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Bruno Mars<\/a> is back with The Romantic, his first solo studio LP since 2016’s 24K Magic<\/a>. Featuring the Top 5 single I Just Might<\/a>, can the record earn Bruno a hat-trick of chart-toppers alongside 2010 debut Doo-Wops & Hooligans<\/a> and 2012’s Unorthodox Jukebox<\/a>?<\/p>\n K-pop idols BLACKPINK<\/a> follow up their 2022 chart-topper BORN PINK<\/a> with DEADLINE. ROS\u00c9<\/a>, LISA<\/a>, JENNIE<\/a> and JISOO<\/a>‘s latest EP includes the 2025 Top 20 single JUMP<\/a>, plus focus track GO.<\/p>\n Also hoping for another Number 1 win are Gorillaz<\/a>, who deliver their ninth studio album The Mountain<\/a> this week. Previously, the band have topped the Official Albums Chart<\/a> with 2005 work\u00a0Demon Days<\/a> and 2023’s Cracker Island<\/a>, with a further six UK Top 40 LPs to their name.<\/p>\n Mitski<\/a> returns with her eighth studio collection Nothing’s About to Happen to Me, the follow-up to her highest-charting release to date, 2023’s The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We<\/a> (4).<\/p>\n Rising East London rapper Kidwild drops his debut mixtape Job’s Not Done, while XX.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, BRIT<\/a>-nominated band Geese<\/a> offer up their Live at Third Man Records set, rising alt-rock artist Ria Rua unleashes her debut album SCAPEG.O.A.T.,\u00a0Erin LeCount<\/a> unveils PAREIDOLIA, Kevin Richard Martin<\/a> delivers Sub Zero and American rock outfit Crooked Fingers release Swet Deth.<\/p>\n Now, let’s talk singles.<\/p>\n After clinching the first chart-topper of 2026 with WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!<\/a>, and ahead of her performance at this weekend’s BRIT Awards<\/a>\u00a0in Manchester,\u00a0RAYE<\/a>\u00a0returns with Nightingale Lane., the latest cut from her second studio album THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE., due March 27.<\/p>\n Speaking of BRIT Awards, two time nominated artist Skye Newman<\/a> strides into 2026 with her first single of the year, Walk. Can she make it a week to remember by picking up an award as well as earning a fourth Top 40 hit?\u00a0<\/p>\n Independent London-based singer-songwriter CHARL shares a familiar story of frustration on Begging On My Birthday. Tired of begging for her partner’s attention, she’s after “the bare minimum.”<\/p>\n On the track, CHARL explains: “A common occurrence was that I was the organiser of everything. I\u2019m definitely guilty of taking up a lot of space by being overly maternal but the effort I put in for my partner on his birthday just wasn\u2019t reciprocated.<\/p>\n “The overall statement in the song is, if you can\u2019t show up for me on my birthday then we\u2019re pretty much damned for the rest of the year, aren\u2019t we? I love that you can hear some of my favourite indie influences in this song, specifically Sweet Disposition<\/a> by The Temper Trap<\/a>.”<\/p>\n Breakout Manchester five-piece The Guest List take aim at a post-truth world on new single Something Real, which comes ahead of their upcoming headline tour, kicking off at Dublin’s Academy 2 on April 7.<\/p>\n Ahead of his performance at this weekend’s BRIT Awards<\/a> at Manchester’s Co-op Live, International Song of the Year nominee Alex Warren<\/a>\u00a0releases brand-new tune Fever Dream, as Ava Max<\/a> invites you to step into her ‘new world’ with\u00a0KiLL it QUEEN.<\/p>\n Rising Bath-based singer-songwriter Ruby Roberts drops I’d Do Anything, while\u00a0Grace Davies<\/a> teams up with Sonny Tennet on Butterflies, a heart-wrenching love song written about her grandparents’ battle with\u00a0Alzheimer\u2019s and Dementia.<\/p>\n Sonny Fodera<\/a> ushers in some welcome sunshine as he recruits chart-topping singer, songwriter and producer\u00a0Chrystal<\/a> on feel-good house anthem My Loving, while British singer, songwriter and pianist Hutch offers up Coasting.<\/p>\n We also find big single releases from new Capitol Records signing Jael (Prisoner of Love), Saint Harison (glass houses), Isak Danielson (Always You),\u00a0Laufey<\/a> (How I Get),\u00a0Melanie Martinez<\/a> (DISNEY PRINCESS), Tom Misch<\/a> (Slow Tonight) and\u00a0girli<\/a> (Romantic Sadness).<\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.officialcharts.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bruno Mars is back with The Romantic, his first solo studio LP since 2016’s 24K Magic. 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