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As the longest-running British music column online, we bring you the ultimate guide to this week's Top 40, unraveling the stories behind the biggest new singles and chart-topping hits. Plus, explore our extensive archives, a treasure trove of nearly 1800 articles documenting three and a half decades of popular music history and expert analysis.
Writing this before the BRITs have been broadcast, so if it turns out Olivia Dean cleans up you know I am a genius for predicting it. She continues to clean up on the UK charts, and you can find out just how she does this inside. Meanwhile there are 3 members of Little Mix, and all their solo albums have reached No.3.
Babies are being born this week who were conceived the day this man's song was released. That's how long he has had to wait. But the most epic climb to No.1 in chart history has finally reached a climax. But is it thanks to the woman not pictured here?
Opalite is No.1 as we all expected - but not without a scare. More people now know who Bad Bunny is. But is that really a long term thing? Hop to it.
They are back. Back! And still totally not shagging, no sir. Raindance rebounds to the top, all the Grammy winners appear to rebound as well. But what is scarier? Milky back in the Top 40, or the fact that their song is now 24 years old.
