Archives: 2024

Noah Kahan looks pretty pleased with himself doesn't he? And well he might, owner of the first new No.1 single of the new year. Welcome to this year's great chart reset.

A group of middle-aged men top the albums chart for the first time. But Shed Seven are by no means the only golden oldies around this week. Come with me on a journey through time and all will be revealed.

Noah v Ari was the big fight we weren't expecting to have a ringside seat for. But this may well have been one for the ages.

As if one Noah Kahan track wasn't more than enough, he doubles up with a second Top 5 hit this week. Even if he has to bring a British friend along for the ride. We also delve into the murky world of dance music cross-collaboration. Everyone performs with everyone else eventually.

I am not going to pretend my use of AI generated images for this site has been a total success, but scary Sophie will have to do. She is indeed No.2 for the second week running, but the real stories relate to the big hits that turned out not to be.

None of these women have invited me to their Last Dinner Party. But they are incredibly excited to have the fastest selling debut album by a group in almost ten years. No more spoilers, click to read.

A tale of three Americans. Noah Kahan (ongoing), Beyonce (returning yee-haw), and Kanye West (seek help man). Plus we get a new No.1 next week. Details inside.

Yes, it is the same photo as last week but Beyonce makes headlines in her own way for the second week running. No.1 for the eighth time in her career all told, but curiously only for the second time solo. Dua Lipa was supposed to have a say in this but in the end was never a contender. How odd.

We celebrate all things American this week, as artists - solo artists to boot - dominate the upper end of the singles chart in a manner they haven't done for over 70 years. And I'm not even joking.

Happy day, happy RAYE as she sweeps the board at the BRITs and becomes the most notably artist on the chart this week. Even if she isn't quite blowing everyone out of the water. But a win is a win. And she's had plenty.

It's fine Ari, you can open your eyes now. As if there was ever any doubt in the matter, Eternal Sunshine is easily the No.1 album of the week.

This week's column is not sponsored by The One Show but clearly this was the best opportunity to get a shot of Benson Boone with his award for a No.1 single. Which kind of spoils this week's big reveal, but never mind. All hail the conquering rock heroes. Of all generations.

These two men nearly have the biggest album of the week but also the highest new entry of an unusually frantic week. Click inside to find out exactly who they are. Plus, is this the first ever British-free Top 10?

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.

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.

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.

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.

Like a much needed shot of caffeine, Sabrina Carpenter is a narrow but quite pleasingly joyful No.1 this week. I take mine creamy, thanks.

A radically optimistic Dua Lipa toasts some chart success as she enters at No.1 with an album for the very first time. But the talk of the singles charts is two rappers fighting like toddlers through the medium of song.