Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper set for third week at Number 1, Clean Bandit and Ariana Grande set for Top 40 debuts
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper are looking likely to stay at Number 1 for a third week on the Official Singles Chart with their duet Shallow.
The stars of A Star Is Born remain ahead on today’s Official Chart Update with a lead of just over 3,000 combined sales and streams.
Promises by Calvin Harris & Sam Smith (2) has the edge over Little Mix & Nicki Minaj’s Woman Like Me (3) by just 100 combined sales, while Rita Ora looks set to climb with Let You Love Me, currently up two places to Number 4.
New entries and high climbers
Elsewhere in the Top 10, Jess Glynne’s Thursday leaps up 11 places to Number 7 following her performance on last night’s Strictly Come Dancing results show, and Sigala’s Just Got Paid may make its Top 10 debut - the Ella Eyre, Meghan Trainor and French Montana collaboration climbs three to Number 9.
P!nk’s powerful version of A Million Dreams from The Greatest Showman - Reimagined zooms 18 places to 25; if it keeps this momentum, it will earn the singer her 32nd UK Top 40 single.
Clean Bandit, Marina & Luis Fonsi are in line to claim this week’s highest new entry with Baby, so far at 28, and Jonas Blue’s newest offering, Polaroid ft. Liam Payne & Lennon Stella, has so far moved up 14 places to Number 30 following their performance on The X Factor.
Also on the midweek rundown, Ariana Grande’s surprise new single thank u, next – released yesterday – is already at Number 33 and Benny Blanco’s new single I Found You ft. Calvin Harris starts at Number 36; James Arthur has risen to Number 38 with Empty Space following his performance on the X Factor. Finally, Little Mix’s Joan of Arc – a taster ahead of their new album LM5 - could sneak a Top 40 debut, currently at Number 39.
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Justin Crystal Asis
Woah. thank u, next really jumped from 33 to 1
Eoin Sioda
In a perfect world, Nina Nesbitt's "Loyal to Me" would be the number one song across the UK. It doesn't look like it's going to happen though. This is a travesty. It's got a good beat, a catchy chorus, and is basically a great pop song. It's been getting a lot of TV and radio airplay, so why hasn't that converted into chart success? Is it the fact that she plays a guitar and her music isn't FULLY computer-made? Or the fact that she's Ed Sheeran's ex? Or the fact that she's Scottish? Or the fact that she's not Drake, Calvin Harris or Ariana Grande? I LOVE LTM and for the moment I'm just going to have to accept the song as a hidden gem, not a major hit record.
Alfred Lock
Probably because she's more popular to the Radio 2 audience and too intelligent and not urban enough for the Radio 1 numbskull squirts.
Eoin Sioda
I think the song has universal appeal, like that Feel it Still one, but the Radio 1 numbskull squirts you speak of seem to be more interested in crud like "Kiki Do You Love Me". A lot of the better pop songs don't do anything in the charts at all. She's still only 24 and already her music is too boring for the milennials? That's a shame. Once I heard Loyal to Me, I became addicted and listen to it on YouTube nearly every single day. (I'm 24 by the way.) It's a real shame.
Piran
It looks like an interesting week here! :)
I love that 'Shallow' is still at #1 & 'Just Got Paid' possibly reaching the Top 10.
I'd imagine 'Thank U, Next' to be far higher in the actual chart given it managed to make the Top 40 in less than 24 hours!
EDIT: With those updated streaming numbers from Spotify, 'Thank U, Next' should almost certainly debut at #1 on Friday.