UK Charts (19/12/2010)

[Wayne]

TOP 100 SINGLES
TW | LW | Song | Artist | Weeks On Chart

1. (NEW) WHEN WE COLLIDE (Matt Cardle) 1 wk

2. (4) WHAT'S MY NAME (Rihanna feat Drake) 5 wks

3. (RE) SURFIN' BIRD (Trashmen) 2 wks

4. (1) THE TIME (DIRTY BIT) (Black Eyed Peas) 6 wks

5. (3) YOUR SONG (Ellie Goulding) 6 wks

6. (15) THE FLOOD (Take That) 6 wks

7. (5) ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD) (Rihanna) 8 wks

8. (RE) MANY OF HORROR (WHEN WE COLLIDE) (Biffy Clyro) 10 wks

9. (2) WHIP MY HAIR (Willow Smith) 2 wks

10. (11) HOLD MY HAND (Michael Jackson with Akon) 2 wks

11. (6) LIKE A G6 (Far East Movement feat Cataracts & Dev) 6 wks

12. (12) FIREWORK (Katy Perry) 9 wks

13. (8) THINKING OF ME (Olly Murs) 4 wks

14. (7) HEROES (X Factor Finalists 2010) 4 wks

15. (9) WHO'S THAT CHICK (David Guetta feat Rihanna) 3 wks

16. (21) F**K YOU (Cee-Lo Green) 11 wks

17. (13) CHRISTMAS LIGHTS (Coldplay) 3 wks

18. (10) POISON (Nicole Scherzinger) 3 wks

19. (26) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK (Pogues feat Kirsty Macoll) 45 wks

20. (17) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE (AMAZING) (Bruno Mars) 13 wks

21. (NEW) 4’33” (Cage AgainstThe Machine Version) (John Cage) 1 wk

22. (18) HAPPINESS (Alexis Jordan) 7 wks

23. (14) LOVE YOU MORE (JLS) 5 wks

24. (19) SHINE A LIGHT (McFly feat Taio Cruz) 6 wks

25. (23) ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU (Mariah Carey) 30 wks

26. (31) MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE (Adele) 19 wks

27. (20) TURN MY SWAG ON (Alexa Goddard) 3 wks

28. (22) COOLER THAN ME (Mike Posner) 11 wks

29. (36) MORE (Usher) 5 wks

30. (27) RAISE YOUR GLASS (Pink) 6 wks

31. (RE)(151) UNFAITHFUL (Rihanna) 17 wks

32. (64) INVINCIBLE (Tinie Tempah feat Kelly Rowland) 2 wks

33. (24) JUST A DREAM (Nelly) 9 wks

34. (29) DO IT LIKE A DUDE (Jessie J) 4 wks

35. (25) GIRLS (N-Dubz) 3 wks

36. (16) THE SILENCE (Alexandra Burke) 2 wks

37. (NEW) X-M@$ (Corey Taylor) 1 wk

38. (28) CHECK IT OUT (Will I Am feat Nicki Minaj) 7 wks

39. (30) LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE (Eminem feat Rihanna) 26 wks

40. (34) LOSE MY MIND (Wanted) 3 wks




41. (42) TURN AROUND (5,4,3,2,1) (Flo Rida) 2 wks

46. (RE) MY FEELINGS FOR YOU (Avicii & Sebastien Drums) 2 wks

53. (63) THE FLOOD (Cheryl Cole) 3 wks

54. (NEW) NOT IN LOVE (Crystal Castles feat Robert Smith) 1 wk

62. (67) JUNGLE (Professor Green feat Maverick Saber) 2 wks

66. (NEW) USE MY A*SEHOLE AS A C**T (Kunt & The Gang) 1 wk

67. (RE)(80) LET IT BE (Beatles)

68. (74) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE (Shakin' Stevens)

73. (RE)(96) YEO VALLEY RAP (Yeo Valley Boyz feat Mr George) 7 wks

74. (NEW) IT'S OK (Cee Lo Green) 1 wk

75. (NEW) EXPRESS (Christina Aguilera) 1 wk

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78. (NEW) SINGS BACHARACH AT CHRISTMAS (Rumer)

82. (100) DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (Chris Rea)

87. (136) S&M (Rihanna)

89. (NEW) LIAR LIAR (Captain Ska)

92. (106) ANIMAL RIGHTS (Deadmau5 & Wolfgang Gartner)

