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The arrival of 3 cd singles boosts Danceteria's standing this week, adding 9 streaming points to the tally, and keeping Confessions II tracks at #1 for a 24th week in a row. But, with Expectations reaching a peak in its 11th week on the chart, following the duet version being released, is Olivia the one to finally dethrone the Queen? Also maxing out their 3 tracks per album allowance on the Tracks chart, are The Beatles, Ashe and Kim Petras. Tracks 1(1) Madonna & Charli xcx Danceteria (13 weeks) (1-1-1-3-x-x-3-2-4-4-x-2-1-1-1-1-)✓ 2(3) Olivia Rodrigo & Chappell Roan Expectations (11 weeks) (18-9-6-6-13-x-x-x-x-20-14-12-16-x-x-x-x-3-2-) ^^PEAK^^ 3(4) The Beatles Norwegian Wood (2026 versions) (4 weeks) (7-4-4-3-) ^^PEAK^^ 4(2) Madonna and Kylie Love Sensation (21 weeks) (1-1-1-1-1-3-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-4-) 5(5) The Beatles Wait (2026 versions) (4 weeks) (8-5-5-5-) 6(6) The Beatles I'm Looking Through You (2026 versions) (2 weeks) (6-6-) 7(15) Disco Bambino, Nile Rodgers & Sophie Ellis-Bextor Dancing Without You (5 weeks) (20-17-x-x-x-20-15-7-) ^^PEAK^^ 8(-) Ashe Lasso The Moon **HIGHEST NEW ENTRY** 9(-) Kim Petras Need For Speed **NEW** 10(16) Ashe Stop The Wedding (8 weeks) (12-11-7-7-9-11-x-16-10-) 11(17) Kim Petras Pop Sound (2 weeks) (17-11-) ^^PEAK^^ 12(8) Madonna and Feid Read My Lips (10 weeks) (3-3-5-6-3-4-4-7-8-12-) 13(RE) Bananarama Venus (Richard X’s Burning Flame ‘26 Mix) (8 weeks) (14-13-11-15-20-20-x-x-18-x-x-x-x-x-13-) ^^RE-ENTRY^^ 14(-) Kim Petras Brutalist **NEW** 15(-) Ashe Stardust **NEW** 16(9) Freemasons Sandcastle Disco (6 weeks) (14-6-6-9-9-16-) 17(10) Sugababes Ghost (5 weeks) (10-9-10-10-17-) 18(11) Rogue Traders and Dannii Minogue Dirty Dirty Disco (5 weeks) (12-14-12-11-18-) 19(14) Freemasons When You Touch Me (2026) (3 weeks) (15-14-19-) 20(18) Girls Aloud Miss You Bow Wow (Sarah's Version) (2 weeks) (18-20-) OUT Troye Sivan Party (5 weeks) (8-5-5-3-7) Freemasons and Sophie Ellis-Bextor Heartbreak (2026) (3 weeks) (19-x-x-13-12) KATSEYE Hootie Frutti (2 weeks) (14-13) Major Lazer, BEAM & Skillibeng Rotate (3 weeks) (15-11-19) Kane Brown and Shania Twain Boots (4 weeks) (18-20-18-20) The Beatles manage 4 weeks at #1 as usual when a deluxe version of one of their albums comes out. The streaming points are so high in week 1 that they're able to keep on top for the 4-week rolling period the charts cover. This is caused mainly because: 1. The tracks are short 2. There are lots of tracks on the deluxe editions, so more streaming points, 3. It's the effing Beatles. I'm glad Ke dollar sign ha and Kim Petras seem to be on good terms now because I can feel less guilty about still playing Kim's music. She peaks this week, following the deluxe issue of Detour. Confessions II seems to be on the descent now, after 16 weeks in the top 2. It has blown everything else out of the water in the 2020s for me overall, and is in my top 20 albums ever in terms of play count. Ashe's album gets better with each play. The girl group November takeover is coming, with the Spice Girls box set sure to take the #1 spot in a couple of weeks, and maybe the appearance of 2 Girls Aloud albums the week after... Albums 1(1) The Beatles Rubber Soul (2026) (4 weeks) (1-1-1-1-) 2(3) Kim Petras Detour (13 weeks) (10-4-2-2-5-7-8-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-8-7-3-2-) 3(2) Madonna Confessions II (17 weeks) (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-1-1-2-2-2-3-) 4(4) Ashe Girl Of Your Dreams (2 weeks) (4-4-) 5(7) Girls Aloud Tangled Up (2026 versions) (10 weeks) (1-1-1-1-2-2-3-4-7-5-) 6(5) Freemasons Greatest Hits (4 weeks) (10-6-5-6-) 7(8) Bronski Beat Truthdare Doubledare (40th Anniversary Editions) (16 weeks) (2-2-2-2-2-3-4-6-6-6-7-6-6-8-8-7-) 8(9) Ariana Grande Petal (11 weeks) (5-4-3-3-4-3-4-6-8-x-x-9-8-) 9(10) Troye Sivan She's The Best (2 weeks) (10-9-) ^^PEAK^^ 10(RE) Pet Shop Boys, Juliet Stevenson and Manchester Camerata Octet A man from the future (2 weeks) (3-x-10-) ^^RE-ENTRY^^ OUT Soft Cell Danceteria (4 weeks) (3-4-5-6)

Thanks as ever Sergej! You too.

Hey James Thanks for your comment. If you get chance, listen to Ashe's album. It may take a couple of plays to click but it's a really solid collection. Shame it charted so badly yesterday in the UK, but I guess for now all the focus is on Stop The Wedding so nobody is too fussed by the tracks that would help the album's chart position here. Expectations is the first track anything with Chappell Roan on has made into my chart as well. Her addition is great.

