2 New major chart rules come in to play
 

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Here for that

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Louisa Johnson's presence on the charts is COMING! :clap1:

It is a start. Anything to help Saara Aalto crack top 100 when she releases her stuff x

The Ed Sheeran shade :clap2:

Steps to finally be given that number 1?

#39 incoming

This is stupid, if several tracks were ever to make it into the top 100/40 on their own merit that should be reflected

And imposing restrictions on a song once it's already charted is counterproductive, the rules should be consistent throughout. All that needed to happen was for the streaming weighting to be significantly reduced full stop, or preferably removed altogether (the point of the chart traditionally after all was to reflect the most bought songs of the week). These new rules are even worse tbh

Most of Ed Sheerans songs would not got top 40 on sales so yes they should limit the amount of songs an artist can have

*sigh*

Another instance where I have to reiterate my post to someone.

'On their own merit' and my call for the streaming weighting to be significantly reduced/removed altogether does not in any way imply I believe Ed Sheeran's songs would make the top 40 on sales alone. In fact it suggests the opposite. I want the monopoly of one artist's songs to be reduced, but it should be done by rescinding the rules that were implemented in the first place that caused this mess.

My point was that if an artist was to ever genuinely (under traditional sales means) get a handful of songs in the top 40, they shouldn't be discounted just because. The change needs to occur from the bottom up by altering the rules of how songs chart - not simply restricting the number of songs that can chart after the fact. That makes an even bigger mockery of what it is supposed to be about.

It might be better if they allow more than 3 singles to enter the chart on their own merit but reject album tracks

I still disagree with that in principle though because if an album track is really that popular - and sells well enough to make the cut - it should be reflected.

All they need to do is just revert to the old rules, a chart is supposed to reflect the most bought/streamed songs of the week, I feel like making all these restrictions just takes it even further away from the concept of what a chart is and makes it more of a mockery than the streaming rules did a couple of years ago.

Album track are not released as singles though

I think it should be more than just 3 tbh
Like the Chainsmokers, as much as I despise them, will almost certainly have had about 5 SINGLES in the top 100 at someone point in the last few months at the same time

And for instances line Michael Jacksons death were he genuinely did take up lime half of the top 40 based on sales out of people paying respect

Also think streaming ratio should just be made 300:1 cause making it after 10 weeks is gonna see some really random shifts in chat positions

The "chart" still is a thing?

Yes, and the vast majority of the time under the old rules they didn't chart.

But if they are downloaded enough to make the cut - then so be it. To deny them a placing makes a mockery of what the chart is supposed to reflect (a bit like how the 'post count' on here isn't accurate and so therefore pointless).

Brilliant

A step in the right direction :clap1:
The time when almost all of the top 20 was Ed Trashan songs were dark days for human kind.

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Good. It's a singles chart.

Are we just gonna ignore this

See Wild Thoughts dropping from #4 to out of the top 15 along with Unforgattble - but even if they get one more sale than last week they will be back into the top 5
Kinda weird