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Drake's lead was probably too big for the label to consider pushing for Ella to stay high, this time it's probably more manageable for it to overtake Ariana. Hopefully it does mean Ariana's label push harder and it can go number one here instead (where we have taste 😂)

Fingers crossed Ari can pull it off as Taylor is clearly going stop RMI breaking the record. Nice to see Paul is likely getting number one album, revenge for Michael buying the Beatles songs back in the day!

Shame they hopped on board the AI remixes instead of ordering the deletions in the first place!

Interesting that Dirty Diana has entered ahead of Don't Stop... or Human Nature!

RMI of course has the other versions too so it's probably still ahead of The Cure

The chart update page now displays last Friday's chart positions but the chart history/peaks still show the update positions...

Eh at least Rein Me In will overtake Ordinary for longest number one of the decade. Frankie Laine can rest easy

Can she not take a year off 😭

Ireland has always taken more to country/folk than the UK so I'm not surprised at all.

Probably more to do with the fact that the song sounds nothing like anything Radio 1 would ever touch!

EXACTLY THIS! America's cultural dominance has eroded the popularity of some of our biggest names/hits in the streaming era. I think we're in too deep and no amount of playlist pushing/mandates can change this sadly.

May be a very outlandish claim from me but I'm thinking Ariana fatigue may sadly be a thing, she and Cynthia Erivo were absolutely everywhere during the Wicked For Good promotion and I saw nothing but negativity about them... hopefully that's not put people off her music.

Interesting thread! Assuming none have been missed from the OP I've managed to find the remaining all-female top 3s! I've included instances where consecutive numbers below the top 3 are also all female. It was a very common sight at the end of last year depending on whether you disregard the "KPop Demon Hunters Cast" credit for the Huntr/x songs like the OCC. 08/09/2017 Look What You Made Me Do - Taylor Swift (1) New Rules - Dua Lipa (2) What About Us - Pink (3) 30/11/2018 Thank U Next - Ariana Grande (1) Woman Like Me - Little Mix ft. Nicki Minaj (2) Thursday - Jess Glynne (3) Without Me - Halsey (4) 07/12/2018 Thank U Next - Ariana Grande (1) Sweet But Psycho - Ava Max (2) Without Me - Halsey (3) 14/12/2018 Thank U Next - Ariana Grande (1) Sweet But Psycho - Ava Max (2) Without Me - Halsey (3) 22/11/2019 Dance Monkey - Tones And I (1) Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa (2) Everything I Wanted - Billie Eilish (3) 20/11/2020 Positions - Ariana Grande (1) Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (2) Sweet Melody - Little Mix (3) 27/11/2020 Positions - Ariana Grande (1) Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (2) Sweet Melody - Little Mix (3) 03/12/2021 Easy On Me - Adele (1) ABCDEFU - Gayle (2) All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (3) 20/01/2023 Flowers - Miley Cyrus (1) Escapism - Raye ft. 070 Shake (2) Kill Bill - SZA (3) Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift (4) 27/01/2023 Flowers - Miley Cyrus (1) Escapism - Raye ft. 070 Shake (2) Kill Bill - SZA (3) Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift (4) 03/02/2023 Flowers - Miley Cyrus (1) Escapism - Raye ft. 070 Shake (2) Kill Bill - SZA (3) Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift (4) 10/02/2023 Flowers - Miley Cyrus (1) Escapism - Raye ft. 070 Shake (2) Kill Bill - SZA (3) 17/02/2023 Flowers - Miley Cyrus (1) Escapism - Raye ft. 070 Shake (2) Boy's A Liar - PinkPantheress (3) Kill Bill - SZA (4) 24/02/2023 Flowers - Miley Cyrus (1) Boy's A Liar - PinkPantheress (2) Kill Bill - SZA (3) 03/03/2023 Flowers - Miley Cyrus (1) Boy's A Liar - PinkPantheress (2) Kill Bill - SZA (3) 18/08/2023 What Was I Made For - Billie Eilish (1) Dance The Night - Dua Lipa (2) Vampire - Olivia Rodrigo (3) Cruel Summer - Taylor Swift (4) Nanana - Peggy Gou (5) Bad Idea Right? - Olivia Rodrigo (6) 25/08/2023 Dance The Night - Dua Lipa (1) What Was I Made For - Billie Eilish (2) Vampire - Olivia Rodrigo (3) Paint The Town Red - Doja Cat (4) Cruel Summer - Taylor Swift (5) Nanana - Peggy Gou (6) 01/09/2023 Vampire - Olivia Rodrigo (1) Paint The Town Red - Doja Cat (2) What Was I Made For - Billie Eilish (3) Cruel Summer - Taylor Swift (4) Nanana - Peggy Gou (5) 08/09/2023 Paint The Town Red - Doja Cat (1) Cruel Summer - Taylor Swift (2) Vampire - Olivia Rodrigo (3) What Was I Made For - Billie Eilish (4) Nanana - Peggy Gou (5) 15/09/2023 Paint The Town Red - Doja Cat (1) Vampire - Olivia Rodrigo (2) Bad Idea Right? - Olivia Rodrigo (3) 22/09/2023 Paint The Town Red - Doja Cat (1) Vampire - Olivia Rodrigo (2) Strangers - Kenya Grace (3) 06/10/2023 Paint The Town Red - Doja Cat (1) Strangers - Kenya Grace (2) Greedy - Tate McRae (3) 26/07/2024 Please Please Please - Sabrina Carpenter (1) Birds Of A Feather - Billie Eilish (2) Good Luck Babe - Chappell Roan (3) 02/08/2024 Please Please Please - Sabrina Carpenter (1) Good Luck Babe - Chappell Roan (2) Birds Of A Feather - Billie Eilish (3) 09/08/2024 Guess - Charli XCX ft. Billie Eilish (1) Please Please Please - Sabrina Carpenter (2) Good Luck Babe - Chappell Roan (3) Birds Of A Feather - Billie Eilish (4) 30/08/2024 Taste - Sabrina Carpenter (1) Please Please Please - Sabrina Carpenter (2) Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter (3) Good Luck Babe - Chappell Roan (4) 06/09/2024 Taste - Sabrina Carpenter (1) Please Please Please - Sabrina Carpenter (2) Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter (3) Good Luck Babe - Chappell Roan (4) Birds Of A Feather - Billie Eilish (5) 13/09/2024 Taste - Sabrina Carpenter (1) Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter (2) Good Luck Babe - Chappell Roan (3) 20/09/2024 Taste - Sabrina Carpenter (1) Good Luck Babe - Chappell Roan (2) Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter (3) Please Please Please - Sabrina Carpenter (4) 27/09/2024 Taste - Sabrina Carpenter (1) Good Luck Babe - Chappell Roan (2) Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter (3) 04/10/2024 Taste - Sabrina Carpenter (1) Good Luck Babe - Chappell Roan (2) Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter (3) 05/09/2025 Golden - Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) (1) Man I Need - Olivia Dean (2) Tears - Sabrina Carpenter (3) Manchild - Sabrina Carpenter (4) 12/09/2025 Golden - Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) (1) Man I Need - Olivia Dean (2) Tears - Sabrina Carpenter (3) 03/10/2025 Man I Need - Olivia Dean (1) Golden - Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) (2) Where Is My Husband - Raye (3) Nice To Each Other - Olivia Dean (4) 10/10/2025 The Fate Of Ophelia - Taylor Swift (1) Opalite - Taylor Swift (2) Elizabeth Taylor - Taylor Swift (3) Man I Need - Olivia Dean (4) Golden - Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) (5) Where Is My Husband - Raye (6) 17/10/2025 The Fate Of Ophelia - Taylor Swift (1) Man I Need - Olivia Dean (2) Golden - Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) (3) Opalite - Taylor Swift (4) Where Is My Husband - Raye (5) Elizabeth Taylor - Taylor Swift (6) Nice To Each Other - Olivia Dean (7) So Easy - Olivia Dean (8) 24/10/2025 The Fate Of Ophelia - Taylor Swift (1) Man I Need - Olivia Dean (2) Golden - Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) (3) Where Is My Husband - Raye (4) Opalite - Taylor Swift (5) So Easy - Olivia Dean (6) Elizabeth Taylor - Taylor Swift (7) Nice To Each Other - Olivia Dean (8) How It's Done - Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) (9) 31/10/2025 Golden - Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) (1) The Fate Of Ophelia - Taylor Swift (2) Where Is My Husband - Raye (3) Opalite - Taylor Swift (4) 07/11/2025 Golden - Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) (1) The Fate Of Ophelia - Taylor Swift (2) Where Is My Husband - Raye (3) Opalite - Taylor Swift (4) Man I Need - Olivia Dean (5) So Easy - Olivia Dean (6) 14/11/2025 The Fate Of Ophelia - Taylor Swift (1) Golden - Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) (2) Where Is My Husband - Raye (3) Man I Need - Olivia Dean (4) So Easy - Olivia Dean (5) Opalite - Taylor Swift (6) 21/11/2025 The Fate Of Ophelia - Taylor Swift (1) Golden - Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) (2) Where Is My Husband - Raye (3) So Easy - Olivia Dean (4) Man I Need - Olivia Dean (5) Opalite - Taylor Swift (6) 28/11/2025 The Fate Of Ophelia - Taylor Swift (1) Where Is My Husband - Raye (2) So Easy - Olivia Dean (3) Man I Need - Olivia Dean 4)

