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Dexton's Top 40 (02/01/2017) (Week 34)

Second Top 10's for Pink & Paramore!



Happy New Year everyone! The first #1 of the year comes from RAYE, at the top of the chart for a second consecutive week. RAYE's You Don't Know Me producer Jax Jones is also at the top, climbing (3-2) with his newest dance hit Breathe featuring Ina Wroldsen whilst Eminem scores his second Top 3 hit (after Walk On Water featuring Beyonce) with River featuring Ed Sheeran. Although these are two of the biggest names in modern music, #3 looks to be the peak for River with two very strong singles above it. And to top that off, Justin Timberlake's long-awaited comeback single is out soon which could very well trouble RAYE at the top! Craig David's #1 I Know You featuring Bastille drops to #4 and Lily Allen climbs into the Top 5 with Trigger Bang featuring Giggs.

Interestingly, the entire Top 5 is composed of songs with featured artists, whilst all the rest of the Top 10 are solo singles (well, sort of). Paramore grab their second Top 10 with Fake Happy (36-7), the latest single from the brilliant album After Laughter (which enters the album chart as a result). Pink also achieves her second Top 10, whilst N.E.R.D. & Rihanna are both new to the heights of being Top 10 (or even Top 20). Other notable climbs this week come from G-Eazy & Halsey's Him & I (30-11), and Dua Lipa's IDGAF (34-18). IDGAF is Dua's second Top 20 single here after the brilliant New Rules made it to #1 in August, whilst also spending 11 consecutive weeks in my Top 10 (8 of which were in the Top 5!).

As the new year dawns, all 9 Christmas entries of the past few weeks have scuttled away into the shadows for another 12 months allowing for 7 new entries and even 2 re-entries! Tom Walker's Leave A Light On & Charli XCX's Out Of My Head featuring Tove Lo & ALMA enter at #12 & #19 respectively, the latte of which gives ALMA her third Top 20 hit and Charli XCX her second (following 1 Night with Mura Masa). At #22 we have two unknown names releasing a rendition of a well known track - Ignition featuring JAYS obviously being a 2017 version of R. Kelly's Ignition (Remix). I've heard this on the radio a couple of times and couldn't help indulging. It's nothing groundbreaking and is much in the same boat as Nevada's The Mack from 2016, but it's a fun take on a classic New entries also come from Halssey (#35), PNAU (#36), Diplo (#37), and Nightcrawlers x John Reid (#38).

Returning back to my personal chart after a whopping 29 weeks absent is Imagine Dragon's Whatever It Takes, a track with debuted and peaked here at #9 after being released as a promotional single for their newest album, Evolve. Whatever It Takes was recently pushed as an official third single and has climbed back into my playlists. This single is much more 'classic' Imagine Dragons than Thunder ever was, so it will be interesting to see how it charts in the coming weeks. Will it find a new peak, over 7 months after achieving it's first? Bebe Rexha's Meant To Be featuring Florida Georgia Line also re-enters at #40.

Over in the album chart we have an entirely static Top 4 of Eminem, N.E.R.D., Portugal. The Man, and The Killers, while Paramore's After Laughter enters at #5. It is worth noting that, had my album chart been running when After Laughter was released, Paramore would have scored a #1 album. But, in a similar case to Gorillaz's Humanz, are stuck here with low-ish peaks Hard Times is a definitive favourite of mine from After Laughter, although Fake Happy, Rose-Coloured Boy, Caught In The Middle, Told You So, and Forgiveness are all 11/10 too Safe to say I am a big fan of Paramore and this album of incredibly upbeat yet depressive songs is quite the example of my 2017

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Top 40 Songs (#34)



