AND f**king Man I Need back in the top 10 just end me now

1 minute ago, jimwatts said:

They really skipped ALL this week's new entries and re-entries!

They generously played one - Porch Light

09 | 11 | 37th week

Olivia Dean

Man I Need

2nd single from The Art of Loving

Released: 15th August 2025

Label: Capitol Records UK / Polydor

Chart Statistics

NE (28/08/2025) | 8-2-2-2-2-2-1-4-2-2-6-5-4-5-4-8-7-13-35-6-7-8-10-11-11-8-4-7-8-10-10-9-10-9-9-11-9

Sales: 2,000,000+

Certification: 3x Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

03 Sales

01 Audio Streaming

06 Video Streaming

Video

Biography

Singer/songwriter Olivia Dean crafts poignant ballads and warm pop anthems, showcasing a deep sense of self-awareness. Born in 1999 in Enfield and raised in Walthamstow, Dean participated in gospel choir at a young age, before busking in the streets and eventually attending the famous BRIT School. Influenced by Lauryn Hill, Amy Winehouse and Carole King, Dean’s own take on music is autobiographical and vulnerable. In 2019, she released her debut EP, Ok Love You Bye, which delved into the challenging aspects of dating, like on the meditative “Password Change”. The following year, Dean dropped her follow-up EP, What Am I Gonna Do On Sundays?, a concise but evocative set of songs brimming with celestial melodies and confessional lyrics. Dean’s signature introspective style continues to grow more intimate, as evinced by the delicate 2021 EP Growth, highlighted by the soul-baring single “Be My Own Boyfriend”. - Apple Music

Top 100 Chart History

2021 19 The Christmas Song -NAS-

2025 36 It Isn't Perfect But It Might Be -OST-

2025 17 Dive -1-

2025 04 Nice To Each Other -1- MILLIONAIRE

2025 01 Rein Me In (Sam Fender & Olivia Dean) MILLIONAIRE

2025 38 Lady Lady -IG-

2025 01 Man I Need -2- MILLIONAIRE

2025 02 So Easy (To Fall In Love) -3-

2025 13 A Couple Minutes -AT-

2025 21 Let Alone The One You Love -AT-

2026 19 The Hardest Part -1*-

2026 31 Baby Steps -4-

2 x #1 | 4 x Top 5 | 4 x Top 10 | 8 x Top 20 | 12 x Top 40 | 12 x Top 100

Social Media

Olivia Dean

I can't believe they literally skipped every single new and re-entry! I've never known it that bad before.

1 minute ago, JosephStyles said:

They generously played one - Porch Light

Yep, remembered that and edited - the one that had only just left!

So if Billie Jean goes top 10 are they still not gonna play MJ next week?

1 minute ago, JosephStyles said:

09 | 11 | 37th week

Olivia Dean

Man I Need

2nd single from The Art of Loving

Released: 15th August 2025

Label: Capitol Records UK / Polydor

Chart Statistics

NE (28/08/2025) | 8-2-2-2-2-2-1-4-2-2-6-5-4-5-4-8-7-13-35-6-7-8-10-11-11-8-4-7-8-10-10-9-10-9-9-11-9

Sales: 2,000,000+

Certification: 3x Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

03 Sales

01 Audio Streaming

06 Video Streaming

Video

Biography

Singer/songwriter Olivia Dean crafts poignant ballads and warm pop anthems, showcasing a deep sense of self-awareness. Born in 1999 in Enfield and raised in Walthamstow, Dean participated in gospel choir at a young age, before busking in the streets and eventually attending the famous BRIT School. Influenced by Lauryn Hill, Amy Winehouse and Carole King, Dean’s own take on music is autobiographical and vulnerable. In 2019, she released her debut EP, Ok Love You Bye, which delved into the challenging aspects of dating, like on the meditative “Password Change”. The following year, Dean dropped her follow-up EP, What Am I Gonna Do On Sundays?, a concise but evocative set of songs brimming with celestial melodies and confessional lyrics. Dean’s signature introspective style continues to grow more intimate, as evinced by the delicate 2021 EP Growth, highlighted by the soul-baring single “Be My Own Boyfriend”. - Apple Music

Top 100 Chart History

2021 19 The Christmas Song -NAS-

2025 36 It Isn't Perfect But It Might Be -OST-

2025 17 Dive -1-

2025 04 Nice To Each Other -1- MILLIONAIRE

2025 01 Rein Me In (Sam Fender & Olivia Dean) MILLIONAIRE

2025 38 Lady Lady -IG-

2025 01 Man I Need -2- MILLIONAIRE

2025 02 So Easy (To Fall In Love) -3-

2025 13 A Couple Minutes -AT-

2025 21 Let Alone The One You Love -AT-

2026 19 The Hardest Part -1*-

2026 31 Baby Steps -4-

2 x #1 | 4 x Top 5 | 4 x Top 10 | 8 x Top 20 | 12 x Top 40 | 12 x Top 100

Social Media

Olivia Dean

To be honest, I think this single is starting to become this year's equivalent to Beautiful Things in 2024 or Gnarls Barkley's Crazy in 2006.

We know m j skip radio 1 what he was accused of now stay nothing else

Just now, Henessy Lake said:

So if Billie Jean goes top 10 are they still not gonna play MJ next week?

