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Dexton's Top 40 (09/01/2017) (Week 35)

Guess whos' back... back again... Justin's back? And to a mixed reception at that.



This week marks the long-awaited comeback of the brilliant Justin Timberlake, with his newest single Filthy. Despite having some of the most mixed responses I've seen towards a star's comeback since... well pretty much all big comebacks in this past year have had mixed reception, at the least (*cough* Katy Perry *cough*). I guess once you've been in the music industry for a long time people often reminisce about your older songs and hold a special place for them, thus end up being somewhat disappointed upon a big return. Katy Perry, Eminem, and Imagine Dragons are just some of the big names to have been critised for their albums in 2017. It's the curse of the standard I guess )

That aside, I am of the camp of Filthy lovers ("camp of Filthly lovers" is not a sentence I ever want to repeat) and have played it a total of 19 times since Friday. Filthy obviously debuts at #1 on my chart, blocking a would-be #1 for Jax Jones' Breathe featuring Ina Wroldsen (2-2) as RAYE's Decline featuring Mr Eazi falls to #3. At #4 for a second week is Craig David, and Paramore enter the Top 5 with Fake Happy (7-5). Paramore previously peaked here with Hard Times at #2, will Fake Happy give Paramore a second Top 2 hit?

The second highest new entry this week comes from Liam Payne & Rita Ora at #12, the lead single from the Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack. I watched the first "Fifty Shades" movie out of curiosity but I haven't been interested in returning, apparently the second installment was less... you know... but I'm still not too bothered. The singles given to us by Fifty Shades, however, are all great songs, and For You gives Rita Ora her 4th hit here. She previously earned a #1 with Anywhere, and also had two #2 peaking hits from Your Song and Avicii's Lonely Together. Will For You give Rita her 4th Top 2 hit?

Notable climbs this week include G-Eazy & Halsey's Him & I (11-8), Dua Lipa's IDGAF (18-15), Imagine Dragons' Whatever It Takes (32-20), Halsey's Bad At Love (33-24), PNAU's Go Bang (36-28), Diplo's Get It Right featuring MØ (37-30), Nightcrawlers x John Reid's Push The Feeling featuring Big Narstie (38-32), and Bebe Rexha's Meant To Be featuring Florida Georgia Line (40-37).

Little Mix, Taylor Swift, Six60, and Eminem (Remind Me) all bow out of the chart this week, making way for the two aforementioned new entries as well as new entries from Bruno Mars and Axwell & Sebastian Ingrosso. Bruno Mars announced that a remix of his 24K Magic album track Finesse would feature the (for some reason) adored Cardi B and I was majorly disappointed. I despised Bodak Yellow and have just not enjoyed anything from her since: No Limit, MotorSport, and Bartier Cardi are not enjoyable for me. Finesse shocked me a bit - I wasn't expecting anything good but Cardi B is actually not bad on this. Maybe this will convert me into liking her music similarly to how Little Mix's Power turned me into a Stormzy fan. Who knows? Axwell & Sebastian Ingrosso score their second Top 40 hit with Dreamer featuring Trevor Guthrie at #40.

Eminem holds on to #1 for a 4th consecutive week, although with new releases from Camila Cabello and Post Malone on the horizon (with Fall Out Boy and Craig David also coming soon) this could very well be Revival's last week at the top. Portugal. The Man could also be challenging Eminem again next week as Woodstock climbs up to #2. Paramore's After Laughter climbs too (3-5). It's worth mentioning that Woodstock and After Laughter are the two CDs I have in my car The Killers are out of the Top 5 for only the second time in their 16-week-long chart run at #6. Axwell & Sebastian Ingrosso's More Than You Know enters at #7 as Sia's Everyday Is Christmas leaves the chart for the next 49 weeks!

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Top 40 Songs (#35)




