{"id":4150,"date":"2018-05-26T20:26:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T19:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=4150"},"modified":"2018-05-26T20:26:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-26T19:26:50","slug":"charts-25-may-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=4150","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 25 May 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A quiet week for the singles chart, less so for the albums.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0Calvin Harris &amp; Dua Lipa &#8211; &#8220;One Kiss&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s six weeks, which matches Calvin Harris&#8217;s previous best &#8211; &#8220;We Found Love&#8221; with Rihanna, back in 2011. \u00a0And that did it in two goes. \u00a0Casting about for\u00a0<em>something<\/em> new to say about it, the Official Charts Company have come up with the information that this is now the longest running number one by a Scottish act since 1994 (when Wet Wet Wet&#8217;s &#8220;Love is All Around&#8221; was number one for 15 weeks). \u00a0In fact, within the last decade, the only Scottish acts to have a UK number one single were Calvin Harris himself, and Emeli Sande.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12. \u00a0Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato &#8211; &#8220;Solo&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s_5-eID-U-g\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This week&#8217;s highest new entry. It&#8217;s a break-up song, it&#8217;s called &#8220;Solo&#8221; and it&#8217;s got a hand in the graphic. \u00a0Subtle!<\/p>\n<p>Clean Bandit singles reliably make the top 5, but it sometimes takes them a few weeks to get there &#8211; after all, entering this high at all is relatively unusual these days. \u00a0Supposedly they&#8217;re still working on a second album, but since the first one came out in 2014 and they&#8217;ve released six new singles since then, you could be forgiven for wondering if they&#8217;ve moved to the Calvin Harris model of just releasing singles and treating the album as a collected edition.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the first time we&#8217;ve heard from Demi Lovato this year; her last hit was &#8220;Sorry Not Sorry&#8221;, which scraped the top 10 last summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>35. \u00a0Tom Walker &#8211; &#8220;Leave a Light On&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gm7c8QrIgiw\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This came out in January, and peaked at number 41. \u00a0But it was a number one in France, and a hit across mainland Europe, so you can see why they&#8217;re giving it another shot. \u00a0Also, it&#8217;s being used in a car advert.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s heartfelt songwriter-y verses with some 2018 annoying-noise-playing-a-hook choruses. \u00a0I can understand it being a hit, but it&#8217;s rather irritating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>40. \u00a0Ramz &#8211; &#8220;Family Tree&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XoMtG1CexN8\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A belated second hit, after &#8220;Barking&#8221; reached number 2 last Christmas. \u00a0He&#8217;s had a couple of other singles out this year, but this is the first one to get any traction on the chart. \u00a0It&#8217;s better than &#8220;Barking&#8221;, to be honest, which struck me as a bit gimmicky; this is a convincingly straight tribute to his community.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s the new entries. \u00a0The climbers have a few more notable points&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;2002&#8221; by Anne-Marie<\/strong> moves 5-4, which matches the peak of her previous single &#8220;Friends&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Answerphone&#8221; by Banx &amp; Ranx + Ella Eyre featuring Yxng Bane<\/strong> moves 7-5. \u00a0That makes it Eyre&#8217;s biggest hit since &#8220;Gravity&#8221; in 2015.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ll Be There&#8221; by Jess Glynne<\/strong> moves 13-6, for her tenth top ten hit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Flames&#8221; by David Guetta featuring Sia<\/strong> moves 9-7.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;German&#8221; by EO<\/strong> moves 15-13.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;If You&#8217;re Over Me&#8221; by Years &amp; Years<\/strong> climbs 38-24, which is higher than the previous single &#8220;Sanctify&#8221; (just).<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Man Down&#8221; by Shakka featuring AlunaGeorge<\/strong> climbs 40-28. \u00a0That&#8217;s AlunaGeorge&#8217;s biggest hit since &#8220;Catching Flies&#8221; back in 2013.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Back to You&#8221; by Selena Gomez<\/strong> climbs 39-29.