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Dexton's Top 20 40 (12/12/2017) (Week 31)

Rita dethroned! (and some exciting chart changes)



Big news this week as my Top 20 chart has evolved into a whopping Top 40 chart! I was going to wait until the New Year for this but with Christmas coming up (and my annual influx of Christmas song-listening) the chart is easy to expand. This means that my official Top 40 chart year will start from the 12th December in seriously early preparation for an EOY chart in 2018. As my chart started-ish in March or something then I abandoned it, turned it into a playlist, then went back to the chart you see before you in June - it makes no sense to host an EOY when realistically I've only had 6 months of an actual chart There's also some minor design changes to make it easier for me

Now onto the chart commentary! Rita Ora's Anywhere has fallen from grace (1-4) as a familar face debuts at the top spot. Camila Cabello enters at #1 with Never Be The Same, becoming the first artist on the chart to reach #1 with two different songs. Four months ago (wow!) she entered at #1 with Havana featuring Young Thug, which later became her first official UK #1 too. Craig David is holding on tight to #2 and Jax Jones climbs (5-3) with his new house hit Breathe featuring Ina Wroldsen, completing the (extremely close) battle for this weeks #1, as Selena Gomez & Marshmello fall to #5 after 6 weeks in the Top 3.

Two new entries to the Top 10 come from RAYE and Alan Walker, with Decline featuring Mr Eazi at #6 and All Falls Down featuring Noah Cyrus & Digital Farm Animals at #9. Decline is growing on me day-by-day and should be Top 5 next week at this rate, could it even join the race for Christmas #1? Camila Cabello's second new entry this week is at #13 with Real Friends, a Love Yourself-type future hit in the making. Ina Wroldsen also makes her second appearance this week with Strongest at #17 - I completely passed over this when it was first released but came back to it after her feature on Jax Jones' Breathe and I'm really getting into it The last new entry to the Top 20 comes from the first Christmas song in the chart - arguably one of the best Christmas singles of all time that is truly a classic, Fairytale of New York by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl at #20.

Outside of the Top 20 there's a hell of a lot of new entries from the likes of Pink, G-Eazy & Halsey, Jason Derulo, Bebe Rexha, and N.E.R.D. & Rihanna - as well as an influx of Christmas songs from: Sia, Wham!, Mariah Carey, The Killers, Ariana Grande, Slade, and Shakin' Stevens! Sia and The Killers each enter with two of their own original Christmas songs, from their own Christmas albums. Sia's Everyday Is Christmas also enters the album chart at #3, boasting Santa's Coming For Us and Candy Cane Lane. Candy Cane Lane is high-spirited and very jolly, which I prefer to the slower songs of Sia's discography - at least of her Christmas discography.

Speaking of the album chart, Portugal. The Man's Woodstock holds on to #1 for a third week - matching the longevity of The Killers' Wonderful Wonderful and JP Cooper's Raised Under Grey Skies, the former of which re-enters the Top 5 this week after spending a week at #6. The Killers also enter at #6 with Don't Waste Your Wishes, their Christmas single compilation album (two of which are in my Top 40). Gorillaz reach a new peak of #7, it's worth noting that Humanz would have been a #1 album for me if the album chart was active at the time of release. Humanz has become a favourite of mine this year and I never get tired of both the quality and the variety in sound Gorillaz bring to a record - see Saturnz Barz, Andromeda, Ascension, and We Got The Power for a good taste

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Top 40 Songs (#31)



01 00 Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same [1]
02 02 Craig David - I Know You (feat. Bastille) [3-2-2]
03 05 Jax Jones - Breathe (feat. Ina Wroldsen) [5-3]
04 01 Rita Ora - Anywhere [1-1-1-1-4]
05 03 Selena Gomez & Marshmello - Wolves [2-2-2-3-2-3-5]
06 19 RAYE - Decline (feat. Mr Eazi) [19-6]
07 08 NF - Let You Down [1-1-1-3-4-10-8-7]
08 06 Portugal. The Man - Live In The Moment [13-6-8]
09 11 Alan Walker - All Falls Down (feat. Noah Cyrus & Digital Farm Animals) [20-17-20-12-11-9]
10 04 Clean Bandit - I Miss You (feat. Julia Michaels) [16-14-9-6-4-10]
11 07 Little Mix - Is Your Love Enough? [18-7-11]
12 10 Six60 - Rolling Stone [10-12]
13 00 Camila Cabello - Real Friends [13]
14 09 MK - 17 [14-7-7-6-7-9-14]
15 15 Stormzy - Blinded By Your Grace, Pt.2 (feat. MNEK) [4-8-11-15-15]
16 17 Not3s - My Lover [17-16]
17 00 Ina Wroldsen - Strongest [17]
18 20 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Holy Mountain [20-18]
19 13 Lauv - Easy Love [9-5-4-13-19]
20 00 The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) [20]
21 18 Camelphat & Elderbrook - Cola [17-4-3-8-12-14-18-21]
22 00 Sia - Candy Cane Lane [22]
23 12 Taylor Swift - ... Ready For It? [18-10-8-12-23]
24 00 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You [24]
25 00 Lauv - I Like Me Better [10-10-9-6-5-3-1-3-5-8-13-14-15-xx-25]
26 14 Eminem - Walk On Water (feat. Beyoncé) [5-2-5-14-26]
27 00 N.E.R.D. & Rihanna - Lemon [27]
28 00 Pink - Beautiful Trauma [28]
29 16 Luis Fonsi & Demi Lovato - Échame La Culpa [7-9-16-29]
30 00 Charlie Puth - How Long? [7-4-6-11-16-xx-30]
31 00 G-Eazy & Halsey - Him & I [31]
32 00 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me [32]
33 00 The Killers - A Great Big Sled [33]
34 00 Bebe Rexha - Meant to Be (feat. Florida Georgia Line) [34]
35 00 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody [35]
36 00 Sia - Santa's Coming For Us [36]
27 00 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
38 00 Jason Derulo - Tip Toe (feat. French Montana) [38]
39 00 The Killers - Christmas In L.A (feat. Dawes) [39]
40 00 Wham! - Last Christmas [40]

