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No sign of Ella Langley in the top 20. I wonder if she can get there next week with her album release.

I loved Just The Way You Are back in the day and it still sounds so good (and summery). At this point it might as well go higher and stay there over the summer.

I think Swim is a perfectly OK pop song. I'd much rather see that last a few weeks in the top 10 than Man I Need or Ordinary spending half a year there.

Swim becomes the first song this year to spend two weeks at number 1 on the sales chart.

If it wasn't for Rein Me In...

On the subject of Rain in Raindance: I fear a lot of rain will fall before Rein Me In's reign ends!

Yes! She left the top 20!

I would have chosen Tennessee!

+5 Harry Styles - American Girls +4 PinkPantheress - Stateside +3 BTS - Swim +2 Bella Kay - iloveitiloveitiloveit +1 Zara Larsson - Lush Life -1 Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM -2 Sombr - Homewrecker -3 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love) -4 Olivia Dean - Man I Need -5 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In

+5 Harry Styles - Aperture +4 PinkPantheress - Stateside +3 Bella Kay - iloveitiloveitiloveit +2 Zara Larsson - Lush Life +1 Harry Styles - American Girls -1 Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM -2 Sombr - Homewrecker -3 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love) -4 Olivia Dean - Man I Need -5 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In

+5 Harry Styles - Aperture +4 Harry Styles - American Girls +3 Bella Kay - iloveitiloveitiloveit +2 PinkPantheress - Stateside +1 Harry Styles - Ready Steady Go -1 Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM -2 Sombr - Homewrecker -3 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love) -4 Olivia Dean - Man I Need -5 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In

Was it another vinyl version that sent Rein Me In to #1 on the sales chart at the start of December?

Bella Kay the first breakthrough artist of 2026

12 straight weeks between 14 and 19. But at least it didn't bother the top 10 anymore.

Eternity dropped 3 to 14 in its second week.

OK, for the next random oldie reset I would like something by Kim Wilde. Or totally random like Special D - Come With Me.

Of course all Olivia Dean tracks need to be played.

I thought Opalite would hit ACR this week. Glad it didn't. Does anyone still remember "Elizabeth Taylor"?

Into The Groove may be my favourite Madonna song, but I don't like these random almost weekly Tik Tok revivals and resets.

+5 Harry Styles - Aperture +4 Bella Kay - iloveitiloveitiloveit +3 PinkPantheress - Stateside +2 Zara Larsson - Lush Life +1 Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM -1 Bruno Mars - I Just Might -2 Sombr - Homewrecker -3 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love) -4 Olivia Dean - Man I Need -5 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In

+5 PinkPantheress - Stateside +4 Zara Larsson - Lush Life +3 Bella Kay - iloveitiloveitiloveit +2 Taylor Swift - Opalite +1 Bruno Mars - I Just Might -1 Sombr - Homewrecker -2 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love) -3 Olivia Dean - Man I Need -4 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In -5 Bad Bunny - DtMF

Pleased to see the Bad Bunny mania fading.

Looks like we won't have to listen to four Olivia Dean tracks today.

I hope Bella Kay can hold on to the top 20. If I'm not mistaken Poppy Baskcomb is the only new artist to have reached the top 20 for the first time so far this year.

+5 Harry Styles - Aperture +4 PinkPantheress - Stateside +3 Zara Larsson - Lush Life +2 Taylor Swift - Opalite +1 Bruno Mars - I Just Might -1 Sombr - Homewrecker -2 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love) -3 Olivia Dean - Man I Need -4 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In -5 Bad Bunny - DtMF