{"id":3832,"date":"2017-07-22T20:52:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T19:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3832"},"modified":"2017-07-22T20:52:49","modified_gmt":"2017-07-22T19:52:49","slug":"charts-21-july-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3832","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 21 July 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it didn&#8217;t take long for\u00a0<em>this<\/em> to cause problems. \u00a0This week&#8217;s top seller is &#8220;Despacito&#8221; by Luis Fonsi &amp; Daddy\u00a0Yankee. \u00a0And this week&#8217;s most streamed record is &#8220;Despacito&#8221; by Luis Fonsi &amp; Daddy Yankee. \u00a0And yet&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna &amp; Bryson Tiller &#8211; &#8220;Wild Thoughts&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fyaI4-5849w\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This entered at number 3 at the end of June,\u00a0and spent the last three weeks at number 2. \u00a0This week, it is the second-most purchased and the second-most streamed single. \u00a0So why is it number one?<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Because the\u00a0new chart rules, which were intended to\u00a0hustle fading records out of their chart, have not operated as expected. \u00a0The change, you&#8217;ll recall, is\u00a0to downweight the streams of records which\u00a0have been on the chart for at least ten weeks, and whose combined sales-and-streams total has been falling for three straight weeks. \u00a0It&#8217;s actually more subtle and complicated than that &#8211; for example, there are rules to reactivate singles which really are getting a second wind\u00a0&#8211; but this is the gist. \u00a0The\u00a0logical justification for this rule, beyond\u00a0speeding up the charts\u00a0as an end in itself, is a bit shaky. \u00a0It can be rationalised, though. \u00a0If a track has been out for that long and it&#8217;s no longer building an audience, there&#8217;s a good chance that its streams represent continuing plays from people whose support for the track has already registered on the chart multiple times before.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0problem here is that &#8220;Despacito&#8221; was miles ahead of the pack and so it managed to pass the ten week mark and spend three weeks in decline all while remaining comfortably at number one. \u00a0The very fact that it still made a close number two\u00a0even after its streams were downweighted &#8211; and actually has a reasonable shot at getting the top slot back next week &#8211;\u00a0shows how far ahead it is. \u00a0So\u00a0DJ Khaled and co get a number one single with an almighty asterisk next to it, and if this sort of thing keeps happening, you can probably expect some re-tooling.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the second number for DJ Khaled, following &#8220;I&#8217;m The One&#8221; earlier in the year. \u00a0It goes without saying that it&#8217;s the first for Bryson Tiller. \u00a0And Rihanna gets her ninth number one, which is getting into elite territory; it&#8217;s equal to Abba and the Spice Girls. \u00a0The\u00a0eight were &#8220;Umbrella&#8221; (2007), &#8220;Take a Bow&#8221; (2008), Jay-Z&#8217;s &#8220;Run This Town&#8221; (2009), &#8220;Only Girl (In The World)&#8221; (2010), &#8220;What&#8217;s My Name?&#8221; (2010), &#8220;We Found Love&#8221; (2011), &#8220;Diamonds&#8221; (2012) and Eminem&#8217;s &#8220;Monster&#8221; (2013). \u00a0Nothing in the last\u00a0three years, though she&#8217;s had some big hits in that time.<\/p>\n<p>Not much going on\u00a0in the rest of the top 20. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RsELrcVNzG0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#8220;Your Song&#8221; by Rita Ora<\/strong><\/a> climbs 8-7,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Dw8B1q1tKgs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#8220;Power&#8221; by Little Mix&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> is up 10-8, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NlrYn_dZdqk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#8220;Crying in the Club&#8221; by Camila Cabello<\/strong><\/a> is up 14-13. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8j9zMok6two\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#8220;Malibu&#8221; by Miley Cyrus<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0entered at\u00a011 in May and I haven&#8217;t mentioned it since, but it&#8217;s been hovering around the mid-table ever since and it&#8217;s\u00a0moved 24-19-16-14 over the last few weeks, which seems worth a mention. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ts0znVDdzbw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#8220;Sun Comes Up&#8221; by Rudimental featuring James Arthur<\/strong><\/a> goes 18-16, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Sgp0WDMH88g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#8220;Know No Better&#8221; by Major Lazer featuring Travis Scott &amp; Camila Cabello<\/strong><\/a> goes 19-17. \u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fKopy74weus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Thunder&#8221; by Imagine Dragons<\/a><\/strong> moves 24-20, giving them a fourth top 20 hit. