Official Singles Chart Top 40 on 14/1/2022

Can’t believe that Killer Killer Covid- Mad Mix isn’t in the top 100

Encanto is just two weeks on the charts and already destroyed let it go and all the other Disney songs and it's coming for number 1 wow!!!

Haven't heard four of the top 10. We don't talk about Bruno,Peru,Surface Pressure and fingers Crossed. What are they like?

Hi everyone, Sorry that I haven't commented here for two months it's mainly because I haven't had enough time. I'm hoping to start commenting regularly again 🙂.

Anyways, How are you all?

Great to see Gayle knock Adele off the top spot. She would have been number 1 2 weeks ago had it not been for Christmas songs. Where you now is doing really well which is good. Also good to see Do it to it in the top ten last week.

I was a bit hmm haa on the weeknd... Until this album! But OMG this is an absolutely brilliant album..I've played it relentlessly since it's release!

Glad to see 'When I'm Gone' holding on. I really hope it picks up as it's one of Katy's biggest bops in a while.

At last ABCDEFU has gotten the No. 1 spot. Such a banger

Mad At Me continues to climb up and Cut Me Loose stalls. Also why hasn't Tell It To My Heart entered the Top 40 yet ?? And I'm not to hot on Where Are You Now, I prefer Rise

The Weeknd did wonders with new album release as he have 6 songs on TOP 100 this week including 3 songs inside the TOP 40. Despite that he was lucky to have "Sacrifice" peaked inside the TOP 10 at #10 (was #06 on midweeks but barely make it TOP 10 as sales and streams keep dropping).

"Take My Breath" rised to #14 failling to better the #13 peak it have (was #07 on midweeks but failed to stay there).

Both songs will fall very fast next week as "Sacrifice" already dropped to #26 on iTunes and to #17 on Spotify while "Take My Breath" is now outside iTunes TOP 50 sales and at #96 on Spotify. His new single "Gasoline" may get into the charts next week as it's #55 on Spotify (but is not on iTunes TOP 100 right now).

The album peaked #01 but as was only released digitally and almost all points(equivalent units) came from streaming he will most probably fall out TOP 10 next week (as his streams were huge first 2 days but have been falling faster and faster each day).

I cant believe how Brave could not place higher though most of the songs dropped this week. Really love Ella Henderson.

How can When I'm Gone be stucked at 72 being such a dance anthem? It didn't have enough radio airplay??

top 10 rankings for this week:

1) abcdefu - 10/10
2) easy on me - 8/10
3) we don’t talk about bruno - 6/10
4) fingers crossed - 4/10
5) seventeen going under - 8/10
6) peru - 3/10
7) overseas - 10/10
8) surface pressure - 2/10
9) coming for you - 9/10
10) sacrifice - 7/10
best: overseas
worst: surface pressure

67%

apparently SOUR deluxe will come on the 4th Feb, so for all you fans of Liv that's something to look forward to. #jealousy,jealousyfornumber1

1) abcdefu (10/10)
2) Easy On Me (9/10)
3) We Don’t Talk About Bruno (4/10)
4) Fingers Crossed (9/10)
5) Seventeen Going Under (8/10)
6) Peru (1/10)
7) Overseas (2/10)
8) Surface Pressure (7/10)
9) Coming For You (0/10)
10) The Weeknd - Sacrifice (9/10)

Total: 59%

Best: abcdefu
Worst: Coming For You

AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL

I can't believe edamame has debuted :vomit:

ELLA HENDERSON finally back in the chart this week...not with the superb HURRICANE but at least with BRAVE..go girl!

EMMY MELI is climbing...slowly but surely..happy to see that! a slow burner hopefully?

Was hoping AVA MAX "THE MOTTO" to climb this week after her amazing re entry at 37 last week!!! hopefully next week.. She is an amazing singer but apart from her 1st single, she hasn't had much success in the UK!! Shame really!

how could have guessed that STEPHANIE BEATRIZ from the amazing US Show: Brooklyn nine nine , could sing?! And she is a great singer too!

I reckon next week we could get a 3 way tie for the number 1 spot! GAYLE vs JESSICA vs LAUREN!! the 3 of them are having so much success right now!!

Very few Weeknd tracks here, surprise...

am over the moon to see JESSICA DARROW making the Top 10 this week!

