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Sorry about Pee Pee by the way, the stats don't lie though! Have moved the chart date forward so many times it's now back on Sundays where it started and probably belongs. 01 (01) Billie Eilish: No Time To Die (9-5-1-1) 02 (09) Glass Animals: Your Love (Déjà Vu) (30-20-9-2) 03 (06) Jessie Ware: Spotlight (6-3) 04 (02) Meduza feat. SHELLS: Born To Love (21-7-2-4) 05 (11) Lady Gaga: Stupid Love (40-11-5) 06 (19) PVRIS: Dead Weight (19-6) 07 (12) Jax Jones, Martin Solveig & RAYE: Tequila (12-7) 08 (20) Biffy Clyro: Instant History (30-20-8) 09 (03) Gorillaz feat. Slowthai and Slaves: Momentary Bliss (13-7-6-7-4-3-9) 10 (07) Eminem feat. Juice Wrld: Godzilla (7-1-1-3-4-6-7-10) 11 (22) The 1975: The Birthday Party (33-24-22-11) 12 (25) Declan McKenna: Beautiful Faces (25-12) 13 (26) Foals: Wash Off (26-13) 14 (21) HOSH with 1979: Midnight (The Hanging Tree) (21-14) 15 (14) Lil Nas X feat. Nas: Rodeo (15-11-5-3-14-15) 16 (28) Haim: The Steps (28-16) 17 (04) Doja Cat: Say So (40-4-4-1-1-4-17) 18 (05) Slipknot: Nero Forte (29-18-10-5-18) 19 (16) Lizzo: Cuz I Love You (37-27-16-19) 20 (08) SAINt JHN: Roses (Imanbek Remix) (18-3-2-2-2-8-20) 21 (NE) DJ Fresh: Drive (21) 22 (33) The Weeknd: After Hours (33-22) 23 (NE) Gorillaz feat. Fatoumata Diawara: Désolé (23) 24 (35) The Strokes: Bad Decisions (38-35-24) 25 (10) Roddy Ricch: The Box (4-2-1-3-8-10-25) 26 (NE) Gareth Emery feat. Emily Vaughn: You Are (26) 27 (NE) CLiQ feat. Alika: Rebel With A Cause (27) 28 (24) Christine and the Queens: People, I’ve Been Sad (23-24-28) 29 (NE) Disclosure feat. Eko Roosevelt: Tondo (29) 30 (NE) Rina Sawayama: Xs (30) 31 (NE) Biffy Clyro: End Of (31) 32 (13) Doja Cat: Boss Bitch (20-9-13-32) 33 (30) Friction: Good To Me (25-30-33) 34 (15) Piero Pirupa: Braindead (Heroin Kills) (30-22-13-15-34) 35 (NE) Disclosure: Ecstasy (35) 36 (29) Prospa: The One (37-21-19-15-29-36) 37 (NE) Justin Bieber feat. Quavo: Intentions (37) 38 (32) Caribou: Never Come Back (17-10-11-12-32-38) 39 (NE) M Huncho: Pee Pee (39) 40 (RE) Grimes & i_o: Violence (29-24-26-37-x(23)-40) Yeah she said it, you keep streaming. OUT 17 (11) Purple Disco Machine: In My Arms (36-24-11-17) 18 (14) Blueprint: A Rose Between Two Thorns (Veronica) (33-26-14-18) 23 (33) Enter Shikari: { The Dreamer’s Hotel } (33-23) 27 (21) Love Regenerator / Calvin Harris: Hypnagogic (I Can’t Wait) (20-7-5-5-10-21-27) 31 (18) The 1975: Me & You Together Song (32-24-8-6-9-14-18-31) 34 (NE) Joyner Lucas: Revenge (34) 36 (NE) Sean Paul and Tove Lo: Calling On Me (36) 37 (26) Fontaines D.C.: Liberty Belle (15-11-8-13-26-37) 38 (16) Sorry: Right Around The Clock (38-20-16-38) 39 (17) Dua Lipa: Physical (25-9-7-8-17-39) 40 (22) Tame Impala: Lost In Yesterday (20-13-12-6-22-40) ONE YEAR AGO 01 (01) Jessie Ware: Adore You 02 (04) Giggs: BABY 03 (40) Wiley, Stefflon Don & Sean Paul: Boasty (feat. Idris Elba) 04 (16) Sam Fender: Hypersonic Missiles 05 (06) Cardi B and Bruno Mars: Please Me 06 (03) Robinson: Karma (CLiQ Remix) 07 (13) Bring Me the Horizon: Heavy Metal (feat. Rahzel) 08 (12) Koffee: Toast 09 (02) Foals: On the Luna 10 (09) The 1975: Love If If We Made It

