Week Ending May 2nd 2024
Did you know Taylor Swift had an album out this week? If you did you were not alone. A record it seems of such significance that every site online has to weigh in with an opinion on it. Including this one it seems.
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Did you know Taylor Swift had an album out this week? If you did you were not alone. A record it seems of such significance that every site online has to weigh in with an opinion on it. Including this one it seems.
WANTED: New picture editor for Chart Watch website. NOT WANTED: New No.1 single. Hozier is doing quite nicely there for now thank you. Although he has to contend with the relentless Taylor Swift drumbeat.
There's a 'sweet' record on fire at the top of the charts. Reel out more Hozier, as he returns Irish pride to the No.1 position for the first time in over a decade.
Kick those heels up guys and gals, as we are well and truly in a world of country. And prior to the Super Bowl could anyone have guessed that it would be Beyonce who takes us there? The first ever black artist to land a country No.1 album does so in quite spectacular style. All the details you need are inside.