The Weeknd's Blinding Lights scores eighth week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart
The Weeknd holds off strong competition from Drake and Saint Jhn to notch up another week at the top.
There’s no stopping The Weeknd right now as Blinding Lights scores an eighth week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.
The track, taken from his chart-topping album After Hours, holds off competition from Saint Jhn’s Roses (2), and Drake’s latest single Toosie Slide (3) to notch up another week at the summit.
Blinding Lights, which is currently the UK’s biggest song of 2020, racked up another 78,000 chart sales this week, including 8.6 million streams. View The Weeknd's Official UK Chart history in full here.
Meanwhile, Dua Lipa extends the rarely seen feat of having three songs in the Top 10 for a third week running, with Physical at 4, Don’t Start Now at 5 and Break My Heart at 10. She’s only the second female artist to achieve this after Ruby Murray in 1955.
Elsewhere in the Top 10, Lil Mosey’s viral smash Blueberry Faygo climbs into the Top 10 for the first time, up two places to Number 9.
Further down, there are big climbs this week for Flowers by Burton-born DJ Nathan Dawe, up seven places to Number 16, Megan Thee Stallion’s Savage surges five spots to Number 17, and Jax Jones & Martin Solveig’s Tequila ft. Raye zooms 11 places to Number 21.
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Two songs make their Top 40 debut this week: Rover by London artists S1mba ft. DTG vaults 25 places to Number 23, and viral sensation Sketchers by YouTuber DripReport climbs eight spots to 39. The 1 minute 46 second song is a huge hit on TikTok, with over 2 million videos created using the track.
Outside the Top 40, a new version of Vera Lynn's We'll Meet Again with Katherine Jenkins debuts at Number 72 and is the week's second best-selling song based on downloads only. Money raised from the release goes to NHS Charities Together to help provide food, mental health care and car parking for staff working on the front line.
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Frank Essing
Dua Lipa is only the third female artist to achieve having three top 10 hits in the same week.
Ariana Grande did this before her on 15/02/2019:
break up with your girlfriend, i´m bored at 1, 7 Rings at 2 and Needy at 8.
thierry henon
So happy to see THE WEEKND still at number 1 and i do hope for another few weeks!! As long as the overrated Drake isn't at number 1: i am a happy bunny!!
Piran
I really didn't expect Drake to fall this week, but hey, I'm so happy that The Weeknd is still #1! I don't think I'll ever get tired of a song this good being at the top of the charts. :)
Dua Lipa having three songs in the Top 10 for a third week running is absolutely incredible. It would be astonishing if she managed a fourth & while I don't see that happening, I'm just thrilled with the success 'Future Nostalgia' has had in both the singles & albums chart!
Speaking of the Top 10, 'Blueberry Faygo' entering it is also cool to see! I thought it was going to miss out, but I'm glad I was proven wrong there.