Drake, Wizkid and Kyla make it nine weeks at Number 1

June 10th, 2016

Drake has bopped his way to an impressive ninth week at Number 1 with One Dance.

The track, featuring Wizkid and Kyla, achieved 73,000 combined chart sales to top the Official Singles Chart yet again, extending its reign as the longest reigning Number 1 single in nine years.

If the track can hold on for another seven days, it will equal the 10-week tenure of Rihanna’s Umbrella from 2007. The last time a song was knocked off the top spot after nine weeks at the helm was Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy in 2006.

One Dance is also the most streamed track of the week, notching up 5.6 million listens in the last seven days.

Justin Timberlake’s Can’t Stop The Feeling settles for Number 2 for the fourth week in a row, and Calvin Harris and Rihanna’s This Is What You Came For enjoys a sixth week in the Top 3 at 3.

Kungs vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners’ This Girl rockets six places to Number 4 – breaking into the Top 5 for the first time – and Clean Bandit and Louisa Johnson’s Tears hops one place to 5.

P!nk’s Just Like Fire vaults into the Top 20 for the first time, rising three to Number 19. The track is her 24th Top 20 hit, the latest since 2013’s True Love featuring Lily Allen.

DJ Khaled’s collaboration with Drake For Free is new at 25, and marks Khaled’s first Top 40 entry. The track is Drake’s 19th Top 40 single.

Following closely behind is Adele’s Send My Love (To Your New Lover), advancing eight to 26, while Calum Scott’s Robyn cover, Dancing On My Own, reaches a new peak, up 15 places to 27.

Finally, Shawn Mendes’ new single Treat You Better starts out 31 and Ariana Grande’s Into You makes its Top 40 debut, up five rungs at 40.

Click here to see this week’s Top 100 Official Singles Chart in full

Overwatch is still top, Dead Island shuffles up the charts

June 10th, 2016

Overwatch sales might have taken a 54% dip since last week, but it still shifted enough copies across PC, PS4 and Xbox One to stay on top of the pile in this week’s chart. FIFA 16 continues to climb the league as Euro 2016 looms (with +65% sales). Dead Island: Definitive Edition made an appearance in fifth, and One Piece: Burning Blood scraped into this week’s top 40, debuting in 37th.

The top ten games in full:

1. Overwatch – Blizzard / Activision
2. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Naughty Dog / Sony
3. Doom – id Software / Bethesda
4. FIFA 16 – EA Canada / EA
5. Dead Island: Definitive Edition – Techland / Deep Silver
6. Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar / Take 2
7. Ratchet & Clank – Insomniac / Sony
8. The Division – Massive / Ubisoft
9. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 – Treyarch / Activision
10. Homefront: The Revolution – Dambuster / Deep Silver

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Drake’s One Dance notches up an eighth week at No.1

June 5th, 2016

Drake continues to prove unbeatable on the Official Singles Chart as One Dance logs its eighth week at Number 1.

The track is now the longest-running UK chart-topper since Rihanna’s Umbrella, which racked up an unbroken 10-week run at the summit in 2007.

One Dance comfortably finishes in front on this week’s Top 40 just shy of 85,000 chart sales, made up of 23,000 sales and 6.15 million streams.

Meanwhile, Justin Timberlake’s Can’t Stop The Feeling remains at Number 2 (75,000 chart sales), and Rihanna and Calvin Harris’ This Is What You Came For is unmoved at 3.

Galantis hit a new peak at 4 with No Money, and Sia’s Cheap Thrills rounds off this week’s Top 5.

This week’s highest new entry goes to Clean Bandit and Louisa Johnson’s new single Tears, landing at Number 6. The track gives the X Factor winner a second Top 10 (following her Number 9-peaking winner’s single Forever Young) and a fifth for Clean Bandit.

US singer-songwriter Gnash enters the Top 10 for the first time with I Hate You, I Love You, up four spots to Number 8, and Kungs Vs Cookin’ On Three Burners vault from 29 to 10 with This Girl.