Happy Friday everyone!! Everybody looking forward to the week end? I know I AM! Have a great week end guys.

So happy to see GAYLE at number 1!! Will celebrate her victory tonight! But she will face tough competition Next week with LAUREN SPENCER!

My Top 10 Songs Of The Week:

#1: Jasmine Thompson & Calum Scott – Love Is Just A Word (=) [3rd consecutive week at No.1]
#2: Sody – Old Flame (=)
#3: Jonas Blue & Why Don’t We – Don’t Wake Me Up (debut)
#4: Taylor Swift – Message In A Bottle (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) (=)
#5: Dagny – Somebody (-2)
#6: D.O.D ft Carla Monroe – Still Sleepless (+1)
#7: Ella Henderson – Brave (debut)
#8: Jethro Heston & Max Marshall – Cut Me Loose (2021 Edit) (-3)
#9: Taylor Swift – Forever Winter (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) (+2)
#10: Joel Corry ft Mabel – I Wish (-4)

Full chart on Crown Note: https://www.crownnote.c*m/charts/piran/pirans-top-50-100
Full chart on BuzzJack: www.buzzjack.c*m/forums/index.php?showtopic=251899

Song recommendation of the week - 'Human Heart' by Marc Benjamin & Jay Mason. This track, released this year, has a really nice build-up to the chorus and even if it the chorus is disappointing, the melody is really laid-back for being an EDM song. Let's see if this can debut on top of my chart later, it is battling 'Brave' by Ella Henderson, 'Love Is Just A Word' by Jasmine Thompson & Calum Scott and finally 'Sweet Talker' by Years & Years & Galantis (Glad this stayed Top 40 here as well!)

Rating the top 10:
10) The Weeknd - Sacrifice (8/10)
9) Coming For You (10/10)
8) Surface Pressure (2/10)
7) Overseas (7/10)
6) Peru (10/10)
5) Seventeen Going Under (10/10)
4) Fingers Crossed (-1/10)
3) We Don’t Talk About Bruno (-5/10)
2) Easy On Me (10/10)
1) abcdefu (10/10)
Total: 61/100 (61%)
Best: abcdefu
Worst: Bruno

My chart highlight of this week was 'Where Are You Now' pushing into the Top 20, took it long enough!

YESSS SHE DID IT!!!!! <3

WEEKLY CHART REVIEW (14/01/2022 – 20/01/2022)

🔴 (Negative)

1) ‘We Don’t Talk Bruno’ climbs into third position! This is meant to be the huge breakthrough hit for ‘Encanto’ & I honestly don’t get why. It doesn’t have the same anthemic swell like previous soundtrack hits in the charts like ‘Let It Go’ or ‘This Is Me’, for example. Granted, I can’t really comment on the content in context with the film (purely because I haven’t seen it yet), but unfortunately, no member of the cast here seems to stand out to me either! Yeah, sorry, I appreciate Lin-Manuel Miranda’s writing a lot (especially over Latin production), but this song feels incredibly boring & dreary as a whole.

2) ‘Pushin P’ made it in! I mean, come on, it doesn’t even sound any of three rappers in question are trying. I couldn’t even make out what they were saying because of how mumbled & autotuned they all sound, not to mention how terribly the production is mixed into it! There’s at least some kind of alliteration going on here, the bass groove is okay & some of the lyrics are just so cringewortby that they’re actually kind of laughable, but no, even those things aren’t enough to save this from being a sloppily produced mess.

🟠 (Mixed)

1) ‘ABCDEFU’ finally took the #1 despite narrowly missing out last week! This song seems to be one that’s divided opinion across the community & even with all of that, I’m still not sure where I sit on it. Sure, the writing is incredibly basic & the rollicking guitar that opens the song along with Gayle’s bitter delivery kind of reminds me of ‘Hot Girl Bummer’! That being said, this is at least a little bit better because of the sudden swell of anger in the hook where Gayle is just done trying to be patient with an ex that’s treating her horribly & remember that she’s only 17 at the end of the day. Overall, this is fine enough, but given how much it’s getting overplayed & the insane competition coming from break-up songs now, I’m not sure how well this is going to end up aging for me!

