He could be number one and still not worthy.
Pathetic fella all round:shrug:

Not neccesarily, the chart is based on sales & streaming, since about Wednesday uptown funk has actually been no.1 on iTunes & ik you say itunes doesn't really mean much but actually it counts for basically every sale as who buys cd singles anymore?! Uptown funk is heavily featured on spotify where ben haenow isnt/nor wealdstone raider but streaming only counts for 1% of a sale. As in 100 streams = 1 sale. So basically, for half the week ben haenow's been no.1 on itunes & half of it's been uptown funk.

So to the point, wealdstone raider will almost defo get top 5 today & as to who gets no.1 we dont really know. It might not be Ben, i hope its not x factor ruins xmas no.1 imo.

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Bit harsh, he didn't ask to become so viral but at least he's embracing it now for a good cause, all the proceeds from his song are going to charity

I didn't say iTunes doesn't mean that much I just mean iTunes doesn't count for everything as there are a lot of other options to buy a song. Thousands do actually buy physical cd's especially stuff like The X Factor single....Its got stocking filler written all over it lol.

iTunes doesn't basically count for every sale it just gives an indication. The official chart and iTunes are never exactly the same amd cant you only use iTunes from an apple device? I personally hate apple and no longer have an ipad , iphone or Ipod I use my android phone for listening to music outside and download from Amazon or play.com.

iTunes counts for a lot but it's also mixed in with physicals (which don't really factor for anything much these days) and streaming, hence why the official chart looks slightly different to iTunes on a Sunday

Yeah but i bet the charts on them arent too different to the ones on itunes

Breaking: He has got #5 in the charts

He's no.5, i reckon he'll still be on anyway

he's really annoying

I already said that the charts can resemble each other yet they are not the same and sometimes things are number 1 on I-tunes that are not eligible to chart on the main top 40 so at the same time they can sometimes be totally different.

Most people who buy music do not buy it from iTunes because not everyone is married to Apple.

^ Gotta concede that he has made no. 5 in the official chart though after you said he'd struggle to make top 40

Yeah but what i meant was the amazon/play charts (if they have one) look pretty simlair to the itunes one cuz just cuz you have a different phone doesnt mean you buy different stuff. I think most people stream these days anyway.