Luke’s Top Tracks - Lorde breaks a record with fourteen weeks at the top

It’s been a big week for Lorde, and for the chart in general with huge movement! We start off again at #1 with “What Was That”, now spending two consecutive weeks at the top and fourteen weeks overall. This smashes the previous record set by Billie Eilish’s “Happier Than Ever” over four years ago; a monumental achievement given the amount of time since this was first set. Following closely behind at #2 is again former chart-topper “12 to 12” by sombr. And rounding off this week’s top three is another non-mover for Lorde with “Hammer” at #3. She also sees a re-emergence for previous hits “Shapeshifter” and “Favourite Daughter”, both of which have climbed back into the top ten. “No Better” also reaches a brand new peak of #10 after being last week’s highest new entry and “David” reaches a new peak of #4!

Congratulations to New Constellations, who claim this week’s highest new entry with “Hot Blooded”! They come in at #23 and are rapidly scaling the chart. Could they challenge for a hit in the next few weeks?

Other new/re-entries:

• Charli xcx - Von dutch (re, #31)
• Chappell Roan - After Midnight (re, #36)
• RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (#42)
• Home - Resonance (re, #44)
• Lorde - Clearblue (re, #45)
• Lorde - Man of the Year (re, #46)
• Charli xcx - party 4 u (re, #47)
• A.G. Cook - Britpop (#48)
• Charli xcx featuring billie eilish - Guess (re, #49)

A massive well done to two artists who have massive rebounds up the chart. Fontaines DC’s “Roman Holiday” and Sam Fender’s “People Watching” have each climbed a HUGE 27 places to #12 and #16 respectively. Could they reach new peaks?

Other notable climbs:

• Beyonce - All Night (#7, up 24)
• Lorde - Green Light (#22, up 22)