12-02-2016, 21:20
UK 'singles' chart overview or 12th February 2016:
Congratulations to Lukas Graham, who top this weekâs Official Singles Chart with 7 Years.The Danish quartetâs debut UK release climbs five places to claim the top spot, racking up combined sales of 105,000, including 3.65 million streams.
Not many Danish acts have reached the top of the Official Singles Chart in its 64-year history; the last to manage it was Aquaâs Turn Back Time in May 1998 (Aquaâs lead singer Lene Nystrøm is in fact Norwegian, but the band were signed to a Danish record label). Before that, it was Whigfieldâs Saturday Night, which debuted at Number 1 September 1994.
7 Years also receives a Silver certification from music trade body the BPI today, for reaching overall combined sales of more than 200,000.
Lukas Graham push last weekâs leader - Zayn Malikâs Pillowtalk â down to Number 2, and Jonas Blue & Dakotaâs Fast Car is at 3.
Rounding off this weekâs Top 5 are Rihannaâs Work, which holds at 4, and Shawn Mendesâ Stitches at 5.
[h=4]New entries and high climbers[/h]Little Mix land their eighth Top 10 single this week with Jason Derulo collaboration Secret Love Song, jumping four spots to Number 7, and following their Super Bowl half-time show set, Coldplayâs Adventure Of A Lifetime rebounds seven places to 11. The bandâs Beyonce collaboration Hymn For The Weekend also makes a big jump today, up 37 places to 23.
Further down the chart, Adeleâs When We Were Young re-enters at 33, Twenty One Pilots make their UK Top 40 debut at Number 34 with Stressed Out, and Me, Myself & I by G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha makes its first appearance in the Top 40 at Number 40.
Congratulations to Lukas Graham, who top this weekâs Official Singles Chart with 7 Years.The Danish quartetâs debut UK release climbs five places to claim the top spot, racking up combined sales of 105,000, including 3.65 million streams.
Not many Danish acts have reached the top of the Official Singles Chart in its 64-year history; the last to manage it was Aquaâs Turn Back Time in May 1998 (Aquaâs lead singer Lene Nystrøm is in fact Norwegian, but the band were signed to a Danish record label). Before that, it was Whigfieldâs Saturday Night, which debuted at Number 1 September 1994.
7 Years also receives a Silver certification from music trade body the BPI today, for reaching overall combined sales of more than 200,000.
Lukas Graham push last weekâs leader - Zayn Malikâs Pillowtalk â down to Number 2, and Jonas Blue & Dakotaâs Fast Car is at 3.
Rounding off this weekâs Top 5 are Rihannaâs Work, which holds at 4, and Shawn Mendesâ Stitches at 5.
[h=4]New entries and high climbers[/h]Little Mix land their eighth Top 10 single this week with Jason Derulo collaboration Secret Love Song, jumping four spots to Number 7, and following their Super Bowl half-time show set, Coldplayâs Adventure Of A Lifetime rebounds seven places to 11. The bandâs Beyonce collaboration Hymn For The Weekend also makes a big jump today, up 37 places to 23.
Further down the chart, Adeleâs When We Were Young re-enters at 33, Twenty One Pilots make their UK Top 40 debut at Number 34 with Stressed Out, and Me, Myself & I by G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha makes its first appearance in the Top 40 at Number 40.
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They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.