Ava Max takes Sweet But Psycho to Number 1 on the Official Trending Chart

Listen to the UK's Top 20 buzzmaking tracks of the week.

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Rising star Ava Max is Number 1 on this week's Official Trending Chart. 

Having ascended the Official Singles Chart Top 100 for the past five weeks, the upward trend of Ava's track Sweet But Psycho means it could reach the Top 10 by Friday.

With radio playlisting and over 100 million streams globally, Sweet But Psycho promises to be an even bigger hit in the coming weeks. 

MORE: Who is Ava Max? The Sweet But Psycho star soaring up the charts

So which other tracks are creating buzz this week? Following her performance on The X Factor this past weekend, Zara Larsson's Ruin My Life is making gains, while George Ezra's Hold My Girl is going from strength-to-strength following his slot in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge.

In the run-up to the release of their new album What Is Love, Clean Bandit's Baby ft. Marina and Luis Fonsi is proving popular, plus Benny Blanco & Calvin Harris' I Found You is also set for a noteworthy climb on the Official Chart.

Finally, ahead of her appearance on Friday's The Graham Norton Show, Cheryl's Love Made Me Do It returns to the trending Top 20.

The Official Trending Chart Top 20

POS CLIMB TITLE ARTIST LW CURRENT DIFF PREV PEAK
1   SWEET BUT PSYCHO AVA MAX 13 7 6 13
2   POLAROID JONAS BLUE/LIAM PAYNE/LENNON 12 11 1 12
3   RUIN MY LIFE ZARA LARSSON 15 14 1 14
4   1999 CHARLI XCX FT TROYE SIVAN 17 15 2 17
5   BETTER KHALID 18 17 1 16
6   CLOSE TO ME ELLIE GOULDING/DIPLO/SWAE LEE 21 19 2 21
7 ⬆️ HOLD MY GIRL GEORGE EZRA 33 21 12 33
8   EMPTY SPACE JAMES ARTHUR 26 22 4 22
9   WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER BILLIE EILISH 24 23 1 24
10   BABY CLEAN BANDIT/MARINA/LUIS FONSI 32 25 7 32
11   AIRFORCE DIGDAT RE 27 0  
12   MO BAMBA SHECK WES 37 29 8 37
13   ADVICE CADET & DENO DRIZ 30 30 0 30
14   I FOUND YOU BENNY BLANCO & CALVIN HARRIS 40 31 9 35
15   BABY SHARK PINKFONG 35 33 2 32
16   GOODBYE DERULO/GUETTA/MINAJ/WILLIAM 42 37 5 26
17   ALWAYS REMEMBER US THIS WAY LADY GAGA 41 41 0 25
18   I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER 45 43 2 27
19   LOVE MADE ME DO IT CHERYL 47 46 1 19
20 ⬆️ GRACE LEWIS CAPALDI 62 51 11  

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Key

⬆️ - Indicates a climb of 10 places
LW - Last week's Official Singles Chart position
CURRENT - Current position on today's Official Singles Chart sales flash
DIFF - Number of places climbed since the previous week on the Official Singles Chart

Listen to a playlist of this week's Official Trending Chart Top 20 on Spotify below. Click here to listen on Deezer.

About the Official Trending Chart

The Official Trending Chart highlights the hottest new tracks beginning to make an impact in the UK every week.

The Top 20 rundown, published on OfficialCharts.com every Tuesday, based on the first four days’ sales of each chart week, is designed to highlight emerging hits as they begin to scale the Official Charts and build buzz.

The Official Trending Chart ranks titles which are showing week-on-week chart growth, and is the only “new music” chart to reflect audio track sales and streams comprehensively across all services.

Devised by the Official Charts Company in close consultation with labels, retailers and media, since launching in 2016, the chart has already highlighted future Number 1 singles including Rudimental's These Days, Shotgun by George Ezra, and Jess Glynne's I'll Be There.

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