94. (98) HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) (John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir)

95. (NEW) BRING HIM HOME (Valjean Quartet)

[Courtesy of Radio 1/OCC]

[Wayne]

TOP 100 ALBUMS
TW | LW | Album | Artist | Weeks On Chart

1. (1) PROGRESS (Take That) 5 wks

2. (4) LOUD (Rihanna) 5 wks

3. (2) CRAZY LOVE (Michael Buble) 61 wks

4. (NEW) MICHAEL (Michael Jackson) 1 wk

5. (3) OLLY MURS (Olly Murs) 3 wks

6. (6) THE GIFT (Susan Boyle) 6 wks

7. (14) IN & OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS GREATEST HITS 1990-2010 (Robbie Williams) 10 wks

8. (5) OUTTA THIS WORLD (JLS) 4 wks

9. (8) GREATEST HITS (Bon Jovi) 6 wks

10. (9) THE BEGINNING (Black Eyed Peas) 3 wks

11. (7) COME AROUND SUNDOWN (Kings of Leon) 9 wks

12. (10) MOONLIGHT SERENADE (Andre Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra) 5 wks

13. (11) GREATEST HITS - SO FAR (Pink) 5 wks

14. (13) TEENAGE DREAM (Katy Perry) 16 wks

15. (12) GRAVITY (Westlife) 4 wks

16. (17) SCIENCE & FAITH (Script) 14 wks

17. (16) MESSY LITTLE RAINDROPS (Cheryl Cole) 7 wks

18. (18) A CHRISTMAS CORNUCOPIA (Annie Lennox) 5 wks

19. (20) SEASONS OF MY SOUL (Rumer) 7 wks

20. (15) LOVE LIVE LIFE (N-Dubz) 3 wks

21. (21) THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION (Barbra Streisand) 8 wks

22. (25) THE DEFAMATION OF STRICKLAND BANKS (Plan B) 36 wks

23. (26) LIGHTS (Ellie Goulding) 33 wks

24. (23) FLY ME TO THE MOON: THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK VOLUME V (Rod Stewart) 7 wks

25. (19) ENDLESSLY (Duffy) 3 wks

26. (29) THE PLATINUM COLLECTION (Russell Watson) 5 wks

27. (27) LA VOCE (Russell Watson) 4 wks

28. (24) THE WANTED (Wanted) 8 wks

29. (30) SOME KIND OF TROUBLE (James Blunt) 6 wks

30. (28) MY WORLD (Justin Bieber) 46 wks

31. (22) OVERCOME (Alexandra Burke) 49 wks

32. (32) 1962-1966 [REMASTERED] (Beatles) 9 wks

33. (34) DISC-OVERY (Tinie Tempah) 11 wks

34. (33) 1967-1970 [REMASTERED] (Beatles) 9 wks

35. (67) ONLY REVOLUTIONS (Biffy Clyro) 58 wks

36. (41) 19 (Adele) 65 wks

37. (46) THE LADY KILLER (Cee-Lo Green) 6 wks

38. (36) LETTERS HOME (Soldiers) 8 wks.

39. (35) BELIEVE (Katherine Jenkins) 15 wks

40. (38) THE PROMISE (Bruce Springsteen) 5 wks


41. (58) NEVER FORGET - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION (Take That) 134 wks

42. (31) GOLD – GREATEST HITS (Abba) 435 wks

45. (47) GOING BACK (Phil Collins) 14 wks

46. (51) THE FAME (Lady Gaga) 101 wks

48. (52) RECOVERY (Eminem) 26 wks

52. (57) GOOD OL' FASHIONED LOVE (Overtones) 7 wks

53. (61) JLS (JLS) 51 wks

55. (44) THE COLLECTION 1973-84 (Bruce Springsteen) 3 wks

58. (64) ONLY BY THE NIGHT (Kings Of Leon) 117 wks

60. (65) APHRODITE (Kylie Minogue) 23 wks

62. (68) SUNNY SIDE UP (Paolo Nutini) 81 wks

64. (48) 4x4=12 (Deadmau5) 2 wks

68. (RE)(104) RATED R (Rihanna) 56 wks

69. (73) THE SUBURBS (Arcade Fire) 15 wks

70. (39) TRON LEGACY (OST (Daft Punk) 2 wks

71. (RE)(84) LET IT SNOW (EP) (Michael Buble) 4 wks

73. (63) ABOVE THE NOISE (McFly) 5 wks

74. (RE)(78) THE E.N.D. (Black Eyed Peas) 80 wks

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76. (85) SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK (Rod Stewart)

