The charts of 2016 are a still pond\u00a0into which a stone occasionally falls. \u00a0This makes them fairly tedious to follow week to week, but at least the big stuff stands out. \u00a0The Official Charts Company are well aware of this, and of the need to remind the public of the chart’s ostensible function as a barometer of public mood. \u00a0So it didn’t take long after Prince died\u00a0before the OCC\u00a0put out an excitable\u00a0announcement, which several papers dutifully parrotted,\u00a0that he was on course to have a number 1 hit. \u00a0Which he wasn’t, but we’ll come back to that.<\/p>\n
First, this month’s\u00a0actual<\/em> number ones. \u00a0“I Took a Pill in Ibiza” by Mike Posner<\/a><\/strong> hung on for another couple of weeks,\u00a0managing a total of four. \u00a0And then we had\u00a0“One Dance” by Drake featuring WizKid & Kyla<\/strong>, which doesn’t have a video, so you’ll have to make do with\u00a0Spotify.<\/p>\n