 chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company, based on official sales of sales of downloads, CD, vinyl, audio streams and video streams. The Top 40 is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and MTV, the full Top 100 is published exclusively on OfficialCharts.com. View the biggest songs of 2023.

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Piran

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A Welsh language song called ‘Yma O Hyd’ by Daffyd Iwan (from 1983) has reached #1 on the UK iTunes chart.

Does anyone know if a song entirely in Welsh has ever done this before?

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Tea at Five

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Dermot Kennedy's album WITHOUT FEAR, is by far,,,,by so faaaaaar,, better than Number 6 collaborations project (no offense Ed,)

This dude is underrated

Halsey will hopefully flood this chart as from next week,,or the next one....

And can someone please go to court to get an order to stop Justin Bieber from (any more) singing,,pleeeeease!!!!!!😪

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David N'jama

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Hey Guys. Here's a (not so) brief review

Generally, it seems people are still listening to the End of the Year Playlists on various streaming services. Hence, the numerous re-entries. Moving on now.

#5 Yummy - Justin Bieber: This is the one of the worst things I've heard in a while. Like it's so bad that I'll rather have "I love Sausage Rolls" by Ladbaby on repeat than this . I don't know if he was trying to make a song for kids or just wanted a SFW tune. Anyways, this is too crappy for the latter. Cringiest line was "you got that yum yum yum" like are you serious? But of course, it's a top 5 because it's Justin Bieber, not sure this would grow on me at all. Score as at now 3/10. Sorry Bieliebers.

#35 Savage - Mist: First, questions. What is happening to the UK rap scene? Why are the good rap tracks finding it difficult to chart? The answer, we might never know
I really don't have much to say about this. The beat is dope but the content is bland and cliché the only memorable line is "Gangsta in the morning, Gansta in the Evening" which is repeated from the midpoint to the end. Then again, I'm more comfortable playing this than Yummy. 6/10

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akyovbashiev

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I was reading the Music Week review on this week's chart and found this comment incredibly relevant:

"Notwithstanding my comment that things are calmer this week, many tracks enjoy renewed impetus, primarily because they outperformed the market last week and come off ACR, which means that their sales-equivalent streams are worth twice what they were. Prime amongst these is Memories by Maroon 5, which was pushed to No.60 a fortnight ago on a combination of ACR and an avalanche of Christmas-related tracks. It recovered to No.21 last week, and now, having emerged from ACR, climbs to No.13, even though its sales last week would have been 26,735 without ACR, and are 3.53% lower this week at 25,790. I’m not sure that this is what ACR is for."

You know it's bad when even Alan Jones of Music Week starts having doubts in the system...

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Vikingman

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I would be interesting in what Alan Jones wrote. Can you paste it here?

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akyovbashiev

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I don't personally have a Music Week subscription anymore, but you can check it out on this forum thread: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=229668

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Marina Penny

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this list is totally worng!!! wheres my song MaLIFE???

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Penny

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When will the people get tired of Shallow??? I mean, it's in the charts since 62 WEEKS.

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Brandon Mwinga

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this one i won't get tired play it everyday

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blobfishy

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Here's a suggestion for the OCC to stop the controversy. Why not make it ACR & the 3-songs-per-artist rule don't effect the Top 5.

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Vikingman

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why the top 5? why not just get rid of the rule completely and adjust the streaming ratios accordingly.

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blobfishy

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It would be the best scenario, but would require a massive backtracking by the OCC. Like, if they changed back to how it was before 2017 right now, would that make all the charts in the time period with ACR & the 3 songs rule invalid?