79. (74) TIME FLIES: 1994-2009 (Oasis)

81. (92) ALED'S CHRISTMAS GIFT (Aled Jones)

84. (93) NUMBER ONES (Michael Jackson)

85. (91) 1962-1966 / 1967-1970 (Beatles)

87. (89) MOTHERSHIP (Led Zeppelin)

88. (75) HEADLINES (Saturdays)

90. (103) GREATEST HITS (Foo Fighters)

91. (95) THE XX (XX)

92. (107) THE VERY BEST OF (Fleetwood Mac)

94. (110) DO YOU WANT THE TRUTH OR SOMETHING BEAUTIFU L (Paloma Faith)

95. (112) THE ELEMENT OF FREEDOM (Alicia Keys)

96. (97) ALIVE TILL I'M DEAD (Professor Green)

97. (83) WIDE AWAKE (Joe McElderry)

99. (109) PIECE OF THE ACTION - THE BEST OF (Meat Loaf)

100. (90) BOLD AS BRASS (Cliff Richard)

[Courtesy of Radio 1/OCC]

[Wayne]

TOP 50 AIRPLAY
TW | LW | Artist | Song

01 01 Ellie Goulding Your Song
02 02 Take That The Flood
03 03 Cee-Lo Green Forget You
04 05 JLS Love You More
05 13 Coldplay Christmas Lights
06 12 Olly Murs Thinking Of Me
07 NE Matt Cardle When We Collide
08 06 Bruno Mars Just The Way You Are (Amazing)
09 04 Katy Perry Firework
10 10 Far'East Movement feat Cataracs and Dev Like A G6
11 09 Rihanna Only Girl (In The World)
12 21 Rihanna feat Drake What's My Name?
13 08 Mike Posner Cooler Than Me
14 27 Cee Lo Green It's OK
15 11 Pink Raise Your Glass
16 07 Nicole Scherzinger Poison
17 17 Usher More
18 29 David Guetta feat Rihanna Who's That Chick?
19 39 Pogues & Kirsty Maccoll Fairytale Of New York
20 15 Nelly Just A Dream
21 23 McFly feat. Taio Cruz Shine A Light
22 33 Plain White T's Rhythm Of Love
23 24 The Wanted Lose My Mind
24 16 Black Eyed Peas The Time (Dirty Bit)
25 58 Mariah Carey All I Want For Christmas Is You
26 18 The Saturdays feat. Flo-Rida Higher
27 111 Adele Rolling In The Deep
28 63 Band Aid Do They Know It's Christmas?
29 46 Tinie Tempah feat. Kelly Rowland Invincible
30 22 Alexis Jordan Happiness
31 28 Katy B Feat. Ms Dynamite Lights On
32 60 Wham! Last Christmas
33 20 The Script Nothing
34 40 Caro Emerald Riviera Life
35 30 Kylie Minogue Better Than Today
36 74 Shakin' Stevens Merry Christmas Everyone
37 26 Taio Cruz Dynamite
38 92 Slade Merry Xmas Everybody
39 34 Willow Smith Whip My Hair
40 91 Wizzard I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
41 38 Kings of Leon Pyro
42 32 Bruce Springsteen Ain’t Good Enough For You
43 14 Michael Jackson & Akon Hold My Hand
44 31 Manic Street Preachers Some Kind Of Nothingness
45 76 John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
46 19 Cheryl Cole Promise This
47 25 Travie McCoy Billionaire
48 72 Hurts All I Want For Christmas is New Year’s Day
49 86 Paul McCartney Wonderful Christmas Time
50 106 Elton John Step Into Christmas

[Courtesy of Buzzjack/Neilsen]

[Wayne]

SALES

SINGLES

439007 Matt Cardle
104487 Rihanna/Drake
68477 Trashmen
57129 Black Eyed Peas
52692 Ellie Goulding
45928 Take That (6)
40975 Rihanna [OGITW] (7)
40361 Biffy Clyro (8)

