For any pop fan, the greatest feeling in the world is seeing an artist that you love finally tap into their full potential. So it was for Cheryl, who assumed her final form on Call My Name, which debuted at Number 1 in the UK 10 years ago this week.
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Harry Styles waltzes into a ninth week at Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart with As It Was.
The track, which is Harry’s first song to reach Number 1 in Ireland, continues to enjoy an uplift following the release of Harry’s third solo album Harry’s House two weeks ago.
Lizzo returns to her Number 2 peak with About Damn Time, while Dermot Kennedy returns to Number 5 with Something To Someone.
This week’s highest new entry is Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa and Young Thug with Potion (9) – Calvin and Dua’s first collaboration since their chart-topping One Kiss (2018). At Number 10, Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) soars back into the chart after being featured prominently in the new series of Stranger Things.
Nathan Dawe jumps seven with 21 Reasons ft. Ella Henderson (14) and Latto, Mariah Carey and DJ Khaled climb four to enter the Top 20 for the first time with Big Energy (20).
English singer-songwriter Declan McKenna rockets into the chart for the first time this week with Brazil at Number 22, which was originally released back in 2015; its resurgence is thanks to a slightly sped-up version of the song going viral on TikTok.
Kanye West scores a Number 25 entry with True Love, which features the late rapper and singer XXXTentacion. Finally, American rapper and singer Sleepy Hallow enters the Top 50 for the first time with Die Young ft. Canadian rapper 347Aidan at Number 43.
For any pop fan, the greatest feeling in the world is seeing an artist that you love finally tap into their full potential. So it was for Cheryl, who assumed her final form on Call My Name, which debuted at Number 1 in the UK 10 years ago this week.
Ed Sheeran has been announced as the most-played artist of 2021 in the UK, with Bad Habits as the most-played song.
Ed Sheeran has been crowned as the most-played artist from the UK in 2021, with ‘Bad Habits’ also the most-played single of last year.The singer-songwriter claimed the same double in 2017 with the album ‘÷’ and song ‘Shape Of You’. 2022 marks his fourth time in fifth years to be the most-played artist in the country, only beaten by Dua Lipa in 2020.Figures from the Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) show the top 10 singles of the year, which also features songs by The Weeknd, Coldplay and Years & Years.Joining Sheeran in the top 10 artists list are Dua Lipa, Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift. You can see both lists below.1.
Harry Styles has delivered an intimate performance of his song ‘Boyfriends’ for Japanese YouTube series, The First Take.The performance depicts Styles delivering a stripped-back version of the ‘Harry’s House’ track against a clean white background, in line with the series’ typical style. Sarah Jones and Elin Sandberg provide backing vocals, while guitars come courtesy of Ny Oh and Mitch Rowland.The series is known for challenging artists to perform any song of their liking, but in one take without any vocal or visual effects.
Vick Hope took a mini-break to Ibiza last week to spend some quality time with her fiancé Calvin Harris, and the two were pictured passionately kissing on the beach.MORE: Inside Calvin Harris' Ibiza farm where secret love blossomed with Vick HopeThe couple are yet to speak openly about their romance but have demonstrated they are not shy about being pictured together, as snaps published over the weekend showed.WATCH: Vick Hope stuns as she models for HFMFollowing the publications of the photos, Vick took to Instagram to reveal that she was on her way back to the UK.SEE: Vick Hope turns heads in floral bikini – and she looks flawlessPHOTOS: The bikini brands celebrities swear byThe radio star posted a picture taken from the plane, showing part of the island and its blue waters and simply added two emojis to it, a goodbye and wave emoji. Vick revealed she was flying back to the UK after spending a few days with her fiancé CalvinLater that day, she revealed she was back in Manchester and hard at work."Touchdown Manchester with my love @katiethistleton and our PRIDE MONTH special continues on @bbcradio1 Life Hacks!!! Keep sharing you stories with us on 03700100100," she wrote on her Stories alongside a picture of her microphone and her colleague behind it.Vick and Calvin went public with their relationship last month when they made their first public appearance at the Chelsea Flower Show.
Kate Bush is on track to claim this week’s Number 1 single with Running Up That Hill, possibly ending Harry Styles’ ten-week reign atop the Official Singles Chart with As It Was.