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over on the album chart,\u00a0<strong>The\u00a0<em>Greatest Showman<\/em> Soundtrack<\/strong> returns to number 1 yet again for a fifth time, and a sixteenth week in total. \u00a0Number 2 is <strong>&#8220;Electric Light&#8221; by James Bay<\/strong>; we had the single &#8220;Wild Love&#8221; back in February when it reached 39. \u00a0This is the guy who did &#8220;Hold Back the River&#8221; in 2014, which led to a number one album the following year; clearly he&#8217;s transitioned directly to the album market for this one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. \u00a0Five Finger Death Punch &#8211; &#8220;And Justice For None&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HbaQ9xnoMGQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This lot have been around since 2007 releasing albums with names like &#8220;War is the Answer&#8221; and &#8220;American Capitalist&#8221;. \u00a0The single above is, to be honest, rather subdued for a band called Five Finger Death Punch. \u00a0Their previous studio album made number 6, which was a big step up for them; looks like they&#8217;ve kept up the momentum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. \u00a0BTS &#8211; &#8220;Love Yourself &#8211; Tear&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7C2z4GqqS5E\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Blimey, a K-pop boy band. \u00a0That&#8217;s not something we normally see on the album chart.<\/p>\n<p>BTS stands for Bangtan Sonyeondan. \u00a0The literal translation is &#8220;Bulletproof Boy Scouts&#8221;, which is clearly a fantastic name for a boy band. \u00a0They have had hits in Japan, and a track called &#8220;Mic Drop&#8221; made the regular Billboard 100 last year (admittedly as a Steve Aoki remix). \u00a0Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook are huge stars in South Korea, where the local edition of Forbes rated them as last year&#8217;s most influential celebrities. \u00a0But&#8230; the album chart? \u00a0Not the singles chart? \u00a0Huh.<\/p>\n<p>The single above came desperately close to making the singles top 40; it&#8217;s at 42 this week. \u00a0The video is a very pretty epic that feels like a throwback to an era of music video budgetary excess.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. \u00a0Courtney Barnett &#8211; &#8220;Tell Me How You Really Feel&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HZZSYDhx0FI\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Australian singer, beating the number 16 peak of her 2015 debut album &#8220;Sometimes I Sit And Think And Sometimes I Just Sit&#8221;. \u00a0I really like the indie-throwback single above, but hey, I&#8217;m old.<\/p>\n<p><strong>11. \u00a0Sheku Kanneh-Mason &#8211; &#8220;Inspiration&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RLd9PcZW5PQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This reached number 18 in February, but re-enters on the back of his performance at the Royal Wedding. \u00a0You can&#8217;t buy that sort of publicity.<\/p>\n<p>If you thought the thing about Scottish number ones was barrel-scraping trivia, you&#8217;ll love this: this is now the highest-charting cello album ever, beating the number 15 peak of Julian Lloyd-Webber&#8217;s 1990 album &#8220;Lloyd-Webber Plays Lloyd-Webber&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>18. \u00a0Ash &#8211; &#8220;Islands&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3G57P8WWUSE\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Huh. \u00a0Ash&#8217;s 2015 comeback album &#8220;Kablammo&#8221; missed the top 40 (just), so number 18 is a surprising return to form. \u00a0Returning to their previous label may have helped.<\/p>\n<p><strong>21. \u00a0Joe Bonamassa &#8211; &#8220;British Blues Explosion &#8211; Live&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g26Ipd5meiw\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a live album, obviously. \u00a0It was recorded in 2016 and the set consists of covers of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, hence the name.<\/p>\n<p><strong>24. \u00a0Nav &#8211; &#8220;Reckless&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m5_rQXqKz24\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Canadian rapper, chart debut, debut album (if you ignore four mixtapes), and only a trailer on YouTube. \u00a0 \u00a0The reviews seem to be middling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>27. \u00a0Parquet Courts &#8211; &#8220;Wide Awake&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eZXS8Jpkiac\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Texan indie band on their sixth album, but charting for the first time &#8211; possibly because Danger Mouse has a hand in this album too. \u00a0The single above starts well and then doesn&#8217;t go anywhere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>28. \u00a0Ray Lamontagne &#8211; &#8220;Part of the Light&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6POcQ5wiUa4\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>His seventh album, and since the last one missed the top 40, he should be pleased enough with this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>38. \u00a0Half Man Half Biscuit &#8211; &#8220;No-One Cares About Your Creative Hub So Get Your Fuckin&#8217; Hedge Cut&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1K7_cL5LeG4\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Finally, an unexpected (if borderline) album top 40 appearance for Half Man Half Biscuit, who&#8217;ve been around since 1985 and have never previously made it above number 59. \u00a0Despite what it says on the album&#8217;s Wikipedia page, I&#8217;m fairly confident that this was <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span><\/em> in fact Steve Wright&#8217;s album of the week on Radio 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quiet week for the singles chart, less so for the albums. 1. \u00a0Calvin Harris &amp; 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