wk 60, w/c 10.3.20 01 (05) Billie Eilish: No Time To Die (9-5-1) 02 (07) Meduza feat. SHELLS: Born To Love (21-7-2) 03 (04) Gorillaz feat. Slowthai and Slaves: Momentary Bliss (13-7-6-7-4-3) 04 (01) Doja Cat: Say So (40-4-4-1-1-4) 05 (10) Slipknot: Nero Forte (29-18-10-5) 06 (NE) Jessie Ware: Spotlight (6) 07 (06) Eminem feat. Juice Wrld: Godzilla (7-1-1-3-4-6-7) 08 (02) SAINt JHN: Roses (Imanbek Remix) (18-3-2-2-2-8) 09 (20) Glass Animals: Your Love (Déjà Vu) (30-20-9) 10 (08) Roddy Ricch: The Box (4-2-1-3-8-10) 11 (40) Lady Gaga: Stupid Love (40-11) 12 (NE) Jax Jones, Martin Solveig & RAYE: Tequila (12) 13 (09) Doja Cat: Boss Bitch (20-9-13) 14 (03) Lil Nas X feat. Nas: Rodeo (15-11-5-3-14) 15 (13) Piero Pirupa: Braindead (Heroin Kills) (30-22-13-15) 16 (27) Lizzo: Cuz I Love You (37-27-16) 17 (11) Purple Disco Machine: In My Arms (36-24-11-17) 18 (14) Blueprint: A Rose Between Two Thorns (Veronica) (33-26-14-18) 19 (NE) PVRIS: Dead Weight (19) 20 (30) Biffy Clyro: Instant History (30-20) 21 (NE) HOSH with 1979: Midnight (The Hanging Tree) (21) 22 (24) The 1975: The Birthday Party (33-24-22) 23 (33) Enter Shikari: { The Dreamer’s Hotel } (33-23) 24 (23) Christine and the Queens: People, I’ve Been Sad (23-24) 25 (NE) Declan McKenna: Beautiful Faces (25) 26 (NE) Foals: Wash Off (26) 27 (21) Love Regenerator / Calvin Harris: Hypnagogic (I Can’t Wait) (20-7-5-5-10-21-27) 28 (NE) Haim: The Steps (26) 29 (15) Prospa: The One (37-21-19-15-29) 30 (25) Friction: Good To Me (25-30) 31 (18) The 1975: Me & You Together Song (32-24-8-6-9-14-18-31) 32 (12) Caribou: Never Come Back (17-10-11-12-32) 33 (NE) The Weeknd: After Hours (33) 34 (NE) Joyner Lucas: Revenge (34) 35 (38) The Strokes: Bad Decisions (38-35) 36 (NE) Sean Paul and Tove Lo: Calling On Me (36) 37 (26) Fontaines D.C.: Liberty Belle (15-11-8-13-26-37) 38 (16) Sorry: Right Around The Clock (38-20-16-38) 39 (17) Dua Lipa: Physical (25-9-7-8-17-39) 40 (22) Tame Impala: Lost In Yesterday (20-13-12-6-22-40)

