Ranking of the most downloaded current and new singles on the iTunes digital platform from UK, compiled from daily rankings from 20 April 2026 to 24 April 2026
| TW | LW | Wks | Artist | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 9 | ALEX WARREN | Fever Dream |
| 2 | NEW | 1 | MADONNA | I Feel So Free |
| 3 | NEW | 1 | OLIVIA RODRIGO | Drop Dead |
| 4 | 3 | 9 | ELLA LANGLEY | Choosin' Texas |
| 5 | 4 | 9 | RAYE | Where Is My Husband! |
| 6 | 2 | 9 | SAM FENDER & OLIVIA DEAN | Rein Me In |
| 7 | 6 | 8 | BEBE REXHA | New Religion |
| 8 | 9 | 9 | OLIVIA DEAN | Man I Need |
| 9 | 7 | 8 | TAME IMPALA | Dracula |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | CAMERON WHITCOMB | Kingdom Of Fear |
| 11 | 11 | 9 | TAYLOR SWIFT | The Fate Of Ophelia |
| 12 | NEW | 1 | LEWIS CAPALDI | Stay Love |
| 13 | 12 | 9 | BRUNO MARS | I Just Might |
| 14 | NEW | 1 | WESTLIFE | Your Love Amazes Me |
| 15 | 10 | 5 | MILEY CYRUS | Younger You |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | TEDDY SWIMS | Mr. Know It All |
| 17 | 14 | 9 | TAYLOR SWIFT | Opalite |
| 18 | 16 | 9 | SOMBR | Homewrecker |
| 19 | 17 | 8 | HARRY STYLES | American Girls |
| 20 | 18 | 9 | SOMBR | 12 To 12 |
| 21 | 19 | 9 | DJO | End Of Beginning |
| 22 | NEW | 1 | LANA DEL REY | First Light |
| 23 | 13 | 3 | LADY GAGA & DOECHII | Runway |
| 24 | 15 | 9 | ELLA LANGLEY | Be Her |
| 25 | 31 | 9 | SIENNA SPIRO | Die On This Hill |
| 26 | NEW | 1 | PRINCE | With This Tear |
| 27 | 43 | 2 | CHARLIE PUTH, MICHAEL McDONALD & KENNY LOGGINS | Love In Exile |
| 28 | NEW | 1 | JOEL CORRY & RAHH | Devotion (Sweetest Emotion) |
| 29 | NEW | 1 | MGK & FRED DURST | Fix Ur Face |
| 30 | 29 | 9 | ZARA LARSSON | Midnight Sun |
| 31 | 30 | 9 | HARRY STYLES | Aperture |
| 32 | 28 | 9 | DAVE & TEMS | Raindance |
| 33 | 49 | 8 | BRUNO MARS | Risk It All |
| 34 | NEW | 1 | BELLES & DOLLY PARTON | Son Of Jolene |
| 35 | 55 | 7 | DISCO LINES & TINASHE | No Broke Boys |
| 36 | 45 | 2 | MASSIVE ATTACK & TOM WAITS | Boots On The Ground |
| 37 | 34 | 9 | SHAKIRA | Zoo |
| 38 | NEW | 1 | TYLA feat. ZARA LARSSON | She Did It Again |
| 39 | 23 | 9 | BELLA KAY | Iloveitiloveitiloveit |
| 40 | 25 | 5 | RAYE feat. HANS ZIMMER | Click Clack Symphony. |
| 41 | 51 | 9 | SONNY FODERA, D.O.D & POPPY BASKCOMB | Think About Us |
| 42 | 42 | 5 | BTS | Swim |
| 43 | NEW | 1 | BUJU BANTON | Butterflies |
| 44 | 24 | 6 | MILKY & MALL GRAB | Just The Way You Are |
| 45 | NEW | 1 | SYDNIE CHRISTMAS | Run |
| 46 | 58 | 8 | NOAH KAHAN | The Great Divide |
| 47 | 39 | 6 | SIENNA SPIRO | The Visitor |
| 48 | NEW | 1 | DURAN DURAN feat. NILE RODGERS | Free To Love |
| 49 | 20 | 3 | KATSEYE | Pinky Up |
| 50 | 35 | 5 | PAUL McCARTNEY | Days We Left Behind |
| 51 | NEW | 1 | BECK | Ride Lonesome |
| 52 | NEW | 1 | MAISIE PETERS & JULIA MICHAELS | Kingmaker |
| 53 | 32 | 7 | ANOTR feat. 54 ULTRA | Talk To You |
| 54 | 75 | 6 | TAKE THAT | You're A Superstar |
| 55 | NEW | 1 | BLOSSOMS | Joke About Divorce |
| 56 | 74 | 4 | KACEY MUSGRAVES | Dry Spell |
| 57 | 65 | 3 | IYAH MAY | Good Citizen |
| 58 | NEW | 1 | INPATIENT, REN & CHRIS WEBBY | Instigator |
| 59 | 86 | 4 | TAYLOR SWIFT | Elizabeth Taylor |
| 60 | 64 | 8 | FISHER | Rain |
| 61 | RE | 3 | JUNGLE | Carry On |
| 62 | NEW | 1 | NIALL HORAN | Little More Time |
| 63 | NEW | 1 | K-TRAP & HEADIE ONE | Mystery Box |
| 64 | NEW | 1 | MAPHRA | Circle With Me |
| 65 | NEW | 1 | CÉLINE DION | Dansons |
| 66 | 52 | 5 | TWO CONNORS | Familiar Faces |
| 67 | NEW | 1 | LIV MORGAN | Trouble |
| 68 | 62 | 6 | NOAH KAHAN | Porch Light |
| 69 | NEW | 1 | DAN BYRNE | Home |