01 00 Justin Timberlake — Filthy [1]
02 02 Jax Jones — Breathe (feat. Ina Wroldsen) [5-3-3-3-2-2-]
03 01 RAYE — Decline (feat. Mr Eazi) [19-6-4-1-1-3]
04 04 Craig David — I Know You (feat. Bastille) [3-2-2-1-2-4-4]
05 07 Paramore — Fake Happy [36-7-5]
06 03 Eminem — River (feat. Ed Sheeran) [35-8-3-6]
07 09 Pink — Beautiful Trauma [28-37-24-9-7]
08 11 G-Eazy & Halsey — Him & I [31-31-30-11-8]
09 05 Lily Allen — Trigger Bang (feat. Giggs) [7-5-9]
10 06 Ina Wroldsen — Strongest [17-10-6-6-10]
11 12 Tom Walker — Leave A Light On [12-11]
12 00 Liam Payne & Rita Ora — For You [12]
13 08 N.E.R.D. & Rihanna — Lemon [27-24-12-8-13]
14 14 Selena Gomez & Marshmello — Wolves [2-2-2-3-2-3-5-7-14-14-14]
15 18 Dua Lipa — IDGAF [40-34-18-15]
16 13 Rita Ora — Anywhere [1-1-1-1-4-5-9-13-16]
17 24 Jason Derulo — Tip Toe (feat. French Montana) [38-38-39-24-17]
18 15 NF — Let You Down [1-1-1-3-4-10-8-7-8-11-15-18]
19 10 Camila Cabello — Never Be The Same [1-2-4-10-19]
20 32 Imagine Dragons — Whatever It Takes [9-9-15-xx²⁹-32-20]
21 19 Charli XCX — Out Of My Head (feat. Tove Lo & ALMA) [19-21]
22 22 Rojdar — Ignition (feat. JAYS) [22-22]
23 16 Not3s — My Lover (Original / Mabel Remix) [17-16-11-10-16-23]
24 33 Halsey — Bad At Love [33-24]
25 17 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds — Holy Mountain [20-18-22-15-17-25]
26 21 MK — 17 [14-7-7-6-7-9-14-20-22-21-26]
27 20 Portugal. The Man — Live In The Moment [13-6-8-14-17-20-27]
28 36 PNAU — Go Bang [36-28]
29 29 Stormzy — Blinded By Your Grace, Pt.2 (feat. MNEK) [4-8-11-15-15-27-38-29-29]
30 37 Diplo — Get It Right (feat. MØ) [37-30]
31 25 Camila Cabello — Real Friends [13-12-18-25-31]
32 38 Nightcrawlers x John Reid — Push The Feeling (feat. Big Narstie) [38-32]
33 28 Camelphat & Elderbrook — Cola [17-4-3-8-12-14-18-21-30-31-28-33]
34 26 Imagine Dragons & Khalid — Thunder / Young Dumb & Broke (Medley) [16-26-34]
35 27 Alan Walker — All Falls Down (feat. Noah Cyrus & Digital Farm Animals) [20-17-20-12-11-9-17-21-27-35]
36 30 Clean Bandit — I Miss You (feat. Julia Michaels) [16-14-9-6-4-10-19-23-30-36]
37 40 Bebe Rexha — Meant to Be (feat. Florida Georgia Line) [34-xx²-40-37]
38 23 N.E.R.D. & Future — 1000 [39-3223-38]
39 00 Bruno Mars — Finesse (feat. Cardi B) [39]
40 00 Axwell & Sebastian Ingrosso — Dreamer (feat. Trevor Guthrie) [40]

Drop Outs:
Little Mix — Is Your Love Enough? [18-7-11-26-35-35-xx]
Taylor Swift — ... Ready For It? [18-10-8-12-23-33-37-39-xx]
Six60 — Rolling Stone [10-12-23-28-34-xx]
Eminem — Remind Me [26-25-31-xx]

Longest Running:
NF - Let You Down (12 Weeks)
Camelphat & Elderbrook - Cola (12 Weeks)

#1's of 2018:
02/01 | RAYE - Decline (feat. Mr Eazi) [2]
09/01 | Justin Timberlake - Filthy


Top 10 Albums (#16)



01 01 Eminem - Revival [1-1-1-1]
02 03 Portugal. The Man - Woodstock [5-4-1-1-1-3-3-3-2]
03 05 Paramore - After Laughter [5-3]
04 02 N.E.R.D. - NO_ONE NEVER REALLY DIES [2-2-2-4]
05 06 Pink - Beautiful Trauma [4-3-4-7-8-6-7-8-4-7-7-6-5]
06 04 The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful [1-1-1-2-2-3-5-4-5-5-6-5-5-4-4-6]
07 00 Axwell & Sebastian Ingrosso - More Than You Know [7]
08 07 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Who Built The Moon? [2-2-6-6-7-8]
09 09 Taylor Swift - Reputation [2-3-3-4-8-10-9-9]
10 08 Gorillaz - Humanz [9-9-8-8-9-7-8-8-8-10]

Drop Outs:
Sia - Everyday Is Christmas [3-4-5-10-xx]

Longest Running:
The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful 16 Weeks

#1 Albums of 2018:
02/01 | Eminem - Revival [3]
09/01 | Eminem - Revival [4]