Olivia Rodrigo’s “drivers license” claims a sixth week at Number 1, facing strong competition from SZA & Dua Lipa

Olivia Rodrigo claims a sixth consecutive week at Number 1 with “drivers license”. Within the first month of its release, "drivers license" broke Spotify its record twice for most daily streams ever for a non-holiday song, culminating in over 400 million streams. On this list, however, Olivia Rodrigo her effortless reign begins to weaken as competition nears closer. This week, American singer SZA is Rodrigo’s biggest rival with “Good Days”. SZA has been eyeing the Number 1-position for a couple of weeks now, but has not been able to claim it yet. If she were to overtake Rodrigo next week, “Good Days” would become SZA her first ever Number 1. Other competition comes from Dua Lipa’s “We’re Good”, taken from the extended edition of Future Nostalgia. The new song peaks at Number 3 this week, becoming Dua Lipa’s fourteenth consecutive song to peak within the Top 3 or higher. If Dua Lipa were to overtake Rodrigo next week, it would become her ninth Number 1-hit on this chart.

English DJ Riton soars to new heights with his single “Friday” featuring the Nightcrawlers and influencers Mufasa & Hypeman. The song “Friday” might sound familiar, as it remixes the Nightcrawlers’ 1995-hit “Push the Feeling On”. The song did not chart on this list, but was a big hit across Europe and the group’s native UK. Influencers Mufasa & Hypeman helped the song regain attention by using it in their videos on TikTok, which attracted a strong viral following. English DJ Riton now combines the Nightcrawlers’ original and Mufasa & Hypeman’s remixes to create “Friday”, an anthemic club-banger. The song peaks at Number 10, earning all acts their first Top 10-hit.

Australian rappers and other acts have been doing well on the internationals charts lately (see The Kid LAROI or Tones and I). Newcomer Masked Wolf seems to be the latest inclusion to this list, as his 2019-song “Astronaut in the Ocean” is this week’s highest debut. The song was originally released almost three years ago, but has recently gained new international success following a re-release at a new record label. Masked Wolf has been making music for quite some time, but “Astronaut in the Ocean” is his big international break. The single enters at Number 25 this week, earning the highest new entry of the week.

Three other songs enters the Top 40 this week. Acclaimed girl band HAIM enter the list with “Gasoline” featuring hit-singer Taylor Swift. The two acts previously charted together with their minor hit “No Body, No Crime”. The new song enters at Number 30. Dutch DJ Martin Garrix enters the Top 40 with “Pressure” featuring the Swedish Tove Lo. It has been some time since both acts appeared on this list, with Martin Garrix and Tove Lo’s last entries dating back to 2019 and 2016 respectively. “Pressure” enters at Number 34. Finally, newcomer and TikTok-artist Sara Kays enters at Number 39 with her debut single “Remember That Night?”. The song attracted viral success on TikTok, which quickly culminated in success on Spotify.

This week, the music industry was shocked to find that French music duo Daft Punk has split up after twenty-eight years. The two Frenchmen (Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo) were considered to be one of the most influential dance producers of all time, known for their catchy hits, genre-fusing and popularizing the French House movement in the late 90s. Their fourth album “Random Access Memories” was met with universal acclaim and won a Grammy for Album of The Year and scored worldwide hits that spanned multiple decades. On this list, Daft Punk never reached Number 1 sadly, although they did come close multiple times. Their best-scoring single is “Get Lucky” featuring Pharrell Williams, which peaked at Number 2 in 2013 and scored over 80,000 points. To see Daft Punk their Top 5 highest-scoring songs of all time, see the list below this chart.