Jessie J finally dethrones chart queen Taylor Swift

With a growing support from pop radio stations and a consistent number 1 ranking in downloading services, Jessie J's "Flashlight" finally claimed the #1 spot in the Philippines Top 40 chart, for week ending July 7, 2015.

Jessie ended Taylor's 3-week reign with "Bad Blood" as it descended to number 2 this week.  Philippine TV sweetheart Kim Chui, meanwhile continued her winning streak as the most played and listened to OPM act as her "Mr. Right" claimed it's 9th week supremacy among Filipino songs. In the over-all chart, the song moved up one spot 4-3.

Another winning OPM artist for the week is The Voice Kids alumni Juan Karlos Labajo, who has the biggest debut track with "Para Sa'yo", which entered the upper half of the chart at #19. The other new entry is from The Weeknd with "Can't Feel My Face", making a debut at #32.

Juan Karlos joins fellow OPM artists Darren Espanto and Nadine Lustre in the circle of artists with 2 or more tracks in the chart. Charlie Puth is the only international act with 2 songs in the top 40.

Speaking of Espanto, his new single "Stuck" is the week's biggest jumper" as it moved 13 places up from #24 to #11. Other big jumpers, include OMI's "Cheerleader" (29 to 20) and Owl City's "Verge" (26 to 18).

We have the same songs occupying the top 10 slots this week from previous week, with 5  of them moving up, 4 dropping and 1 song still stuck at the same spot. Here's the list of the Top 10 songs this week:

1 - Jessie J – Flashlight
2 - Taylor Swift – Bad Blood
3 - Kim Chiu – Mr. Right
4 - Silento – Watch Me
5 - Wiz Khalifa feat Charlie Puth – See You Again
6 - Brandon Beal feat Christopher – Twerk It Like Miley
7 - Little Mix – Black Magic
8 - One Direction – No Control
9 - Ed Sheeran – Photograph
10 - Daryl Ong – Ikaw Na Nga

Biggest drops were experienced this week by Jason DeRulo, Fifth Harmony and Jadine as their songs moved down to the bottom half of the Top 40. Jason's " Want you to want me" now ranked 31 (from 21), Fifth Harmony's "Worth It", ranked 21 (from 13) and James Reid and Nadine Lustre's "Hanap-hanap", now at #30 (previously at 22).

Meanwhile, Yeng Constantino's 2014 #1 hit "Ikaw" returns to the chart at #37. This new development officially dislodged Darren's "In Love Ako Sayo" as the longest running track in the chart. Darren's track has already spent it's 32nd week, while Yeng's return has extended her chart run to a 34th week, which makes it the song with the most weeks in the chart for this period.

PH Top 40, is a weekly tally of the most popular songs in the Philippines base from chart lists of more than 40 radio stations, music channels, streaming sites and downloading services in the country.