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This week's super-late chart sees Nicki returning to the top spot for her second time this era and fourth total, probably still not a great total for Nicki mod but she's catching! She does at least lead the list of individual chart entries on my personals thanks to a multiplicity of feature tracks buffing up her mere four album eras and only two since I started properly recording charters, with a whopping 38 charting songs, nearly a whole top 40 by herself! The track also gives Labrinth a first chart topper and Eminem a second this year following the brief success of River with Ed back in January. Calvin and Sam's Promises is close behind and would give Calvin a fourth chart topper and Sam a second were it to overcome the Queen. Big rises also this week for Nicki's own Coco Chanel, Fall Out Boy, LANY and Answerphone.

New entries this week come from diverse corners, with my BJSC entry Vava the highest this time. Additional debuts this week come from JLo and Becky G with two Spanish bops, Alexandra Stan and Inna with two Romanian bops, Krewella and Die Antwoord with two dance bops, and bops all round from You Me At Six, Nao, Christina, Ariana, and yet another for Stefflon Don. Back when she was nominated for Sound Of I had no inkling she would be so prolific from Instruction on. As usual I'll (probably) be dropping in video links to those and some commentary later in the week. Anyone wanting to find them and listen sooner will find these, along with other great tracks, spread through my A-, B- and C-List playlists which are linked at the bottom of this post

Right, top 40 time then. This one covers us up to the second week of September 2018!



01 Nicki Minaj ft. Eminem + Labrinth - Majesty [22-5-6-1]
02 Calvin Harris ft. Sam Smith + Jessie Reyez - Promises [19-2]
03 M0 ft. Diplo - Sun in Our Eyes [40-20-7-4-3]
04 Nicki Minaj ft. Foxy Brown - Coco Chanel [32-12-9-4]
05 Deaf Havana - Ritual [14-2-1-5]
06 The Midnight - Lost Boy [3-1-2-6]
07 Nicki Minaj ft. Lil Wayne - Rich Sex [27-17-19-11-8-5-7]
08 Lana Del Rey - Get Free [11-8]
09 VAVA - My New Swag [N]
10 CHVRCHES ft. Wednesday Campanella - Out of My Head [32-10-10]
11 Paces ft. Emmalyn + Jeida Woods - Technique [30-8-6-3-11]
12 Jennifer Lopez - El Anillo [N]
13 Banx & Ranx ft. Ella Eyre + Yxng Bane - Answerphone [30-13]
14 Kodaline x Syn Cole - Follow Your Fire (Remix) [15-14]
15 Tinashe - Throw a Fit [31-7-3-7-15]
16 Fall Out Boy ft. RM - Champion Remix [28-X6-35-16]
17 Ariana Grande - God is a Woman [26-3-1-1-9-12-17]
18 Selena Gomez - Back to You [30-25-33-X3-34-26-20-18]
19 Stefflon Don ft. Future - What You Want [21-19]
20 LANY - Thru These Tears [39-20]
21 Tom Tripp - Medusa [36-24-21]
22 Becky G ft. Farruko + French Montana - Zooted [N]
23 Poison Ivory - Alchemy [40-21-13-23]
24 ETHIC - Lamba Lolo [27-32-24]
25 You Me At Six - Back Again [N]
26 Kllo - Dissolve [18-17-26]
27 Krewella - Bad Liar [N]
28 Icarus Moth ft. Mothica - Don't [31-28]
29 Dannic ft. Inna - Stay [N]
30 Azealia Banks - Treasure Island [10-11-8-6-X1-40-22-30]
31 Florence + the Machine - South London Forever [25-22-10-10-33-27-31]
32 Ariana Grande - Breathin [N]
33 Discrete ft. Mary Cicilia - Without You [38-37-33]
34 Alexandra Stan ft. Suark - Thinking About You [N]
35 Stefflon Don ft. Tiggs Da Author - Pretty Girl [N]
36 Nao ft. SiR - Make it Out Alive [N]
37 Christina Aguilera ft. GoldLink - Like I Do [N]
38 Blonde ft. Bryn Christopher - Me, Myself & I [37-31-X5-38]
39 Weezer - Africa [30-6-3-2-4-16-39]
40 Die Antwoord - Alien [N]

#1s this year:
Inna – Nirvana (1)
Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran – River (1)
Femme En Fourrure ft. Pykari – Ride (2)
Simian Ghost – Eat The Rich (1)
MGMT – When You Die (1)
Chvrches – Get Out (1)
M.O ft. Lotto Boyzz + Mr Eazi – Bad Vibe (1)
Jhene Aiko ft. Rae Sremmurd – Sativa (1)
Paloma Faith – Til I'm Done (1)
HAIM – You Never Knew (1)
Rae Sremmurd ft. Juicy J – Powerglide (1)
Tinashe ft. Offset – No Drama (1)
Inna – Tropical (1)
Kylie Minogue – Stop Me From Falling (2)
Azealia Banks – Anna Wintour (2)
Nicki Minaj – Chun-Li (1)
Ariana Grande – No Tears Left To Cry (1)
Christina Aguilera ft. 2 Chainz + Ty Dolla $ign – Accelerate (2)
Eleni Foureir@ – Fuego (1)
Elohim – Half Love (3)
POOLCLVB x Røse – What You Want (Remix) (3)
Charli XCX – Focus (1)
Cardi B ft. J Balvin + Bad Bunny – I Like It (1)
Ariana Grande – God is a Woman (2)
The Midnight – Lost Boy (1)
Deaf Havana – Ritual (1)
Nicki Minaj ft. Labrinth + Eminem – Majesty (~)


My spotify picks {A-List} {B-List} {C-List}