So not a whole lot went on this week, but there's one thing that happened that's one of the most important and impressive things that's happened in chart history. After 30 weeks of charting, Taylor Swift's "august" rises up 2 to the #1 spot, making this her 3rd chart-topper after "The Archer" and "I Think He Knows" in 2019. This song has ironically been around since the month of August and I had almost no expectation it would actually stick around for very long, as it spent its first 3 weeks at #25 and didn't escape the Bottom 5 until its 7th week on the chart. And yet...here it is at the very top 7 months later. This is pretty insane, especially for a 25-song chart, as most #1's don't even last for this long. And yeah, this easily overshadows everything else that happened this week, so I'll just rattle through it: "Hate Myself" holds at #2, "Not My Problem" falls off the #1 down to #3, "If It Ain't Me" is right behind it at #4, and finally, "drivers license" re-enters the Top 5. There are 2 new entries this week: "Sweet Melody" by Little Mix at #17 after bubbling under for a few weeks, making this their chart debut, and "my ex's best friend" by Machine Gun Kelly and blackbear, becoming both artists' 2nd ever song on the chart.

Dropouts:

• Ariana Grande - "love language" (LW: 20, PK: 9, WKS: 16)
• RAYE - "Love Of Your Life" (LW: 21, PK: 8, WKS: 9)

• Last Year's #1: Doja Cat - "Say So" [2/4]
• Biggest Rise: dodie - "Cool Girl" and Taylor Swift - "betty" [+3]
• Biggest Fall: Yung Baby Tate ft. Flo Milli - "I Am" [–5]

​Bubbling Under:

• Ashe - "The Same"
• dodie - "Rainbow"
• Dua Lipa - "We're Good"
• Miley Cyrus ft. Dua Lipa - "Prisoner"
• NIKI DEMAR - "Alone in My Car"
• Pop Smoke - "What You Know Bout Love"