{"id":11999,"date":"2026-05-10T21:34:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T20:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=11999"},"modified":"2026-05-10T21:34:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T20:34:55","slug":"charts-8-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=11999","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 8 May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In some ways, this is a relatively active chart. But not particularly in terms of new release singles breaking through&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.\u00a0 Sam Fender &amp; Olivia Dean &#8211; &#8220;Rein Me In&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ten weeks at number one, which is now incontestably a record for a duet. And even after nearly a year on release, nothing else is even remotely close to it &#8211; it has a lead of around 65% over Tame Impala at number 2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20. Alex Warren &#8211; &#8220;Fine Place To Die&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/523Vk5VC5Eg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>No, it&#8217;s not a Bond theme. It&#8217;s an Alex Warren song, and back to the standard format after &#8220;Fever Dream&#8221;. This is the second single from his upcoming album, but it isn&#8217;t really competing with &#8220;Fever Dream&#8221; at number 5. &#8220;Ordinary&#8221; remains seemingly immortal, and is currently at 21 in its 64th week on the top 40. We&#8217;ve certainly got to a point where zombie records like &#8220;Ordinary&#8221;, and reactivated back catalogue, are making it very hard to actual new releases to get headway.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>23. The Chemical Brothers &#8211; &#8220;Go&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LO2RPDZkY88\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Technically a new entry, this was released as a single 11 years ago and just missed the top 40 &#8211; in fact, it was the last single by the Chemical Brothers to even make the top 75. Despite that, it&#8217;s been surprisingly enduring in terms of streaming, and actually ranks as the Chemical Brothers&#8217; third most popular individual track in terms of lifetime sales and streams (behind &#8220;Hey Boy Hey Girl&#8221; and &#8220;Galvanize&#8221;). It&#8217;s here now because it&#8217;s used in Netflix&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Apex<\/em>. The uncredited rapper is Q-Tip.<\/p>\n<p><strong>29. Madonna &amp; Sabrina Carpenter &#8211; &#8220;Bring Your Love&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1NgzOcU0Zvo\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Officially, this is the lead single from Madonna&#8217;s new album, though that requires you to accept that &#8220;I Feel So Free&#8221; was just a preview track and not a single. It got to number 90, which rather suggests that Sabrina Carpenter, plus the Coachella angle, is helping a lot here. Madonna hasn&#8217;t had a hit single with a new track since 2015, and this is very much a Madonna track with guest vocals from Carpenter (who doesn&#8217;t even have a co-writing credit on it). It&#8217;s not great.<\/p>\n<p><strong>33. The Jackson 5 &#8211; &#8220;I Want You Back&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y2bVIBwpCTA\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The movie really is driving attention to Michael Jackson&#8217;s back catalogue, with &#8220;Billie Jean&#8221; and &#8220;Beat It&#8221; now in the top 10, and &#8220;Don&#8217;t Stop Til You Get Enough&#8221; at 15. Since it&#8217;s a Jackson 5 track, &#8220;I Want You Back&#8221; isn&#8217;t caught by the three-song rule. It was their debut single in 1969, and reached number 2 in Britain the following year. (It was kept off number 1 by Lee Marvin&#8217;s &#8220;Wandrin&#8217; Star&#8221;.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>36. Temper City &#8211; &#8220;Self Aware&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mh4AQkw4Jjc\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Debut hit, though this has been climbing from the lower reaches for several weeks. They&#8217;re an Israeli trio based in Los Angeles, and this seems to be their first release as a group, though they do have track records individually &#8211; singer Eytan Peled has solo releases dating back several years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>38. Stella Lefty &#8211; &#8220;Boston&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v2ttAph6PhM\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Another debut hit which has clawed its way up from the lower reaches &#8211; so to be fair, it can be done. She&#8217;s a TikTok singer based in LA, and this seems to be another example of the UK becoming more receptive to country.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s climbers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Billie Jean&#8221; by Michael Jackson<\/strong> climbs 13-4.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Midnight Sun&#8221; by Zara Larsson<\/strong> climbs 19-7, helped by the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N1o-jptI974\">a remix with PinkPantheress<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Beat It&#8221; by Michael Jackson<\/strong> climbs 22-10.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Don&#8217;t Stop &#8216;Til You Get Enough&#8221; by Michael Jackson<\/strong> climbs 23-15.