Every Sunday evening, Charlie Ashcroft counts down the Amazing Chart across the UK’s national DAB network on Amazing Radio. Here he is to give us the very latest lowdown on the last week’s movers and shakers from amazingtunes.com.

Hello! Congratulations once again to Holy Esque, who’ve stayed on top of the tree this week with their wonderful track Rose, holding up off the attentions of Horse Thief in a week of ‘as you were’ inside the Top 2.

Close behind, Midnight Lion are up to their highest position to date with the brilliant Sleeping In The Woods at Number 3, while the rest of the Top 5 is completed by Django Django’s yo-yo track Default and a former Number 1 from Lianne La Havas.

Elsewhere in the Top 10, Lucy Rose, NZCA/LINES, Jonquil and Pushing Hands, while Sharks have the highest New Entry this week with Arcane Effigies landing at Number 14.

Click here to see the Amazing Chart Top 40 in full. Then find out if Holy Esque can make it three weeks at Number 1 by tuning in to Amazing Radio on Sunday from 5pm!

Every Sunday evening, Charlie Ashcroft counts down the Amazing Chart across the UK’s national DAB network on Amazing Radio. Here he is to give us the very latest lowdown on the last week’s movers and shakers from amazingtunes.com…

Hello! It’s a case of “another week, another new chart-topper” this time, with Glasgow band Holy Esque climbing a massive 16 places to reach the Number 1 spot with Rose, displacing Lianne La Havas at the top in the process after just one week.

Not only have the band have been firm favourites at Amazing Radio since the turn of the year, they’ve also been drawing increasing amounts of positive online coverage in the wake of some great live gigs in recent weeks.

Horse Thief are the Glaswegians’ closest contenders at Number 2, with the Simon Raymonde-approved Texans also having rising up the rankings with poise and purpose thanks to a beautiful ode to Oklahoma called Warrior. Slightly further down, Midnight Lion and NZCA/Lines have entered the Top 10 for the very first time, while Monogold and Vanbot continue to climb.

This week has witnessed a small portion of New Entries, with Three Blind Wolves, Midi Matilda and Pushing Hands all making their Amazing Chart bows in the lower reaches of the Top 20.

Click hereto see the Amazing Chart Top 40 in full. Then find out if Holy Esque can make it two weeks at Number 1 by tuning in to Amazing Radio on Sunday from 5pm!

Every Sunday evening, Charlie Ashcroft counts down the Amazing Chart across the UK’s national DAB network on Amazing Radio. Here he is to give us the very latest lowdown on the last week’s movers and shakers from amazingtunes.com…

Hello! We’ve got a brand new chart-topper this week, with London singer-songwriter Lianne La Havas hitting the heights with Forget in the immediate aftermath of her new EP release. Fresh being announced as part of The Great Escape line-up in Brighton, Lianne has scored her first ever Amazing Chart Number 1 and becomes the first female Londoner to do so since Daughter hit the top in October last year.

This means that Friend Crush by Friends has slipped a couple of places after a fortnight on top, with Swiss Lips glued to the Number 2 spot for a third consecutive week. Slightly further down, Django Django and Monogold have risen further this week, with Default and Spirit Or Something climbing to Number 4 and Number 7 respectively.

This week sees eight (yep, EIGHT) new arrivals inside the Top 20. Oxford band Jonquil have the highest-placed of them all with It’s My Part at Number 12, while Lucy Rose, NZCA/Lines, Midnight Lion, Holy Esque, The Reads, First Aid Kit and Alt-J are all close behind in the rundown, all liable to climb further come Sunday.

Click here to see the Amazing Chart Top 40 in full. Then find out if Lianne La Havas can make it two weeks at Number 1 by tuning in to Amazing Radio on Sunday from 5pm!

Every Sunday evening, Charlie Ashcroft counts down the Amazing Chart across the UK’s national DAB network on Amazing Radio. Here he is to give us the very latest lowdown on the last week’s movers and shakers from amazingtunes.com…

Hello! It’s another week at Number 1 for Friend Crush by Friends in the Amazing Chart this time around, with the Brooklyn five-piece going from strength to strength ahead of an undoubtedly busy year. Despite tweeting that they don’t really mind how high they are in our rundown, the fact remains that they’ve held off the attentions of Swiss Lips and Dry The River once again.

Slightly further down, Devin and Vanbot have made their first ever appearances inside the Top 5, while Django Django have grabbed this week’s Highest New Entry with Default at Number 7.

Elsewhere in the realm of new arrivals inside the Top 20, Amazing Breakfast’s Artist of the Week Tennis have landed at Number 8 with Origins, while we also welcome Monogold, Horse Thief, Simian Ghost and Eeves to the fold. Click here to see the Amazing Chart Top 40 in full.

Then find out if Friends can make it three weeks at Number 1 by tuning in to Amazing Radio on Sunday from 5pm!

Every Sunday evening, Charlie Ashcroft counts down the Amazing Chart across the UK’s national DAB network on Amazing Radio. Here he is to give us the very latest lowdown on the last week’s movers and shakers from amazingtunes.com…

Hello! Hot on the heels of the single being released here in the UK, Friend Crush by Friends has topped the Amazing Chart. The band have enjoyed some sell-out gigs in Manchester and London over the past seven days and will be making a return trip to UK shores in May to get their festival season started with an appearance at The Great Escape.

Their rise to the top means that Swiss Lips have fallen a place with U Got The Power, joined in the Top 3 this week by Oslo’s finest, Team Me. Slightly further down, Londoners The Ghosts and We Have Band have both entered the Top 5 for the very first time, while Devin and Howler are also on the up with maiden entries into the Top 10.

In the realm of New Entries, Lianne La Havas scores her second consecutive Amazing Chart hit with Forget having landed at Number 13, while Errors and Vanbot have made their chart bows inside the Top 20 with Pleasure Palaces and Make Me, Break Me respectively.

Click here to see the Amazing Chart Top 40 in full. Catch Friends in conversation with Georgie Rogers on Amazing Breakfast on Wednesday morning. Then find out if they can make it two weeks at Number 1 by tuning in to Amazing Radio on Sunday from 5pm!

The Welsh Music Prize (Gwobr Gerddoriaeth Gymreig) was set up last year by SWN Festival music gurus Huw Stephens and John Rostron.  As well as crowning an album of the year, it shines a light on the finest releases from Welsh artists in the previous 12 months.

With the Prize now entering its second year, we’re pleased to announced that Amazing Radio’s Bethan Elfyn has once again been chosen as a member of the judging panel for 2012. The news comes hot on the heels of her Welsh music special which aired last week, which you can still listen to via Amazing Rewind.

Far from concentrating solely on her native Wales though, Bethan is back on Amazing Radio tonight with a 2-hour special dedicated to Scandinavian music. She’ll be joined in the studio by regular It’s Amazing guest and Ja Ja Ja Nordic editor Rich Thane, who you may also know as the man behind The Line Of Best Fit.

Join them from 7pm tonight or catch the repeat on Friday 10th February from 1pm.

You can keep up to date with the latest goings on from The Bethan Elfyn Show here.