09 | | 15th week

Dolly Parton

Jolene

1st single from Jolene

Released: 15th April 1976

Label: Sony Music Entertainment

Chart Statistics

NE (15/05/1976) | 42-38-28-18-17-7-9-13-17-32-x

RE (24/09/2011) | 100-93-x

RE (12/07/2014) | 52-96-x

RE (03/09/2026) | 9

Sales: 1,800,000+

Certification: 3x Platinum

Status: Standard Chart Ratio

07 Sales

xx Audio Streaming

xx Video Streaming

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Biography

A powerful singer-songwriter and electric performer, Dolly Parton was one of country music’s most beloved figures. Born to an impoverished family in Tennessee in 1946 (in humble upbringings that would inspire such songs as “Coat of Many Colors”), she started singing in church, received a guitar at age eight and performed on regional radio programmes as a kid. She moved to Nashville the day after her high school graduation in 1964 and quickly signed with Monument Records. Her first charting single, 1966’s “Dumb Blonde”, introduced her as a fun-loving but independent woman confident enough to flout stereotypes and command her own destiny. In the late ’60s, Parton enjoyed huge success as a regular on Porter Wagoner’s weekly TV show and through a long string of collaborative hits. But she became even more popular as a solo artist, particularly with a pair of 1974 hits: the aching “I Will Always Love You”—which Parton wrote about needing to strike out on her own without Wagoner—and the timeless “Jolene”, with its poignant minor-key mode and emotional intensity. In 1981, Parton landed her first pop No. 1 hit, the blue-collar anthem “9 to 5”, and co-starred in the comedy film of the same name. She then had the biggest smash of her career in 1983 with “Islands In the Stream”, an easygoing romantic duet with Kenny Rogers. Further collaborations—like her albums with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris, plus cameos on songs by Kesha and Miley Cyrus (her goddaughter)—expanded Parton’s legacy through the end of the 20th century and well into the 21st. Over time, she became involved in endeavours like her namesake Dollywood theme park, a 9 to 5 Broadway musical and the literacy-focused Imagination Library. But Parton’s latter-day work—including a series of stripped-down bluegrass albums and 2023’s Rockstar, a rock ’n’ roll album released upon her Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction—showed that her musical gifts contained multitudes. She passed away in August 2026 at age 80. - Apple Music

Top 100 Chart History

1976 07 Jolene -1- MILLIONAIRE

1981 12 9 To 5 -1- MILLIONAIRE

1983 07 Islands In The Stream (Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton) MILLIONAIRE

1984 75 Here You Come Again -1-

1984 88 Christmas Without You (Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton) -1-

1994 64 The Day I Fall In Love (Dolly Parton & James Ingram) -OST-

1998 86 Peace Train -1-

2002 73 If -1-

2011 67 Together You And I -1-

2020 55 Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas (Dolly Parton & Michael Bublé) -1-

2025 83 TYRANT (Beyoncé & Dolly Parton)

0 x #1 | 0 x Top 5 | 2 x Top 10 | 3 x Top 20 | 3 x Top 40 | 11 x Top 100

Social Media

Dolly Parton

'Jolene' is brilliant

I found this in the 2023 chart predictions thread the other day when I was browsing all the old ones:

On 24/12/2022 at 00:24, Jade said:

- 'Jolene' by Dolly Parton will experience a resurgence due to TikTok

...I'm sad it's instead back under these circumstances! But I remember predicting this as those lyrics feel evergreen. What a classic - new peak next week please <3

No new peak of "Jolene" this week. Still top 10, though.

Very frustrating for Kevin...

Now I know where Dolly is, I've turned BBC R1 off

Of course the White Stripes had a number 16 hit with a live version of this in 2004 while Beyonce recently had a hit with her own interpretation of the track...

I do really think we need to hear Jolene's side of the story though!

Jolene is such a bop

It was really offensive of beyonce to cover it though 😒

Honestly I genuinely think it's a new Brat single when that football advert plays 💀

08 | 10 | 54th 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) | 8-2-2-2-2-2-1-4-2-2-6-5-4-5-4-8-7-13-35-6-7-8-10-11-11-8-4-7-8-10-10-9-10-9-9-11-9-11-14-16-13-16-16-17-11-11-12-13-12-10-12-13-10-8

