The Unofficial British Artists Top 20

This week I review the new album by Arlo Parks, Ambiguous Desire, as well as giving you a news round up and the all important top 20…Chart:1 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean (Rein Me In) (↔️, 1, 11 weeks)2 Harry Styles (American Girls) (↔️, 1, 5 weeks)3 Olivia Dean (Man I need) (↔️, 3, 11 weeks)4 Raye (Click Clack Symphony) (↔️, 4, 3 weeks)5 RAYE (Where is my husband) (🔼1, 2, 11 weeks)6 Dave/Tems (Raindance) (🔼2, 1, 11 weeks)7 Pink Pantheress (Stateside) (🔼2, 2, 11 weeks)8 Sienna Spiro (The Visitor) (🔽1, 7, 4 weeks)9 Olivia Dean (So Easy(To Fall In Love)) (🔼1, 2, 11 weeks)10 Harry Styles (Ready Steady Go) (🔼2, 4, 5 weeks)11 Olivia Dean (Nice to each other) (🔼2, 11, 2 weeks)12 Harry Styles (Sign of the times) (🆕, 12, 1 week)13 Central Cee (Wagwan) (🔼1, 143 2 weeks)14 Fleetwood Mac (Landslide) (🔼2, 13, 11 weeks)15 Sienna Spiro (Die On This Hill) (↔️, 7, 11 weeks)16 Raye (I know you’re hurting) (🔽5, 11, 2 weeks)17 Evan McVicar (Share The House)(🔼2, 14, 7 weeks)18 Fleetwood Mac (Dreams) (↔️, 18, 3 weeks)19 Bebe Rexha & Faithless* (New Religion) (🔽2, 15, 5 weeks) (Insomnia)20 Miles Smith and Niall Horan (Drive Safe) (🔄, 11, 7 weeks)

As well as announcing my British and International singles of the week, I review the new album by Raye (This Music May Contain Hope) and reveal this weeks British Artists Top 20…Chart:1 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean (Rein Me In) (↔️, 1, 10 weeks)2 Harry Styles (American Girls) (↔️, 1, 4 weeks)3 Olivia Dean (Man I need) (🔼2, 3, 10 weeks)4 Raye (Click Clack Symphony) (🔼4, 4, 2 weeks)5 Harry Styles (Aperture) (🔼1, 1, 10 weeks)6 RAYE (Where is my husband) (🔼5, 2, 10 weeks)7 Sienna Spiro (The Visitor) (↔️, 7, 3 weeks)8 Dave/Tems (Raindance) (🔼1, 1, 10 weeks)9 Pink Pantheress (Stateside) (🔽6, 2, 10 weeks)10 Olivia Dean (So Easy(To Fall In Love)) (🔽6, 2, 10 weeks)11 Raye (I know you’re hurting) (🆕, 11, 1 week)12 Harry Styles (Ready Steady Go) (🔽2, 4, 4 weeks)13 Olivia Dean (Nice to each other) (🆕, 13, 1 week)14 Central Cee (Wagwan) (🆕, 14, 1 week)15 Sienna Spiro (Die On This Hill) (🔽1, 7, 10 weeks)16 Fleetwood Mac (Landslide) (↔️, 13, 10 weeks)17 Bebe Rexha & Faithless* (New Religion) (🔽2, 15, 4 weeks) (Insomnia)18 Fleetwood Mac (Dreams) (🔄, 18, 2 weeks)19 Evan McVicar (Share The House)(🔼1, 14, 6 weeks)20 Charli XCX (Chains of love) (🔽1, 4, 7 weeks)