Viewers have praised Vick Hope for her debut ITV chat show on Sunday morning (June 12). The BBC Radio 1 DJ, 32, launched the series with musicians Kate Nash and Aitch and romance novelist Jojo Moyes.
As Harry Styles earns a landmark tenth week at Number 1 with As It Was, Kate Bush sprints into the Top 3 with Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God).
Harry Styles will appear on the YouTube series The First Take.The pop star has recorded his session for the Japanese music series on YouTube, which arrives this Monday (June 13).The First Take challenges artists to perform whatever song they’d like to, but the caveat is that it has to be in one take with no vocal or visual effects.Previous performances have come from CHAI, Tomorrow X Together and many others.A short teaser of Styles’ attempt has been shared ahead of its airing – watch below.⠀ THE FIRST TAKE⠀ ⠀ ⠀ OUT AT MONDAY 6/13 9AM EST 6/13 6AM PST 6/13 2PM BST 6/13 10PM JST▶︎ https://t.co/xVntU2Qokq・#THEFIRSTTAKE pic.twitter.com/8g3AQ6Q5Ou— THE FIRST TAKE (@The_FirstTake) June 7, 2022Viewers on Eastern Standard Time in the US can watch the performance from 9am on Monday, while Pacific Standard Time viewers can catch it from 6am. UK viewers can watch it from 2pm while those in Japan can see it from 10pm.Meanwhile, Baz Luhrmann has explained why he didn’t cast Styles in his Elvis biopic.The director said in a new interview that the pop star “is a really talented actor” but wasn’t quite right for the role that eventually went to Austin Butler.
Harry Styles has donated his fee from the new Apple AirPods advert to a refugee aid charity, the International Rescue Committee (IRC).The star is featured in the new commercial for the company’s AirPods with spatial audio alongside ‘Music For A Sushi Restaurant’, the opening song of his new album ‘Harry’s House’.Following the unveiling of the advert last week, Styles announced that he would be donating his paycheque from it the IRC, a humanitarian aid organisation. The group are currently involved in helping the more than 6million refugees who have been displaced from Ukraine since Russia invaded the country in February.“Thank you to @HarryStyles and @Apple for your generous donation to the IRC,” the charity tweeted, confirming the star’s donation.
Today, Harry Styles marks a mammoth nine weeks at Number 1 in the UK with As It Was. It becomes the longest-running UK Number 1 since Ed Sheeran’s 11-week long reign at Number 1 with Bad Habits last year.
Despite strong competition from Liam Gallagher, Harry Styles has earned a second week at Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart with Harry’s House, as it flies ahead on streaming services.
Harry Styles‘ hugely successful new album ‘Harry’s House’ has garnered a series of chart accolades and broken numerous records across the world.In addition to recording 2022’s fastest selling album in the UK, Styles achieved the rare feat of simultaneously holding the number one album and number one track (‘Harry’s House’ lead single ‘As It Was’) in a number of countries.The accomplishment was made in the US, UK, Canada, Germany, Australia, Netherlands, Italy, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Belgium. Additionally, ‘Harry’s House’ went to number one in Norway, Finland and Denmark.In the US, the album had the largest first week of 2022 for any album, and was only the fourth album in the last 18 months to earn at least 500,000 units in a single week.Styles’ third consecutive US number one, it extends his record as the first UK male artist to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 with their first three albums, and the biggest sales week for a British male artist’s album since Nielsen Music began electronically tracking sales data in 1991.‘As It Was’ has been the US number one single for four weeks, with three additional songs also in the top 10, and every song on the album in the top 30.
As It Was is now officially the longest-running Number 1 single of 2022 in the UK so far.
Dua Lipa and Calvin Harris have teamed up once again for another song!
Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa are teaming up for their latest track Potion which drops tomorrow.
Vick Hope has given fans the first clear glimpse of her engagement ring since the news that she and DJ Calvin Harris were engaged, earlier this week. Attending The Podcast Show 2022 in London on Wednesday, the radio star looked relaxed and chic as she posed for cameras in the Green Room ahead of the show.
In very exciting news, Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa are set to reunite this Friday on a new track called Potion, the first release from the Scottish DJ's long-awaited Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2.