Last week, Beyoncé and Kanye West were in a race to see who could get their album to the top of the music charts around the world first. Two artists put out new music just a few days apart. Both of their new albums quickly became popular on streaming services and in stores. The winner of that race might not have been clear at first, but both artists did well in one of the biggest music markets in the world.
Beyoncé has the best new song on the U.K. charts this week. “Texas Hold ‘Em” by the singer is No. 9 on the list of the most-played songs in the country.
“Texas Hold ‘Em” is Beyoncé’s twenty-second number one Һit in the UK. It starts off higher than anything by her sometimes-friend Kanye West, but he and his partner Ty Dolla $ign claim more spots on the list than she does.
Vultures 1, the first of West and $ign’s three records together, came out a week ago. That album is the second most-bought full-length in the U.K. when it comes out. Only Noah Kahan’s Stick Season is higher at the start than this set. During the same time period, the project’s title track is at the top of the songs chart.
On the songs chart, West and $ign didn’t quite beаt Beyoncé, and Vultures 1 just missed being No. 1 on the records chart by one spot. But on the singles chart, they won three straight. There are 12 songs on the list, and “Carnival” is just missing the top spot. Two more start in the top 20 not far behind that one. Starting at No. 17, “Bur𝚗” and “Back to Me,” which are both on Vultures 1, are good songs.
The two songs came out at the same time, right after the Suρer Bowl. They are called “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages.” That song is also on this week’s U.K. hits chart, but it’s a lot lower than the more famous one. At No. 44, “16 Carriages” starts its time on the list.