WEEK ENDING 18th NOVEMBER 2017

Claiming a second week at Number One this week are Camila Cabello & Young Thug.

This is "Havana".

No change at Number 2 either, as "Rockstar" from Post Malone & 21 Savage, holds their position from last week, while clocking up a fourth week at the top in the US, while back up four places. boosted by his brand new Number One album, "The Thrill Of It All", is former Number One, "Too Good At Goodbyes" from Sam Smith.

Dropping one ne place to 4 this week is "Silence" from Marshmello & Khalid, while up 6 places to 5, giving her a third Top 10 hit of the year is Rita Ora.

This is "Anywhere".

Static at 6 is Ed Sheeran with "Perfect", while dropping two places to 7 are Zayn & Sia with "Dusk Till Dawn".

Down four places to 8 is Rita Ora's second entry in the Top 10, as she guests on the Avicii track "Lonely Together", while up three, and back into the Top 10 are CNCO & Little Mix with "Reggaeton Lento".

We complete the Top 10 with a drop of 2 for Mabel & Kojo Funds with "Finders Keepers".

Just missing out on a debut Top 10 entry this week, up 9 places to 11, is YouTube celebrity, comedian Michael Daapah, who created the character Big Shaq for his online comedy series "Somewhere In London".

This is "Man's Not Hot".

New at 18 this week, is an English rapper making his debut in the UK Top 20.  David Santan (AKA Dave), actually has three entries ion the chart this week, but this one is the highest.

From his latest EP, "Game Over", and featuring vocals from MoStack, this is Dave with "No More Words".

Up 18 places from last week's Number 40, is Stormzy featuring MNEK.

This is "Blinded By Your Grace - Pt 2".

This week's biggest climber originally peaked at Number 39 just three weeks ago, but, like "Too Good At Goodbyes", the sales of Sam Smith's "Pray" are boosted this week by his Number One album.

This is "Pray".

One place lower is the third and final track from that Number One album on this week's Singles chart, which debuts at Number 27.

This is Sam Smith with "One Last Song".

From this week's Number One album, we move on to an album which likely to hit Number One next week - "Reputation" from Taylor Swift.

From that album, in at Number 29 this week is the latest promotional single.

This is "Call It What You Want".

New at 31 this week, it's a welcome back to the UK Top 40 after a gap of 13 years.  N*E*R*D (No-One Ever Really Dies) were formed in 1999 by Pharrell Williams & Chad Hugo.

Between 2001 & 2004 they had four UK Top 20 hits, the biggest of which was "She Wants To Move" which hit Number 5 in 2004.  Pharrell Williams has had many solo hits since then including the massive Number Ones, "Get Lucky" (with Daft Punk) & "Happy".

So welcome back N*E*R*D, with the new single which features vocals by Rihanna.

This is "Lemon".

Also new at 32 this week is the second entry in the Top 40 for rapper Dave.

This is "How I Met My Ex".

Up seven places to Number 38 this week, is another artists celebrating a debut UK Top 40 hit.  Gazzy Garcia is a 17 year old US rapper and songwriter and performs under the name Lil' Pump.

This is "Gucci Gang".

As usual I finish with tracks from the US & UK Number 1 albums.  In the UK, as mentioned a number of times above, Sam Smith makes it two from two as his second LP, "The Thrill Of It All" takes top spot.

From the album "Together Again", this is the current Number 3, and former Number 1, single "Too Good At Goodbyes".

In the US, country legend Kenny Chesney claims his 8th chart topper with his latest live album.

From the album, "Live In No Shoes Nation", this is "Boston".

                                 UK NUMBER 1's/NUMBER 2's ON THIS DAY 

 
1 year ago - Rockabye - Clean Bandit/Shout Out To My Ex - Little Mix
5 years ago - Candy - Robbie Williams/Beneath Your Beautiful - Labrinth featuring Emeli Sande
10 years ago - Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis/Rule The World - Take That
20 years ago - Barbie Girl - Aqua/Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
30 years ago - China In Your Hand - T'Pau/Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison
40 years ago - The Name Of The Game - Abba/Yes Sir I Can Boogie - Baccara
50 years ago - Baby Now That I've Found You - The Foundations/(The Night The Lights Went Out In) Massachussets
60 years ago - That'll Be The Day - The Crickets/Party - Elvis Presley

US NUMBER 1's ON THIS DAY 

1 year ago - Closer - Chainsmokers featuring Halsey/Starboy - Daft Punk featuring the Weeknd
5 years ago - One More Night - Maroon 5/Gangnam Style - Psy
10 years ago - Kiss Kiss - Chris Brown featuring T-Pain/Apologize - Timbaland featuring One Republic
20 years ago - Candle In The Wind '97-Something About The Way You Look Tonight - Elton John/You Make Me Wanna... - Usher
30 years ago - Mony Mony - Billy Idol/(I've Had) The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
40 years ago - You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone/Boogie Nights - Heatwave
50 years ago - To Sir With Love - Lulu/Soul Man - Sam & Dave

Don't forget you can see all the latest UK & US Top 40 videos on my YouTube channel - Chart Blog UK 

Tune in next week to see if Camila & Young Thug can make it three weeks at the top.

For those of you in the Vale of Glamorgan area in South Wales, don't forget to tune into Bro Radio on 98.1 FM every Tuesday from 7 pm to 9 pm, where you will hear my dulcet tones on as co-presenter on the Gareth Long show.