Official Singles Chart on 1/5/2020

Juice Wrld. How utterly sad that he is no longer with us. The lad had so much more to offer. What a talent. RIP buddy.

Take a final look at the chart, everyone. It’s 17:45pm. :)

Time for some hits! :)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2zToEPpFEN8

Heartless by The Weeknd is not on NOW! 105 😠

Emoji Challenge Results...

SONG 1: 💔 ⬆️ 🎵 ('Break Up Song') [correctly guessed first by Coolocelot]
SONG 2: ➡️ 🏙️ ⬅️ ('This City') [correctly guessed first by George]
SONG 3: 👧 (🌍) ('Only Girl In The World') [correctly guessed first by Gordon]
SONG 4: 🛹 👦 ('Sk8er Boi') [correctly guessed first by Coolocelot]
SONG 5: 🥇 U ('Best Of You')
SONG 6: 🍫 ('Chocolate') [correctly guessed first by Coolocelot]
SONG 7: 🌞 👦 👦 👦 🏖️ [correctly guessed first by Coolocelot]
SONG 8: 🗣️ Piran ('Say My Name') [correctly guessed first by David]
SONG 9: 13-19 💭 ('Teenage Dream') [correctly guessed first by Fintendo]
SONG 10: 🔥 🌊 ('Heatwave') [correctly guessed first by Cameron]

Scores:
Coolocelot: 4 (Winner) 🥇
George: 1 (6:36pm) 🥈
Fintendo: 1 (6:39pm) 🥉
David: 1 (7:09pm)
Gordon: 1 (8:41pm)

#https://rateyourmusic.com/list/LennonJagger/top-40-best-pop-singles-1-may-2020-weekly-updated/

Where are all the Christmas songs?

Is this one of the biggest falls from #1 ever? I tried to look at comments, but like someone else said, 278 comments is way too much and many of them are completely irrelevant.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DyDfgMOUjCI. Great song 😀

I am going post some old songs on here.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v0KpfrJE4zw

KSI's Houdini is fire.

I’m blasting this every Thursday in support of the NHS! Can you get this in the charts please? It’s amazing!!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cvhfq3eF2gI
Oh, and keep playing Righteous.

C' MON BRITISH PEOPLE, MORE DANCE MORE POP, MORE HOUSE............IN THIS MOMENT THE WORLD NEED THIS KIND OF MUSIC......... NO THE HIP HOP AND THE TRAP, IS VERY DARK, IS NO GOOD .... MY DREAM IS TO SEE ANOTHER KIND OF CHART WITH FOR EXAMPLE DUKE DUMONT, IN THE TOP TEN JESSY WARE SPOTLIGTH... IS VERY BRITISH STYLE .......... SO ????? FOR ME IS NOT REAL THIS CHART, IS BETTER ITUNES O SHAZAM......OR SOMETHING STRANGE HAPPEN IN YOUR CONTRY

A big cheer to 220 Kid reaching the top 40 with Don't Need Love, it's easily one of my favourite songs this year and I thought it would impact the chart well!

I hoped the new Pet Shop Boys single would be a new entry in the top 100...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MkQK83Tf9so legendary song!

Why do we need 233 comments here after 5 hours of the new charts being published?! It's a little exhausting. There could be interesting comments among those, but this gets a little ridiculous!

I’m about to play Forza shortly - this is what’s on my mix:

Clap Your Hands - Le Youth ft Ava Max 🔥
17 - MK
Righteous - Juice WRLD 🔥
XO Tour Llif3 - Lil Uzi Vert
Be Kind - Marshmello & Halsey 🔥
Roses - SAINt JHN & Imanbek
Toosie Slide - Drake (sorry Mateusz!)
Poppin - KSI ft Smokepurpp & Lil Pump (sorry Piran!)
Stupid Love - Lady Gaga
The Box - Roddy Ricch
ROCKSTAR - DaBaby ft Roddy Ricch 🔥
A majority of Billie Eilish & EMINEM
Rover - S1mba ft DTG 🔥
Say So - Doja Cat

THIS IS OFFICIALLY THE BEST CHART WEEK OF 2020

Guys, I'm signing off now, but I'll be back on either later this evening or over the weekend.

Take care! :D

KSI - Houdini - 6.5/10
Travis Scott, Kid Cudi - The Scotts - 7/10
Juice WRLD - Righteous - 8.5/10

Emoji Challenge starts in two minutes!

Songs will be in reply to this post,

Coolocelot, are you going to win again? ;)

With five of the Top 10 cleared, it will almost certainly give Drake a default #1 next week :(

Sales are up in my profile!

Birthday by Anne-marie was a briliant song.

