Dara debuts at No. 21 UK Top 40
- Bulgaria’s Eurovision winner Dara entered the UK Official Top 40 at No. 21 on May 22, with “Bangaranga” appearing days after Vienna. - Official Charts listed “Bangaranga” at No. 21, while ESCXTRA reported the single also reached No. 3 on the UK Dance chart. - The next UK singles chart update is published through Official Charts, while post-Eurovision sales and streaming continue this week.
Dara reached the UK Official Top 40 on May 22, with “Bangaranga” debuting at No. 21 on the Official Singles Chart, according to the Official Charts Company. The entry came less than a week after the Bulgarian singer won the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna with the same song. Official Charts says the UK singles ranking is based on streams, downloads, CDs and vinyl sales. The chart move gives Dara an early commercial result in one of Eurovision’s most closely watched external markets. ESCXTRA reported on Friday that “Bangaranga” had also reached No. 3 on the UK Dance chart. EurovisionWorld says Bulgaria won the 2026 contest with 516 points in the May 16 final in Vienna. ### Where did the No. 21 figure come from? The Official Charts Company lists “BANGARANGA – DARA” on its song page with chart statistics and week-by-week placement data. (officialcharts.com) The company’s singles chart page says the Official Singles Chart Top 100 covers the period from May 15, 2026 to May 21, 2026, with the UK Top 40 drawn from that ranking. (escxtra.com) ESCXTRA, citing Friday’s chart release, reported that Dara had “got to 21 on the UK Top 40.” That report matched the Official Charts listing for the song. ### How quickly did this happen after Eurovision? May 16 is the key date in the timeline. EurovisionWorld says Dara won the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 final in Vienna, Austria, on that Saturday with “Bangaranga,” giving Bulgaria its first victory in the competition. (officialcharts.com) May 22 was the first UK chart publication after that win. (escxtra.com) That means the No. 21 debut landed within six days of the Eurovision final, during the first full week of post-contest streaming and sales activity in the UK. That timing is based on the contest date and the Official Charts publication window. ### What else do the available chart records show? (eurovisionworld.com) Official Charts maintains a dedicated track page for “Bangaranga” and an artist page for Dara. The artist page also shows an Official Singles Chart Update entry dated May 24, 2026, but labels that data as midweek rather than the finalized weekly chart. The finalized weekly record available on Friday is the firmer benchmark for the story. (officialcharts.com) ESCXTRA separately reported that the song placed at No. 3 on the UK Dance chart, adding a second UK chart position in the same release cycle. ### How big was Dara’s Eurovision win? EurovisionWorld says Dara won the 2026 contest with 516 points. The same results page says the final took place at Vienna’s Wiener Stadthalle and that Bulgaria finished ahead of Israel and Romania. (officialcharts.com) ESCXTRA reported after the final that “Bangaranga” won with 204 jury points and 312 public points. (escxtra.com) Those figures help explain why the song entered the post-contest week with broad visibility across both televote and jury audiences. ### What comes next in the UK chart cycle? Official Charts publishes continuing chart data for songs and artists on its chart and song pages. (eurovisionworld.com) The company’s site also carries midweek updates separately from the finalized weekly chart. In the coming days, further UK movement for “Bangaranga” will be visible through those Official Charts updates, while Eurovision follow-on coverage continues to track Dara’s first week after her May 16 win in Vienna. (escxtra.com) (officialcharts.com 1) (officialcharts.com 2)