| 70 | NEW | 1 | MICHAEL BALL | You |
| 71 | 99 | 7 | AIYANA-LEE | Housebroken |
| 72 | NEW | 1 | BLACK VEIL BRIDES & MACHINE HEAD | Revenger |
| 73 | NEW | 1 | AIRBOURNE | Alive After Death (Last Plane Out) |
| 74 | NEW | 1 | MUSE | Cryogen |
| 75 | 27 | 9 | MYLES SMITH & NIALL HORAN | Drive Safe |
| 76 | NEW | 1 | FUTURE ISLANDS | One Day |
| 77 | NEW | 1 | FUTURE ISLANDS | The Ink Well |
| 78 | NEW | 1 | DILJIT DOSANJH, CHANI NATTAN & TRU-SKOOL | Morni |
| 79 | RE | 4 | DAVID GUETTA, TEDDY SWIMS & TONES AND I | Gone Gone Gone |
| 80 | NEW | 1 | SOMBR | Potential |
| 81 | NEW | 1 | KORN | Reward The Scars |
| 82 | RE | 4 | HUGEL & SOLTO | Jamaican (Bam Bam) |
| 83 | 61 | 2 | LIZZO | Don’t Make Me Love U |
| 84 | NEW | 1 | DEVIN TOWNSEND | Home At Night (The Afterlife) |
| 85 | RE | 2 | SKINDRED | Can I Get A |
| 86 | NEW | 1 | KIEFER SUTHERLAND | Goodbye California |
| 87 | 84 | 6 | MUSE | Be With You |
| 88 | 57 | 4 | JESSIE WARE | Automatic |
| 89 | NEW | 1 | REVEREND AND THE MAKERS & ROBBIE WILLIAMS | Fucked Up |
| 90 | 40 | 9 | HAVEN. & KAITLIN ARAGON | I Run |
| 91 | 96 | 3 | FOO FIGHTERS | Of All People |
| 92 | RE | 3 | ROMANTIK. | Always You |
| 93 | 47 | 6 | MAPHRA | Doomed |
| 94 | NEW | 1 | JUDE YORK | Camilla |
| 95 | NEW | 1 | SHABOOZEY | Born To Die |
| 96 | 78 | 3 | ANYMA & LISA | Bad Angel |
| 97 | 71 | 3 | JACK SAVORETTI | We Will Always Be The Way We Were |
| 98 | 87 | 2 | PROSPA & CLOONEE | Free Your Mind |
| 99 | NEW | 1 | WESTLIFE | Chariot |
| 100 | 22 | 3 | EVANESCENCE | Who Will You Follow |
| LEAVING THIS WEEK | ||||
| MYLES SMITH | My Mess | |||
| OLIVIA DEAN | So Easy (To Fall In Love) | |||
| BLUE | Flowers | |||
| CHRIS BROWN | Obvious | |||
| BILLY RAY CYRUS & NOAH CYRUS | On Our Way Along | |||
| SABRINA CARPENTER | House Tour | |||
| DIGGA | Payg | |||
| JUST THE BRAVE | Game Changer | |||
| THE STROKES | Going Shopping | |||
| TORI AMOS | Gasoline Girls | |||
| JESSIE J | California | |||
| JALEN NGONDA | Hang It On The Shelf | |||
| TALIA MAR | Lady | |||
| INPATIENT, REN & CHRIS WEBBY | Down The Road | |||
| CAMMY BARNES | Highland Runaway | |||
| KYGO & CARTER FAITH | That's When You Know | |||
| JESSIE WARE | Ride | |||
| JESSIE WARE | I Could Get Used To This | |||
| JACK WHITE | G.o.d. And The Broken Ribs | |||
| MATT CARDLE | You Take The Sun | |||
| HOLLY HUMBERSTONE | To Love Somebody | |||
| MIKE POSNER & DAVID GUETTA | I Went Back To Ibiza | |||
| RICK ASTLEY | Raindrops | |||
| PINKPANTHERESS & ZARA LARSSON | Stateside | |||
| JOY RHODES | I Love Me | |||
| MELANIE C | Attitude | |||
| MUNA | Wannabeher | |||
| CALVIN HARRIS & KASABIAN | Release The Pressure | |||
| CAMERON WHITCOMB | You And Me | |||
| CANAAN COX | If There's Rain | |||
| JACK SAVORETTI | I Hear You Calling | |||
| STELLA LEFTY | Boston | |||
| MULAA JOANS | Love Letter | |||
| TWICE | Takedown | |||
| DOMINIC FIKE | White Keys | |||
| JOY RHODES | Supposed To | |||
| LUKE COMBS | Sleepless In A Hotel Room | |||
| JAMES HYPE | Be Mine | |||
| MONSTA X | Heal | |||
| BROOKE COMBE | Tears Won't Lie | |||
| THE CHAINSMOKERS & OAKS | Echo | |||
| CHASE & STATUS feat. LANCEY FOUX | Homework | |||
| HILARY DUFF | Come Clean |
UK iTunes Singles Chart: downloads tell a different story in the streaming era
While streaming dominates the global music economy, the UK iTunes chart still offers a fascinating—and often overlooked—snapshot of pure fan intent. This week’s Top 100 highlights a unique mix of loyal fanbases, legacy icons, and surprise debuts that don’t always mirror radio or streaming trends.
