{"id":3744,"date":"2017-04-17T21:11:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T20:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3744"},"modified":"2017-04-17T21:11:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T20:11:49","slug":"charts-14-april-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3744","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 14 April 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I will, I assure you, get to the last outstanding X-Axis review &#8211; which is the &#8220;Enemy of the State II&#8221; arc from\u00a0<em>All-New Wolverine\u00a0<\/em>&#8211; pretty soon. \u00a0But let&#8217;s do the topical post\u00a0first. \u00a0It&#8217;s taken fourteen weeks, but Ed Sheeran&#8217;s &#8220;Shape of You&#8221; finally\u00a0throws in the towel. \u00a0It goes down in the record books\u00a0\u00a0as the fourth longest-running number one in chart history,\u00a0behind the 15 weeks of Drake&#8217;s &#8220;One Dance&#8221; and Wet Wet Wet&#8217;s &#8220;Love Is All Around&#8221; and the 16 weeks of Bryan Adams&#8217; &#8220;(Everything I Do) I Do It For You&#8221;. \u00a0There are still seven Sheeran songs on the chart this week, but they&#8217;re all going down, and &#8220;Dive&#8221; and &#8220;Supermarket Flowers&#8221; bid the top 40 farewell.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0Harry Styles &#8211; &#8220;Sign of the Times&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z0GKGpObgPY\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->So, something different at last! \u00a0Harry Styles has been\u00a0One Direction&#8217;s anointed solo star for a while now, and the solo career starts here. \u00a0This epic Bowie-style throwback is not quite what\u00a0you may have been expecting.<\/p>\n<p>It goes without saying that One Direction were the top boy band of their generation, but they actually had less luck\u00a0than you might think\u00a0when came to reaching number one. \u00a0Of their 18 top 40 hits between 2011 and 2015, only four actually\u00a0reached the top &#8211; &#8220;What Makes You Beautiful&#8221;, &#8220;Little Things&#8221;,\u00a0&#8220;One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)&#8221;, and &#8220;Drag Me Down&#8221;. \u00a0And one of those was a charity single.<\/p>\n<p>But\u00a0Styles is now\u00a0the second member of One Direction to\u00a0have a solo number one. \u00a0The first was Zayn Malik,\u00a0whose debut single &#8220;Pillowtalk&#8221; entered at number one in February 2016. \u00a0His chart performance since then has been unspectacular, but it&#8217;s interesting to note that &#8220;Pillowtalk&#8221; actually did a lot\u00a0better than &#8220;Sign of the Times&#8221; in\u00a0its first\u00a0week, both in sales and in streams. \u00a0 &#8220;Sign of the Times&#8221; might have\u00a0wider crossover appeal &#8211; though &#8220;Pillowtalk&#8221; \u00a0spent two months in the top ten, so it was hardly a one week wonder. \u00a0But right now, it doesn&#8217;t look set to repeat Sheeran&#8217;s epic run at the top (thank heavens).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ginBV6aeVlc\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>7. \u00a0Martin Jensen &#8211; &#8220;Solo Dance&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Up another place, after three weeks stuck at 8.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/h--P8HzYZ74\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>8. \u00a0Zedd &amp; Alessia Cara &#8211; &#8220;Stay&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Still edging its way slowly up the chart &#8211; it&#8217;s taken\u00a0three weeks to climb from 12 to 8.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PMivT7MJ41M\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>13. \u00a0Bruno Mars &#8211; &#8220;That&#8217;s What I Like&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Similar story &#8211; this\u00a0climbs one place, for the second week running.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HHCC4ndeJyE\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>16. \u00a0Little Mix &#8211; &#8220;No More Sad Songs&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Up\u00a0one place, after re-entering\u00a0the\u00a0chart last week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>18. \u00a0Rag&#8217;n&#8217;Bone Man &#8211; &#8220;Skin&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1Al-nuR1iAU\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had this before &#8211; it entered the chart back in February, and first climbed to number 18 at the start of March, before dropping out of the top 40 entirely. \u00a0Now, at long last, they&#8217;ve got around to releasing the video and actually promoting it as a single, so it&#8217;s\u00a0developed a second wind. \u00a0It&#8217;s a good enough record, but it still suffers by comparison with &#8220;Human&#8221;, which is still hanging around at number 19 this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dMK_npDG12Q\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>20. \u00a0Lorde &#8211; &#8220;Green Light&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This has had a really odd chart run &#8211; 28-34-40-26-27-20. \u00a0Part of that is because it was\u00a0shunted down by the album deluge for a couple of weeks,\u00a0but\u00a0it does seem to be finally gathering momentum. \u00a0Lorde now gets her second top 20 hits, four years after the first.<\/p>\n<p><strong>22. \u00a0The Chainsmokers &#8211; &#8220;Paris&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fRNkQH4DVg8\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another one\u00a0getting a second wind after the (very) belated release of the video. \u00a0&#8220;Paris&#8221; already peaked at number 5 back on 9 February and had fallen down as far as number 38\u00a0by the time the video showed up. \u00a0But\u00a0since then it&#8217;s rebounded 38-29-28-22, which seems to merit a mention.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NGLxoKOvzu4\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>24. \u00a0Jason Derulo featuring Nicki Minaj &amp; Ty Dolla $ign &#8211; &#8220;Swalla&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Up ten places, making it this week&#8217;s highest climber.