Brit Sweep: February 21, 2016...

Heading over the Atlantic yet again to check out the songs making their debut on the official singles chart in the UK this week, as Danish indie-pop band Lukas Graham spend a second week at #1 with "7 Years"...

The top debut of the week comes from a tragic event. Up and coming indie-rock band Viola Beach and their manager died in a car accident on a bridge in Sweden on February 13th. With a rallying cry from musicians like Kasabian and Liam Gallagher from Oasis, the record company announced that proceeds from the single would benefit the families of the deceased. Two singles have made the chart now, with "Swings & Waterslides" just missing the top 10 at #11 (it was at #3 on the sales-only chart)...

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Australian songstress Sia sends her "Cheap Thrills" up the chart at #41. It follows the first single from her latest album, "Alive", which went to #30 in the UK. The new remix of the song features reggaeton artist Sean Paul...

The fourth song from the 1975's upcoming album I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It to make the top 100 British chart is "Somebody Else" at #65. "The Sound" made it to #15...

Viola Beach again make an appearance at #80 with "Boys That Sing"...

Welsh rockers Catfish and the Bottlemen claim the final debut of the week at #95 with "Soundcheck". It's their first to make the top 100 in the UK, though they've reached the rock charts in American with selections from their stellar debut album The Balcony...