This week I review the new album from Ego Ella May titled Good Intentions.This weeks chart:1 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean (Rein Me In) (↔️, 1, 9 weeks)2 Harry Styles (American Girls) (↔️, 1, 3 weeks)3 Pink Pantheress (Stateside) (↔️, 2, 9 weeks)4 Olivia Dean (So Easy(To Fall In Love)) (↔️, 2, 9 weeks)5 Olivia Dean (Man I need) (🔼1, 3, 9 weeks)6 Harry Styles (Aperture) (🔽1, 1, 9 weeks)7 Sienna Spiro (The Visitor) (↔️, 7, 2 weeks)8 Raye (Click Clack Symphony) (🆕, 8, 1 week)9 Dave/Tems (Raindance) (↔️, 1, 9 weeks)10 Harry Styles (Ready Steady Go) (🔽2, 4, 3 weeks)11 RAYE (Where is my husband) (↔️, 2, 9 weeks)12 Olivia Dean (The Hardest Part) (🔽2, 8, 3 weeks)13 Sonny Fodera / D O D* / Baskcomb* (Think About Us) (↔️, 10, 9 weeks)14 Sienna Spiro (Die On This Hill) (🔽2, 7, 9 weeks)15 Bebe Rexha & Faithless* (New Religion) (🔼1, 15, 3 weeks) (Insomnia)16 Fleetwood Mac (Landslide) (🔽1, 13, 9 weeks)17 Flo (Leak It) (🆕, 17, 1 week)18 Chris Stussy/Tom Did It* (Wide Awake) (🆕, 18, 1 week)19 Charli XCX (Chains of love) (🔽5, 4, 6 weeks)20 Evan McVicar (Share The House)(🔽3, 14, 5 weeks)

In this episode, I reveal the latest Unofficial British Artists Top 20, review the album “Trying Times” by James Blake, lament the death of the Comic Relief charity single, talk about how the official top 100 is compiled, and reveal my international and British singles of the week.Chart:1 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean (Rein Me In) (🔼1, 1, 8 weeks)2 Harry Styles (American Girls) (🔽1, 1, 2 weeks)3 Pink Pantheress (Stateside) (🔼2, 2, 8 weeks)4 Olivia Dean (So Easy(To Fall In Love)) (🔼2, 2, 8 weeks)5 Harry Styles (Aperture) (🔽2, 1, 8 weeks)6 Olivia Dean (Man I need) (🔼1, 3, 8 weeks)7 Sienna Spiro (The Visitor) (🆕, 7, 1 week)8 Harry Styles (Ready Steady Go) (🔽4, 4, 2 weeks)9 Dave/Tems (Raindance) (🔽1, 1, 8 weeks)10 Olivia Dean (The Hardest Part) (↔️, 8, 2 weeks)11 RAYE (Where is my husband) (🔽2, 2, 8 weeks)12 Sienna Spiro (Die On This Hill) (↔️, 7, 8 weeks)13 Sonny Fodera / D O D* / Baskcomb* (Think About Us) (↔️, 10, 8 weeks)14 Charli XCX (Chains of love) (🔽3, 4, 5 weeks)15 Fleetwood Mac (Landslide) (🔼2, 13, 8 weeks)16 Bebe Rexha & Faithless* (New Religion) (🔼2, 16, 2 weeks) (Insomnia)17 Evan McVicar (Share The House)(🔽2, 14, 4 weeks)18 Miles Smith & Niall Horan (Drive Safe) (🔼1, 11, 6 weeks)19 RAYE (Nightingale Lane) (🔽5, 9, 3 weeks)20 Sienna Spiro (Maybe) (🔄, 18, 2 weeks)

In the show, I reveal the new top 20, review the new Harry Styles album, and to tell you my British and International Artists singles of the week.Chart:(Position change, Highest position, Weeks on chart)1 Harry Styles (American Girls) (🆕, 1, 1 week)2 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean (Rein Me In) (🔽1, 1, 7 weeks)3 Harry Styles (Aperture) (🔼2, 1, 7 weeks)4 Harry Styles (Ready Steady Go) (🆕, 4, 1 week)5 Pink Pantheress (Stateside) (🔽3, 2, 7 weeks)6 Olivia Dean (So Easy(To Fall In Love)) (🔽3, 2, 7 weeks)7 Olivia Dean (Man I need) (🔽3, 3, 7 weeks)8 Dave/Tems (Raindance) (🔽1, 1, 7 weeks)9 RAYE (Where is my husband) (🔽3, 2, 7 weeks)10 Olivia Dean (The Hardest Part) (🔽2, 8, 1 week)11 Charli XCX (Chains of love) (🔽1, 4, 4 weeks)12 Sienna Spiro (Die On This Hill) (🔼1, 7, 7 weeks)13 Sonny Fodera / D O D* / Baskcomb* (Think About Us) (🔽2, 10, 7 weeks)14 RAYE (Nightingale Lane) (🔽5, 9, 2 weeks)15 Evan McVicar (Share The House)(🔽1, 14, 3 weeks)16 Charli XCX (Dying for you) (🔽4, 10, 4 weeks)17 Fleetwood Mac (Landslide) (🔽2, 13, 7 weeks)18 Bebe Rexha & Faithless* (New Religion) (🆕, 1,8 1 week) (Insomnia)19 Miles Smith & Niall Horan (Drive Safe) (🔽3, 11, 5 weeks)20 Skye Newman (Walk) (🔽3, 17, 2 weeks)Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iNSpPTVYSsFdhUYVabUSk?si=Aabw_Ck0Slm5TMwiEAFgaQπ=ipfwZK8RRNKZ2

