Official Singles Chart Top 40 on 16/2/2024

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There’s a real lack of diversity within popular music at the moment, I find it has gone particularly stale. There is no longer anyone that’s unique and innovative, I find it quite sad. 

Why has Mr Brightside never made no.1! The Goat of music

My top tier list right now

NO.1 Aftertaste cam holmes

no.2 rampage venbee

no.3 ghosting cat burns

no.4 beautiful things bensoon boone

no.5 lovers in a past life calvin harris ft rag n bone man

no.6 go cat burns

no.7 coming your way anne marie/micheal brun/ karol G

no.8 seven jungkook ft. latto

no.9 stick season - noah kahan

no.10 stars PNAU/bebe rexha/ozuna

Can Stick Season actually move to make some way for Sophie Ellis-Bextor? 🥺

my top 20 (18.2. 2024.)

1. NEW – ANNALISA – sinceramente

2. (1) TOM ODELL – loving you will be the death of me (2weeks at No.1)

3. (6) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB ft MATILDA MANN – fantasneeze

4. NEW – MAHMOOD – tuta gold

5. (2) BRITTANY HOWARD – prove it to you

6. (5) TAI VERDES – pipe down

7. (4) SPRINTS – heavy (1week at No.1)

8. (31) ZERB ft SOFIYA NZAU – mwaki

9. (3) TENTENDO x TAJ RALPH – out of sight (1week at No.1)

10. (30) ORBITAL ft DAVID HOLMES & DJ HELEN ft MIKE GARRY – tonight in Belfast

11. (11) NOAH KAHAN & SAM FENDER – homesick

12. (7) THE BLACK KEYS – beautiful people (stay high)

13. (17) ROYEL OTIS – velvet

14. (13) BRHYM ft BRUCE HORNSBY, yMUSIC –deep blue

15. (10) GORGON CITY ft BBYAFRICKA – biggest regret

16. (18) NORAH JONES – running

17. (35) GARY CLARK JR. – hyperwave

18. (22) JORDAN RAKEI – freedom

19. (20) JUSTICE & TAME IMPALA – one night/all night

20. (9) MGMT – nothing to declare

.........new songs at chart (top 45).......

37. NEW – THE BLESSED MADONNA ft CLEMENTINE DOUGLAS – happier

38. NEW – MARK KNIGHT & ARMAND VAN HELDEN – don't abuse it

39. NEW – DECLAN McKENNA – Mulholland's dinner and wine

also britney spears is making lots of news with her book & the things she says on her social media platforms.  i have her book & i'm actually a huge fan of hers and want nothing but the best for her BUT, i honestly think she's misleading her readers and not being completely honest about her past.  

for example, she says justin cheated on her the entire 4 yrs they were together...the problem i see with that is when they were both 17 *justin is a year older than her* both his mom & her mom accompanied them on tour until they were 18.  when both of their debut albums came out here in the states, britney & nsync toured together *each opened for each other* BUT their moms were there.  plus, she stayed with him the entire time.  meaning she could've broken up with him anytime she wanted.  and she says she heard RUMORS he was messing around, never really catching him or having any real proof. 

also she's not being honest about her relationship with wade robson, former choreographer for both her & nsync & justin's best friend back then.  in her book, she claims she only slept with wade ONE time, but it was a big news story back then.  wade's girlfriend back then, brandi jackson also michael jackson's niece, has given many interviews explaining all that revealing wade & britney were messing around for about a year.  also, wade's co-choreographer dan karati, also good friend to justin, backs brandi up 100%.  so i don't know.  

hey what's up mates!  i hear that perrie edwards from little mix is coming out with a new solo album, i just wanted to wish her the best.  if any of you have anymore info, pls. let me know.  

over here in america justin timberlake is coming out with a new album next month & going on tour.  usher, mariah, madonna & janet jackson are all on tour & going on tour soon.  lots of fun!

I won't give up hope on SE-B getting to No.1 just yet, keeping my fingers crossed that the physicals and singing at the BAFTAs on sunday might just be enough to do it. The awful Benson Boone seems ready to make the jump though.

If you count both issues of Murder On The Dancefloor, one more week and it equals the all time record for weeks at #2. Unless of course, it climbs!

Now for the funny bit where I rank the songs. A perfect opportunity for you to bicker over my choices, I s'pose.

