ANALYSIS The Official UK Singles & Albums Charts are compiled by the Official Charts Company, based on a sample of more than 15,000 physical and digital outlets. They count actual sales and audio streams from last Friday to Thursday, based on sales of downloads, CDs, vinyl and other physical formats and weighted audio streams.
Seventh heaven: Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber hold top spot
BY ALAN JONES I
t is officially Canada’s 152nd birthday on July 1 – Canada Day – and the celebrations have started early with artists from American’s northern neighbours providing 50% of each of the top two acts in the singles chart. At No.1 for the seventh week in a row, I Don’t Care (65,002 sales, including 57,618 from sale-equivalent streams) pairs our own Ed Sheeran and Ontario’s Justin Bieber. It trails on sales but has the upper-hand overall on Señorita, which debuts at No.2 (56,619 sales), for Cuba’s Camila Cabello and Canadian collaborator Shawn Mendes. It’s something of a reunion for the two, who reached No.42 in 2016 with I Know What You Did Last Summer, which provided Mendez with the first of his 12 hits to date, and Cabello with the first of her 11 hits since leaving Fifth Harmony. Aided and abetted by The LJ Singers, Stormzy launched new single Crown on the final Graham Norton Show of the series on BBC One (21 June). It helped the song to dash to a No.5 debut (36,008 sales) – the second highest of the 23 Top 75 entries that Stormzy has thus far accumulated. The one that debuted higher was his last single, Vossi Bop, which opened eight weeks ago at No.1, and which slips 2-3 (41,330 sales) in the current frame. Ed Sheeran scores his 15th Top 5 hit with Cross Me (feat, Chance The Rapper and PNB Rock) advancing 8-4 (36,496 sales) after the release of a promotional video. Holding at No.7 (32,127 sales) on its 12th week in the Top 10, Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road is joined in the Top 75 by two more songs from his newly-released first EP, 7, namely Panini (No.25, 18,114 sales) and Rodeo (x Cardi B, No.55, 9,752 sales).
The rest of the Top 10: Hold Me While You Wait (4-6, 35,976 sales) by Lewis Capaldi, No Guidance (6-8, 31,080 sales) by Chris Brown feat. Drake, SOS (9-9, 29,421 sales) by Avicii feat. Aloe Blacc and You Need To Calm Down (5-10, 28,789 sales) by Taylor Swift.
Bad Guy’s 12-week run in the Top 10 is over for Billie Eilish, as ACR halves its streaming conversion rate, forcing it down 3-18 (20,353 sales). Also vacating the Top 10 a week after becoming their 14th Top 10 hit, Little Mix’s new hit, Bounce Back, slides 10-17 (21,556 sales). 11 weeks after his debut hit, Your Mrs, peaked at No.18, Jay1’s follow-up Mocking It debuts at No.19 (20,049 sales). Scottish singer/songwriter Gerry Cinnamon’s debut album, Erratic Cinematic, took 41 weeks to make the Top 75, eventually peaking at No.20 in April. It didn’t spawn any hit singles but his brand new track Canter makes an immediate impact, debuting at No.50 (10,248 sales), while the aforementioned Erratic Cinematic reaches a 12 week high, jumping 54-30 (2,681 sales).
Also new to the chart: Kilos (No.20, 19,938 sales), the fifth hit for Mancunian grime artist Bugzy Malone (feat. Aitch); Mr. Sheeen (No.28, 16,474 sales), a collaboration between drill
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No.1 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don’t Care (Asylum/Def Jam)
This week’s sales: 65,002 | Downloads: 7,384 | Streams: 57,618 |Total sales to date: 582,158 |
acts Digga D and Russ Splash, providing the third hit for both; Megatron (No.34, 13,947 sales), the 53rd hit for Nicki Minaj, but only the 15th on which she is the sole credited artist; Phone Down (No.68, 8,258 sales), the seventh hit for Birmingham rapper Stefflon Don, and the sixth for featured guest Lil Baby; and Outnumbered (87-69, 8,227 sales), the debut hit for 27-year-old singer/songwriter Dermot Kennedy, which also climbs 4-3 in his native Ireland this week. Sigala is getting closer to his seventh Top 10 hit and Becky
Taking care of
business: Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber have notched up 57,618
sales-equivalent streams
Hill her second, as their collaboration, With You Well, climbs for the fourth week in a row, advancing 14-11 (27,994 sales). There are also new peaks for: Mad Love (16-13, 27,039 sales) by Mabel, Ladbroke Grove (22-21, 19,558 sales) by AJ Tracey, Summer Days (36-33, 13,996 sales) by Martin Garrix feat. Macklemore & Patrick Stump, Find U Again (54-37, 13,386 sales) by Mark Ronson feat. Camila Cabello, Ritual (67-47, 10,361 sales) by Tiesto, Jonas Blue & Rita Ora, Call You Mine (59-54, 9,758 sales) by The Chainsmokers feat. Bebe Rexha and Ransom (75-62, 8,870 sales) by Lil Tecca. Previously peaking at No.69, Be Someone re-enters the Top 75 (76-59, 9,059 sales) for CamelPhat & Jake Bugg, while previous No.67 hit I Could Get Used To This rallies 89-66 (8,553 sales) for Becky Hill & Weiss. Overall singles sales are up 1.76% week-on-week at 18,753,389, 10.18% above same week 2018 sales of 17,020,004. Paid-for sales are down 3.04% week-on-week at 708,850, and are 24.79% below same week 2018 sales of 942,139. They are below same-week, previous-year sales for the 308th week in a row.
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