Official U.K. Singles Chart
Sabrina Carpenter is on course to secure her third consecutive week at No. 1 on the U.K. Official Singles Chart with her sweet single âTaste.â
According to the latest midweek chart blast, Carpenter continues to dominate the chart landscape, but Linkin Park is proving to be a formidable contender with their new single âThe Emptiness Machine,â which currently holds the No. 2 position.
Should it hold on, âThe Emptiness Machineâ would mark Linkin Parkâs highest chart position in the U.K., surpassing their previous peak of No. 6 with the 2007 single âWhat Iâve Done.â
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The track marks the bandâs first release in seven years and introduces new vocalist Emily Armstrong alongside original members Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Phoenix, and Joe Hahn.
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In a recent interview with Billboard, Armstrong reflected on her newly-appointed position as co-vocalist for Linkin Park, saying, âThere is so much to this band â this is a very, very important band to this world. And the integrity of the band was really helpful in keeping me grounded.â
âThere were so many of those moments where it was like, âHoly sât,â when you talk about the size of the shows, stuff like that. Iâm on cloud nine, but then it hits you that thereâs a lot of work to be done.â
Linkin Parkâs strong midweek performance has garnered attention, but Carpenterâs grip on the charts remains strong.
In addition to âTasteâ at No. 1, her singles âEspressoâ and âPlease Please Pleaseâ are also holding firm in the Top 5, sitting at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively.
Elsewhere in the chart, Lady Gaga and Bruno Marsâ ballad âDie With A Smileâ has made notable progress, climbing into the Top 5 for the first time, now sitting at No. 5. Meanwhile, Sonny Foderaâs dance anthem âSomedaysâ has seen a rise to No. 9, marking its first entry into the Top 10.
Despite Linkin Parkâs impressive debut, it seems increasingly likely that Carpenter could secure another week at the summit of the U.K. Official Singles Chart, continuing her reign as a chart-topping pop star.
Stay tuned when all is revealed on the U.K. Official Charts on Friday, Sept. 13.
Finally! Weâre well into August and it took up until this week for a British act to reach No. 1 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart in 2024.
Charli XCX achieves the feat as her remix of âGuess,â featuring Billie Eilish, debuts at No. 1. Itâs the first song by a British artist to top the Official U.K. Singles Chart since Wham!âs 1984 holiday perennial âLast Christmasâ wrapped up a four-week run at No. 1 over the 2023 holidays. Since then, the No. 1 spot on the U.K. chart was held by seven American acts and one Irish act (Hozier, who led for two weeks with âToo Sweetâ).
Sabrina Carpenter has held the top spot on the Official U.K. Singles Chart for a total of 12 weeks (so far) in 2024 â seven for âEspressoâ and five for âPlease Please Please.â The other hits by American acts that have topped the U.K. chart so far in 2024 are Noah Kahanâs âStick Seasonâ (seven weeks), BeyoncĂŠâs âTexas Hold âEmâ (five weeks), Benson Booneâs âBeautiful Thingsâ (two weeks), Taylor Swift feat. Post Maloneâs âFortnightâ (one week) and Eminemâs âHoudiniâ (two weeks).
âGuessâ becomes Charliâs second No. 1 in the U.K. â and her first as a lead artist. She first topped the chart in 2013 as the featured artist on Icona Popâs âI Love It.â
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âGuessââŻis the third U.K. chart-topper for Eilish, which is two more than she has had in her home country. (âBad Guyâ remains her only No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 to date.) Moreover, âGuessâ is Eilishâs first U.K. No. 1 that wasnât from a film. Her two previous U.K. No. 1s are âNo Time to Dieâ (2020) and âWhat Was I Made For?â (2023), her Oscar-winning songs from the James Bond film of the same name and Barbie, respectively.
âGuessâ first appeared on the deluxe edition of Charli XCXâs album Brat, dubbed Brat and Itâs the Same but Thereâs Three More Songs So Itâs Not.
