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Dexton's Top 40 (19/12/2017) (Week 32)

Craig David & Bastille get the Christmas #1!



Craig David's I Know You featuring Bastille takes the cake for Christmas #1 this week, removing Camila Cabello from the top - thus Never Be The Same matches Havana's length at the top of just one week. Despite having the most individual #1's from the chart, it is Rita Ora who has spent the longest amount of time on top with Anywhere. Jax Jones sits at #3 whilst his You Don't Know Me collaborator, RAYE, climbs into the Top 5 for the first time (6-4) with Decline featuring Mr Eazi. Rita falls to #5 and completes the Top 5.

So far the chart is significantly non-Christmas, but all that changes at #6 as Sia grabs her first Top 10 hit with Candy Cane Lane (22-6). Candy Cane Lane (and Sia's entire Christmas album, but more on that later) is a playful song that shows how wacky Sia can become - singing about candy canes and reciting the rainbow. The Pogues are also here at #9 with the ultimate Christmas song, Fairytale of New York featuring the late Kirsty MacColl. Gaining her second Top 10 hit in three weeks is Ina Wroldsen with Strongest - completing her Sia-like single with heartbreaking lyrics over upbeat production

Notable climbers this week are Not3s's My Lover (Original / Mabel Remix) (17-10), Camila Cabello's Real Friends (13-12), Sia's Santa's Coming For Us (36-13), Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You (24-15), Wham!'s Last Christmas (40-16), Ariana Grande's Santa Tell Me (32-18), Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody (37-27), and The Killers' A Great Big Sled (33-28). Most of which are obviously Christmas songs, aside from Not3s and Camila Cabello who have done well to fight the holiday invasion. Certain songs which have suffered the most include Little Mix's Is Your Love Enough? (11-27), Six60's Rolling Stone (12-23), Stormzy's Blinded By Your Grace, Pt.2 featuring MNEK (15-28), and Eminem's Walk On Water featuring Beyoncé (26-36). The latter of which fell on the week of the release of his latest album, Revival, which enters at #1 in the albums chart.

I wasn't expecting to love Revival as much as I do. I enjoyed Walk On Water but the novelty of Eminem x Beyoncé wore off quickly and I was soon reminiscing of the times of Eminem's more crazy songs (to this day I never fail to rap the majority of Without Me) But then the album came along and gave us some much, much more exciting songs than Walk On Water prepared us for. I don't really have a clear favourite at the moment: Remind Me was instant and I fell in love both with the sample and Eminem's lyrical genius within it, but I've also been giving extra listens to River featuring Ed Sheeran, Offended, Heat, In My Head, and Believe. River featuring Ed Sheeran and Remind Me enter the chart this week at #35 and #26 respectively.

Another big release, which again I was not expecting to enjoy so much, is Pharrel Williams-led N.E.R.D.'s NO_ONE EVER REALLY DIES. Lemon has only just started to hit me (which I am loving right now ) but the album actually has so much more to offer than just a brilliant collaboration with Rihanna. Similar to Revival, this album is equally fun and political but somehow finds the perfect balance. Deep Down Body Thurst enters my chart at #32, and Future collaboration 1000 enters at #39 whilst Lemon climbs to #27.

Thanks for reading!

Top 40 Songs (#31)




