Gayle surging towards her first UK Number 1 single with abcdefu on Official Singles Chart
17 year-old rising US pop star Gayle is heading towards her first UK Number 1 single, as break-up anthem abcdefu surges up the Official Singles Chart.
As Christmas songs vacate the chart this week, abcdefu which rose to popularity on TikTok looks set to gain heavily, it first entered the chart seven weeks ago before peaking at Number 2 in December. The Texas-born singer is currently up 13 places to Number 1 on tonight’s Official Chart First Look. Find out more about Gayle here.
Meanwhile, a lot of tracks this week experience massive jumps in position in the post-Christmas lull. DJ Acraze eyes his first UK Top 10 entry with Do It To It featuring girlband Cherish, which is currently up 41 places to Number 2, it previously peaked at Number 13. Also coming up close behind, ArrDee and Sam Fender could reach new peaks with Flowers (Say My Name) and Seventeen Going Under currently tracking for the Number 3 and Number 4 positions respectively.
Last week’s chart-topper Ed Sheeran could vault back in to the Top 10 with three tracks this Friday; former Number 1s Shivers and Bad Habits are at Numbers 5 and 7, while new track Peru with Fireboy DML is on the rise, up 18 to a new peak of Number 10.
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Outside the Top 10, Joel Corry and Mabel could reach a new peak with I Wish eyeing a jump to Number 11. The track previously peaked at Number 19.
A viral track from Disney’s latest film Encanto, We Don’t Talk About Bruno, could be this week’s biggest climber, tracking to ascend 54 places to Number 12. The track is performed by the film’s cast including Caroline Gaitan, Mauro Catillo, reggaeton artist Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrerro and Stephanie Beatriz.
Another track from the film - Surface Pressure, performed by actress Jessica Darrow - is also set to rise 47 places to Number 18.
Imagine Dragons and JID also look set to reach a new peak with their single Enemy, taken from League of Legends. It could rise 36 spots to Number 17. And finally, Justin Bieber’s Ghost could rise 42 spots to a new peak of Number 19, it previously peaked at Number 29.
The Official Singles Chart Top 100 is revealed on OfficialCharts.com every Friday at 5.45pm. Follow the Top 40 countdown live on BBC Radio 1’s Official Chart show with Scott Mills.
Official Chart: First Look Top 20 - December 12, 2021
| LW | POS | TITLE | ARTIST |
| 14 | 1 | ABCDEFU | GAYLE |
| 43 | 2 | DO IT TO IT | ACRAZE FT CHERISH |
| 33 | 3 | FLOWERS (SAY MY NAME) | ARRDEE |
| 30 | 4 | SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER | SAM FENDER |
| 42 | 5 | SHIVERS | ED SHEERAN |
| 45 | 6 | COLD HEART | ELTON JOHN & DUA LIPA |
| *** | 7 | BAD HABITS | ED SHEERAN |
| 38 | 8 | EASY ON ME | ADELE |
| 36 | 9 | OVERSEAS | D-BLOCK EUROPE FT CENTRAL CEE |
| 28 | 10 | PERU | FIREBOY DML & ED SHEERAN |
| 47 | 11 | I WISH | JOEL CORRY FT MABEL |
| 66 | 12 | WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO | GAITAN/CASTILLO/ADASSA/FELIZ |
| 46 | 13 | MAKE YOU SMILE | D-BLOCK EUROPE FT AJ TRACEY |
| 72 | 14 | HEAT WAVES | GLASS ANIMALS |
| 62 | 15 | I DRINK WINE | ADELE |
| 69 | 16 | STAY | KID LAROI & JUSTIN BIEBER |
| 53 | 17 | ENEMY | IMAGINE DRAGONS/JID/LEAGUE OF |
| 85 | 18 | SURFACE PRESSURE | JESSICA DARROW |
| 64 | 19 | GHOST | JUSTIN BIEBER |
| NEW | 20 | TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD | EWAN MCVICAR |
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Half Giant- Ethan
I wonder how far GAYLE would drop if SHIvers, Bad Habits,Cold Heart and Easy On Me weren't on ACR!!!
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RyanT
Gayle is mega trash, Do it to it a bop for 1 min, Flowers is so dreadful (hope he disappears soon) but Seventeen by Fender is brilliant and wish that were #1
but atleast the top 4 sound so different from each other
afrog
#20 isnt a new entry lol
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husk
The first number one of January is often the most interesting. Big artists don't release anything after Xmas, so weird things get to the top. Personally I don't like abcdefu at all (it's pretty dull imo), but at least it's better than the rubbish we've had topping the chart over the last month.
I imagine it's rare that a song just sticks in there over December and gets to number one when all the Christmas songs disappear like this, though. Usually a cunning label releases something to get an easy fanbase chart-topper, e.g. Queen or Iron Maiden. I'm surprised Taylor Swift didn't drop something to finally get a second UK number one single.
Blank
A few that did it in the past:
Various - Perfect Day (return to #1)
Chef - Chocolate Salty
Steps - Heartbeat/Tragedy
Joe McEldry - The Climb (appropriately enough)
Streams have brought in a completely different chart pattern to anything in the physical era. You'd have a few Christmas record doing December and slowly drop during January. Streaimng has made the pattern hyperbolic where there is a complete Christmas take over and I'm pretty sure this is the first time the entire top 10 dropped out immediately.
You'd never get a drop out striaght from the top 10 in the physical era - even with Christmas records. Sometimes they'd make it into February!
GS
1. abcdefu (8/10)
2. do it to it (0/10)
3. flowers (6/10)
4. seventeen going under (9/10)
5. shivers (2/10)
6. cold heart (3/10)
7. bad habits (9/10)
8. easy on me (1/10)
9. overseas (10/10)
10. peru (3/10)
11. I wish (0/10)
12. Bruno (-1/10)
13. make you smile (7/10)
14. heat waves (10/10)
15. I drink wine (0/10)
16. stay (8/10)
17. enemy (0/10)
18. surface pressure (0/10)
19. ghost (6/10)
20. tell me something good (-1/10)
best: overseas
worst: tell me something good
rayever
I am genuinely so happy about the top 4, all absolutely amazing songs
Piran
One thing I actually really like about this chart is how the four biggest songs here are all from different genres!
That gives me hope that we'll see a lot of diversity in terms of hit singles throughout this year. :)
Official Charts
Completely agree, Piran! Nice mixed bag of goodies on tonight's First Look. Always good to see.
Piran
"We Don't Talk About Bruno"... huh, someone wasn't a fan of the new Silk Sonic album, I see! :P
J
JK
lazy joke 💤
Piran
Outside of the #1, this was the most unpredictable chart I've ever seen! 😂