âGuessâ has yet to appear on the Billboard Hot 100, but, writing in the weekly Trending Up column, Jason Lipshutz suggests that that will soon change: âDonât be shocked if âGuessâ crashes the top 20 of the Hot 100 next week.â
Chappell Roanâs first full-length album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, reaches No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart in its 17th week. Thatâs higher than the album has climbed on the Billboard 200, where it inches up to No. 4 this week, its highest ranking to date.
Roan is the ninth American artist to reach No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums chart in 2024, following Green Day, Kahan, Ariana Grande, BeyoncĂŠ, Swift, Eilish, Gracie Abrams and Eminem.
It looks like Sabrina Carpenterâs reign on the Official U.K. Singles Chart with âPlease Please Pleaseâ isnât ending anytime soon.
Projections indicate sheâll hold the No. 1 spot for a fourth consecutive week. Meanwhile, her former chart-topper âEspressoâ remains steady at No. 2 in the midweek update.
But watch out Sabrina â Shaboozey is shaking things up! His single âA Bar Song (Tipsy)â â which famously interpolates J-Kwonâs 2004 smash âTipsyâ â is currently just over 1,000 chart units behind Carpenter, sitting pretty at No. 3.
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With such a narrow gap, could Shaboozey finally sip his way to the top?
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The track debuted at No. 41 on the Official Singles Chart, climbed to No. 16 the following week, and gave Shaboozey his first U.K. Top 10 single a week later when it rose to No. 6.
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Meanwhile, British breakout star Myles Smith is aiming high with his track âStargazing.â The single is set to leap two spots to No. 4, marking his highest chart position to date. Smith first appeared on the Official U.K. Singles Chart with his 2024 single âSolo,â which peaked at No. 69. His debut EP, You Promised A Lifetime, reached No. 30 on the Official Albums Downloads Chart.
Following their show-stopping headline slot at Glastonbury Festival, Coldplayâs latest track âfeelslikeimfallinginloveâ is on a sky-high trajectory, projected to reach a new peak in the top 20, landing at No. 12.
Meanwhile, Shadyâs back (back again), as Eminem returns with his new track âTobeyâ featuring Big Sean and Babytron, from his forthcoming album The Death of Slim Shady. âTobeyâ is climbing a whopping 59 places to No. 17.
It follows the success of Eminemâs previous single âHoudini,â which marked his 11th U.K. No. 1 single in June 2024.
âHoudiniâ was the Detroit rapperâs first fully solo No. 1 since âToy Soldiersâ in 2005 and his first U.K. chart-topper since 2020âs âGodzilla,â featuring Juice WRLD.
Dave and Central Cee do it again as âSprinterâ (via Live Yours/Neighbourhood) wins the U.K. chart race for a second week.
âSprinterâ opened its account with an all-time volume of streams for a rap song in the U.K., and the biggest opening week so far in 2023.
The British hip-hop collaboration secures another week in charge with the Split Decision release, while tracks from the EP, âTrojan Horse,â up 14-12, and âUK Rap,â up 17-14, are on the climb for new peaks.
âSprinterâ outpaces J Hus and Drakeâs âWho Told Youâ (Black Butter/OVO/Republic), new at No. 2 for the highest debut this week. Thatâs a new career-best and fourth top 10 single for British rapper J Hus (real name: Momodou Lamin Jallow), and a 13th top tier appearance for Drake. âWho Told Youâ had briefly taken the lead during the early phases of the chart cycle.
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The podium is completed by Calvin Harris and Ellie Gouldingâs former chart-dominating rave monster âMiracleâ (Columbia), down 2-3.
Elsewhere on the latest Official U.K. Singles Chart, published June 16, British drum ânâ bass act Rudimental grab their highest-charting single since 2018, as âDancing is Healingâ (Room Two) featuring Charlotte Plank and Vibe Chemistry, lifts 8-6. Itâs Rudimentalâs fifth U.K. top 10.
