No surprises this week as Taylor Swift obtains a double number 1 on both the singles chart (Anti-Hero) and the album chart (Midnights). Her dominance is shown on the chart with 14 new entries taken from her album including 8 singles entering the top 10.She also occupies the top 7 positions on the single chart which has never happened before on my chart.
Sam Fender gained a top 10 new entry with “Wild Grey Ocean”, the first cut from his new re-release edition of “17 Going Under” due to be released in December. If it wasn’t for Taylor Swift, Sam Fender would have had another no.1 single.
How the Top 10 would have looked like if there were no Taylor Swift singles:
1. Sam Fender – Wild Grey Ocean
2. Dermot Kennedy – Innocence & Sadness
3. Ellie Goulding – Let It Die
4. Lizzo – 2 be Loved
5. Raye - Escapism
6. Mimi Webb – Ghost of you
7. Chris Brown – Under the influence
8. D.Guetta. B. Rexha – I’m good
9. S.Smith/K.Petras - Unholy
10. Kate Bush – Running up that hill
Longest chart runners:
- Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (21 consecutive weeks)
- MUNA – What I Want (18 consecutive weeks)
Next week, look out for the return of Rihanna with a song taken from the new Black Panther Movie (although don’t expect it to be a banger). Also there could be new entries from SZA, Liam Fender (Sam Fender’s brother), Labrinth, Chloe ft Latto, Montell Fish, Nathan Dawe & Talia Mar & Holly Humberstone.
Meanwhile look out for a re-entry from Adele (I drink wine) following the release of her amazing new video and with Halloween around the corner, could Rina Sawayama (Frankenstein) enter the chart following the release of a great video and could Imagine Dragons enter the chart with their Halloween festive “Bones”.
TOP 10 ALBUMS of the week
1. Taylor Swift – Midnights (new entry, 1 week at no.1)
2. Carly Rae Jepsen – The Loneliest Time (new entry)
3. Tove Lo – Dirt Femme (down 2, 1 week at no.1)
4. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under (non mover, 9 non consecutive weeks at no.1)
5. Rina Sawayama – Hold the Girl (non mover, 3 weeks at no.1)
6. The 1975 – Being Funny in a Foreign Language (down 4)
7. Charlie Puth – Charlie (down 4)
8. Beyonce – Renaissance (down 1, 4 non consecutive weeks at no.1)
9. BLACKPINK- Born Pink – (down 3, 1 week at no.1)
10. Meghan Trainor – Takin’ It Back (new entry)
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Hi there Zack!
I really like the Taylor takeover and the debuts for "Wild Grey Ocean", "Let It Die" and "Surrender My Heart".
Great chart!