From this week, the chart tracking rules have been amended. As well as the standing purchased album track totals being converted into matching, additional streaming points, the same applies on purchased singles. This week, for example, Love Sensation has 2 additional streaming points based on the 2 tracks on the 7" single that was delivered this week. On this occasion, their addition has made no difference to its ranking at #2 again. For the albums, the streaming points will be made up of streams for all singles, EPs and versions of albums, relating to a particular album. This week, for example, Confessions IIs streaming points are made up of play counts of tracks from the main album, the Afterhours Edition, and all the single packages. Additional streaming equivalent points only apply during the week of their delivery, rather than the rolling 4-week period the rest of the streaming points are made up of. Danceteria is at #1 for a 6th week, increasing the length of time tracks from Confessions II have been at #1 to 23 in a row! She's on course for 24 with Danceteria tracking to be on top next week. Expectations could peak higher over the coming weeks, as could tracks from Kim Petras' album, which has finally clicked for me. Rubber Soul 2026 remains on top and should still be there next week, though I feel Confessions II is on the decline now. Ashe may get a few weeks on the chart as her album is pretty solid. The coming weeks should see high entries for Girls Aloud and Queen reissues. Tracks 1(1) Madonna & Charli xcx Danceteria (12 weeks) (1-1-1-3-x-x-3-2-4-4-x-2-1-1-1-) 2(2) Madonna and Kylie Love Sensation (20 weeks) (1-1-1-1-1-3-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-)✓ 3(RE) Olivia Rodrigo & Chappell Roan Expectations (10 weeks) (18-9-6-6-13-x-x-x-x-20-14-12-16-x-x-x-x-3-) ^^RE-ENTRY^^PEAK^^ 4(4) The Beatles Norwegian Wood (2026 versions) (3 weeks) (7-4-4-) 5(5) The Beatles Wait (2026 versions) (3 weeks) (8-5-5-) 6(-) The Beatles I'm Looking Through You (2026 versions) HIGHEST NEW ENTRY 7(3) Troye Sivan Party (5 weeks) (8-5-5-3-7-) 8(7) Madonna and Feid Read My Lips (9 weeks) (3-3-5-6-3-4-4-7-8-) 9(9) Freemasons Sandcastle Disco (5 weeks) (14-6-6-9-9-) 10(10) Sugababes Ghost (4 weeks) (10-9-10-10-) 11(12) Rogue Traders and Dannii Minogue Dirty Dirty Disco (4 weeks) (12-14-12-11-) ^^PEAK^^ 12(13) Freemasons and Sophie Ellis-Bextor Heartbreak (2026) (3 weeks) (19-x-x-13-12) ^^PEAK^^ 13(14) KATSEYE Hootie Frutti (2 weeks) (14-13-) ^^PEAK^^ 14(15) Freemasons When You Touch Me (2026) (2 weeks) (15-14-) ^^PEAK^^ 15(20) Disco Bambino, Nile Rodgers & Sophie Ellis-Bextor Dancing Without You (4 weeks) (20-17-x-x-x-20-15-) ^^PEAK^^ 16(RE) Ashe Stop The Wedding (7 weeks) (12-11-7-7-9-11-x-16-) ^^RE-ENTRY^^ 17(-) Kim Petras Pop Sound NEW 18(-) Girls Aloud Miss You Bow Wow (Sarah's Version) NEW 19(11) Major Lazer, BEAM & Skillibeng Rotate (3 weeks) (15-11-19-) 20(18) Kane Brown and Shania Twain Boots (4 weeks) (18-20-18-20-) OUT The Beatles Run For Your Life (2026 versions) (2 weeks) Miley Cyrus Bass Persuades (6 weeks) (13-5-2-3-3-8) Girls Aloud What's A Girl To Do (8 weeks) (9-6-3-3-5-7-12-16) Ariana Grande Kiss Me (9 weeks) (7-8-6-10-x-x-11-16-15-18-17) Soft Cell Elusive (2 weeks) (20-x-x-19) ✓ a purchased single delivered in the last week, whose total number of tracks are translated into additional streaming points Albums 1(1) The Beatles Rubber Soul (2026) (3 weeks) (1-1-1-) 2(2) Madonna Confessions II (16 weeks) (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-1-1-2-2-2-) 3(7) Kim Petras Detour (12 weeks) (10-4-2-2-5-7-8-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-8-7-3-) 4(-) Ashe Girl Of Your Dreams HIGHEST NEW ENTRY✓ 5(6) Freemasons Greatest Hits (3 weeks) (10-6-5-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 6(5) Soft Cell Danceteria (4 weeks) (3-4-5-6-) 7(4) Girls Aloud Tangled Up (2026 versions) (9 weeks) (1-1-1-1-2-2-3-4-7-) 8(8) Bronski Beat Truthdare Doubledare (40th Anniversary Editions) (15 weeks) (2-2-2-2-2-3-4-6-6-6-7-6-6-8-8-) 9(RE) Ariana Grande Petal (10 weeks) (5-4-3-3-4-3-4-6-8-x-x-9-) ^^RE-ENTRY^^ 10(-) Troye Sivan She's The Best NEW ENTRY ✓ a purchased album delivered in the last week, whose total number of tracks are translated into additional streaming points