Drop Outs:
None

Longest Running:
Lauv - I Like Me Better (14 Weeks)

#1's of 2017:
16/05 | Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee - Despacito (feat. Justin Bieber)
23/05 | Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee - Despacito (feat. Justin Bieber) [2]
30/05 | Disciples - On My Mind
06/06 | Peking Duk & AlunaGeorge - Fake Magic
13/06 | Bakermat - Don't Want You Back (feat. Kiesza)
20/06 | Bakermat - Don't Want You Back (feat. Kiesza) [2]
27/06 | Clean Bandit & Marina and the Diamonds - Disconnect
04/07 | Clean Bandit & Marina and the Diamonds - Disconnect [2]
11/07 | The Killers - The Man
18/07 | One Republic & SeeB - Rich Love
25/07 | One Republic & SeeB - Rich Love [2]
01/08 | Dua Lipa - New Rules
08/08 | Camila Cabello - Havana (feat. Young Thug)
15/08 | Avicii - Without You (feat. Sandro Cavazza)
22/08 | Avicii - Without You (feat. Sandro Cavazza) [2]
29/08 | Avicii - Without You (feat. Sandro Cavazza) [3]
05/09 | Thirty Seconds to Mars - Walk on Water
12/09 | Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still
19/09 | Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still [2]
26/09 | Marshmello - Silence (feat. Khalid)
03/10 | Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still [3]
10/10 | JP Cooper & Stormzy - Momma's Prayers
17/10 | Lauv - I Like Me Better
24/10 | NF - Let You Down
31/10 | NF - Let You Down [2]
07/11 | NF - Let You Down [3]
14/11 | Rita Ora - Anywhere
21/11 | Rita Ora - Anywhere [2]
28/11 | Rita Ora - Anywhere [3]
05/12 | Rita Ora - Anywhere [4]
12/12 | Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same


Top 10 Albums (#12)




01 01 Portugal. The Man - Woodstock [5-4-1-1-1]
02 02 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Who Built The Moon? [2-2]
03 00 Sia - Everyday Is Christmas [3]
04 08 Pink - Beautiful Trauma [4-3-4-7-8-6-7-8-4]
05 06 The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful [1-1-1-2-2-3-5-4-5-5-6-5]
06 00 The Killers - Don't Waste Your Wishes [6]
07 09 Gorillaz - Humanz [9-9-8-8-9-7]
08 04 Taylor Swift - Reputation [2-3-3-4-8]
09 03 Little Mix - Glory Days (The Platinum Edition) [6-3-9]
10 07 Six60 - Six60 EP [7-10]


Drop Outs:
Maroon 5 - Red Pill Blues [1-1-2-2-5-xx]
Green Day - Greatest Hits: God's Favourite Band [1-4-10-xx]

Longest Running:
The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful 12 Weeks

#1 Albums of 2017:
26/09 | The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful
03/10 | The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful
10/10 | The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful [3]
17/10 | JP Cooper - Raised Under Grey Skies
24/10 | JP Cooper - Raised Under Grey Skies
31/10 | JP Cooper - Raised Under Grey Skies [3]
07/11 | Maroon 5 - Red Pill Blues
14/11 | Maroon 5 - Red Pill Blues [2]
21/11 | Green Day - Greatest Hits: God's Favourite Band
28/11 | Portugal. The Man - Woodstock
05/12 | Portugal. The Man - Woodstock [2]
12/12 | Portugal. The Man - Woodstock [3]


This post has been edited by Dexton: Dec 12 2017, 07:58 AM