They played Thriller when it was top 10 last year so don't see why not - also they played him during the albums rundown so it's not like they outright refuse unlike with Ye

5 minutes ago, JosephStyles said:

They generously played one - Porch Light

The worst of all imo.

I mean he is a paedophile imo, it's gross people are celebrating him idc 🫣

presumably MJ is on the R1 blacklist along with Kanye West etc. then for being problematic (at least they're being morally consistent here)

no excuse for skipping the new Noah Kahan though

08 | 09 | 80th week

Zara Larsson

Lush Life

2nd single from So Good

Released: 9th June 2015

Label: Record Company TEN

Chart Statistics

NE (14/01/2016) | 88-72-40-27-19-16-9-6-4-4-3-4-5-5-5-6-7-7-9-13-15-18-17-19-22-27-30-31-33-39-42-44-45-51-52-57-60-62-56-58-66-74-74-79-77-87-98-x

RE (05/01/2017) | 85-58-72-81-82-89-93-94-90-x

RE (30/03/2017) | 93-x

RE (04/12/2025) | 39-59-49-44-50-9-8-9-7-7-9-7-3-6-9-11-8-10-7-4-6-9-8

Sales: 3,500,000+

Certification: 5x Platinum

Status: Standard Chart Ratio

03 Sales

04 Audio Streaming

01 Video Streaming

Video

Biography

“I try not to overthink songs,” Zara Larsson told Apple Music in 2019. Instead, the Swedish singer feels most on point when she’s able to “just feel it.” Larsson’s ability to convey that mix of youthful confidence and emotional intensity helped make her one of Europe’s biggest new music stars while she was still in her teens. Born in 1997 in a suburb of Stockholm, Larsson first found fame in Sweden when her performance of Céline Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” clinched her victory on a TV talent show at the age of 10. After leaving school to focus on her music full time, she released her debut album, 1, in 2014, which topped the charts throughout Scandinavia and landed her a U.S. record deal. By the time she was scoring international hits alongside rapper Tinie Tempah on “Girls Like” and guesting on David Guetta’s “This One’s for You”, she was fast developing beyond the familiar dance-pop templates and demonstrating a boldness that evoked Beyoncé and Rihanna, two of her biggest influences. (She paid tribute to another inspiration a few years later when she released a sumptuous cover of Robyn’s “With Every Heartbeat”.) “Never Forget You”, a thrilling collaboration with singer and producer MNEK that also marked Larsson’s first songwriting effort, became her first major U.S. success. Together with the album So Good, the song established the power and allure of Larsson’s sleek yet impassioned brand of EDM-powered pop. - Apple Music

Top 100 Chart History

2015 05 Never Forget You (MNEK & Zara Larsson) -1- MILLIONAIRE

2016 03 Lush Life -2- MILLIONAIRE

2016 05 Girls Like (Tinie Tempah feat. Zara Larsson) MILLIONAIRE

2016 16 This One's For You (David Guetta feat. Zara Larsson)

2016 13 Ain't My Fault -3-

2016 02 I Would Like -4- MILLIONAIRE

2017 44 So Good (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) -5-

2017 01 Symphony (Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson) MILLIONAIRE

2018 09 Ruin My Life -1-

2019 79 Now You're Gone (Tom Walker feat. Zara Larsson)

2019 34 Don't Worry Bout Me -NAS-

2019 58 All The Time -NAS-

2020 49 Like It Is (Kygo, Zara Larsson & Tyga)

2022 36 Words (Alesso & Zara Larsson)

2023 25 Can't Tame Her -1-

2023 15 On My Love (Zara Larsson & David Guetta) -2-

2026 12 Midnight Sun -1-

2026 40 SHE DID IT AGAIN (Tyla feat. Zara Larsson)

1 x #1 | 5 x Top 5 | 6 x Top 10 | 10 x Top 20 | 13 x Top 40 | 18 x Top 100

Social Media

Zara Larsson

Of course the heavy plays of Dean are because she's headlining the London O2 currently.

1 minute ago, gasman449 said:

They played Thriller when it was top 10 last year so don't see why not - also they played him during the albums rundown so it's not like they outright refuse unlike with Ye

Yup, MJ's had 5 Radio 1 plays in 2026 so he's not on the blacklist. Poor form for a chart show!

 

Just now, Stephen Emmett said:

Of course the heavy plays of Dean are because she's headlining the London O2 currently.

There's no correlation between this and Radio 1, they were playing her heavily anyway beforehand and will continue to do so.

30th week in the top 10 for "Lush Life". Only the 9th song to achieve this.

Just now, Stephen Emmett said:

Of course the heavy plays of Dean are because she's headlining the London O2 currently.

they skipped her new entry... even olivia couldn't survive these insasne producers haha

 

Just now, DanielCarey said:

30th week in the top 10 for "Lush Life". Only the 9th song to achieve this.

lush life & man i need coming to take the top 2 longest running top 10 singles OAT by the end of the year?

They had to skip Michael Jackson because of his nonce behaviour towards children and an certain payout in 1993.

Just now, Mack said:

They had to skip Michael Jackson because of his nonce behaviour towards children and an certain payout in 1993.

This isn't the case, they've played him a few times this year (compared to Kanye who they haven't played in years).

The MJ stuff is "alleged" which is why he's not blacklisted I assume.

5 minutes ago, JosephStyles said:

Yup, MJ's had 5 Radio 1 plays in 2026 so he's not on the blacklist.

 

5 plays in 4 months? That's massive