There are two more big climbers on this week’s chart: Cheat Codes and Kris Kross Amsterdam’s Sex – a reworking of Salt-N-Pepa’s Let’s Talk About Sex – lifts six places to Number 14, and Pink’s Just Like Fire zooms 14 places to 22.

Finally, Adele’s new single Send My Love (To Your New Lover) makes its Top 40 debut this week at Number 34, as does OneRepublic’s Wherever I Go at 36.

Click here to see this week’s Top 100 Official Singles Chart in full

Overwatch conquers all at UK retail

June 3rd, 2016

Overwatch has become Blizzard’s fasting selling console title in the UK, in the process beating the console versions of Diablo III. Nearly half of sales were on PS4 (47%), with the remainder split between Xbox One (36%) and PC (18%). When it came to individual formats Overwatch dominated, with all three versions of the game inside the top five (PS4 in 1st, Xbox One in 3rd, and PC in 5th).

The only other top ten debutant of note is Total War: Warhammer, although the retail edition of Creative Assembly’s fantasy strategy game only made it as far as 9th (or 8th in the individual format chart). However, that won’t worry Sega too much with the title breaking franchise records thanks to very strong digital sales (more on that here).

Elsewhere Ratchet & Clank enjoyed resurgent sales (up 114%) after it was among the games bundled with hardware by retailers across the country. FIFA 16 (up 91%), The Division (up 42%), and Grand Theft Auto V (up 49%) were also included in various promotions.

Finally, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Manhattan didn’t make it out of the sewer last week, and ended up languishing all the way down in 18th place. You can see the GfK Chart-Track top ten below:

1. Overwatch – Blizzard / Activision
2. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End – Naughty Dog / Sony
3. Doom – id Software / Bethesda
4. Homefront: The Revolution – Dambuster / Deep Silver
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 – Treyarch / Activision
6. Ratchet & Clank – Insomniac / Sony
7. FIFA 16 – EA Canada / EA
8. The Division – Massive / Ubisoft
9. Total War: Warhammer – Creative Assembly / Sega
10. Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar / Take 2

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Drake secures longest run at Number 1 in nearly nine years

May 27th, 2016

Drake may only be asking for One Dance, but it’s a long one – he doesn’t show much sign of leaving the dancefloor any time soon.

The Canadian rapper has notched up 92,500 combined chart sales to score an impressive seventh consecutive week at the top, giving him the longest run of 2016 so far.

One Dance also claims the longest straight stint at Number 1 since Leona Lewis’s Bleeding Love also enjoyed a seven-week reign atop the Official Singles Chart in autumn 2007.

Drake’s One Dance, feat. Wizkid and Kyla, was the most streamed track of the last seven days too, racking up almost 6.68 million plays this week.

Despite a close battle earlier in the week, Justin Timberlake’s Can’t Stop The Feeling remains at 2, while Calvin Harris and Rihanna’s This Is What You Came For (3) and Sia’s Cheap Thrills (4) are also non-movers.

US singer Gnash makes a big leap – his breakthrough song I Hate U, I Love U zooms 21 places to Number 12 – while Cheat Codes and Kris Kross Amsterdam advance ten spots to Number 20 with Sex.

Take That score a 27th Top 40 hit thanks to their guest spot on Sigma’s Cry, new at Number 21, and Australian trio Cookin’ On 3 Burners team up with French producer Kungs on This Girl, which rockets 62 places to land at Number 29.

Craig David’s One More Time is brand new at 30, and following her mesmerising performance at the Billboard Music Awards, Pink’s Just Like Fire returns to the Top 40, rising eight to 36.

See this week’s Official Top 100 Singles Chart in full

Homefront fails to end Uncharted 4’s chart reign

May 23rd, 2016

Sony will be celebrating for a second week, because Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End has retained its place at the top of the all-format gaming chart.

Even though it experienced a 78% drop in week-on-week sales, it still just about manages to chart above Doom in second.

Doom – which experienced a 35% drop in sales – is followed by Homefront: The Revolution in third. Homefront‘s sales were pretty evenly split between consoles, selling 52% on PS4 and 48% on Xbox One.

