Beyonce's RENAISSANCE dominance continues as CUFF IT tops Official Trending Chart

Both RENAISSANCE and lead single BREAK MY SOUL are challenging for Number 1 in the UK this week.

Proving once and for all that you just can't keep a good big pop girl down, Beyoncé's potential dominance of the Official Charts this week continues as we can announce that RENAISSANCE album track CUFF IT is officially the UK's Number 1 Trending Song.

The fourth track on RENAISSANCE, CUFF IT comes with an irresistible 70s groove (which makes sense, since it directly samples Good Times by Chic) as Beyoncé says that she's in the mood to "f*ck something up."

According to yesterday's Official Charts First Look, CUFF IT is one of three RENAISSANCE tracks looking to impact the Official Singles Chart this Friday - with buoyant lead single BREAK MY SOUL currently entering the race for Number 1 against LF SYSTEM.

Beyoncé's seventh album as a solo artist (and her first proper solo project since 2016's Lemonade), RENAISSANCE is a decadent and debauched disco and handbag house record, that comes with a raft of collaborators; from Grace Jones to Tems, to Drake and BloodPop. RENAISSANCE is, of course, currently on track to debut at Number 1 in the UK - find out more about that here.

Listen to the Official Trending Chart on Spotify below, Deezer, or Apple Music.

Other new entries on the Official Trending Chart this week include Propellor, which sees British-Ghanian producer Jae5 team up with Dave and Bnxn, to Fred Again's new collaboration with Swedish House Mafia (Turn The Lights On Again) and viral singer-songwriter Lauren Spencer-Smith's new single Narcissist.

Meanwhile, a number of tracks could see some impressive gains on the Official Singles Chart come Friday. These include James Hype's Ferrari and Luude's Big City Life both reaching new peaks inside the Top 40, while Lady Gaga's recent two-date takeover of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the Chromatica Ball sees more recent single (and concert closer) Hold My Hand rise a potential 10 spots.

The biggest gainer this week, however, could be Eliza Rose's B.O.T.A (Baddest Of Them All), which features Interplanetary Criminal. Eliza Rose is a London-based DJ influenced by the likes of Billie Holiday, which Interplanetary Criminal is the moniker of garage producer Zach Bruce, who hails from Manchester.

Official Trending Chart Top 20 - August 2 2022

POS	CLIMB	TITLE	ARTIST	LABEL	LW	CURRENT	DIFF	PREV PEAK
1		CUFF IT	BEYONCE	COLUMBIA/PARKWOOD ENT	NE	11	0
2		I AIN'T WORRIED	ONEREPUBLIC	INTERSCOPE	12	12	0	12
3		I'M THAT GIRL	BEYONCE	COLUMBIA/PARKWOOD ENT	NE	14	0
4		NO EXCUSES	BRU-C	207	20	19	1	17
5	⬆️	FERRARI	JAMES HYPE/MIGGY DELA ROSA	ISLAND/THE CROSS RECORDS	36	25	11	36
6	⬆️	BIG CITY LIFE	LUUDE & MATTAFIX	WARNER RECORDS	37	27	10	37
7		BIG ENERGY	LATTO/MARIAH CAREY/DJ KHALED	STREAMCUT	35	31	4	21
8	⬆️	HOLD MY HAND	LADY GAGA	INTERSCOPE	45	35	10	24
9		DON'T FORGET MY LOVE	DIPLO & MIGUEL	PARLOPHONE	40	39	1	30
10		REMIND ME	TOM GRENNAN	INSANITY	42	40	2	27
11		PROPELLER	JAE5 FT DAVE & BNXN	BLACK BUTTER	NE	43	0
12		SUNROOF	NICKY YOURE & DAZY	RCA	48	46	2
13		TURN ON THE LIGHTS AGAIN	FRED AGAIN/SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA	ATLANTIC	NE	48	0
14		RAINFALL	TOM SANTA	POLYDOR	52	49	3
15	⬆️⬆️	B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL)	ELIZA ROSE/INTERPLANETARY	ROSEBUD	93	54	39
16		NARCISSIST	LAUREN SPENCER-SMITH	ISLAND	NE	58	0
17		GETTING STARTED	SAM FENDER	POLYDOR	68	68	0
18		BAD MEMORIES	MEDUZA/JAMES CARTER/DUHE	ISLAND/THE CROSS RECORDS	82	81	1
19		JUNGLE	FRED AGAIN	ATLANTIC	88	83	5
20		WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS	BAD BOY CHILLER CREW	RELENTLESS	NE	88	0

⬆️ - 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

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