The Official Chart: First Look, which airs on BBC Radio 1 today between 6pm – 7pm, offers a first glance of the Top 20 ahead of Friday’s Official Singles Chart Top 100. The chart is based on preliminary sales and early streaming reports.
First entering the Official Chart Top 100 some ten weeks ago, could this week finally see party anthem Friday by Riton x Nightcrawlers ft. Mufasa and The Hypeman make it all the way to the top?
After 48 hours the dance track which samples Nightcrawlers’ Push The Feeling On and went viral as a dance craze on TikTok during Covid, currently sits at Number 2 on tonight’s Official Chart First Look behind Nathan Evans’ Wellerman.
Reigning chart champ Nathan Evans from Airdrie in Lanarkshire, takes the lead in the race to Number 1 with sea shanty Wellerman, but with less than 2,000 chart sales in it right now, it could still be all change between now and Friday’s final whistle.
Following the success of his recent Number 1 album, Tom Grennan surges forward on the midweek Official Singles Chart, looking set to potentially secure two places in the Top 10. Little Bit Of Love is up six places to Number 7, while collaboration with Ella Henderson, Let’s Go Home Together, climbs 11 places to Number 8.
A steady ascent up the Top 40 over the past seven weeks sees ATB, Topic and A7S on course to break the Top 10 for this first time on Friday with Your Love (9pm), currently up three places to Number 9. Its peak position to date is Number 11.
The highest new entry of the week so far is Lil Nas X’s Montero (Call Me By Your Name) at Number 15. The song caused a stir online this week, taken from his forthcoming debut album of the same name which is due to land this summer, it celebrates embracing sexuality and addresses the homophobia he has experienced.
In response to claims that its bold, unapologetic video packed with biblical symbolism is part of a “system” intended to corrupt American youth, the 21 year-old from Georgia responded on Twitter: “There was no system involved. I made the decision to create the music video. I am an adult. I am not gonna spend my entire career trying to cater to your children. That is your job.”
British singer Mimi Webb trails one place with Good Without (16) – the second highest new entry of the week after two days.
Tune in to The Official Chart with Scott Mills on BBC Radio 1 this Friday from 4pm to see who makes the final cut on this week’s Top 40.
