{"id":9872,"date":"2024-02-25T10:19:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T10:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=9872"},"modified":"2024-02-25T19:27:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T19:27:07","slug":"charts-23-february-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=9872","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 23 February 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After seven weeks at number 1 &#8211; and it would have been more without the Christmas flood &#8211; &#8220;Stick Season&#8221; is finally far enough past its peak to get hit by the downweighting rule, and drops to number 5. Our new number one is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Beyonc\u00e9 &#8211; &#8220;Texas Hold &#8216;Em&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jCOX8dT9q8M?si=kyGncqN5WHNtOatC\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Climbing from last week&#8217;s number 9, but that was based on a midweek release. Nonetheless, this was absolutely not a foregone conclusion. &#8220;Texas Hold &#8216;Em&#8221; is Beyonc\u00e9&#8217;s eighth UK number one, if you count Destiny&#8217;s Child records. The other seven are &#8220;Independent Women&#8221; (2000), &#8220;Survivor&#8221; (2001), &#8220;Crazy in Love&#8221; (2003), &#8220;Deja Vu&#8221; (with Jay-Z, 2006), &#8220;Beautiful Liar&#8221; (with Shakira, 2007), &#8220;If I Were a Boy&#8221; (2008) and &#8220;Telephone&#8221; (with Lady Gaga, 2009). You may note that the last of those was 15 years ago.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>She <em>has<\/em> come close since. &#8220;Break My Soul&#8221; got to number 2 in 2022 &#8211; it got stuck for two weeks behind LF System&#8217;s &#8220;Afraid to Feel&#8221;. But Beyonc\u00e9 is absolutely not an artist who is guaranteed number one singles. That&#8217;s perhaps reinforced by the fact that sister track &#8220;16 Carriages&#8221;, released on the same day, is languishing at number 47.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f6puVdKNvNI?si=MpxxjyH7nYR1Yo_m\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, it&#8217;s less instant. But while the UK chart is relatively country-friendly at the moment, it&#8217;s generally been the folk\/ballad end of the genre that&#8217;s made the charts. Upbeat country songs are much rarer in the UK singles chart, unless you count genre hybrids like some of Avicii&#8217;s singles. If you don&#8217;t count them, you might well be going back to 2009 when Disney-era Miley Cyrus made the top 20 with &#8220;Hoedown Throwdown&#8221; (which <em>claims <\/em>to be a genre hybrid, but that&#8217;s really stretching it).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MFQMlJMnyoQ?si=IeDPty0ZgxVwEpKO\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Dua Lipa &#8211; &#8220;Training Season&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZjBZ8MUnB0E?si=ciQbc4CIF4sb1U7M\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This was ahead at the start of the week, but it tailed off. I thought it was quite good, but it doesn&#8217;t have the attention-grabbing factor of &#8220;Texas Hold &#8216;Em&#8221;. Still, number 4 isn&#8217;t bad, and it&#8217;s her third straight single to make the top 5.<\/p>\n<p><strong>11. Djo &#8211; &#8220;End of Beginning&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xy3AcmW0lrQ?si=u0KnFr_fZBBjiVm0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Chart debut. Djo is Joe Keery, better known as a member of the cast of <em>Stranger Things<\/em>. He&#8217;s been releasing music for a while &#8211; he was a member of a group called Post Animal, and released two solo albums under the name Djo. This is a track from the second of those albums, released in 2022. It wasn&#8217;t a single, and its appearance in the top 40 two years after release is another oddity brought to us by TikTok. As with a lot of these tracks, it&#8217;s actually pretty good, it&#8217;s just a very random inclusion in the chart.<\/p>\n<p><strong>19. Calvin Harris &amp; Rag&#8217;n&#8217;Bone Man &#8211; &#8220;Lovers in a Past Life&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uksTezIJqA4?si=SQZ4my4Cn9yv4EFl\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>These two have collaborated before; &#8220;Giant&#8221; reached number 2 in 2019. This one seems decidedly average, though. Still, it outperforms Calvin Harris&#8217; last single, which only got to 34. Rag&#8217;n&#8217;Bone Man seems to have been largely inactive since his last hit in 2021 (a duet with Pink that reached the top 10).<\/p>\n<p><strong>33. Yung Filly &#8211; &#8220;Grey&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rNe9kRXI3bE?si=gRefpDSxvYd7CHKE\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yung Filly might be better known as a YouTuber than as a musician, but this is pleasant enough. He had a previous minor hit in 2020, which managed a single week at 29. It&#8217;s been out for a month, but a version with Aitch came out last week.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s climbers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Beautiful Things&#8221; by Benson Boone<\/strong> climbs 3-2.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Lose Control&#8221; by Teddy Swims<\/strong> climbs 4-3.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Alibi&#8221; by Ella Henderson featuring Rudimental<\/strong> climbs 15-12.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Whatever&#8221; by Kygo &amp; Ava Max<\/strong> climbs 24-20. What the hell is wrong with you people?