U.K. CHARTS: A RECORD WEEK FOR KATE BUSH

Kate Bush has set three U.K. Official Chart records as her "Running Up That Hill" (Fish People) hits #1, 37 years after its initial release. On the albums chart, Columbia’s George Ezra has ascended to #1.

With her run up the chart hill, Bush secures the longest gap between #1 singles in Official Chart history—44 years. The gap between 1978’s "Wuthering Heights" and this week tops Tom Jones’ 42-year gap between “Green Green Grass of Home” and charity single “(Barry) Islands in the Stream.”

The aforementioned 37 years also represent the longest time taken for a single to reach #1, besting Wham!’s “Last Christmas,” which needed 36 years to get to the top. And Bush, a month shy of her 64th birthday, passes Cher as the most senior female artist ever to score a #1.

“It’s long overdue that ‘Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)’ by the truly amazing Kate Bush should top the U.K. charts,” Rhino U.K. SVP Myn Jazeel said. “This phenomenal cultural moment came about after close collaboration between Kate and her team, Netflix and the Warner Music Sync Team and without doubt we’ve seen that a cross-generational connection has been made, with a new audience in the U.K. and around the world joining Kate’s existing fan base to discover and honor her timeless brilliance.

"It’s also gratifying that Kate’s wider catalog is now being discovered and enjoyed by a whole new audience. This whole occasion feels incredible for all involved, and that’s why we work in catalog music, for moments like this that have such broad cultural relevance and impact.”

Warner is also enjoying the rise to #4 by “Afraid to Feel” from Scottish dance duo LF System. U.K. trap twosome D-Block Europe have the week’s highest new entry, “Elegant & Gang,” at #18.

Ezra’s single, “Green Green Grass” (Columbia), hits a new peak of #6 as his album, Gold Rush Kid, becomes his third consecutive U.K. #1. Gold Rush Kid heads straight in at the top on sales in excess of 44k, 79% of which were physical.

Harry Styles’ Harry’s House (Columbia) drops to #2, while his sophomore album, Fine Line, returns to the Top 10 at #6.

The sixth album from Chase & Status, What Came Before (EMI), their first Top 10 record in five years, debuts at #4. BTS’ anthology PROOF (Big Hit) debuts at #8, becoming their fifth U.K. Top 10. XXXTENTACION’s Look at Me: The Album (Bad Vibes Forever) enters at #23.

With Glastonbury fast approaching, headliner Billie Eilish is starting to see a sales surge as Happier Than Ever (Polydor) rises to #20.