The UK has been rocking out to Olivia Rodrigo this summer, as her Number 1 smash Good 4 U claims the Official Song of Summer 2021, OfficialCharts.com can reveal.
13.08.2021 - 19:27 / officialcharts.com
Dave reclaims the Number 1 spot on the Official Albums Chart with his new album We’re All Alone In This Together.
The Brixton-born artist rebounds 2 to 1 on this week’s chart, pushing last week’s leader, Happier Than Ever by Billie Eilish, down to second place.
Dave with his Official Number 1 Album Award [credit: Dave/@santandave1
This week’s highest new entry goes to Will Young, who enters at Number 3 with Crying On The Bathroom Floor, his eighth consecutive Top 3 studio album. Olivia Rodrigo’s
The UK has been rocking out to Olivia Rodrigo this summer, as her Number 1 smash Good 4 U claims the Official Song of Summer 2021, OfficialCharts.com can reveal.
Geoff Mayfield Once news broke that Olivia Rodrigo had added members of Paramore to songwriting credits on her summer smash “Good 4 U,” observers immediately began calculating what that meant for Hayley Williams and Josh Farro, the credited members of the long-running group.The Disney star/singer’s song bowed at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May, when her album “Sour” also started at No.
Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour reclaims the top spot on the Official Albums Chart, boosted by its release on vinyl this week.
Olivia Rodrigo reigns supreme on the Official Irish Albums Chart for an 11th week, while homegrown acts Villagers and Orla Gartland take out spots in the Top 3.
Fans have long noted the similarities between Olivia Rodrigo's "Good 4 U" and Paramore's 2007 single "Misery Business," and now, Hayley Williams and ex-guitarist Josh Farro have been retroactively credited as songwriters on Rodrigo's Sour single, according to NME. The track, written by Rodrigo and Daniel Nigro, debuted at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 back in May.
and hovered in the top three ever since.It’s not clear when their names were added to the track notes, according to NME; however, they were not reportedly there when the song was first released a few months ago.Fans observed early the similarities between the song and Paramore’s 2007 single “Misery Business.” Musical mash-ups comparing the two songs appeared on social media, accusing Rodrigo of being heavily inspired by the pop-punk group, drawing in millions of viewers in the process.In an
Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams has seemingly been given a retrospective writing credit on Olivia Rodrigo's smash hit single Good 4 U.
Hayley Williams and Josh Farro – Paramore’s frontwoman and former guitarist, respectively – appear to have been added to the credits of Olivia Rodrigo’s song ‘Good 4 U’.A listing in the repertory of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) notes that Williams and Farro (who left Paramore in 2010) are now credited on the track, listed as writers alongside Rodrigo and producer Dan Nigro.Williams and Farro were not originally credited, according to a Billboard story listing
New albums from Villagers and Orla Gartland are set to make strong debuts on this week's Official Irish Albums Chart.
Chris Willman Music WriterThis may still come as a surprise to oldsters, but the young people do love their vinyl now — even contemporaries of 18-year-old Olivia Rodrigo, whose debut album returns to the No. 1 spot on the chart this week due partly to a belated LP-format release.Rodrigo’s “Sour” tops the Rolling Stone album chart with 99,200 album-equivalent units.
Olivia Rodrigo’s record-breaking debut album Sour is on course to return to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart following its release on vinyl.
The Killers take out their eighth Top 10 entry on the Official Irish Albums Chart with their new album Pressure Machine.
Billie Eilish‘s conversation with Steve Carell as part of a podcast devoted to The Office is set to air later today (August 17).Eilish, a self-confessed super fan of the NBC sitcom, sat down with Carell and his co-star Brian Baumgartner last year for iHeartRadio’s ‘An Oral History Of The Office’.Now, it’s been confirmed that the second offering on ‘The Office Deep Dive With Brian Baumgartner’ sees Eilish in conversation once more with Baumgartner – who played Kevin Malone on the beloved show –
Ed Sheeran’s Bad Habits flies into a seventh week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.
Olivia Rodrigo reclaims the Number 1 spot on the Official Irish Albums Chart for a ninth week with SOUR.
Ellise Shafer administratorWhen Olivia Rodrigo went into the studio to start the production process for her debut album, “Sour,” she was a little intimidated.For as long as the 18-year-old could remember, it had just been her voice accompanied by an acoustic guitar or piano — as was showcased often on her Instagram account and her “High School Musical” breakout single “All I Want.” Now that she had the opportunity to do something more, what would that be?“Going into the studio and being like,
Billie Eilish has scored her second UK Number One album with ‘Happier Than Ever’, the Official Charts Company has confirmed.The US pop star has gone straight to the top of the charts with her new record, which was released last week (July 30) and was previously reported to be outselling the rest of the Top 10 combined in the midweek update.Eilish was propelled to the top spot by a total of 39,000 chart sales, 61 per cent of which came from physical sales, while 33 per cent were streams.
Billie Eilish earns her second UK Number 1 as Happier Than Ever enters straight in at the top of the Official Albums Chart.
Billie Eilish has earned her second Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart with Happier Than Ever.