The return of Sam Fender sees the Geordie hero secure this week’s highest new entry with People Watching (4). It becomes Sam’s third UK Top 10 single, following Seventeen Going Under (3) and Homesick with Noah Kahan (5).
This also makes People Watching the only alternative British track to debut in the Top 4 of the Singles Chart in over 10 years!
At the top of the singles chart Gracie Abrams makes it three weeks atop the Official Singles Chart today with That’s So True.
Her acoustic break-up smash hit remains the most-streamed song in the country of the last seven days (5.7 million streams), helping to fight off challenges from Gigi Perez and ROSÉ and Bruno Mars.
Teddy Swims sees Bad Dreams climb up to a new peak of Number 6, while Tate McRae’s sensual 2 hands is straight in at Number 8, becoming Tate’s third Top 10 hit, following you broke me first (3) and greedy (3).
With the chart-topping success of From Zero, Linkin Park see The Emptiness Machine rise back into the Top 10 (10), Heavy Is The Crown re-enter the Top 40 (21) and new single Two Faced make its Top 40 debut (22).
As the days continue to get colder and the nights get longer…Christmas is nearly upon us. WHAM!’s Last Christmas – last year’s Official Christmas Number 1 single – breaks back into the Top 40 today (16), up 27 week-on-week, while Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You isn’t far behind, up 21 (17). Brenda Lee’s Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree also makes its first Top 40 appearance of the festive season this year (34).
Sabrina Carpenter just can’t stop making hits – Juno becoming the fifth track from Short N’ Sweet to enter the Top 40, today debuting at Number 24. Keep an eye on this one...
Congratulations are in order for BTS idol Jin, who celebrates his first Top 40 single as a solo artist today, with Running Wild entering at Number 25.
