Posted July 20, 20186 yr Nationalities of UK Top 40 Entries (2018) Only songs which entered the Top 40 for the first time in 2018 are counted. By Artist (Each artist only counts once. Both main and featured artists count) UK: 54 (Jax Jones, J HUS, Liam Payne, Rita Ora, Steel Banglez, Yungen, MoStack, Not3s, Dua Lipa, Jorja Smith, Stormzy, Mabel**, Rudimental, Jess Glynne, Dan Caplen, MIST, B Young, Kojo Funds, RAYE, Anne-Marie, James Bay, George Ezra, Hardy Caprio, Sigala, Paloma Faith, Dave, Years & Years, M.O, Lottoboyzz, Yxng Bane, Calvin Harris, Ruti, Ella Eyre, Nines, ZAYN, EO, M-22***, Shakka, AlunaGeorge, Charli XCX, Arctic Monkeys, Clean Bandit, Tom Walker, Ramz, Skepta, Dappy, Ay Em, The 1975, AJ Tracey, Jonas Blue, Little Mix, ZieZie, Au/Ra**, CamelPhat) USA: 52 (Keala Settle et al., G-Eazy, Halsey, Camila Cabello*, Zac Efron, Zendaya, Bruno Mars, Cardi B, Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, 21 Savage, Macklemore, The Chainsmokers, Migos, Chris Stapleton, Hailee Steinfeld, Florida Georgia Line, watt, Marshmello, BlocBoy JB, Bazzi, Maren Morris, Grey, Post Malone, Ty Dolla Sign, XXXTENTACION, Bebe Rexha, Khalid, Normani, Ziv Zaifman, Michelle Williams, Loren Allred, Lil Dicky, Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj*, Ariana Grande, J Cole, Childish Gambino, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, A$AP Rocky, Kanye West, Maroon 5, Jack & Jack, Juice WRLD, Cheat Codes, Tyga, Offset, The Carters, Rich The Kid, Becky G) Canada: 6 (Drake, The Weeknd, Shawn Mendes, Banx & Ranx, Dzeko, Preme) Australia: 5 (Hugh Jackman, Troye Sivan*, 5 Seconds of Summer, Kylie Minogue, Sia) Netherlands: 3 (Martin Garrix, Brooks, Tiesto) Germany: 2 (Zedd*, M-22***) Norway: 2 (Ina Wroldsen, Sigrid) Colombia: 1 (J Balvin) Denmark: 1 (Medina) France: 1 (David Guetta) Israel: 1 (Dennis Lloyd) Jamaica: 1 (Sean Paul) Nigeria: 1 (Mr Eazi) Puerto Rico: 1 (Bad Bunny) Sweden: 1 (Alesso) *These acts were all born in different countries (Cuba for Camila, South Africa for Troye, Russia for Zedd, Trinidad & Tobago for Nicki) but left at a very young age. **These acts were born in one country (both Spain), raised in another (Sweden for Mabel, Antigua for Au/Ra) but now reside in the UK. ***M-22 are a UK-German duo and so have counted for both countries By Song (The nationality of the song is determined by the artist with lead credit. If there is a joint lead credit then each nationality gets 0.5 added to its count) USA: 46 UK: 45.5 Canada: 16.5 Australia: 5 France: 2.5 Germany: 2 Israel: 1 Norway: 1 Colombia: 0.5 Netherlands: 0.5 Jamaica: 0.5
July 20, 20186 yr Author Thought it'd be interesting to do this to see how internationally diverse the UK's tastes are! The answer... not very :P
July 20, 20186 yr Thanks for this. The list of countries is indeed rather short. When was there last a single by an Irish act in the chart?
July 20, 20186 yr Thanks for this. The list of countries is indeed rather short. When was there last a single by an Irish act in the chart? Too Much To Ask by Niall Horan
July 21, 20186 yr This is actually a little more variety than I was expecting tbh! Also nice to see that UK acts are keeping up with US ones. Would be interesting to see a list of this for previous years to see if it's become more UK/US dominated lately or if it's always been like this.
July 22, 20186 yr I'd say it's become very UK/US dominated within the past few years. Earlier in the decade when there were more dance tracks charting you had people from the length & breadth of Europe all getting top 40 hits.
July 24, 20186 yr Author Would be interesting to see a list of this for previous years to see if it's become more UK/US dominated lately or if it's always been like this. Well I guess that's my next project then :magic:
July 24, 20186 yr Author I just noticed Craig David and Bastille are missing. :) I'm only counting songs that entered for the first time in 2018 - I Know You entered in late 2017!
July 24, 20186 yr I'm only counting songs that entered for the first time in 2018 - I Know You entered in late 2017! Ah, silly me! (though I did notice you missed Becky G, and Mad Love definitely came out this year! :P) Edited July 24, 20186 yr by WhoOdyssey
July 24, 20186 yr Author (though I did notice you missed Becky G, and Mad Love definitely came out this year! :P) Must've missed her out! I did add Paul & Guetta though so all it does is push America up an artist.
