Carl Smith

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Editor at Officialcharts.com

Editor @OfficialCharts 💿. Good eyebrows according to Ariana Grande.

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Articles

Final Destination Bloodlines debuts atop Official Film Chart

3 days ago | officialcharts.com | Carl Smith

With the theatrical release of 28 Years Later, the first film in Danny Boyle’s post-apocalyptic horror series, 2002’s 28 Days Later, lifts five this week (3). The How To Train Your Dragon franchise also reaps the rewards of its latest cinematic release, seeing three films inside this week’s Top 10; How To Train Your Dragon 2 (5), How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (9) and 2010 original How To Train Your Dragon (10). See the Official Film Chart Top 40 here.
Official Trending Chart: Sam Fender & Olivia Dean, KATSEYE, sombr and more

4 days ago | officialcharts.com | Carl Smith

Sam Fender and Olivia Dean claim the UK's Official biggest Trending track with Rein Me In this week. The collab could become the highest climber on this Friday's Official Singles Chart, too, looking to vault 82 spots to a brand-new peak (6).
YUNGBLUD leads all-new midweek Top 5 with Idols

5 days ago | officialcharts.com | Carl Smith

As Dua Lipa reaps the rewards of her sold-out Wembley Stadium shows YUNGBLUD leads an all-new midweek Top 5, currently on course for his third Official Number 1 album with fourth studio LP Idols. The Doncaster-born star, real name Dominic Richard Harrison, previously saw success with 2019 EP the underrated youth (6), 2020 chart-topper weird! and 2022 Number 1 YUNGBLUD.
Alex Warren takes Ordinary back to the top

1 week ago | officialcharts.com | Carl Smith

As MK celebrates highest-charting single yet with Chrystal collab Dior So out of the Ordinary! Alex Warren takes his record-breaking track back to Number 1 in the UK this week. Earlier this month, the breakout Californian singer-songwriter was crowned the US solo artist with longest-running Number 1 single in UK chart history; its 12 consecutive weeks surpassing previous record holder Slim Whitman, who managed an 11-week stint with Rose Marie back in 1955.
Sabrina Carpenter sets Official Chart record with Short N' Sweet

1 week ago | officialcharts.com | Carl Smith

Oh, boy! Sabrina Carpenter's chart longevity isn't so Short N' Sweet, as her sixth LP becomes the solo studio album with the longest consecutive Top 5 streak in UK Official Albums Chart history. The former chart-topper has now spent a total of 43 consecutive weeks inside the Top 5, refusing to leave since its release in August 2024, making it an Official Chart Record Breaker as it lands at Number 3 this week.
James Marriott celebrates first Number 1 album with Don’t Tell The Dog

1 week ago | officialcharts.com | Carl Smith

Celebrating the news, James Marriott tells Official Charts:“Thank you so, so much for my first-ever Official Number 1 album. It’s been such an amazing week travelling up and down the country, doing a little show. I’m just mind blown! Thank you so much for supporting me over the last week, and the last few years.
The Amateur claims highest new entry on Official Film Chart

1 week ago | officialcharts.com | Carl Smith

A Minecraft Movie makes it four weeks atop the Official Film Chart, as The Amateur claims this week’s highest new entry. The James Hawes-directed action thriller, based on Robert Littell’s 1981 novel of the same name, sees CIA cryptographer Charlie Heller (Remi Malek) restore a vintage Cessna aircraft for his wife Sarah (Rachel Brosnahan) while she’s on a business trip in London.
Official Trending Chart: MK, j-hope, CMAT and more

1 week ago | officialcharts.com | Carl Smith

Levi Heron's viral take on Beluga Lagoon's The Glen continues to climb the Official Trending Chart (6), while Twenty One Pilots bag a new entry with latest cut The Contract (7). The Contract could see the Ohio duo sink a fourth UK Top 40 single this week (25). BTS star j-hope claims a brand-new Trending entry with GloRilla team-up Killin' It Girl (8), also looking to become the K-pop idol's highest-charting single in the UK this week (26).
James Marriott on course for first Number 1 album with Don’t Tell The Dog

1 week ago | officialcharts.com | Carl Smith

With less than a month to go until their Live ’25 reunion tour, Oasis’s enduring hits collection Time Flies… 1994-2009 tracks for a Top 5 return, up 12 places midweek (2). The record, which topped the chart on its release in 2010 and has since spent 614 weeks on the chart, has been remastered across a multi-format reissue. The Cure eye a 14th Top 10 album with Mixes Of A Lost World; a reworking of their 2024 chart-topper Songs Of A Lost World (3).
Sabrina Carpenter dethrones Alex Warren with fourth Number 1 single Manchild

2 weeks ago | officialcharts.com | Carl Smith

Oh, boy! Sabrina ends Alex's record-breaking stint at the summit this week Oh, boy! Sabrina Carpenter ends Alex Warren’s record-breaking 12-week stint atop the UK’s Official Singles Chart with Manchild. The first cut lifted from Sabrina’s upcoming seventh studio album Man’s Best Friend, Manchild becomes the superstar’s fourth UK chart-topper, joining her hat-trick of 2024 hits Espresso, Please Please Please and Taste.