{"id":3525,"date":"2016-09-03T20:24:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T19:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3525"},"modified":"2016-09-03T20:24:56","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T19:24:56","slug":"charts-2-september-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3525","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 2 September 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This\u00a0week offers a\u00a0new low for\u00a0uneventfulness\u00a0in the streaming-era top 40: a chart with sixteen non-movers (including everything from number 4 down to number 14) and no new entries. \u00a0Staggeringly dull would be a kind way to describe it. \u00a0It&#8217;s the sort of chart that delivers on the top 40&#8217;s official function\u00a0of providing a historical record,\u00a0while\u00a0utterly failing on its underlying\u00a0mission to provide\u00a0a promotional storyline for the music industry.\u00a0\u00a0But there is at least one thing of note:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey &#8211; &#8220;Closer&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PT2_F-1esPk\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cold Water&#8221; lasted five weeks at the top.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the third\u00a0time this year that a number one has managed five weeks or more &#8211; the others being &#8220;One Dance&#8221; (obviously) and Lukas Graham&#8217;s &#8220;7 Years&#8221;. \u00a0That&#8217;s not especially unusual, though. \u00a0It happened in 2008, and again in 2007 (which included &#8220;Umbrella&#8221;&#8216;s 10 weeks at the top).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Closer&#8221; spent the same five weeks\u00a0climbing the chart &#8211; it moved 33-12-4-3-1, to be exact\u00a0&#8211; which\u00a0by\u00a0today&#8217;s standards is a relatively brisk jaunt to the top. \u00a0It&#8217;s the Chainsmokers&#8217;\u00a0fourth hit, and their first number one. \u00a0Two of the others came this year &#8211; &#8220;Roses&#8221; (number 16), &#8220;Don&#8217;t Let Me Down&#8221; (number 2). \u00a0They&#8217;re\u00a0along fairly\u00a0similar lines. \u00a0Then there&#8217;s the 2014 single &#8220;Selfie&#8221;, which got to number 11 and now looks like a bizarre outlier on their chart record &#8211; a novelty dance hit that hung around the middle of the chart for a couple of months.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kdemFfbS5H0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This doesn&#8217;t sound like the same people at all. \u00a0But the Chainsmokers are hardly the\u00a0only\u00a0people who&#8217;ve made the transition from\u00a0straight dance records to mid-tempo pop\u00a0songs\u00a0with a\u00a0vaguely harsh\u00a0instrumental hook\u00a0as a vestige of\u00a0more abrasive\u00a0times. \u00a0Diplo seems to have done much the same thing. \u00a0The Chainsmokers are now pretty clearly a pop act, with Andrew Taggart singing on this track &#8211;\u00a0and he&#8217;s fine on record, when the vocals can be produced. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/agFMqNB9BYM\" target=\"_blank\">Live, well.<\/a>\u00a0 &#8220;Closer&#8221; has also been number 1 in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ALvep1RsGQ0\" target=\"_blank\">15. \u00a0Tieks featuring Dan Harkna &#8211; &#8220;Sunshine&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Outside the top 14 logjam, there are at least a few climbers. \u00a0This is\u00a0the one with the dogs in the video,\u00a0climbing another eight places.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/r3RXHOTMmLw\" target=\"_blank\">16. \u00a0Anne-Marie &#8211; &#8220;Alarm&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Edging up another three places, in week six.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RnBT9uUYb1w\" target=\"_blank\">17. \u00a0Martin Garrix &amp; Bebe Rexha &#8211; &#8220;In The Name of Love&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Up another 7 places, and gathering pace.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/W32HW5xj0bM\" target=\"_blank\">20. \u00a0Bob Marley featuring Lvndscape\u00a0and Bolier &#8211; &#8220;Is This Love (Remix)&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Up nineteen, after scraping into the chart last week. \u00a0This is obviously going somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s it. \u00a0On the album chart:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Encore &#8211; Movie Partners Sing Broadway&#8221; by Barbra Streisand<\/strong> at 1. \u00a0Fairly self-explanatory. \u00a0This is her ___ number 1 album, after &#8220;Greatest Hits vol 2&#8221; (1979), &#8220;Guilty&#8221; (1980), &#8220;Love Songs&#8221; (1982), &#8220;The Essential&#8221; (2002) and &#8220;Love is the Answer&#8221; (2009). \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/X7qzmTGkC7k\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;At the Ballet&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Glory&#8221; by Britney Spears<\/strong> at 2. \u00a0My god, we&#8217;ve reached the point where\u00a0<em>Britney Spears<\/em> is purely\u00a0an albums artist. \u00a0The lead single from this album stiffed at number 42, but here she is with her fifth number 2 album anyway. \u00a0(She&#8217;s never had a number 1 album.) \u00a0Aforementioned stiff: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/etfJCm0nfr4\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Make Me&#8230;&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;100&#8221; by The Hunna<\/strong> at 13. \u00a0They&#8217;re an English indie band\u00a0who don&#8217;t have a Wikipedia entry. \u00a0Underground! \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lOsuWnfqMFA\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Bonfire&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;And the Anonymous Nobody&#8221; by De La Soul<\/strong> at 16. \u00a0Kickstarter-funded comeback album. \u00a0Number 16 is\u00a0their highest\u00a0album chart position since &#8220;De\u00a0La Soul Is Dead&#8221; reached the top 10 in 1991. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/b5x2NROm8tc\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Trainwreck&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;How to Be A Human Being&#8221; by Glass Animals<\/strong> at 23. \u00a0More indie. \u00a0It&#8217;s their second album, and the first to chart. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yd9p4n5hLEg\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Life Itself&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Winter&#8221; by New Model Army<\/strong> at 25. \u00a0They re-formed in 2013. \u00a0This is their highest chart position since 1993. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/D3XfvYoAoBU\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Winter&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This\u00a0week offers a\u00a0new low for\u00a0uneventfulness\u00a0in the streaming-era top 40: a chart with sixteen non-movers (including everything from number 4 down to number 14) and no new entries. \u00a0Staggeringly dull would be a kind way to describe it. \u00a0It&#8217;s the sort of chart that delivers on the top 40&#8217;s official function\u00a0of providing a historical record,\u00a0while\u00a0utterly failing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3525"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3527,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3525\/revisions\/3527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}