Week Ending May 23rd 2024
Close, but no stetson. The most surprising collaboration of the year so far might well have been No.1, but Sabrina Carpenter still percolated to the top. Plus it is post-Eurovision week. Feeling Dizzy?
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Close, but no stetson. The most surprising collaboration of the year so far might well have been No.1, but Sabrina Carpenter still percolated to the top. Plus it is post-Eurovision week. Feeling Dizzy?
A radically optimistic Dua Lipa toasts some chart success as she enters at No.1 with an album for the very first time. But the talk of the singles charts is two rappers fighting like toddlers through the medium of song.
Like a much needed shot of caffeine, Sabrina Carpenter is a narrow but quite pleasingly joyful No.1 this week. I take mine creamy, thanks.
Did you know Taylor Swift had an album out this week? If you did you were not alone. A record it seems of such significance that every site online has to weigh in with an opinion on it. Including this one it seems.