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blobfishy

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Song Of The Week-
JUSTIN BIEBER- "Yummy"
Where to start? So much confusion, so much wasted potential. In 2015 Justin Bieber released his best album to date with "Purpose" and since then has made a variety of appearances, up to his country debut with "10,000 Hours" just last Autumn, so this is a comeback only in name. The lyrics to "Yummy" are awful. The release was quickly followed by widespread criticism from music fans, and for good reason. The atrocious title already means he's fighting an uphill battle, and the lyrics are just a (slightly) more adult version of his original teen pop heartthrob material. At one point he stops to shout out his new clothing line which shows to me just how corporate and safe he's playing it. Also, Justin's YouTube channel features 3 lyric videos, 2 music videos, a fan lip-sync montage, and a reaction compilation. Someone saw Old Town Road's success using similar tactics. I do like the grove though so it "only" gets a 2/10
My Other Remarks On This Week's Chart-
-"Dance Monkey" impressively is #6 despite ACR. Possibly a contender for Song Of The Year?
-"Someone You Loved" returned to the Top 10. Brilliant. This was #1 on my Year-End Worst Hit Songs list that got taken down as spam due to pure overplay. I'm not happy it's back up.
-"Blinding Lights" makes it's Top 10 debut. I don't like it as much as some other people, but I'm glad that it seems to have at least some staying power.
-"The Box" is up to #16 in the UK and #3 in America. It's meh
-ACR continues to lead to some wacky events. "South Of The Border," "Circles" & "Highest In The Room" among the songs to jump up this week.
-Selena Gomez Album quick review: Not my thing but good for what it is 6/10
-Maybe one of the Stormzy diss tracks will make the chart next week
My Crownnote chart is here, updated on Saturday mornings: http://crownnote.com/charts/blobyfish/this-weeks-top-forty-24
Thanks For Reading!

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Piran

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My thoughts & observations on the UK charts as always…

Stormzy does the chart double as ‘Own It’ spends a second week at #1 on the singles chart, while ‘Heavy Is The Head’ becomes the brand new #1 album for the week! Only two acts managed this in 2019 (Ariana Grande & Ed Sheeran).

Regarding the rest of the Top 5 on the latter chart, we have: ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent’ by Lewis Capaldi (1-2), ‘No.6 Collaborations Project’ by Ed Sheeran (4-3), ‘Fine Line’ by Harry Styles (5-4) & ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’ by Billie Eilish (6-5).

‘Don’t Start Now’ by Dua Lipa is once again the biggest song on British radio!

On YouTube, ‘Dance Monkey’ returns to the top for a 12th non-consecutive week! However, it did lose 16.6% (about one-sixth) of its views from last week, down to 2.92 million views for the past seven days.

JUSTIN BIEBER - YUMMY (#5)
Let’s be honest, you didn’t come here for a review of this song, you came to see me rant about it! I mean, for as much as I loved his last album, this was getting huge backlash from critics to even diehard to Beliebers, but surely this can’t be that bad? Um... well somehow it is!!! Look, I’m not just disappointed about this one, I’m absolutely fuming! Come on, what’s there even to analyse here?! Let’s just get the obvious major flaws out of the way first, the lyrics are absolutely asinine & childish in a way that makes me think a 25-month-old would write this, let alone a 25-year-old; “Yeah, you got that yummy-yum, that yummy-yum, that yummy-yummy”... who in their right mind thought anyone would find that appealing?! It’s even more embarrassing when you realise that he recently got married to Hailey Baldwin, so this would’ve been an awesome opportunity to dedicate an acoustic ballad like ‘10,000 Hours’ to her, but no, we instead get a song that tries to be $exy & fails in every way possible! I don’t even mind JB going back to his R&B sound like he did on the ‘Believe’ album, but when the falsetto is this grating (despite otherwise decent & smooth vocals on the hook), the concept is ridiculously uninspired & the syncopated, dull backdrop blends in horribly with another messy trap beat probably engineered for TikTok success only, you’re left with what’ll go down as his worst single to date, because for as cringy as ‘Baby’ was, it was at least manufactured for teenage girls back when he was a new heartthrob on the scene, but I don’t see anyone having reason to get behind this! I’ve talked about this song way too long, but JB, if you’re out there reading this man, I’m one of the few 21-year-old guys who adores most of your music (I even saw you live at V Festival in 2016!), but if you plan on making an entire album as disastrous as this song is… it really pains me to say it, but you can count me out as a fan if you DARE let this happen again, just please go back to the songs I loved from ‘Purpose’! As for this, yeah, strong 1/10! Britain, for everyone’s sake, even JB’s for the sake of his career, please can we just let this tank?!

