Charli xcx becomes the 1st British artist to reach #1 in the UK this year

[Teletubby 150,121]

Today, Charli xcx and Billie Eilish debut at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with their Guess remix. 

Guess becomes Charli’s second UK Number 1 single, and first as a lead artist. She originally topped the charts in 2012 as the feature on Icona Pop’s I Love It, the track that helped kickstart her career. Charli also becomes the first British artist to reach Number 1 in 2024. 

[Leblanc 2,454]

That's actually insane, I'm happy but also like wtf

[thatfoxyfeeling 13,017]

That's wild considering it's August, the payola on Spotify is really noticeable now meaning it's harder for local artists in their countries to chart. US artists have labels that can afford to push them on playlists etc. Australia chart is literally just overseas artists. 

[Kelly Atlantic 248]

Guess remix made me wanna get w Billie sooo badddd and Brat is the second coming 

[SlaeUrAnus 15,976]

Personally, I think it’s ridiculous it took half a year for a British artist to top their own chart 

[RAMROD 109,714]

Bumpin that

[KevinWright 1,648]

9 minutes ago, thatfoxyfeeling said:

That's wild considering it's August, the payola on Spotify is really noticeable now meaning it's harder for local artists in their countries to chart. US artists have labels that can afford to push them on playlists etc. Australia chart is literally just overseas artists. 

Streaming on the one side it helps small artists to achive success cause they don't need a major label to promote them, but on the other side it it was you said... it's getting harder for local artist to be #1. And it's not happening only in Britain but in many other places as well for example Australia

[Teletubby 150,121]

26 minutes ago, thatfoxyfeeling said:

That's wild considering it's August, the payola on Spotify is really noticeable now meaning it's harder for local artists in their countries to chart. US artists have labels that can afford to push them on playlists etc.

Dua Lipa had payola, physical copies, etc. and still couldn't reach #1 in the UK. payola won't turn a song into a hit, GP still has to want to listen to it.

[Bronco 11,764]

16 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

Dua Lipa had payola, physical copies, etc. and still couldn't reach #1 in the UK. payola won't turn a song into a hit, GP still has to want to listen to it.

And besides Dua I can't think of a single big british act that's released this year

[4th Time Around 4,525]

Brat has been such a great era for Charli, seems like it has really increased her profile and she has not needed to compromise her sound to achieve it

[DopeEnigma 1,401]

4 hours ago, Teletubby said:

Today, Charli xcx and Billie Eilish debut at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with their Guess remix. 

Guess becomes Charli’s second UK Number 1 single, and first as a lead artist. She originally topped the charts in 2012 as the feature on Icona Pop’s I Love It, the track that helped kickstart her career. Charli also becomes the first British artist to reach Number 1 in 2024. 

I’m thrilled for her, she’s been working so hard for years and the music has been fantastic, she deserves the recognition, happy for her ❤️