Well, Eminem’s got an album out, so something is happening.

1. Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”

That’s seven weeks in total, two weeks in the current run. “Espresso” has been either 1 or 2 since the start of May. “Please Please Me” is still at 2, which means Sabrina Carpenter has occupied both number 1 and number 2 for five weeks in a row. Both tracks are past their peak but… there’s just nothing coming along to challenge them. We’re really overdue for a shake-up. “Espresso” isn’t likely to make it to week eight, though, because barring a miracle it’s due to be hit by the downweighting rule next week.

11. Eminem featuring White Gold – “Habits”
13. Eminem – “Renaissance”

These are the first two tracks on the album “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace)”, which might well be the main reason why they top the list. “Renaissance”, in particular, is under two minutes long and it’s not obvious why you’d be singling it out for re-listening. The lead single, “Houdini” rebounds 7-4. Most of the album would have made the top 75 if it hasn’t been for the three song rule.

It’s his eleventh number 1 album – all of his albums have been number 1s except for his 1999 debut “The Slim Shady LP” (which was a number 10), and a 2022 compilation that still reached number 3. It’s also a very comfortable number 1 album, with a huge margin over Taylor Swift at number 2.

15. Ice Spice & Central Cee – “Did It First”

Central Cee’s previous single “Band4Band” is still on the chart at number 14, though it’s falling. There’s a whole online drama thing here about Central Cee supposedly dumping his girlfriend for Ice Spice, all of which sounds suspiciously kayfabe, but it’s getting some interest. Ice Spice could certainly use the help – her last two solo singles both missed the top 70.

36. Bruce Springsteen – “Dancing in the Dark”

Football chant, apparently. This reached number 28 on released in 1984, and number 4 on a re-release the following year, but it hasn’t been back since. And yes, it’s the one with Courtney Cox in the video.

England didn’t win the Euros, sparing us another number 1 for “3 Lions”, but that track does climb from 20 to 8. There’s nothing else football related in the top 40, though “Sweet Caroline” and “Vindaloo” are both stranded just outside. “Dancing in the Dark” has the obvious advantage over both of those tracks that once you’re reminded that it exists, you might actually listen to it on its merits.

39. Adam Port, Stryv, Keinemusik, Orso & Malachiii – “Move”

Well, that’s the credit on the chart and on streaming services, anyway. The various YouTube listings credit it either to Adam Port or to him and Stryv (including the one on Keinemusik’s channel)… but let’s go with the official listing. They sound like the line-up of a villain team from Guardians of the Galaxy.

It’s the first chart credit for all of these people. Adam Port is a German DJ. Stryv is a producer from Los Angeles, with previous credits working with Kanye West and Jason Derulo. Keinemusik is an odd one: it seems to be both a record label and a collective credit for “four DJs and one graphic designer and painter”, and one of those DJs is Adam Port. Malachiii (sic) is a Californian singer. And god only knows who or what Orso is – I can’t seem to find anything about them.

This week’s climbers:

• “3 Lions” by David Baddiel, Frank Skinner & The Lightning Seeds climbs 20-8, as previously mentioned.
• “Kisses” by Bl3ss, CamrinWatsin & Bbyclose climbs 26-24.

And, um, that’s it, at least if we’re limiting ourselves to tracks reaching new peaks.

The five tracks leaving the top 40 are:

• “Illusion” by Dua Lipa, which peaked at 9 but lasted 14 weeks.
• “Million Dollar Baby” by Tommy Richman, which peaked at 3 and lasted 11 weeks.
• “Birds in the Sky” by Newera, peaking at 18 and hanging around for 19 weeks in the top 40.
• “Pink Skies” by Zach Bryan, which re-entered at 40 last week.
• “Tobey” by Eminem, Big Sean & Babytron, which had a week at number 29 but gets disqualified under the three-song rule.

The longest running track in the top 40 is still “Stick Season” by Noah Kahan, at 41 weeks and counting – but it’s at number 35 so it surely can’t last much longer.

On the album chart, “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace)” by Eminem is number 1.

3. Griff – “Vertigo”

Her debut album – a mixtape, “One Foot in Front of the Other”, reached number 4 in 2021, but that was only 20 minutes long, so it’s fair to bill this as the real first album. It’s taken a very long time to follow it up, and while she got a hit single back in 2021 with “Black Hole”, nothing from this album made the top 75.

4. Travis – “L.A. Times”

Their tenth album. They haven’t had a number 1 since 2001, but they’ve only missed the top 5 twice – their 1997 debut got to number 9, and their 2008 album “Ode to J Smith” inexplicably stiffed at number 20.

7. Cat Burns – “Early Twenties”

Debut album. It includes the single “Go” which reached number 2 back in 2022.

12. Cigarettes After Sex – “X’s”

Their third album and easily the highest placing – they’ve never been above 27 before. It’s been five years since their last album.

13. Clairo – “Charm”

This is the third album by US singer Claire Cottrill, and her first appearance in the UK album chart; the previous album reached the top 20 in America.

39. John Lennon – “Mind Games”

Deluxe box set reissue of his 1973 album, which reached number 13 at the time and hasn’t charted since. Lennon told an interviewer in 1980 that even he didn’t think this was one of his better albums.