Alex Warren holds firm as Madonna storms in
At No.1, Alex Warren’s “Fever Dream” (TW:1) continues its reign, proving that its appeal goes beyond airplay into actual purchase behavior. With 9 weeks on the chart, it’s one of the most stable digital hits of the moment.
But the headline is just behind: Madonna debuts straight at No.2 with “I Feel So Free”. A classic iTunes phenomenon—a legacy icon mobilizing a highly engaged fanbase to drive instant sales impact.
Close behind, Olivia Rodrigo lands at No.3 with “Drop Dead”, confirming her cross-generational pull.
New entries dominate: a fan-driven ecosystem
Unlike airplay charts, iTunes is heavily shaped by release cycles and fan mobilization, and this week is packed with debuts:
- Lewis Capaldi enters at No.12 (“Stay Love”)
- Westlife double up with entries at No.14 and No.99
- Lana Del Rey debuts at No.22
- Prince reappears with a new entry at No.26
Further down, the chart becomes a who’s who of legacy and niche audiences, from Céline Dion to Korn—a diversity rarely seen on streaming charts.
Stability vs volatility: two speeds of success
Some tracks show impressive staying power:
- Ella Langley (“Choosin’ Texas”, TW:4)
- Raye (“Where Is My Husband!”, TW:5)
- Bebe Rexha (“New Religion”, TW:7)
Meanwhile, others fluctuate wildly—typical of download charts:
- Sienna Spiro jumps into the Top 25
- Charlie Puth makes a major leap into the Top 30
- Take That re-surges (TW:54)
This volatility reflects short-term purchase spikes rather than sustained consumption.
Multi-track domination: Taylor Swift & Harry Styles
Even in downloads, the heavyweights remain unavoidable:
- Taylor Swift places multiple tracks across the chart (“The Fate Of Ophelia”, “Opalite”, “Elizabeth Taylor”)
- Harry Styles maintains dual presence with “American Girls” and “Aperture”
This reinforces a key insight: strong fanbases translate directly into sales, not just streams.
Genre fluidity: from pop to metal in one chart
One of iTunes’ biggest strengths is its genre inclusivity:
- Pop dominates the Top 20
- Country and adult contemporary appear via Ella Langley and Kacey Musgraves
- Rock and metal surface deeper in the chart with Korn, Black Veil Brides, and Airbourne
- Electronic and dance remain present with Joel Corry and Prospa
It’s a truer reflection of niche audiences than algorithm-driven platforms.
Climbing momentum: sleeper hits gaining traction
A few tracks are quietly building:
- Bruno Mars sees “Risk It All” rebound strongly
- Noah Kahan continues to grow with “The Great Divide”
- Jungle re-enters with “Carry On”
These movements often reflect word-of-mouth and delayed discovery rather than playlist pushes.
SEO & industry insights: what iTunes still tells us
- Fanbase power > algorithmic push
- Legacy artists remain highly competitive in sales
- Release timing drives immediate chart impact
- Downloads highlight niches ignored by streaming platforms
Final takeaway: the last stronghold of intentional listening
The UK iTunes chart isn’t about passive listening—it’s about active choice. And that makes it invaluable.
👉 Alex Warren confirms his broad appeal
👉 Madonna proves legacy artists can still dominate overnight
👉 Olivia Rodrigo bridges streaming and sales effortlessly
In a world ruled by playlists, iTunes remains the clearest signal of who fans are willing to pay for—and that still matters.
