Olivia Rodrigo has her fourth number one single. Two new albums battle to prevent Olivia Dean staying at the top of the albums chart.

One Olivia replaces another at the top of the singles chart as Olivia Rodrigo goes straight to the top to bag her fourth number one with the cheerfully-titled Drop Dead. While it has a fairly slow start, the song does pick up to become another pleasant Olivia Rodrigo song. Her fourth number one is the first in an even year. It is the first number one single to contain the worf dead in its title, although Dead Or Alive topped the chart with You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) in 1985. I can't think of a previous occasion when there were successive number ones by different people with the same forename, but two of Michael Jackson’s number ones were followed by George Michael (one of them with Elton John).

The other Olivia, Ms Dean, falls to number two alongside Sam Fender with Rein Me In. That song has now accumulated eight weeks at the top. Justin Bieber’s songs continue to enjoy a boost after his Coachella appearance. Beauty And A Beat (with Nicki Minaj) jumps eight places to number three to reach the top ten for the first time. Former number one Daisies is up to number five while Baby is a re-entry at number seventeen. That song, which features Ludacris, originally reached number three. As he gets second billing behind Sean Kingston on Ennie Meenie, the song does not count towards Bieber’s three-song limit. It is, therefore, able to re-enter at number 32. It is an unexpected return to the chart for Kingston whose last hit was in 2011.

Tame Impala’s Dracula falls two places to number four.

Tyla and Sara Larsson have a new entry at number 40 with She Did It Again. It is Tyla’s fifth top forty hit but only the second to have more than one word in the title.

The battle for supremacy in the albums chart was between two new releases by very different acts. Monday’s sales figures suggested that Olivia Dean could outsell them both, but the closeness of the race encouraged Skindread and Jessie Ware’s marketing teams to make a big push for the top spot. As a result, both albums picked up significant sales throughout the week, unlike many new releases.

The eventual winners were Skindred who describe themselves as a Welsh ragga punk metal band. At least that means they can claim to be the first act of that description to have another number one album. Their last album, Smile, missed out on the top spot by just 150 sales so this victory should be especially sweet for them. Commenting to the Official Charts Company, they described the win as “a fairytale of Newport”.

Skindred were also very generous towards Jessie Ware, describing her album Superbloom as “amazing”. While the album has missed out on first palace in the main chart, it is at number one in the Official Record Store chart which measures sales from independent record shops. Ware has now had six top ten albums but still awaits her first number one.

Olivia Dean finishes at number three with The Art Of Loving. In its 30 weeks in the charty, it has not yet left the top five.

Zayn (Malik, formerly of One Direction) is at number four with his fifth studio album Konnakol. According to Wikipedia, Konnakol is a south Indian art of performing percussion rhythms vocally. 

The Michael Jackson biopic Michael has not been well-received by the critics, particularly as there is no mention of certain parts of his life. As his family was closely involved with the project, that omission is hardly a surprise. The Essential Michael Jackson collection climbs to number five.

Tom Rowlands of Chemical Brothers has joined forces with Norwegian singer Aurora to form Tomora. Their album Come Closer is at number sixteen. All together now - The sun will come out Tomora, bet your bottom dollar that Tomora there’ll be sun.

Last Saturday was Record Store Day which saw lots of limited editions released. One of them was a new edition of The Cure’s Greatest Hits. The album returns to the top forty at number 27.