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How I compile my charts:

With a few exceptions, I don't go out of my way to seek out new songs - I usually wait until I hear them on the radio. I mainly listen to Radio 1 and for this reason, most (though not all) songs in my chart are those which are played on Radio 1. I don't usually add a song to my chart until it's started gaining some airplay.

Songs generally tend to climb gradually as they grow on me, peak and then fall fast, so the chart looks similar to an 80's/90's singles chart. I also usually get bored of a song within a few weeks, so songs don't generally tend to hang around the chart for more than a few weeks - typically around 9 or 10 weeks for a Number 1.


This week's chart commentary:
* Chvrches climb to #3 this week with 'Get Away' to claim their second Top 3 hit and match the peak of previous single 'Lies'.
* Professor Green saw his first five singles all make Number 1 on this chart, an unprecedented record; he hasn't scored a Number 1 since, but this week 'Little Secrets' climbs to #7 to provide him with a 10th Top 10 hit out of 11.
* In just its second week on the chart, Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space' manages to easily outpeak previous single 'Shake It Off' and is on the way to providing Taylor with her fourth Top 10 single here.
* Amusingly, there are three Olivers in a row at #27, #28 and #29, albeit two of them the same person; Olly Murs' previous and new singles meeting each other as chart neighbours, and then a second chart hit for Oliver Heldens. Both 'Last All Night' and 'Up' will surely have their sights set on the Top 10.


1 (1) One Direction - Night Changes (3 wks / HCP 1) [6-1-1]
2 (3) George Ezra - Listen To The Man (5 wks / HCP 2) [25-5-2-3-2]
3 (5) Chvrches - Get Away (4 wks / HCP 3) [30-14-5-3]
4 (4) Sam Smith - Like I Can (4 wks / HCP 4) [22-10-4-4]
5 (8) Kiesza - No Enemiesz (4 wks / HCP 5) [31-17-8-5]
6 (2) David Guetta feat. Sam Martin - Dangerous (7 wks / HCP 1) [20-10-3-2-1-2-6]
7 (11) Professor Green feat. Mr. Probz - Little Secrets (4 wks / HCP 7) [24-15-11-7]
8 (6) Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding - Outside (5 wks / HCP 6) [27-14-9-6-8]
9 (10) Royal Blood - Ten Tonne Skeleton (5 wks / HCP 9) [30-16-11-10-9]
10 (16) Bastille vs Grades - Torn Apart (5 wks / HCP 10) [32-27-22-16-10]
11 (13) Coldplay - Ink (5 wks / HCP 11) [28-19-16-13-11]
12 (7) Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (7 wks / HCP 1) [18-1-1-1-4-7-12]
13 (18) Blonde feat. Melissa Steel - I Loved You (3 wks / HCP 13) [28-18-13]
14 (26) Echosmith - Cool Kids (2 wks / HCP 14) [26-14] *** HIGHEST CLIMBER ***
15 (9) McBusted - Air Guitar (5 wks / HCP 7) [21-10-7-9-15]
16 (27) Taylor Swift - Blank Space (2 wks / HCP 16) [27-16]
17 (17) Tom Odell - Real Love (4 wks / HCP 17) [26-18-17-17]
18 (19) Mary J. Blige - Right Now (4 wks / HCP 18) [28-20-19-18]
19 (23) Catfish & The Bottlemen - Pacifier (3 wks / HCP 19) [32-23-19]
20 (30) Ella Henderson - Yours (2 wks / HCP 20) [30-20]
21 (22) Band Aid 30 - Do They Know It's Christmas? (3 wks / HCP 21) [29-22-21]
22 (12) Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne - Real Love (7 wks / HCP 4) [26-16-8-4-5-12-22]
23 (32) Paolo Nutini - One Day (2 wks / HCP 23) [32-23]
24 (-) James Bay - Hold Back The River (1 wks / HCP 24) [24]
25 (31) Ariana Grande feat. The Weeknd - Love Me Harder (3 wks / HCP 25) [37-31-25]
26 (14) Maroon 5 - Animals (6 wks / HCP 3) [17-4-3-3-14-26]
27 (-) Oliver Heldens feat. Kstewart - Last All Night (Koala) (1 wks / HCP 27) [27]
28 (15) Olly Murs feat. Travie McCoy - Wrapped Up (6 wks / HCP 8) [25-14-9-8-15-28]
29 (-) Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato - Up (1 wks / HCP 29) [29]
30 (-) Rae Morris - Under The Shadows (1 wks / HCP 30) [30]
31 (33) Labrinth - Jealous (3 wks / HCP 31) [36-33-31]
32 (36) Jamie T - Rabbit Hole (2 wks / HCP 32) [36-32]
33 (-) Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (1 wks / HCP 33) [33]
34 (20) Years & Years - Desire (5 wks / HCP 19) [29-20-19-20-34]
35 (29) Wretch 32 - 6 Words (5 wks / HCP 29) [38-35-33-29-35]
36 (21) The Script - No Good In Goodbye (7 wks / HCP 8) [30-18-11-8-12-21-36]
37 (25) Lorde - Yellow Flicker Beat (4 wks / HCP 25) [38-31-25-37]
38 (24) Jungle - Busy Earnin' (8 wks / HCP 7) [31-25-14-9-7-13-24-38] *** LONGEST RUNNER ***
39 (28) Kendrick Lamar - I (4 wks / HCP 28) [34-30-28-39]
40 (-) Bring Me The Horizon - Drown (1 wks / HCP 40) [40]