THE CREAM OF THE CROP TIER:

The Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters [27]

Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten [14] (Please go in the Top 10 at one point. It's excruciating seeing this stall every week.)

Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD 'EM [9]

ALSO QUITE SNAZZY TIER:

Mason vs. Princess Superstar - Perfect (Exceeder) [35]

Noah Kahan ft. Sam Fender - Homesick [11] (The track from Stick Season it's OK to like.)

YG Marley - Praise Jah In The Moonlight [5]

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor [2]

Drake ft. Sexxy Redd & SZA - Rich Baby Daddy [26] (The best thing Drake's made since God's Plan. Not taking responses. 😎)

YUH UH. THAT IS A GOODIE TIER:

Kanye West/Ty Dolla $ign - BURN [17] (Actually a good song. Listen to it. Even though it's a paltry 111 seconds long.)

Ariana Grande - yes, and? [10] (I actually like this song now. Please don't overstay your welcome. The new version with Mariah Carey stinks though.)

Songer - Toxic [33]

Dua Lipa - Houdini [13] (Training Session needs to do better than this in order to justify her omnipresence.)

Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer [7] (Told you so.)

Sonny Fodera/MK - Asking [29]

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car [38] (If it isn't overplayed to death, I'd probably like it a little more.)

Noah Kahan - Stick Season [1]

IT'S FINE I GUESS OR SOMETHIN' TIER:

Fred Again.. & baby keem - leavemealone [21]

21 Savage - redrum [19]

Flo Milli - Never Lose Me [20]

Kanye West/Ty Dolla $ign - BACK TO ME [18]

Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me [28]

Zara Larsson & David Guetta - On My Love [30] (Some album boost >:( )

OK. THESE ARE UNDERWHELMING TIER:

Billy Gillies ft. Hannah Boleyn - DNA (Loving You) [22]

Kanye West/Ty Dolla $ign - CARNIVAL [12]

Tate McRae - greedy [8]

Noah Kahan - Forever [31]

cassö/RAYE/D-Block Europe - Prada [6]

Tate McRae - exes [25]

NOPE. I DISLIKE THIS A TON TIER:

Ella Henderson ft. Rudimental - Alibi [15]

Justin Timberlake - Selfish [39] (The backlash is starting to hit, huh. Who knew. :/ )

The Weeknd/Madonna/Playboi Carti - Popular [16]

Michael Marcagi - Scared To Start [32]

Zach Bryan & Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything [23]

Good Neighbours - Home [34] (So much for this song being any good.)

Wes Nelson ft. Craig David - Abracadabra [37] (Remember 2020? I don't.)

STOP CLICKING ON THESE SONGS, FOR MY SANITY'S SAKES TIER:

The Weeknd/JENNIE/Lily Rose Depp - One Of The Girls [36]

Benson Boone - Beautiful Things [3]

Kygo & Ava Max - Whatever [24] (What was the point of making this.)

Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang [40] (Whoever likes this song has cloth-ears. That includes every radio programmer ever.)

Teddy Swims - Lose Control [4] (At least he's down one. That's all that matters.)

Chart Review 16/02/24

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ATTENTION!! STUFF HAS HAPPENED!!The charts have officially been duped by some pretty famous sources this week, and it is my duty to track down each and every culprit. Even if it kills me.

You know the drill by now, I talk about any new entry I can find, whilst making disapproving comments about the Top 10, and pretending to care about certain artists to make it look like I'm trustworthy somewhat. But you know, that's kinda the thrill I get from doing these reviews. You never know what will breach the 40 nowadays, and this week is no exception.

In a week where two great British radio staples have abandoned us (Steve Wright for life reasons, and Jordan North because he can't be bothered), it feels potent to note that 4 of the 6 brand new names (plus 1 re-entrant for the japes) are the result of people not taking the releases dates seriously. And that's something not even a Made In Chelsea star can ruin. First up though, Noah Kahan is starting to get on my nerves. 7 weeks now for Sticky-Wicky-Flavoured-Seasoning and I am at the point where I'd be fine if someone else took over top spot by now. Only kidding of course. We all know it will be the intolerable Teddy Swims, or Benson Boone, another member of the "If I Make a Ballad, Everyone Will Like Me" class that just shouldn't run anymore. Especially given that Radio 2 have playlisted him now. The swines.

