3 hours ago, Steve201 said:

Jamie Millar taking advantage of his performance on Strictly this weekend!

Random fun fact, this was the first time the current UK number was performed on Strictly since 2017, when Ed Sheeran performed "Perfect" in the finale in December 2017.

8 hours ago, detonate said:

I can’t believe Tati is going to get blocked by Rein Me In 2.0

Babydoll has nothing to do with Rein Me In. It's more like Man I Need.

Great to see Michael Kiwanuka on 5k sales nearly, after how sick he was nice to see him back in the charts.

3 hours ago, Sour Candy said:

Babydoll has nothing to do with Rein Me In. It's more like Man I Need.

Not in sound but it's more like RMI in the sense of how it's inevitably gonna hang around and be #1 forever.

Personally I'm quite enjoying Babydoll at the moment but I can see myself getting sick of it in a few weeks.

57 minutes ago, MangoOoOoOo said:

Not in sound but it's more like RMI in the sense of how it's inevitably gonna hang around and be #1 forever.

I certainly don’t feel it is inevitable, and I’m not sure why everyone feels that way. ‘Rein Me In’ was a slow burner, with lots of dips and growth. Its path to number one was long and unsteady, and this pattern has continued - resulting in a slow uneven decline - never achieving 3 weeks decline in a row.

‘Babydoll’ has had steady growth. Therefore, I imagine it will eventually peak and slowly decline. There’s even the possibility that its recent Strictly performance will result in three weeks of decline before December, meaning it doesn’t get a reset in the new year.

All for My Chemical Romance to get the #1 album.

RMI reached #1 on its 35th or so week, Babydoll has spent 8 weeks in. It highly unlikely that Babydoll would survive the next 6 months without going ACR.

yea i was gonna say. I think y’all are really overestimating Babydoll’s longevity. Rein Me In lasted so long without really any viral trend backing it, which is the main case as to why Babydoll is doing so well. Babydoll will die down a lot quicker as much as I don’t want it too.

Jamie's Babydoll unfortunately is dull as anything, last thing we need is another COVID of the UK Charts clogging the #1 spot.

8 minutes ago, HeadlessJockey501 said:

Jamie's Babydoll unfortunately is dull as anything, last thing we need is another COVID of the UK Charts clogging the #1 spot.

This is what you consistently referred to rein me in as, now we have a fresh song there it’s also getting that label?

Just now, LiamSime said:

This is what you consistently referred to rein me in as, now we have a fresh song there it’s also getting that label?

I'll shut up about it. All right the ultra defensive mode of the UK Charts.

Babydoll has the be one of the few songs that I cannot hum the tune of or even recognise the thing until I actually hear it. I think that says a lot about how nothingy it is lol

Babydull for me more like :(

Very disappointing for Kiwanuka. He will be out of the Top 10 by Friday.

1 hour ago, LTScream said:

Babydoll has the be one of the few songs that I cannot hum the tune of or even recognise the thing until I actually hear it. I think that says a lot about how nothingy it is lol

That's such a weird thing to say. It might be derivative but it's a total earworm.

1 hour ago, AcerBen said:

That's such a weird thing to say. It might be derivative but it's a total earworm.

When I say the name, I can’t hum it, because I can’t remember how the title fits into the song! 😂 but every time I hear it, I love it.

5 hours ago, HeadlessJockey501 said:

I'll shut up about it. All right the ultra defensive mode of the UK Charts.

I don't think a contrasting view is "ultra defensive". Comparing a song to a disease isn't really appropriate and never was, though.

Will be home perhaps an hour after the update goes live tonight - another chart mod may get on it before me but if not, I apologise for the lateness and I appreciate your patience!

Joseph will do the full update later but in the meantime, here are the top 5s

Singles

1 - Babydoll - Jamie Miller ( 38,883 )
2 - Housewife - Tate McRae ( 29,751 )
3 - Expectations - Olivia Rodrigo / Chappell Roan ( 19.968 )
4 - Stop The Wedding - Ashe ( 19,314 )
5 - Great Expectations - Sienna Spiro ( 16,058 )

Albums

1 ( up from 162 ) - The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance ( 17,836 )
2 ( up from 112 ) - Back To Black - Amy Winehouse ( 9,733 )
3 - Dopamine Chamber - Fontaines DC ( 9,148 )
4 - You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love - Olivia Rodrigo ( 7,559 )
5 - The Holy Bible - Live - Manic Street Preachers ( 6,196 )

I’d have loved Amy to have managed three decades of Back to Black having a #1 stint but #2 for an anniversary release is still great!