YE JOLLY OLDE iTUNES U.K. CHARTS

The halo effect of the BRIT Awards is still apparent more than two weeks after the fact, strengthening the status of the new and established stars who were on display that eventful evening. Still populating one or both Top 10s are Royal Blood, Ed Sheeran, Ella Henderson, Hozier, Madonna, James Bay and, above all, Sam Smith, who has become Britain’s biggest star in what seems like the blink of an eye. Meanwhile, rock is raising its head with the appearance of the preorder for the upcoming Muse set, which WMG is dropping in June, and the self-released LP from former Oasis kingpin Noel Gallagher, now in its second week.