Next up is Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 in fourth, followed by Fire Emblem: Birthright in fifth and fellow new release Valkyria Chronicles Remastered in sixth.

Fire Emblem: Conquest also makes an appearance in the chart, debuting at 11.

Here’s the all-format gaming chart in full:

  1. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Sony)
  2. Doom (Bethesda)
  3. Homefront: The Revolution (Koch Media)
  4. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (Activision)
  5. Fire Emblem: Birthright (Nintendo)
  6. Valkyria Chronicles Remastered (Sega)
  7. Tom Clancy’s The Division (Ubisoft)
  8. GTA 5 (Rockstar)
  9. LEGO Marvel Avengers (Warner)
  10. FIFA 16 (EA Sports)
  11. Fire Emblem: Conquest (Nintendo)
  12. Ratchet and Clank (Sony)
  13. Star Wars: Battlefront (EA)
  14. Fallout 4 (Bethesda)
  15. Halo 5: Guardians (Microsoft)
  16. Forza Motorsport 6 (Microsoft)
  17. EA Sports UFC 2 (EA Sports)
  18. Minecraft: Xbox Edition (Microsoft)
  19. Dark Souls 3 (Bandai Namco)
  20. UEFA Euro 2016 Pro Evolution Soccer (Konami)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2016 Ukie Ltd.

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Drake holds off Justin Timberlake to stay at Number 1

May 20th, 2016

Drake’s One Dance holds on to Number 1 on this week’s Official Singles Chart, logging a sixth week at the top.

The rapper/singer sees off strong competition from Justin Timberlake’s Can’t Stop The Feeling, which after leading the way at the mid-week stage, has to settle for Number 2.

It was a close race between the two: One Dance finishes the week on 105,000 chart sales (including 7.5 million streams), while Can’t Stop The Feeling notched up 99,000.

Drake’s sixth week at the top also gives him the longest-leading Official Chart Number 1 of 2016 so far – and the longest since Mark Ronson’s seven weeks at the summit with Uptown Funk in 2014/2015.

Calvin Harris and Rihanna’s This Is What You Came For dips a place to three this week, while Sia’s Cheap Thrills holds at 4, as does Mike Posner’s I Took A Pill In Ibiza at 5.

Two songs make sizeable leaps to enter thes Top 10 for the first time this week; Desiigner’s Panda, up five spots to Number 7, and Drake and Rihanna’s Too Good zooms 15 places to Number 8.

This week’s highest new entry goes to The Stone Roses. Their first brand new release in 21 years All For One debuts at Number 17, earning the band a 13th Top 40 hit.

Further down this week’s Official Singles Chart Top 40, X Factor alumni Reggie ‘N’ Bollie land at Number 26 with New Girl. The track is the duo’s first since finishing second place on last year’s series to Louisa Johnson.

Elsewhere, Gareth Malone’s Invictus Games Choir are new at 29 with Flesh And Blood – the theme to this year’s games – and US singer/rapper/producer Gnash makes his UK Top 40 debut with I Hate You, I Love You, up 12 places to 33.

See this week’s Official Top 100 Singles Chart in full

Uncharted 4 enjoys the biggest launch in the series so far

May 16th, 2016

Sony will be popping the champagne corks, because Uncharted 4 has had the best launch week in the series so far.

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End week one sales are up by a massive 66% on Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception.

Bethesda can also be pretty happy about the Doom reboot, which comfortably enters the chart in second, having sold 67% more week one copies than Doom 3.

It’s followed by fellow first-person shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 in third, Ratchet and Clank in fourth and Tom Clancy’s The Division in fifth.

Far Cry Primal, GTA 5 and FIFA 16 follow at six, seven and eight, LEGO Marvel’s Avengers charts at nine, while Star Wars: Battlefront climbs back into the top ten.

It’s not great news for last week’s number one Battleborn, which drops all the way down to 12.

