UK Singles Chart, Week of October 12, 2026: Official Top 40 and Biggest Moves

Looking for the UK Top 40 for the week beginning Monday, October 12, 2026? The date can be confusing because the UK does not publish a new official singles ranking every Monday. Its chart is issued on Fridays. The current Official Singles Chart, available by Saturday, October 17, is dated October 16–22, 2026, and measures music consumption during the preceding Friday-to-Thursday tracking week, October 9–15.

Taylor Swift's “Patient Zero” remains No. 1, while Jamie Miller and Ashe climb into second and third. The week's standout rise belongs to P!nk's “Just Give Me a Reason,” and Dua Lipa has one of the biggest falls. Below is the full verified Top 40, followed by the shifts that matter most when comparing it with the preceding chart.

Official UK Singles Chart: Top 40 for October 16–22, 2026

The table reproduces positions and previous-week ranks from the Official Singles Chart for October 16–22, 2026, published Friday, October 16. “Last week” refers to the October 9–15 chart. An upward arrow shows places gained, a downward arrow shows places lost, and “New” identifies a first-week entry rather than a returning track.

What changed at the top?

Swift retains the summit with “Patient Zero,” ranked No. 1 for a third consecutive chart edition. Its three weeks on the chart have all been spent at the top. That is a steadier picture than the movements immediately behind it: “Babydoll” by Jamie Miller advances from No. 3 to a new peak of No. 2, while Ashe's “Stop the Wedding” rises from No. 4 to a new peak of No. 3.

Sienna Spiro's “Great Expectation” slides two places from No. 2 to No. 4 after previously reaching No. 1. Adela's “Nicole Kidman” moves from No. 8 to No. 5. The top 10 also includes a return to the upper tier for Sam Fender and Olivia Dean's “Rein Me In,” which climbs from No. 11 to No. 9. By contrast, Ella Langley's “Choosin' Texas” slips from No. 5 to No. 7.

The main takeaway is that the top spot is holding even as the order of the other leading songs changes. A rise from third to second does not necessarily indicate more total streams than the week before; it only establishes a better chart position relative to competing tracks.

Biggest climbs: P!nk surges 63 places

The largest upward move within this week's Top 40 is “Just Give Me a Reason” by P!nk featuring Nate Ruess, jumping from No. 78 to No. 15, a gain of 63 positions. It is not a new song: the official listing shows 43 total chart weeks and an earlier peak of No. 2. What changed this week is its ranking, not its original release date.

Two songs each gain 11 places: TLC's “No Scrubs” climbs from No. 35 to No. 24, and Olivia Rodrigo's “Expectations” moves from No. 46 to No. 35. Harry Styles' “Sign of the Times” rises ten spots, from No. 33 to No. 23. Oasis moves seven places with “Don't Look Back in Anger,” from No. 39 to No. 32.

Several tracks come back into the Top 40 after placing below it last week. In addition to P!nk and “Expectations,” Robyn's “Dancing on My Own” returns at No. 36 from No. 42, and the Killers' “Mr Brightside” climbs from No. 45 to No. 39. These are Top 40 re-entries in a descriptive sense, not songs officially labeled “New” on the chart.

Biggest drops: Dua Lipa and Noah Kahan

Dua Lipa's “Training Season” suffers the sharpest decline among songs still in the Top 40, falling 28 places from No. 9 to No. 37. Noah Kahan's “Draw You Out” falls 17 places, from its No. 16 debut position last week to No. 33 in its second chart week. Those two moves are notably larger than the modest one- or two-place slips recorded by many established songs.

Falling out of the Top 40 is not the same as leaving the full Official Singles Chart Top 100. For example, Drake and Don Toliver's “Solar Eclipse,” which was No. 22 in the October 9–15 Top 40, is No. 47 on the October 16 chart. The full Top 100 gives a more complete picture than this Top 40 cut-off.

New arrivals and songs with staying power

There is one track labeled “New” inside the Top 40 this week: Season 25's “Shotta's.” at No. 38. A track newly appearing among the top 40 is not automatically a first-ever chart entry, so this distinction matters when reading reports about debuts.

Long-running favorites remain prominent. The Killers' “Mr Brightside” sits at No. 39 with 527 cumulative chart weeks shown in the official listing. Natasha Bedingfield's “Unwritten” rises from No. 41 to No. 40 in its 98th chart week, and Alex Warren's “Ordinary” holds a place at No. 27 after 88 weeks. Those week counts are cumulative chart appearances, not necessarily uninterrupted runs.

How the official UK singles ranking is calculated

The Official Charts Company combines UK music purchases and eligible streams rather than using one app's popularity ranking. Its primary singles survey includes audio and video streams, paid downloads, and physical sales such as CDs and vinyl. The organization says it collects data from roughly 8,000 reporting sources and releases its official rankings each Friday, following a Friday-to-Thursday consumption period.

Streaming figures are converted into chart-equivalent units under the industry's rules; the company's public explanation describes 100 premium streams or 600 ad-funded streams as equivalent to one single purchase in the standard comparison. Chart eligibility, treatment of different versions, and other rule details can affect the final ranking. See the Official Charts Company’s explanation of the chart for the source's description, rather than interpreting chart positions as raw stream totals.

The October 16 chart was released while London was observing British Summer Time (BST, UTC+01:00). No separate Monday, October 12 official chart was issued; “week of October 12” here refers to the editorial calendar week in which the October 16 ranking was published.

How to check the changes yourself

Open the official Official Singles Chart for October 16–22, 2026 and compare its “LW” field, meaning “last week,” with each track's current rank. For a rising song, subtract the current rank from last week's rank: P!nk's 78 minus 15 equals a 63-place rise. For a fall, subtract the old rank from the new one: Dua Lipa's 37 minus 9 equals a 28-place drop.

Then check the October 9–15 edition to verify which titles were already charting outside the Top 40. Use the “Peak” field for an artist's best-ever position and “Weeks” for total chart appearances; neither field measures how many places a track moved this week. The next official edition, not a daily streaming chart, is the appropriate benchmark for confirming what changes next.