As the climate gets more extreme, so does the singles chart.

This week alone, we have the first instance of the entire Top 10 being made up of new and re-entries; the first instance of the previous week’s Top 10 departing the Top 75 en masse; the first instance of a track departing the Top 100 a week after it was No.1 and the second biggest in-chart leap to No.1 in history. It’s been a stormy week…

The big December ...