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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I did think about doing a post for WWE Fast Lane but, well, the undercard is hardly a source of inspiration to anyone, is it?  So let’s do the charts instead.  This would have been an almost completely dead week were it not for a couple of late new entries.

37.  Florence + The Machine – “What Kind Of Man”

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Alright, then.  We’ll get back to a reviewing schedule at the weekend, when we’ll start catching up on Wolverines vol 1, the final X-Force arc, All-New‘s trip to the Ultimate Universe, and Uncanny‘s curious decision to whack the reset button only a handful of months away from the universe-wide whacking of the reset button.

But in the meantime, let’s run through this week’s chart while it’s still vaguely topical.

27.  Imagine Dragons – “I Bet My Life”

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So, yeah, still no time to write any reviews this week.  Wolverines vol 1 is next in the queue.  But let’s get the chart post done, since it’s another short one (and largely written already).  So much for last week’s burst of new releases…

39.  Kodaline – “Honest”

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