While she loses a couple chart entries after her akbum release, Ariana Grande is still having a great week as "7 rings" returns to the top spot for a 2nd week while "break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored" skips to #5, giving her the most top fives in Braintree history. She previously held the record with Troye Sivan. Janelle Monae continues her rebound from the GRAMMYs as "Make Me Feel" becomes her highest peaking song to-date at #2. "Dancing with a Stranger" gives Sam Smith his first top five and Normani her 2nd after another duet, "Love Lies," hit #5 last year. Thanks to Emm!e, Lauv & Julia Michaels both get their 3rd top ten with "There's No Way". Lauv also has "i'm so tired..." with Troye Sivan at #4 this week.
Just outside of the top ten, we have another Ariana Grande song, "NASA," banging on the top ten's door. Will it do so next week or will it begin to falter as the lustre wears off the album? Emily brought Bebe Rexha's new single, "Last Hurrah," all the way up to #15. Emily also gets Zedd & Katy Perry to debut at #32 with "365". After that, there are three entries influenced by Emm!e as "WHY," "The Reason," and "Good Love" all debut at #33, 34, and 35, respectively.
While they debuted low on the chart, at #38 and 39, "Love Me Anyway" and "Please Me" have the hype and pedigree to challenge for the top spot in the coming weeks. "Love Me Anyway" is by one of Braintree's favourite Australian singers, Conrad Sewell, and looks to better the #6 peak "Healing Hands" hit back in August. "Please Me" is the latest collaboration between Cardi B & Bruno Mars who hit #1 with their previous song, "Finesse" last year. While "Please Me" doesn't look to be a contender for the summit, it can still crack the top ten with a bit of backing from the rest of Braintree.
Next week, we see the release of new singles from P!nk, John Mayer, Hilltop Hoods, and Benjamin Ingrosso as well a new duet from James Bay & Julia Michaels. We also see a release from Adam Lambert, who is opening the 91st Academy Awards this weekend with Queen. Will Lauv somehow snag yet another top ten with this new duet? Can Ariana continue to run pop or will Janelle Monae make a triumphant climb to the top after first debuting almost exactly a year ago? Find out next week on the Braintree Top 40!
Here is this week's Bubbling Under:
1. Funk Machine - Something
2. Midnight Kids - Find Our Way - Feenixpawl Remix
3. Betty Who - Language
4. Yungblud - 11 Minutes (w/ Halsey feat. Travis Barker)
5. Years & Years & MNEK - Valentino
Braintree Top 40 Stats // Braintree Top 40 Spotify Playlist // Braintree #1s Spotify Playlist // Braintree Top 100 of ALL-TIME
- Number 1 Up by 1Peak1 (for 2 weeks)Weeks5
- Number 2 Up by 5Peak2Weeks9
- Number 3 Up by 9Peak3Weeks6
- Number 4 Up by 1Peak2Weeks5
- Number 5 Up by 4Peak5Weeks2
- Number 6 Debut
There's No Way
Lauv ft. featuring Julia Michaels
Peak6Weeks1 - Number 7 Down by 6
Nothing Breaks Like a Heart
Mark Ronson ft. featuring Miley Cyrus
From the album: Late Night Feelings
Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks12 - Number 8 Down by 2Peak1 (for 2 weeks)Weeks6
- Number 9 Up by 1Peak9Weeks3
- Number 10 Down by 2Peak3Weeks6
- Number 11 Up by 5Peak11Weeks2
- Number 12 Down by 8Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks12
- Number 13 Down by 10Peak3Weeks2
- Number 14Peak14Weeks2
- Number 15 DebutPeak15Weeks1
- Number 16 Down by 3Peak1 (for 6 weeks)Weeks16
- Number 17 Down by 2Peak9Weeks11
- Number 18 Down by 1Peak7Weeks5
- Number 19 Up by 2Peak19Weeks3
- Number 20 Up by 4Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks13
- Number 21 Up by 7
Sunflower
From the album: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Hollywood's Bleeding
Peak2Weeks16 - Number 22 Down by 3Peak7Weeks7
- Number 23 Down by 1Peak22Weeks2
- Number 24 Up by 3Peak4Weeks13
- Number 25 DebutPeak25Weeks1
- Number 26 Up by 5Peak26Weeks2
- Number 27 Down by 9Peak12Weeks7
- Number 28 Down by 8Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks16
- Number 29 Down by 6Peak23Weeks2
- Number 30 Down by 5Peak25Weeks2
- Number 31 Up by 3Peak1 (for 2 weeks)Weeks22
- Number 32 DebutPeak32Weeks1
- Number 33 DebutPeak33Weeks1
- Number 34 DebutPeak34Weeks1
- Number 35 DebutPeak35Weeks1
- Number 36 Down by 10Peak1 (for 2 weeks)Weeks25
- Number 37 Down by 8Peak12Weeks16
- Number 38 DebutPeak38Weeks1
- Number 39 DebutPeak39Weeks1
- Number 40 DebutPeak40Weeks1
- Number 11 DropoutPeak10Weeks3
- Number 30 Dropout
Good Form
Nicki Minaj ft. featuring Lil Wayne
Peak30Weeks1 - Number 32 DropoutPeak32Weeks1
- Number 33 DropoutPeak33Weeks1
- Number 35 DropoutPeak26Weeks2
- Number 36 DropoutPeak3Weeks8
- Number 37 DropoutPeak33Weeks3
- Number 38 DropoutPeak37Weeks2
- Number 39 DropoutPeak39Weeks2
- Number 40 DropoutPeak40Weeks1