Well, there’s still not much going on at the top end of the chart.

1. Miley Cyrus – “Flowers”

That’s ten weeks, which matches the run of Harry Styles’ “As It Was” last year. The next target is Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits”, which lasted eleven weeks in 2021. But since Sheeran has his own single out this week, I don’t fancy Miley’s chances there.

10. Metro Boomin with the Weeknd & 21 Savage – “Creepin'”

This isn’t technically a new entry – the track has been around since December, it’s already had five weeks in the top 10, and it’s climbing from number 33. The reason for the climb is the remix with P Diddy, but since it’s not the lead version of the track, he doesn’t get a chart credit. Hence, it remains the case that he hasn’t had a hit single since 2011. Diddy was also on Mario Winans’ “I Don’t Wanna Know”, which “Creepin'” is essentially a cover of.

11. Taylor Swift – “All of the Girls You Loved Before”

This is a previously unreleased track originally recorded for her 2019 album “Lover”, given a release to promote her tour. Considering the lack of competition, I’d have thought this would be in the top ten, but then it’s not like she’s promoting it as a full single. “Anti-Hero” is still on the chart at number 18, while “Lavender Haze” drops out of the top 40 this week.

22. Hozier – “Eat Your Young”

Andrew Hozier-Byrne had a number 2 hit in 2014 with “Take Me To Church”, and the follow-up single got to number 19, but he hasn’t appeared on the top 40 since then. This is very much in the same vein as “Take Me To Church” and it’s pretty decent, but it’s a surprising hit single for someone who seemed to have become an albums artist.

24. Lewis Capaldi – “How I’m Feeling Now”

This is plugging his Netflix documentary of the same name, though it’s also promoting the next album. His last three singles all went to number one (though one of them relied on some promotional shenanigans to get there). Two of them started at around number 20, so I wouldn’t count this out.

27. Meghan Trainor – “Mother”

She’s sticking with the retro schtick, and fair enough, I guess, since nothing else seems to work for her in chart terms. Here, we’ve got a sample from “Mr Sandman” to act as the hook. It’s… not great?

30. Jimin – “Set Me Free – Pt 2”

Another BTS solo single, following J-Hope’s track a couple of weeks back – which only lasted a week. This is pretty good – and they certainly know how to make a video in South Korea – but I’m not sure it’ll reach an audience beyond his fanbase.

38. Zara Larsson – “Can’t Tame Her”

Zara Larsson had a string of top ten hits in 2016-2018 but since then she’s been placing singles either just inside the top 40 or outside it altogether. She’s still doing well in her native Sweden, though. This has taken three weeks to reach number 38. Quite 80s-bouncy, this. I could see it doing something, but it’s taking its time.

39. Tom Grennan – “Here”

This has been floating around the lower reaches for seven weeks before finally scraping into the top 40 – which I suspect means this is as far as it’s getting. His last single, “All These Nights”, only got to number 37 – though he was also on Joel Corry’s “Lionheart (Fearless)”, which was a sustained mid-table hit from November through to February.

This week’s climbers:

• “Miracle” by Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding climbs 3-2. It has a proper video now.
• “Calm Down” by Rema finally makes the move from 5 to 4, in its 14th week in the top 10.
• “People” by Libianca climbs 7-5.
• “Us Against the World” by Strandz climbs 10-9.
• “Creepin'” by Metro Boomin’ with The Weeknd and 21 Savage climbs 33-10 on the strength of its remix.
• “Energy” by Digga D climbs 19-15 in its second week.
• “If We Ever Broke Up” by Mae Stephens climbs 20-17; it previously peaked at 18 two weeks ago.
• “Whistle” by Jax Jones and Calum Scott climbs 31-25.
• “React” by Switch Disco & Ella Henderson climbs 40-32.

There are seven new entries this week. Making way for them:

• “Made You Look” by Meghan Trainor peaked at 2.
• “Unholy” by Sam Smith & Kim Petras is a former number 1.
• “22” by JayO lasted three weeks and peaked at 32.
• “Red Ruby Da Sleeze” by Nicki Minaj got two weeks, peaking at 28.
• “I Wrote A Song” by Mae Muller got a single week at number 30. Oh well. Still better than most Eurovision entries get.
• “Lavender Haze” by Taylor Swift peaked at 22 in its second run (but reached 3 as an album track last November).
• “Never Gonna Not Dance Again” by Pink peaked at 19 and managed six weeks in the top 40 after a very slow start.

On the album chart:

1. U2 – “Songs of Surrender”

Basically a career retrospective with (mostly) Bono and the Edge doing new arrangements of 40, yes 40, tracks from their back catalogue. It’s their 11th number 1 album, helped heavily by first week sales of the limited edition physical version.

6. Black Honey – “A Fistful of Peaches”

Their third album. Their 2018 debut only got to number 33, but its 2021 follow-up reached number 7. This is (very slightly) higher.

12. All Time Low – “Tell Me I’m Alive”

And finally, All Time Low miss the top 10 with a studio album, for the first time since 2011. It’s close, though.