Grande soars up chart after ‘One Love’ event
LONDON: Ariana Grande’s “One Last Time” has reached number two in the Official Singles Chart after it was re-released as a charity single, E! Online reported.
The track, originally released in 2014, achieved 2.9 million streams and 61,000 downloads.
According to sources, most proceeds from the song will go to the “We Love Manchester” fund for the victims of the Manchester Arena attack.
Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber’s “Despacito” held onto the top spot for a fifth week.
Grande’s concert in Manchester last week was attended by 50,000 music fans and watched by millions worldwide.
Liam Gallagher, who also performed at the event, saw his solo single “Wall of Glass” enter the chart at No. 21.
Oasis’ classic song “Don’t Look Back in Anger” — which Coldplay’s Chris Martin performed with Grande at the gig — reached No. 25. It is the first time it has been in the top 40 since May 1996.
On May 22, a suicide bomber killed 22 people, including seven children, at a concert by Grande in Manchester.
She canceled shows she was due to give in London, Belgium, Germany, Poland and Switzerland, and returned to Florida, before coming back to Manchester on Sunday to headline an all-star benefit show for victims of the attack.
Before Tuesday’s Notre Dame attack, police had announced a significant deployment planned for Grande’s show, noting its “powerful symbolic context.”
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