The best songs and albums of 2022 so far: Official Charts staff picks

It's a happy birthday to Selena Gomez from Official Charts today, as the multi-hyphenate superstar turns 30 today!

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The sun is shining right now on what's proving to the hottest summer in the history books, so we at Official Charts thought it was time to take things back to a...slightly cooler time, and revisit the biggest songs of the summer of 2002. 

Limp Bizkit announced they postponed the UK and European leg of their tour due to unforeseen health concerns for their frontman Fred Durst. The band didn’t disclose what condition Durst is suffering from or what the concerns were, but they apologized to their fans for the sudden cancellation and any inconveniences they caused them. "For personal health concerns and based on medical advice given by my personal physician to take an immediate break from touring, Limp Bizkit will sadly have to postpone their 2022 Uk and European tour," they said in a statement on Instagram.

OneRepublic are certainly not worried about anything at the moment as they shoot to the top of the UK's Official Trending Chart. 

Limp Bizkit have postponed their upcoming 2022 UK and European tour due to frontman Fred Durst’s “personal health concerns”.The band were set to play four shows this September, including two gigs at London’s Brixton Academy, in support of recent album ‘Still Sucks’.They have now announced that their frontman Durst has been advised to take an “immediate break from touring” by a medical profession, and that the dates will be rescheduled.Durst and the band wrote: “For personal health concerns and based on medical advice given by my personal physician to take an immediate break from touring, Limp Bizkit will sadly have to postpone their 2022 Uk and European tour.“We truly apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to our loyal fans, promoters and support staff. Stand by for further news.

Harry Styles’ Harry’s House returns to the top of the Official Albums Chart this week, celebrating its fifth non-consecutive week at Number 1. 

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Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran have scored the biggest singles and albums in the UK in 2022 so far.Styles’ long running Number One hit ‘As It Was’ is the biggest single of the year beating Sheeran and Fireboy DML’s single ‘Peru’ into second place.The track, which has topped the charts for 10 weeks, racked up 95 million streams and was also the most physically purchased (11,000 units) and digitally downloaded (33,000 units) song of the year so far in the UK, according to the Official Charts Company.Meanwhile, ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ from the Disney movie Encanto came in at Number Three.It is the most-streamed track of the year to date in the UK with 110 million streams overall, including 36 million video streams, the most for any song so far in 2022.The best singles of 2022 so far are:1. Harry Styles – ‘As It Was’2. Fireboy DML and Ed Sheeran – ’Peru’3. Encanto soundtrack – ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’4. Ed Sheeran – ‘Bad Habits’5. Lost Frequencies and Calum Scott – ‘Where Are You Now’6. Ed Sheeran – ‘Shivers’7. Cat Burns – ‘Go’8. Glass Animals – ‘Heat Waves’9. Belters Only featuring Jazzy – ‘Make Me Feel Good’10. Dave – ‘Starlight’In the albums chart, Sheeran took the top spot with his 2021 album ‘=’ after clocking up 689,000 combined UK chart sales.

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