This Week's Chart By Numbers (15th February 2015)
A look at the best highlights from this Sunday's chart.
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1. Taylor Swift now has THREE tracks in the Vodafone Big Top 40.
'Style' debuted at 29th place on Sunday giving Taylor a third single in the chart.
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2. Collaborations are totally in right now.
There were a combined total of TEN collaborations on Sunday's chart including Rihanna's 'FourFiveSeconds' with Paul McCartney and Kanye West.
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3. 428 Weeks
From Ellie Goulding at No.1 to George Ezra at No.40, all the songs in the chart have a combined appearance of 428 weeks.
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4. Sam Smith's songs are VERY popular.
'Stay With Me', 'I'm Not The Only One' and 'Like I Can' have a combined 60 WEEKS in the chart, wow. Picture: Getty
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5. The Weeknd's 'Earned It' climbed the most places.
The Weeknd's Fifty Shades of Grey track went from 28th to 6th climbing a huge 22 places.
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6. There were FOUR new entries on Sunday's chart.
Imagine Dragons' 'I Bet My Life' along with LuvBug, Taylor Swift and Bakermat all had new entries.
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7. Paul McCartney is the oldest artist in the current chart.
The ex-Beatle is now 72 YEARS OLD and still rocking like he was back in the 60s. Photo: Mary McCartney
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8. British artists are a force to be reckoned with.
There are 17 British artists in the top 40 this week with George Ezra's 'Blame It On Me' capturing it's 24th appearance. Picture: Getty
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9. Luvbug grabbed the highest new entry of the week.
Our very own Marvin Humes, JKAY & The White N3rd stormed in at No.10 only hours after the release of the track.
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10. John Legend has nearly been in the chart for a solid year.
It has now been 48 appearances for John Legend's 'All Of Me'. He is now only four weeks away from an entire year in the Vodafone Big Top 40.
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11. Ellie Goulding is No.1.
Ellie Goulding captured her third week at the top of the chart with her Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack song 'Love Me Like You Do'.