Anyway, Myself, Richard Hammond and James May are going to do a TV show about music.

To Richard Clarkson, Leave Frank alone!!

Kings & Queens made it
A WIN

The following songs will be on ACR next week:

Birthday
Don't Start Now
Physical
Lonely
Intentions
Stupid Love
Boyfriend
No Judgement
High Fashion
Roses
Sunday Best
React
Blinding Lights
The Take

Emoji Challenge coming up in a few minutes in another comment! :D

Before we get to that, my new personal chart: https://crownnote.com/charts/piran-delves/pirans-top-50-11

The Sales chart is the proper chart.

NEW ENTRIES BEST TO WORST
The 1975- If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know) [10*/10]
THE SCOTTS- THE SCOTTS [9/10]
Juice WRLD- Righteous [5/10]
KSI Ft. Swarmz & Tion Wayne- Houdini [5/10]
220 KID & GRACEY- Don't Need Love [4/10]
Ava Max- Kings & Queens [4/10]
Personal Chart: http://crownnote.com/users/blobfishy
"Time Like These" was a bad choice for the Radio 1 song
See Ya Next Week!

REVIEW!!!
Hello peeps, it’s CoolOcelot here (again, on the regular) and I’m back to deliver a review from my home. I will be reviewing the new entries like usual - lined up is Travis Scott, KSI, Juice WRLD, Ava Max and The 1975 so, from the former three being amazing rappers, it should be a good week, I guess. Also, the Live Lounge Allstars at #1 is such amazing news!!! Hope to never ever see Blinding Lights again. Let’s get into it, shall we?

From ChartData...

https://twitter.com/chartdata/status/1256255945249894405

Yes what a great number one!

WEEKLY CHART REVIEW (01/05/2020 - 07/05/2020)

This week, we got one of the busiest charts of the year so far, but it’s also easily one of the best!

Obviously, the news that’ll grab the headlines is the new #1. Like last week, it’s a highly significant moment not only for Official Chart history, but also in the fight against Covid-19! As for the chart highlights… well, it’s the first time a charity single has replaced another at the top since November 2014, it's among one of the biggest debut weeks of 2020 so far, it gives 12 acts their first #1 single in the country (stated in another comment) & it’s the first ever #1 single for Radio 1 as a whole.

As for my opinion on the song itself, man, it’s something special! To be honest, the fact that how the lyrics cover a Foo Fighters classic in how love & persistence will get us through these unusual times is inspiring enough, but what really sounds out about this charity single are the artists! Outside of the incredible passion of AJ Tracey’s rap verse, the artists here seem to be either pop or rock, but there’s also a mix of household names & upcoming artists, as well as a mix of British & international names that are big in music right now. So many artists here are making different styles of music, so the fact that the harmonisation is perfect here just blew me away entirely & especially that the emotion all of the artists are showing is only highlighted over the twinkling production, which somehow gives this an even more magical feel, especially when you consider some artists here recorded this over an iPhone or computer rather than in an expensive studio! My only criticism is that they only gave Sigrid two words to herself because she deserves so much more than that given her talent, but I’m still delighted she’s here regardless. Ultimately, the biggest winner to this song is that it’s raising even more money for the people who need it most right now! You know something special has happened when this song even hits #1 on Radio 1’s rival chart show & I absolutely adore this collaborative effort too, especially when it’s for such a powerful cause… strong 9/10!

However, that’s somehow not even the best debut of the week for me, because my goodness! I’ve been showing huge support for The 1975 for a while now in the build-up to their upcoming fourth studio album later this month, but this might be among the highlights of their discography for me. Again, one of the things I respect Matty Healy for as a frontman is his honesty & how he’s so open about his personal issues, but in a way that reassures others who are going through the same thing, instead of just shoving those issues in your face! Now, on the surface, you’d just think this was another song where a girl trying to get intimate with him & he certainly wants to interact with her sensually… but is too nervous to get to know her on a personal level! You can see that he’s actually trying to make an effort to get closer to her, rather than just taking her to bed & moving on, like entirely too many songs on this chart are filled off. Even then, along with Matty Healy just being able to sell this really convincingly, the production is what really stunned me here! I’ve always thought The 1975 made their most compelling music when they made up-tempo, arena rock smashes, but what makes this different to all of those are the heavier rollicks of guitar & the blaring horns, along with a sax solo in the bridge that gave me ‘The Sound’ flashbacks, you know, one of their signature hits. Once again, despite being a pop-rock band, they threw in some jazz elements here & it still rocked! Yeah, it only took me a couple of listens to understand why this was a fan favourite at the concerts the band did at the start of the year, because it’s amazing! It’s a shame it didn’t become the Top 10 like the update suggested it might. It will get from me though, 10/10!

