A very odd week, full of singles suddenly vaulting their way up the charts after making an initial appearance at the bottom end.

29.  Meghan Trainor – “Dear Future Husband”

Up 11.  The midweeks don’t show it making much further progress, though.  I keep mis-typing the title as “Dead Future Husband”, which sounds like a much more interesting song.

27.  Kodaline – “The One”

The second single from their current album.  It was inside the top 20 in the midweeks, Second single from their current album.  It’s a bit plodding.

21.  Iggy Azalea featuring Jennifer Hudson – “Trouble”

This has been hanging around for ages – it’s moved 81-52-50-43-47-21, and it’s cropped up in the midweeks before only to miss the final top 40.  It’s the lead single from “Reclassified”, which is the special edition of Azalea’s debut album “New Classic”, but given a new name for some reason.  Soul is a change of pace for her, at least, though Jennifer Hudson really makes the most impact here.

13.  Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring MØ – “Lean On”

Climbing 11.  This has now moved 48-38-24-13, and seems to be a rare case of a record gathering momentum after its release instead of before.

11.  Lethal Bizzle featuring Diztortion – “Fester Skank”

Oh, so close.  Lethal Bizzle has been having hits sporadically since 2005, and he’s never made the top 10.  This is the third time he’s got to 11, though – the others were “Pow! (Forward)” in 2005 and “RariWorkOut” last year.

Producer Diztortion gets his first official chart credit, though he was also the producer on Stylo G’s “Soundbwoy”, which made the top 20 in 2013.  He may not have got an official co-artist listing on that one, but the record itself credits him vigorously.

“Fester Skank” is indeed named after Uncle Fester from the Addams Family.

4.  Dr Kucho! & Gregor Salto featuring Ane Brun – “Can’t Stop Playing (Makes Me High)”

Dr Kucho! is a Spanish DJ, Salto is Dutch, and Ane Brun is a Norwegian singer.  This track actually dates from 2005, when Kucho! and Salto’s original version was a middling hit in the Benelux countries.  It’s now being reissued in an Oliver Helden remix, which is the version shown above.  Brun’s vocal is a new addition; the original version had a spoken word sample which was, shall we say, less subtle. Helden’s version is an improvement on pretty much every metric, frankly.

2.  OMI – “Cheerleader” 

Climbing 25, now that it’s finally moved beyond streaming to actual sales.  And in similar vein…

1.  Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth – “See You Again”

Climbing from outside the top 20, again now that its streaming figures are supplemented by actual sales.   Khalifa’s tribute to Paul Walker from the Fast & Furious franchise evidently has broader appeal than that – after all, he does keep it pretty general.  Strictly speaking this is Khalifa’s second number one, the first being his guest appearance on Maroon 5’s “Payphone” in 2012.

On the album chart, it’s a motley collection.

• “The Ultimate Collection” by Paul Simon at 1.  It’s a greatest hits collection, obviously.  Only Simon’s fourth number 1 album – the others were his self-titled album from 1972, “Graceland” from 1986, and “Rhythm of the Saints” from 1990.  His biggest UK hit single (as a solo artist) was “You Can Call Me Al”, which got to number 4 in 1986.
• “Glitterbug” by The Wombats at 5.  The Wombats have stopped having hit singles by even the most generous definition of the term, even with continuing BBC support, but they’re still doing fine on the album chart.  Single: “Greek Tragedy”.
• “Into the Wild Life” by Halestorm at 10.  This was number 1 in the midweeks, so boy, Halestorm must have fans who buy on the first day.  Which is very odd, as the Pennsylvania rock band have never previously made the album top 40.  This is their third album.  Single: “Amen”.
• “Handwritten” by Shawn Mendes at 12.  Canadian guy who apparently started on Vine.  (Which… not the ideal platform, surely?)  This was number 1 in the US and Canada. Single: “Aftertaste”.
• “Cherry Bomb” by Tyler, the Creator at 16.  His highest chart place to date, though only marginally.  Single: “F—ing Young”.
• “Closer” by Shayne Ward at 17.  2005 X Factor winner Shayne Ward is not generally regarded as one of the bigger stars the show producer – yet here he is, ten years later.  Single: “My Heart Would Take You Back”.
• “Bonxie” by Stornoway at 20.  That’s about their standard level.  Single: “Get Low”.
• “Darling Arithmetic” by Villagers at 27.  Irish indie band, whose previous two albums were shortlisted for the Mercury.  Single: “Courage”.
• “Better Than Home” by Beth Hart at 33.  Her first solo appearance on the albums top 40 after two collaborations with Joe Bonamassa.  Not to be confused with Bret Hart, who is entirely different.  Single: “Mechanical Heart”.
• “Making Life Rhyme” by Lulu at 35.  Yes, a new Lulu studio album, after over a decade.  Tragically, not a diversion into rap, despite the title.  Single: “Faith in You”.  (It’s surprisingly decent, in fact.)
• “Edge of the Sun” by Calexico at 37.  Surprisingly, the first time they’ve made the top 40.  Single: “Falling from the Sky”.
• “Royal Albert Hall” by Eels at 40.  Live album, also available as a concert film.  Sample track: “A Daisy Through Concrete”.