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\n\tBeyonc\u00e9<\/a> holds all the cards as \u201cTexas Hold \u2018Em\u201d blasts into the U.K. top 10. <\/p>\n \n\tThe new single, the first from Bey\u2019s forthcoming Renaissance Act II<\/em> (Columbia\/Parkwood Ent) project, bows at No. 9 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, published Friday, Feb. 16. <\/p>\n \n\tWith that fast start, the pop superstar bags a 22nd U.K. top 10 single. Act II\u00a0<\/em>will mark Bey\u2019s eighth studio record<\/a>, four of which have gone to No. 1 in the U.K.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThree cuts from\u00a0Kanye West<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Ty Dolla $ign<\/a>\u2019s Vultures 1<\/em> (YZY) fly into the Official Chart <\/a>\u2013 the maximum allowed from any one album. All crack the top 20, led by \u201cCarnival\u201d (at No. 12), \u201cBurn\u201d (No. 17) and \u201cBack To Me\u201d (No. 18). <\/p>\n \n\tAt the top of the tally is Noah Kahan<\/a>\u2019s \u201cStick Season\u201d (Republic Records), which logs a seventh straight week at No. 1. With its parent album climbing to the summit of the Official U.K. Albums Chart, Kahan has his first career U.K. chart double.<\/a> A new edition of the Stick Season<\/em> album yields the track \u201cForever,\u201d which arrives at No. 31 for his fifth U.K. top 40 single.<\/p>\n \n\tSophie Ellis-Bextor<\/a>\u2019s Saltburn<\/em>-powered \u201cMurder On The Dancefloor\u201d (Polydor) holds at No. 2 on the Official Singles Chart, less than 600 combined units ahead of Benson Boone<\/a>\u2019s \u201cBeautiful Things\u201d (Warner Records), the OCC reports. \u201cBeautiful Things\u201d lifts 5-3, a new peak position for the 21-year-old Washington-born singer-songwriter.<\/p>\n \n\tAlso on the rise is YG Marley<\/a>\u2019s \u201cPraise Jah in the Moonlight\u201d (YG Marley Music), up 9-5. That\u2019s a career high for Marley, the grandson of the late, great Bob Marley and son of Ms. Lauryn Hill. <\/p>\n \n\tEnglish singer and TV presenter Wes Nelson enjoys a top 40 debut with \u201cAbracadabra\u201d (Moor), his collaboration with homegrown R&B favorite Craig David<\/a>. It\u2019s new at No. 37, following the pair\u2019s live performance on ITV\u2019s Love Island All Stars<\/em>, for Nelson\u2019s fourth U.K. top 40 single and David\u2019s 26th.\u202f<\/p>\n \n\tFinally, Tracy Chapman<\/a>\u2019s \u201cFast Car\u201d (Rhino) returns to the top 40 following her rare performance of the \u201880s hit at the 2024 Grammy Awards. \u201cFast Car\u201d reenters at No. 38, after Chapman and country star Luke Combs performed the song on the Grammys on Feb. 4, marking Chapman\u2019s first live television appearance since 2015. Originally released in 1988, \u201cFast Car\u201d reached its peak of No. 4 in 2011, and has been introduced to country audiences by Combs\u2019 faithful rendition<\/a> which appeared on 2023\u2019s Gettin\u2019 Old <\/em>and became a U.S. hit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n