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Lil Nas X remains at number one
Lil Nas X gets a fifth week at the top of the singles chart. Tom Jones gets his fourth number one album and a new chart record.

Lil Nas X stays at the top of the singles chart for a fifth week. Tom Jones leads a cast of veterans at the top of the albums chart.

There is a distinct lack of movement in the singles chart this week and that stasis starts at the very top with Lil Nas X spending a fifth week at number one with Montero (Call Me By Your Name). One-third of the way through the year just five singles have topped the chart so far.

Justin Bieber spends a fourth week at number two with Peaches. Joel Corry, Raye and David Guetta remain in their Bed at number three. Russ Millions and Tion Wayne have the biggest climber of the week as Body jumps ten places to number four. Riton, Nightcrawelers and the rest are still at number five with the ultra-irritating Friday.

One person for whom 2021 can be considered a success so far is Olly Alexander. He started his career as an actor before branching out into music with his band Years And Years. Television writer Russell T Davies was a fan of his music and named his dystopian 2019 drama after the band. For his next project he borrowed the title of a song by the Pet Shop Boys (whose singer’s surname was borrowed by aspiring actor David McDonald who, as David Tennant became Davies’ second Doctor in Dr Who). Davies then recruited Olly Alexander to return to acting to play the lead role in It’s A Sin.

It’s A Sin was shown on Channel 4 earlier this year to deservedly rave reviews with Alexander one of several cast members to be singled out for praise. That, though, does not mean that he has abandoned his musical career. That said, he has dumped his band and is now a solo artist although he has retained the Years And Years name. His sublime cover of It’s A Sin failed to chart but he has had more luck with Starstruck which is a new entry at number 38. It is Years And Years’ first top forty single since Sanctify in the spring of 2018 although they did feature on Jax Jones’ Play early the following year.

The only other new entry of the week comes from Becky Hill who remains the most successful singer to come out of the UK version of The Voice. As with so many of the most successful alumni from X Factor, she didn’t actually win. Last Time, her eleventh top forty single is at number 39.

Rag ‘n’ Bone Man entered at number 32 two weeks ago with Anywhere Away From Here. It slumped to number 51 last week but is now back where it started at number 32 again.

The latest example of the eccentricities of the chart rules is provided by The Weeknd’s Dave Your Tears. The song spent nine weeks in the top twenty (peaking at number eleven) before falling to number 21 last week. As its streams fell for a third successive week, that meant that it has been put onto the Accelerated Chart Ratio (ACR) meaning that its streams are halved in value. That would normally have meant that it would have left the top forty this week. However, at the end of last week, a new version of the song was released with additional vocals from Ariana Grande. If it had not been on ACR, the fresh interest in the song would have sent it into the top five. Instead, it climbs one place to number twenty making it a rare example of a song climbing in the week it moved on to ACR. Assuming streams have increased enough (approximately 25%), the song will be back on the standard ratio next week so it may yet get a deserved place in the top ten.


The top of the albums chart frequently features artists whose chart career started in the 1970s or even earlier. This week’s first update gave us a particularly extreme example with Tom Jones, John Lennon and The Who all with new entries in the top five and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours also in the top ten.

Top of the pile at the start of the week was a new album from the man born Thomas Jones Woodward in Wales in 1940.He had his first chart hit in 1965 with the chart-topping It’s Not Unusual. He went on to have a string of hit singles, including another number one with Green Green Grass Of Home over the following decade or so. In the late 1990s he started to record with contemporary acts including fellow Walians Cerys Matthews and the Stereophonics before becoming a popular judge on The Voice. As part of that late ‘90s revival of his recording career, he got his third number one album with Reload in 1999. This week he tops the albums for a fourth time with an album of songs by writers such as Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens and Michael Kiwanuka under the title Surrounded By Time. Jones thereby becomes the oldest artist ever to top the albums chart with new material.

London Grammar fall just one place after theri week at the summit with Californian Soil. Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia is at number three, one place ahead of Justin Bieber’s Justice. AJ Tracey’s Flu Game completes the top five.

Three months after Tom Jones was born, John Lennon was born in Liverpool. He released his first solo album, John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band in January 1971. The album included the song Working Class Hero leading to many comments over the years about the fact that he was easily the most middle-class Beatle. Now we have the inevitable fiftieth anniversary edition with a full seven further discs of demo versions, out-takes and innumerable other bits and bobs. The original version reached number eight. This new bumper edition is at number eleven.

The Who album is also a reissue. The Who Sell Out, released in 1967, was a rather odd album, comprising songs interspersed with fake commercials and public service announcements. Their first two studio albums had both reached the top ten but this one only got as high as number thirteen despite the presence of the top ten single I Can See For Miles. This new edition is at number fifteen.

There is a third reissue at number 24 although this one is not quite as old. The Selecter were one of the bands at the forefront of the ska revival in the early 1980s. They released their debut album Too Much Pressure in 1980 when it went to number five. The reissue is at number 24.

While Dinosaur Jr’s most successful period was the 1990s when they even had a couple top forty singles, they continue to release new albums. Not all of them are of the highest quality but their latest, Sweep It Into Space, is definitely one of their best recent efforts. Many of the songs stick to their framilair alternativer rock style but there is also the odd change of tempo to provide some variety. It is a new entry at number 29.

Sunderland band Field Music are at number 36 with Flat White Moon. Going even further north, Iceland’s blues band Kaleo are at number 34 with Surface Sounds.




Published on: 2021-04-30 by BuzzJack.com Suedehead2 || 9178 Views
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I presume The Weeknd's Dave Your Tears tells the tale of poor forgotten reggae star Dave who had hits with Ansell Collins in 1971 (not 2 brothers with same surname, as I thought at the time)who then had his moniker nicked by another bloke 45 years later. Looking forward to the rap version of Double Barrel in recognition of the original.....


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