The top three has now been static for a month, which is… exciting…?

1. Miley Cyrus – “Flowers”

Four weeks. It’s still miles ahead of anything else, and it’s holding Raye’s “Escapism” – a former number 1 – in the number 2 place. Of somewhat more interest is the fact that SZA’s “Kill Bill” has spent five straight weeks at number 3. That’s not quite the biggest hit of her career, if you count her guest appearance on Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me more” – which had a total of six weeks at number 3 – but it’s far and away her breakout hit single as a solo act.

8. PinkPantheress – “Boy’s A Liar”

Officially, this is a re-entry for the track that spent a week at number 38 at the end of January, but the version now being pushed is the Ice Spice remix. Clearly she’s making a big difference here, but since it hasn’t officially been nominated as the lead version, she doesn’t get a chart credit.

19. George Ezra – “Green Green Grass”

This reached number 3 last summer and departed the top 40 back in October. The Official Charts website suggests that it’s because it’s nominated for the Song of the Year award at this weekend’s Brit Awards, but I think it’s actually been reactivated by TikTok. Speaking of which…

27. Lizzy McAlpine – “Ceilings”

…this has been out for nine months and finally shows up as this week’s highest proper new entry. It’s not even a single, it’s a track from her album “Five Seconds Flat”. She’s a songwriter from Pennsylvania, and this is her first hit. It’s one of TikTok’s reasonable choices – an entirely pleasant folk-ish ballad.

28. Pink – “Trustfall”

When “Never Gonna Not Dance Again” entered at number 40 last week, I said that it had taken so long that the record company had already moved on to promoting the next single. And here it is. (As for “Never Gonna Not Dance Again”, it drops to 43.) It’s a competently formulaic electropop track.

30. Beyoncé – “Cuff It”

This has already been a number 5 hit as an album track last October, but the re-entry is prompted by a new mix coming out.

40. D4VD – “Here With Me”

This has been out since before Christmas, but it has been slowly climbing from the lower reaches for the last six weeks. He got to number 22 with “Romantic Homicide” back in October.

This week’s climbers:

• “Sure Thing” by Miguel climbs 6-4.
• “10:35” by Tiesto & Tate McRae climbs 13-10. That’s Tiesto’s fifth top ten hit and McRae’s second.
• “Players” by Coi Leray climbs 19-12.
• “Red Flags” by Mimi Webb climbs 20-15.
• “Love Again” by the Kid Laroi climbs 18-16.
• “People” by Libianca climbs 22-17. You know, there’s a lot fewer “featuring” credits around right now, aren’t there?

There are seven new entries and re-entries this week (the other one is Harry Styles rebounding from 43). The records making room for them:

• “Never Gonna Not Dance Again” by Pink after a week at number 40.
• “Forget Me” by Lewis Capaldi, a number 1 from last year which has been hanging around the lower top 40 since Christmas.
• “Stay” by the Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber after re-entering for a week at 37.
• “Out of Nowhere” by Bugzy Malone & Teedee, which evidently got hit by the downweighting rule; it peaked at 9.
• “BZRP Music Sessions vol 53” by Bizarraap & Shakira, which got to 31.
• “Until I Found You” by Stephen Sanchez, which peaked at 16.
• “Rich Flex” by Drake & 21 Savage, peaking at 3 before Christmas.

On the album chart:

1. Shania Twain – “Queen of Me”

Well, Shania Twain knows her audience. Her last studio album, 2017’s “Now”, also made number 1 after a 15 year gap, so this is not a surprise. Her other number 1 was 1998’s “Come on Over”.

2. Raye – “My 21st Century Blues”

Her debut album. Obviously, it’s got the number 1 single “Escapism” on it.

7. Young Fathers – “Heavy Heavy”

Young Fathers won the Mercury in 2014 but this is the first time any of their albums has made the top 20, let alone the top 10.

30. The Waeve – “The Waeve”

Finally, the debut album from the Waeve, which is a collaboration of Blur’s Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall, once of the Pipettes.