MIST - SAVAGE (#35)
[Takes a deep sigh] Okay, now that I’ve released all my anger out on that song, let’s talk about something that’s hopefully a lot better! Honestly, given what we got, it is, but all we’ve done is substituted an atrocious new entries with a mostly bad one, so that’s hardly an improvement! Again, there was some potential with this given how hard MIST goes in & the drill beat hitting deep, but the incredibly repetitive, autotuned hook & the effects that close out the song kill it for me entirely, along with lyrics all about being a gangsta all day, which is absolutely nothing we haven’t heard here before! Genuinely guys, this is the first week ever where I didn’t actually enjoy putting this review together. I can at least laugh at the song itself or other people’s reactions when I cover terrible songs here, but not either of these two. Solid 3/10 for this one!

Looking ahead to next week, these songs could enter the Top 40 for the first time: ‘Come Out Ye Black & Tans’ by The Wolfe Tones, ‘Power Over Me’ by Dermot Kennedy, ‘Life Is Good’ by Future ft Drake, ‘Better Off Without You’ by Becky Hill ft Shift K3Y, ‘You Should Be Sad’ by Halsey, ‘Rare’ by Selena Gomez & maybe even more. Either way, I hope it’s better than the mess we got today!

Thanks for reading everyone! I hope you all have a good weekend. :)

My latest Crown Note chart: http://crownnote.com/charts/piran-delves/pirans-top-40-163

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David N'jama

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OMG!! 1/10 for yummy

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bartbart2003

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I cannot believe that "Power Over Me" by Dermot Kennedy never appeared in the top 40. I've been hearing it on the radio in Poland for like a year (?). Wasn't it popular in the UK too?

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Piran

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No, it did chart lower down over here, but never reached the Top 40 as you said. Probably because we've all been supporting 'Outnumbered' so much, haha!

That said, it's suddenly been getting a surge of downloads over here, so I wouldn't rule it out completely just yet.

The thing is, it's been getting decent radio support here too, but airplay doesn't count towards our singles chart...

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Piran

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Yeah... I hated it that much! :P

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RIME

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Own It is still a fake #1, only at the spot because of ACR:

Dance Monkey
#1 Audio Streaming
#1 Sales
#3 Video Streaming

Own It
#2 Audio Streaming
#4 Sales
#5 Video Streaming

I'm going to keep pointing this out every time it happens until they get rid of that rule.

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akyovbashiev

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From Music Week:
"Dance Monkey falls 5-6 (34,709 sales) for Tones And I but had more paid-for sales (5,631) than any other song, and would still be No.1 with consumption of 63,787 units were it not on ACR."

The difference is less shocking than last week but still there. Stormzy got 55,826 combined sales this week, 8k less than the actual number 1 song.

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David N'jama

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This chart is a mess. I wish the people in charge actually read these comments.

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Piran

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You know guys, we could've made this beautiful track from the very talented Hailee Steinfeld a Top 5 single instead, but no, it misses the chart completely! :/

I'm not even blaming the OCC for this, that's on the public not giving this the recognition it deserves...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39xGflo5kTs

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Brandon Mwinga

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its true so much underrated the song deserve recognition

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Piran

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Oh yeah, the UK might not be supporting it like they should be, but at least all of you on Crown Note are! ;)

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Brandon Mwinga

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people want to stream catchy songs with no meaning! at times

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Piran

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By the way, I've got my Top 10 David Guetta songs coming up for you a little later as promised! :D

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Brandon Mwinga

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thanks so much Cant wait I will post mine also

