- Music
- 13 Feb 15
Meanwhile, Kanye West proves no publicity is bad publicity.
'Love Me Like You Do' supplanted 'Uptown Funk' at that summit of the Irish Singles Chart last week and it seems set to stay there for now. Ellie Goulding has the biggest-selling (and streaming) single of the week, meaning Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars have to settle down into second position.
Kanye West might have irked plenty when he joined Beck onstage at the Grammys – we thought he was joking but apparently the voices in his head were telling him, once again, to defend Beyonce's honour – but Mr. West has definitely profited in terms of sheer, well, profits.
'FourFiveSeconds', a track he guest on with Paul McCartney and gifted Rihanna for her new album, which he is also executive producing, jumps six whole places to No. 3 in the aftermath.
Ed Sheeran's 'Thinking Out Loud' and Sia's 'Elastic heart' complete the Top 5.
The highest new entry can be found at No. 25 and is really a re-entry – Kodaline might have just scored a No. 1 with second album Coming Up For Air but it is a track from their debut, 'High Hopes', that has been shifting single units.