01 02 Craig David — I Know You (feat. Bastille) [3-2-2-1]
02 01 Camila Cabello — Never Be The Same [1-2]
03 03 Jax Jones — Breathe (feat. Ina Wroldsen) [5-3-3]
04 06 RAYE — Decline (feat. Mr Eazi) [19-6-4]
05 04 Rita Ora — Anywhere [1-1-1-1-4-5]
06 22 Sia — Candy Cane Lane [22-6]
07 05 Selena Gomez & Marshmello — Wolves [2-2-2-3-2-3-5-7]
08 07 NF — Let You Down [1-1-1-3-4-10-8-7-8]
09 20 The Pogues — Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) [20-9]
10 17 Ina Wroldsen — Strongest [17-10]
11 16 Not3s — My Lover (Original / Mabel Remix) [17-16-11]
12 13 Camila Cabello — Real Friends [13-12]
13 36 Sia — Santa's Coming For Us [36-13]
14 08 Portugal. The Man — Live In The Moment [13-6-8-14]
15 24 Mariah Carey — All I Want for Christmas Is You [24-15]
16 40 Wham! — Last Christmas [40-16]
17 09 Alan Walker — All Falls Down (feat. Noah Cyrus & Digital Farm Animals) [20-17-20-12-11-9-17
18 32 Ariana Grande — Santa Tell Me [32-18]
19 10 Clean Bandit — I Miss You (feat. Julia Michaels) [16-14-9-6-4-10-19]
20 14 MK — 17 [14-7-7-6-7-9-14-20]
21 35 Slade — Merry Xmas Everybody [35-21]
22 18 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds — Holy Mountain [20-18-22]
23 12 Six60 — Rolling Stone [10-12-23]
24 27 N.E.R.D. & Rihanna — Lemon [27-24]
25 37 Shakin' Stevens — Merry Christmas Everyone [37-25]
26 00 Eminem — Remind Me [26]
27 11 Little Mix — Is Your Love Enough? [18-7-11-26]
28 15 Stormzy — Blinded By Your Grace, Pt.2 (feat. MNEK) [4-8-11-15-15-27]
29 33 The Killers — A Great Big Sled [33-28]
30 21 Camelphat & Elderbrook — Cola [17-4-3-8-12-14-18-21-30]
31 31 G-Eazy & Halsey — Him & I [31-31]
32 00 N.E.R.D. — Deep Down Body Thurst [32]
33 23 Taylor Swift — ... Ready For It? [18-10-8-12-23-33]
34 25 Lauv — I Like Me Better [10-10-9-6-5-3-1-3-5-8-13-14-15-xx-25-34]
35 00 Eminem — River (feat. Ed Sheeran) [35]
36 26 Eminem — Walk On Water (feat. Beyoncé) [5-2-5-14-26-36]
37 28 Pink — Beautiful Trauma [28-37]
38 38 Jason Derulo — Tip Toe (feat. French Montana) [38-38]
39 00 N.E.R.D. & Future — 1000 [39]
40 00 Dua Lipa — IDGAF [40]


Drop Outs:
Lauv — Easy Love [9-5-4-13-19-xx]
Charlie Puth — How Long [7-4-6-11-16-xx-30-xx]
Luis Fonsi & Demi Lovato — Échame La Culpa [7-9-16-29-xx]
Bebe Rexha — Meant to Be (feat. Florida Georgia Line) [34-xx]
The Killers — Christmas In L.A (feat. Dawes) [39-xx]

Longest Running:
Lauv - I Like Me Better (15 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
19/12 | Craig David - I Know You (feat. Bastille)


Top 10 Albums (#13)




01 00 Eminem - Revival [1]
02 00 N.E.R.D. - NO_ONE NEVER REALLY DIES [2]
03 01 Portugal. The Man - Woodstock [5-4-1-1-1-3]
04 03 Sia - Everyday Is Christmas [3-4]
05 05 The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful [1-1-1-2-2-3-5-4-5-5-6-5-5]
06 02 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Who Built The Moon? [2-2-6]
07 04 Pink - Beautiful Trauma [4-3-4-7-8-6-7-8-4-7]
08 07 Gorillaz - Humanz [9-9-8-8-9-7-8]
09 06 The Killers - Don't Waste Your Wishes [6-9]
10 08 Taylor Swift - Reputation [2-3-3-4-8-10]

Drop Outs:
Little Mix - Glory Days (The Platinum Edition) [6-3-9-xx]
Six60 - Six60 EP [7-10-xx]

Longest Running:
The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful 13 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]
19/12 | Eminem - Revival


This post has been edited by Dexton: Dec 21 2017, 03:14 AM