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Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran aiming for UK's Number 1 single with Peru
Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran's Afrobeats hit is leading the Official Chart: First Look, while the late Meat Loaf could see three of his classic hits return.
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Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran are leading the way on this week’s Official Chart: First Look with Peru, as the Afrobeats hit heads for Number 1.
The track, which previously spent four weeks atop the Official UK Afrobeats Chart, is up three places to Number 1 after 48 hours thanks to strong sales on CD single.
If Peru can hold on, it will mark Nigerian singer Fireboy DML’s first UK Number 1 single, and Ed Sheeran’s 14th.
We Don’t Talk About Bruno from Encanto - which last week became the first original Disney song to ever reach Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart - is at Number 2 today, but is leading on streams and could potentially reclaim its place at the top.
MORE: Disney's Official Top 100 most-streamed songs in the UK
Following news of the death of Meat Loaf last week (January 20), three of the iconic performer’s songs could return to the Official Singles Chart.
Bat Out Of Hell is currently at Number 4, which would mark a new peak for the song if it holds its place. His 1993 Number 1 I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) is at Number 7, and Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad is set to enter the Top 20 for the very first time at Number 15, having originally peaked at Number 32 in September 1978.
The last time Meat Loaf had a single in the Official Singles Chart Top 40 was November 2006, with It's All Coming Back To Me Now ft. Marion Raven which reached Number 6.
Belgian DJ Lost Frequencies and singer Calum Scott could rise into this week’s Top 10 with Where Are You Now, which is up three to Number 8 on the First Look. If it can hold on the track will be both artists’ second Top 10 single.
Finally, Digga D returns with Pump 101, a collaboration with Liverpool rapper Still Brickin. Currently at Number 13, the song will mark Digga D’s tenth UK Top 40 hit and Still Brickin’s first.
The Official Chart: First Look offers a first glance of the Top 20 ahead of Friday’s Official Singles Chart Top 100. The chart is based on preliminary sales and early streaming reports.
Official Chart: First Look Top 20 - 23rd January 2022
| LW | CURRENT | TITLE | ARTIST |
| 4 | 1 | PERU | FIREBOY DML & ED SHEERAN |
| 1 | 2 | WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO | GAITAN/CASTILLO/ADASSA/FELIZ |
| 2 | 3 | ABCDEFU | GAYLE |
| RE | 4 | BAT OUT OF HELL | MEAT LOAF |
| 3 | 5 | EASY ON ME | ADELE |
| 5 | 6 | SURFACE PRESSURE | JESSICA DARROW |
| NE | 7 | I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO | MEAT LOAF |
| 11 | 8 | WHERE ARE YOU NOW | LOST FREQUENCIES/CALUM SCOTT |
| 6 | 9 | SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER | SAM FENDER |
| 7 | 10 | FINGERS CROSSED | LAUREN SPENCER-SMITH |
| 8 | 11 | OVERSEAS | D-BLOCK EUROPE FT CENTRAL CEE |
| 15 | 12 | THE FAMILY MADRIGAL | STEPHANIE BEATRIZ/OLGA MEREDIZ |
| NE | 13 | PUMP 101 | DIGGA D/STILL BRICKIN' |
| 14 | 14 | OVERPASS GRAFFITI | ED SHEERAN |
| NE | 15 | TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD | MEAT LOAF |
| 10 | 16 | FLOWERS (SAY MY NAME) | ARRDEE |
| 9 | 17 | COMING FOR YOU | SWITCHOTR FT A1 & J1 |
| 13 | 18 | DO IT TO IT | ACRAZE FT CHERISH |
| 17 | 19 | MAKE ME FEEL GOOD | BELTERS ONLY FT JAZZY |
| 16 | 20 | SHIVERS | ED SHEERAN |
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crunch2k
I’m Happy go see Peru getting to number 1. Such a chill song
🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜
rest in peace to meat loaf. the guy was a really talented and iconic performer and bat out of is one of my favourite rock songs of all time. so nice to see a tribute here.
LM
Lee Moore
There goes Ed yet again with his signed CD singles!
🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜
the king of desperation strikes again!
rayever
OMG YES
GS
didnt see that coming
GS
what
Piran
Between 'We Don't Talk About Bruno' (Latin-inspired) & 'Peru' (Afrobeats), it's awesome to see how well different world cultures have been doing in the charts recently. :)
C
Conor
also "punk/rock" with abc at #3, rock at #4 with meat loaf, and pop at #5 with adele! A very diverse top 5!
C
Cat
The cosmopolitan nature of the UK singles chart is actually less new than people might imagine. Go back to the early days of the charts and there were lots of Latin songs that made it to #1. Look at a list of number one singles from 1955 and you'll see the Cuban mambo craze well represented. I'm not a big fan of WDTAB but if it keeps Ed Sheeran off the top I'm OK with it.
⁉️
In no way is abcdefu close to rock, but I agree that the variety is nice. :)
Piran
Oh, yeah, the older days will always be more diverse in terms of different cultures, but this is honestly way above average compared to other recent years. :/
Piran
Ah, I meant different world cultures rather than genres, but you're right about the Top 5 being a lot more diverse than it normally is, haha.
'ABCDEFU' being called "punk-rock" is definitely a bit of a push though! :P
C
Conor
aah i get what you mean! i put it in "" because i wouldn't call it that but I feel like occ would! Same with calling good 4 u the first rock #1 in however many years. It wasn't a rock song, its influenced by rock, but they called it that!
C
Conor
I definitely don't think abcdefu is rock (thats why i put it in "") but OCC associate it with the genre, same as when they called good 4 u a rock song. In no way are either of those rock, they are rock influenced.
Piran
I think among recent Top 5 hits, 'Seventeen Going Under' is much closer to rock than 'ABCDEFU' & 'Good 4 U'! :P
Not only that, but the first & last songs here are both former #1 hits on my charts, haha.
C
Conor
hope meat loaf can hold on to the 3 top 20 spots!!
C
Conor
pretty sure peru is only #1 due to signed cds released this weekend
C
Conor
I finally watched Encanto this weekend so I hope WDTABruno stays at #1
Piran
#8... is this finally the week? 😍
C
Conor
I Hope so!!!
Rob Parkinson
Most likely to be higher with the meatloaf tracks taking a tumble throughout the week. Although I do love many meatloaf tracks I can't help but feel sorry for the female vocalist who sang on 'anything for love' who filled in her vocals for a model to be shown on the video and her to get nothing at all. Anything for love but won't give a dime to the woman who lent her vocals or give her the time of day after she sang 😒
Piran
In that case, I'm surprised that she didn't get a credit on the song if she was such a big part of it. :/
Piran
I imagine the Meat Loaf tracks will fall throughout the tracking week, although ideally, both of them would make the Top 10 of the next chart. :)
Rob Parkinson
No the original singer didn't turn up to the recording studio and the actual singer was working and said she could sing I'd they wanted. They used her vocal and have never given her any credit ever, she has tried to claim against them all but never been successful and also tried to have a career in singing seems as the model that appeared in the video got loads of record contracts thrown at her which she of course declined as she didn't have that voice. The things you could get away with in the early 90s! Hopefully she will gain some rights or some kind of payment one day or even just a nod as being the vocalist which is pretty much all she ever wanted
Piran
I didn't know there was a whole lawsuit behind it. :/
Piran
Amazing to see the tribute to Meat Loaf here! 🙏