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Official Singles Chart Top 40 on 21/6/2019

21 June 2019 - 27 June 2019

The Official UK Top 40 chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company, based on official sales of sales of downloads, CD, vinyl, audio streams and video streams. The Top 40 is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and MTV, the full Top 100 is published exclusively on OfficialCharts.com. View the biggest songs of 2023.

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Piran

21st June 2019

My thoughts & observations on the UK charts as always…

‘I Don’t Care’ by Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber rules the singles chart for a sixth consecutive week. It also remains the most downloaded song across the country.

‘I Don’t Care’ is also back at #1 on the radio airplay chart for a third non-consecutive week.

‘Old Town Road [Remix]’ by Lil Nas X ft Billy Ray Cyrus is #1 on the national YouTube chart for a ninth week overall! It gained 1.4% in weekly views to 4.28 million.

TAYLOR SWIFT - YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN (#5)
I feel like there’s always a part of me that’ll be very pleased seeing Taylor get the highest debut of the week & her 10th Top 5 hit! It’s going to make me even happier knowing the song is good & surprise surprise, I think it is! I’m not sure this kind of vocal delivery though, which her upper range sounding notably weaker than before, but her melodies are certainly more interesting, especially in the verses. The dreamy, underlying beat is what really makes this classic Taylor though, along with the fact that she’s supporting others. In this song, she dedicates most of the song to speaking against internet trolls who’ll pit female popstars together & her saying that they’re all successful regardless, but she also gives a shoutout to the LGBTQ+ community as well as which I’m sure is & will be very highly respected. Also, not related to the song itself, but wasn’t the video awesome? I’m so glad her & Katy are finally friends again after years of feuds. Anyway, a lot of Taylor’s early album singles have faded on me rather fast, but I don’t see this doing the same thankfully. For now, it’s a light 8/10!

LITTLE MIX - BOUNCE BACK (#10)
I really want to support Little Mix for doing their own thing now that they’ve split from Syco, but every come back single they’ve released since then seems to be even more disappointing & sadly, ‘Bounce Back’ continues that trend. So let’s start the vocals & while I don’t deny the girls can still bring powerful vocals to the table (especially Perrie), the band members don’t harmonise as well as before & their occasionally breathy delivery doesn’t really do them any justice. As for the Soul II Soul sample, it honestly could’ve worked & you can tell they’re trying hard to combine the 90s R&B/dance feel & current pop trends, but it sounds like a much cheaper version with those handclaps. I don’t deny that the girls’ attitude have always usually won me over, but this really lacks the sparkle that I know they’re capable of. Solid 5/10 here, sorry!

DRAKE FT RICK ROSS - MONEY IN THE GRAVE (#13)
So because The Raptors won the NBA Championship last week, Drake dropped two new singles supposedly to celebrate their win. However, neither give any references to basketball nor their title win. Anyway, that’s probably why these songs would have a little bit less streaming than you would expect. That said, I certainly see the appeal to this one! This is arguably one of Drake’s more creative flows & I like how he’s calling out people who feed off rappers’ images after they die, explaining that he’d rather have his money buried with him so that others can’t take it from him. Then we get to Rick Ross; okay, he does ramp up the tension a bit here rather well, but it’s honestly not that easy to understand what he’s saying in his deeper tones. The production also has a really dark feel to it at all, probably because of the bass that’s placed rather well among the trap mix. So yeah, I’m actually happy that this is being pushed as an official single, but it’s certainly decent on first listen. Very strong 6/10!

DRAKE - OMERTA (#33)
Now we move on to this one, which I’ve heard was just a track where Drake didn’t really try & it’s the less likely of the two to become a hit… unfortunately, I can kind of see why people think that. I can sort of appreciate Drake taking on a different style of flow than usual, but the knocking trap beat & warbling backing harmonies really don’t do him any justice in production that supports him. As for the content, there’s not really much going on here. On the surface, it’s just Drake bragging about how he’s overcome to odds to become successful (which is probably the closest this comes relating to his team winning) but the title seems to suggest that he likens to the Mafia by staying silent in practice to illegal or unlawful activities. Overall, just like with a majority of songs Drake puts out, it’s not bad, but that doesn’t mean I won't forget about it very soon. Light 5/10.

On the albums chart, ‘Western Stars’ becomes Bruce Sringsteen’s 11th #1 album!

With a debut of over 45,400 copies between CD & vinyl sales, it posts the biggest opening week of physical sales in 2019 so far. It was also 25,000 combined sales ahead of its nearest competitor.

