These are basically my 40 favourite songs! Updated weekly. The rule is that each song has to have been in either the Official UK Top 40 or the Vodafone Big Top 40. Enjoy!
This week, Camila Cabello finally equals her own 15-week record with Never Be The Same. I say 'finally' - I never thought this record could be equalled or broken - but to be honest, this has been coming for weeks, as ever since The Middle dropped to #2 I knew there would be no other outcome than this.
But that isn't the only big news this week - Lil Dicky & Chris Brown make another climb to reach #3, on their bid to reach the top spot themselves. Sean Paul & co. also make a two-place climb in the top 10 with Mad Love at #7, and David Guetta, who had featured on that Sean Paul track, makes his second top 10 appearance of 2018 so far with Flames at #10, a song with potential to keep climbing over the next few weeks.
Charlie Puth and Yungen both gain ground on the top 10, and Dave and Shawn Mendes also climb in the top 20. This week's highest climber comes from The Weeknd at #21, who climbs 11 places with Call Out My Name, and BlocBoy JB and Drake climb for the fifth consecutive week to reach a new peak of #25 with Look Alive. There are also climbs for Yxng Bane and Khalid & Normani.
Remarkably, this week's highest new entry comes as low as #31, in The Weeknd's Try Me. He also appears at #37 with Wasted Time, his fourth appearance on the chart overall, and George Ezra makes his first-ever chart appearance at #40, with his new single, Paradise, the first song of his I've actually liked.
Breakers:
Put Me Back Together- Cheat Codes ft. Kiiara and Nowadays- Lil Skies ft. Landon Cube.
Dropouts:
No Words- weeks 20 peak 19
Let You Down- weeks 23 peak 8
River- weeks 15 peak 12
- Number 1Peak1 (for 15 weeks)Weeks17
- Number 2Peak1 (for 2 weeks)Weeks7
- Number 3 Up by 2
Freaky Friday
Lil Dicky ft. featuring Chris Brown
Peak3Weeks3 - Number 4Peak2Weeks12
- Number 5 Down by 2Peak3Weeks8
- Number 6
Bad Vibe
M.O & Lotto Boyz ft. featuring Mr Eazi
Peak5Weeks4 - Number 7 Up by 2Peak7Weeks7
- Number 8 Down by 1Peak7Weeks6
- Number 9 Down by 1Peak8Weeks5
- Number 10 Up by 6Peak10Weeks2
- Number 11 Up by 4Peak11Weeks3
- Number 12 Up by 5
Mind On It
Yungen ft. featuring Jess Glynne
Peak12Weeks3 - Number 13Peak13Weeks6
- Number 14 Down by 4Peak3Weeks7
- Number 15 Up by 4Peak15Weeks5
- Number 16 Down by 4Peak1 (for 9 weeks)Weeks33
- Number 17 Down by 6Peak4Weeks11
- Number 18 Up by 2Peak18Weeks2
- Number 19 Down by 5Peak6Weeks13
- Number 20 Down by 2Peak16Weeks4
- Number 21 Up by 11Peak21Weeks2
- Number 22 Down by 1
Check
Kojo Funds ft. featuring RAYE
Peak16Weeks9 - Number 23Peak7Weeks9
- Number 24 Up by 3Peak18Weeks5
- Number 25 Up by 3Peak25Weeks8
- Number 26 Down by 4Peak11Weeks8
- Number 27 Down by 2Peak22Weeks4
- Number 28 Up by 3Peak28Weeks2
- Number 29 Down by 5Peak10Weeks15
- Number 30 Down by 1Peak28Weeks9
- Number 31 DebutPeak31Weeks1
- Number 32 Up by 4Peak32Weeks5
- Number 33 Down by 7Peak3Weeks16
- Number 34 Down by 4Peak29Weeks4
- Number 35 Down by 2Peak19Weeks11
- Number 36 Down by 1
Let Me Go
Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso ft. featuring Florida Georgia Line & WATT
Peak9Weeks9 - Number 37 DebutPeak37Weeks1
- Number 38 Down by 1Peak37Weeks2
- Number 39 Down by 5
Finesse (Remix)
Bruno Mars ft. featuring Cardi B
Peak7Weeks13 - Number 40 DebutPeak40Weeks1
I like "The Middle", "FRIENDS", "Done For Me", "Havana", "Call Out My Name", "Pray For Me", "Meant to Be", "Mine", "Try Me", "Love Lies", "No Excuses", "Sick Boy", "Let Me Go", "Wasted Times", "Lost In Japan", and "Finesse".