The big talking point from Friday’s chart show was Jamie T landing his sixth UK number one album with Ghosts: 100 Days of Mourning, pipping Blossoms and new entries from Chase & Status and Jason States to the top spot. Speaking to Jack Saunders, Jamie admitted he hadn’t expected the reaction. “The reaction to it’s been quite overwhelming this week,” he said, adding that he made the record at a point where he wanted to “process” things and move forward. He also opened up about his long friendship with Damon Albarn, who features on the track Cocktail, saying Albarn let him use his studio when he was just 19 and has been “a good sounding board” ever since.
The singles race provided its own drama, with Jack building up the top three all show as a genuine three-way fight between Taylor Swift’s Patient Zero, Sienna Spyro’s Great Expectation and Jamie Miller’s Baby Doll. By the final countdown Ash had climbed to number three with Stop The Wedding, Sienna Spyro sat at four, and Jamie Miller moved up to number two with Baby Doll, leaving Taylor Swift on course to extend her run at the top.
Elsewhere, listeners flooded in with Friday plans via WhatsApp, from a trucker called Ricky checking in after a week away to a group of 36 heading off to climb Kilimanjaro for the FTG Brothers Foundation’s dementia charity. Jack also plugged Live Lounge month continuing next week on Charlie and Jerry’s show, with Chase & Status among this week’s guests.
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