So those were the two new entries which I just had to rave about, now onto the songs that I won’t do full reviews for…

Firstly, there are still two more songs that I wouldn’t say I love, but still like! The first being ‘Kings & Queens’ finally breaking into the Top 40 after two weeks of barely missing out. With this, it’s kind of feminist anthem that actually has some punch to it, with a mix of ABBA & Lady Gaga inspired production that’d be the ideal fit for discos whenever this lockdown ends. Not only that, but Ava Max continues to show off her consistently impressive vocal range! Strong 8/10 for this one.

The other big climber that makes a gain into the Top 40 for the first time is the newest dance smash with even more momentum, ‘Don’t Need Love’ by 220KID & Gracey! Unlike most rising bangers, this is the kind of one that would’ve hit the club scene a lot quicker if it weren’t for the lockdown, especially with the fuzzy & spacy drop courtesy of 220KID. Even Gracey provides the right kind of dark melody for this, as she describes how lonely she is in general, but still tries to be adventurous when she’s out. In other words, whether or not things start to return to normal over the summer, I have the feeling a lot of EDM fans will be blasting this over the next few months, including me! Solid 8/10.

As for the rap songs, starting with ‘Houdini’, woah… what an improvement over ‘Poppin’! Okay, I know you can’t exactly get much worse than that song, haha, but in all seriousness, this is genuinely decent & I’m amazed that it charted this high given his chart run with his most recent singles. I guess the two big changes are swapping out the imcopentent American rappers Lil Pump & Smokepurpp with insufferable trap production, for two new grime artists & a tropical beat that really packs a punch, making the bragging actually sound fun for once. Light 7/10!

I’d even give ‘Righteous’ a pass too! The smoother trap beat & guitar plucks that open the song immediately told me that this is going to have a much more depressing tone, but what really brought me with a moment of sadness is how the content describes Juice WRLD’s battle with drugs & that he knew it could all end very soon, which is unfortunately what happened. The disappointing part is that this could've been the point where I was really won over by his music, but his voice… I’m sorry, I’ll never get behind that with the painful wailing which has never really changed from him, even when he was alive! That’s going to knock some points off sadly, but it’s still not bad by any means & at least I understand the appeal more, even if it’s still not my kind of music. Light 6/10!

Unfortunately, one debut that won’t be getting a high score at all is ‘The Scotts’! I feel like every song that Travis Scott releases is slathered with auto-tune & takes stabs at law enforcement or their opponents, which doesn’t really give me any signs of artistic development here. Even Kid Cudi doesn’t sound all that memorable over the grating synthesizer which alternates between having a dull crisp sound, to a twinkle that is pitched so high that it almost drowns everything else out, even the bassline! There’s apparently some hype behind this among critics, but no, not me, not at all. Strong 2/10!

Other things I want to shout-out about this week is Dua Lipa technically getting the chart double, as she part of the #1 song of the week & has the #1 album of the week all to herself! I’m also pleased to see ‘Death Bed’ finally in the Top 5.

Next week, expect ‘Savage’ & ‘Say So’ to get considerable gains thanks to both hits getting remixes, while ‘Times Like These’ could contend for another week at #1 looking at how well the sales numbers are holding up (although it’s going to be tight!).

As always, stay safe everyone! :)

AYY!!! We did it! Thank you Radio 1, thank you Britain, and in celebration of this amazing news, I’ve got a review coming up - who wants to see it later on? ;)

Artists that earn their first UK #1 single today…

Biffy Clyro
Celeste
Dermot Kennedy
Foo Fighters
Grace Carter
Hailee Steinfeld
Mabel
Rag’n’Bone Man
Royal Blood
Sam Fender
Sigrid
YUNGBLUD

That’s a really amazing list overall, especially: Hailee Steinfeld, Sigrid & Dermot Kennedy! You all know how much I’ve been cheering those three on, ever since they landed their first chart hits. :)

Well done BBC, you beat a twenty-two week old song with no promo, after repeated promotion through everyone at BBC and all the artists respective fanbase! Sorry if I sound salty, it's good for charity, but it was way too biased and Blinding Lights is one of the best songs of the past few years and I'm a big Weeknd fan. Looking forward to the charts in the next few weeks with lots of new entries!

YES!!! WE DID IT!!! :D

I say "we", because while all 24 artists here have made something absolutely beautiful, the British public have played their part by downloading or streaming this song, as every person doing so has helped the most vulnerable people of our country when they need it most.

Seeing a song recorded in this way is absolutely incredible, Covid-19 can't stop the music industry from making something wonderful!