Oficial Singles Chart


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.


Double shot: Sabrina Carpenter tops for second week with Espresso


n BY ALAN JONES O


lé, au lait: No.1 by the smallest margin in over a year last week, Sabrina Carpenter has an easier second week at the summit with Espresso racking up consumption of 76,506 units (1,134 digital downloads, 75,372 sales-equivalent streams) putting it 28.01% ahead of Too Sweet, which bounces 3-2 (59,765 sales) for Hozier. Carpenter was nearly pipped at the post last week by Taylor


Swift, whose Fortnight (feat. Post Malone) closed to within 484 sales (0.612%) of Espresso after the late introduction of CD sales. That was the closest title race since Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding’s Miracle finished 267 sales (0.608%) ahead of David Kushner’s Daylight 53 weeks ago. There is no such drama this week, with Fortnight fading 2-5 (45,437 sales). American singer/rapper Tommy Richman’s viral debut hit Million Dollar Baby increases consumption 171.22% week-on-week as it soars 31-7 (41,198 sales). Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s feud continues, with one resulting track debuting inside the Top 10 and two more making their chart debuts inside the Top 30. The pair were already at war, despite previously joining forces for several tracks, most notably Poetic Justice which – with UK consumption of 424,435 units despite not charting – is Lamar’s 18th and Drake’s 73rd top track. Drake accelerated the animosity with J Cole collab First Person Shooter, prompting Lamar to respond via a verse on Like That with Future & Metro Boomin. Then, Drake released Push Ups, which reached No.14. The Californian Lamar hit back with Euphoria, which debuted at No.50 last week and now surges to No.11 (32,878 sales), leading Canadian Drake to unleash Family Matters (No.17, 23,803 sales), and Lamar to strike back with Not Like Us (No.10, 36,360 sales) and Meet The Grahams (No.28, 16,614 sales). Lamar has now increased his career haul to 42, including nine Top 10 hits, while Drake now has 144 hits, 45 of which made the Top 10. Drake has had 18 tracks surpass consumption of a million units in the UK, with his career track consumption up to 3 May at a phenomenal 112,356,332 units.


A Bar Song (Tipsy) continues to grow at a fast pace for Shaboozey, with consumption of his country/rap crossover increasing 21.80% week-on-week at it climbs 6-3 (49,993 sales). Moving to ACR and the exit door next week, Lose Control spends its 18th straight week in the Top 10 for Teddy Swims, slipping 7-8 (40,691 sales), while The Door (88-68, 7,950 sales) becomes the second Top 75 entry from his debut album, I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1). It helps the album to jump 33-30 (3,462 sales), achieving its highest chart position for 14 weeks. Lose Control’s sales include 1,929 digital downloads, enough in a quiet week for it to top that format’s chart for the fifth time, 13 weeks after it was last there. It is the 18th week in a row that Lose Control has sold more than 1,000 copies on digital download. Its


No.1


This week’s sales: 76,506 | Downloads: 1,134 | Streams: 75,372 | Total sales to date: 254,523 | Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso (Polydor)


overall digital sales since becoming available last June of 47,756 make it that format’s biggest seller in the last 12 months, ahead of Texas Hold ’Em (42,795 sales) by Beyoncé.


Espress yourself: Espresso racked up 76,506 sales this week, outselling Too Sweet by Hozier by 28.01%


The rest of the Top 10: Beautiful Things (4-4, 48,251 sales) by Benson Boone, I Like The Way You Kiss Me (5-6, 42,350 sales) by Artemas and Austin (9-9, 36,949 sales) by Dasha. Dua Lipa has the No.1 album with new release Radical Optimism. Already the home to three hit tracks – all of which made the Top 10 – it generates a fourth in the form of These Walls, which debuts at No.40 (12,966), becoming Lipa’s 29th chart entry. It also precipitates increased consumption for Illusion (16-16, 23,840 sales) and Training Season (66-61, 8,970 sales). Also new to the Top 75: Rise (No.67, 7,960 sales), the first Top 75 entry for Gracie Abrams, Right Here (No.71, 7,695 sales), the fifth hit from Becky Hill’s upcoming second album Believe Me Now?, and her 24th hit in total, and Addicted (No.75, 7,283 sales), the first hit for Brazilian electronic music artist Zerb. It becomes the sixteenth for The Chainsmokers, and the second for featured American R&B singer Ink, real name Atia Boggs. There are new peaks for: Love Me Jeje (58-52, 9,860 sales) by


Tems, Pedro (60-57, 9,226 sales) by Jaxomy, Agatino Romero & Raffaella Carrà, and If We Being Real (64-63, 8,418 sales) by Yeat. Overall singles consumption rises for the fifth consecutive week, and hits a new peak for the third time in a row, increasing 0.53% week-on-week to 29,994,688 units, 12.64% above same week 2023 consumption of 26,627,649 units. Paid-for sales are down 8.01% week-on-week at 273,801 – 11.43% below same week 2023 sales of 309,146.


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