The Biggest Songs Of The Week

Taylor Swift climbs up to no.1 with “Cruel Summer” gaining yet another no.1 single this year. Ironically, the track finally gets to number 1 just as summer comes to an end in the UK.

Meanwhile, Taylor Swift is finally knocked off the no.1 album spot by Birdy with “Portraits”, with three tracks off the album breaking the top 5 singles chart.

Longest chart runners:

Loreen – Tattoo (18 non consecutive weeks
Taylor Swift – Karma (18 non consecutive weeks)
SZA - Snooze - (16 weeks)

Next week, look out for potential new singles to enter the top 40 from Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, The Killers & BlackPink.

Look out for new albums to challenge Birdy for the top spot next week from Drake & Burna Boy.

TOP 10 ALBUMS of the week

1. Birdy – Portraits (new entry) (1 week at no.1)

2. Hozier – Unreal Unearth (new entry)

3. Taylor Swift – Speak Now (Taylor’s version) (down 2, 6 weeks at no.1)

4. Travis Scott – Utopia (down 2)

5. Taylor Swift – Midnights (down 2, 8 non consecutive weeks at no.1)

6. Maisie Peters – The Good Witch (non mover, 2 weeks at no.1)

7. SZA – SOS (non mover, 8 non consecutive weeks at no.1)

8. Post Malone – Austin (down 4)

9. Ciara – CiCi (new entry)

10. Lana Del Rey – DYKTTATUOB (down 2, 7 non consecutive weeks at no.1)

Compact View

Filter:

Number
1 Up by 1

Cruel Summer
Taylor Swift
From the album: Lover
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
2 Debut

Automatic
Birdy
From the album: Portraits
Peak
2
Weeks
1
Number
3 Down by 2

Don't Look Down
Jai Wolf featuring BANKS
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
3
Number
4 Debut

Ruins I
Birdy
From the album: Portraits
Peak
4
Weeks
1
Number
5

Paradise Calling
Birdy
From the album: Portraits
Peak
3
Weeks
6
Number
6 Down by 3

fukumean
Gunna
From the album: a Gift & a Curse
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
5
Number
7

Say Yes To Heaven
Lana Del Rey
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
8 Debut

Ruins II
Birdy
From the album: Portraits
Peak
8
Weeks
1
Number
9 Down by 5

Nothing Compares 2 U
Sinéad O'Connor
From the album: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
5
Number
10 Down by 4

Desire
Calvin Harris & Sam Smith
Peak
6
Weeks
4
Number
11 Up by 1

Love U Like That
Lauv
Peak
11
Weeks
2
Number
12 Up by 1

Snooze
SZA
From the album: SOS
Peak
12
Weeks
16
Number
13 Debut

Manhattan
CHVRCHES
From the album: The Bones of What You Believe (10th Anniversary Edition)
Peak
13
Weeks
1
Number
14 Debut

Tears Don't Fall
Birdy
From the album: Portraits
Peak
14
Weeks
1
Number
15 Down by 6

The Hype
Sigrid
From the album: The Hype - EP
Peak
9
Weeks
2
Number
16 Down by 8

What Was I Made For?
Billie Eilish
From the album: Barbie: The Album
Peak
6
Weeks
5
Number
17 Down by 2

Padam Padam
Kylie Minogue
From the album: Tension
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
18 Debut

Pretty Boy
LÉON
Peak
18
Weeks
1
Number
19 Debut

Damage Gets Done
Hozier & Brandi Carlile
From the album: Unreal Unearth
Peak
19
Weeks
1
Number
20 Down by 6

I Can See You (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)
Taylor Swift
From the album: Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
Peak
4
Weeks
7
Number
21 Down by 5

Radio
Lana Del Rey
From the album: Born To Die
Peak
16
Weeks
5
Number
22 Down by 3

Perfect
Sam Smith featuring Jessie Reyez
From the album: Gloria
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
23 Down by 12

Angel
Halle
Peak
11
Weeks
3
Number
24 Down by 3

Electric Touch (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)
Taylor Swift featuring Fall Out Boy
From the album: Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
25 Down by 5

Riot
Grace Carter
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
26

Karma
Taylor Swift
From the album: Midnights
Peak
2
Weeks
18
Number
27 Down by 5

Innocent (Taylor's Version)
Taylor Swift
From the album: Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
Peak
15
Weeks
7
Number
28 Down by 5

Disconnect
Becky Hill & Chase & Status
From the album: Believe Me Now?
Peak
22
Weeks
3
Number
29 Down by 2

Tears can be so soft
Christine and the Queens
From the album: PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE
Peak
5
Weeks
9
Number
30 Up by 4

Be More
Stephen Sanchez
From the album: Angel Face
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Up by 6

We Can Be Anything
Baby Queen
From the album: Quarter Life Crisis
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Down by 22

DELIRIUM
Elley Duhé
From the album: PHOENIX
Peak
10
Weeks
2
Number
33 Down by 8

Sprinter
Dave & Central Cee
From the album: Split Decision
Peak
7
Weeks
12
Number
34 Up by 1

Tattoo
Loreen
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
35 Down by 18

K-POP
Travis Scott featuring Bad Bunny & The Weeknd
From the album: UTOPIA
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
36 Re-Entry

