The Scott Music Report: September 22, 2017

On this week's chart, Dua Lipa ties her own chart record, by spending four weeks at number one with "New Rules". Her first chart topper, "Be The One", also spent four weeks at the top back in May 2016. Has "New Rules" got the power to spend longer at the top? Well Dua's girl power anthem of getting over an ex seem to be streaming down the rest of the chart, as this week's full top five belong to female artists. At number two, Madison Beer's "Dead" holds for a second week in the runner-up position, while Kesha reaches a new peak of number three with "Praying". At number four, Rita Ora slips one place with "Your Song", while Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj achieve the third top five single from Katy's Witness (2017) with "Swish Swish" at this week's number five. So much for being a flop album, eh? At number six, Imagine Dragons remain stationary with "Thunder", while DJ Khaled, Rihanna, and Bryson Tiller drop two places to number seven with their former number one, "Wild Thoughts". And at number eight, Niall Horan achieves a new peak position with "Slow Hands". Closing out this week's top ten is two brand new tracks joining the ranks of top ten glory. At number nine, Jax Jones achieves his second top ten single, as "Instruction" climbs five places into this week's top ten. The song which also features Demi Lovato and Stefflon Don, becomes Lovato's tenth top ten single and Don's first. At number ten, Arcade Fire achieve their very first top ten single with "Everything Now". The Canadian group have always been relatively successful on the albums chart, but "Everything Now"'s irresistible quality has granted the group their highest peaking single, outpeaking their previous biggest bit, "Ready To Start", which peaked at #16 in 2010. 

Elsewhere on this week's chart, Latin pop is still very much in business, as Colombian singer Maluma has the week's highest new entry with "Felices los 4" at #65. "Felices los 4" becomes the singer's first chart entry as a solo entry, but previously broke the top twenty in January 2017 with Shakira on "Chantaje". This week also sees a further six new entries from Lorde featuring Khalid, SZA & Post Malone with "Homemade Dynamite" (#76), Bhad Bhabie with "These Heaux" (#77), Sabrina Carpenter with "Why" (#83), Sam Smith with "Too Good At Goodbyes" (#85), Aly & AJ with "Take Me" (#89), and Post Malone featuring 21 Savage with "Rockstar" (#90). Looking at the statistics, "Homemade Dynamite" becomes Lorde's fourth chart entry from her second studio album, Melodrama (2017), while 2017's biggest internet sensation, Bhad Babie (a.k.a. the Cash Me Outside girl) makes her debut chart entry as a rap artist. Aly & AJ also rank their first chart entry in nine years(!!!) with "Take Me". Their last chart entry? "Like Whoa" peaked at #19 in 2008. 

This week's biggest freefaller belongs to Alma, who drops twenty five places to #91 with "Chasing Highs", while Justin Bieber featuring BloodPop achieve the week's highest climber, as they climb fifteen places to #49 with "Friends".

FALL OFFS:

LW  PK  WK  TITLE

84   64   05    Declan McKenna - Humongous

92   11   25    Khalid - Location

95   34  14    Fifth Harmony featuring Gucci Mane - Down

96   62  10    Sigala featuring Ella Eyre - Came Here For Love

97   22  20    Noah Cyrus - Stay Together

98   22  16    Steps - You Make Me Whole

100 21  09    Robin Schulz & David Guetta featuring Cheat Codes - Shed A Light