It's a 22nd week in a row now at #1 for tracks from Confessions II. Danceteria secures the 5th of those 22 today, as Madonna continues to max out her 3 tracks per album limit within the top 20, as do the wildly contrasting Beatles and Freemasons, albeit with remixes of old stuff. On the horizon, there's not a lot that's screaming there's an incoming takeover... However, on the albums chart, a changing of the guard could be coming, following the releases of Ashe, Belles and Galantis collections today. For now, it's a 2nd week at the top for the Rubber Soul 2026 editions, which makes it without the boost of additional streaming points per purchased album's track total, adding 82 streams to last week's total to help it enter at the top. Meanwhile, benefitting from 56 similarly acquired equivalent points, on top of 14 traditional track streams, are Pet Shop Boys and friends, with their Alan Turing concept album. The streaming equivalent points are only added to the chart following the week of purchase. Traditional streaming points are based on the 4 weeks to the Thursday night cut-off, this time being the 15th October. Tracks 1(1) Madonna & Charli xcx Danceteria (11 weeks) (1-1-1-3-x-x-3-2-4-4-x-2-1-1-) 2(2) Madonna and Kylie Love Sensation (19 weeks) (1-1-1-1-1-3-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-) 3(5) Troye Sivan Party (4 weeks) (8-5-5-3-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 4(7) The Beatles Norwegian Wood (2026 versions) (2 weeks) (7-4-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 5(8) The Beatles Wait (2026 versions) (2 weeks) (8-5-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 6(10) The Beatles Run For Your Life (2026 versions) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 7(4) Madonna and Feid Read My Lips (8 weeks) (3-3-5-6-3-4-4-7-) 8(3) Miley Cyrus Bass Persuades (6 weeks) (13-5-2-3-3-8-) 9(6) Freemasons Sandcastle Disco (4 weeks) (14-6-6-9-) 10(9) Sugababes Ghost (3 weeks) (10-9-10-) 11(15) Major Lazer, BEAM & Skillibeng Rotate (2 weeks) (15-11-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 12(14) Rogue Traders and Dannii Minogue Dirty Dirty Disco (3 weeks) (12-14-12-) 13(RE) Freemasons and Sophie Ellis-Bextor Heartbreak (2026) (2 weeks) (19-x-x-13-) ^^RE-ENTRY^^PEAK POSITION^^ 14(-) KATSEYE Hootie Frutti **HIGHEST NEW ENTRY^^ 15(-) Freemasons When You Touch Me (2026) **NEW ENTRY** 16(12) Girls Aloud What's A Girl To Do (8 weeks) (9-6-3-3-5-7-12-16-) 17(18) Ariana Grande Kiss Me (9 weeks) (7-8-6-10-x-x-11-16-15-18-17-) 18(20) Kane Brown and Shania Twain Boots (3 weeks) (18-20-18-) 19(RE) Soft Cell Elusive (2 weeks) (20-x-x-19-) ^^RE-ENTRY^^PEAK POSITION^^ 20(RE) Disco Bambino, Nile Rodgers & Sophie Ellis-Bextor Dancing Without You (3 weeks) (20-17-x-x-x-20-) OUT Ashe Stop The Wedding (6 weeks) (12-11-7-7-9-11) Girls Aloud My Heart (7 weeks) (5-5-2-2-6-8-13) Spice Girls Do You Think About Me (Demo) (4 weeks) (13-9-11-16) Ariana Grande Hate That I Made You Love Me (17 weeks) (13-4-4-4-4-9-11-x-20-9-9-7-8-8-10-15-14-17) Carly Rae Jepsen Don't Leave Me On The Dancefloor (3 weeks) (20-16-19) Albums 1(1) The Beatles Rubber Soul (2026) (2 weeks) (1-1-) 2(2) Madonna Confessions II (15 weeks) (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-1-1-2-2-) 3(-) Pet Shop Boys, Juliet Stevenson and Manchester Camerata Octet A man from the future **HIGHEST NEW ENTRY** 4(3) Girls Aloud Tangled Up (2026 versions) (8 weeks) (1-1-1-1-2-2-3-4-) 5(4) Soft Cell Danceteria (3 weeks) (3-4-5-) 6(10) Freemasons Greatest Hits (2 weeks) (10-6-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 7(8) Kim Petras Detour (11 weeks) (10-4-2-2-5-7-8-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-8-7-) 8(6) Bronski Beat Truthdare Doubledare (40th Anniversary Editions) (14 weeks) (2-2-2-2-2-3-4-6-6-6-7-6-6-8-) 9(7) Carly Rae Jepsen Day and Night (4 weeks) (5-7-7-9-) 10(5) Miley Cyrus Bass Persuades (4 weeks) (4-5-5-10-) OUT Beyoncé B’Day (20th Anniversary Edition) (5 weeks) (5-3-3-4-9)