Australiaâs âPrincess of Popâ Kylie Minogue claims her first top 10 in over a decade, as âPadam Padamâ (BMG) lifts 11-9, for her 35th top 10 appearance.
With that effort, Kylie becomes just the fourth female solo artist to snag a U.K. top 10 single across five consecutive decades, doing so in the â80s, â90s, â00s, 2010s and â20s. She now draws level with Cher, Lulu and Diana Ross, all of whom bagged 10 hits in the â60s, â70s, â80s, â90s and â00s.
The catchy EDM number is Kylieâs first appearance in the top 10 since her 2011 collab with Taio Cruz and Travie McCoy, âHigher,â which reached No. 8. Her last solo song to get there was 2010âs âAll The Lovers,â which peaked at No. 3.
Kylieâs hitmaking prowess is legendary. In November 2020, when her 15th studio album Disco shimmied its way to No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, Minogue became the first female artist to lead the tally in five consecutive decades.
Dave and Central Ceeâs âSprinterâ (via Live Yours/Neighbourhood) does just like its namesake, as it bolts to the U.K. No. 1 in record-setting fashion.
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The hip-hop collaboration scores the biggest streaming week ever for a rap song in the U.K., the Official Charts Company reports, for Daveâs third leader and Central Ceeâs first.
The outright leader at the midweek point, âSprinterâ races to 108,200 chart sales, according to the charts compiler, for the biggest opening of 2023. That sum includes 13.4 million streams, for the biggest-ever week for a rap single, beating Stormzyâs âVossi Bopâ which accumulated 12.7 million streams in one cycle back in May 2019.
Thatâs the biggest opening week for streams since Adeleâs âEasy On Meâ posted 24 million plays in its first seven days in October 2021.
Previously, Dave hit the summit with 2018âs âFunky Fridayâ with Fredo and in 2022 with âStarlight,â while Central Ceeâs previous best was a No. 2 peak for 2022âs âDoja.â
âSprinterâ also nabs a piece of chart history in Australia, by coming the first U.K. rap single to debut at No. 1 on the ARIA Chart.
Itâs one of three top 20 U.K. debuts from Dave and Central Ceeâs surprise EP drop, Split Decision, as âTrojan Horseâ gallops to No. 14 and âUK Rapâ is new at No. 17.
Meanwhile, Swedenâs 2023 Eurovision champ Loreen taps a well of energy on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, published Friday, June 9, as âTattooâ (Polydor) bounces 10-7 in its fourth week on the tally, while Rudimental improves 11-8 with âDancing Is Healingâ (Room Two) featuring Charlotte Plank and Vibe Chemistry, for the British drum & bass actâs first top 10 single in five years.
Kylie Minogue is within a whisker of the top 10 with her comeback track âPadam Padamâ (BMG). The Aussie pop princessâ electro-pop cut lifts 23-12 for her highest-charting single in the U.K. since âHigher with Taio Cruzâ went to No. 8 in 2011.
The queen of pop, Madonna, bags a 72nd top 40 appearance with âPopularâ (Republic Records/XO), her collaboration with the Weeknd and Playboi Carti. Lifted from HBOâs The Idol, the new cut bows at No. 21 for Madonnaâs highest-charting U.K. single since âCelebrationâ reached No. 3 in 2009. Itâs the Weekndâs 34th top 40 appearance, and Playboiâs second.
Finally, Dundee, Scotland DJ Hannah Laing and vocalist RoRo has the biggest gainer in the U.K. with âGood Loveâ (WUGD), up 63-22.
Loreen very nearly made it two wins in the space of a week.
Swedenâs representative at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest won by a landslide with âTattooâ. And in the U.K., âTattooâ (via UMG International) has made a big impression with music fans, as it gathered momentum through the chart week.
