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DMA’S Debut In U.K. Top 3 With ‘How Many Dreams?’

Lars Brandle — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 01:03:35 +0000

The Aussie indie-rock trio blasts to No. 3 on the U.K. albums chart behind new LPs from Boygenius and Melanie Martinez, respectively.

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Tones And I’s ‘Dance Monkey’ Among Top-5 Most Streamed Songs In U.K. History

Lars Brandle — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 02:29:38 +0000

The one-time busker is the only female solo artist in the top 10, and the only non-Brit to appear in the top 5.

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5 Seconds of Summer Light up For U.K. No. 1

Lars Brandle — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 01:43:09 +0000

The Australian pop-punk band completes a “photo finish” on the U.K. chart, which saw just 1,600 chart sales separate the top 2 titles.

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Gang of Youths’ ‘Angel In Realtime’ is flying on U.K. chart

Lars Brandle — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:02:53 +0000

Gang of Youths are going gangbusters on the U.K. albums chart with Angel In Realtime, which is soaring into the Top 10. Based on midweek data published by the Official Charts Company, Angel In Realtime (via Warner Records) is set for a No. 6 start when the chart proper is published late Friday. There’s time […]

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The Kid LAROI’s ‘Stay’ among U.K.’s biggest hits in 2021

Lars Brandle — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 01:14:53 +0000

With a swag of awards, No. 1s and the promise of more to come, The Kid LAROI truly matured into a global superstar in 2021. The Sydney-raised singer and rapper bagged a No. 1 in the U.S., Australia and on the Billboard Global charts with ‘Stay,’ his collaboration with Justin Bieber. Based on data published […]

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Crowded House’s ‘Dreamers Are Waiting’ on target for U.K. Top 5 debut

Lars Brandle — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 01:53:51 +0000

Crowded House’s comeback album is on track for a Top 5 finish in the U.K. Neil Finn and Co. dropped their seventh and latest album studio last Friday (June 4), Dreamers Are Waiting (EMI), the follow-up to 2010’s Intriguer. Based on data published overnight by the Official Charts Company, Dreamers should give the folk-rock act […]

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It’s a Christmas miracle! Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ finally hits U.K. No. 1

Lars Brandle — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 10:22:38 +0000

After 36 years and change, Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ has finally climbed the chart mountain in the U.K., and shed an unwanted record in the process. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s holiday classic was released in 1984, but was initially held off the top spot by Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas,’ a fundraising song […]

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Grenfell Tower charity single tops UK chart, sets record

Poppy Reid — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 01:45:07 +0000

An all-star charity project assembled and recorded in response to the tragic Grenfell Tower inferno has opened at #1 on the U.K’s singles chart after notching the strongest opening day sales for any track this decade. “Bridge Over Troubled Water” started at the top of the latest Official Singles Chart, published Friday, after racing past […]

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