Rob Copsey

Jul 2, 2024 | officialcharts.com | Rob Copsey

Every Official Number 1 single during UK general elections:July 4 2024, TBC - Sabrina Carpenter, Please Please PleaseEnough said, really. Click here to view the full chart. December 12 2019, Boris Johnson - Tones & I, Dance MonkeyYou heard her. Do it! Click here to view the full chart. June 8 2017, Theresa May - Despacito (Remix), Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee & Justin BieberOne to run through those fields of wheat to, for sure. Click here to view the full chart.

Feb 8, 2024 | officialcharts.com | Rob Copsey

Lewis's stint at the top is the longest for a debut album in seven years, since Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events, a record which proved an unstoppable force in 2012/2013. The following year saw the launch of British singer-songwriter Sam Smith, whose first collection In The Lonely Hour debuted at Number 1 in June 2014 and notched up eight weeks at the top over the space of nine months.

Aug 31, 2023 | officialcharts.com | Rob Copsey

Crucially, Afrobeats is different to Afrobeat, a music style pioneered by Fela Kuti and developed in the 1960s. Afrobeat is big band, afro-funk, jazz-influenced and often highly political. Early 2000s beginnings  In 2005 Afrobeats breaks into the mainstream with the launch of MTV Base Africa. The first wave of artists featured include MI Abaga, Naeto C and Sarkodie.

Aug 10, 2023 | officialcharts.com | Rob Copsey

Lewis's stint at the top is the longest for a debut album in seven years, since Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events, a record which proved an unstoppable force in 2012/2013. The following year saw the launch of British singer-songwriter Sam Smith, whose first collection In The Lonely Hour debuted at Number 1 in June 2014 and notched up eight weeks at the top over the space of nine months.

Jun 12, 2023 | officialcharts.com | Rob Copsey