01 (05) Billie Eilish: No Time To Die (9-5-1) 02 (07) Meduza feat. SHELLS: Born To Love (21-7-2) 03 (04) Gorillaz feat. Slowthai and Slaves: Momentary Bliss (13-7-6-7-4-3) 04 (01) Doja Cat: Say So (40-4-4-1-1-4) 05 (10) Slipknot: Nero Forte (29-18-10-5) 06 (NE) Jessie Ware: Spotlight (06) 07 (06) Eminem feat. Juice Wrld: Godzilla (7-1-1-3-4-6-7) 08 (02) SAINt JHN: Roses (Imanbek Remix) (18-3-2-2-2-8) 09 (20) Glass Animals: Your Love (Déjà Vu) (30-20-9) 10 (08) Roddy Ricch: The Box (4-2-1-3-8-10) 11 (40) Lady Gaga: Stupid Love (40-11) 12 (NE) Jax Jones, Martin Solveig & RAYE: Tequila (12) 13 (09) Doja Cat: Boss Bitch (20-9-13) 14 (03) Lil Nas X feat. Nas: Rodeo (15-11-5-3-14) 15 (13) Piero Pirupa: Braindead (Heroin Kills) (30-22-13-15) 16 (27) Lizzo: Cuz I Love You (37-27-16) 17 (11) Purple Disco Machine: In My Arms (36-24-11-17) 18 (14) Blueprint: A Rose Between Two Thorns (Veronica) (33-26-14-18) 19 (NE) PVRIS: Dead Weight (19) 20 (30) Biffy Clyro: Instant History (30-20) 21 (NE) HOSH with 1979: Midnight (The Hanging Tree) (21) 22 (24) The 1975: The Birthday Party (33-24-22) 23 (33) Enter Shikari: { The Dreamer’s Hotel } (33-23) 24 (23) Christine and the Queens: People, I’ve Been Sad (23-24) 25 (NE) Declan McKenna: Beautiful Faces (25) 26 (NE) Foals: Wash Off (26) 27 (21) Love Regenerator / Calvin Harris: Hypnagogic (I Can’t Wait) (20-7-5-5-10-21-27) 28 (NE) Haim: The Steps (26) 29 (15) Prospa: The One (37-21-19-15-29) 30 (25) Friction: Good To Me (25-30) 31 (18) The 1975: Me & You Together Song (32-24-8-6-9-14-18-31) 32 (12) Caribou: Never Come Back (17-10-11-12-32) 33 (NE) The Weeknd: After Hours (33) 34 (NE) Joyner Lucas: Revenge (34) 35 (38) The Strokes: Bad Decisions (38-35) 36 (NE) Sean Paul and Tove Lo: Calling On Me (36) 37 (26) Fontaines D.C.: Liberty Belle (15-11-8-13-26-37) 38 (16) Sorry: Right Around The Clock (38-20-16-38) 39 (17) Dua Lipa: Physical (25-9-7-8-17-39) 40 (22) Tame Impala: Lost In Yesterday (20-13-12-6-22-40)

