Sam Fender and Bella Kay are in the mix for #1 again, meanwhile BTS eye a high debut with "SWIM", and RAYE teams up with Hans Zimmer on her latest single "Click Clack Symphony". There's also returns from FLO with "Leak It" and Muse on "Be with You", along with new tracks from Niall Horan, Foo Fighters, Ella Langley, Death Cab For Cutie, Nickelback, Take That, Dermot Kennedy, Paris Paloma, Chris Stussy, Jorja Smith and Lizzo

BTS' comeback "ARIRANG" could score them a third #1. Luke Combs releases his sixth LP "The Way I Am", while underscores drops her latest record "U", in addition to new albums from Ladytron, Exodus, Nubiyan Twist, Grace Ives, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Tyketto, Avalon Emerson, Naomi Scott, Jane McDonald, Gaerea, Poison The Well and Witch Post

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Official Chart First Look: Full Update

1 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In

2 BTS - SWIM

3 Bella Kay - iloveitiloveitiloveit

4 Harry Styles - American Girls

5 PinkPantheress - Stateside

6 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall in Love)

7 Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM

8 Zara Larsson - Lush Life

9 sombr - Homewrecker

10 Olivia Dean - Man I Need

11 Harry Styles - Aperture

12 Bruno Mars - I Just Might

13 Dominic Fike - Babydoll

14 Tame Impala - Dracula

15 Milky - Just the Way You Are

16 Taylor Swift - Opalite

17 SIENNA SPIRO - The Visitor

18 RAYE feat. Hans Zimmer - Click Clack Symphony.

19 Dominic Fike - White Keys

20 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun

24 BTS - Body to Body

31 Chris Stussy & Tom Did It - Wide Awake

34 BTS - Hooligan

38 Bebe Rexha & Faithless - New Religion

40 FLO - Leak It

Official Charts Report

Back with a bang?

South Korean boy band BTS could mark their return with a first ever Number 1 single in the UK with SWIM (2).

Following the release of ARIRANG, their first material since 2022, RM, Suga, J-Hope, Jin, Jung Kook, V and Jimin find their track just shy of the summit, but ensued in a tight top spot battle. With one comeback in Harry Styles making strong waves in the chart, can BTS follow suit?

Either way, SWIM is on course to earn BTS their highest charting single to date, with Dynamite in 2020 and Butter in 2021 both peaking at Number 3.

And it doesn’t stop there for the lads! Body to Body (24) and Hooligan (34) may also find themselves inside the Top 40.

That means pole position is currently occupied by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s Rein Me In, which regained Number 1 on Friday to mark its fourth non-consecutive week at the top.

Elsewhere, the iconic team-up between RAYE and Hans Zimmer on Click Clack Symphony. could land inside the Top 20 (18) while Dutch DJ Chris Stussy eyes a first Top 40 appearance with Wide Awake featuring Tom Did It (31).

Can Bebe Rexha and Faithless’ New Religion finally break the Top 40? After agonisingly missing out on Friday, the tune once again begins its push for a main entry ticket, currently sat at Number 38 in this First Look update.

British trio FLO’s Leak It will look to earn the girl group a second Top 40 accolade (40).

Official Chart Update

Singles (Top 100)

01 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In (21,377)

02 Bella Kay - iloveitiloveitiloveit (17,859)

03 BTS - SWIM (15,470)

04 Harry Styles - American Girls (12,779)

05 PinkPantheress - Stateside (11,767)

07 Zara Larsson - Lush Life

08 Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM

09 Olivia Dean - Man I Need

12 Dominic Fike - Babydoll

15 Milky - Just the Way You Are

17 Dominic Fike - White Keys

19 RAYE feat. Hans Zimmer - Click Clack Symphony.

22 Alex Warren - Ordinary

24 RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

25 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden

28 BTS - Body to Body

31 Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas

34 Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Poppy Baskcomb - Think About Us

35 Chris Stussy & Tom Did It - Wide Awake

36 BTS - Hooligan

40 FLO - Leak It

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Albums (Top 100)

01 BTS - ARIRANG (28,246) [21,759 physicals, 1,565 downloads, 4,922 streaming]

02 Luke Combs - The Way I Am (8,111)

03 Harry Styles - Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. (6,349)

04 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (5,425)

05 Jane McDonald - Living the Dream (4,585)

07 Ed Sheeran - +-=÷× (Tour Collection)

12 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet

14 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits

17 Elton John - Diamonds

25 Zach Bryan - With Heaven on Top

27 Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR

30 Calvin Harris - 96 Months

31 Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS

38 Ed Sheeran - ÷

Music Week Top 40 Sales Flash

Singles

01 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In (38,393)

02 Bella Kay - iloveitiloveitiloveit (32,891)

03 BTS - SWIM (25,464)

04 Harry Styles - American Girls (22,622)

05 PinkPantheress - Stateside (21,676)

07 Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM

11 Dominic Fike - Babydoll

15 Milky - Just the Way You Are

17 Dominic Fike - White Keys

19 RAYE feat. Hans Zimmer - Click Clack Symphony. (12,015)

20 Dave & Tems - Raindance

24 RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

27 BTS - Body to Body (12,015)

32 Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas

38 BTS - FYA (6,594)

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Albums

01 BTS - ARIRANG (34,530) [24,242 physicals, 1,927 downloads, 8,361 streaming]

02 Harry Styles - Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. (10,736)

03 Luke Combs - The Way I Am (10,669)

04 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (9,481)

05 Jane McDonald - Living the Dream (5,257)

07 Ed Sheeran - +-=÷× (Tour Collection)

13 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet

17 Elton John - Diamonds

25 Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR

26 Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS

30 Calvin Harris - 96 Months

36 Zach Bryan - With Heaven on Top
39 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad

40 Ed Sheeran - ÷

Looking forward to seeing where Jane McDonalds album ends up this week - she has a ton of promo and HMV signings.

Will be interesting to see how BTS do in the singles chart.

SWIM is only around 50 on Apple Music, but they have physical singles out this week. And I’m sure they’ll sell loads of them.

I hope Raye goes to number 1

On 20/03/2026 at 22:28, WhoOdyssey said:

Will be interesting to see how BTS do in the singles chart.

SWIM is only around 50 on Apple Music, but they have physical singles out this week. And I’m sure they’ll sell loads of them.

Interesting note on the BTS store regarding number that can be purchased -

“Limited to 2 per customer. UK & Ireland customers only.

Customers with more than 2 units will not be counted toward OCC charting.”

And on the 2nd version of the CD they’ve posted this -

“If you want your items in the cart to contribute towards OCC charting, please make sure to select the split shipping option at checkout if you have multiple items in your cart with different street dates.”

Edited March 22Mar 22 by ___∆___

Less than 20 to First Look!

I never expected Rein Me In to be such a long running number 1. I expected it to steal a week! Guessing another one this week

20 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun

19 Dominic Fike - White Keys

18 RAYE feat. Hans Zimmer - Click Clack Symphony.

Zara Larsson to get above #20 challenge

12 hours ago, timberlake_x said:

I hope Raye goes to number 1

You were saying?

Both anticipated new entries are not for me I'm afraid

They’ve released so many versions of Midnight Sun - really hope it can go Top 15 at least (although at one point I never expected it to go Top 100 so can’t complain too much)

I was expecting Raye Top 5 at least, it will get,the album boost next week with 2 more tracks

17 SIENNA SPIRO - The Visitor

16 Taylor Swift - Opalite

Spider Pig outdone 😲 happy for Hans getting another top 40 hit, shame his film scores haven't found chart success!

Opalite is getting old