The rest of the Top 5 is: ‘Madame X’ by Madonna (debuts at #2), ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent’ by Lewis Capaldi (1-3), ‘Doom Days’ by Bastille (debuts at #4) & ‘Unknown Pleasures’ by Joy Division (re-enters at #5).

Looking ahead to next week, these songs could enter the Top 40 for the first time: ‘Señorita’ by Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello, ‘All Night’ by BTS & Juice WRLD, ‘Crown’ by Stormzy, ‘Megatron’ by Nicki Minaj, ‘Rodeo’ by Lil Nas X ft Cardi B, ‘Center’ by Gerry Cinnamon, ‘Find U Again’ by Mark Ronson ft Camila Cabello, ‘Mocking It’ by Jay1, ‘Be Someone’ by Camelphat & Jake Bugg, ‘Phnoe Down’ by Stefflon Don & Lil Baby, ‘Rescue Me’ by OneRepublic, ‘Kilos’ by Bugzy Malone ft Aitch, ‘Time Waits For No One’ by Freddie Mercury, 'Pop Out' by Polo G ft Lil Tjay, 'Gucci Demon' by B Young & maybe even more.

Thanks for reading everyone! I hope you all have a good weekend. :)

My latest Crown Note chart: https://crownnote.com/charts/piran-delves/pirans-top-40-134

Foxes

21st June 2019

Hey Piran! I do like seeing 'I Don't Care' spend a 6th week at #1, especially with the knowledge that it still would've been there even if all things were fair and 'Old Town Road' wasn't on ACR. In fact, if it and 'Someone You Loved' weren't on ACR we would've had an entirely static Top 5 for the 3rd week running! I think the singles market has really found the songs it likes the most at the moment. 'Cross Me' would've also spent a 4th consecutive week at #9 if not for ACR, though I do like that it climbs to #8 this week. I really like the climbs for 'No Guidance', 'Wish You Well', 'Mad Love', 'One Touch' and especially 'Ladbroke Grove', and the re-entry for 'Summer Days'!
As for the debuts, it was quite mixed for me this week. 'You Need To Calm Down' wasn't anything special for me, though I did appreciate the message. Based off the 2 songs we've gotten so far from Taylor's upcoming album, I think I'll actually prefer 'reputation'. Anyway, this was only a light 6/10 for me. 'Bounce Back' was only a bit better with a light 7/10, and, while I did expect for 'Money In The Grave' to get a Top 10 debut, it's still my favourite debut of the week with a solid 8/10 for now, with the potential to climb. 'Omertà' was the exact opposite, being my least favourite debut of the week with a solid 5/10. I'm pretty sure both of those tracks were recorded before The Raptors won the NBA Championship and were going to be released anyway, which is why they make no mention of it. The Raptors winning probably just meant that they got released a week or two earlier.
Next week it definitely looks like 'Señorita' will be making a big debut which I absolutely love. It's #1 and still climbing on iTunes at the moment, and while I'm sure it won't be as big as that on streaming, it could still end up with a Top 10 debut or at least Top 20. Either way, it definitely looks certain to be Camila's highest debut ever, since her only Top 40 debut before has been at #40 with 'She Loves Control', despite having 7 Top 40 hits. (EDIT: #1 on iTunes, #6 on Spotify and #14 on Apple Music; a Top 10 debut is definitely on the table!). 'Crown' will probably end up as the highest debut (EDIT: though now that the 1st day figures are all in it'll probably be close between it and 'Señorita'), and 'Mocking It', 'Be Someone', 'Canter' and 'MEGATRON' all look like they have good chances at making it as well. 'Find U Again' might finally climb into the Top 40 as well, with both 'Señorita' and 'Late Night Feelings' potentially boosting its performance!

Ireneusz Chmielewski

21st June 2019

Dear Piran !!! Joy Division's album "Unknown Pleasures" didn't debut on the UK Albums Chart today, but re-entered the chart after almost 40 years since its debut. That album was the first album of Joy Division originally released in 1979, but it appeared on the chart for the first time at #71 a year later, after a huge success of their second album "Closer" that charted within the Top 10 on the albums chart in 1980. pS. I'm very glad that the album "Unknown Pleasures" has finally appeared within the Top 10, as the band's leader Ian Curtis was undoubtedly the great artist, but I have no idea what was the reason behind it. If You know, please let us all know...

Phil James McNulty

22nd June 2019