22805 David Guetta/Rihanna (15)
15715 Cage Against The Machine (21)
12561 Rihanna [Unfaithful] (31)
12329 Tinie Tempah/Kelly Rowland (32)
9775 Corey Taylor (37)
9234 Eminem/Rihanna (39)
7050 Saturdays (45)

2229 Aberloir Choir/Gamu (121)

ALBUMS

330252 Take That
193548 Rihanna
138912 Michael Buble
113146 Michael Jackson
101342 Olly Murs

81413 Robbie Williams (7)
22159 Biffy Clyro (35)
17977 Take That (41)
15074 Lady GaGa (46)

6211 Saturdays (88)

YTDs - Singles
Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World) 603,654
Ellie Goulding - Your Song 341,291
Black Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit) 286,909
Rihanna - What’s My Name? 236,478
David Guetta/Rihanna - Who's That Chick? 85,304

To Date Singles
The Trashmen - Surfin Bird 119,554

YTDs - Albums
Take That - Progress 1,437,288
Michael Buble - Crazy Love 1,039,676
Lady GaGa - The Fame 1,012,057
Rihanna - Loud 514,433
Robbie Williams - In & Out Of Consciousness 463,699
Olly Murs - Olly Murs 315,038

To Date Albums
Lady GaGa - The Fame 2,401,021
Michael Buble - Crazy Love 2,237,097
Take That - Never Forget [Ult. Col] 2,023,680
Duran Duran - Red Carpet Massacre 30,510
Lil Wayne - Am Not A Human Being 15,584
Jamie Fox - Intuition 9,017

Singles

Christmas is a time for tradition, so it’s no surprise to find there’s a hint of déjà vu about the charts this week, with The X Factor providing the Christmas number one single for the fifth time in six years, while Take That lead the Christmas album list for the third time in five years.

After last year’s hiccup, when a Facebook campaign delivered Rage Against The Machine’s Killing In The Name to number one, delaying X Factor champion Joe McElderry’s arrival at the chart summit by a week, order is restored, with his newly crowned successor Matt Cardle storming to the summit with his debut single, When We Collide. This year’s two main spoilers, Surfin’ Bird by The Trashmen and John Cage’s 4’33” (Cage Against The Machine), never really challenged, with the vintage Surfin’ Bird debuting at number three (68,477 sales), while Cage’s silent ‘performance’ sold 15,716 copies, to debut at number 21.

Although a number four hit in America in 1964, Surfin’ Bird failed to chart here at the time, eventually surfacing only last year, when it reached number 50, after being featured in an episode of cult TV cartoon favourite The Family Guy. First released digitally in March 2006, Surfin’ Bird barely registered initially, taking 20 weeks to record its first double digit tally but it regularly sells several hundred copies a week nowadays, and had racked up 51,077 sales prior to last week. 4’33” is ostensibly a new version of the track, ‘performed’ by the likes of Suggs, Orbital and Billy Bragg – but we are truly though the looking glass here, with a silent track making the chart for the second time in a matter of weeks. To be strictly accurate, this is the first completely silent chart offering, as The Royal British Legion’s 2 Minute Silence track, issued to mark Remembrance Sunday, contains ambient background noise. It reached number 20 in November, and has sold nearly 19,000 copies to date.

Although Cardle’s victory in The X Factor pulled in a record audience for the show, it converted into only the fifth highest (of seven) first week sales for an X Factor coronation single - When We Collide sold 439,007 copies last week, trailing Shayne Ward’s That’s My Goal (742,180 sales, 2005), Alexandra Burke’s Hallelujah (576,046 sales, 2008), Leona Lewis’s A Moment Like This (571,253 sales, 2006) and Joe McElderry’s The Climb (450,838 sales, 2009) but beating Leon Jackson’s When You Believe (275,742 sales, 2007) and first X Factor winner Steve Brookstein’s Against All Odds, which sold 127,701 copies on its first week in the shops in 2004, though it didn’t get released until after Christmas. In 2008, Burke’s cover of Hallelujah spurred Jeff Buckley’s recording of the song into the Top 10 too - and the same happens this week, with Scots group Biffy Clyro’s Many Of Horror (the original title of When We Collide) re-entering the chart at number eight (40,361 sales), easily beating the number 20 peak it scaled in January.