That isn't the only Kahan-related news for us to devour, as he felt like unleashing a pointless new version of his album, which inevitably results in one of the songs stabbing their way in for no reason. Forever is at 31, and is generic ballad stuff. At least he hasn't relied on someone else to get him there for once. You know, 1 out of 5 ain't bad, right? Right?RIGHT!?!?!?

Oh, and by the way, the album chart is just stupid this week. Nothing about it makes sense. Noah's at the top at the 36th attempt (I should be glad The Weeknd's Highlights has never made No.1.), midweek chart-leader Declan McKenna f***** it and enters at 3, Super Bowl-performer Usher's new one isn't even in the Top 20, and Zara Larsson's new one does so poorly (15) it causes On My Love to fall back down the chart. Honestly, you couldn't make it up. Oh, and Dizzee Rascal hasn't done very well, and The Last Dinner Party slip to 5. So you know, just your average week in the albums then.

At No.2 though, is a more controversial effort. Kanye West is the kinda guy that polarises opinion. On one hand, his early work is some of the finest hip-hop you will ever see, and he clearly still has that magic touch in today's market. On the other, well, he's an antisemitic jerk. Anything he does is bound to be problematic, and his first album of note since 2021's Donda fiasco is definitely one of 'em. Together with Ty Dolla $ign, he is a part of 'supergroup', erm... ¥$, and with it comes a debut efoort after what feels like FOREVER of teases and wheezes. Yeezy probably would've done better this week if he hadn't released said album on a Saturday, but that hasn't stopped the 3 hits he's allowed from creeping into the Top 20. Biggest of which is CARNIVAL, which starts with some sort of tribal chanting before dissolving into the usual tripe. Then there's BURN, which is too good to mention on print, so go listen to it for yourself. Oh, and BACK TO ME is Travis Scott's HYAENA but not as good. There, that's your essential Vultures 1 recap. I couldn't care less about this album. 12, 17, and 18 are the positions for these. Now to never mention these songs again. Presumably.

Apparently he's releasing a trilogy of Vultures every month, so good luck trying to make heads or tails of Kanye after this. Funny, it's been 20 years since he first charted with Through A Wire, a song where he raps with he jaw wired shut after a car accident. Did anyone think that back then, he would still be finding new ways to confuse us? Breathe if yes.

I didn't breathe, because I was not alive in 2004.

And in other news, Beyoncé's making country music. What do you mean you hadn't noticed? Come on, admit it, you're shocked as well. After popping up on a Super Bowl ad flogging Verzion communications, Ms. Knowles decided to jump lump two new songs out on Monday and hope for the best, announcing RENAISSANCE II to boot. Lesser effort 16 CARRIAGES narrowly fails to make the 40, down at 44, but most headlines will be spotlighted on TEXAS HOLD 'EM, mainly because Beyoncé has succumed to the great Morgan Wallen in the sky and has made a country song. Sorry, did I say country? I meant cowboy. 'Cause this is the most rowdy, gold-tinted, rootin-tootin banjo-fuelled effort to stab the Top 10 since Noah & The Whale's 5 Years Time. I think. Then again, that was 16 years ago, so I don't blame you for forgetting. Anyways, the streams for this have been RIDICULOUS, and so TEXAS HOLD 'EM shoots in at 9, at a stroke giving her a 22nd Top 10 hit, and preparing her for a crazy battle for the top next week. Given it's currently second to Noah Kahan's albatross of a smash, expect a duel to the death next week. In more ways than one.

By the way, Cruel Summer has now spent 25 weeks in the Top 10, and I am somehow OK with it. Maybe it's the salty tears I enjoyed after the Super Bowl, but it's probably just me. Not like I cared about the Kansas City Chiefs or anything, but it felt really smug to see them win again. Stuff that, 49ers!

The only other new entry is a poor, poor effort from one of pop's backmarkers. Love Island's finest Wes Nelson burst onto the scene with mad Top 3 success See Nobody, as has struggled to follow it up ever since. Only 2021's Nice To Meet Ya has breached the 40 in the past few years. You can probably alter that fact with the entry of Abracadabra, which sees Wes and Craig David noodle about for a couple minutes. And it SOOKS. I would say the other word, but apparently you can't say, well, SUX, so I've settled for SOOKS instead. If anything, that'll be my new catchphrase. What was I on about? Oh yeah, Wes Nelson. There's a good reason it's entered at 37, and it ain't because of the excess of purple on the cover.

