Beyonce scores the Official Irish Chart Double following the release of RENAISSANCE

In a special mid-week sales flash, the Official Charts Company can confirm that the Official Albums Chart race is heating up, as Mancunian rapper Aitch looks set to overtake Madonna by tomorrow with his debut album, Close To Home. 

Aitch and Ed Sheeran have debuted at Number 1 on the Official Trending Chart with their new collaboration, My G.

A three-way midweek chart battle is underway on the Official Albums Chart with Steps, Madonna and rapper Aitch all vying for a taste of Number 1 success. 

LF SYSTEM are currently on track to score an eighth consecutive week at Number 1 with summer anthem Afraid To Feel – but they’ve got some tough competition.

Harry’s House makes it to yet another week atop the Official Irish Albums Chart.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 races back to Number 1 on the Official Film Chart.

Blam! Calvin Harris, Justin Timberlake, Halsey and Pharrell Williams have bounced straight to the top of the Official Trending Chart with Stay With Me.

Eliza Rose's B.O.T.A (Baddest Of Them All) reaches Number 1 on the Official Trending Chart today, as its stratospheric rise continues. 

Beyoncé reigns atop the Official Albums Chart for a second week with RENAISSANCE.

Harry Styles is back at Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart with Harry’s House, edging out Beyoncé’s RENAISSANCE which made a chart-topping debut last week.

Beyoncé holds on at Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart with BREAK MY SOUL.

The race for the UK’s Number 1 album is already heating up; as Beyoncé and Eminem are currently duking it out to see who will triumph at the top of the Official Albums Chart this Friday

A new version of new Beyonce track ‘Energy’ has appeared on some of the streaming services with an element borrowed from Kelis hit ‘Milkshake’ removed. The rework follows criticism from Kelis last week, who said that she was not aware that a track on Beyonce’s new album ‘Renaissance’ would include an interpolation of her song, even though the writers and producers of ‘Milkshake’ had seemingly signed off on its inclusion.Kelis recorded ‘Milkshake’ with her frequent early collaborators The Neptunes – aka Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo – for her third album, 2003’s ’Tasty’, which was also released by the production duo’s label.She has criticised Williams and Hugo before, accusing them of backtracking on commitments regarding who would be credited on, and share in the copyright from, the songs they made together.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore returns to Number 1 on the Official Film Chart, unseating Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Beyoncé was changing some offensive lyrics following backlash, it seems she's also made some changes to her track «Energy» off her recently released album, Beyoncé has reportedly removed a sampled interpolation of Kelis' song «Milkshake» from her song «Energy» after Kelis called her out for «theft,» according to It appears that the sample has been removed from the tracks available on Tidal and Apple.While Kelis famously sang «Milkshake,» Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo of The Neptunes were credited as writers on the track, and only they were included as credited writers on «Energy.» When first leaked two days before it was officially released, Kelis tore into Beyoncé, Williams and Hugo for using the sample without reaching out to her.Kelis shared her stance about the use of the sample sample via her company's page, Bounty & Full, by commenting on the fan account's post on Instagram.«My mind is blown too because the level of disrespect and utter ignorance of all 3 parties involved is astounding,» Kelis wrote. «I heard about this the same way everyone else did.

called Beyoncé “more vile than ever” as a result of the “X-rated lyrics” on her newest album, “Renaissance,” which dropped last week.“Now, she comes back more vile than ever putting out X-rated lyrics,” Kilmeade said about the acclaimed singer’s reentry into the public sphere.Both Kilmeade and Fox contributor Raymond Arroyo found Beyoncé’s song “Heated,” offensive, including the lyrics, “Dimples on my hip, stretch marks on my tits.” “What about the dimpled-ass community?” Kilmeade mocks, “Are they insulted by being used in her songs? Have you thought about that?”Arroyo responds, “Or those with stretch mark breasts, apparently,” declining to repeat the word she uses. Despite noting that what he calls the “delightful” lyric was written by Drake, he goes on to condemn Beyoncé for using the phrase in her song.“Why you would sing them as a renowned women who young people look to, I don’t quite get,” the 51-year-old Fox contributor said.When discussing her reentry into the music world, Kilmeade noted Beyoncé had been relatively quiet until the album’s drop on Friday.“You know when you get a little older, sometimes you mellow,” Kilmeade said.

Big Brother will return to screens next year after finding a new home at ITV.The reality TV show aired for 18 years in the UK until it was axed in 2018. Now, following a five-year hiatus, it will return in 2023 on ITV2 and new streaming platform ITVX.The news was announced in a promotional video that aired during the series finale of Love Island on ITV2.A cast of “carefully selected housemates from all walks of life” will live with each other for up to six weeks in the iconic Big Brother house, which has been given a “contemporary new look”.Under constant surveillance, the housemates will take part in a number of tasks and nominations.

Proving once and for all that you just can't keep a good big pop girl down, Beyoncé's potential dominance of the Official Charts this week continues as we can announce that RENAISSANCE album track CUFF IT is officially the UK's Number 1 Trending Song. 

Beyoncé confirmed she will remove an "ableist" lyric used in a song on her new "Renaissance" album following online backlash from the disability rights community. The 40-year-old artist will change the word "spaz" from the 11th anthem on the catalog, "Heated," to another, as yet undetermined, term. "The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced," a representative for Beyoncé told Fox News Digital.