With the effect of their performance on The X Factor a couple of weeks ago fading, Black Eyed Peas’ The Time (Dirty Bit) slides 1-4 (57,129 sales) but Rihanna’s appearance on the show duetting with Cardle on Unfaithful brings her 2006 number two hit back onto the chart at number 31 (12,561 sales), and brings to five the number of concurrent Top 40 hits to her credit. With airplay kicking in, her latest single, What’s My Name (feat. Drake) zaps 4-2 (104,487 sales) to become her eighth number two hit. Her former number ones Only Girl (In The World) and Love The Way You Lie (feat. Eminem) ebb 5-7 (40,975 sales) and 30-39 (9,234 sales), respectively, while David Guetta collaboration Who’s That Chick eases 9-15 (22,805 sales). Her UK singles sales for 2010 exceed 3m.

Overall it’s a week with few major movements in the chart but the battle for the Christmas number one stimulated business considerably. Sales were up 27.42% week-on-week to 3,558,649 but were 3.25% below same week 2009 sales of 3,678,319, when the Rage Against The Machine/Joe McElderry singles alone sold nearly a million copies between them.

Albums

Take That’s Progress cements its position as the biggest seller of 2010, racking up a fifth straight week atop the album chart. The band’s appearance on the Strictly Come Dancing Semi Final results show and The X Factor final within 30 minutes eight days ago helped to generate a massive increase in sales of their records. Progress sold 330,251 copies last week, lifting its 34 day haul to 1,437,287, while first single The Flood, which the band performed on The X Factor, rebounds 15-6 (45,923 sales). They also performed Never Forget with the final three (Matt, Rebecca, One Direction), stimulating a 72.20% increase in sales of the compilation Never Forget: The Ultimate Cololection, which advances 58-41, with sales of 17,977, lifting its career tally to 2,023,660. Robbie Williams also turned up the day before, at The X Factor semi finals, performing She’s The One with One Direction. His In And Out Of Consciousness: The Greatest Hits album canters 14-7 in the wake of this, ending a five week absence from the Top 10. Sales of 81,418 lift its 10 week career tally to 463,699.

Progress has the title of best-selling album of 2010 sewn up, but there’s jockeying for positions behind it. Lady GaGa’s The Fame rises 51-46 on the weekly list, with sales of 15,074 copies, while Michael Buble’s Crazy Love falls 2-3 (138,912 sales). Both top the million sales mark for 2010 – but Buble’s album leapfrogs GaGa’s with year to date sales of 1,039,675 against its rival’s 1,012,057. These are the positions they will hold at the end of the year, reversing their year-end 2009 placings. GaGa’s album still has the edge overall, with career sales of 2,401,021 against Buble’s 2,237,096.

Rihanna has two singles in the Top 10, and sang with Matt Cardle in the X Factor semi final show eight days ago, creating an ideal environment for sales of her latest album, Loud, to massively increase its profile. It responds by rebounding 4-2 with sales up 104.2% to 193,548 – the highest of its five week career.

The only album to debut this week is Michael, a collection of newly completed tracks from the vaults of the late Michael Jackson. The set debuts at number four (113,145 sales).

As in the singles chart, there is little significant chart action taking place but sales are up considerably. Back in June, Christina Aguilera’s Bionic debuted at number one on sales of 24,301 – the same sale was exceeded by the top 30 artist albums and nine compilations last week, as overall sales improved 10.54% week-on-week to 5,724,064. It’s the ninth week in a row they have improved – a 21st century record – though with atrocious weather impacting badly they are more than a million – 16.08% - below same week 2009 sales of 6,820,882. Bionic, incidentally, proved to be anything but superhuman, with sales of just 62,477 in 28 weeks to date.

Topping the compilation chart for the fourth straight week, Now That’s What I Call Music! 77 finally surrenders combined chart honours to Take That’s Progress but it sold a further 188,464 copies last week to increase its lead at the top of the year to date compilation chart, where its tally of 954,558 sales give it the edge of Now! 76 (764,920 sales) and Now! 75 (606,780 sales) in an all Now! top three.

[Brett]

I'm really sorry I didn't manage to post a Christmas chart analysis. We were stranded in the US until today (not that I was complaining, although we've spent way over our budget) and now we have arrived home to find that our pipes have frozen and we have no water and will probably have to go stay at my mother's for a few days. I'll try and get Sundays analysis posted as normal.

[Wayne]

Oh that's bloody awful! I hope that you get your pipes fixed soon, and normal business resumes!