July 25, 20186 yr **These acts were born in one country (both Spain), raised in another (Sweden for Mabel, Antigua for Au/Ra) but now reside in the UK. Shouldn't they count towards the country they're raised in or in the very least to both the UK and the country they're raised in? I would still consider myself Icelandic even if I moved to the UK tomorrow and lived there for 5 years.
July 25, 20186 yr Author Shouldn't they count towards the country they're raised in or in the very least to both the UK and the country they're raised in? I would still consider myself Icelandic even if I moved to the UK tomorrow and lived there for 5 years. These two were difficult to know how to categorise, neither gave me a definitive nationality but both seemed to be collaborating with British artists and predominantly touring in Britain/doing well in Britain so I went for there. If Au/Ra decided to call herself an Antiguan singer then I'd change it but everywhere I've looked said 'born in Ibiza and raised in Antigua' and not saying she's 'from' either. Mabel is described as Swedish-British but as I said above her focus appears to be on the UK music scene.
August 31, 20186 yr Author End of August update: By Artist (Each artist only counts once. Both main and featured artists count) UK: 63 (Jax Jones, J HUS, Liam Payne, Rita Ora, Steel Banglez, Yungen, MoStack, Not3s, Dua Lipa, Jorja Smith, Stormzy, Mabel**, Rudimental, Jess Glynne, Dan Caplen, MIST, B Young, Kojo Funds, RAYE, Anne-Marie, James Bay, George Ezra, Hardy Caprio, Sigala, Paloma Faith, Dave, Years & Years, M.O, Lottoboyzz, Yxng Bane, Calvin Harris, Ruti, Ella Eyre, Nines, ZAYN, EO, M-22***, Shakka, AlunaGeorge, Charli XCX, Arctic Monkeys, Clean Bandit, Tom Walker, Ramz, Skepta, Dappy, Ay Em, The 1975, AJ Tracey, Jonas Blue, Little Mix, ZieZie, Au/Ra**, CamelPhat, Fredo, Young T & Bugsey, One Acen, Lily James, Celia Imrie, Alexa Davies, Sam Smith, Bastille, Freya Ridings) USA: 61 (Keala Settle et al., G-Eazy, Halsey, Camila Cabello*, Zac Efron, Zendaya, Bruno Mars, Cardi B, Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, 21 Savage, Macklemore, The Chainsmokers, Migos, Chris Stapleton, Hailee Steinfeld, Florida Georgia Line, watt, Marshmello, BlocBoy JB, Bazzi, Maren Morris, Grey, Post Malone, Ty Dolla Sign, XXXTENTACION, Bebe Rexha, Khalid, Normani, Ziv Zaifman, Michelle Williams, Loren Allred, Lil Dicky, Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj*, Ariana Grande, J Cole, Childish Gambino, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, A$AP Rocky, Kanye West, Maroon 5, Jack & Jack, Juice WRLD, Cheat Codes, Tyga, Offset, The Carters, Rich The Kid, Becky G, brando, 6ix9ine, Panic! At the Disco, Benny Blanco, DJ Khaled, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, Travis Scott, Jessica Keenan Wynn) Canada: 9 (Drake, The Weeknd, Shawn Mendes, Banx & Ranx, Dzeko, Preme, Loud Luxury, Murda Beatz, Justin Bieber) Australia: 5 (Hugh Jackman, Troye Sivan*, 5 Seconds of Summer, Kylie Minogue, Sia) Netherlands: 3 (Martin Garrix, Brooks, Tiesto) Germany: 2 (Zedd*, M-22***) Norway: 2 (Ina Wroldsen, Sigrid) South Korea: 2 (BTS, Pinkfong) Colombia: 1 (J Balvin) Denmark: 1 (Medina) France: 1 (David Guetta) Israel: 1 (Dennis Lloyd) Italy: 1 (Gigi D’Agostino) Jamaica: 1 (Sean Paul) Lithuania: 1 (Dynoro) Nigeria: 1 (Mr Eazi) Puerto Rico: 1 (Bad Bunny) Sweden: 1 (Alesso) *These acts were all born in different countries (Cuba for Camila, South Africa for Troye, Russia for Zedd, Trinidad & Tobago for Nicki) but left at a very young age. **These acts were born in one country (both Spain), raised in another (Sweden for Mabel, Antigua for Au/Ra) but now reside in the UK. ***M-22 are a UK-German duo and so have counted for both countries By Song (The nationality of the song is determined by the artist with lead credit. If there is a joint lead credit then each nationality gets 0.5 added to its count) USA: 59.5 UK: 50 Canada: 17.5 Australia: 5 France: 3.5 Germany: 2 South Korea: 2 Netherlands: 1.5 Israel: 1 Norway: 1 Colombia: 0.5 Italy: 0.5 Jamaica: 0.5 Lithuania: 0.5
August 31, 20186 yr Author When I Kissed The Teacher's #40 peak keeping the UK above the USA for artists *.*
August 31, 20186 yr Years & Years could count for Australia as well, as Mikey Goldsworthy is Australian.
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