Oh, and YG Marley has broke into the Top 5. Amazing scenes for reggae and all, but I feel like he's gonna be ignored this week, what will Beyoncé and all that. Maybe he can top the charts once ACR eventually shoots Noah Kahan stone dead.

And who could forget the Grammys, eh? Miley Cyrus nabbing Best Song (not enough for the Top 40, silly!), Taylor Swift winning everything but the autocue, Killer Mike grabbing three, then immediately getting arrested. Just your average awards ceremony then. Also there was Luke Combs, whose Top 30 cover of Fast Car inevitably meant he'd duet with the real Tracy Chapman, who is somehow still going. Good ol' Tracy turns 60 this year, and with this performance an ACR reset shoves Fast Car right back in at 38, it's first Top 100 spotting since 2015 and it's first Top 40 appearance since the great BGT harassment of 2011. Still a 1-hit wonder though.

Outside 'Da Best-Sellaz', and K-Trap, he of Warm fame, limps to 47 with Heaven and , clearly learning that iTunes success doesn't mean anything in this economy. Kenya Grace officially slips out for realsies, Radio 1 favourite Madison Beer finally makes chart inroads, with Make You Mine debuting at 50. Seriously, they've played Sweet Relief more than anyone else ever. NewEra go up to 55, which is definitely not confidence-derailing, Sia & Kylie's hotly-tipped collaboration is a flop, missing the mark by loads at 60, R&B loner Muni Long is at 62, the Hazbin Hotel tracks aren't Top 40 worthy it seems, Spotify Viral 50 challenger Shy Smith is new at 77, Megan Thee Stallion suddenly tiptoes heavily down to 89, and 100 sees the debut of DJO, whose TikTok-fuelled 2022 single End Of Beginning sneaks in at the bottom. Just a shame that I don't care about it.

Next week is one of those Guess Who? moments, as you attempt to wonder what artists will be in the 40 next time. Like Dua Lipa, whose follow-up to Houdini is called Training Session, and will be competing against Calvin Harris's latest dud, Dermot Kennedy 5-and-a-half minute opus, Clavish's rappy rap-rap, Vampire Weekend's grand return, and good old Potter Payper for chart supremacy. The albums will witness Kim Petras, IDLES, and Paloma Faith all clock each other with AK-47s and plan to assassinate each other in a way that sees no one come out on top. See you then.

(P.S. Just a few more weeks and The Killer's Mr. Brightside will have a spent a grand total of 400 weeks in the UK Top 100. Doesn't that make you feel great about the society at large? Doesn't it!?)

shame to see Never Lose Me falling already

Top 10 of the week!

RE 01 Zara Larsson - Can’t Tame Her 1 (x1) 33

04 02 Mason vs Princess Superstar - Perfect (Exceeder) 2 06

05 03 Charlotte Plank - Rage 3 02

02 04 Becky Hill ft Sonny Fodera - Never Be Alone 1 (x2) 04

03 05 Ella Henderson ft Rudimental - Alibi 2 05

01 06 Tate McRae - exes 1 (x1) 13

30 07 Zara Larsson - You Love Who You Love 7 04

09 08 Flo Milli - Never Lose Me 8 05

07 09 Lauren Ashleigh - Touch Me - Final Cutt Collective Radio Edit 7 14

NE 10 Jax Jones ft Zoe Wees - Never Be Lonely 10 01

also i finally got shouted out during the chart today lmao

aghh murder on the Dancefloor really deserves to go #1, it’s got the physicals for next week but I’m scared ACR is going to take it and I don’t think it has enough to go to the top anyway :(

great to see TEXAS HOLD ‘EM straight into the top 10 with only a partial tracking week!! also BURN really shocked me with how much I actually kinda liked it, haven’t heard the other Kanye songs though and I probably wont

can we please not make Abracadabra a thing?? please??

end of beginning at 100! late entry but let’s make this a hit, djo deserves it

not mitski on acr?? 😭😭 we really lost the objective best song in the top 40

• congrats to noah for doing the double! sad declan didn’t get the number 1 album though

• haven’t heard the beyonce country song but i don’t have high hopes. i love bey, but not the genre.