I'm just moving this to Monday afternoons permanently because it turns out I'm extremely impatient. Probably the best time to do it anyway immediately after an intense weekend of new banger streaming. 01 (05) Billie Eilish: No Time To Die (9-5-1) 02 (07) Meduza feat. SHELLS: Born To Love (21-7-2) 03 (04) Gorillaz feat. Slowthai and Slaves: Momentary Bliss (13-7-6-7-4-3) 04 (01) Doja Cat: Say So (40-4-4-1-1-4) 05 (10) Slipknot: Nero Forte (29-18-10-5) 06 (NE) Jessie Ware: Spotlight (6) 07 (06) Eminem feat. Juice Wrld: Godzilla (7-1-1-3-4-6-7) 08 (02) SAINt JHN: Roses (Imanbek Remix) (18-3-2-2-2-8) 09 (20) Glass Animals: Your Love (Déjà Vu) (30-20-9) 10 (08) Roddy Ricch: The Box (4-2-1-3-8-10) 11 (40) Lady Gaga: Stupid Love (40-11) 12 (NE) Jax Jones, Martin Solveig & RAYE: Tequila (12) 13 (09) Doja Cat: Boss Bitch (20-9-13) 14 (03) Lil Nas X feat. Nas: Rodeo (15-11-5-3-14) 15 (13) Piero Pirupa: Braindead (Heroin Kills) (30-22-13-15) 16 (27) Lizzo: Cuz I Love You (37-27-16) 17 (11) Purple Disco Machine: In My Arms (36-24-11-17) 18 (14) Blueprint: A Rose Between Two Thorns (Veronica) (33-26-14-18) 19 (NE) PVRIS: Dead Weight (19) 20 (30) Biffy Clyro: Instant History (30-20) 21 (NE) HOSH with 1979: Midnight (The Hanging Tree) (21) 22 (24) The 1975: The Birthday Party (33-24-22) 23 (33) Enter Shikari: { The Dreamer’s Hotel } (33-23) 24 (23) Christine and the Queens: People, I’ve Been Sad (23-24) 25 (NE) Declan McKenna: Beautiful Faces (25) 26 (NE) Foals: Wash Off (26) 27 (21) Love Regenerator / Calvin Harris: Hypnagogic (I Can’t Wait) (20-7-5-5-10-21-27) 28 (NE) Haim: The Steps (26) 29 (15) Prospa: The One (37-21-19-15-29) 30 (25) Friction: Good To Me (25-30) 31 (18) The 1975: Me & You Together Song (32-24-8-6-9-14-18-31) 32 (12) Caribou: Never Come Back (17-10-11-12-32) 33 (NE) The Weeknd: After Hours (33) 34 (NE) Joyner Lucas: Revenge (34) 35 (38) The Strokes: Bad Decisions (38-35) 36 (NE) Sean Paul and Tove Lo: Calling On Me (36) 37 (26) Fontaines D.C.: Liberty Belle (15-11-8-13-26-37) 38 (16) Sorry: Right Around The Clock (38-20-16-38) 39 (17) Dua Lipa: Physical (25-9-7-8-17-39) 40 (22) Tame Impala: Lost In Yesterday (20-13-12-6-22-40) Sweet streams OUT 19 (12) Rina Sawayama: Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys) (24-14-12-19) 28 (27) Fickle Friends: Pretty Great (24-27-28) 29 (17) ROSALÍA: A Palé (Gesaffelstein Remix) (23-17-29) 31 (15) J Hus feat. Burna Boy: Play Play (27-14-13-15-31) 32 (28) Mark Knight: Mona Lisa (28-32) 34 (31) Arizona Zervas: Roxanne (40-20-6-11-11-26-28-31-34) 35 (NE) Wankelmut: Ayahuasca (35) 36 (34) Alicia Keys: Time Machine (16-2-2-2-10-18-34-36) 37 (40) Steve Aoki & Maluma: Maldad (40-37) 39 (39) Bombay Bicycle Club: Everything Else Has Gone Wrong (37-31-28-35-34-x-x-x-x-x-20-35-39-39) ONE YEAR AGO 01 (01) Billie Eilish: Bury a Friend (15-8-5-1-1) 02 (03) Foals: Exits (16-7-4-2-2-3-2) 03 (08) Friend Within: The Truth (32-8-3) 04 (09) Pet Shop Boys: On Social Media (11-5-8-9-4) 05 (10) Jessie Ware: Adore You (37-10-5) 06 (33) Robinson: Karma (CLiQ Remix) (33-6) 07 (05) Kehlani: Nights Like This (Feat. Ty Dolla $ign) (38-16-9-5-7) 08 (02) Sam Fender: Play God (6-2-3-1-1-2-8) 09 (07) Jade Bird: I Get No Joy (37-19-10-7-9) 10 (06) Vampire Weekend: Harmony Hall (20-11-6-4-3-6-10)

2019 FIDLAR: By Myself (1 wk) FOALS: Exits (3 wks) FOALS: On The Luna (1 wk) SAM FENDER: Hypersonic Missiles (1 wk) TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB: Talk (2 wks) VAMPIRE WEEKEND: This Life (1 wk) MK: Body To Body (1 wk) PHIL FULDNER: Take Me (1 wk) ADELPHI MUSIC FACTORY: Feel Right Now (Power!) (1 wk) CULTURE SHOCK: Renaissance (1 wk) CHARLI XCX AND CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS: Gone (2 wks) THE 1975: People (1 wk) STORMZY: Sounds Of The Skeng (3 wks) DANNY BROWN: Dirty Laundry (1 wk) TIESTO FEAT. MABEL: God Is A Dancer (2 wks) MEDUZA X GOODBOYS X BECKY HILL: Lose Control (1 wk) KANYE WEST: Selah (2 wks) 2020 SAM FENDER: All Is On My Side (1 wk) ALICIA KEYS: Time Machine (3 wks) SAINt JHN: Roses (Imanbek Remix) (3 wks) MEDUZA FEAT. SHELLS: Born To Love (1 wk...so far)