âTattooâ debuts at No. 2 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, published last Friday (May 19), in a tight race won by Calvin Harris and Ellie Gouldingâs âMiracleâ (Columbia).
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According to the Official Charts Company, âMiracleâ clocked up a market-leading 5.1 million U.K. streams during the latest seven-day stretch, for its sixth non-consecutive week at No. 1.
Meanwhile, Loreen lands a new career high, beating the No. 3 best for âEuphoria,â her winning entry from the 2012 Eurovision.
âTattooâ leads a ârecord-breakingâ charge for Eurovision songs in the U.K. top 10, the OCC reports, as Finland act Käärijäâs âCha Cha Chaâ (No. 6 via WM Finland), U.K. entry Mae Mullerâs âI Wrote A Songâ (up 45-9 via Capitol) and Norway singer Alessandraâs âQueen of Kingsâ (No. 10 via Universal Music AS) all enter the top tier for the first time, following the recent song contest, the final of which took place held at May 13 at Liverpoolâs M&S Arena.
Further down the list, Chicago hip-hop artist Lil Durk bags his third U.K. top 40 appearance as âAll My Lifeâ (Ministry of Sound) featuring J Cole starts at No. 17, while east coast drill rapper Lil Mabu cracks the top 40 for the first time with âMathematical Disrespectâ (Lil Mabu), new at No. 27.
Finally, two songs are enjoying revivals for totally different reasons. Florence + The Machineâs âDog Days Are Overâ (Island), which appeared on the English actâs 2009 album Lungs, is on the rise following its sync to Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3. Itâs up 27-21.
And as the U.K. leg of her Renaissance World Tour gets underway, Beyonceâs âCuff Itâ (Columbia/Parkwood Ent) reenters the chart at No. 24.
Itâs another chart miracle in the U.K., as Calvin Harris and Ellie Gouldingâs throwback rave number bags a fifth non-consecutive week at No. 1. According to the Official Charts Company, âMiracleâ (via Columbia) is once again the most-streamed track of the week in the U.K., with 5.1 million plays, to lord over the chart published May 12. […]
With Fifty Fiftyâs âCupidâ soaring into the U.K. top 10, South Koreaâs latest pop export snags a slice of U.K. chart history.
On the latest Official U.K. Singles Chart, published May 5, âCupidâ improves 18-9, giving Fifty Fifty honors as the first K-pop girl group to appear in the top 10.
True, BlackPink has smashed various records, and chalked up eight U.K. top 40 appearances along the way.
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In the U.K., however, their best showing on the national singles tally is No. 17 for âSour Candyâ their 2020 collaboration with Lady Gaga. BlackPink does, however, boast a No. 1 on the U.K. Albums Chart with 2022âs Born Pink, and a No. 2 peak for 2020âs The Album.
Comprising Aran, Keena, Saena and Sio, Fifty Fifty was formed in 2022 by South Korean entertainment agency ATTRAKT.
The track caught fire on TikTok, where it has generated more than 8 million TikTok videos, and views on the short-video platform are at about 12 billion.
As âCupidâ opened its wings and took flight on sales and consumption charts last month, Warner Records/Warner Music Group Korea announced a partnership for the group.
Australians, meanwhile, are officiallysmitten with âCupidâ. The track zooms 6-2 on the latest ARIA Chart, also published last Friday. Blackpink already has its flag planted in the land Down Under; their Born Pink hit âPink Venomâ blasted to No. 1 there last August.
Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding keep the good times rolling, as âMiracleâ (via Columbia) rules the U.K. survey for a fourth non-consecutive week.
The throwback â90s club tune continues to rack-up a market-leading volume of streams, bagging 5.4 million over the latest chart cycle, the Official Charts Company reports.
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âMiracleâ matches Gouldingâs 2015âs release âLove Me Like You Doâ for her longest reigning U.K. leader. Itâs still a month off equalling Harrisâ eight-week reign with âOne Kiss,â his 2018 collaboration with Dua Lipa.
