Does anyone know why the UK Singles chart is so much better than than the Hot 100? I swear every time I look up a song I like chart performance, it's usually high up on the UK singles list. While it's listing on the Hot 100 is usually low or not existent. What makes the UK's musical taste that much better than the US? I wonder if their rock bands being much better than ours is related to this.
Motorhead had 6 top 40 hits on the UK sinlgles charts, and 10 others still in the top 100. That automatically makes their average listeners better. I can't imagine a song like Overkill ever charting in the US top 40.
>look up UK singles chart >#1 is Gracie Abrams with “that astroturfed tiktok song”>most of the top 50 is just American pop in a slightly different order than BillboardYeah, I don’t think you should be talking shit about anybody lol
>>124469459That bitch will probably top the charts in a few months from now what does it matter lol. Also charts now in both countries are fucking garbage. Not comparable at all
>>124469459In general the better songs are on top though. Also with the globalization thanks to the internet the effect might not be as pronounced now.
>>124469338sometimes it's good, but the uk singles chart also had a lot of novelty stuff that would chart number 1 for many weeks, which is very embarassing
>>124469448Iron Maiden had 35 top 40 hits in the UK. That's crazy to fathom an an American.
>>124469459Based. They spent like the entire year sucking off Sabrina Carpenter in the UK and now we have to listen to them brag about their enlightened tastes? Gimme a break. They’re a bunch of marks.
Also three singles from OK Computer charted in the top ten of the UK's chart. While one charted the Billboard Radio list.Must be something in the water
>>124469496ok computer still sold 2 million copies on the usa thoughalbeit
OP here, i'm an American citizen although I wasn't born here. I've never been to the UK too, so i'm not bragging or w/e
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Now that /mu/ has moved on from Radiohead, we agree that using them as an example of why a given singles chart might be better than any other given singles chart probably isn't the greatest idea.
>>124473058kys, anyway best selling albums in the US/UK during their promotional eras (before they left the charts, typically first year or so)US:Michael Jackson - Thriller 22mShania Twain - Come On Over 20mAlanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill 15mHootie & The Blowfish - Cracked Rear View 15mWhitney Houston - The Bodyguard (soundtrack) 15mSantana - Supernatural 14mBruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A. 14m Backstreet Boys - Millennium 13mMC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'em 13mBackstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys 13mBritney Spears - …Baby One More Time 13mGarth Brooks - No Fences 12mBee Gees - Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack) 12mFleetwood Mac - Rumours 12mLionel Richie - Can't Slow Down 12mBoyz II Men - II 12mGuns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction 12mCeline Dion - Falling Into You 11mWhitney Houston - Whitney Houston 11mPrince - Purple Rain (soundtrack) 11mAdele - 21 11m'N Sync - No Strings Attached 11mBoston - Boston 11mKenny G - Breathless 11mMatchbox Twenty - Yourself Or Someone Like You 11mDirty Dancing (soundtrack) 11mTitanic (soundtrack) 11mEminem - The Eminem Show 10mPhil Collins - No Jacket Required 10mGarth Brooks - Ropin' The Wind 10mJewel - Pieces Of You 10m'N Sync - 'N Sync 10mCreed - Human Clay 10mNorah Jones - Come Away With Me 10mVanilla Ice - To The Extreme 10mThe Lion King (soundtrack) 10mTLC - Crazysexycool 10mEagles - Hotel California 10mDixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces 10mAC/DC - Back In Black 10mBon Jovi - Slippery When Wet 10mCeline Dion - Let`s Talk About Love 10mEminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 10mDef Leppard - Hysteria 10mLed Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV 10mKid Rock - Devil Without A Cause 10mDixie Chicks - Fly 10mShania Twain - The Woman In Me 9mNo Doubt - Tragic Kingdom 9mAdele - 25 9m
UK21 - Adele 5m(What's The Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis 4mBad - Michael Jackson 3.8mStars - Simply Red 3.5mBrothers In Arms - Dire Straits 3.4mCome On Over - Shania Twain 3.3m25 - Adele 3.3mSpice - Spice Girls 3.2mTalk On Corners - The Corrs 3.2mBack To Bedlam - James Blunt 3.0mBack To Black - Amy Winehouse 2.9mI've Been Expecting You - Robbie Williams 2.8mThriller - Michael Jackson 2.7mOnly By The Night - Kings Of Leon 2.7mLife For Rent - Dido 2.7mJagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette 2.6mx - Ed Sheeran 2.6mNo Angel - Dido 2.6m...But Seriously - Phil Collins 2.5mWhite Ladder - David Gray 2.5mThe Man Who - Travis 2.5mScissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters 2.5mUrban Hymns - The Verve 2.4mX&Y - Coldplay 2.4mSing When You're Winning - Robbie Williams 2.4mHopes And Fears - Keane 2.4mThe Bodyguard (soundtrack) - Whitney Houston 2.3mCrazy Love - Michael Buble 2.3mSpirit - Leona Lewis 2.3mProgress - Take That 2.2mIn The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith 2.2mA Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay 2.2mCome Away With Me - Norah Jones 2.2mFalling Into You - Celine Dion 2.2mRobson & Jerome - Robson & Jerome 2.2mBeautiful World - Take That 2.1mEyes Open - Snow Patrol 2.1mLife Thru A Lens - Robbie Williams 2.1mKylie - Kylie Minogue 2.0m÷ - Ed Sheeran 2.0mThe Circus - Take That 2.0mSwing When You're Winning - Robbie Williams 2.0mThe Sound Of Music (soundtrack) 2.0mBorn To Do It - Craig David 2.0mBridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel 2.0mEscapology - Robbie Williams 2.0mOcean Drive - Lighthouse Family 1.9mLet's Talk About Love - Celine Dion 1.9mThe Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem 1.9mWhitney - Whitney Houston 1.9m
