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.
03.06.2022 - 19:59 / officialcharts.com
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.
In its ninth consecutive week at Number 1, As It Was racks up over 65,000 chart sales and is still the most-streamed song in the country, with over 7.4 million streams to its name. See Harry’s Official Charts history in full here.
Cat Burns could offer up a challenge to Harry, however, as her breakout hit Go ascends to a new peak (2) and not far behind is Lizzo, whose About Damn Time rises two spots to a new high (3), becoming Lizzo’s highest-peaking single in the UK.
Tion Wayne & La Roux continue to hit new heights with IFTK (7), while Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill returns to the UK Top 10 for the first time since 2012 (8 – more on this story below) and Ed Sheeran’s 2step enters the upper echelons of the chart for the first time (9).
David Guetta, Becky Hill and Ella Henderson are up one with Crazy What Love Can Do also managing a new best position (13) and this week’s highest new entry comes courtesy of Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa and Young Thug with Potion (14) becoming Calvin’s 37th, Dua’s 22nd and Young Thug’s 11th UK Top 40 entry respectively.
Nathan Dawe and Ella Henderson crack the Top 20 for the first time with 21 Reasons (18), The K**** debut with Prince Andrew Is A Sweaty ***** (20) and Benzz’s viral hit Je M’appelle rises two (22).
Lady Gaga’s Hold My Hand enters the UK Top 40 for the first time (24) following the release of Top Gun: Maverick, while Tom Grennan’s Remind Me hops up three (30) and our final new entry of the week comes courtesy of Kanye West and the late XXXTentacion on True Love (31).
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.
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.
Harry Styles knows how to do it’s please a crowd, and he certainly didn’t disappoint at Capital’s Summertime Ball this weekend. The Grammy winner, 28, thrilled a packed Wembley Stadium as the headline act on Sunday evening, lifting the roof off the place with an electrifying set.
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).
Liam Gallagher‘s new album ‘C’mon You Know’ has gained the former Oasis man his fourth consecutive solo Number One album.All of Gallagher’s solo studio albums, 2017’s ‘As You Were‘, 2019’s ‘Why Me? Why Not‘ and his latest, have all reached the top of the UK albums chart, as has 2020’s ‘MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall)‘.It marks Gallagher’s eleventh chart-topping album overall, including his time in Oasis. Another live album ‘Down By The River Thames‘ has also entered this week’s chart at Number Four.Gallagher, who headlines the first of two enormous Knebworth shows tonight, said of the accolade: “What do we have here? Another Number One record brothers and sisters! Thanks to everyone whose bought ‘C’mon You Know’ and ‘Down By The River’.
Harry Styles waltzes into a ninth week at Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart with As It Was.
Ed Sheeran has ascended to the top of the Official Trending Chart with his latest single, 2step.
Last week, Harry Styles’ As It Was officially became the longest-running Number 1 single of 2022 so far in the UK, overtaking the cast of Encanto’s mega-hit We Don’t Talk About Bruno with a total of eight weeks at the top.
As It Was is now officially the longest-running Number 1 single of 2022 in the UK so far.
The Official Charts Company is happy to announce today that Harry Styles has become the latest artist to score the relatively rare Official Chart Double.
Harry Styles earns the Official Irish Chart Double this week following the release of his third solo album, Harry’s House.
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.