Jack Saunders promised it would get "spicy" inside the top five, and he wasn't wrong. Taylor Swift turned Friday's Official Chart into a one-woman takeover, landing Babylon at four, Cleveland at three, and finally shoving Sienna Spyro's long-reigning Great Expectations down to number two with Patient Zero claiming the top spot. Jack called it "the kind of battle we want to see at the top of the chart," praising Spyro as "one of our newfound greats thriving at an elite level" even as she lost out. On the albums side, Swift's deluxe reissue of Life of a Showgirl also surged to number two, which Jack reckoned made her reign feel "inevitable" well before the big reveal.
Away from the chart battle, it was listeners' "Number One of the Week" shout-outs that stole some of the warmth. One caller's new air fryer ("absolute game changer… we had a quiche last night, it was chef's kiss") went up against a more moving entry from Alice, who's off mountain biking and birdwatching after having to postpone an April holiday for cancer treatment. Nate in Bournemouth also got a mention for finishing exams, while football bragging rights went to a listener mistaken for a pro after one good match on Saturday.
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