LF SYSTEM top this week's Official Trending Chart with Afraid to Feel.
25.05.2022 - 10:37 / officialcharts.com
Theare preparing a range of activities to celebrate this year, this week unveiling the anniversary campaign branding and the first event of the commemorations.
November 14th this year will mark 70 years since the first singles chart was published by the New Musical Express’s Percy Dickins in 1952, topped by Al Martino’s Here In My Heart – but the birthday celebrations will begin next month, kicking off in style on Jubilee weekend with a fun-filled partnership with Mighty Hoopla Festival.
Beyond the June Bank Holiday starting horn, a range of other anniversary are set to be unveiled over the coming weeks and months, including music releases, print publications, radio and TV broadcasts, brand new charts, celebratory events and more.
Another key moment will be the crowning, over the summer, of the 1400th Number 1 single of all time.
Chief Executive says: “Over the past seven decades, the Official Singles Chart has chronicled the story of the UK’s favourite music in the UK, week in, week out, celebrating a huge range of music. So it is appropriate that we should mark the 70th anniversary with such a huge range of different activities.
“To kick off the celebrations, we are delighted to be working closely with the Mighty Hoopla – it is one of the many touchstones which will form part of this very special birthday, details of which we will begin teasing out over the coming weeks.
“We can’t wait to begin sharing these events with the nation’s music fans – all in honour of the iconic weekly music event that is the Official Singles Chart.”
LF SYSTEM top this week's Official Trending Chart with Afraid to Feel.
Following its unprecedented viral success after featuring heavily in the latest series of Netflix show Stranger Things, Kate Bush’s 1985 track Running Up That Hill jumps six places to Number 2 this week.
Tori Spelling is celebrating a big occasion for her daughter, Stella McDermott.
According to today’s , look set to knock off the top of the this Sunday.
Though the mighty ’sself-claimed ‘swords of rock’ looked strong in Wednesday’s , reigning album titleholders slowly clawed their way back to retain their position at the top of the today with . and aka ,took an early lead over , but finishes the week in a very respectable second place, giving the comedy rock duo their highest charting album to date in the UK. Their previous highest placing came courtesy of 2006’s (10). In a rock premonition earlier this week, musician and comedy actor Black claimed that his band will eclipse former chart toppers , and .
The is launching a brand new chart to reflect a shift in the classical music sector, and consumers’ growing enthusiasm for buying classical music track-by-track.
is today crowned the first number one artist in the UK’s brand new , with her smash hit .
Harry Styles’ Harry’s House is currently on track to return to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart for a second non-consecutive week.
Queen’s Greatest Hits has reached the landmark milestone of 1,000 weeks on the Official Album Chart.
the new season of Stranger Things has become a total success! Fans of the Netflix series are still going strong, supporting the show and the fan-favorite characters that are all grown up now and have new stroylines in the sci-fi horror universe.The latest season of the show broke a record this weekend, being recognized as the English language series with the biggest debut ever for the streaming platform, surpasing the second season of Bridgerton.Volume 1 of the fourth season of Stranger Things achieved 286.7 million hours viewed, while Bridgerton had 193 million hours viewd back in March.The streaming platfom revealed that the show also broke another record, reaching the top 10 in 93 countries and number 1 in 83 countries, lifting previous seasons with a total of 38 million hours viewed for season one, 22 million hours viewed for season 2, and 24.3 million hours viewed for season three.But the success of the series is not only for Netflix, as one of the songs used in this new season became a total pop culture success among new generations. ‘Running Up That Hill’ by Kate Bush was included in the soundtrack for the series and used in one of the most popular scenes of the season.Recorded in 1985, the song reached No.
The Batman makes its debut at Number 1 on the UK’s Official Film Chart.
Ed Sheeran has ascended to the top of the Official Trending Chart with his latest single, 2step.
Spotify’s Top 200, with 1,099,174 plays. The “Stranger Things 4” soundtrack – which also features the Talking Heads, KISS, and the Beach Boys, among others – holds the No. 5 spot on iTunes’ Top 200 Albums.The song first comes into play during the season premiere, when Max (Sadie Sink) strolls through her school hallways listening to it on her Walkman.
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.
Top Gun makes history this week as it charges up to Number 1 on the Official Film Chart.
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Harry Styles has the Number 1 Trending Song in the UK right now, as Late Night Talking debuts atop the Official Trending Chart.