James Masterton's Chart Update

Two Tribes had 9 weeks at the top. Mull Of Kintyre had 9 weeks at the top. Those you could understand. But Drake....?

Showing Drake a Clean (Bandit) pair of heels.

No, YOU are complaining about Drake still being Number One.

Drake's still on top but has no business being so. Yet on the other side of the coin, there are top selling singles with quite lowly chart places. James dissects why.

A three way dance at the top as #Drake #Calvin and #JT battle it out. Plus news of the future of the written column.

Because you know I'm all about that #Drake

All the fallout from the big Prince and Beyonce power struggle. Which oddly enough ends in a comprehensive victory for Drake.

James returns at just the right time. Prince expires, Beyonce explodes and both look set to make next week's chart a sight more exciting than this one.

Easter weekend meant nobody bothered to release anything. Except #ZAYN. And boy did he reap the benefits.

I knew if I waited long enough someone would replace Lukas Graham at the top of the charts.

A week on from the #BRITS2016 we wonder out loud if the event had any impact at all on this chart. Meanwhile Lukas Graham and Adele continue to hold sway.

Lukas Graham entrench their position as the biggest act with the hottest single on the planet, but the week's solitary newcomer is all down to an unspeakable tragedy.

Big news for #ZAYN as Pillowtalk shoots straight to the top, and he does it politely a year after he quit on his former bandmates. Plus David Bowie now has something important in common with Mike Oldfield.

A mad crazy week. First Shawn #Mendes#, then #JonasBlue and then #Rihanna all demand attention. And that's before we get to #Bowie,

The 8th anniversary podcast has another good reason to celebrate. Justin #Bieber is no longer Number One.

Imagine the horror if David #Bowie hadn't passed away. A weekly set of charts with absolutely nothing going on. Barren January continues for the music business.

On this week's podcast it isn't totally about Bieber. But he is in the Top 3. All of it.

The full torrid tale of this year's Christmas Number One and its dramatic fall from grace. Plus a romp through the year's biggest selling singles. They are everything you expected them to be.

One week away from the Christmas chart and all bets are off. Or rather on, as the X Factor winners single suffers an embarrassingly slow start.

After a frantic few weeks on the UK Charts it is all quiet on the Western front. Just over the horizon however is some more fascinating action - but could X Factor winner Louisa Johnson really miss out on topping the charts?