01 01 RAYE — Decline (feat. Mr Eazi) [19-6-4-1-1]
02 03 Jax Jones — Breathe (feat. Ina Wroldsen) [5-3-3-3-2
03 08 Eminem — River (feat. Ed Sheeran) [35-8-3]
04 02 Craig David — I Know You (feat. Bastille) [3-2-2-1-2-4]
05 07 Lily Allen — Trigger Bang (feat. Giggs) [7-5]
06 06 Ina Wroldsen — Strongest [17-10-6-6]
07 36 Paramore — Fake Happy [36-7]
08 12 N.E.R.D. & Rihanna — Lemon [27-24-12-8]
09 24 Pink — Beautiful Trauma [28-37-24-9]
10 04 Camila Cabello — Never Be The Same [1-2-4-10]
11 30 G-Eazy & Halsey — Him & I [31-31-30-11]
12 00 Tom Walker — Leave A Light On [12]
13 09 Rita Ora — Anywhere [1-1-1-1-4-5-9-13]
14 14 Selena Gomez & Marshmello — Wolves [2-2-2-3-2-3-5-7-14-14]
15 11 NF — Let You Down [1-1-1-3-4-10-8-7-8-11-15]
16 10 Not3s — My Lover (Original / Mabel Remix) [17-16-11-10-16]
17 15 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds — Holy Mountain [20-18-22-15-17]
18 34 Dua Lipa — IDGAF [40-34-18]
19 00 Charli XCX — Out Of My Head (feat. Tove Lo & ALMA) [19]
20 17 Portugal. The Man — Live In The Moment [13-6-8-14-17-20]
21 22 MK — 17 [14-7-7-6-7-9-14-20-22-21]
22 00 Rojdar — Ignition (feat. JAYS) [22]
23 32 N.E.R.D. & Future — 1000 [39-3223]
24 39 Jason Derulo — Tip Toe (feat. French Montana) [38-38-39-24]
25 18 Camila Cabello — Real Friends [13-12-18-25]
26 16 Imagine Dragons & Khalid — Thunder / Young Dumb & Broke (Medley) [16-26]
27 21 Alan Walker — All Falls Down (feat. Noah Cyrus & Digital Farm Animals) [20-17-20-12-11-9-17-21-27]
28 31 Camelphat & Elderbrook — Cola [17-4-3-8-12-14-18-21-30-31-28]
29 38 Stormzy — Blinded By Your Grace, Pt.2 (feat. MNEK) [4-8-11-15-15-27-38-29]
30 23 Clean Bandit — I Miss You (feat. Julia Michaels) [16-14-9-6-4-10-19-23-30]
31 25 Eminem — Remind Me [26-25-31]
32 00 Imagine Dragons — Whatever It Takes [9-9-15-xx²⁹-32]
33 00 Halsey — Bad At Love [33]
34 28 Six60 — Rolling Stone [10-12-23-28-34]
35 35 Little Mix — Is Your Love Enough? [18-7-11-26-35-35]
36 00 PNAU — Go Bang [36]
37 00 Diplo — Get It Right (feat. MØ) [37]
38 00 Nightcrawlers x John Reid — Push The Feeling (feat. Big Narstie) [38]
39 37 Taylor Swift — ... Ready For It? [18-10-8-12-23-33-37-39]
40 00 Bebe Rexha — Meant to Be (feat. Florida Georgia Line) [34-xx²-40]

Drop Outs:
Sia — Candy Cane Lane [22-6-5-xx]
The Pogues — Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) [20-9-20-xx]
Sia — Santa's Coming For Us [36-13-19-xx]
Wham! — Last Christmas [40-16-13-xx]
Mariah Carey — All I Want for Christmas Is You [24-15-26-xx]
Ariana Grande — Santa Tell Me [32-18-27-xx]
Shakin' Stevens — Merry Christmas Everyone [37-25-33-xx]
The Killers — A Great Big Sled [33-28-40-xx]
Slade — Merry Xmas Everybody [35-21-29-xx]

Longest Running:
NF - Let You Down (11 Weeks)
Camelphat & Elderbrook - Cola (11 Weeks)

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


Top 10 Albums (#15)



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

Drop Outs:
The Killers - Don't Waste Your Wishes [6-9-10-xx]

Longest Running:
The Killers - Wonderful Wonderful 15 Weeks

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


This post has been edited by Dexton: Jan 2 2018, 06:56 AM