UK Apple Music Chart Top 10 — August 5, 2026: Ariana Grande Dominates

By the dawn of August 5, 2026, Apple Music's UK daily chart is no longer a slow burn—Ariana Grande detonated the summit with “hate that i made you love me,” a cut from her late-May album cycle that just refuses to fall. But the real story is her brand-new single “petal,” released only five days earlier, which has already clawed its way to #4, making Grande the only artist with two tracks inside the top five. This list isn't radio airplay or YouTube views; it's the actual paid subscription streams from British Apple Music users, counted across a single 24-hour window. That means it captures the country's raw, unfiltered listening impulses as they happen, not what algorithms recommend. The UK shows its split personality here: Sam Fender and Olivia Dean's “Rein Me In” holds at #2, proving homegrown duets still command loyalty, while Shakira and Burna Boy's “Dai Dai” at #5 and Ella Langley's country crosser “Choosin' Texas” at #6 reveal a taste for global and genre-bending sounds. Olivia Rodrigo sneaks two tracks at #8 and #9, and ANOTR's dance floor filler closes the rundown. The methodology tracks every play from a UK account on Apple Music, filtered for paid tiers, and updates daily—making this a real-time barometer of what the nation actually presses play on.