The energetic DnB track becomes the first UK chart-topper for influential electronic duo Chase & Status (Saul Milton and Will Kennard) and Stormzy’s fourth number one hit after Vossi Bop (2019), Take Me Back To London featuring Ed Sheeran (2019) and Own It featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy (2020).
Reacting to the news, Chase & Status Official Charts said:
“We knew working with Stormzy would create something special, but we didn’t expect such a knockout reaction. To see him turn up at our show at Milton Keynes Bowl in his best man suit, straight from a wedding and in front of 45,000 people, was insane! One of the biggest British MCs to ever do that, spitting about DnB and having it go straight to number 1? It couldn’t have gone any better for us.”
BACKBONE ends the week as the most streamed track in the country in the last seven days (6.4 million streams).
Chase & Status and Stormzy pose with their official number 1 single awards from the official charts for BACKBONE
Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” returns to its previous peak at No. 2, while last week’s chart-topping collaboration with Charli xcx, Guess, spends a second week in the top 5 at No. 4. Further down, Billie’s “Wildflower” continues its ascent, reaching its highest position yet, one up at No. 36.
One of the biggest dance hits of the summer, Bl3ss, CamrinWatsin and bbyclose reach a new top spot today, climbing one place to number 6 with Kisses.
Congratulations are in order for JADE, who has successfully entered the UK Top 10 for the second time with Angel Of My Dreams (10). Thanks to the release of the SAD version (sad. angelic. dramatic.), it jumps up eight places and is the first single by a former Little Mix singer to spend two weeks in the Top 10.
Just outside the top 10, Adam Port, Stryv and KeineMusik climb five places with Move (11), while Chappell Roan’s HOT TO GO climbs three places to reach a brand new top spot (12). Chappell also sees Red Wine Supernova reach new heights today, climbing one place (31).
Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and DOD’s “Somedays” jumps 12 places and lands in the top 20 for the first time (19), while Indian rapper Hanumankind and producer Kalmi climb 14 places with “Big Dawgs” (21).
Just in time for her 66th birthday, one of Queen of Pop Madonna’s biggest hits, Like A Prayer, returns to the UK Top 40 for the first time in 35 years today, thanks to its inclusion in the blockbuster Deadpool & Wolverine (27). Originally released in 1989, Like A Prayer spent three weeks at number 1 in the Official Singles Chart. This is its 10th week in the UK Top 40.
Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding reach a new peak with Free (35), as does Gracie Abrams, who secures a third Top 40 single with I love you, I’m sorry (38).
