August 7, 20206 yr 20 | 22 | 36th week The Weeknd Blinding Lights 2nd single from After Hours Released: 30th November 2019 Label: The Weeknd XO Chart Statistics NE (12/12/2019) | 12-17-20-41-11-10-8-4-2-1-1-2-1-1-1-2-2-1-1-1-2-2-5-7-7-9-11-10-13-14-12-16-16-16-22-20 Sales: 1,700k+ Certification: 2x Platinum Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio 01 Sales 01 Audio Streaming 04 Video Streaming Video 4NRXx6U8ABQ Biography Nobody makes feeling bad sound as good as The Weeknd. Even the singer’s sunniest tracks (“Can’t Feel My Face,” “Starboy”) feel anchored by darkness—the sense that pleasure is pain and beauty decays and you can’t have the night without the morning after. The brainchild of Toronto singer Abel Tesfaye, the project took off in 2011 with a string of mixtapes (later collected as 2012’s Trilogy) that forged cavernous, falsetto-driven R&B with narratives drenched in drugs, sex, and other regrettable decisions—a sound both sensuous and detached, featherlight and dead heavy. One of the earliest musicians to find his footing on the internet, Tesfaye originally offered his music through YouTube and free downloads, a move that felt radical then but is common now. Ethiopian by heritage (his parents immigrated to Canada in the late ’80s, just before he was born), Tesfaye—out from behind the mask of making art online—has since come to represent the changing face of Toronto, rooting himself not just in an international musical community but in a specific diasporic experience. Like the work of collaborator Lana Del Rey or early booster (and fellow Toronto native) Drake, Tesfaye’s music has become a symbol of hedonism pushed to bleak excess, with a series of albums—including 2015’s Grammy-winning Beauty Behind the Madness, 2016’s multiplatinum Starboy, and 2020’s dense and atmospheric After Hours—whose narrators can’t seem to say no even if they hate themselves for it later. And though his music has gotten a little brighter over time, the prevailing mood remains heavy, even unsettling—the ride you want more of even when you’ve had too much. Speaking to Apple Music about the persona behind his songs, Tesfaye said, “I’m a chill person. That guy is who I am, but it is who I am to myself and in my writing. Sometimes you take him and then you create more, and then it becomes this beast. You add more to him, and then it’s uncontrollable—its own character. It’s like Scarface, the villain: It’s horrible, but you can’t stop looking at it.” - iTunes Top 100 Chart History 2012 37 Crew Love (Drake feat. The Weeknd) 2014 48 Love Me Harder (Ariana Grande & The Weeknd) 2015 04 Earned It -OST/2- MILLIONAIRE 2015 64 Where You Belong -OST- 2015 03 The Hills -4- MILLIONAIRE 2015 03 Can't Feel My Face -3- MILLIONAIRE 2015 65 Often -1/6- 2015 72 Real Life -AT- 2015 74 Tell Your Friends -AT- 2015 78 Prisoner (feat. Lana Del Rey) -AT- 2015 90 Acquainted -AT- 2015 91 Losers (feat. Labrinth) -AT- 2015 92 Dark Times (feat. Ed Sheeran) -AT- 2015 48 In The Night -5- 2016 84 FML (Kanye West feat. The Weeknd) 2016 35 6 Inch (Beyoncé feat. The Weeknd) 2016 02 Starboy (feat. Daft Punk) -1- MILLIONAIRE 2016 51 False Alarm -IG- 2016 09 I Feel It Coming (feat. Daft Punk) -2- MILLIONAIRE 2016 17 Party Monster -3- 2016 26 Rockin' -4- 2016 30 Sidewalks (feat. Kendrick Lamar) -AT- 2016 39 Reminder -AT- 2016 43 Six Feet Under -AT- 2016 47 Secrets -AT- 2016 53 A Lonely Night -AT- 2016 55 True Colours -AT- 2016 68 Love To Lay -AT- 2016 73 Stargirl Interlude (feat. Lana Del Rey) -AT- 2016 74 Die For You -AT- 2016 76 All I Know (feat. Future) -AT- 