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\n\tNoah Kahan<\/a> hits the U.K. chart for six as \u201cStick Season\u201d (via Republic Records) extends its reign<\/a>. <\/p>\n \n\tThe Vermont, U.S. singer and songwriter\u2019s breakthrough folky number racks-up a market leading 8.3 million streams, the Official Charts Company reports, as it collects a sixth straight week at No. 1. <\/p>\n \n\tThat\u2019s the longest consecutive streak atop the Official U.K. Singles Chart since Dave & Central Cee\u2019s \u201cSprinter\u201d ran through the pack in the summer of 2023.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cStick Season\u201d leads an unchanged top three, ahead of Sophie Ellis-Bextor<\/a>\u2019s \u201cMurder on the Dancefloor\u201d (Polydor) and Teddy Swims<\/a>\u2019 \u201cLose Control\u201d (Atlantic), respectively.<\/p>\n \n\tThere\u2019s change, however, for Benson Boone<\/a>\u2019s \u201cBeautiful Things\u201d(Warner Records) which vaults 11-5, for the U.S. artist\u2019s first career appearance in the U.K. top 10.<\/p>\n \n\tAnother artist on the rise is YG Marley<\/a>, grandson of the late, great Bob Marley, and son of Ms. Lauryn Hill, whose independently-released \u201cPraise Jah In The Moonlight\u201d improves 20-9. That\u2019s Marley\u2019s first-ever U.K. top 10 appearance. <\/p>\n \n\tElla Henderson<\/a> and Rudimental<\/a>\u2019s \u201cAlibi\u201d (Atlantic) has a new high point, lifting 24-16 in its fourth week. \u201cAlibi\u201d samples the late Coolio\u2019s hit \u201cGangsta\u2019s Paradise\u201d (which in turn sampled Stevie Wonder 1976 single \u201cPastime Paradise\u201d), a 1995 hit which logged two weeks at No. 1 and finished the year as the U.K.\u2019s second biggest-selling single. <\/p>\n \n\tIt\u2019s a great week for The Last Dinner Party<\/a>, the critically-lauded London band, whose debut LP Prelude to Ecstasy<\/em> (via Island) blasts to No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart<\/a>. The lead single from it, \u201cNothing Matters,\u201d lifts 22-19 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, published Friday, Feb. 9, for the five-piece band\u2019s first U.K. top 20 appearance. <\/p>\n \n\tAlso on the rise is Justin Timberlake<\/a>\u2019s \u201cSelfish\u201d (up 37-29 via RCA) and Michael Marcagi\u2019s TikTok-powered<\/a> \u201cScared To Start\u201d (Warner Records), up 38-31 \u2013 a new career high for the singer-songwriter and Cincinnati native. <\/p>\n \n\tFinally, it\u2019s a good week for Good Neighbours, the English indie-rock duo<\/a> of Oli Fox and South London-based Scott Verrill, whose debut single \u201cHome\u201d (Some Action) cracks the top 40 for the first time. \u201cHome\u201d runs 81-40.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n