2) ‘Fingers Crossed’ took a massive jump as everybody predicted! Funnily enough, the first thing I heard about this song were immediate comparisons to ‘Drivers License’ & is it just me, or is there very little resemblance between the two songs at all? For one, Lauren is taking a much more acoustic approach to this with the instrumentation, particularly in the verses, but I find her vocals to be a lot throatier & sometimes even more rough, especially in the hook! I guess while it’s a good sign that her voice doesn’t crack beneath all the raw power she’s driving into that chorus, it also limits the vocal range that she’s truly capable of reaching, which is probably why I prefer the breathier delivery towards the end of the song. Another thing to note is the content, because while it was clear that Rodrigo still has feelings after parting ways from a former lover, Spencer-Smith is very dismissive of the guy in question & absolutely wants nothing more to do with him! So yeah, this certainly isn’t bad & I completely get why new single people would turn to it, but at the same time, I don’t think this is going to be the career-defining moment for the upcoming teenager unlike what we were seeing exactly a year ago around now, that’s all I’m saying.

3) ‘Surface Pressure’ breaks into the Top 10! See, this is the kind of track from the ‘Encanto’ soundtrack that sounds like it has a lot more long-term potential. Funnily enough, the vocals range from Lizzo in the first verse to Katy Perry in the hook, but I still feel that Jessica Darrow is sticking too much to her lower range & this really could’ve had a lot more potential if she pushed for those power notes instead! Mind you, I think the larger issue here is the backing band not really showing any sense of real dynamic whatsoever, which you’d think a song that addresses the pressures of anxiety & stress kind of effective to have. Again, I probably like this more than any other song from the film at least out of those charting, but this should still be a lot better in my opinion!

4) ‘Retail Therapy’ making its debut! I’ve never been one to get on board with Central Cee due to his lack of hype & limited flow, but neither of those seem to be much of a problem here at all. Yeah, I think he rides the beat fairly well, the percussion touches to this sound really pristine & the drill bass hits at just the right time! I’m still not fully sold on the sped-up sample of Hank Crawford’s ‘Wildflower’ just yet & the lyrics are ultimately just Central Cee bragging about his extensive clothing range, but for his usual standards, this ranks above average for me. Maybe it’ll grow on me even more with a few additional listens?

5) ‘Miserable Man’ hits the Top 40! Okay, I think one thing I have to commend with this is David Kushner himself. His deeper vocals to really hone in on the story-telling of how he’s overcome his troubles by moving to a new home with his family & all the anguish he looks back on kind of gives me stripped-back Hozier vibes. The echoey background vocals might make this all the more sombre, but they’re also a fitting accompaniment, especially as the song comes to a close! Heck, even the guitar swipes over a fairly simple melody don’t really bother me as much as they normally would for a song in this lane. So what’s holding this back for me? Probably the fact that it’s dragged out for way longer than it needs to be, especially with the outro, it would’ve been a much better climax to finish off with a final verse or something, but hey, if any song I’m covering today has potential to be upgraded to the positive section, it’s this one!

6) ‘Make Me Feel Good’ held up better than I expected! This seems to be going more for the retro disco vibe in literally every single aspect, so I’m entirely on board with how much it stands out from the other dance hits in the chart, but even as a lifelong EDM lover, I can’t help that feel that this is way too repetitive to properly get into it.

🟢 (Positive)

1) I’ve now given my scores for The Weeknd’s new album in another post, but let’s just say that I’m absolutely delighted about him getting the #1 album with ‘Dawn FM’, especially when some of the highlights from it like ‘Sacrifice’ & ‘How Do I Make You Love Me?’ are both here, but ‘Less Than Zero’ joining them really would’ve been the icing on the cake!

2) ‘Where Are You Now’ moved into the Top 20! I was kind of worried that the UK would just sleep on this when it was taking off over Europe last autumn, but I’m so glad that they didn’t.

3) ‘Down Under’ is holding up relatively well! I’m usually kind of mixed on drum & bass music as a whole, but this took a classic rock hit from the 80’s & somehow didn’t ruin it! That has to be worth something, haha.