Loyal Brave True
Christina Aguilera
Peak
9
Weeks
7
Number
37 Debut

Prada
cassö, RAYE, & D-Block Europe
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Paint The Town Red
Doja Cat
From the album: Scarlet
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Re-Entry

Eat Your Young
Hozier
From the album: Unreal Unearth
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
40 Down by 16

One in a Million
Bebe Rexha & David Guetta
Peak
11
Weeks
3

Dropouts

Number
18 Dropout

HYAENA
Travis Scott
From the album: UTOPIA
Peak
10
Weeks
3
Number
28 Dropout

How We Roll
Ciara & Chris Brown
From the album: CiCi
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29 Dropout

Good Good
USHER featuring Summer Walker & 21 Savage
From the album: COMING HOME
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30 Dropout

Last Kiss (Taylor's Version)
Taylor Swift
From the album: Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
31 Dropout

UNHEALTHY
Anne-Marie featuring Shania Twain
From the album: UNHEALTHY
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
32 Dropout

0800 HEAVEN
Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry, & Ella Henderson
From the album: Another Friday Night
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
33 Dropout

Don't Forget Me
Dermot Kennedy
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
36 Dropout

Before You
Tom Grennan
From the album: What Ifs & Maybes
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
38 Dropout

Lost the Breakup
Maisie Peters
From the album: The Good Witch
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
39 Dropout

Elevator Eyes
Tove Lo
From the album: Dirt Femme
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Dropout

august
Taylor Swift
From the album: folklore
Peak
21
Weeks
2

A chart by

Zack Khan

Date

August 25, 2023

Songs

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2 1 Taylor Swift – “Cruel Summer” 1(×1) 9

NE 2 Birdy – “Automatic” 2 1

1 3 Jai Wolf ft. BANKS – “Don't Look Down” 1(×1) 3

NE 4 Birdy – “Ruins I” 4 1

5 5 Birdy – “Paradise Calling” 3 6

3 6 Gunna – “fukumean” 1(×1) 5

7 7 Lana Del Rey – “Say Yes To Heaven” 1(×5) 14

NE 8 Birdy – “Ruins II” 8 1

4 9 Sinéad O'Connor – “Nothing Compares 2 U” 1(×1) 5

6 10 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith – “Desire” 6 4

12 11 Lauv – “Love U Like That” 11 2

13 12 SZA – “Snooze” 12 16

NE 13 CHVRCHES – “Manhattan” 13 1

NE 14 Birdy – “Tears Don't Fall” 14 1

9 15 Sigrid – “The Hype” 9 2

8 16 Billie Eilish – “What Was I Made For?” 6 5

15 17 Kylie Minogue – “Padam Padam” 1(×1) 14

NE 18 LÉON – “Pretty Boy” 18 1

NE 19 Hozier & Brandi Carlile – “Damage Gets Done” 19 1

14 20 Taylor Swift – “I Can See You (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)” 4 7

16 21 Lana Del Rey – “Radio” 16 5

19 22 Sam Smith ft. Jessie Reyez – “Perfect” 4 13

11 23 Halle – “Angel” 11 3

21 24 Taylor Swift ft. Fall Out Boy – “Electric Touch (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)” 7 7

20 25 Grace Carter – “Riot” 1(×1) 10

26 26 Taylor Swift – “Karma” 2 18

22 27 Taylor Swift – “Innocent (Taylor's Version)” 15 7

23 28 Becky Hill & Chase & Status – “Disconnect” 22 3

27 29 Christine and the Queens – “Tears can be so soft” 5 9

34 30 Stephen Sanchez – “Be More” 30 3

37 31 Baby Queen – “We Can Be Anything” 31 2

10 32 Elley Duhé – “DELIRIUM” 10 2

25 33 Dave & Central Cee – “Sprinter” 7 12

35 34 Loreen – “Tattoo” 1(×2) 18

17 35 Travis Scott ft. Bad Bunny & The Weeknd – “K-POP” 9 5

RE 36 Christina Aguilera – “Loyal Brave True” 9 7

NE 37 cassö, RAYE, & D-Block Europe – “Prada” 37 1

NE 38 Doja Cat – “Paint The Town Red” 38 1

RE 39 Hozier – “Eat Your Young” 4 14

24 40 Bebe Rexha & David Guetta – “One in a Million” 11 3

DROPOUTS:

18 -- Travis Scott – “HYAENA” 10 3

28 -- Ciara & Chris Brown – “How We Roll” 28 2

29 -- USHER ft. Summer Walker & 21 Savage – “Good Good” 29 2

30 -- Taylor Swift – “Last Kiss (Taylor's Version)” 9 6

31 -- Anne-Marie ft. Shania Twain – “UNHEALTHY” 10 13

32 -- Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry, & Ella Henderson – “0800 HEAVEN” 12 10

33 -- Dermot Kennedy – “Don't Forget Me” 1(×2) 10

36 -- Tom Grennan – “Before You” 6 9

38 -- Maisie Peters – “Lost the Breakup” 2 20

39 -- Tove Lo – “Elevator Eyes” 39 1

40 -- Taylor Swift – “august” 21 2

1 Comment

Hi there Zack!

Nice to see "Cruel Summer" at the top, the return for "Eat Your Young" and the debuts for "Manhattan", "Damage Gets Done", "Prada" and "Paint The Town Red".

Great chart!
Take care.