<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Home&#8221; by Good Neighbours<\/strong> climbs 34-30.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Scared to Start&#8221; by Michael Marcagi<\/strong> climbs 32-31<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, four new entries plus a re-entry at 39 for Chris Brown. The five records making way for them are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Selfish&#8221; by Justin Timberlake<\/strong>, after 3 weeks, peaking at 29. Uh-oh.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Perfect (Exceeder)&#8221; by Mason &amp; Princess Superstar<\/strong>, which re-entered two weeks ago.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Fast Car&#8221; by Tracy Chapman<\/strong> after a single week at 38.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Abracadabra&#8221; by Wes Nelson featuring Craig David<\/strong>, after a single week at 37.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Rich Baby Daddy&#8221; by Drake featuring Sexyy Red &amp; SZA<\/strong>, with a total of 14 weeks on chart (interrupted by Christmas), and peaking at 10.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the album chart:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Idles &#8211; &#8220;Tangk&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gnd4jIBRfHE?si=GY7LS_BbhURsqNjq\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Their second number one, following 2020&#8217;s &#8220;Ultra Mono&#8221;. 2021&#8217;s &#8220;Crawler&#8221; only got to 6, so commercially this is a return to form.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Paloma Faith &#8211; &#8220;The Glorification of Sadness&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VUCx0Wkm4Ds?si=nPndlpQgTbQI8Krn\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen more enticing titles. Still, her sixth album maintains a clean sweep of top ten places &#8211; only the first, back in 2009, missed the top 5. She did have a number 1 in 2017 with &#8220;The Architect&#8221;, but she has the misfortune to keep stalling at number 2 &#8211; 2012&#8217;s &#8220;Fall to Grace&#8221; and 2014&#8217;s &#8220;A Perfect Contradiction&#8221; both reached number 2 twice, yet couldn&#8217;t quite get to the top.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Crawlers &#8211; &#8220;The Mess We Seem to Make&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8h3MoBELwL4?si=XVpvTMlgvLFrGN8v\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Officially their debut album, although their EP &#8220;Loud Without Noise&#8221; qualified for the album chart and reached number 22 in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>17. Pet Needs &#8211; &#8220;Intermittent Fast Living&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q1G3OD4nMuo?si=hyEqSsVbBIv2GQyR\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Their third album, their first to chart. That&#8217;s one of the cheapest videos we&#8217;ve seen around here in a while, but I&#8217;m not against just pointing a camera at the band sometimes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>22. Cast &#8211; &#8220;Love is the Call&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EsmDiNNWQI0?si=Hxf_w4x8xgdpfXtE\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Celebrating their 30th anniversary. Cast haven&#8217;t released an album since 2017, and they haven&#8217;t released a top 40 album since last century. The single&#8217;s a lot better than I was expecting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>24. Yeat &#8211; &#8220;2093&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H9lmz6dFhi8?si=WLy1TDpLq6idONM9\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>His fourth album, the second to chart in the UK. Last year&#8217;s album got to 20, so not much change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>30. Steve Hackett &#8211; &#8220;The Circus and the Nightwhale&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x_iujNWzPL0?si=4OSprVgT2bFV9sjA\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ah, prog. One place above his last studio album, 2021&#8217;s &#8220;Surrender of Silence&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>31. Blackberry Smoke &#8211; &#8220;Be Right Here&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K77BhxdpNjM?si=iudfS1XwAKLKhBPK\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s very low for a Blackberry Smoke album &#8211; their last four albums all made the top 20.<\/p>\n<p><strong>34. Booter Bee &#8211; &#8220;True Stories&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uV8gNDlHCzA?si=Ljby5WAVI1n4SmGx\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Grime rapper from Huddersfield. It&#8217;s his debut mixtape.<\/p>\n<p><strong>36. Bob Marley &amp; The Wailers &#8211; &#8220;Exodus&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oqVy6eRXc7Q?si=BvYr9TRuCKXak27I\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For once, not a reissue, but a back catalogue record that&#8217;s benefitting from the release of biopic <em>Bob Marley: One Love<\/em>. The greatest hits compilation, &#8220;Legend&#8221;, re-entered a few weeks back and has climbed to number 6 this weeks. It spent 12 weeks at number 1 on release, and has now been in the top 40 for a total of 315 weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After seven weeks at number 1 &#8211; and it would have been more without the Christmas flood &#8211; &#8220;Stick Season&#8221; is finally far enough past its peak to get hit by the downweighting rule, and drops to number 5. Our new number one is&#8230; 1. 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