I'm 25% mainstream apparently! Ten Top 40 hits in my chart at the moment. 01 (01) Doja Cat: Say So (40-4-4-1-1) 02 (02) SAINt JHN: Roses (Imanbek Remix) (18-3-2-2-2) 05 (09) Billie Eilish: No Time To Die (9-5) 06 (04) Eminem feat. Juice Wrld: Godzilla (7-1-1-3-4-6) 08 (03) Roddy Ricch: The Box (4-2-1-3-8) 17 (08) Dua Lipa: Physical (25-9-7-8-17) 18 (14) The 1975: Me & You Together Song (32-24-8-6-9-14-18) 31 (15) J Hus feat. Burna Boy: Play Play (27-14-13-15-31) 34 (31) Arizona Zervas: Roxanne (40-20-6-11-11-26-28-31-34) 40 (NE) Lady Gaga: Stupid Love (40)

Do you (usually) play compilation playlists such as Hot Hits in order or on shuffle? Neither. Do you (usually) create your own playlists? Absolutely. I have a new music playlist which feeds into my fake Top 40 playlist. Current #1 - Say So, since you didn't ask. And then I have my Alternative Nows which round up the biggest bangers of the past four months or so. Do you (usually) listen to ready-made compilation playlists? Sometimes I listen to recent Nows to see how they have approached sequencing. What determines what you add to your own playlists? My Friday morning ritual sees me checking New Music Friday to see if anything looks appealing but I also look at what Radio 1 have added to their playlist. I add things people I like have 'dropped' throughout the week too. Do you usually listen to artist albums, EPs and mixtapes? I'm definitely a singles man. I'm more likely to give an album a spin if I'm really into the band or if the pre-release singles have made me really excited. But I only seem to get properly into a small handful of albums each year. Too much filler, if you ask me. Do you use apps such as Shazam to inform your listening selection? Every so often. Do you feel ready-made/curated playlists skew musical tastes and the charts? Oh yeah, total echo chamber with passive streams being far too influential. Don't know what the solution is. Thanks!

They need to pull something banging out of the bag, loved the first era but things like These Days are totally not what first drew me to them.

I'll give you the dancey but not the uptempo. Seems pretty midtempo to me. But yes, songs like My House already exist, no need to rewrite them.

Yeah, I listened to Tokyo Drifting a lot but can't actually remember what it goes like!

Also, I'm not one of these people who cares about the odd missing track or ever-so-slightly different versions of songs being included. What I really don't get is the throwback songs on the main Nows. I understand why they might draw attention to the re-issues but surely just a single bonus track would do. A wealth of 35-year-old songs at the end just seems to defeat the object of modern Nows. Plus, they could easily fill both CDs with radio hits even without dipping into Radio 2 veteran fodder. Plus, I suppose we can also attribute the decline of the brand to people doing what I do - making their own 2hr 40min playlists of tracks that have defined recent months. And yet, I still see it as a hugely valuable institution that really needs to be kept alive.

I have Now 4 on CD and must admit I've spent much more time looking at it than actually listening to it but can these really cost them that much to produce considering how many 100 Hits CDs for you see going for a fiver? Lots of them are absolutely brimming with huge songs. I don't know that much about this but I might just snap up all the re-issues including the ones I've already missed if they keep going.

Not really into indie veterans no matter how much I loved Pulp as a teenager but about to go in on this. I hope it's not an embarrasing ironic pisstake. UPDATE: I doubt I'll be aching to return to this. No doubt it'll be on the 6 Music A-list for several weeks and lauded as a modern classic.

Yes, this is very Youth in style. This is a good thing. Soaring up my personal chart!

I've never really been into Biffy but I'm really enjoying Instant History, even if it is a bit like a post-album single from that Muse album Nero worked on. Which is no bad thing to be fair. Got a soft spot for Follow Me.

This sounds good on first listen but I also miss uptempo PVRIS with the trancey synths that sounded like a clubbier Paramore. My House, St Patrick, that kind of thing.

I want them to re-issue the editions from my golden Now era (late 80s/early 90s) as quickly as possible so any delays are very much unwelcome. Even if it's not that hard or expensive to obtain the originals.