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Brandon Mwinga

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mine before I see yours

David Guetta top 10 hits
1.Dangerous Ft Sam Martin
2.When Love Takes Over ft Kelly Rowland
3.Lovers On The Sun Ft Sam Martin
4.Shot Me Down ft Skylar Grey
5. Chick ft Akon
6.Turn Me On Ft Nicki Minaj
7.Without You Ft Usher
8 This One's For You ft Zara Larsson
9.Titanium Ft Sia
10.Play Hard ft Neyo

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Piran

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This is a good Top 10! :D

I have a feeling that: #2, #5, #7, #8 & #9 will be making my list, but I'll have to look back through his entire discography first.

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Brandon Mwinga

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no problem let me look at hot 100 also only getting home now

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Piran

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Ah, okay! It's not too good to be honest, haha.

To be honest, my list should be up by the time you've done that! :D

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Brandon Mwinga

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sorry I know JB very sorry I know you hate new song
let's not comment about but I'm glad to see having two tracks in top 10 it's not so much discussion this week but I am glad to see other like Selena Gomez Lose You To Love still in the top 10
also 10000 hrs, Good as but not so much

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Piran

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"Sorry" indeed. That reminds me a lot of a much better hit from him though! ;)

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Brandon Mwinga

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maybe it's rnb side you don't like isn't it. you prefer much pop i guess so

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Piran

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Not really, since I never minded 'Boyfriend' & I really liked 'Beauty & A Beat' with Nicki Minaj!

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Piran

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Regarding 'Better Off Without You', I really liked it, but I think her other EDM singles stick with me more for now due to catchiness, but this one could definitely grow on me! :D

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Brandon Mwinga

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it will definitely grow on you theres a radio station in South Africa 5fm was so glad that it was oneof most added playlist

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Brandon Mwinga

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it's going to be definitely wOrst hit of 2020 on your critics I guess

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Piran

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Oh yeah, almost certainly!

On the other hand, I think 'Blinding Lights' is shaping up to be the best so far. ;)

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Piran

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That's awesome that it's already getting airplay in your country! :D

It's #77 in the UK this week.

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Brandon Mwinga

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it debuted # 37 on Official
SA Top 40 this week .my chart is out i have already checked yours i see it's bubbling under yours Becky Hill .

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Brandon Mwinga

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very true it is standing a chance to #1 and it seems Dua Lipa is blocked again and so far it has endured in the top 10

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Brandon Mwinga

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I'm still waiting for it did you have a chance to look at it.

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Piran

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I honestly think 'Don't Start Now' could be the biggest hit of 2020 that doesn't manage to go to #1, since it'll be on ACR by the time Dua Lipa's album comes out.

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Piran

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Yeah, we'll see if 'Better Off Without You' can debut on my chart next week, but I'm glad that it's already Top 40 in SA! :D

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Piran

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The David Guetta Top 10? Yeah, that should be up on last week's Hot 100 article!

This week's one is probably getting delayed as it's a bank holiday in the US today.

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Brandon Mwinga

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I didn't see it

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Brandon Mwinga

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yah biggest hit without hitting number 1

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Piran

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Along with 'Before You Go'! :P

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Piran

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That's alright! I'll post it here again in a few minutes. :)

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Piran

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I did tag you in this originally, but here's my Top 10...

#1: Shed A Light [with Robin Schulz & Cheat Codes]
#2: Laserlight [with Jessie J]
#3: Without You [with Usher]
#4: Titanium [with Sia]
#5: What I Did For Love [with Emeli Sande]
#6: Club Can't Handle Me [with Flo Rida]
#7: Who's That Chick? [with Rihanna]
#8: Play Hard [with Ne-Yo]
#9: When Love Takes Over [with Kelly Rowland]
#10: Chick [with Akon]

'Don't Leave Me Alone' with Anne-Marie is an honourable mention! :)

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Brandon Mwinga

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well I could say all of them except Who's That Chick

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Brandon Mwinga

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110 amazing list

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Brandon Mwinga

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to be honestly I'm trying to like the track it's not getting to me i don't know something annoying but still Iike it though Someone You Loved took time to love it i don't know this one

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Piran

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At least you like 'Someone You Loved' though, since that song's absolutely amazing! :D

Probably because 'Before You Go' is a very similar style to it, so it's nothing revolutionary or different as far as Lewis Capaldi singles go.

