Brit Sweep: June 10, 2017...

It's time to cross the Atlantic once again to check out the notable songs and albums making the official charts in the UK this week...

On the British singles chart, Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, and Justin Bieber spend a fifth straight week at the top with "Despacito"...

The top debut of the week doesn't appear until down at #47, as Fifth Harmony are back with their first single as a four-piece on "Down" featuring rapper Gucci Mane...


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The "fifth" part of Fifth Harmony, former member Camila Cabello, appears right after them as a featured singer on Major Lazer's "Know No Better" at #48, which also has Travis Scott and rapper Quavo from Migos...


Put together just like Fifth Harmony are the third place finalists in the 13th season of the X Factor UK, 5 After Midnight, who land at #51 with "Up In Here"...


American soul singer Andra Day shines in at #61 with "Rise Up"...


The Foo Fighters are back with a brand new track, "Run", which struts in at #64...


Two more alums of the X Factor UK, sixth-season runner-up Olly Murs and twelfth-series winner Louisa Johnson, pair up at #71 for "Unpredictable", the fourth single from Murs' 24Hrs record...


DJ Khaled and rapper Drake collaborate at #73 with "To The Max"...


British hip-hop artist Mostack rolls in at #79 with "Screw and Brew"...


New Zealand indie-pop queen Lorde enters at #95 with "Perfect Places", the follow-up to her top-20 hit "Green Light"...


Meanwhile, on the albums chart in the country, Ed Sheeran climbs back to #1 for an eleventh non-consecutive week with Divide...

Roger Waters, the British rock legend best known for his work with Pink Floyd, leaps in at #3 with his fourth solo studio album Is This The Life We Really Want. It becomes his highest-charting solo set...


Pop singer/songwriter Dua Lipa from London takes her eponymous debut album to #5...


British art-rock band alt-J enters at #6 with their third release, Relaxer. Their last, This Is All Yours, topped the UK albums chart in 2014...


American power-punk band All Time Low also follow up a #1 album, namely Future Hearts from 2015, with the set at #7, Last Young Renegade...


Veteran rock and roll guitarist Hank Marvin, who was in Sir Cliff Richard's band the Shadows, makes the top 10 at age 75 with Without A Word. It's his third consecutive top ten set, all done since 2007...


American indie-pop artist Halsey debuts at #12 with her second album Hopeless Fountain Kingdom. Her debut, Badlands, peaked at #9 in the UK...


The aforementioned Mostack gets his High Street Kid effort in at #16...


Yet another collection from the glam-metal icons KISS, KISSWorld, takes its turn at #18...


There's been a fad of orchestral-enhanced albums from pop and dance artists, and now the Royal Liverpool Harmonic Orchestra get in on the action at #25 with Pop Goes Classical...


Indie-dance veterans Saint Etienne return at #31 with their ninth studio album Home Counties. Back in 1993 they peaked at #7 with their sophomore disc So Tough...


Thea Gilmore, from Oxford, takes the #40 spot with her record The Counterweight. It's her third to reach the top-40; her last two, Regardless and Ghosts And Graffiti, both went to #39, so this isn't too far behind...


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