This week,as well as the top 20 countdown, I review the new Gorillaz album, The Mountain, have a quick look at who was awarded a Brit last week, and nominate my International and British song of the week.Song of the week: RAYE - Nightingale LaneInternational song of the week: Bruno Mars - Risk it allChart:1 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean (Rein Me In) (↔️, 1, 6 weeks)2 Pink Pantheress (Stateside) (🔼1, 2, 6 weeks)3 Olivia Dean (So Easy(To Fall In Love)) (🔽1, 2, 6 weeks)4 Olivia Dean (Man I need) (↔️, 3, 6 weeks)5 Harry Styles (Aperture) (🔼3, 1, 6 weeks)6 RAYE (Where is my husband) (↔️, 2, 6 weeks)7 Dave/Tems (Raindance) (↔️ 1, 6 weeks)8 Olivia Dean (The Hardest Part) (🆕, 8, 1 week)9 RAYE (Nightingale Lane) (🆕, 9, 1 week)10 Charli XCX (Chains of love) (🔽5, 5, 3 weeks)11 Sonny Fodera / D O D* / Baskcomb* (Think About Us) (↔️, 10, 6 weeks)12 Charli XCX (Dying for you) (🔽2, 10, 3 weeks)13 Sienna Spiro (Die On This Hill) (🔽1, 7, 6 weeks)14 Evan McVicar (Share The House)(🔼5, 14, 2 weeks)15 Fleetwood Mac (Landslide) (🔽2, 13, 6 weeks)16 Miles Smith & Niall Horan (Drive Safe) (🔽2, 11, 4 weeks)17 Skye Newman (Walk) (🆕, 17, 1 week)18 Kate Bush (Wuthering Heights) (🔽1, 17, 2 weeks)19 Calvin Harris & Kasabian (Release The Pressure) (🔄, 15, 2 weeks)20 Haven ft Kaitlin Aragon (I Run) (↔️, 9, 5 weeks)

The show includes the top 20 chart of British artists from this week, as well as an album review of My Ego Told Me To by Leigh—Anne.Song of the week: Ewan McVicar - Share The HouseInternational song of the week: Twenty One Pilots - Drag PathChart:1 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean (Rein Me In) (↔️, 1, 5 weeks)2 Olivia Dean (So Easy(To Fall In Love)) (↔️, 2, 5 weeks)3 Pink Pantheress (Stateside) (🔼1, 3, 5 weeks)4 Olivia Dean (Man I need) (🔽1, 3, 5 weeks)5 Charli XCX (Chains of love) (🔼3, 5, 2 weeks)6 RAYE (Where is my husband) (🔽1, 2, 5 weeks)7 Dave/Tems (Raindance) (🔽1, 1, 5 weeks)8 Harry Styles (Aperture) (🔽3, 1, 5 weeks)9 Olivia Dean (A Couple Minutes) (↔️, 9, 5 weeks)10 Charli XCX (Dying for you) (🔼1, 10, 2 weeks)11 Sonny Fodera / D O D* / Baskcomb* (Think About Us) (🔽1, 10, 5 weeks)12 Sienna Spiro (Die On This Hill) (↔️, 7, 5 weeks)13 Fleetwood Mac (Landslide) (🔼2, 13, 5 weeks)14 Miles Smith & Niall Horan (Drive Safe) (🔽1, 11, 3 weeks)15 Sienna Spiro (You Stole The Show) (🔼2, 12, 5 weeks)16 Charlie XCX (Always Everywhere) (🔽2, 14, 2 weeks)17 Kate Bush (Wuthering Heights) (🆕, 17, 1 week)18 The Cure (Boys Don’t Cry) (↔️, 12, 4 weeks)19 Evan McVicar (Share The House)(🆕, 19, 1 week)20 Haven ft Kaitlin Aragon (I Run) (🔄, 9, 4 weeks)

In this episode, I discuss this week’s Top 20, explain why only two of the five new entries are really anything to celebrate, and look at the distressing figures about how much British music is in the official top 100

This week’s top 20 (yes top 20 not top 40, I shall eventually change the title of the podcast when I can be bothered to do some new artwork for it) as well as a look at forthcoming albums that I think will impact on the chart and a quick look at British success at this year’s Grammys.

