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Given Sam Fender hasn’t had a number one yet and it is unlikely we will see a chart run like Rein Me In has had again, I am all for Sam getting it this week. If it could then decline three weeks in a row and drop out the top 20, that would be swell.

It’s updated now. Peppa Pig gets her third certified hit with Bing Bong Zoo.

I am seeing the Grammy performance all over socials. Feels like the buzz around Olivia hasn’t peaked yet. Hopefully will get US #1, but wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up being a Levitating style long running hit which never gets to the top.

Looking forward to the breakdown of format sales in Alan Jones sales report at the end of the week. 👀

Here’s hoping The Hardest Part can take the third chart position available for Olivia this week. Definitely her best song for me and feels mad it has not charted at all despite being a platinum certified single.

This definitely feels like a bold choice for lead single. Very curious how the rest of the album will sound after Aperture.

Love that Official Charts are bigging the song up on socials, with the suggestion it could chart tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing VB smash in at #87 on the downloads only chart…

Definitely makes sense to capitalise on a quiet week if they had the physical release ready to go. Looking forward to seeing how this does. Sounding good on first listen and certainly tapping the britpop revival of late - in particular All My Life.

I don’t have any lists but Lana Del Rey springs to mind. Her 2021 and 2023 albums each got 3 charted tracks outside the top 40 on release week.

Good to see Shayne Ward getting another certification and Pixie Lott's Boys & Girls finally scraping gold.

WAKE UP is another win for me. Album is shaping up to be pretty strong. Six interludes does seem unnecessary though.

Kylie appearing on the bubbling under chart.

Here we gooooo. Glad we are starting with a hit established in 2025 instead of an old song.

A good showing on Spotify yesterday. Bank in the global chart at #106 with 2,374,678 streams. Winter Wonderland and I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday have also shown up in some European top 200 charts.

Looking forward to it. Been far too long since we got an album and an especially dry year for Leona fans. First year we haven't had any new music whatsoever (bar a teaser in one of her 'everything's a ballad' series) since she debuted in 2006!