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/3rOSwuTsUlJp0Pu0MkN8r8\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>26. \u00a0Future &#8211; &#8220;Mask Off&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Up seven from its entry last week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>27. \u00a0Martin Solveig featuring Ina\u00a0Wroldsen &#8211; &#8220;Places&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NJlOmDWyoA8\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Solveig is one of those odd artists who has hits regularly enough to stick in the mind, but\u00a0sees his records disappear without trace almost as often. \u00a0This is his sixth top 40\u00a0hit, the first coming way back in 2004, and\u00a0the most recent in summer 2015. \u00a0He hasn&#8217;t even released an album since 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Technically, this is the first chart hit for Norwegian singer\u00a0Ina Wroldsen, a member of the\u00a0electropop duo <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vLbvLwxI0p8\" target=\"_blank\">Ask Embla<\/a>. \u00a0However, she was also the uncredited\u00a0singer on &#8220;How Deep is\u00a0Your Love&#8221; by Calvin Harris &amp; Disciples, which made number 2 in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Talking of which&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>34. \u00a0Disciples &#8211; &#8220;On My Mind&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z_1WcUAcbgQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Funny how these things work, isn&#8217;t it? \u00a0This is the third hit for Disciples, after the aforementioned Calvin\u00a0Harris collaboration and 2014&#8217;s &#8220;They Don&#8217;t Know&#8221;. \u00a0It could go a lot further.<\/p>\n<p>On the album chart:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00f7 by Ed Sheeran<\/strong> is still at number 1, for the sixth week.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Memories &#8211; Do not Open&#8221; by the Chainsmokers<\/strong> enters at 3. \u00a0We&#8217;ve had one of their singles above.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Infinite&#8221; by Deep Purple<\/strong> at 6. \u00a0Shall we take as read\u00a0my usual comment about how a declining album market is leaving veteran acts at the top of the chart because their fans still buy albums? \u00a0This is the twentieth Deep Purple studio album, and the highest placing since &#8220;Perfect Strangers&#8221; back in 1984. \u00a0Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HzavoVQhlOA\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;All I Got Is You&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The\u00a0<em>Moana<\/em> OST recording<\/strong>\u00a0climbs\u00a0to number 7 to make the top 10 in its fifteenth week on the chart &#8211; a very unusual climb.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Pure Comedy&#8221; by Father John Misty<\/strong> at 8. \u00a0First time he&#8217;s made the top ten. \u00a0Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wKrSYgirAhc\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Pure Comedy&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Let Me Fly&#8221; by Mike &amp; The Mechanics<\/strong> at 9. \u00a0This is basically a new band that Mike Rutherford formed around 2010,\u00a0laying claim to the vacant name. \u00a0Roachford is in it. \u00a0It&#8217;s their second\u00a0album, and the first time any incarnation of the band has made the top 10 since 1995. \u00a0Track: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/W9pHu_Y1l3Q\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Don&#8217;t\u00a0Know What Came Over\u00a0Me&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Far Field&#8221; by Future Islands<\/strong> at 18. \u00a0Synthpop band\u00a0who finally\u00a0charted in Britain with their fourth album in 2014. \u00a0This is the follow-up, and\u00a0it charts much higher. \u00a0Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MlQunle406U\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Ran&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;All-AmeriKKKan Badass&#8221; by Joey Badass<\/strong> at 23. \u00a0That&#8217;s a slightly higher position than his last single. \u00a0The title\u00a0is apparently intended as a reference to the mixtape &#8220;AmeriKKKan Korruption&#8221; by\u00a0his late friend Capital Steez, which in turn was referencing Ice Cube&#8217;s better-known &#8220;AmeriKKKa&#8217;s Most Wanted&#8221;. \u00a0Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TeQW-9Cg8qs\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Land of the Free&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Wolves&#8221; by Rag&#8217;n&#8217;Bone Man<\/strong> at 24. \u00a0Not the currently-promoted solo album &#8211; that&#8217;s &#8220;Human&#8221;, which spent two weeks at number one in February. \u00a0This is a re-issue of a 2014 EP, but it&#8217;s not charted before, so it counts as a re-entry. \u00a0Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kI1-E6Bm-70\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Lay My Body Down&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Golden Days&#8221; by Brian May &amp; Kerry Ellis<\/strong> at 27. \u00a0Ellis is a musical theatre singer who&#8217;s been working with May for years. \u00a0Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xoIYDzUWpxY\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Roll With You&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I will, I assure you, get to the last outstanding X-Axis review &#8211; which is the &#8220;Enemy of the State II&#8221; arc from\u00a0All-New Wolverine\u00a0&#8211; pretty soon. \u00a0But let&#8217;s do the topical post\u00a0first. \u00a0It&#8217;s taken fourteen weeks, but Ed Sheeran&#8217;s &#8220;Shape of You&#8221; finally\u00a0throws in the towel. \u00a0It goes down in the record books\u00a0\u00a0as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3744"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3746,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3744\/revisions\/3746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}