Apparently Coachella is a thing now, then.

1. Sam Fender & Olivia Dean – “Rein Me In”

Eight weeks, non-consecutive. It’s peaked in terms of sales, but that’s pretty much academic. Because it was still outperforming the market over the last couple of weeks, it has weeks to go before it might be hit by the downweighting rule. Meanwhile, Bella Kay’s “iloveitiloveitiloveit” does go to ACR this week, and that leaves “Rein Me In” with a massive lead over the new number 2 single – which, remarkably, is “Dracula” by Tame Impala in its 18th week on the top 40. The remix with Jenni from Blackpink is the most streamed version, but that’s hardly a simple explanation for why it’s doing so well – it’s not like Blackpink songs typically have this sort of staying power.

11. Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj – “Beauty and a Beat”
15. Justin Bieber – “Daisies”
26. Justin Bieber – “Yukon”

The maximum three tracks for Justin Bieber, essentially because of his performance headlining Coachella. Coachella hasn’t made much of an impact on the UK singles chart in the past, as far as I can recall. But Bieber very rarely performs live, which probably adds to the interest in this.

The highest-placing track is his 2012 single “Beauty and the Beat”, which only got to number 16 at the time. That’s weird because he didn’t exactly peform it at Coachella – it featured as part of a stretch of the set in which he basically played his own YouTube videos to the crowd and sang along with them a bit.

“Daisies” was a number 1 for a week last year, and “Yukon” reached number 12 as an album track. “Beauty and a Beat” dates from 2012, and its previous peak was number 16.

His 2016 album “Purpose”, for some reason, re-enters the album chart at 26, while last year’s “Swag” re-enters at 37.

14. Katseye – “Pinky Up” 

Katseye got their first top 40 hit last summer when “Gabriela” got to number 38. “Internet Girl” got a week at number 24 in January – and, admittedly, dropped out of the top 100 after five weeks. And now “Pinky Up” gets them into the top 20 for the first time. Their change of direction towards hyperpop remains contentious among their fan base, many of whom did not initially sign up for this sort of track, but it does seem to be working commercially, and it does give them a much-needed USP. Officially Katseye remain a six-piece, but Manon Bannerman has been on “hiatus” since February and doesn’t appear on this record.

20. Sabrina Carpenter – “House Tour” 

This reached number 17 as an album track last autumn and managed eight weeks on the top 40 then, but it’s being re-promoted as a single now. It has a video that’s about as subtle as the song.

32. Lady Gaga & Doechii – “Runway”

This is from the soundtrack of The Devil Wears Prada 2. It’s a passable-ish dance track which isn’t the best work of either artist.

39. Prospa & Cloonee – “Free Your Mind” 

Throwback dance music. It’s the top 40 debut for both acts – Prospa are a production duo from Leeds, Cloonee is just the one guy. The uncredited vocal is from Sybil’s “Oh, How I Love You”, an album track from 1993. She did have some hit singles of her own back in the day, the highest placing being a cover of “The Love I Lost” with West End that reached number 3 the same year.

This week’s climbers:

• “Dracula” by Tame Impala climbs 3-2.
• “Homewrecker” by Sombr climbs 6-4 – it previously peaked at 5 in February, and it’s been in the top 10 for nine weeks now.
• “Babydoll” by Dominic Fike climbs 7-5.
• “White Keys” by Dominic Fike climbs 10-7.
• “Choosin’ Texas” by Ella Langley climbs 16-13.
• “Earrings” by Malcolm Todd climbs 40-37.

There are three new entries and five re-entries this week (the fifth being “Porch Light” by Noah Kahan rebounding from 43 to 40). The eight tracks leaving the top 40 are:

• “Die With a Smile” by Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars, which had a 13-week run as a re-entry, peaking at 23.
• “Wagwan” by Central Cee, which entered at 30 two weeks ago.
• “Landslide” by Fleetwood Mac, which re-entered two weeks ago and got to 36.
• “Die On This Hill” by Sienna Spiro, which has been around since last October aside from a week over Christmas, and peaked at 9.
• “I Know You’re Hurting” by Raye, which entered at 22 two weeks ago.
• “Father” by Ye & Travis Scott, which entered at 27 two weeks ago.
• “All the Love” by Ye & Andre Troutman, which entered at 38 two weeks ago.
• “The Great Divide” by Noah Kahan, which entered at 10 and lasted 10 weeks.

On the album chart:

1. Olivia Dean – “The Art of Loving”

Eighth non-consecutive week. It’s had an eight-week gap, but it’s spent that entire time at number 2 or 3.

2. Jack Savoretti – “We Will Always Be The Way We Were”

His ninth album. The immediately preceding one was in Italian and missed the UK top 40; the two before that made number 1.

4. Holly Humberstone – “Cruel World”

Second album. The first one got to number 5 in 2023.

7. Ella Langley – “Dandelion”

Her second album, but the first one didn’t chart in the UK. It includes “Choosin’ Texas”.

16. Enter Shikari – “Lose Your Self”

Their eighth studio album. Number 16 is disappointing – their previous studio album made number 1 in 2023, coupled with a live album that got to 15. It’s their lowest position for a studio album since 2009.

22. Laufey – “A Matter of Time”

Re-entry for the album that reached number 3 last September.

32. Alfie Boe – “Face Myself” 

This is very low for an Alfie Boe album – his albums with Michael Ball routinely go to number 1, and his last entirely solo release, “Open Arms – the Symphonic Songbook”, reached number 10 in 2023. It includes six self-written songs, and seems to be tacking away somewhat from his established Classic FM-type audience.