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Olivia Rodrigo on course to stay at the top of the UK singles chart
Olivia Rodrigo is heading towards a number one single (OfficialCharts.com/PA)
Olivia Rodrigo is on course to hold on to the top spot in the UK singles chart after she set a new streaming record earlier this week.
On Friday, the Official Charts Company revealed the US artist’s song Drivers License was streamed 2.4 million times on Tuesday, which was a new record for the number of streams in a single day for a non-Christmas song.
Rodrigo, 17, also had the biggest opening week of overall chart sales for a number one debut single since Zayn Malik’s Pillowtalk in February 2016.
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As ever, the vinyl market continues to keep some well worn favourites in fashion; Oasis, Portishead and The Stones Roses among those in the Top 20 currently, while Fontaines D.C. are at #11 with the much more recent A Hero’s Death.
It’s now nine years since The Official Charts Company launched this chart as vinyl sales surged during the last decade, a trend which continued in 2020 as the format grew for the 13th consecutive year. It is compiled from the best selling albums at 100 of Britain’s leading independent music shops.
Official Charts Company
Rising star Olivia Rodrigo has officially arrived as Drivers License lands straight in at Number 1 on the UK Official Singles Chart with record-breaking streaming numbers, the Official Charts Company can confirm.
Billed as the singer, songwriter, and actor’s debut original single, Drivers License enters at the summit with an impressive 95,000 chart sales, including 10.9 million streams across the week.
According to Official Charts Company data, the track sets an all-new Official Chart record, as it surpasses Ed Sheeran’s Shape Of You to claim the UK’s highest number of streams ever in a single day for a non-Christmas song.