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Piran

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Thanks mate! :D

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Piran

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Still glad you liked nine out of the ten tracks here, but then again, I'd expect you to enjoy most of his discography anyway, otherwise you wouldn't have requested a Top 10 list from him! :D

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Brandon Mwinga

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not all of them but 98.1 % of his discography really awesome it's just a few songs I would cut not much ! I'm sure you understand my point

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Brandon Mwinga

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there is a subject interesting to discuss when it comes to artists who are one hit wonders 1. Estelle American Boy
2.Edward Stereo Love
3 La Roux In the for the kill /Bulletproof
4.Gotye & Kimbra Somebody That I Used to know
5.James Blunt You're Beautiful
6 Vanessa Carlton A Thousand Miles
Do You think these artists will ever have another hits and looking recently artists like
Tones And I & Lil Nas X do you think they will have another hits or it was a chance

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Piran

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Lil Nas X isn't really a one-hit wonder, since 'Panini' was a fairly big hit for him too (even if it's nowhere on the same level as 'Old Town Road' was).

I get a gut feeling that Tones & I will be one unfortunately!

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Brandon Mwinga

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you think Lil Nas X debut album will have a hit .i like Panini more than Old Town Road yeah as for Tones and I feel so where is Gotye. James Blunt

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Angry UK Chart Fan

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SOMEONE YOU LOVED SHOULD JUST BE PERMANENTLY ACR'D. IT'S APPEARANCE HAS OUTSTAYED ITS WELCOME. >_<

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thierry henon

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Nothing new really about this week!! The overrated Bieber is "back" with a new Top 5...NO, REALLY??!! But at least i am glad to see DERMOT KENNEDY having 2 Top 75 this week...

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Ronald van Veen

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Nothing in here that makes me go WOW....

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thierry henon

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Happy New Year 2010 Ronald!! How are you? Hope you had a great Xmas...Chat to you later about....KEIINO and more...Have a great week end!

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Ronald van Veen

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Happy 2020 Thierry! Enjoy your weekend!

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Piran

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My goodness... this week was terrible! :(

Let's get the brief list of positives out of the way; Stormzy being #1 on both chart is fine, with 'Blinding Lights' going Top 10 for The Weeknd probably being the most enjoyable thing about the week overall.

That said, there are a lot of disappointing re-entries & gains, with even the good ones being extremely overplayed at this point!

Oh yeah, then there's 'Yummy' in the Top 5, but trust me, I'll be tearing into this in full in a few moments.

Please Britain, let's not continue 2020 like this!

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Shandyboy

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Please review yummy I want to see you roast this song it's one of the worst songs to enter in this chart and the worst song in this decade

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Piran

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It won't really be a "review" as such, but more of a rant! ;)

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Shandyboy

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YEsss

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Piran

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Haha, well it's up now, if you want to check it out! :P

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Shandyboy

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THanks next week will be better though

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Shandyboy

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If those are the songs u think will enter top 40 which probably would then it will be a better week

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Piran

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I mean, we've got 'Life Is Good' & 'Rare' set to debut for now.

I'm not too hyped about the former, but the latter was decent! ;)

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akyovbashiev

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I'm going to be completely honest - I expected more. When I saw the supposed database error the Official Charts Company had made on the post-Christmas chart, cutting Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas is You' short of nearly 5 million video streams, I thought: "This will surely get fixed within time." Days, weeks passed, nothing. And I admit, maybe it was a bit too naïve of me - a bit too naïve to expect the company, which prides itself in compiling and publishing the only official musical chart of the United Kingdom - as frequently mentioned on the BBC Radio 1 show - to own up to its mistakes and look into correcting them. And correct them, they did not. They waited for it to blow over, and continued business as usual.

