Olly Murs tells us why it's harder these days for him to get a No.1 single ​ 

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You might have seen that we had a little rant recently about how streaming has mucked up the UK chart.

With Drake holding on to the top spot for a massive 15 weeks, it\'s been a summer of quite the stagnant Top 40. Because of that it\'s been more difficult than ever to secure that golden position.

Just ask Olly Murs, whose latest hit \'You Don\'t Know Love\' has sold relatively consistently and been one of the most played song of radio since its release, but has so far peaked at No.19.

"For me, \'You Don\'t Know Love\' has been successful and I\'m enjoying it and it\'s gone well, but it\'s still not where I want it to be," Olly told us.

"I want the song to be No.1. I think it\'s hard now for any artist - especially UK artists - to get a No.1. 

"Streaming is so popular, so if you are an in demand act, obviously people want to listen to your music. I feel like the chart now, for breaking new artists, is harder, because the songs have to be incredible.

"I do think it\'s the way forward, but for example, my song has been No.1 on the radio airplay chart for the last couple of weeks, and that\'s amazing for me - it\'s huge. 

"The radio chart doesn\'t help on the main chart, whereas with streaming you have to be on certain playlists for it to have effect. So then a Spotify or Apple Music playlist would be the equivalent of us listening to a radio playlist. 

"So why the radio, streaming and download charts - like the Americans do - aren\'t accumulated together, I don\'t understand. Look, it is what it is and I have to roll with the punches. I\'m still doing brilliantly so I can\'t complain."

Olly then asked us how we felt about it, and we theorised that young people - who predominantly stream music - tend to enjoy dance and hip-hop music in 2016 over more traditional pop, so at the moment the chart is weighted in their favour.

"Agreed," he replied. "It\'s not a fair chart at the moment. But it will change. Obviously the young demographic listening to Spotify will go into their 30s and 40s with streaming. 

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"My demographic is the mums, but I also have loads of teens. So I\'m sort of in between the crest of both and I\'m suffering a bit. 

"My mum, for example, downloaded Spotify for this record because she was like, \'Oh is that what I have to do now?\' 

"But \'You Don\'t Know Love\' has had 40 million streams, so I can\'t argue. But at the same time, do I want my song to be No.1? 100 per cent. Every artist wants to be top of the tree."

We\'re sure Olly\'s single will get a nice little boost when he performs it live on the opening episode of BBC One\'s

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