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NZKXkD6EgBk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#8220;Bad Liar&#8221; by Selena Gomez<\/strong><\/a> is up 23-21. \u00a0And\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/w6DukrYK5wQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#8220;Chasing Highs&#8221; by Alma<\/strong><\/a> is up 28-25. \u00a0No shortage of climbers, then, but it&#8217;s all\u00a0incremental stuff. \u00a0This isn&#8217;t quite what they were hoping for when they changed the rules.<\/p>\n<p><strong>26. \u00a0The Script &#8211; &#8220;Rain&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-iA-MHxa8C8\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s highest new entry. \u00a0The Script\u00a0haven&#8217;t had a single out since 2014, and this is the lead single from their upcoming album. \u00a0In the past, they&#8217;ve had big hits with the first single from an album, but it&#8217;s 2017 and a number 26 debut is pretty respectable. \u00a0The\u00a0Script seem to have abandoned all pretence of being a rock band at this point, and are now an unabashed MOR pop act, which is something they&#8217;re reasonably good at in a\u00a0Maroon 5 sort of way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>26. \u00a0Demi Lovato &#8211; &#8220;Sorry Not Sorry&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-MsvER1dpjM\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, that&#8217;s definitely a real house party. \u00a0Totally believe that. \u00a0Anyway, this is the lead single from her next album, and it was a midweek release\u00a0which now\u00a0registers on the top 40 in its\u00a0first full week. \u00a0I&#8217;m not sure I buy Demi Lovato in this\u00a0persona, to be honest. \u00a0(I&#8217;m not sure she does either, given the ending of the video.) \u00a0It&#8217;s above-average but generic US R&amp;B pop. \u00a0This is the\u00a0highest chart placing for one of her own singles since &#8220;Cool For The Summer&#8221; made the top 10 in 2015. \u00a0Weirdly, she&#8217;s competing with herself, because\u00a0she&#8217;s also on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TFj_hPjsBvE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#8220;Instruction&#8221; by Jax Jones featuring Demi Lovato &amp; Stefflon Don<\/strong><\/a>, which climbs 38-32 this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zgmvg-zzctI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;XO\u00a0Tour Llif3&#8221; by Lil Uzi Vert<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>enters the top 30,\u00a0moving 33-29.<\/p>\n<p><strong>33. \u00a0Selena Gomez featuring Gucci Mane &#8211; &#8220;Fetish&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R38q_C4NApE\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Traditionally you wouldn&#8217;t release a second single while &#8220;Bad Liar&#8221; was still climbing the chart, but climbing takes a while these days, and the concept of multiple promotional singles seems to be in fashion anyway. \u00a0Despite\u00a0being billed as &#8220;Audio&#8221;,\u00a0what&#8217;s embedded\u00a0above is actually a minimalist video, and\u00a0probably a more effective one than whatever will end up being the &#8220;real&#8221; video.<\/p>\n<p><strong>36. \u00a0Dua Lipa &#8211; &#8220;New Rules&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k2qgadSvNyU\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One\u00a0last single from the album, which came out back in mid-June. \u00a0It&#8217;s a Eurobeat break-up song, and it\u00a0grows on you pretty quickly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>38. \u00a0Yungen featuring Yxng Bane &#8211; &#8220;Bestie&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9UQoHSo9-Io\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Grime, in crossover mode.<\/p>\n<p>On the album chart:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Night and Day&#8221; by the Vamps<\/strong> enters at 1. \u00a0A boy band? \u00a0This feels like a hangover from a past era, though it&#8217;s actually their third album and first number one. \u00a0They did get a single from this album to number 24, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BqaoAQbkeXo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;All Night&#8221;<\/a>, and that was with the help of a remix.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;King of the North&#8221; by Bugzy Malone<\/strong> at 4. \u00a0Manchester rap, and this is his third top ten album. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/F3q21QjB8Ug\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Bruce Wayne&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For some reason,\u00a0<strong>&#8220;The Ultimate Collection&#8221; by John Denver<\/strong> re-enters at 5. \u00a0This year is\u00a0the twentieth anniversary of his death, but that&#8217;s\u00a0not\u00a0until October.\u00a0 The album\u00a0made\u00a0number 7\u00a0on release six years ago, so this is a new peak. \u00a0Denver&#8217;s only UK hit single was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RNOTF-znQyw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Annie&#8217;s Song&#8221;<\/a>,\u00a0a number 1in 1974.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Ultralife&#8221; by Oh\u00a0Wonder<\/strong> at 8. \u00a0London pop duo; their\u00a0self-titled debut made number 26 two years ago, so a big improvement here. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ksKVVnELXHY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;High on Humans&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Saturday Night at the Movies&#8221; 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