Tracklisting can't be far off. I've already done my Alternative Now 105 so anything coming in the next couple of weeks will have to absolutely blinding to warrant inclusion. Opens with Blinding Lights and I wouldn't be surprised if the real one does too. Can't see them also going for Dance Anthems favourite Braindead (Heroin Kills) off of Piero Pirupa, mind. I spend loads of time listening to all sorts of new music and in the end I just end up mainly opting for what's all over daytime Radio 1 as those songs just tend to be the most anthemic, season-defining and accessible even if they miss the Top 40. I might leave my own tastes at the door and do one of those tracklist predictions soon.

Aaaaand the movie's been postponed, which means the theme song preceded it by ten months!

Zara Larsson seems to be prematurely on her way out. Thought she'd have a big follow-up era. Can't seem to get another album out. I had high hopes for Ava Max too but Sweet But Psycho is the only one I've really liked.

01 (01) Doja Cat: Say So (40-4-4-1-1) 02 (02) SAINt JHN: Roses (Imanbek Remix) (18-3-2-2-2) 03 (05) Lil Nas X feat. Nas: Rodeo (15-11-5-3) 04 (07) Gorillaz feat. Slowthai and Slaves: Momentary Bliss (13-7-6-7-4) 05 (09) Billie Eilish: No Time To Die (9-5) 06 (04) Eminem feat. Juice Wrld: Godzilla (7-1-1-3-4-6) 07 (21) Meduza feat. SHELLS: Born To Love (21-7) 08 (03) Roddy Ricch: The Box (4-2-1-7-3-8) 09 (20) Doja Cat: Boss Bitch (20-9) 10 (18) Slipknot: Nero Forte (29-18-10) 11 (24) Purple Disco Machine: In My Arms (36-24-11) 12 (11) Caribou: Never Come Back (17-10-11-12) 13 (22) Piero Pirupa: Braindead (Heroin Kills) (30-22-13) 14 (26) Blueprint: A Rose Between Two Thorns (Veronica) (33-26-14) 15 (19) Prospa: The One (37-21-19-15) 16 (20) Sorry: Right Around The Clock (38-20-16) 17 (08) Dua Lipa: Physical (25-9-7-8-17) 18 (14) The 1975: Me & You Together Song (32-24-8-6-9-14-18) 19 (12) Rina Sawayama: Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys) (24-14-12-19) 20 (30) Glass Animals: Your Love (Déjà Vu) (30-20) 21 (10) Love Regenerator / Calvin Harris: Hypnagogic (I Can’t Wait) (20-7-5-5-10-21) 22 (06) Tame Impala: Lost In Yesterday (20-13-12-6-22) 23 (NE) Christine and the Queens: People, I’ve Been Sad (23) 24 (33) The 1975: The Birthday Party (33-24) 25 (NE) Friction: Good To Me (25) 26 (13) Fontaines D.C.: Liberty Belle (15-11-8-13-26) 27 (37) Lizzo: Cuz I Love You (37-27) 28 (27) Fickle Friends: Pretty Great (24-27-28) 29 (17) ROSALÍA: A Palé (Gesaffelstein Remix) (23-17-29) 30 (NE) Biffy Clyro: Instant History (30) 31 (15) J Hus feat. Burna Boy: Play Play (27-14-13-15-31) 32 (28) Mark Knight: Mona Lisa (28-32) 33 (NE) Enter Shikari: { The Dreamer’s Hotel } (33) 34 (31) Arizona Zervas: Roxanne (40-20-6-11-11-26-28-31-34) 35 (NE) Wankelmut: Ayahuasca (35) 36 (34) Alicia Keys: Time Machine (16-2-2-2-10-18-34-36) 37 (40) Steve Aoki & Maluma: Maldad (40-37) 38 (NE) The Strokes: Bad Decisions (38) 39 (39) Bombay Bicycle Club: Everything Else Has Gone Wrong (37-31-28-35-34-x-x-x-x-x-20-35-39-39) 40 (NE) Lady Gaga: Stupid Love (40)