Thanks for reading everyone! Glad to be bringing these weekly reviews back here yet again. :)

My top 10 of the week:
10) Fireboy DML ft Ed Sheeran - Peru (Remix) (+26) (new peak)
9) Joel Corry x RAYE x David Guetta - BED (=)
8) Acraze ft Cherish - Do It To It (=)
7) GAYLE - abcdefu (-2)
6) Adele - Easy On Me (-4)
5) RAYE ft Mr Eazi - Decline (+1) (new peak)
4) Years & Years ft Galantis - Sweet Talker (+10) (new peak)
3) Adele - Oh My God (+1)
2) Shane Codd - It Ain’t Right (+1) (new peak)
1) Becky Hill ft Topic - My Heart Goes (La Di Da) (=) (4th week at number 1)
I haven’t made my full chart yet so I’ll post it later, my crownnote username is lucidjade if you want to see it when it’s posted

I am woman and woman are back to back to each other lol

glad abc got the #1 as, although i'm a bit bored of it, GAYLE deserved it last week and if she hadn't got it she would have been seriously robbed!

Thank The UK for getting rid of ADELE

rip head & heart lol

OMG ABCDEFU AT NUMBER 1 FINALLY

Ahhh, 'Let's Go Home Together' didn't return to the Top 100 like it was predicted to! T_T

Does OCC Reply?

How does everyone feel about the new Avril Lavigne’s new single? :)

Honestly, between this & ‘Bite Me’, I’m so excited for that next album of hers!

Well, congrats Gayle. I can't say I was rooting for you but a #1 is a #1.

The Weeknd – ‘Dawn FM’:

#1: Gasoline (71/100)
#2: How Do I Make You Love Me? (76/100)
#3: Take My Breath (77/100)
#4: Sacrifice (82/100) 🥈
#5: Out Of Time (72/100)
#6: Here We Go… Again [ft Tyler, The Creator] (70/100)
#7: Best Friends (73/100)
#8: Is There Someone Else? (63/100) 👀
#9: Starry Eyes (73/100)
#10: Don’t Break My Heart (74/100)
#11: I Heard You’re Married [ft Lil Wayne] (78/100) 🥉
#12: Less Than Zero (86/100) 🥇

TOTAL: 895/1200 (74.6%)

40) Pushin P – Gunna (1/10)
39) Miserable man – David Kushner (0/10)
38) Stay – The Kid Laroi (9/10)
37) Meet me at our spot – Anxiety (0/10)
36) Sweet talker – Galantis (0/10)
35) Make me feel good – Belters Only (0/10)
34) Alone with you – Arz (6/10)
33) Heat waves – Glass Animals (10/10)
32) All too well – Taylor Swift (10/10)
31) My universe – Coldplay (0/10)

30) Better days – Dermot Kennedy (6/10)
29) The family madrigal – Encanto (0/10)
28) I drink wine – Adele (0/10)
27) Ghost – Justin Bieber (7/10)
26) Tell me something good – Ewan McVikar (-1/10)
25) Down under – Men at Work (7/10)
24) Oh my God – Adele (0/10)
23) Bad habits – Ed Sheeran (10/10)
22) How do I make you love me – The Weeknd (0/10)
21) Retail Therapy – Central Cee (8/10)
20) Cold heart – Elton John (2/10)
19) I wish – Joel Curry (0/10)
18) Enemy – Imagine Dragons (0/10)
17) Where are you now – Lost Frequencies (0/10)
16) Make you smile – D Block Europe (7/10)
15) Shivers – Ed Sheeran (1/10)
14) Take my breath – The Weeknd (0/10)
13) Overpass graffiti – Ed Sheeran (1/10)
12) Do it to it – Acraze (0/10)
11) Flowers – Arrdee (7/10)

10) Sacrifice – The Weeknd (1/10)
9) Coming for you – SwitchOTR (10/10)
8) Surface pressure – Encanto (0/10)
7) Overseas – D Block Europe (10/10)
6) Peru – Fireboy (4/10)
5) Seventeen going under – Sam Fender (10/10)
4) Fingers crossed – Lauren Spencer Smith (0/10)
3) We don’t talk about Bruno – Encanto (7/10)
2) Easy on me – Adele (0/10)
1) Abcdefu – Gayle (7/10)

Total: 140/400 (35%)

Really disappointed that ‘Brave’ & ‘Don’t Wake Me Up’ are both nowhere near the Top 40! :(

I really hope that at least one of them will be a slow burner, or at the very least get some radio airplay over the weeks ahead.