Archives: 2021

And we're back in business! A one-off from Easter and then the resumption of normal service as my sojourn at Music Week comes to an end. In the fullness of time this should hopefully be a full archive, but for the moment we pick up in November just as Adele dominates everything until the usual Christmas chaos.

A freebie as Music Week don't publish over the Easter holidays. Lil Nas X storms to No.1 when nobody was expecting him to - at least not at first.

Time to blow off the cobwebs. We're back where we belong just as Ed Sheeran conquers all. Or does he?

Welcome to Taylor Swift land where you get to live inside her head, whether you want to or not. What may be the longest Top 3 hit ever heralds the arrival of her latest re-recording. Adele next week may come as a welcome distraction.

Happy Adele week everyone as we finally made it there intact. The album that was always going to be the biggest deal of the year does not disappoint. But just how many copies did it sell in the end? Be easy on me, we are going to talk about her a lot.

Adele is rock steady at the top of both charts. But watch out, there is a very sweary American lady coming up hard on her heels. Meanwhile, the Christmas pot begins to boil as the festive classics start to assert a dominance that will persist until the new year. It gets grimmer from this point on, be warned.

And so it came to pass that on the second week before Christmas the blessed Saint Elton John and his holiness Lord Sheeran of Bad Habits did ascend unto the heavenly seat of No.1. And great plaudits (and a handful of chart landmarks) did rain down.

Lockdown! At least as far as the singles chart is concerned as an all-static Top 7 leaves us wondering just what - if any - surprises are left in store for Christmas.

The annual Perenium chart, where even though it isn't Christmas anymore perhaps inevitably Christmas songs still dominate. But at least we have a contemporary one to the fore this time.

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