The podcast that tapes the Top 10 and then talks about it in school the next day, with Laura Snapes and Fraser McAlpine.

Week 2: The Sheeran Singularity still holds, so two weeks in, we're breaking the terms of our own podcast (a wise idea we're sure) and finding out what the charts would look like if Sheeran had to abide by regular singles rules. Our discoveries entail an early push for 2017's Song of the Summer, and further evidence that any A&R person worth their salt should be hanging out in Cornish beach bars if they want to unearth the next big thing.

As ever, you can email us on unbreakmychartpod@gmail.com, or tweet us: 
https://twitter.com/laurasnapes
https://twitter.com/csi_popmusic 

Our personal No.1s this week have been Makeba by Jain (Laura) and No Matter by Basic Tape (Fraser). 

This week's further reading is the very good Michael Cragg on Charli XCX's frustrating path to pop stardom. Bye! https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2017/mar/14/charli-xcx-number-1-angel-mixtape-charlotte-aitchison

Episode 2: Breaking The Rules

The podcast that tapes the Top 10 and then talks about it in school the next day, with Laura Snapes and Fraser McAlpine.

This week, we find that Drake has arrived with a Sheeran-sized parcel of songs to invade the Top 40. What does it all mean? And is it a sign that the charts are broken?

For listeners on the move, our personal No.1s this week were: Cave by Future Islands (Fraser) and Slip Away by Perfume Genius (Laura), but all the selections discussed this week are on our Spotify playlist: 

https://open.spotify.com/user/snapes/playlist/3Ooi6HHbbYY57xrJXHajFO

You can contact us at unbreakmychartpod@gmail.com, or individually on Twitter twitter.com/laurasnapes
twitter.com/csi_popmusic

Episode 3: The DrEd Duality

The podcast that tapes the Top 10 and then talks about it in school the next day, with Laura Snapes and Fraser McAlpine.

This week, as the UK triggers Article 50, we look back at the last chart before Britain joined the EU, and find some (possibly tenuous) parallels with the current Top 10. Is Anne-Marie's Ciao Adios just Roy C's Shotgun Wedding for 2017? Were the Osmonds the proto-Sheeran? Plus, an analysis of Young Thug's threat to poop on the competition without wiping his bottom afterwards. What's really at stake here? FIND OUT THIS WEEK!

For listeners on the move, our personal No.1s this week were: Tearjerker by Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzales (Fraser) and Fontaine de Lait by Camille (Laura), but all the selections discussed this week (except for anything by Ed Sheeran) are on our Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/snapes/playlist/27gB2GO2D2Rt2KnbfYTSNN

We also discussed Tom Ewing's excellent theory of pop culture packages (http://freakytrigger.co.uk/nylpm/2017/03/datapanik-in-the-year-sheero/) and Michael Cragg on pop's crowded credits (https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2017/jan/11/pop-producers-rappers-credit-headliners).

As ever, you can contact us at unbreakmychartpod@gmail.com, or individually on Twitter twitter.com/laurasnapes
twitter.com/csi_popmusic

Episode 4: Music Sounds Better With EU

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