wk 59, w/c 4.3.20 01 (01) Doja Cat: Say So (40-4-4-1-1) 02 (02) SAINt JHN: Roses (Imanbek Remix) (18-3-2-2-2) 03 (05) Lil Nas X feat. Nas: Rodeo (15-11-5-3) 04 (07) Gorillaz feat. Slowthai and Slaves: Momentary Bliss (13-7-6-7-4) 05 (09) Billie Eilish: No Time To Die (9-5) 06 (04) Eminem feat. Juice Wrld: Godzilla (7-1-1-3-4-6) 07 (21) Meduza feat. SHELLS: Born To Love (21-7) 08 (03) Roddy Ricch: The Box (4-2-1-3-8) 09 (20) Doja Cat: Boss Bitch (20-9) 10 (18) Slipknot: Nero Forte (29-18-10) 11 (24) Purple Disco Machine: In My Arms (36-24-11) 12 (11) Caribou: Never Come Back (17-10-11-12) 13 (22) Piero Pirupa: Braindead (Heroin Kills) (30-22-13) 14 (26) Blueprint: A Rose Between Two Thorns (Veronica) (33-26-14) 15 (19) Prospa: The One (37-21-19-15) 16 (20) Sorry: Right Around The Clock (38-20-16) 17 (08) Dua Lipa: Physical (25-9-7-8-17) 18 (14) The 1975: Me & You Together Song (32-24-8-6-9-14-18) 19 (12) Rina Sawayama: Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys) (24-14-12-19) 20 (30) Glass Animals: Your Love (Déjà Vu) (30-20) 21 (10) Love Regenerator / Calvin Harris: Hypnagogic (I Can’t Wait) (20-7-5-5-10-21) 22 (06) Tame Impala: Lost In Yesterday (20-13-12-6-22) 23 (NE) Christine and the Queens: People, I’ve Been Sad (23) 24 (33) The 1975: The Birthday Party (33-24) 25 (NE) Friction: Good To Me (25) 26 (13) Fontaines D.C.: Liberty Belle (15-11-8-13-26) 27 (37) Lizzo: Cuz I Love You (37-27) 28 (27) Fickle Friends: Pretty Great (24-27-28) 29 (17) ROSALÍA: A Palé (Gesaffelstein Remix) (23-17-29) 30 (NE) Biffy Clyro: Instant History (30) 31 (15) J Hus feat. Burna Boy: Play Play (27-14-13-15-31) 32 (28) Mark Knight: Mona Lisa (28-32) 33 (NE) Enter Shikari: { The Dreamer’s Hotel } (33) 34 (31) Arizona Zervas: Roxanne (40-20-6-11-11-26-28-31-34) 35 (NE) Wankelmut: Ayahuasca (35) 36 (34) Alicia Keys: Time Machine (16-2-2-2-10-18-34-36) 37 (40) Steve Aoki & Maluma: Maldad (40-37) 38 (NE) The Strokes: Bad Decisions (38) 39 (39) Bombay Bicycle Club: Everything Else Has Gone Wrong (37-31-28-35-34-x-x-x-x-x-20-35-39-39) 40 (NE) Lady Gaga: Stupid Love (40)

