{"id":9271,"date":"2023-07-23T14:54:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T13:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=9271"},"modified":"2023-07-23T14:54:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T13:54:37","slug":"charts-21-july-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=9271","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 21 July 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a fairly busy week for new releases. But at the top of the singles chart&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pSY3i5XHHXo\"><strong>1. Dave &amp; Central Cee &#8211; &#8220;Sprinter&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s seven weeks, which beats the six-week run of its immediate predecessor &#8220;Miracle&#8221;. It still need another three weeks to match Miley Cyrus&#8217;s ten-week run with &#8220;Flowers&#8221; earlier this year. We seem to be in an era where records either get 1-2 weeks at number 1, or stay there forever. Its sister tracks &#8220;UK Rap&#8221; and &#8220;Trojan Horse&#8221; are still clinging in there, at 33 and 40 respectively. It holds Olivia Rodrigo&#8217;s &#8220;Vampire&#8221; at number 2 for a second week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Jung Kook featuring Latto &#8211; &#8220;Seven&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QU9c0053UAU\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is the solo debut of BTS&#8217;s Jeon Jung-Kook, and it matches the peak of BTS&#8217;s biggest hits &#8211; &#8220;Dynamite&#8221;, &#8220;Butter&#8221;, and their appearance on Coldplay&#8217;s &#8220;My Universe&#8221;. Technically he was on a Charlie Puth single last year, but it only got to 41, so we can pretend it didn&#8217;t happen. Latto&#8217;s bit of the video is, um, something. It&#8217;s only her second hit, following &#8220;Big Energy&#8221; getting to 21 last year.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The top 10 also includes Peggy Gou&#8217;s &#8220;(It Goes Like) Nanana&#8221; at number 6, and although she&#8217;s based in Germany rather than being part of the K-pop world, that means that the top 10 has two South Korean acts this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Billie Eilish &#8211; &#8220;What Was I Made For&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cW8VLC9nnTo\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From the soundtrack of the\u00a0<em>Barbie<\/em> album. Yes, seriously. You do wonder what the kids who actually play with Barbie dolls make of all this, but since the film has a 12A certificate in the UK, I guess they won&#8217;t get the chance to be befuddled. There are three songs from the soundtrack on the top 40 this week, with Dua Lipa&#8217;s &#8220;Dance the Night&#8221; at 15 and Nicki Minaj &amp; Ice Spice&#8217;s &#8220;Barbie World&#8221; at 20.<\/p>\n<p><strong>22. Troye Sivan &#8211; &#8220;Rush&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b53QJYP-lqY\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is as high as Troye Sivan has ever been as a lead artist, though he&#8217;s made the top 10 with Lauv and the top 20 with Charli XCX. The video can&#8217;t hurt, but it&#8217;s a pretty good dance record in its own right; I can see this going further.<\/p>\n<p>There is, apparently, an alternate official edit of this video for use in markets like Saudi Arabia, and I&#8217;m struggling to imagine what&#8217;s left.<\/p>\n<p><strong>23. J Hus featuring Naira Marley &#8211; &#8220;Militerian&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MxGDe7ZTE5I\"><strong>24. J Hus featuring Burna Boy &#8211; &#8220;Masculine&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/INRNayAP1-4\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Two tracks from J Hus&#8217;s album\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Beautiful &amp; Brutal Yard&#8221;<\/strong>, which enters the album chart at number 1. It&#8217;s his second number 1 album, following 2020&#8217;s &#8220;Big Conspiracy.&#8221; The main single &#8220;Who Told You&#8221; peaked at number 2 and is currently a 5 &#8211; but it&#8217;s got Drake on it, so it&#8217;s drawing in a different audience. &#8220;Militerian&#8221; is an official single with a video, but &#8220;Masculine&#8221; is just an album track.<\/p>\n<p>Naira Marley gets his first hit &#8211; he&#8217;s Nigerian by birth but moved to London as a child. The name is a reference to Bob Marley but they&#8217;re not related.<\/p>\n<p><strong>25. Becky Hill and Chase &amp; Status &#8211; &#8220;Disconnect&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3px_i-GUXBY\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Chase and Status! They haven&#8217;t had a top 40 hit since 2013! And yes, they have been active. Apparently it&#8217;s Becky Hill who&#8217;s now enough of a draw to get veterans into the chart<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s climbers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Fukumean&#8221; by Gunna<\/strong> climbs 12-7 &#8211; technically his second top 10 hit, because he was a guest on Internet Money&#8217;s number 1 &#8220;Lemonade&#8221; in 2020.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Little Things&#8221; by Jorja Smith<\/strong> climbs 13-11.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Dance the Night (From <em>Barbie The Album<\/em>)&#8221; by Dua Lipa<\/strong> climbs 16-15.