Jamie Miller's Babydoll becomes the first UK number one by a Welsh artist since 2011
The Cardiff singer's track reached the top of the Official Singles Chart in its ninth week, while Fontaines DC went straight in at number one on the albums chart.
Cardiff singer Jamie Miller is at number one on the Official Singles Chart with Babydoll, making him the first Welsh artist to top the UK chart in 15 years.
The track climbed one place from number two in the chart announced on Friday, which runs for the week of 23 to 29 October. It has now spent nine weeks in the chart. Tate McRae's new single Housewife entered at number two, narrowly behind.
The last Welsh act to reach number one was Sian Evans, who featured on DJ Fresh's Louder in 2011. Miller, who grew up in Pontprennau, is also the first solo male artist from Wales to top the singles chart since Shakin' Stevens did it with Merry Christmas Everyone in 1985.
A slow climb from August
Babydoll came out on 7 August. Its rise was helped by social media, where the actress Jennifer Love Hewitt shared videos using the song and a dance trend followed on TikTok. The track also reached number one on the US iTunes pop chart and gave Miller his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100.
Miller, 29, first came to wider attention nearly a decade ago when he finished third in the sixth series of The Voice UK. He has said he thought about giving up music at the start of this year. He has also released a second version of Babydoll with the actor Antonio Cipriano.
How the chart is put together
The Official Singles Chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company from a week of audio and video streams, downloads and physical sales on CD and vinyl. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday, and the new chart is announced each Friday, with the Top 40 broadcast on BBC Radio 1.
Because streams count towards the total, songs that keep a steady audience over many weeks can build up to the top spot well after release, as Babydoll has done. Songs can also stay in the chart for a long time. This week, Ella Langley's Choosin' Texas is at number six in its 42nd week, and Sienna Spiro's Great Expectation, a former number one, is at five after 16 weeks.
The rest of this week's top five is completed by Olivia Rodrigo's Expectations with Chappell Roan at number three and Ashe's Stop The Wedding at number four. Taylor Swift's Patient Zero, last week's number one, drops to ten.
Albums
On the Official Albums Chart, Irish band Fontaines DC are new at number one with Dopamine Chamber, their second chart-topping album. It had the third biggest opening week for any album this year and is the fastest-selling studio album by an Irish act since Snow Patrol's Fallen Empires in 2011.
Olivia Rodrigo is at number two with an album now in its 19th week, and The Essential Michael Jackson is at number three in its 281st week on the chart.