Meanwhile, David Kushnerâs âDaylightâ (Miserable Music) holds at No. 2 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, published May 5, while Libiancaâs Afrobeats sensation âPeopleâ (5K) lifts 4-3.
Another club tune dances up the chart this week â Switch Discoâs âReactâ (Relentless) featuring Ella Henderson, and sampling Robert Milesâ mid-â90s dream-house classic âChildrenâ. âReactâ lifts 8-7, for a new high.
Close behind, âCupidâ (Attrakt) opens its wings and gives K-pop girl group Fifty Fifty a new chart high â and a piece of history. The slick pop production flies 18-9, giving the four-piece honors as the first K-pop girl group to crack the U.K. top 10.
Blackpink has set all manner of records, and accumulated eight U.K. top 40 appearances along the way. However, their best effort on the national singles tally is No. 17 for âSour Candy,â their 2020 collaboration with Lady Gaga. Blackpink does, though, boast a No. 1 on the U.K. Albums Chart with 2022âs Born Pink, and a No. 2 best for 2020âs The Album.
Finally, London rapper Nines grabs his first U.K. top 10 as âTony Soprano 2â (Warner Records) lifts 11-10. Itâs one of three numbers from his new album Crop Circle 2 to make an impression on the top 40, as âCalendarâ opens at No. 19 for the highest debut on the latest survey, while âFavelaâ featuring J Styles is new at No. 34, lifting Ninesâ tally of U.K. top 40 hits to five.
You can call it a tight, a nail-biter, or âmiraculous,â but the result is the same â Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding are back at the U.K. chart summit.
Harris and Gouldingâs âMiracleâ (via Columbia) lifts 2-1 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart for a third non-consecutive week, doing so just 267 chart units ahead of David Kushnerâs âDaylightâ (Miserable Music), according to the Official Charts Company. Kushnerâs viral hit lifts 3-2 for a new high, while Lewis Capaldiâs former leader âWish You The Bestâ (Vertigo) is down 1-3, completing the podium.
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The close call for âMiracleâ is one for the record books, placing it in the all-time list.
You wonât find many narrower margins in the 68 years of Official Chart history, though few races have come down to the wire quite like the 2007 photo-finish which saw Timbalandâs âThe Way I Areâ pull ahead of Kate Nashâs Foundations by just 16 copies.
Also notable on the latest chart, published April 28, is Switch Discoâs âReactâ (Relentless), which lifts 12-8 for the dance actâs first appearance in the U.K. top 10. The track features vocals from Ella Henderson and samples from Robert Milesâ classic mid-â90s house number âChildren.â
Just missing out on the top 10 is London rapper Nines with âTony Soprano 2â (Warner Records), new at No. 11. Itâs his first top 20, and third top 40 appearance overall. And itâs the weekâs top debut.
Further down the list is The Weeknd and Futureâs latest collaboration, âDouble Fantasyâ (Republic Records), lifted from the Weekndâs HBO show The Idol. Itâs new at No. 14.
K-pop girl group Fifty Fifty is flapping it wings with âCupidâ (ATTRAKT) up 26-18, while David Guetta, Anne-Marie and Coi Lerayâs âBaby Donât Hurt Meâ (Parlophone), which interpolates Haddawayâs â90s club classic, improves 23-19.
Meanwhile, HStikkytokky and General G bag a top 40 debut with âTwustâ (Hstikkytokky & General G), new at No. 21 and Rayeâs Flip A Switchâ (Human Re Sources) leaps 48-35, thanks to new remix featuring Coi Leray.
Finally, Kim Petras and Nicki Minaj crack the top 40 with âAloneâ (Republic Records), sampling Alice Deejayâs 1999 house track âBetter Off Alone.â Itâs new at No. 37, for Petrasâ second top 40, following last yearâs leader âUnholy,â with Sam Smith; and Minajâs 42nd.