April's Top 40 | 05/01/15

Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande's joint efforts clinch the first #1 of 2015, knocking off "Uptown Funk" after two weeks. This release marks Minaj's 12th number one and Grande's 3rd number one. Elsewhere, Fergie vaults up from #31 to #12, looking set to enter the top 10 next week. There are big new entries from Jessie J and Meghan Trainor at #15 and #16 with their latest singles - both look set to enter the top 10 next week too. Further new entries come from Kanye West and The Weekend. There's one re-entry this week from Demi Lovato with her version of "Let It Go" at #32.

01 02 Nicki Minaj • Get On Your Knees (feat. Ariana Grande) • 4 Weeks • 6-3-2-1-

02 01 Mark Ronson • Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars) • 5 Weeks • 29-2-1-1-2-

03 05 Olly Murs • Up (feat. Demi Lovato) • 7 Weeks • 28-22-14-10-7-5-3-

04 06 Nicki Minaj • Grand Piano • 4 Weeks • 8-4-6-4-

05 03 Nicki Minaj • The Crying Game • 4 Weeks • 19-5-3-5-

06 09 David Guetta • What I Did For Love? (feat. Emeli Sande) • 7 Weeks • 25-13-12-21-32-9-6-

07 07 Taylor Swift • Blank Space • 6 Weeks • 27-19-27-15-7-7-

08 24 Tulisa • Living Without You • 11 Weeks • 16-1-5-9-17-26-32-38-34-24-8-

09 04 Nicki Minaj • Bed of Lies (feat. Skylar Grey) • 8 Weeks • 1-1-1-1-1-2-4-9-

10 08 Ariana Grande • Love Me Harder (feat. The Weeknd) • 10 Weeks • 30-28-13-16-20-17-13-11-22-8-10-

11 11 Selena Gomez • The Heart Wants What It Wants • 9 Weeks • 22-3-2-3-5-9-16-11-11-

12 31 Fergie • L.A. Love (la la) • 2 Weeks • 31-12-

13 15 Ella Henderson • Ghost • 28 Weeks • 18-18-13-5-3-2-4-2-2-3-5-4-7-12-14-12-14-18-18-19-21-20-24-29-36-40-xx-15-13-

14 22 Fifth Harmony • Sledgehammer • 9 Weeks • 31-22-12-9-11-20-28-22-14-

15 NE Jessie J • Sweet Talker • 1 Week • 15-

16 NE Meghan Trainor • Lips Are Movin' • 1 Week • 16-

17 12 Beyonce • 7/11 • 7 Weeks • 6-2-3-3-12-12-17-

18 14 Calvin Harris • Pray To God (feat. Haim) • 9 Weeks • 1-2-4-4-7-13-17-14-18-

19 13 Nicki Minaj • The Night Is Still Young • 4 Weeks • 32-8-13-19-

20 20 Ella Henderson • Yours • 9 Weeks • 16-8-3-5-9-16-25-20-20-

21 10 Nicki Minaj • I Lied • 4 Weeks • 35-6-10-21-

22 18 Fifth Harmony • Bo$$ • 13 Weeks • 32-11-2-3-6-12-19-19-8-15-23-18-22-

23 17 Sam Smith • Like I Can • 10 Weeks • 22-4-7-10-15-18-28-24-17-23-

24 19 Nicki Minaj • Feeling Myself (feat. Beyonce) • 4 Weeks • 25-13-19-24-

25 26 Nicki Minaj • Anaconda • 23 Weeks • 3-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-3-1-2-4-4-7-3-6-11-18-24-22-29-26-25-

26 23 Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj • Bang Bang • 23 Weeks • 1-5-7-5-5-5-4-7-11-11-16-14-21-21-34-33-35-32-34-40-35-23-26-

27 38 Nicki Minaj • Only (feat. Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown) • 10 Weeks • 6-2-5-13-24-28-34-38-38-27-

28 NE Kanye West • Only One (feat. Paul McCartney) • 1 Week • 28-

29 16 Nicki Minaj • Trini Dem Girls (feat. Lunchmoney Lewis) • 4 Weeks • 26-10-16-29-

30 27 Calvin Harris • Outside (feat. Ellie Goulding) • 9 Weeks • 8-4-5-8-16-29-36-27-30-

31 25 Beyonce • Drunk In Love (feat. Jay Z) • 39 Weeks • 3-1-2-2-2-3-2-4-5-5-5-7-9-11-9-10-14-20-22-20-22-26-23-26-31-32-17-21-21-14-14-22-27-35-35-34-39-xx-25-31-

32 RE Demi Lovato • Let It Go • 7 Weeks • 29-26-11-10-25-25-34-xx-32-

33 33 Jessie J • Masterpiece • 13 Weeks • 8-2-6-12-32-30-34-33-30-37-39-33-33-

34 37 Ben Haenow • Something I Need • 3 Weeks • 31-37-34-

35 NE The Weeknd • Earned It • 1 Week • 35-

36 21 Nicki Minaj • All Things Go • 5 Weeks • 22-12-14-21-36-

37 28 Beyonce • Flawless (feat. Nicki Minaj) • 23 Weeks • 2-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-8-7-12-14-11-12-19-15-16-23-31-30-28-37-

38 30 Hilary Duff • All About You • 13 Weeks • 20-15-11-9-14-10-18-25-25-33-37-30-38-

39 39 Seinabo Sey • Pistols at Dawn • 6 Weeks • 34-26-36-40-39-39-

40 35 Jennifer Lawrence • The Hanging Tree • 6 Weeks • 12-2-7-20-35-40-

Number Ones

092 Nicki Minaj • Get On Your Knees (feat. Ariana Grande) • 05/01/15 [1 week]