This is what you\u00a0call a laughably uneventful week. \u00a0It’s the sort of\u00a0week that must leave the Official Charts Company’s social media people bashing their skulls off the desk in frustration as they desperately scour through the top 40 looking for something, anything, worth tweeting about.<\/p>\n
There really isn’t much to work with, which is\u00a0why I’m doing this post on Friday night\u00a0and getting it out of the way. \u00a0(Not that there are any X-stories to review this week\u00a0either. \u00a0Might do\u00a0Paw Patrol<\/em>. \u00a0Been watching a lot of\u00a0Paw Patrol<\/em>.)<\/p>\n 1. \u00a0Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber & M\u00d8 – “Cold Water”<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n You’re still reading? \u00a0Okay. \u00a0Well, this is four weeks at number one. \u00a0Long by normal standards, not so much by this year’s. \u00a0In fact,\u00a0there hasn’t been a number one that lasted less than a month since February.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4. \u00a0The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey – “Closer”<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Up eight places, and overtaking\u00a0the previous single “Don’t Let Me Down”, which drops to 6. \u00a0Once upon a time, “Don’t Let Me Down”\u00a0would have been deleted to clear the way for the new single\u00a0– it’s been on the top 40 since June\u00a0– but you can’t do that any more. \u00a0Combine that with the plethora of guest appearances and\u00a0the result is the current era of routine\u00a0simultaneous hits.<\/p>\n