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;So Much in Love&#8221; by D.O.D.<\/strong> climbs 24-17.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Barbie World From\u00a0<em>Barbie The Album<\/em>&#8221; by Nicki Minaj &amp; Ice Spice featuring Aqua<\/strong> climbs 28-20.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Talibans&#8221; by Byron<\/strong> <strong>Messia<\/strong> climbs 31-29 to enter the top 30 in its 7th week on chart.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Closer&#8221; by Bou featuring Slay<\/strong> climbs 39-34.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Relax My Eyes&#8221; by Abel Balder &amp; ANOTR<\/strong> climbs 37-35.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are seven records leaving the top 40 this week (due to six new entries, plus &#8220;Karma&#8221; by Taylor Swift re-entering at 32 as it becomes her third biggest track again):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;As It Was&#8221; by Harry Styles<\/strong>, originally a number 1 in 2022, lasted 23 weeks in its second run, peaking at number 4.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Toxic Trait&#8221; by Stormzy featuring Fredo<\/strong> peaked at 11 and lasted three weeks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Side Effects&#8221; by Becky Hill &amp; Lewis Thompson<\/strong> was a re-entry at 40 last week.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Tattoo&#8221; by Loreen<\/strong> finally shuffles out of the chart after nine weeks, peaking at two &#8211; a very good performance for a Eurovision winner.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;All My Life&#8221; by Lil Durk featuring J Cole<\/strong> peaked at 14.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Enchanted (Taylor&#8217;s Version)&#8221; by Taylor Swift<\/strong> got a single week at 15.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Satellite&#8221; by Harry Styles<\/strong> peaked at 18, making it decidedly a Lesser Harry Styles Hit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the album chart, number 1 is J Hus. And then&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Rita Ora &#8211; &#8220;You &amp; I&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Sz7fhThrS4\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Not exactly prolific, Rita Ora is only on her third album but has already reached the stage of doing Fatboy Slim covers with Fatboy Slim. Her other albums were 2012&#8217;s &#8220;Ora&#8221; (number 1) and 2018&#8217;s &#8220;Phoenix&#8221; (number 11). No hit singles from this one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>11. Lauren Spencer-Smith &#8211; &#8220;Mirror&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Her debut album. It includes the single &#8220;Flowers&#8221;, which reached number 17 last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12. Gerry Cinnamon &#8211; &#8220;Live at Hampden Park&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MCtIuOHQDjo\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The previous studio album was a number 1, but 12 is very good for a live album. And yes, the rest of the album does feature a full band.<\/p>\n<p><strong>25. Joel Corry &#8211; &#8220;Another Friday Night&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Basically a greatest hits collection of singles dating back to 2019. It&#8217;s his first album.<\/p>\n<p><strong>25. PVRIS &#8211; &#8220;Evergreen&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GROredXDutI\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>PVRIS used to be a band but is now the solo project of singer Lynn Gunn. The previous album reached 14, the one before that got to 4, so&#8230; diminishing. The single&#8217;s good, though.<\/p>\n<p><strong>26. Lil Tjay &#8211; &#8220;222&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oIFjEUcrOX8\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>His previous album got to number 7, so big drop here. The singles didn&#8217;t make the top 100.<\/p>\n<p><strong>31. Mahalia &#8211; &#8220;IRL&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nmPu4zO_AXw\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Her second album. It&#8217;s a follow-up to 2019&#8217;s &#8220;Love &amp; Compromise&#8221; which got to 28, so basically the same.<\/p>\n<p><strong>35. Brian May &#8211; &#8220;Star Fleet<\/strong> <strong>Project&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5lC54X5Gc1Q\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And finally, a reissue of Brian May&#8217;s 1983 mini-album, which reached number 35 on the album chart at the time. It&#8217;s basically a connection of instrumental jams plus, er, the track above &#8211; May&#8217;s cover of the closing theme to the English dub of the Japanese TV show <em>X Bomber<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a fairly busy week for new releases. But at the top of the singles chart&#8230; 1. Dave &amp; Central Cee &#8211; &#8220;Sprinter&#8221; That&#8217;s seven weeks, which beats the six-week run of its immediate predecessor &#8220;Miracle&#8221;. It still need another three weeks to match Miley Cyrus&#8217;s ten-week run with &#8220;Flowers&#8221; earlier this year. 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