Alex Warren bags a sixth week at the top of the singles chart. One year after its release, Taylor Swift’s latest album returns to number one.

Alex Warren spends a sixth week at the top of the singles chart with ordinary. The last song to get at least six weeks at number one was Sabrina Carpenter's Taste which had a run of nine weeks from the end of August last year. The last song with exactly six weeks at the summit was Taylor Swift’s Anti-Hero which went to number one in October 2022. Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding’s Miracle had a six-week run starting in April 2023 but that came after a previous two-week run.

Once again, the top three remains unchanged. Chappell Roan’s Pink Pony Club is still reading at number two. Ed Sheeran’s Azizam is still at number three. Then comes the exciting bit of the top five with some actual movement. WizTheMC with Bees & Honey climb to number four with Show Me Love while Doechii falls one place to number five with Anxiety. 

There is a dearth of new entries in both the singles and albums charts this week. The singles chart lives up to its name by having just a single one. In the week of Easter Monday it comes from Addison Rae Easterling. She had a top ten hit last year with Diet Pepsi (a title the BBC felt unable to mention in full) and now gets a second top forty hit with Headphones On at number 24. Thankfully for Auntie Beeb, the song doesn’t mention a particular brand of headphones. In my opinion, this new one is the better of her two hits.

Once again, there are more re-entries than new entries, something that should really only happen around Christmas and New Year. Two new entries are by Teddy Swims - Lose Control is back at number 40 and The Door is at number 37. Lose Control has now spent 63 weeks in the top forty. Just nine songs have spent longer there. Thanks to Jim Watts at Buzzjack for that information. Lady Gaga’s Abracadabra has magiced its way back in at number 36.

Anniversary editions of albums have become a regular presence in the charts for some time. However, the time between the original release and the new edition has generally been long enough to be able to say that it is aimed at new buyers. The same cannot be said of this week’s example. Taylor Swift released The Tortured Poets Department just a year ago. It went to number one and spent two weeks there. A combination of new versions on vinyl, cassette, shellac and a version where all the instruments have been replaced by kazoos (I may have made some of these up) and quiet release weeks saw it append a total of ten weeks at the top by the end of the year. Now her people have decided that this is a suitable time for an anniversary edition with some new signed copies. The album is back at number one.

It almost seems superfluous to say that Sabrina Carpenter’s Short ‘n’ Sweet is ast number two. Ed Sheeran’s Tour Collection is at number three. Another compilation album is at number four. Fleetwood Mac’s 50 Years Don’t Stop collection was released in November 2018 and reached number five the following May. This week, its 336th in the chart, it hits a new high of number four. This is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the chart rules which favour a Greatest Hits set with a number of very popular songs rather than a few songs which are streamed far more than the rest. Yet another compilation, The Weeknd’s Highlights,is at number five.

The arrival of 5ive in the albums chart may have been a cause of excitement for some and dismay for others. However, it is not a new album by the boyband although that may yet happen. It is the arrival of an album of that name by David Akeleke, known simply as Davido, at number six

After a headlining set at the Coachella Festival, Lady Gaga is back at number 36 with her debut album The Fame. Fontaines DC are back at number 24 with Romance following the release of a deluxe edition featuring new tracks.

The final new entry isn’t exactly new. Doechii released her debut album Alligator Bites Never Heal was released at the end of August last year. Thanks to the success of Anxiety and a vinyl release, it now makes its top forty debut at number 40.