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Read about this week's Top 40 charts and the stories behind the biggest new hit singles. Plus browse the complete archive of the last 27 years of pop charts analysis, a resource of over 1300 articles documenting over a quarter of a century of popular music history.
Week Ending March 5th 2020
It is out with the old, and in with the slightly older as we do a Ctrl-Z at the top of the singles chart. Meanwhile, in the world of albums, BTS are justifiably huge. But why on earth can they not buy a hit single?
Week Ending February 27th 2020
The name's Eilish. Billie Eilish (although she's actually Billie O'Connell but let's not get bogged down with that right now). Invited to record the theme to the new James Bond film, she has done what only one other artist in chart history has managed. And in the process landed an unassailable chart first of her own.
Week Ending February 20th 2020
We are becalmed up top but disturbingly busy down the bottom. An all-static Top 5 makes Jack a dull boy, but Justin is new and exciting. Even if he still can't quite beat out his existing hit.
