The Unofficial British Artists Top 20

Richard A. Boxshall
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A top 20 music chart compiled weekly but featuring only British Artists…. A celebration of British music. Listen on this Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iNSpPTVYSsFdhUYVabUSk?si=1fa137b01a9841ef

Episodes

  1. 5. 27th February 2026

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    5. 27th February 2026

    The show includes the top 20 chart of British artists from this week, as well as an album review of My Ego Told Me To by Leigh—Anne. Song of the week: Ewan McVicar - Share The House International song of the week: Twenty One Pilots - Drag Path Chart: 1 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean (Rein Me In) (↔️, 1, 5 weeks) 2 Olivia Dean (So Easy(To Fall In Love)) (↔️, 2, 5 weeks) 3 Pink Pantheress (Stateside) (🔼1, 3, 5 weeks) 4 Olivia Dean (Man I need) (🔽1, 3, 5 weeks) 5 Charli XCX (Chains of love) (🔼3, 5, 2 weeks) 6 RAYE (Where is my husband) (🔽1, 2, 5 weeks) 7 Dave/Tems (Raindance) (🔽1, 1, 5 weeks) 8 Harry Styles (Aperture) (🔽3, 1, 5 weeks) 9 Olivia Dean (A Couple Minutes) (↔️, 9, 5 weeks) 10 Charli XCX (Dying for you) (🔼1, 10, 2 weeks) 11 Sonny Fodera / D O D* / Baskcomb* (Think About Us) (🔽1, 10, 5 weeks) 12 Sienna Spiro (Die On This Hill) (↔️, 7, 5 weeks) 13 Fleetwood Mac (Landslide) (🔼2, 13, 5 weeks) 14 Miles Smith & Niall Horan (Drive Safe) (🔽1, 11, 3 weeks) 15 Sienna Spiro (You Stole The Show) (🔼2, 12, 5 weeks) 16 Charlie XCX (Always Everywhere) (🔽2, 14, 2 weeks) 17 Kate Bush (Wuthering Heights) (🆕, 17, 1 week) 18 The Cure (Boys Don’t Cry) (↔️, 12, 4 weeks) 19 Evan McVicar (Share The House)(🆕, 19, 1 week) 20 Haven ft Kaitlin Aragon (I Run) (🔄, 9, 4 weeks)

    17 min

  2. FEB 20

    4. 20th February 2026

    In this show, I talk about this week’s top 20, as well as review the new album by Charli XCX, Wuthering Heights. Here is this week’s top 20: (Change, Highest Position, Weeks on Chart). 1 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean (Rein Me In) (🔼2, 1, 4 weeks) 2 Olivia Dean (So Easy(To Fall In Love)) (🔼2, 2, 4 weeks) 3 Olivia Dean (Man I need) (🔼2, 3, 4 weeks) 4 Pink Pantheress (Stateside) (🔼2, 4, 4 weeks) 5 Harry Styles (Aperture) (🔼3, 1, 4 weeks) 6 Dave/Tems (Raindance) (🔽5, 1, 4 weeks) 7 RAYE (Where is my husband) (🔽5, 2, 4 weeks) 8 Charli XCX (Chains of love) (🆕, 8, 1 week) 9 Olivia Dean (A Couple Minutes) (↔️, 9, 4 weeks) 10 Sonny Fodera / D O D* / Baskcomb* (Think About Us) (↔️, 10, 4 weeks) 11 Charli XVX (Dying for you) (🆕, 11, 1 week) 12 Sienna Spiro (Die On This Hill) (🔽5, 7, 4 weeks) 13 Miles Smith & Niall Horan (Drive Safe) (🔽2, 11, 2 weeks) 14 Charlie XCX (Always Everywhere) (🆕, 14, 1 week) 15 Fleetwood Mac (Landslide) (🔽2, 13, 4 weeks) 16 Central Cee (Iceman Freestyle) (🆕, 16, 1 week) 17 Sienna Spiro (You Stole The Show) (🔽5, 12, 4 weeks) 18 The Cure (Boys Don’t Cry) (🔽4, 12, 3 weeks) 19 Fred Again and Jamie T (Lights Burn Dimmer) (🆕, 19, 1 week) 20 Central Cee ft J Hus (Slaughter) (🆕, 20, 1 week)

    16 min

  3. FEB 14

    3. 13th February 2026

    In this episode, I discuss this week’s Top 20, explain why only two of the five new entries are really anything to celebrate, and look at the distressing figures about how much British music is in the official top 100

    16 min

  4. FEB 7

    2. 6th February 2026

    This week’s top 20 (yes top 20 not top 40, I shall eventually change the title of the podcast when I can be bothered to do some new artwork for it) as well as a look at forthcoming albums that I think will impact on the chart and a quick look at British success at this year’s Grammys.

    13 min

  5. JAN 31

    1. 30th January 2026

    A chat about British Music in the form of a Top 20 countdown based on the Official Chart in the UK but only featuring British Artists…

    17 min

  6. 02/09/2025

    Chart w/c 9th February 2025

    The latest unofficial British artists top 40, you can listen to the playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iNSpPTVYSsFdhUYVabUSk?si=d25669abb9944d45 And you can listen to my personal podcast about writing here: https://open.spotify.com/show/0rszqguw3EcoYnUscEp58j?si=1e0f18dc3867450a

    7 min

  7. 02/01/2025

    Chart w/c 2nd February 2025

    The latest unofficial British artists top 40, you can listen to the playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iNSpPTVYSsFdhUYVabUSk?si=d25669abb9944d45 And you can listen to my personal podcast about writing here: https://open.spotify.com/show/0rszqguw3EcoYnUscEp58j?si=1e0f18dc3867450a

    8 min

  8. 01/26/2025

    Chart w/c 26th January 2025

    The latest unofficial British artists top 40, you can listen to the playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iNSpPTVYSsFdhUYVabUSk?si=HyBSioE3R-GjixofVMprrQ&pi=e-RgnKghNRRdqX And you can listen to my personal podcast about writing here: https://open.spotify.com/show/0rszqguw3EcoYnUscEp58j?si=1gYdU3A3T2C3-eLQqL-qKA

    6 min

  9. 01/18/2025

    Chart w/c 19th January 2025

    New British artist top 40 for week commencing the 19th of January 2025. Listen to the chart on Spotify using this link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iNSpPTVYSsFdhUYVabUSk?si=TJf2F8DURAqbgbvOphLAeA&pi=e-KlmmBfm4TLqs

    6 min

  10. 01/11/2025

    Chart w/c 12th January 2025

    The top 40 singles by British Artists this week, followed by brief commentary by myself on what I like and what I’m disappointed by in the chart this week.. Listen to the chart on Spotify using this link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iNSpPTVYSsFdhUYVabUSk?si=TJf2F8DURAqbgbvOphLAeA&pi=e-KlmmBfm4TLqs

    6 min

  11. 01/03/2025

    Chart w/c 5th January 2025

    The first chart of the year sees the majority of the Christmas songs fall away to be replaced by a lot of tunes that were in the charts before Christmas, plus a brand-new number one… Listen to the chart on Spotify using this link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iNSpPTVYSsFdhUYVabUSk?si=TJf2F8DURAqbgbvOphLAeA&pi=e-KlmmBfm4TLqs

    5 min
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A top 20 music chart compiled weekly but featuring only British Artists…. A celebration of British music. Listen on this Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3iNSpPTVYSsFdhUYVabUSk?si=1fa137b01a9841ef

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