James Masterton's Chart Update

James Masterton's Chart Update

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James Masterton's Chart Update episodes

  • w/e October 1st 2015
    The Septuagenarians dominate the album chart, Bieber remains singles king and Naughty Boy gets off to a slower start than normal. Plus the year's biggest sellers to date, and special guest Ben Fletcher helps dissect the art of the James Bond theme tune.
    25 min
  • w/e September 24th 2015
    Justin Bieber returns to Number One in the kind of manner we are all getting used to, but he does so by setting a brand new benchmark, the first ever chart-topper to see over 50% of his "sales" come thanks to streaming plays.
    14 min
  • w/e September 17th 2015
    Sigala's procession to the top was very nearly spoiled by Justin Bieber as the Canadian singer set a brand new streaming record. Plus next week's Number One battle could be the tightest we've seen for some time.
    13 min
  • w/e September 3rd 2015
    In this week's podcast: Rachel Platten's Number One single and how it isn't written by the person you expect, what links Little Mix and Jason Derulo plus just how long it has taken to reach 1300 chart-topping singles.
    15 min
  • w/e August 20th 2015
    Let's Marvin Gaye this podcast and talk about Charlie and Meghan at Number One, the surprise comeback of Ginuwine and the third of last year's X Factor finalists making the charts in their own right.
    18 min
  • w/e August 13th 2015
    One Direction land their fourth Number One single and first as a quartet, setting a new benchmark for first week streams - but at a terrible cost as it turns out.
    15 min
  • w/e August 6th 2015
    Little Mix cling on to the top of the singles chart and week by week set themselves new benchmarks. Plus the extraordinary career of the Chemical Brothers and their journey to being the most successful dance act of all time.
    14 min
  • w/e July 23rd 2015
    Black Magic of all different kinds on the charts this week as Little Mix make Number One and we see the effect of last week's Spotify hole finally being plugged.
    16 min

About James Masterton's Chart Update

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UK chart commentator James Masterton brings you a detailed roundup of the happenings in the Official UK Singles Chart. Drilling down to the stories behind the hits, with some facts and stats that may…