The new chart is so chockful of my favourites that it seems pretty static, with only a few songs making decent-sized moves. But if you’ve followed this blog or my chart, then you’ll know that this is temporary.
With this chart, I’m pleased that my number one song is “Myself In You” (above) by Italy’s Lordnox and NYC’s Victor Perry. Victor’s music has been appearing regularly on the chart since 2016 and this is his first trip to the top, and almost certainly not the last! I was delighted that Lordnox could capture the glory and diversity of Victor’s vocal in this particular song. It makes the song just so much fun! Victor has a second entry on the chart with French producer Kislaw called “Slip Away” (below), which climbs 20-17.
Making an impressive move from 7-4 is the emotional electronic whirlwind that is “Sideways” by Illenium, singer Valerie Broussard and fellow producer Nurka. Illenium performed his first three albums in concert in Las Vegas as his “Trilogy” show this past weekend, which is quite an amazing accomplishment.
Glass Petals’ infectious deep house track “Heartbeat” is making short work of its time in the Top 10, rising 9-6. One half of Glass Petals, Juno Award-winner Felix Cartal, released his latest album Expensive Sounds For Nice People, which is chock full of many of his single releases of the past two years.
To no surprise, the dance floor banger “The Feels” by Cash Cash featuring Alex Newell advances 12-9 – for now!
The darker and deeper house track from Australia, “Unnatural” by Needs No Sleep and Jeremy Beamish, is the other newcomer to the Top 10, up 11-10.
Whenever I play Greyson Chance’s “Hellboy”, I am stuck humming it for hours on end. This quirky track from his album Trophies climbs 16-11.
The Fastest Riser on the chart was the Highest Debut two weeks ago. It’s “Can’t Stay Away” by Sweden’s Darin, which is now accompanied by a zesty, splashy video loaded with cool choreography. It soars 22-14.
Another banger from England to keep your ears on is “Give Me That” (23-19) by producers Charlie Lane and Gold 88 with a stunning vocal by Kate Wild.
While it’s already been to the top of the dance charts, “You” by Regard, Troye Sivan and Tate McRae (27-21) is also headed to the Top 10 of Top 40 radio.
The Highest Debut on the chart is also a first on the chart. In the over 23 years that I’ve published it, a completely redone version of a song originally recorded by the same artist has never charted – until now! Moby’s “Natural Blues” reached #5 on my chart in 2000, and 21 years later he has re-recorded it and some of his other best known songs on his album Reprise. “Natural Blues”, featuring the stellar vocals of Gregory Porter and Amythyst Kiah arrives at #24. Some chart geekery: Because it was re-recorded, it is not considered to be a re-entry.
Next up at #26 is India’s Ashwyn with the guitar-soaked “Sell My Soul”. This single preceded his latest, more progressive rock-flavoured one “Deja Vu” , which I wrote about recently. Ashwyn is also the second artist from India to appear on my chart, following DJ Shaan’s “By Heart” which reached #10 earlier this year.
My third debut at #27 is the second chart appearance by Australia’s Beamish Brothers called “Anxious”. Ben and Jeremy previously were featured on “Black Gasoline” by Mark Mendy, which got to #6. And Jeremy is currently charting at #10 with Needs No Sleep. Their music keeps on getting better and better so this is their first appearance on the chart as lead artists. In fact I just wrote about their newest single “Privilege” this past weekend, so check it out too.
The last of four debuts at #28 is “Gone Tomorrow” by Southern California producer Jay Bird with vocalist Clay Agnew. This is definitely in the Illenium/Trivecta vein and is exceptionally well done as an independent release. Jay Bird recently got to #4 with “Escape”.
Announcements
NEW AND STARTING JULY 10!! I’m pleased to announce that I will be your weekend announcer on Halton Hills Online and Radio GTA for my show “Your Weekend Music Mix”. The show will air Saturday and Sunday afternoons on Halton Hills Online and Saturday and Sunday evenings on Radio GTA. Be sure to check it out next weekend!
Planet Radio Canada is currently on hiatus for a few weeks and will return!
The music from this chart and blog are also featured regularly on the online radio station Radio GTA. You can hear their Big 20 on Wednesday evenings, also with ‘The Musicman’ James Rogers, and listen for songs from the chart too 🙂Scroll down the station’s main page to listen to lots of variety from across the decades! You can start by joining Radio GTA’s new interactive Facebook group too!!
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