Luke’s Top Tracks - Lorde claims back the #1 and matches a record

Well, it’s certainly been an interesting week for streams and sales this week! sombr has been dethroned from his six-week stint by Lorde’s “What Was That”. She now matches the record of the most weeks at #1 in CHART HISTORY, equalling Billie Eilish’s thirteen weeks with “Happier Than Ever”. This is an incredibly huge achievement and unexpected given that the song is in its twenty-second week on the chart. Following closely behind is last week’s #1, “12 to 12” which is still doing incredibly well and is set to be one of the biggest songs of this year! And rounding off this week’s top three is a non-mover for Lorde’s “Hammer” again matching its peak on the fourteenth charting week.

Congratulations to Lorde who claims this week’s highest new entry with “No Better” at #12, which comes following the song’s appearance on her Ultrasound Tour setlist! She is also this week’s highest re-entry with “David” at #6, reaching a brand new peak following its landmark appearance on her current tour.

Other new/re-entries:

• The Weeknd - Can’t Feel My Face (#16)
• Lola Young - SPIDERS (#17)
• Lola Young - how long will it take to walk a mile? (interlude) (#22)
• Holly Humberstone - The Walls Are Way Too Thin (re, #28)
• BBYx - 2005 (#29)
• Beyoncé - All Night (#31)
• Olivia Rodrigo - pretty isn’t pretty (re, #32)
• Lorde - Green Light (re, #44)
• Lorde - Perfect Places (re, #45)
• Sabrina Carpenter - When Did You Get Hot? (#47)
• Fontaines D.C. - Here’s The Thing (re, #49)

It’s an interesting week for high flyers, as three songs are equal in highest climbs up the chart, up a huge nine places each! These songs are:

• Vodka Cranberry - Conan Gray (#21)
• Sugar Talking - Sabrina Carpenter (#40)
• Somebody Else - The 1975 (#41)

Well done to all three of these artists.