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Charts – 16 June 2023

Posted on Sunday, June 18, 2023 by Paul in Music

Intro.

Dave and Central Cee hang on for a second week, and the other two tracks from the “Split Decision” EP both climb – “Trojan Horse” moves 14-12, and “UK Rap” 17-14.

2. J Hus featuring Drake – “Who Told You”

More UK rap, but it’s not quite enough to shift Dave. This is comfortably J Hus’s biggest hit – he made it to number 5 in 2019 with “Must Be”, but he hasn’t made the top 10 since then. His only other top 10 hit was in 2017, when “Did You See” managed a week at 9. This is the second single from his upcoming album, following “It’s Crazy”, which could only manage number 15. Drake’s name is likely hurting here, even though his actual contribution is on autopilot. But the record itself is also one of J Hus’s more commercial tracks.

It also beats (just) all of the singles from Drake’s album with 21 Savage earlier this year – his last number 2 was “Girls Want Girls” in 2021.

Apparently nobody else felt like going up against this single, so we move down to…

23. Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry & Ella Henderson – “0800 Heaven”

Pretty much what you’d expect from these three – above average dance pop sticking doggedly to the genre tramlines. Nathan Dawe’s chart record is decidedly patchy, but his last top ten hit – last year’s “21 Reasons” – was also a collaboration with Ella Henderson.

It’s worth mentioning here that there’s another Joel Corry single, “Dance Around It” with Caity Baser, which has crashed and burned – it’s been out for five weeks now and is currently sitting at number 61. That’s not a great follow-up to Baser’s debut hit “Pretty Boys”, which got to number 26 in the spring. But that track, however much it irritated me, was positioning her as Kate Nash. Following it up with a generic dance record was… um, questionable.

Ella Henderson is also on Switch Disco’s “React” (currently at 4).

29. Sam Fender – “Seventeen Going Under”

This was a number 3 hit last January; it seems to have re-entered on the strength of promotion for his UK tour, coupled with the chart compilers giving it a streaming reset on the basis of the renewed interest. To be fair, it hasn’t been in the top 40 since last August. They’re getting a bit more relaxed about the rules when it comes to back catalogue material that isn’t simply swamping the chart, such as the Christmas songs.

36. Anne-Marie & …

Sorry, hold on…

Anne-Marie and who?!?

36. Anne-Marie & Shania Twain – “Unhealthy”

This is the title track from Anne-Marie’s upcoming third album – the same one that will have “Psycho” with Aitch. There have been two more singles since that one, neither of which did anything. “Sad Bitch” couldn’t get past 65, and “Expectations” doesn’t seem to have even reached the top 100. “Unhealthy” is a country-dance track of the sort that Avicii used to make, and it’s actually pretty decent, but it’s a curious choice of guest, not least because the song doesn’t obviously lend itself to being a duet in the first place.

Shania Twain’s last hit single was “Don’t”, which reached number 30 in 2005. Anne-Marie is also on David Guetta’s “Baby Don’t Hurt Me”, currently at 17.

This week’s climbers:

“Dancing Is Healing” by Rudimental featuring Charlotte Plank & Vibe Chemistry climbs 8-6.
“Padam Padam” by Kylie Minogue climbs 12-9 to become her 35th top 10 hit. The last one was “Higher”, a guest appearance on a Taio Cruz record, which reached number 8 in 2011. This means Kylie has now had top 10 hits in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.
“Trojan Horse” by Dave & Central Cee climbs 14-12. We’ve covered that.
“Good Love” by Hannah Laing & RoRo climbs 22-13, so it’s on course for the top 10.
“UK Rap” by Dave & Central Cee climbs 17-14, and again, we’ve covered that.
“Little Things” by Jorja Smith climbs 28-20.
“Waffle House” by the Jonas Brothers climbs 30-22.
“Late Night Talking” by Harry Styles climbs 38-30, which is its highest position in its current run (just – it was at 31 two weeks ago).
“Satellite” by Harry Styles re-enters at 31, after getting to 36 two weeks ago. It’s still really struggling to take off.
“Talibans” by Byron Messia climbs 37-34, and that is not a track I expected to stick around.

There are four new entries and two re-entries (the other one is “Heaven” by Niall Horan, which has been hovering around the 40 mark). The tracks leaving the top 40 are:

“Area Codes” by Kali, which got a single week at 39.
“America Has A Problem” by Beyoncé, which peaked at 22.
“It’s Crazy” by J Hus, just as his new single arrives. It peaked at 15.
“Say Yes to Heaven” by Lana Del Rey, which entered at 9 and lasted three weeks.
“If We Ever Broke Up” by Mae Stephens, which peaked at 13 and lasted 16 weeks in the top 40.
“Eyes Closed” by Ed Sheeran, a number 1 from April. This means that once again we live in a Sheeran-free top 40, something which took a lot longer to happen after the release of his previous album.

The longest-running track on this week’s top 40 – which seems like something I ought to mention since they can easily get overlooked – is “Calm Down” by Rema, currently at number 10. It’s spent 40 weeks in the top 40, 26 of them in the top 10. If you’re going by combined runs then it’s “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals, currently at number 25; it’s only on the ninth week of its current run, but it has 70 weeks in total.

On the album chart:

1. Niall Horan – “The Show”

His third solo album, his second number 1. The single “Heaven” peaked at number 16.

2. McFly – “Power to Play”

Same position as their 2020 comeback album “Young Dumb Thrills”. It’s their 7th top 10 album.

3. James – “Be Opened By The Wonderful”

Their 17th studio album, and their eighth since reunited in the late 2000s. It matches the position of the previous album.

7. Christine & The Queens – “Paranoïa, Angels, True Love”

Always worth a listen. The previous album, 2022’s “Redcar Les Adorables Etoiles (Prologue)”, missed the album top 40 entirely; this is getting back to the form of the mid 2010s when he had two top three albums.

17. Noah Kahan – “Stick Season”