The new duet version pushes Danceteria back to the top slot, keeping Confessions II tracks at #1 for a 21st week on the trot, while the annual Beatles reissue campaign pushes them back into both charts yet again. Next week Pet Shop Boys will be back, following the release of their latest album. A Britney vault track should make an appearance, while Danceteria will probably nab another week at #1 on the Tracks chart. Tracks 1(2) Madonna & Charli xcx Danceteria (10 weeks) (1-1-1-3-x-x-3-2-4-4-x-2-1-) 2(1) Madonna and Kylie Love Sensation (18 weeks) (1-1-1-1-1-3-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-) 3(3) Miley Cyrus Bass Persuades (5 weeks) (13-5-2-3-3-) 4(4) Madonna and Feid Read My Lips (7 weeks) (3-3-5-6-3-4-4-) 5(5) Troye Sivan Party (3 weeks) (8-5-5-) 6(6) Freemasons Sandcastle Disco (3 weeks) (14-6-6-) 7(-) The Beatles Norwegian Wood (2026 versions) ^^HIGHEST NEW ENTRY^^ 8(-) The Beatles Wait (2026 versions) **NEW ENTRY** 9(10) Sugababes Ghost (2 weeks) (10-9-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 10(-) The Beatles Run For Your Life (2026 versions) **NEW ENTRY** 11(9) Ashe Stop The Wedding (6 weeks) (12-11-7-7-9-11-) 12(7) Girls Aloud What's A Girl To Do (7 weeks) (9-6-3-3-5-7-12-) 13(8) Girls Aloud My Heart (7 weeks) (5-5-2-2-6-8-13-) 14(12) Rogue Traders and Dannii Minogue Dirty Dirty Disco (2 weeks) (12-14-) 15(-) Major Lazer, BEAM & Skillibeng Rotate **NEW ENTRY** 16(11) Spice Girls Do You Think About Me (Demo) (4 weeks) (13-9-11-16-) 17(14) Ariana Grande Hate That I Made You Love Me (17 weeks) (13-4-4-4-4-9-11-x-20-9-9-7-8-8-10-15-14-17-) 18(15) Ariana Grande Kiss Me (8 weeks) (7-8-6-10-x-x-11-16-15-18) 19(16) Carly Rae Jepsen Don't Leave Me On The Dancefloor (3 weeks) (20-16-19-) 20(18) Kane Brown and Shania Twain Boots (2 weeks) (18-20-) OUT Paul Heaton A Son A Father (3 weeks) (12-12-13) Shakira Zoo (9 weeks) (14-1-2-3-3-12-x-x-19-x-x-x-x-x-x-20-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-17) Freemasons and Sophie Ellis-Bextor Heartbreak (2026) (1 week) (19) Soft Cell Elusive (1 week) (20) Albums 1(-) The Beatles Rubber Soul (2026) ^^HIGHEST NEW ENTRY^^ 2(1) Madonna Confessions II (14 weeks) (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-1-1-2-) 3(2) Girls Aloud Tangled Up (2026 versions) (7 weeks) (1-1-1-1-2-2-3-) 4(3) Soft Cell Danceteria (2 weeks) (3-4-) 5(5) Miley Cyrus Bass Persuades (3 weeks) (4-5-5-) 6(6) Bronski Beat Truthdare Doubledare (40th Anniversary Editions) (13 weeks) (2-2-2-2-2-3-4-6-6-6-7-6-6-) 7(7) Carly Rae Jepsen Day and Night (3 weeks) (5-7-7-) 8(9) Kim Petras Detour (10 weeks) (10-4-2-2-5-7-8-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-8-) 9(4) Beyoncé B’Day (20th Anniversary Edition) (5 weeks) (5-3-3-4-9-) 10(-) Freemasons Greatest Hits **NEW ENTRY** OUT Ariana Grande Petal (9 weeks) (5-4-3-3-4-3-4-6-8) Charli xcx Music, Fashion, Film (9 weeks) (3-3-2-2-5-7-7-8-10)

The 3 tracks per album rule is really being put to the test (ft. Lola Leon) as Danceteria becomes the 2nd most streamed Confessions 2 track yet again, causing it to return to the chart, knocking School out after just a week. Certainly helped by the Charli version, even this wasn't enough to remove Love Sensation, which now spends a 14th week at #1. However, there's a lot of movement further down the chart, with 5 new entries and 2 re-entries. As "Zoo" was released on the 10th October 2025 it only just qualified for re-entry as it's still been out less than a year. While remasters don't usually qualify for the Tracks chart, Freemasons have remastered the individual tracks, thereby technically making the Greatest Hits numbers remixes as they'd have had to put it back together again after. Soft Cell enter the album top 3, yet again, this time helped by the addition of equivalent streams being added to the tally equal to the number of tracks on the purchased editions that arrived this week. Tracks 1(1) Madonna and Kylie Love Sensation (17 weeks) (1-1-1-1-1-3-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-) 2(RE) Madonna & Charli xcx Danceteria (9 weeks) (1-1-1-3-x-x-3-2-4-4-x-2-) 3(2) Miley Cyrus Bass Persuades (4 weeks) (13-5-2-3-) 4(3) Madonna and Feid Read My Lips (6 weeks) (3-3-5-6-3-4-) 5(8) Troye Sivan Party (2 weeks) (8-5-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 6(14) Freemasons Sandcastle Disco (2 weeks) (14-6-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 7(5) Girls Aloud What's A Girl To Do (6 weeks) (9-6-3-3-5-7-) 8(6) Girls Aloud My Heart (6 weeks) (5-5-2-2-6-8-) 9(7) Ashe Stop The Wedding (5 weeks) (12-11-7-7-9-) 10(-) Sugababes Ghost HIGHEST NEW ENTRY 11(9) Spice Girls Do You Think About Me (Demo) (3 weeks) (13-9-11-) 12(-) Rogue Traders and Dannii Minogue Dirty Dirty Disco NEW ENTRY 13(12) Paul Heaton A Son A Father (3 weeks) (12-12-13-) 14(15) Ariana Grande Hate That I Made You Love Me (16 weeks) (13-4-4-4-4-9-11-x-20-9-9-7-8-8-10-15-14-) 15(16) Ariana Grande Kiss Me (7 weeks) (7-8-6-10-x-x-11-16-15-) 16(20) Carly Rae Jepsen Don't Leave Me On The Dancefloor (2 weeks) (20-16-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 17(RE) Shakira Zoo (9 weeks) (14-1-2-3-3-12-x-x-19-x-x-x-x-x-x-20-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-17-) 18(-) Kane Brown and Shania Twain Boots NEW ENTRY 19(-) Freemasons and Sophie Ellis-Bextor Heartbreak (2026) NEW ENTRY 20(-) Soft Cell Elusive NEW ENTRY OUT Madonna School (1 week) (4) Girls Aloud Sexy! No, No, No… (Alternative Version) (7 weeks) (10-7-4-4-6-8-10) Bananarama More Than Physical (2026 mixes) (6 weeks) (14-8-7-7-9-11) Ariana Grande Petal (1 week) (13) Disco Bambino, Nile Rodgers & Sophie Ellis-Bextor Dancing Without You (2 weeks) (20-17) Bananarama Venus (Richard X’s Burning Flame ‘26 Mix) (7 weeks) (14-13-11-15-20-20-x-x-18) Robyn Really Real (3 weeks) (16-15-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-19) Albums 1(1) Madonna Confessions II (13 weeks) (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-1-1-) 2(2) Girls Aloud Tangled Up (2026 versions) (6 weeks) (1-1-1-1-2-2-) 3(-) Soft Cell Danceteria **HIGHEST NEW ENTRY** 4(3) Beyoncé B’Day (20th Anniversary Edition) (4 weeks) (5-3-3-4-) 5(4) Miley Cyrus Bass Persuades (2 weeks) (4-5-) 6(7) Bronski Beat Truthdare Doubledare (40th Anniversary Editions) (12 weeks) (2-2-2-2-2-3-4-6-6-6-7-6-) 7(5) Carly Rae Jepsen Day and Night (2 weeks) (5-7-) 8(6) Ariana Grande Petal (9 weeks) (5-4-3-3-4-3-4-6-8-) 9(RE) Kim Petras Detour (9 weeks) (10-4-2-2-5-7-8-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-) 10(8) Charli xcx Music, Fashion, Film (9 weeks) (3-3-2-2-5-7-7-8-10-) OUT Paul Heaton Jenius (4 weeks) (10-9-8-9) Robyn Sexistential (25 weeks) (6-3-3-3-4-7-6-7-6-6-x-4-3-2-5-4-5-5-6-10-7-9-9-10-9-10)