• and please spare me from the three kanye songs. we really let the n*zi chart! burn was the only good song from that album. bring back old kanye

• yg marley in the top 5 is nice

• we need to let go of a lot of these songs with excessive staying power, ESPECIALLY greedy

• well done to tracy chapman for the top 40 re-entry! always a classic

Chart rankings will make their return next week. In the meantime, my own chart is looking very nostalgic with EIGHT throwbacks in the Top 10!

#1: Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Murder On The Dancefloor (+3)   [New No.1!] 🇬🇧 (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

#2: FLETCHER – Eras Of Us (-1) 🇺🇸

#3: Kungs vs Cookin On 3 Burners – This Girl (+11) 🇫🇷 / 🇦🇺

#4: Mason vs Princess Superstar – Perfect (Exceeder) (+7) 🇳🇱 / 🇺🇸

#5: M-22 ft Medina – First Time (+25) 🇬🇧 (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)🇩🇪 / 🇩🇰

#6: Bad Computer & Danyka Nadeau – Chasing Clouds (-4) 🇦🇺 / 🇨🇦

#7: Rihanna ft Calvin Harris – We Found Love (+26) 🇧🇧 / 🇬🇧 (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿)

#8: Mr Probz – Waves (Robin Schulz Remix) (-2) 🇳🇱 / 🇩🇪

#9: Shakira – Whenever, Wherever (-1) 🇨🇴

#10: Coldplay – Viva La Vida (+28) 🇬🇧 (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

Full chart on Crown Note: https://www.crownnote.com/charts/piran/pirans-top-50-209

Full chart on BuzzJack: www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=269435

Sophie Ellis-Bextor may not have gone to #1 in the UK but at least she managed to do it here. :)

kero kero bonito score the double on my personal charts!

1. flyway - kero kero bonito
2. codeine crazy - future
3. you didn’t know - erika henningsen, jessica vosk, patina miller, shoba narayan, stephanie beatriz, alex brightman 😈
4. a/b machines - sleigh bells
5. i know it won’t work - gracie abrams
6. kno ya wrong - schoolboy q & lance skiiiwater
7. swimming - kero kero bonito
8. bubbly - good kid
9. loser, baby - keith david (husk) & blake roman (angel dust) 😈
10. in this darkness - clara la san
11. outside - kero kero bonito
12. make believe - kero kero bonito
13. iz-us - aphex twin
14. evil - melanie martinez
15. mama - my chemical romance
16. more than anything - jeremy jordan (lucifer), erika henningsen (charlie) 😈
17. ghost hardware - burial
18. betty - taylor swift
19. last words of a shooting star - mitski
20. zero>>nova>>blossom>>___ - machine girl
21. nights - frank ocean
22. air war - crystal castles
23. kids - sleigh bells
24. brooklyn baby - lana del rey
25. oh no :: he said what? - nothing but thieves

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top 10 albums:

1. time n place - kero kero bonito
2. good riddance - gracie abrams
3. treats - sleigh bells
4. crystal castles - crystal castles
5. 1989 (taylor’s version) - taylor swift
6. prelude to ecstasy - the last dinner party
7. famous last words - casisdead
8. civilisation - kero kero bonito
9. american dream - 21 savage
10. untrue - burial

Very pleased that Tracy Chapman’s original version of ‘Fast Car’ returned so high in the chart following her incredible performance of it at the Grammys. Its first Top 40 appearance since July 2011! ❤️

Not related to the charts as such, but RIP to Radio 2 (and, to a lesser extent, Radio 1) legend Steve Wright who sadly passed away on Monday! 🙏

What’s even more of a shock is that he literally broadcast an episode of his iconic Sunday Love Songs the day before his passing and showed no signs of being seriously ill. My thoughts are with his family, friends, fans and former colleagues at this difficult time. :/

Beyoncé deciding to take on country was a massive surprise for me but definitely a good one. I really liked ‘Texas Hold Em’ in particular so amazing to see it in the Top 10 with only part of a tracking week! 😊

Shame to see ‘My Love Mine All Mine’ on ACR but the fact it’s now spent around five months in the chart and gave Mitski her first Top 10 single in the UK is incredible. Hope she can get even more hits here in the future!

Disappointed that ‘HISS’ crashed down the chart like that though but not surprised at the same time.