Early chart this week cos boredom. Jessie Ware, Europa etc still banging on the chart door, bubbling under. 01 (01) Doja Cat: Say So (40-4-4-1-1) 02 (02) SAINt JHN: Roses (Imanbek Remix) (18-3-2-2-2) 03 (05) Lil Nas X feat. Nas: Rodeo (15-11-5-3) 04 (07) Gorillaz feat. Slowthai and Slaves: Momentary Bliss (13-7-6-7-4) 05 (09) Billie Eilish: No Time To Die (9-5) 06 (04) Eminem feat. Juice Wrld: Godzilla (7-1-1-3-4-6) 07 (21) Meduza feat. SHELLS: Born To Love (21-7) 08 (03) Roddy Ricch: The Box (4-2-1-3-8) 09 (20) Doja Cat: Boss Bitch (20-9) 10 (18) Slipknot: Nero Forte (29-18-10) 11 (24) Purple Disco Machine: In My Arms (36-24-11) 12 (11) Caribou: Never Come Back (17-10-11-12) 13 (22) Piero Pirupa: Braindead (Heroin Kills) (30-22-13) 14 (26) Blueprint: A Rose Between Two Thorns (Veronica) (33-26-14) 15 (19) Prospa: The One (37-21-19-15) 16 (20) Sorry: Right Around The Clock (38-20-16) 17 (08) Dua Lipa: Physical (25-9-7-8-17) 18 (14) The 1975: Me & You Together Song (32-24-8-6-9-14-18) 19 (12) Rina Sawayama: Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys) (24-14-12-19) 20 (30) Glass Animals: Your Love (Déjà Vu) (30-20) 21 (10) Love Regenerator / Calvin Harris: Hypnagogic (I Can’t Wait) (20-7-5-5-10-21) 22 (06) Tame Impala: Lost In Yesterday (20-13-12-6-22) 23 (NE) Christine and the Queens: People, I’ve Been Sad (23) 24 (33) The 1975: The Birthday Party (33-24) 25 (NE) Friction: Good To Me (25) 26 (13) Fontaines D.C.: Liberty Belle (15-11-8-13-26) 27 (37) Lizzo: Cuz I Love You (37-27) 28 (27) Fickle Friends: Pretty Great (24-27-28) 29 (17) ROSALÍA: A Palé (Gesaffelstein Remix) (23-17-29) 30 (NE) Biffy Clyro: Instant History (30) 31 (15) J Hus feat. Burna Boy: Play Play (27-14-13-15-31) 32 (28) Mark Knight: Mona Lisa (28-32) 33 (NE) Enter Shikari: { The Dreamer’s Hotel } (33) 34 (31) Arizona Zervas: Roxanne (40-20-6-11-11-26-28-31-34) 35 (NE) Wankelmut: Ayahuasca (35) 36 (34) Alicia Keys: Time Machine (16-2-2-2-10-18-34-36) 37 (40) Steve Aoki & Maluma: Maldad (40-37) 38 (NE) The Strokes: Bad Decisions (38) 39 (39) Bombay Bicycle Club: Everything Else Has Gone Wrong (37-31-28-35-34-x-x-x-x-x-20-35-39-39) 40 (NE) Lady Gaga: Stupid Love (40) All I have to do is stream OUT 23 (16) Hayley Williams: Simmer (28-18-16-23) 25 (15) Grimes: My Name Is Dark (19-19-40-x-x-16-16-15-25) 29 (40) Four Tet: Baby (40-29) 32 (22) Soccer Mommy: Circle The Drain (31-21-22-32) 35 (34) Duke Dumont: Therapy (29-34-35) 36 (32) L Devine: Boring People (28-32-36) 38 (37) Creeper: Annabelle (37-38) ONE YEAR AGO 01 (01) Billie Eilish: Bury a Friend 02 (03) Foals: Exits 03 (08) Friend Within: The Truth 04 (09) Pet Shop Boys: On Social Media 05 (10) Jessie Ware: Adore You 06 (33) Robinson: Karma (CLiQ Remix) 07 (05) Kehlani: Nights Like This (Feat. Ty Dolla $ign) 08 (02) Sam Fender: Play God 09 (07) Jade Bird: I Get No Joy 10 (06) Vampire Weekend: Harmony Hall

Getting a bit bored of Blinding Lights now, this is in the order I'd be most to least likely to put them on at this moment in time. +5 SAINt JHN ~ Roses (Imanbek Remix) +4 Roddy Ricch ~ The Box +3 Billie Eilish ~ No Time To Die +2 The Weeknd ~ Blinding Lights +1 Dua Lipa ~ Don't Start Now -1 Justin Bieber feat. Quavo ~ Intentions -2 Harry Styles ~ Adore You -3 Joel Corry ~ Lonely -4 Future feat. Drake ~ Life Is Good -5 Lewis Capaldi ~ Someone You Loved

In the US, it seems that various big songs/acts have been locked out of the primary singles chart for much longer than they have here. But they have all those interesting genre-led charts that kind of make up for it a bit. However, our genre-based charts are absolutely full of ancient songs. I know people on here know more about this than me, but should we have better new music-themed genre charts like theirs and is there any chance of it happening? It's a bit crap when you load up our indie, rock and dance charts or whatever and just see loads of overplayed songs that came out 300 years ago. Fire away!