This will hardly affect the OCC negatively - they're still technically the official charts, the one artists care about, and the affected artists in this case, Mariah Carey and Ellie Goulding, probably don't even know/care that anything has gone wrong. They've still got the support of everyone in the music industry. Plus, casual radio listeners will still appreciate their favorite songs going to #1, as announced by Radio 1/MTV. Nothing will change here.

That being said, one thing that will change, is my support of these charts. I can't say I've been following them for that long, but in the time I have, it's been greatly entertaining; and for a large portion of that time, I was even fine with their specific rulesets. It was truly fascinating for a chart geek, as these charts moved really quickly, allowing lots of fresh songs to be able to break through properly, while not banishing old ones completely. But these recent happenings have allowed me to take another look at all this - and the official charts should not be all glitz and glam. It's not about which song has the prettiest chart run, or letting a song that would otherwise have no chance of nearing the top 40 get a week or two in the top 30. It's about an accurate representation of the musical landscape. And while throughout most of the year, ACR doesn't largely interfere with that, these past two weeks have shown exactly the opposite, as we've gotten possibly the biggest fantasy charts, labeled as "official" ones.

We have not had the most-consumed track of the week at the top for a third week running now. Let that sink in. What's even worse, is that even with this toxic ruleset, Mariah still should have overcome Ellie in the post-Christmas chart, but did not, due to a 'database error' that the OCC still have not come around to fixing. A fellow commenter on here, Andrew, spent a good amount of time trying to convince me that the charts are rigged, and I refused to believe it. But at this point, with all the sufficient evidence presented and no response, there is absolutely nothing else left for me to believe. Who would have had the motivation to stop Mariah Carey from going #1, or to get Ellie Goulding to that same spot, I don't know. And I don't really care anymore. All I know is that something dodgy is going on, but more importantly, these charts are not trustworthy anymore.

I will be leaving this community, as I cannot continue to follow a chart that is obviously inauthentic. Before I go, I'd like to mention some of the great people I've met on here: Piran, your reviews are amazing, even if they cover a pretty dodgy chart; coolocelot101, I wish you only the best and sincerely hope your mental health improves; gameskiller, we haven't spoken as much on here, but I will continue to look at your personal charts, they're great; Andrew, it's been great discussing this with you and you've really helped me realize how bad the issue is; and anyone else who I didn't mention, you've all been great. (I will still hang around CrownNote to chat with all of you, hopefully I can be more active on there now!)

So that's about it. Back in 2017, when the Sheeran takeover happened, lots of people rushed to declare the death of the charts. I can see why, though I'd disagree, since the data for all of his songs making the top 20 was, in fact, there, and not manipulated. Now that the latter has changed, I can't say that the charts are dead, because technically they're not. But they're meaningless to me now. So they're dead to me personally - your own mileage may vary. And honestly, I'm not mad. I'm just really disappointed.

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akyovbashiev

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As a post-addendum, I wanted to mention that this whole issue with Mariah Carey's miscounted streams stems from the video streaming chart, and there is something seriously wrong with it. Even without random cover acts getting the video streams of their original songs, the data presented differs vastly from the charts YouTube themselves present every week, publicly as well! Last week, D-Block Europe's 'No Cellular Site' and J Hus' 'No Denying' were 10 and 15 respectively on the YouTube chart, and… nowhere to be seen in the top 100. Videos are, I can only assume, not being tracked for these songs, certainly for even more than those two, which obviously affects their chart positions (by my rough calculations, DBE would have been 22 with added video streams last week, and J Hus would've been around 25-26).

Interestingly enough, Mariah Carey is 47 on that same YT chart, but not on the video one; meanwhile, Wham! are at 72 on the OCC video chart, without being top 100 on the YouTube chart. Which means the miscounted streams issue was not fixed on last week's chart, continues on this week, and there's a great chance it could persist again on the Christmas charts this year. In any case, there's something wrong either with the OCC's video streaming chart, or the YouTube chart; and honestly, given the OCC's recent track record, I have little reason to believe that it's YouTube's fault.

