With the most weeks at #1 for a track in years Love Sensation keeps Madonna at the summit with one song or another from Confessions 2 for a 5th calendar month without a gap. While the Kylie version is definitely contributing to its success, the original is still the most played of the tracking period (4 weeks to 23:59, 3rd September). Partly as a result of only the 3 most streamed tracks from the same studio album during the tracking period being allowed on the chart at a time, already an 8th track from Confessions 2 enters the chart this week at #3. This time Read My Lips replaces Everything, after just 2 weeks on the chart.

Also maxing out their allowances are Girls Aloud with new tracks (or versions of older tracks) from the Tangled Up reissue, which keeps Madonna off the top of the album chart even without the bonus weighting it had last week, that being 1 additional streaming point being added for each track on a new album or reissue physically purchased in the 7 days leading up to the chart cut-off.

The accidental discovery of Ashe happened when I heard Stop The Wedding on Radio 2 in the car a couple of weeks back...and I barely bother with the radio anymore. I think the arrangement is brilliant and it's a bit Elton in places.

Sam Smith's current album is much better than anticipated. The tracks on their own didn't sell the album to me, but as a whole, it's deceptively listenable, and helps Sam max out their chart allowance too! Ariana also has 3 tracks in the chart, keeping the number of unique artists in the top 20 at a mere 10.

Benefitting from the 'streaming' point bonus is Bananarama, whose True Confessions 3-cd edition has 46 tracks, which alone sends the reissue vaulting to #3 this week.

Tracks

1(1) Madonna and Kylie Love Sensation (13 weeks) (1-1-1-1-1-3-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-)

2(3) Madonna Danceteria (6 weeks) (1-1-1-3-x-x-x-3-2-)

3(-) Madonna and Feid Read My Lips HIGHEST NEW ENTRY

4(4) Girls Aloud Sexy! No, No, No… (Alternative Version) (4 weeks) (10-7-4-4-)

5(5) Girls Aloud My Heart (2 weeks) (5-5-)

6(9) Girls Aloud What's A Girl To Do (2 weeks) (9-6-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^

7(8) Bananarama More Than Physical (2026 mixes) (3 weeks) (14-8-7-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^

8(7) Ariana Grande Hate That I Made You Love Me (12 weeks) (13-4-4-4-4-9-11-x-20-9-9-7-8-)

9(10) Ariana Grande Stay (2 weeks) (10-9-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^

10(6) Ariana Grande Kiss Me (4 weeks) (7-8-6-10-)

11(12) Soft Cell Danceteria (12 weeks) (10-10-8-10-14-10-8-7-8-10-12-11-)

12(-) Ashe Stop The Wedding NEW ENTRY

13(11) Charli xcx and David Cronenburg No One Lasts Forever (5 weeks) (6-5-4-11-13-)

14(20) Olivia Rodrigo Expectations (7 weeks) (18-9-6-6-13-x-x-x-x-20-14-)

15(-) Sam Smith My Guy NEW ENTRY

16(-) Sam Smith When He's Gone NEW ENTRY

17(-) Freemasons Mesmerised 2026 NEW ENTRY

18(-) Sam Smith Everlasting Love **NEW ENTRY**

19(13) Charli xcx Rock Music (14 weeks) (10-3-6-7-7-11-11-x-20-5-4-4-6-13-19-)

20(15) Bananarama Venus (Richard X’s Burning Flame ‘26 Mix) (5 weeks) (14-13-11-15-20-)

OUT

Madonna Everything (2 weeks) (3-2)

Charli xcx Wink Wink (8 weeks) (9-7-4-4-4-5-6-x-x-14)

Shania Twain and Tanya Tucker Little Miss Twain (8 weeks) (18-8-8-15-9-14-12-16)

Purple Disco Machine Disco Cherry (4 weeks) (12-18-16-17)

Olivia Rodrigo The Cure (2 weeks) (17-18)

Olivia Rodrigo My Way (2 weeks) (18-19)

Albums

1(1) Girls Aloud Tangled Up (2026 versions) (2 weeks) (1-1-)

2(2) Madonna Confessions II (9 weeks) (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-)

3(-) Bananarama True Confessions (40th Anniversary Editions) HIGHEST NEW ENTRY

4(3) Ariana Grande Petal (5 weeks) (5-4-3-3-4-)

5(7) Sam Smith Hazel Eyes (2 weeks) (7-5-)

6(6) Bronski Beat Truthdare Doubledare (40th Anniversary Editions) (9 weeks) (2-2-2-2-2-3-4-6-6-)

7(5) Charli xcx Music, Fashion, Film (6 weeks) (3-3-2-2-5-7-)

8(8) Olivia Rodrigo You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love (12 weeks) (6-6-4-3-3-3-4-4-5-5-8-8-)

9(9) Robyn Sexistential (22 weeks) (6-3-3-3-4-7-6-7-6-6-x-4-3-2-5-4-5-5-6-10-7-9-9-)

10(-) Paul Heaton Jenius NEW ENTRY

OUT

Queen Live At Wembley Stadium (2026 vinyl edition) (1 week) (4)

Shania Twain Little Miss Twain (4 weeks) (7-7-x-6-10)

Hey Tim!

Dammit. I really did think hate that I made you love me was coming for a new peak here.

👏

13 hours ago, JSG said:

Hey Tim!

Dammit. I really did think hate that I made you love me was coming for a new peak here.

👏

Hey James.

Nah I think it had a boost after the album release, but Petal is just in my current tracks playlist as part of the shuffle now. Not a lot has grabbed me from Petal that I want to play the album from start to finish in one go.

Thanks for commenting as ever 🙂

9 hours ago, TimConArtist said:

Hey James.

Nah I think it had a boost after the album release, but Petal is just in my current tracks playlist as part of the shuffle now. Not a lot has grabbed me from Petal that I want to play the album from start to finish in one go.

Thanks for commenting as ever 🙂

I agree with you there. The two singles chosen were the best on the album for me.