CC Singles Chart: 5/17/19

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1. Chance The Rapper - Groceries (Feat. Tisa Korean and Murda Beatz)

Chance recruits Murda Beatz and Tisa for the lead single that's starting off his new era and a shift towards his debut album, he runs away with #1 this week. 

2. Amine - Places + Faces

Amine drops his first new solo single of 2019 and as the young rapper continues to make great collaborations and fun, contemporary music he has ironed himself out a spot in raps canon. 

3. Charli XCX - Blame It On Your Love (Feat. Lizzo)

Charli always has hype behind her singles and this time around she grabbed up and comer Lizzo to join her for a dynamic pop connection. 

4. The Black Keys - Go

The Black Keys try to drop a third straight solid single to promote their return album, their first in 5 years. 

5. Baroness - Throw Me An Anchor

Baroness continues to drum up support in the alternative metal community for their highly anticipated upcoming new record. 

6. The Raconteurs - Help Me Stranger

So much of the talk about the upcoming Jack White project's new record has been about semantics but this piece of actual promotional music should help get many excited for its release. 

7. Madonna - Future (Feat. Quavo)

Madonna continues one of her strangest promotional runs to date with a collaboration with Quavo of Migos fame, if nothing else the songs are attracting attention.

8. Remo Drive - Around The Sun

Remo Drive returns with a third song to promote their new project following 2017 critically acclaimed Greatest Hits. 

9. Kim Petras - Sweet Spot

Another week another strange Wednesday night drop for yet another Kim Petras single. 

10. $uicide Boy$ - Aliens Are Ghosts (Feat. Travis Barker)

The new collaboration between the Boy$ and Blink-182 drummer gets a second single that is much tamer and more rap oriented than the first. 

11. Yeasayer - Ecstatic Baby

Yeasayer drops yet another song in the run of singles met with mixed reviews leading towards their anticipated new release. 

12. Halsey - Nightmare

Halsey shows up out of nowhere to drop a much harder track than many are used to along with a fiery music video. 

13. Denzel Curry - RICKY

Denzel jumps up a spot among last weeks releases with an incredibly catchy flow and a banger instrumental. 

14. Flying Lotus - More (Feat. Anderson .Paak)

The multi-phased track has garnered positive attention from fans of both artists and has been by far the most well received FlyLo single so far this year.

15. Idles - Mercedes Marxist 

IDLES continues their prolific output with yet another song that has pleased fans and critics alike. 

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