After just one week, Benjamin's Bad Luck Love is knocked off the top spot of my chart, and taking his spot is Louisa Johnson with Best Behaviour. The former X Factor winner now has a tally of four #1s, with each of her previous singles making the top spot. Forever Young debuted at #1 and spent two weeks there, including the Christmas #1 for 2015. Clean Bandit collaboration Tears debuted at #2 on around 24 hours of availability and climbed to #1 the week after, and So Good climbed 13-1 in its second week, staying at the top for a further two weeks. She has the most #1s for an X Factor winner, and second most of any X Factor contestant overall behind record holders One Direction who have 11 #1s.
Louisa's reunited with her old pals Clean Bandit in this week's top 3, as they jump up from last week's position of #18 to #3, to claim their fourth top 5 (all consecutive). Symphony doesn't quite manage to match the #1 peak of predecessors Tears and Rockabye but it could in time still become Clean Bandit's third #1, and featured artist Zara Larsson's second after Never Forget You in 2015. Nevertheless, it's Zara's seventh top 10 hit, and her joint second highest to date. She also scores this week's #1 album, with So Good climbing two spots to dethrone Ed Sheeran.
This week's highest new entry comes from an artist making his chart debut. Alex Ross is a British DJ, who recently released his debut single Dreams, a cover of Gabrielle's #1 smash hit. The song features Dakota on lead vocals, and T-Pain provides a guest rap. Dakota scored a #10 hit last year with another cover, Fast Car with Jonas Blue, and T-Pain has only charted once before, on Cody Simpson's #1 hit So Listen.
There's many new entries outside the top 10 this week, including two Melodifestivalen songs from Lisa Ajax and Mariette, both of whom are making their chart debuts this week. D.R.A.M., Spencer Ludwig, Ansel Elgort, Rhys and Sam Palladio are all making their debuts too - expect Ansel and Rhys' songs to climb next week, alongside The Beach's promo single Bridge Back to Your Heart which is new at #25!
MAGIC! were one-hit wonders in my chart, charting at #12 with their UK #1 hit Rude in 2014, and now they get a second top 15 hit alongside Matoma, who himself picks up a fourth top 15. Sofia Reyes (pictured) returns after a two year absence from my chart with promo single LOUDER! (Love is Loud), alongside Francesco Yates and Spencer Ludwig. Sofia's previously achieved two top 10s with Muévelo (#6) and Conmigo (Rest of Your Life) (#2), while Francesco Yates just manages to get a new personal best, outpeaking the #17 peak achieved by Robin Schulz collaboration Sugar.
The Saturdays member Una Healy finally charts with her debut single Stay My Love at #40, not matching the #1 peak achieved by bandmate Mollie King's Back to You but instantly outcharting anything of Vanessa White's.
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LOUDER! (Love is Loud)
Sofía Reyes ft. featuring Francesco Yates & Spencer Ludwig
From the album: Louder!
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Digital Love
Digital Farm Animals ft. featuring Hailee Steinfeld
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Something Just Like This
From the album: Memories...Do Not Open, Kaleidoscope
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Run Up
Major Lazer ft. featuring PARTYNEXTDOOR & Nicki Minaj
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Falling Down
ARTY ft. featuring Maty Noyes
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