A Mr Brightside reset will only be tolerated if it goes higher than number 10!

Yes And did 8k physicals in week 1 and almost 6k downloads, it barely missed number one.

The Silva Bumpa track is a new release from yesterday, it's a dance track that has been teased online for a while, nothing suspicious

+5 Go +4 Billie Jean +3 Beat It +2 Rein Me In +1 Dracula -1 Drop Dead -2 Midnight Sun -3 The Cure -4 Lush Life -5 Janice STFU Brilliant top 5, rubbish bottom 5!

Fortunately 29/40 of the songs in this week's top 40 reached their peak position in 2026 (1 of those, Lush Life, re-peaked however). 21/40 songs entered the top 40 for the first time in 2026.

Some great ones this week! Highlights: Summer Of 69, All The Small Things, Down Under, Common People, Hypersonic Missiles, Sunchyme, Favourite, Knights Of Cydonia (one of the best songs ever made!!!), Dracula, F Tha Police, American Girl (loved it in One Battle After Another), Make Your Own Kind Of Music and These Walls. Great to see DAMN 2x platinum on albums too! EDIT Crisis? What Crisis? is an album

8th number one single for Olivia Rodrigo and a 2nd number one album for Maisie Peters this week.

Gracie Abrams - Hit The Wall and Drake - National Treasures added. No complaints for either of those!

No reasons given by the OCC for the Fleetwood Mac resets. Wonder what Alan Jones will say in the sales report.

Annoying for Charli! At the end of the year someone will need to look at the number of old songs that missed out on new peaks/top 40 entries due to old resets.

I actually hope this breaks Frankie Laine's record now! Happy for Ariana to knock it off next week though.

"No doubt the biggest song of the year" no Jack it's Man I Need because ACR distorts reality