Jack Saunders delivered the big news of the afternoon live on The Official Chart: Jamie Miller had finally landed his first ever UK number one with Babydoll, pipping Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan's Expectations and seeing off Tate McRae's new entry Housewife at number two. Saunders caught Miller by phone in Cannes, where he was about to perform at a major French awards show just minutes after hearing the news. "It feels like my biggest dream come true ever, the best day of my life," Miller told him.
Listen: Jamie Miller reacts to his first UK number one
Miller opened up to Saunders about writing the record after a rough couple of years out of the spotlight. "I think a lot of people were trying to change me over the years," he said, explaining he went to the desert to make the album "my way" before handing it to his label. Asked who'd be proudest, Miller said simply, "My mum and dad." Saunders pointed out Miller is the first male Welsh solo artist to top the chart since Shakin' Stevens' Merry Christmas Everyone in 1985.
Elsewhere, Fontaine D.C. landed three new entries from their album Dopamine Chamber, which Saunders confirmed had gone straight in as the UK's number one album. Taylor Swift's three-week reign at number one with Patient Zero finally ended, dropping to number 10 and clearing the way for the big showdown. Saunders also issued a cheeky mock apology to Peterborough, after joking that listeners travelling there for a wedding were going "the wrong way round."
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