I've just listened to (the first 9 tracks of) Out Of Control for the first time in ages. I'd never noticed just how little Nadine appears beyond 2 of the singles...She asks for tings and oh oh ohs a bit but that's about it. I think Kimberley's on this one more than Nadine. Looking forward to the new vault tracks and alternate versions. I'm still well into the Tangled Up reissue as well right now.

A few new things are starting to creep into the chart, some more subtly than others. But it's Madylie(?!) still on top of the Tracks chart for a record 13th week. With the Marli duet out today (I'll stop trying to amalgamate the names), could the twice-exited Danceteria come back for a huge re-entry next Friday? Bass Persuades is on the cusp of a takeover, based on the last 3 weeks of tracking. This week will be the decider. On the albums side, Confessions II returns to the top, as Tangled Up starts it's descent, but not after it has secured runners-up slot in the chart of the year-to-date. Will it take until the reissue of Out Of Control for Madonna to be knocked off the top of the album chart this time round? Soft Cell's new album, with the same title as Marli's new track, is out today and could set a new record for albums and tracks with the same names but with different artists, topping the charts simultaneously. Their track record of late has been marvellous, with 3 reissues of their 80s albums all smashing into the top 10 and hanging around for months, and the album's title track leaving the chart this week after a stunning 14-week run. I'm currently on my first play of Danceteria the album and I'm pleasantly surprised, given it's 45 years since their peak years. Anyway, more on that next Friday. Carly Rae Jepsen appears on the album chart for the 1st time ever, as well as the tracks chart for only the 2nd time this decade (the other entry being the amazing album track Psychedelic Switch). But, with all the attention she gets on Buzzjack I thought I'd give the album a go. It's OK...worth a bit more listening I think. I'll shut up now. "Slay slay every day" (Grimes, 2026) Tracks 1(1) Madonna and Kylie Love Sensation (16 weeks) (1-1-1-1-1-3-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-) 2(5) Miley Cyrus Bass Persuades (3 weeks) (13-5-2-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 3(6) Madonna and Feid Read My Lips (5 weeks) (3-3-5-6-3-) 4(-) Madonna School ^^HIGHEST NEW ENTRY^^ 5(3) Girls Aloud What's A Girl To Do (5 weeks) (9-6-3-3-5-) 6(2) Girls Aloud My Heart (5 weeks) (5-5-2-2-6-) 7(7) Ashe Stop The Wedding (4 weeks) (12-11-7-7-) 8(-) Troye Sivan Party **NEW ENTRY** 9(13) Spice Girls Do You Think About Me (Demo) (2 weeks) (13-9-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 10(8) Girls Aloud Sexy! No, No, No… (Alternative Version) (7 weeks) (10-7-4-4-6-8-10-) 11(9) Bananarama More Than Physical (2026 mixes) (6 weeks) (14-8-7-7-9-11-) 12(12) Paul Heaton A Son A Father (2 weeks) (12-12-) 13(-) Ariana Grande Petal **NEW ENTRY** 14(-) Freemasons Sandcastle Disco **NEW ENTRY** 15(10) Ariana Grande Hate That I Made You Love Me (15 weeks) (13-4-4-4-4-9-11-x-20-9-9-7-8-8-10-15-) 16(11) Ariana Grande Kiss Me (6 weeks) (7-8-6-10-x-x-11-16-) 17(20) Disco Bambino, Nile Rodgers & Sophie Ellis-Bextor Dancing Without You (2 weeks) (20-17-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 18(RE) Bananarama Venus (Richard X’s Burning Flame ‘26 Mix) (7 weeks) (14-13-11-15-20-20-x-x-18-) 19(RE) Robyn Really Real (3 weeks) (16-15-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-19-) 20(-) Carly Rae Jepsen Don't Leave Me On The Dancefloor **NEW ENTRY** OUT Madonna Danceteria (8 weeks) (1-1-1-3-x-x-3-2-4-4) Ariana Grande Stay (4 weeks) (10-9-9-14) Soft Cell Danceteria (14 weeks) (10-10-8-10-14-10-8-7-8-10-12-11-10-15) Olivia Rodrigo Expectations (9 weeks) (18-9-6-6-13-x-x-x-x-20-14-12-16) Sam Smith Everlasting Love (3 weeks) (18-18-17) Belles and Dolly Parton Son Of Jolene (8 weeks) (6-3-3-4-x-x-x-x-14-18-x-x-x-x-20-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-18) Dolly Parton, Lainey Wilson, Miley Cyrus and Queen Latifah Light Of A Clear Blue Morning (4 weeks) (9-10-14-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-19) Albums 1(2) Madonna Confessions II (12 weeks) (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-1-) 2(1) Girls Aloud Tangled Up (2026 versions) (5 weeks) (1-1-1-1-2-) 3(3) Beyoncé B’Day (20th Anniversary Edition) (3 weeks) (5-3-3-) 4(-) Miley Cyrus Bass Persuades ^^HIGHEST NEW ENTRY^^ 5(-) Carly Rae Jepsen Day and Night **NEW ENTRY** 6(4) Ariana Grande Petal (8 weeks) (5-4-3-3-4-3-4-6-) 6(6) Bronski Beat Truthdare Doubledare (40th Anniversary Editions) (11 weeks) (2-2-2-2-2-3-4-6-6-6-6-) 7(7) Charli xcx Music, Fashion, Film (9 weeks) (3-3-2-2-5-7-7-7-7-) 8(8) Paul Heaton Jenius (4 weeks) (10-9-8-8-) 9(9) Robyn Sexistential (25 weeks) (6-3-3-3-4-7-6-7-6-6-x-4-3-2-5-4-5-5-6-10-7-9-9-10-9-9-) 10(RE) Kim Petras Detour (9 weeks) (10-4-2-2-5-7-8-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-10-) OUT Sam Smith Hazel Eyes (4 weeks) (7-5-4-5) Olivia Rodrigo You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love (14 weeks) (6-6-4-3-3-3-4-4-5-5-8-8-8-10)

