Week Ending June 19th 2025
For the first time since we were all small children and a more innocent age was upon us, we have a new single at the top of the charts. All hail Sabrina Carpenter, even if she is now nicking other people's acts.
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For the first time since we were all small children and a more innocent age was upon us, we have a new single at the top of the charts. All hail Sabrina Carpenter, even if she is now nicking other people's acts.
Alex Warren. That man again. Making headlines for all the right reasons as he smashes records with the 12th week of his epic No.1 run - the first artist in the ACR era to cross that particular threshold. Find out what it all means inside.
Alex Warren is sat on the toilet again, celebrating an extraordinary 11th week at No.1. We'd also feature a picture of the artist with the highest new entry of the week. But that also turns out to be Alex Warren. Totes awks.
Don't be fooled, Skye Newman may look like she is having a poo in this grab from her video, but she is actually celebrating the highest new entry of the week and her proper chart breakthrough. Meanwhile Alex Warren is 10-up and looks like he is sticking around.