A chat about British Music in the form of a Top 20 countdown based on the Official Chart in the UK but only featuring British Artists…

In this show, I talk about this week’s top 20, as well as review the new album by Charli XCX, Wuthering Heights.Here is this week’s top 20: (Change, Highest Position, Weeks on Chart).1 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean (Rein Me In) (🔼2, 1, 4 weeks)2 Olivia Dean (So Easy(To Fall In Love)) (🔼2, 2, 4 weeks)3 Olivia Dean (Man I need) (🔼2, 3, 4 weeks)4 Pink Pantheress (Stateside) (🔼2, 4, 4 weeks)5 Harry Styles (Aperture) (🔼3, 1, 4 weeks)6 Dave/Tems (Raindance) (🔽5, 1, 4 weeks)7 RAYE (Where is my husband) (🔽5, 2, 4 weeks)8 Charli XCX (Chains of love) (🆕, 8, 1 week)9 Olivia Dean (A Couple Minutes) (↔️, 9, 4 weeks)10 Sonny Fodera / D O D* / Baskcomb* (Think About Us) (↔️, 10, 4 weeks)11 Charli XVX (Dying for you) (🆕, 11, 1 week)12 Sienna Spiro (Die On This Hill) (🔽5, 7, 4 weeks)13 Miles Smith & Niall Horan (Drive Safe) (🔽2, 11, 2 weeks)14 Charlie XCX (Always Everywhere) (🆕, 14, 1 week)15 Fleetwood Mac (Landslide) (🔽2, 13, 4 weeks)16 Central Cee (Iceman Freestyle) (🆕, 16, 1 week)17 Sienna Spiro (You Stole The Show) (🔽5, 12, 4 weeks)18 The Cure (Boys Don’t Cry) (🔽4, 12, 3 weeks)19 Fred Again and Jamie T (Lights Burn Dimmer) (🆕, 19, 1 week)20 Central Cee ft J Hus (Slaughter) (🆕, 20, 1 week)

The latest unofficial British artists top 40, you can listen to the playlist here:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iNSpPTVYSsFdhUYVabUSk?si=d25669abb9944d45And you can listen to my personal podcast about writing here:https://open.spotify.com/show/0rszqguw3EcoYnUscEp58j?si=1e0f18dc3867450a

The latest unofficial British artists top 40, you can listen to the playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iNSpPTVYSsFdhUYVabUSk?si=d25669abb9944d45 And you can listen to my personal podcast about writing here: https://open.spotify.com/show/0rszqguw3EcoYnUscEp58j?si=1e0f18dc3867450a

The latest unofficial British artists top 40, you can listen to the playlist here:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iNSpPTVYSsFdhUYVabUSk?si=HyBSioE3R-GjixofVMprrQπ=e-RgnKghNRRdqXAnd you can listen to my personal podcast about writing here: https://open.spotify.com/show/0rszqguw3EcoYnUscEp58j?si=1gYdU3A3T2C3-eLQqL-qKA

New British artist top 40 for week commencing the 19th of January 2025.Listen to the chart on Spotify using this link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iNSpPTVYSsFdhUYVabUSk?si=TJf2F8DURAqbgbvOphLAeA&pi=e-KlmmBfm4TLqs

The top 40 singles by British Artists this week, followed by brief commentary by myself on what I like and what I’m disappointed by in the chart this week..Listen to the chart on Spotify using this link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iNSpPTVYSsFdhUYVabUSk?si=TJf2F8DURAqbgbvOphLAeA&pi=e-KlmmBfm4TLqs

The first chart of the year sees the majority of the Christmas songs fall away to be replaced by a lot of tunes that were in the charts before Christmas, plus a brand-new number one…Listen to the chart on Spotify using this link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iNSpPTVYSsFdhUYVabUSk?si=TJf2F8DURAqbgbvOphLAeA&pi=e-KlmmBfm4TLqs