Scissor sisters I don't feel like dancing, but I forgot to enter in time.

Thanks Sergej for commenting as ever 😁

Hey James If the Charli version of Danceteria is better than the Kylie version of Love Sensation I think there'll be a change at the top soon, however, I'm slightly obsessed with Troye Sivan's Party. I think that may make a surprisingly high entry next week. Thanks for commenting!

It's now 18 weeks in a row that a track from Confessions II has been at #1 on the Tracks chart, 12 of those coming from Love Sensation. Amazingly, hardly any of the push has come from the duet versions. Madonna, Girls Aloud and Ariana continue to have their maximum 3 tracks per studio album appearing on the chart. Early indications suggest Miley and Ashe may have actually peaked already, with Madonna continuing to be #1 for at least another couple of weeks. Carly Rae-Jepsen is bubbling under at #21 with Don't Leave Me On The Dancefloor. With new albums out today from her and Miley there may be a bit of movement upwards for both though... Tracks 1(1) Madonna and Kylie Love Sensation (15 weeks) (1-1-1-1-1-3-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-) 2(2) Girls Aloud My Heart (4 weeks) (5-5-2-2-) 3(3) Girls Aloud What's A Girl To Do (4 weeks) (9-6-3-3-) 4(4) Madonna Danceteria (8 weeks) (1-1-1-3-x-x-3-2-4-4-) 5(13) Miley Cyrus Bass Persuades (2 weeks) (13-5-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 6(5) Madonna and Feid Read My Lips (4 weeks) (3-3-5-6-) 7(11) Ashe Stop The Wedding (3 weeks) (12-11-7-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 8(6) Girls Aloud Sexy! No, No, No… (Alternative Version) (6 weeks) (10-7-4-4-6-8-) 9(7) Bananarama More Than Physical (2026 mixes) (5 weeks) (14-8-7-7-9-) 10(8) Ariana Grande Hate That I Made You Love Me (14 weeks) (13-4-4-4-4-9-11-x-20-9-9-7-8-8-10-) 11(RE) Ariana Grande Kiss Me (5 weeks) (7-8-6-10-x-x-11-) 12(-) Paul Heaton A Son A Father **HIGHEST NEW ENTRY** 13(-) Spice Girls Do You Think About Me (Demo) **NEW ENTRY** 14(9) Ariana Grande Stay (4 weeks) (10-9-9-14-) 15(10) Soft Cell Danceteria (14 weeks) (10-10-8-10-14-10-8-7-8-10-12-11-10-15-) 16(12) Olivia Rodrigo Expectations (9 weeks) (18-9-6-6-13-x-x-x-x-20-14-12-16-) 17(18) Sam Smith Everlasting Love (3 weeks) (18-18-17-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 18(RE) Belles and Dolly Parton Son Of Jolene (8 weeks) (6-3-3-4-x-x-x-x-14-18-x-x-x-x-20-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-18-) 19(RE) Dolly Parton, Lainey Wilson, Miley Cyrus and Queen Latifah Light Of A Clear Blue Morning (4 weeks) (9-10-14-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-19-) 20(-) Disco Bambino, Nile Rodgers & Sophie Ellis-Bextor Dancing Without You **NEW ENTRY** OUT Charli xcx and David Cronenburg No One Lasts Forever (6 weeks) (6-5-4-11-13-14) Sam Smith My Guy (2 weeks) (15-15) Sam Smith When He's Gone (2 weeks) (16-16) Freemasons Mesmerised 2026 (2 weeks) (17-17) Charli xcx Rock Music (15 weeks) (10-3-6-7-7-11-11-x-20-5-4-4-6-13-19-19) Bananarama Venus (Richard X’s Burning Flame ‘26 Mix) (6 weeks) (14-13-11-15-20-20) Albums 1(1) Girls Aloud Tangled Up (2026 versions) (4 weeks) (1-1-1-1-) 2(2) Madonna Confessions II (11 weeks) (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-) 3(5) Beyoncé B’Day (20th Anniversary Edition) (2 weeks) (5-3-) 4(3) Ariana Grande Petal (7 weeks) (5-4-3-3-4-3-4-) 5(4) Sam Smith Hazel Eyes (4 weeks) (7-5-4-5-) 6(6) Bronski Beat Truthdare Doubledare (40th Anniversary Editions) (11 weeks) (2-2-2-2-2-3-4-6-6-6-6-) 7(7) Charli xcx Music, Fashion, Film (8 weeks) (3-3-2-2-5-7-7-7-) 8(9) Paul Heaton Jenius (3 weeks) (10-9-8-) 9(10) Robyn Sexistential (24 weeks) (6-3-3-3-4-7-6-7-6-6-x-4-3-2-5-4-5-5-6-10-7-9-9-10-9-) 10(8) Olivia Rodrigo You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love (14 weeks) (6-6-4-3-3-3-4-4-5-5-8-8-8-10-)

