In a surprise to no one, “The Middle” stays at #1 for a fourth week due to a late-week burst from Emm!e and Emily. Iggy Azalea earns her first top five single as “Savior” surges 11 spots to #3. Hayley Kiyoko continues her breakthrough as she also jumps 11 spots to #4. Elsewhere in the top ten, Ellie Goulding earns her first with “Vincent,” as it skips 11-9 in its 2nd week. Normani becomes just the 2nd Fifth Harmony member to get a top ten as her duet with Khalid, “Love Lies,” jumps 7 spots to #10.
The lone debut in the top ten is Fedde Le Grand’s “Let Me Think About It” with Ida Corr, a Danish club song from 2007. Although it’s 11 years old, this dance club banger debut is powered by the electric short program skate by Adam Rippon at the PyeongChang Olympics. While it may not have won him an individual medal, it won him a coveted spot in pop culture and on the Braintree Top 40.
Emm!e kept “HUMBLE.” from taking a tumble out of the chart as it clings to a #27 placement. She also teamed up with Emily again to keep Liam Payne & Rita Ora’s “For You (Fifty Shades Freed)” at #7 this week. While Daina continued to support “IDGAF,” she also tacked on two re-entries to the end of the chart with previous chart-topper “This Is Love” and the #5-peaking “Bad Habits.” Celina still had scrobbling issues but they look to be fixed, so watch out next week for a possible Celina invasion! Breagh branched out this week and not only kept The Sheepdogs on, but also kept “Finesse” and “New Rules” from leaving as they chart at #29 and #34, respectively.
It was Emily that proved to be the heavy-hitter this week as she had the Braintree Top 40 Spotify playlist on repeat. While she provided a boost to most of the songs on the chart, her major contribution came to Betty Who’s “Ignore Me” which would have fallen off had Emily not stepped in. Instead, “Ignore Me” comes in at #28.
Next week, we’re looking at new singles from Janelle Monáe, Post Malone, and Celina’s favorite, Sigala! We also see the release of Vance Joy’s latest album which could see some action next week. 5 Seconds of Summer and Imagine Dragons also released singles as well. Who will take out “The Middle” and can Celina finally get back into the game and give Sigala a #1 debut? Find out next week!
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