Sales: 2,700,000+

Certification: 4x Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

03 Sales

01 Audio Streaming

06 Video Streaming

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Biography

Why do Olivia Dean songs strike such a chord? Because they come directly from personal experience. “I would never, ever write something that wasn’t true or didn’t happen to me,” she told Apple Music’s Rebecca Judd in 2025. “It’s not interesting to me. It doesn’t do anything for me to make it up, because I’ve got to go out and sing it for maybe the rest of my life.” Born in 1999 in the London Borough of Haringey and raised in Highams Park, Dean dabbled in gospel choir and busking before studying music theatre and songwriting at the prestigious BRIT School. Spanning a series of EPs beginning in 2019, early tracks like “Ok Love You Bye” revealed her evergreen soul and jazz influences while proving just how nimble yet emotional she could be as a singer and songwriter alike. Dean dug deeper into smouldering neo-soul with “Dive”, from her 2023 debut album Messy, but 2025 is when everything really happened for her. That year alone, she duetted with Sam Fender on “Rein Me In” before scoring her biggest global hits to date with the Fleetwood Mac-esque “Nice to Each Other” and the wonderfully retro “Man I Need”, the latter gilded with breezy funk and gospel flourishes. Both tracks appeared on her second album, The Art of Loving, and suddenly, she was selling out consecutive nights at London’s O2 Arena. At this rate, Dean will indeed be singing these songs—and many more to come—for the rest of her life. - 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- MILLIONAIRE

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- MILLIONAIRE

2025 13 A Couple Minutes -AT-

2025 21 Let Alone The One You Love -AT-

2026 19 The Hardest Part -1*- MILLIONAIRE

2026 30 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

Seems quite likely that the OCC granted a full day of estimated streams for Thursday considering how high the Dolly songs are, rather than a Friday to Wednesday average.

Let’s throw hands for Dolly! Come here, Jolene…

A year ago this week Man I Need was at 8, this year it’s still at No. 8!

1 minute ago, Julian_ said:

Seems quite likely that the OCC granted a full day of estimated streams for Thursday considering how high the Dolly songs are, rather than a Friday to Wednesday average.

Certainly looks like it. It also makes a lot more sense.

9 To 5 is the first single since Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano to take 45 or more years from single release to Top 40 hit

35 top 10 weeks for Man I Need.

Is it this week's real number 1 ?

Hope Jolene can get a new peak next week 👏🏽

Love Olivia Dean but never clicked with Man I Need wish it would drop fast now

Edited 18 hours ago18 hr by kmansaray3_

'Man I Need' has now also matched the 54 consecutive Top 40 weeks of 'Thinking Out Loud' as the record holder when it started its run.

07 | 08 | 14th week

Olivia Rodrigo

the cure

2nd single from you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love

Released: 22nd May 2026

Label: Olivia Rodrigo

Chart Statistics

NE (04/06/2026) | 2-3-4-3-4-6-8-11-9-8-11-11-8-7

Sales: 300,000+

Certification: Silver

Status: Standard Chart Ratio

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02 Audio Streaming

04 Video Streaming

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Biography

Olivia Rodrigo recognises that the yearning, melancholy aspect of her love songs is key to their intense emotional appeal—beginning with 2021’s weepy smash, “drivers license”. “I think that grounds it in something real,” she told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in 2026, “and that’s why we resonate with those types of songs so much.” Born in 2003 in Murrieta, California, Rodrigo juggled childhood lessons in piano, voice and acting before starring in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and eventually turning to pop music with an abashed passion for seething ’90s alt-rock. Rodrigo was only 18 when she released her debut album, SOUR, a breakup record with a meticulous rage: “Where’s my f***ing teenage dream?” she wondered on “brutal”, the album’s Elastica-recalling opener. GUTS followed in 2023, with Rodrigo and repeat producer/collaborator Dan Nigro placing her pointillistic lyrics in an expanded sonic palette that incorporated influences from off-kilter ’90s acts like The Breeders and B******e Surfers. In the same 2026 interview, she described each of her albums as a journey of self-discovery—including that year’s you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love. Observing that it’s the first album she’d made as a woman in her twenties, Rodrigo hinted at how she traded angst for joy on several tracks. But even then, there should still be enough visceral realism to keep fans poring over every lyrical detail. - Apple Music

Top 100 Chart History

2020 32 All I Want -OST-

2021 01 drivers license -1- MILLIONAIRE

2021 04 deja vu -2- MILLIONAIRE

2021 01 good 4 u -3- MILLIONAIRE

2021 05 traitor -4- MILLIONAIRE

2021 17 favorite crime -AT-

2021 36 jealousy, jealousy -AT-

2023 01 vampire -1- MILLIONAIRE

2023 03 bad idea right? -2-

2023 07 get him back! -3-

2023 45 the grudge -AT-

2023 12 Can't Catch Me Now -OST-

2023 78 all-american bitch -AT-

2024 10 obsessed -4-

2024 24 so american -AT-

2024 58 stranger -AT-

2026 01 drop dead -1-

2026 02 the cure -2-

2026 02 stupid song -3-

2026 30 honeybee -AT-

4 x #1 | 9 x Top 5 | 11 x Top 10 | 13 x Top 20 | 17 x Top 40 | 20 x Top 100

Social Media

Olivia Rodrigo