Madonna spends a 17th week in a row at #1, and (probably) the most number of weeks at #1 ever on Tim's Top 20 Tracks with the same song, as Love Sensation clocks an 11th week at the summit out of its 14 weeks on the chart. Unsurprisingly, the track is on course to be the #1 Track of 2026, with less than a third of the year left, and at least another week or two as the weekly #1, based on current projections. The number of artists on the Tracks chart increases from last week's rather low 10, to 11, as Madonna, Girls Aloud and Sam Smith max out their 3 tracks per album allowance on a single chart. However, this is the first week since Confessions 2’s entry week (w/e 9th July) that 3 of its tracks haven't dominated the top 3 positions, as the 2 new Girls Aloud tracks nudge into 2nd and 3rd position. Tracks 1(1) Madonna and Kylie Love Sensation (14 weeks) (1-1-1-1-1-3-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-) 2(5) Girls Aloud My Heart (3 weeks) (5-5-2-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 3(6) Girls Aloud What's A Girl To Do (3 weeks) (9-6-3-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 4(2) Madonna Danceteria (7 weeks) (1-1-1-3-x-x-3-2-4-) 5(3) Madonna and Feid Read My Lips (5 weeks) (3-3-5-) 6(4) Girls Aloud Sexy! No, No, No… (Alternative Version) (5 weeks) (10-7-4-4-6-) 7(7) Bananarama More Than Physical (2026 mixes) (4 weeks) (14-8-7-7-) 8(8) Ariana Grande Hate That I Made You Love Me (13 weeks) (13-4-4-4-4-9-11-x-20-9-9-7-8-8-) 9(9) Ariana Grande Stay (3 weeks) (10-9-9-) 10(11) Soft Cell Danceteria (13 weeks) (10-10-8-10-14-10-8-7-8-10-12-11-10-) 11(12) Ashe Stop The Wedding (2 weeks) (12-11-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 12(14) Olivia Rodrigo Expectations (8 weeks) (18-9-6-6-13-x-x-x-x-20-14-12-) 13(-) Miley Cyrus Bass Persuades **NEW ENTRY** 14(13) Charli xcx and David Cronenburg No One Lasts Forever (6 weeks) (6-5-4-11-13-14-) 15(15) Sam Smith My Guy (2 weeks) (15-15-) 16(16) Sam Smith When He's Gone (2 weeks) (16-16-) 17(17) Freemasons Mesmerised 2026 (2 weeks) (17-17-) 18(18) Sam Smith Everlasting Love (2 weeks) (18-18-) 19(19) Charli xcx Rock Music (15 weeks) (10-3-6-7-7-11-11-x-20-5-4-4-6-13-19-19-) 20(20) Bananarama Venus (Richard X’s Burning Flame ‘26 Mix) (6 weeks) (14-13-11-15-20-20-) OUT Ariana Grande Kiss Me (4 weeks) (7-8-6-10) Albums 1(1) Girls Aloud Tangled Up (2026 versions) (3 weeks) (1-1-1-) 2(2) Madonna Confessions II (10 weeks) (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-) 3(4) Ariana Grande Petal (6 weeks) (5-4-3-3-4-3-) 4(5) Sam Smith Hazel Eyes (3 weeks) (7-5-4-) 5(-) Beyoncé B’Day (20th Anniversary Edition) **HIGHEST NEW ENTRY** 6(6) Bronski Beat Truthdare Doubledare (40th Anniversary Editions) (10 weeks) (2-2-2-2-2-3-4-6-6-6-) 7(7) Charli xcx Music, Fashion, Film (7 weeks) (3-3-2-2-5-7-7-) 8(8) Olivia Rodrigo You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love (13 weeks) (6-6-4-3-3-3-4-4-5-5-8-8-8-) 9(10) Paul Heaton Jenius (2 weeks) (10-9-) 10(9) Robyn Sexistential (23 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-) OUT Bananarama True Confessions (40th Anniversary Editions) (1 week) (3)

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 🙂

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)

I don't think Dolly will be eyeing anything...