2016 78 Attention -AT- 2016 79 Ordinary Life -AT- 2016 81 Nothing Without You -AT- 2017 83 Comin Out Strong (Future feat. The Weeknd) 2017 38 Lust For Life (Lana Del Rey feat. The Weeknd) 2017 51 A Lie (French Montana feat. The Weeknd & Max B) 2017 78 Curve (Gucci Mane feat. The Weeknd) 2018 11 Pray For Me (The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar) -OST- 2018 07 Call Out My Name -1- 2018 17 Try Me -AT- 2018 18 Wasted Times -AT- 2019 09 Lost In The Fire (Gesaffelstein & The Weeknd) 2019 45 Power Is Power (SZA, The Weeknd & Travis Scott) -OST- 2019 10 Heartless -1- 2019 01 Blinding Lights -2- MILLIONAIRE 2020 20 After Hours -IG- 2020 17 In Your Eyes -3- 1 x #1 | 5 x Top 5 | 9 x Top 10 | 15 x Top 20 | 21 x Top 40 | 48 x Top 100 Social Media The Weeknd http://i.imgur.com/1SERq1f.png
August 7, 20206 yr Taylor's vocal and the piano is bringing back memories of the excellent Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton. Blinding Lights already a classic. Edited August 7, 20206 yr by Hissjack
August 7, 20206 yr They're really playing some bad choices this week in terms of fairness... To be fair there isn't hardly any new music charting this week.
August 7, 20206 yr 19 | 27 | 26th week Nathan Dawe featuring Jaykae Flowers Non-album single Released: 25th October 2019 Label: Nathan Dawe Chart Statistics NE (20/02/2020) | 93-92-81-57-61-49-34-34-23-16-21-24-21-17-13-12-13-14-15-17-14-19-20-22-27-19 Sales: 400k+ Certification: Gold Status: Standard Chart Ratio 05 Sales 17 Audio Streaming 18 Video Streaming Video bJwLnupq74U Biography East Staffordshire-based producer Nathan Dawe creates club music that draws heavily from garage and R&B. Born in Burton-upon-Trent in 1994, Dawe began remixing other producers in his early twenties. Although he had begun to make a name for himself, it wasn't until the release of his 2018 single "Cheatin" that his career took off; after releasing the track, Atlantic Records got in touch to sign a deal. The single took a vocal sample from Deborah Cox's "It's Over Now" and added a propulsive garage-inspired bassline underneath. - iTunes Top 100 Chart History Nathan Dawe 2018 94 Cheatin' -NAS- 2020 12 Flowers (feat. Jaykae) -NAS- 2020 04 Lighter (feat. KSI) -NAS- 0 x #1 | 1 x Top 5 | 1 x Top 10 | 2 x Top 20 | 2 x Top 40 | 3 x Top 100 Jaykae 2019 73 On The Way Home (Jaykae & Aitch feat. Bowzer Boss) -NAS- 2020 12 Flowers (Nathan Dawe feat. Jaykae) 0 x #1 | 0 x Top 5 | 0 x Top 10 | 1 x Top 20 | 1 x Top 40 | 2 x Top 100 Social Media Nathan Dawe Jaykae http://i.imgur.com/1SERq1f.png
August 7, 20206 yr Rain On Me / Exile / Blinding Lights - the 3 best songs in the chart all back to back :wub:
August 7, 20206 yr To be fair there isn't hardly any new music charting this week. There's been a number of songs that, granted, have fallen down but have only a few weeks on the chart. Yet we hear Kings & Queens, Blinding Lights, This City & Flowers guaranteed every single week. Yes, Scott Nathan Dawe had a new song out near the top, so we MUST remind everything of the existence of this :rolleyes:
August 7, 20206 yr Blinding Lights to have the same longevity as Dance Monkey I fear Cant see it lasting the Christmas rush in December but should be top 40 until then. It is down to under 300k though daily so is falling. Edited August 7, 20206 yr by Steve201
August 7, 20206 yr To be fair there isn't hardly any new music charting this week. Typical when last week they didn't play a lot of the songs and there were 4 NEs in the top 10.
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