Top albums of the week:
1) Post Malone - 'beerbongs & bentleys' (=)
2) Ed Sheeran - 'x' (Re)
3) Jorja Smith - 'Lost & Found' (Debut)
4) Camila Cabello - 'Camila' (-2)
5) Anne-Marie - 'Speak Your Mind' (-2)
The 2nd of my 3 concerts of the summer, and by far the biggest of the 3, kicked off in Newcastle's St. James' Park on 10th June. As I'm sure you can tell by looking at the chart, that concert was held by none other than Ed Sheeran. As with last week with Camila Cabello, the concert causes a surge of Ed's songs to make their way up the chart, led by 'Bloodstream' with a massive 33 place climb at #1. This marks 'Bloodstream's 2nd week at #1, after it 1st hit #1 on its 5th week on the chart. As it's on its 57th week on the chart now, that means that 'Bloodstream' had an entire year between its 1st and 2nd week at #1! That's far longer than any other song has even been on the chart, let alone any other gap between weeks at #1! Ed sees 2 re-entries in the Top 10 with 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You (captured in The Live Room)' at #4 and 'I'm a Mess' at #7, and sees a further 4 re-entries at #15, #22, #29 and #33.
In the Top 10, Post Malone lifts 1 place with both '92 Explorer' and 'Same Bitches', leading the former to a new peak of #2. OneRepublic's 'Start Again' also reaches a new peak, up 1 place to #6. The highest new entry of the week, 'Blue Lights', is a single originally released in 2016, but which is now seeing a 2nd wind thanks to the release of Jorja Smith's debut album 'Lost & Found'. The song just misses out on a Top 10 debut as it makes an entrance at #11. Including 'Blue Lights', the album sees a total of 5 entries on my chart this week, with 'Teenage Fantasy' at #23, 'On Your Own' at #26, 'Where Did I Go?' at #30 and 'Tomorrow' at #37.
Now for "The Post Malone Achievements Paragraph". So what has Posty been up to this week on my charts? As it turns out, not much, as his only notable achievement this week is the continuaton of him simultaneously charting 10 songs or more. This week is now the 7th consecutive week that he's managed it, though he drops 2 to 11 total entries, 10 of which are from 'beerbongs & bentleys'.
Thanks for reading everyone! :D
Early predictions for next week's Top 10 (new entries to the Top 10 in bold):
Dropouts (notable dropouts in bold):
- Number 1 Up by 33Peak1 (for 2 weeks)Weeks57
- Number 2 Up by 1Peak2Weeks7
- Number 3 Up by 1Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks7
- Number 4 Re-EntryPeak4Weeks9
- Number 5 Down by 4Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks9
- Number 6 Up by 1Peak6Weeks4
- Number 7 Re-EntryPeak7Weeks3
- Number 8Peak8Weeks5
- Number 9 Down by 7Peak1 (for 4 weeks)Weeks22
- Number 10Peak10Weeks4
- Number 11 DebutPeak11Weeks1
- Number 12 Down by 7Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks6
- Number 13 Down by 4Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks8
- Number 14 Down by 8Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks3
- Number 15 Re-EntryPeak11Weeks8
- Number 16Peak16Weeks7
- Number 17 Down by 3Peak14Weeks4
- Number 18 Down by 7Peak5Weeks7
- Number 19 Down by 6Peak13Weeks2
- Number 20 Down by 2Peak2Weeks7
- Number 21 Down by 9Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks6
- Number 22 Re-EntryPeak11Weeks5
- Number 23 DebutPeak23Weeks1
- Number 24 Down by 4Peak19Weeks5
- Number 25 Down by 6Peak2Weeks36
- Number 26 DebutPeak26Weeks1
- Number 27Peak27Weeks2
- Number 28 Down by 6Peak9Weeks8
- Number 29 Re-EntryPeak29Weeks3
- Number 30 DebutPeak30Weeks1
- Number 31 Down by 10Peak9Weeks7
- Number 32 Down by 9Peak10Weeks7
- Number 33 Re-Entry
Shape of You (Remix)
Ed Sheeran ft. featuring Stormzy
Peak17Weeks6 - Number 34 Down by 4Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks19
- Number 35 Down by 7Peak17Weeks6
- Number 36 Down by 4Peak14Weeks6
- Number 37 DebutPeak37Weeks1
- Number 38 Down by 5Peak19Weeks7
- Number 39 Down by 1Peak31Weeks6
- Number 40 Down by 16Peak1 (for 4 weeks)Weeks18
- Number 15 DropoutPeak3Weeks12
- Number 17 DropoutPeak7Weeks2
- Number 25 DropoutPeak10Weeks2
- Number 26 DropoutPeak1 (for 2 weeks)Weeks21
- Number 29 DropoutPeak4Weeks13
- Number 31 DropoutPeak15Weeks6
- Number 35 DropoutPeak2Weeks13
- Number 36 DropoutPeak35Weeks11
- Number 37 DropoutPeak6Weeks8
- Number 39 Dropout
Know No Better
Major Lazer ft. featuring Travis Scott, Camila Cabello, & Quavo
From the album: Know No Better - EP
Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks32 - Number 40 DropoutPeak24Weeks6