Here’s the all-format gaming chart in full:

  1. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Sony)
  2. Doom (Bethesda)
  3. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (Activision)
  4. Ratchet and Clank (Sony)
  5. Tom Clancy’s The Division (Ubisoft)
  6. Far Cry Primal (Ubisoft)
  7. Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
  8. FIFA 16 (EA Sports)
  9. LEGO Marvel’s Avengers (Warner Bros)
  10. Star Wars: Battlefront (EA)
  11. EA Sports UFC 2 (EA Sports)
  12. Battleborn (2K Games)
  13. Dark Souls 3 (Bandai Namco)
  14. Fallout 4 (Bethesda)
  15. Halo 5: Guardians (Microsoft)
  16. Forza Motorsport 6 (Microsoft)
  17. LEGO Jurassic World (Warner Bros)
  18. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Bandai Namco)
  19. Minecraft Xbox Edition (Microsoft)
  20. UEFA Euro 2016 Pro Evolution Soccer (Konami)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2016 Ukie Ltd.

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Drake sees off Calvin Harris, Rihanna and Justin Timberlake to claim a fifth week at Number 1

May 13th, 2016

It may be Friday the 13th, but Drake definitely has luck on his side as he claims a fifth week at Number 1 with One Dance.

Despite strong competition from Calvin Harris’s This Is What You Came For, feat. Rihanna, and Justin Timberlake’s surprise release Can’t Stop The Feeling, Drake notched up an impressive 123,500 combined chart sales to hold on to the top spot.

The Canadian rapper has been having a great week when it comes to streaming, too. While he doesn’t quite match the new record he set last week with 8.9 million listens, One Dance has racked up 8.37 million plays over the last seven days.

Calvin Harris and Rihanna’s This Is What You Came For settles for another week at Number 2, and Justin Timberlake’s Can’t Stop The Feeling, taken from the soundtrack for upcoming movie Trolls, is new at 3.

Sia’s Cheap Thrills slips a place to 4, while the former Number 1 from Mike Posner, I Took A Pill In Ibiza, continues its comedown, falling one spot to round off our Top 5.

Not satisfied with dominating the Top 2, Drake and Rihanna have teamed up for a new entry, with Too Good, taken from Drake’s chart-topping album Views, rising 18 places to Number 23.

will.i.am scores his 39th Top 40 hit this week, with Boys & Girls feat. Pia Mia leaping 16 places to Number 26, while Cheat Codes and Kris Kross Amsterdam score their very first – Sex is new at 35.

Drake’s back again at 39, as Controlla climbs seven places, and Paradise, from Benny Benassi feat. Chris Brown rises four to 40.

See this week’s Official Singles Chart Top 100 in full

 

Battleborn ends Ratchet and Clank’s two week chart reign

May 9th, 2016

Ratchet and Clank’s two week chart reign has been ended by Gearbox-developed multiplayer game Battleborn.

The multiplayer online battle arena game made 52% of all sales on PS4, compared to 45% on Xbox One and 3% on PC.

It’s followed by Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 in second, Ratchet and Clank in third and GTA 5 in fourth.

Tom Clancy’s The Division drops one place to five, above Far Cry Primal at six, LEGO Marvel Avengers at seven, Dark Souls 3 at eight, EA Sports UFC 2 at nine and FIFA 16 at ten.

Here’s the all-format gaming chart in full:

  1. ​Battleborn (2K Games)
  2. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (Activision)
  3. Ratchet and Clank (Sony)
  4. Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
  5. Tom Clancy’s The Division (Ubisoft)
  6. Far Cry Primal (Ubisoft)
  7. LEGO Marvel Avengers (Warner Bros)
  8. Dark Souls 3 (Bandai Namco)
  9. EA Sports UFC 2 (EA Sports)
  10. FIFA 16 (EA Sports)
  11. LEGO Jurassic World (Warner Bros)
  12. Star Wars: Battlefront (EA)
  13. Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 (EA)
  14. WWE 2K16 (2K Sports)
  15. Dirt Rally (Codemasters)
  16. Minecraft: Xbox Edition (Microsoft)
  17. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Bandai Namco)
  18. Destiny: The Taken King (Activision)
  19. Halo 5: Guardians (Microsoft)
  20. UEFA Euro 2016 Pro Evolution Soccer​ (Konami)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2015 Ukie Ltd.

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