This week, Swedish novelty records, American high schools, and CBeebies credit sequences.

39.  Skepta – “Shutdown”

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Luckily for me, as I finally get to this on Thursday night, it was a very quiet week.

32.  Skrillex & Diplo featuring Justin Bieber – “Where Are Ü Now”

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A very odd week, full of singles suddenly vaulting their way up the charts after making an initial appearance at the bottom end.

29.  Meghan Trainor – “Dear Future Husband”

Up 11.  The midweeks don’t show it making much further progress, though.  I keep mis-typing the title as “Dead Future Husband”, which sounds like a much more interesting song.

27.  Kodaline – “The One”

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So, no reviews this week – because there’s nothing to review, aside from anything else – but don’t forget there’s a new podcast, one post down.  Meanwhile… for the second week running, the midweek charts get it wrong.

40.  Meghan Trainor – “Dear Future Husband”

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Lots of new entries this week, almost all of them flopping badly.

40.  Luke Friend – “Hole in my Heart”

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Just four new entries – one major release, one coming too late in the week to have a serious impact, and two that probably won’t be around long.

30.  KSI featuring P-Money – “Lamborghini”

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Another rather quiet week sees Sam Smith hang on uneventfully.  I know, I’m really building this one up, aren’t I?  Perhaps the most interesting announcement this week is the official confirmation that the chart is shifting to Fridays, where Radio 1 will grudgingly accommodate it in a reduced two hour slot.  To be honest, that’s probably for the good of the chart show, as three hours of statistically-determined play listing is a bit much for most people.  (Even I don’t actually listen to it live.)

38.  MNEK – “The Rhythm”

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A week where pretty much all the new releases under perform, except for one…

35.  Calvin Harris featuring HAIM – “Pray To God”

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In a moment, we return to our regularly scheduled turnover of number one singles.  Which is good, because the rest of the chart is pretty quiet.

33.  Imagine Dragons – “Demons”

Originally a number 13 hit a year ago – it’s back because it was covered on The Voice UK.

18.  Kanye West featuring Allan Kingdom, Theophilus London & Paul McCartney – “All Day”

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This is the annual chart that follows on the Brit Awards, hence a bunch of odd re-entries.  The awards themselves seem to have some short-term sales effect, and the primetime TV coverage is always good for shifting a few downloads to people who aren’t regular audience members.  Without the Brits this would be another rather quiet chart.

40.  Ed Sheeran – “Don’t”
38.  Ed Sheeran – “Sing”
35.  Ed Sheeran – “Bloodstream”
12.  Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”

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