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Free Your Mind&#8221; by Prospa &amp; Cloonee\u00a0<\/strong>climbs 32-23.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Earrings&#8221; by Malcolm Todd<\/strong> climbs 30-26.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Talk To You&#8221; by ANOTR &amp; 54 Ultra<\/strong> climbs 29-28.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Baby Steps&#8221; by Olivia Dean<\/strong> climbs 31-30.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The six tracks leaving the top 40 are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Yukon&#8221; by Justin Bieber<\/strong>, which re-entered at 27 last week.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Visitor&#8221; by Sienna Spiro<\/strong>, which entered at 11 and lasted seven weeks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;12 to 12&#8221; by Sombr<\/strong>, which re-entered at 39 last week.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Fate of Ophelia&#8221; by Taylor Swift<\/strong>, after a 30-week run including seven weeks at number 1.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;I Just Might&#8221; by Bruno Mars<\/strong>, whch peaked at 5 and lasted 16 weeks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Potential&#8221; by Sombr<\/strong>, which seems to have been a rare flop from him, entering at 31 and lasting two weeks &#8211; however, he still has &#8220;Homewrecker&#8221; in the top 10.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the album chart:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Michael Jackson &#8211; &#8220;The Essential&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a bit of a technicality &#8211; what&#8217;s happened here is that people are streaming a lot of Michael Jackson back catalogue right now, and the record label has nominated this particular collection to get the credit, instead of splitting it with &#8220;Number Ones&#8221; (which duly vanishes from the chart). The album was number 1 for nine weeks in 2009. He also has &#8220;Thriller&#8221; at 6 and &#8220;Bad&#8221; at 8.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Kneecap &#8211; &#8220;Fenian&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PLDHQVJZuGQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Republican Belfast rappers who, until now, have arguably been more talked about than actually listened to in most of the UK. It&#8217;s their third album and the first to make the UK chart. Its predecessor did reach number 3 in Scotland and number 2 in Ireland, though (as far as I&#8217;m aware, there&#8217;s no separate chart for Northern Ireland).<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Melanie C &#8211; &#8220;Sweat&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/blY463GJQjw\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Her ninth solo album. It&#8217;s her highest solo chart position &#8211; in fact, the highest for a solo album by any of the Spice Girls.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Kacey Musgraves &#8211; &#8220;Middle of Nowhere&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NlohfwTunwU\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Her seventh album; the last four have all made the top 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>13. Tori Amos &#8211; &#8220;In Times of Dragons&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hN_suM-JPsQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Her 18th album, described by her as &#8211; ahem &#8211; &#8220;a metaphorical story about the fight for Democracy over Tyranny, reflecting the current abhorrent non accidental burning down of democracy in real time by the &#8216;Dictator believing Lizard Demons&#8217; in their usurpation of America&#8221;. Sounds like fun. Nonetheless, number 13 is her highest position since &#8220;Unrepentant Geraldines&#8221; in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>27. Asake &#8211; &#8220;M$ney&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NCyOpHmh0mA\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s his fourth album, all of which have charted in the UK, which is pretty impressive for a Nigerian artist. This is the lowest placing of the four; the other three placed between 15 and 22, though, and this is a busy week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>29. Billie Eilish &#8211; &#8220;Hit Me Hard and Soft &#8211; The Tour&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MUmBAa6tODo?si=5CkBTIirlIxfjNyY\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Look, that&#8217;s the only track on the album with an official video. Don&#8217;t blame me. (Oh, and&#8230; strobe warning.)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the soundtrack to her 3D concert film, directed by James Cameron.<\/p>\n<p><strong>33. Black Keys &#8211; &#8220;Peaches&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kg6UoiQ7ZGg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And finally, a 9th top 40 album for the Black Keys (out of a total of 14 studio albums). Its predecessor missed the top 40, so scraping the bottom end in a busy week is a step up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In some ways, this is a relatively active chart. But not particularly in terms of new release singles breaking through&#8230; 1.\u00a0 Sam Fender &amp; Olivia Dean &#8211; &#8220;Rein Me In&#8221; Ten weeks at number one, which is now incontestably a record for a duet. 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