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Piran

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Thanks for your kind remarks mate, but yeah, I completely respect your decision! OCC did let us down massively a couple of weeks back & I'm only staying here for the sake of music reviews rather than the actual chart itself for the most part.

Hopefully you'll still stay around on Crown Note though!

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akyovbashiev

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No problem! It really does , but I don't feel good continuing to support a chart that is clearly fictional.
And yeah, no worries, I'll still be around CrownNote!

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Piran

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Yeah, this is certainly not an "official" chart anymore! Heck, it's not even a "singles" chart if album tracks can enter.

It's just a chart & one that's really sad to lose credibility given all the fun I've had tracking it every week for like a decade now!

I'm happy we'll still keep in contact though! :)

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akyovbashiev

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For the most part, album tracks charting is fine with me (if album tracks weren't allowed to chart, 'Location' wouldn't have been able to have the insane chart run it's had and would've look really weird at 13 on the EOY chart); but once you take a closer look at it, you start seeing all the oddities: 'hot girl bummer' wasn't reset this week, one of the 7 tracks in this chart still on ACR, and that's... abysmal. Why everything else was and it wasn't, is down to their rules, but blackbear's song is still huge, it's definitely not #55. Same with Lizzo, Kygo/Whitney, but most importantly Tones & I.

I've had a great deal of fun following it too, and it's incredibly sad to see it in this light. We've come to the point where tracks are going to number one only because the most-consumed song of the week is a bit too old and is getting hit with arbitrary rules. And don't get me wrong, I love 'Own It', but it's not a #1. Just like 'River', ironically.

Yeah, I'll be checking out your chart a bit later tonight, and I'll probably have mine up around the same time! :)

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David N'jama

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Hey Come back!! Please. Honestly, I really agree with you but I'm gonna miss your long reviews but I'm considering that you stay just for the music and point out fake number 1s. It won't be so bad. Please don't go.

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Piran

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Yeah, apparently, songs only get taken off ACR if they gain at least 25% in overall performance during a tracking week.

This is the thing, the OCC have created so many rules that the charts no longer mean that they're representing the most popular songs in the country!

So... what do they mean now? :/

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akyovbashiev

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It used to be 50% for a reset but they changed it last summer - what bothers me a lot about this rule, though, is that the song gets taken off ACR the week after the reset, not the week of the reset. Resulting in very unusual spikes, and possibly a much lower peak.

At this point, there's so many rules that it's hard to keep track of the chart without being aware of them. This week's chart is the biggest example - all these songs spiking a lot either upwards or downwards, seems so confusing, especially when you look at Spotify/Apple numbers and they're mostly the same as last week.

The things is, ACR itself as a concept isn't all that bad. I find it a bit better than the recurrency rules Billboard has, which just throws songs off completely (I recall starting to follow the Billboard charts and being very confused as to how these songs with 52-week chart runs suddenly disappear after falling off the top 25/50; although I do have to mention the recurrency rules are at least properly applied, and don't interfere with the #1). But it's all these additional things and the horrible application of it that makes it so bad - most importantly, the #1 most-consumed track of the week should always be #1, no matter if it's on ACR/3 years old or not.

Because, if we don't have the most popular song in the country at #1, the charts truly begin to mean nothing.

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akyovbashiev

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Honestly, declaring that I'm going to leave might have been a bit of an emotional reaction to my gross disappointment with the charts - I might still stick around and do my reviews, considering the quality of the songs hardly has anything to do with the charts themselves.

This is a great community that I'd miss if I were to leave - and thank you so much for appreciating my reviews! So I think I'll stick around anyway, plus, there needs to be someone pointing out the ridiculousness of this chart when the rules get in the way of it.

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David N'jama

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That's great :)