Joseph's Hit 40

Another week, another new #1, and for the third week out of a possible three in 2017, an artist scores their first #1. Christopher and Ed Sheeran have nabbed their first EVER #1s so far this year, and now it's the turn of Daniel Skye, a 16 year old singer from Hollywood. Daniel scored his debut chart hit only last year with We Got Us, his final independent release before being signed to RCA Records. We Got Us peaked at #9, but he bettered it with the next three singles - Smile and No Party made #5 while Good As It Gets made #6. His most recent track, Last Call, failed to make much of an impact, and only got to #25, but he makes up for it with ON, which climbs to #1 in its first full week, up 30 places. ON seems to be his first proper single push with RCA, so maybe it will see him break through into the UK charts too?

It was a close battle for the top spot this week, and just losing out is Joel Adams, who finally followed up his debut hit Please Don't Go last week. Die For You is his new single, released only via Bandcamp so far (hence its absence from my Spotify playlist), and while it doesn't match the #1 peak of Please Don't Go yet, it climbs 19 places to a respectable #2, with the chance of going even higher in the future.

He made his chart debut last week with first single Candle, and this week, Spanish singer Manel Navarro scores his second top 5 hit in as many weeks, as Do It for Your Lover catapults up a huge 35 places to match the peak of its predecessor. Candle takes a dive of six places down to #11 this week but Do It for Your Lover is likely to have a much longer chart run, particularly with it being in the running to represent Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest this year!

The fourth and final new track in my top 10 this week comes from American EDM duo The Chainsmokers, with their new track Paris. It becomes their third top 10 hit, fifth top 20 and sixth top 40. They made their chart debut in 2013 with one of their earliest releases, Erase, featuring Indian singer/actress Priyanka Chopra, although my favourite these days is 2016 #5 hit Don't Let Me Down, with vocals from Daya. Most vocals on Paris are sung by Chainsmokers member Andrew "Drew" Taggart, although additional vocals are provided by Emily Warren, who achieved a #1 hit with Frenship on Capsize last year, and reached #2 more recently with Lost Kings on Phone Down. She does not gain a credit on Paris however, so it does not count to her chart history.

Also this week, British singer/songwriter The Beach scores his second chart hit. Bite My Tongue is new at #12, which means it fails to beat the #6 peak of debut hit Geronimo, but nevertheless it's a solid debut for a great track! Halsey also gets her second chart hit as a lead artist, with her peak being #22 with New Americana. She did, however, make #20 with The Chainsmokers on their song Closer. Not Afraid Anymore is new at #37 this week.

The remaining three new entries all come from artists scoring their debut hits. Indie pop duo Nightly are new with XO at #19, singer/songwriter Julia Michaels is at #25 with Issues, and boyband New Hope Club make their debut at #34 with Perfume. Expect Perfume to climb more next week, it made #34 having been available for just hours when I compiled this chart! More on them next week.