{"id":539910,"date":"2026-04-19T19:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/539910\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T19:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:57:08","slug":"drop-to-the-top-olivia-rodrigos-drop-dead-eyes-number-1-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/539910\/","title":{"rendered":"Drop to the top? Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s drop dead eyes Number 1 spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can drop dead finally knock\u00a0Sam Fender<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Olivia\u00a0Dean<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Rein Me In<\/a>\u00a0from its perch?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n MORE: Where every Olivia Rodrigo song and album has charted in the UK\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

But\u00a0Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Elizabeth Taylor<\/a>\u00a0is also battling for that top spot, after a special\u00a0violet glitter\u00a0vinyl variant, including a\u00a0So Glamorous Cabaret Version\u00a0on the\u00a0b-side,\u00a0was dropped as part of this year\u2019s Record Store Day\u00a0(2).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Coachella boom has given\u00a0Justin Bieber<\/a>\u00a0a new lease of life. After reaching a fresh peak on Friday,\u00a0Beauty and a Beat<\/a>\u00a0is now set to break the Top 10 and blast to new heights (4).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

And Justin\u2019s renaissance may also see former Number 1\u00a0DAISIES<\/a>\u00a0rise five (10), while there could be a return for an all-time favourite in\u00a0Baby<\/a>\u00a0featuring\u00a0Ludacris<\/a>\u00a0(21), which\u00a0hasn’t\u00a0seen a main chart entry since its release in 2010.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Olivia Dean and\u00a0Jools Holland<\/a>\u2019s stunning rendition of\u00a0Carole King<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0You\u2019ve Got a Friend, released as a physical\u00a0variant\u00a0for Record Store Day, may\u00a0see the British duo\u00a0sneak inside the Top 10 (8).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Also following the RSD 2026 trend,\u00a0Charli\u00a0xcx<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0party 4\u00a0u<\/a>\u00a0is eyeing a resurgence\u00a0and a brand-new peak,\u00a0following the release of a 7\u201d\u00a0crystal clear\u00a0vinyl (12).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Elsewhere,\u00a0sombr<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0surprise\u00a0drop\u00a0Potential\u00a0eyes a Top 40 finish\u00a0(23), while the iconic team up\u00a0from\u00a0Tyla<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Zara Larsson<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0SHE DID IT AGAIN\u00a0also\u00a0looks to position highly (25).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

After\u00a0a recent\u00a0debut inside the Top 40,\u00a0Prospa<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Free Your Mind<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0Cloonee<\/a>\u00a0eyes further elevation (30), as\u00a0Lana Del Rey<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0First Light,\u00a0the\u00a0theme to upcoming James Bond video game 007 First Light,\u00a0looks to finish\u00a0strongly (39).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Can drop dead finally knock\u00a0Sam Fender\u00a0and\u00a0Olivia\u00a0Dean\u2019s\u00a0Rein Me In\u00a0from its perch?\u00a0\u00a0 MORE: Where every Olivia Rodrigo song and album…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,7322,128,50,34240,10568,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-539910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-justin-bieber","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-olivia-rodrigo","13":"tag-taylor-swift","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}