Maneskin make history with two Top 10 entries on the Official Singles Chart
The Italian rockers continue their run of success following their Eurovision win.
Måneskin continue their run of success following their Eurovision Song Contest win, landing not one but two entries on this week's Official Singles Chart Top 10.
The rockers make history as the first Italian act to have two Top 10s on the UK singles chart simultaneously - I Wanna Be Your Slave climbs a place from last week to Number 6, while their cover of Beggin' zooms into the Top 40 at Number 10 following recent viral success on TikTok.
To put that into perspective, not even Eurovision champions ABBA or Celine Dion have achieved two Top 10 singles in the same week.
The band's continued success follows their win at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest with Zitti e Buoni, which peaked at Number 17 on the chart, meaning the band have landed three Top 20 hits within four weeks.
Måneskin were already firm favourites in their native Italy after finishing second place on The X Factor Italy in 2017. They've since racked up five Top 10 singles in the country, plus two Number 1 albums.
The band are one of a handful of acts bringing a healthy dose of rock-influenced sounds back the Official Chart, including current Number 1 Good 4 U by Olivia Rodrigo, and Willow Smith's Transparent Soul, which features Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker.
The pop-punk-rock sound was last popular in the mainstream between 2002-2009, when acts such as Avril Lavigne, My Chemical Romance, and Arctic Monkeys were scoring Number 1s.
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DamionThorn
I just don’t get it. This band is such a bore….they have followed up one of the most undeserving Eurovision wins in history with a bunch of songs that just prove that statement even more true. I cannot wait until their fifteen minutes are over.
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Kamila Kozłowska
How can you say something like that? Why shouldn't their "15" minutes (actually a lot more) last even longer? They are young, they can achieve even more than that. I just don't really understand why you want this to end. You don't like them, they bore you, don't listen to them. There is a lot of music in the world that suits you. Just don't talk badly about the other people. Shame on you.
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Kamila Kozłowska
And by the way, it is one of the most deserved Eurovision victories, which can be seen in the reaction to their music not only of Europe itself, but also of the world. After all, Eurovision did what it had not done for a long time. And this is amazing. Additionally, it will surely gain new viewers from all over the world in the future, which can be seen by watching YouTube reactions of people (for example from the USA) to Måneskin's winning performance.
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Agree, it'd be nice if people supported young artists nowadays so that they didn't have to say afterwards "oh the good old times... Now there's no real music". Obviously there's great music today too, some people are just too narrow-minded and stuck-up to see. Måneskin are amazing, their musicianship is excellent, they have absolutely gorgeous lyrics and melodies (in their ballads like Coraline, Torna a Casa, Le parole lontane and Vent'anni some of the most beautiful I've ever heard - but "God forbid a non-english - speaking song is praised!" ) and I do believe they have a bright future ahead of them and it's important they're a Rock Band from Italy (makes their feat even bigger) hope we get to appreciate Italian music and generally music from all over the world in the native languages.
Mrsliver
I wouldn't consider rock having a comeback yet cus right now there's only four rock songs in the top 50 three of which are from the same artist and further down there's really nothing special there's Mr Brightside which has been here basically since it's release and that one song from surf curse which just about qualifies
Coriacus Capra Humerus
Rock is always popular, in fact it was the most popular style for decades until it was surpassed by rap lately. so the fact that it doesn't have scores of songs and artists in these charts doesn't mean much. A decently famous rock act can easily surpass even the best of those manufactured trendy pop stars that appear on those charts constantly in terms of physical albums sales and concert tickets. The top 40 charts don't have the same impact/power as they used to have.
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Did y’all just call Arctic Monkeys pop punk? 😭😭😭
Anyway, good for them, I really like their stuff. :)
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Mick Lynch
Yes, but when Abba and Celine were releasing songs there was no fownloading or streaming, and you only released one song at at time, so how could they have 2 top 10 hits simultanously. Different times
Damián
Absolutely agree
Miriam Haider
I am sooooo overjoyed for their continued success! 2 top 10s in the UK is an enormous feat and I hope they stay on the charts for a long long time!
Justin Bindley
It's a ridiculous comparison. The rules regarding #singles# is very different to the real selling singles of the 1970s when ABBA dominated the charts. They would have easily regularly had 2 or 3 singles in the top 10 had the same rules applied then.
Coriacus Capra Humerus
Yeah I guess it doesn't mean much other than they're the most legitimate musical act to come out of the contest in ages. They were already good and popular, they didn't have to go to the contest but the exposure they got from winning it will help them immensely.
Mark Wislen
But ABBA and Celine, never Released 2 Singles, within Weeks of each other. Their Record Companies, always waited until 1 Single was falling out of the Top 40, before Releasing a follow-up. Both ABBA and Celine would, (easily), have had 2 Top 10 Hits, at once, if their Singles were Released, within Weeks of each other. In their biggest Years, anyhow. It is nothing to do with Måneskin, somehow being the most successful ESC Winners, who are not from the UK. It is all to do, with how Streaming affects the Singles Chart. After all, only a very deluded 'Expert', would think that the Italian Group, are going to do as well as ABBA, in the UK - 19 Top 10 Singles, with 9 at No.1. 9 Top 10 Albums, with all 9 at No.1. I see that the Italian Group, have already taken to doing a Cover Version, with just their 3rd Top 40 Hit. ABBA never had any Hits - at all - with any Covers. Having said that, it is good that the Italian Group, have brought Rock Music back into the Charts. It has been greatly missed.
Zimowski
Most of the biggest artists were doing covers. Elvis, Beatles, Aretha... I don't see what's wrong with that.
Biotic Shoebill
None of the songs Måneskin has had in the charts in recent weeks have been newly released singles. I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE came out in March of this year, as did Zitti e buoni, as they came from the same album. Their Beggin' cover is from 2017.
Küll
Good!
thierry henon
Am over the moon to see that! Amazing band and happy to see some rock back into the Top 10! Can't believe they are having 2 Top 10 this week......