Madonna continues maxing out her 3-tracks-per-album limit within the tracks chart, with the remixes for Danceteria finally making appearances, allowing the song to return to its former #3 position, and knock Bizarre from the chart after a bizarre chart run of its own (2-2-2-OUT). Also maxing out their allowances are Girls Aloud, Ariana, Charli and Olivia. Girls Aloud also took it to the wire on the albums chart. Any physical albums released during the last 12 months, delivered during the week leading up to the chart, have their track quantities converted into streams. This was the decider that pushed the Tangled Up deluxe editions to enter at the top by just a handful of points, knocking Confessions II from the top after 7 weeks. The outlook for next week's albums chart is that Girls Aloud may stay on top of the albums chart without the bonus points from album deliveries anyway. There will likely be new (old) entries for Andy Bell and Bananarama. The tracks chart is likely to see climbs for the brand new Girls Aloud vault tracks and, I'm sure there'll be another surprise on the way to keep Madonna on the throne. Tracks 1(1) Madonna and Kylie Love Sensation (12 weeks) (1-1-1-1-1-3-3-2-1-1-1-1-) 2(3) Madonna Everything (2 weeks) (3-2-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 3(RE) Madonna Danceteria (5 weeks) (1-1-1-3-x-x-x-3-) ^^RE-ENTRY^^ 4(7) Girls Aloud Sexy! No, No, No… (Alternative Version) (3 weeks) (10-7-4-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 5(-) Girls Aloud My Heart **HIGHEST NEW ENTRY** 6(8) Ariana Grande Kiss Me (3 weeks) (7-8-6-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 7(9) Ariana Grande Hate That I Made You Love Me (11 weeks) (13-4-4-4-4-9-11-x-20-9-9-7-) 8(14) Bananarama More Than Physical (2026 mixes) (2 weeks) (14-8-) ^^PEAK POSITION^^ 9(-) Girls Aloud What's A Girl To Do **NEW ENTRY** 10(-) Ariana Grande Stay **NEW ENTRY** 11(4) Charli xcx and David Cronenburg No One Lasts Forever (4 weeks) (6-5-4-11-) 12(10) Soft Cell Danceteria (11 weeks) (10-10-8-10-14-10-8-7-8-10-12-) 13(6) Charli xcx Rock Music (13 weeks) (10-3-6-7-7-11-11-x-20-5-4-4-6-13-) 14(RE) Charli xcx Wink Wink (8 weeks) (9-7-4-4-4-5-6-x-x-14-) ^^RE-ENTRY^^ 15(11) Bananarama Venus (Richard X’s Burning Flame ‘26 Mix) (4 weeks) (14-13-11-15-) 16(12) Shania Twain and Tanya Tucker Little Miss Twain (8 weeks) (18-8-8-15-9-14-12-16-) 17(16) Purple Disco Machine Disco Cherry (4 weeks) (12-18-16-17-) 18(17) Olivia Rodrigo The Cure (2 weeks) (17-18-) 19(18) Olivia Rodrigo My Way (2 weeks) (18-19-) 20(RE) Olivia Rodrigo Expectations (6 weeks) (18-9-6-6-13-x-x-x-x-20-) ^^RE-ENTRY^^ OUT Madonna and Martin Garrix Bizarre (3 weeks) (2-2-2) Charli xcx SS26 (2 weeks) (11-x-x-x-5) Ariana Grande Bad Thing (2 weeks) (16-13) Robyn and Zara Larsson Talk To Me (9 weeks) (11-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-19-x-x-x-x-x-x-16-16-10-8-12-15) Paul Heaton Sad Songs and Lawsuits (1 week) (19) Bronski Beat Hit That Perfect Beat (I.Jordan Mix) (6 weeks) (3-3-5-20-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-11-20) Albums 1(-) Girls Aloud Tangled Up (2026 versions) **HIGHEST NEW ENTRY** 2(1) Madonna Confessions II (8 weeks) (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-) 3(3) Ariana Grande Petal (4 weeks) (5-4-3-3-) 4(-) Queen Live At Wembley Stadium (2026 vinyl edition) **NEW ENTRY** 5(2) Charli xcx Music, Fashion, Film (5 weeks) (3-3-2-2-5-) 6(4) Bronski Beat Truthdare Doubledare (40th Anniversary Editions) (8 weeks) (2-2-2-2-2-3-4-6-) 7(-) Sam Smith Hazel Eyes **NEW ENTRY** 8(5) Olivia Rodrigo You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love (11 weeks) (6-6-4-3-3-3-4-4-5-5-8-) 9(7) Robyn Sexistential (21 weeks) (6-3-3-3-4-7-6-7-6-6-x-4-3-2-5-4-5-5-6-10-7-9-) 10(6) Shania Twain Little Miss Twain (4 weeks) (7-7-x-6-10-) OUT Melanie C Sweat (15 weeks) (4-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-5-6-6-8-x-8) Lily Allen West End Girl (42 weeks) (4-5-2-3-7-6-9-6-4-4-3-4-4-2-1-2-2-6-3-6-2-2-3-2-4-7-5-2-1-2-2-2-5-5-5-3-6-6-7-8-9-x-9) Zootropolis 2 (OST) (1 week) (10)

I was brought up with Dolly records in the 80s and 90s as my parents are Boomers. It's so strange that she was so popular in the UK without much of a track record on the charts here. The internet doesn't seem to be able to tell me much about how she was so popular without the corresponding sales. I know there was some kind of country boom in the mid 70s here, including a multi-act concert at Wembley Arena in 1975 that was Dolly's first step on British soil, but beyond that I'm stumped. They took the wrong 80-year-old. RIP Queen Dolly 🏳️‍🌈 IWALY

So it's arrived and guess what? The sleeve is torn on the edge! FFS record manufacturers need to sort their sh!t out with the amount they're charging for these records now.

It's about tiiiime!

I'm in the same boat. If it was cheaper/had more tracks I'd snap it up. A maxi single would be mega for this era.

I take it that's what the BSI Merch dispatch notification is about then? None of these places ever tell you what the order they've dispatched actually is.