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Brett
02-06-2011, 06:05 PM
Brett Bradley-Howarth’s UK Top 40 Chart Analysis:

6 records are climbing the chart this week, 25 are sliding, there are 3 non-movers, 1 re-entry and 5 new entries.

01(NE)Jessie J & B.o.B – Price tag*
02(02)Bruno Mars – Grenade
03(01)Ke$ha – We r who we r
04(03)Adele – Rolling in the deep
05(NE)Enrique Iglesias & Ludacris – Tonight*
06(04)Diddy-Dirty Money & Skylar Grey – Coming home
07(06)Jessie J – Do it like a dude
08(17)Taio Cruz & Kylie Minogue – Higher^
09(10)Chris Brown – Yeah x3^
10(05)Chase and Status – Blind faith
11(21)Pink – F**kin perfect^
12(07)Wretch 32 – Traktor
13(13)Martin Solveig & Dragonette – Hello
14(40)Tinie Tempah & Ellie Goulding – Wonderman^
15(09)Rihanna & Drake – What’s my name?
16(16)David Guetta & Rihanna – Who’s that chick?
17(12)JLS & Tinie Tempah – Eyes wide shut
18(08)Britney Spears – Hold it against me
19(11)Katy B & Ms Dynamite – Lights on
20(NE)Rihanna – S & M*
21(NE)Dr Dre, Eminem & Skylar Grey – I need a doctor*
22(14)Tinchy Stryder & Melanie Fiona – Let it rain
23(15)Adele – Make you feel my love
24(19)Bruno Mars – Just the way you are
25(22)Aggro Santos & Kimberley Walsh – Like u like
26(24)Rihanna – Only girl
27(20)Black Eyed Peas – The time
28(26)Nero – Me and you
29(18)Ellie Goulding – Your song
30(37)Noah and the whale – L.i.f.e.g.o.e.s.o.n.^
31(27)Katy Perry – Firework
32(RE)Avril Lavigne – What the hell^
33(36)Adele – Someone like you^
34(28)Far East Movement – Like a G6
35(33)Alexis Jordan – Happiness
36(34)Pink – Raise your glass
37(25)Matt Cardle – When we collide
38(29)Cee Lo Green – F**k you
39(NE)Yasmin – On my own*
40(23)Tinie Tempah & Kelly Rowland – Invincible


The UK has a brand new chart-topper, a collaboration between UK singer song-writer Jessie J and US rapper B.o.B entitled ‘Price tag’ has flown straight in at number 1. It’s Jessie’s first number 1 hit and second hit in total, the last being ‘Do it like a dude’ which peaked at number 2 last month and this week spends its 11th charting week at number 7. ‘Price tag’ is B.o.B’s 3rd UK number 1 and 4th UK top 20 hit, he was last in the chart alongside Rivers Cuomo on ‘Magic’ which peaked at 16 last November, his previous chart toppers were ‘Nothin’ on you’ and ‘Airplanes’, both in 2010.

Last week’s number 1, Ke$ha’s ‘We r who we r’ slides 2 places down to number 3 after just a week on top; sandwiched between them is Bruno Mars’ ‘Grenade’ which spends its 4th charting week at number, while simultaneously his previous number 1 hit spends a 20th week in the chart, ‘Just the way you are’ is at 24.

This week’s second-highest new entry belongs to Spanish singer song-writer Enrique Iglesias; debuting at 5 is ‘Tonight’, his 15th top 40 hit and immediately his 9th to reach the top 10. He was last on the countdown with ‘Heartbeat’ which peaked at number 8 last October. His biggest hit to date is of course ‘Hero’ which spent 4 weeks at number 1 in 2002. ‘Tonight’ also features US Rapper Ludacris who has had 15 previous hits including a number 1 hit ‘Yeah’ alongside Usher in 2004.

It’s not looking good for Diddy-Dirty Money, after a fortnight in 4th place, this week it slides to 6, the news also isn’t good for Chase and Status, ‘Blind faith’ slides from 5 to 10. It also looks bleak for Tinchy Stryder, after shooting up to 14 last week, ‘Let it rain’ dips 8 places.

After leaping 20 places last week, Taio Cruz’s ‘Higher’ (now featuring Kylie Minogue) is up 9 places in its 3rd charting week to a new peak of number 8. It now becomes Taio’s 7th top 10 hit and Kylie’s 34th.

Right behind is another climber, albeit a smaller one, after a number 10 debut last week, this week Chris Brown’s ‘Yeah x3’ climbs a place to number 9.

Just outside the top 10 is another climber, Pink’s ‘F**kin perfect’ is up 10 places to a new peak of number 11. It now surpasses the number 13 peak of her last hit ‘Raise your glass’ which currently spends its 13th week inside the top 40 at 36.

Having progressed up the chart for the past month, this week Martin Solveig and Dragonette’s ‘Hello’ spends a second week at its current peak of number 13.

By far the weeks greatest gainer is Tinie Tempah and Ellie Goulding’s ‘Wonderman’, after a number 40 debut last week, this week it’s up 26 places to a new number 14 peak. Both acts have a chart presence elsewhere, Tinie with ‘Eyes wide shut’ at 17 and ‘Invincible’ at 40, and Ellie’s ‘Your song’ at 29.

There are more new entries to report; at 20 is a new hit for US R&B star Rihanna, ‘S & M’ is her 23rd UK Top 40 hit and once again makes her able to boast 4 simultaneous top 40 hits, also charting with ‘What’s my name’ at 15, ‘Who’s that chick’ at 16 and ‘Only girl’ at 26. Can ‘S & M’ become her 6th number 1 hit in the coming weeks?

Right behind at 21 is another new arrival, a collaboration between US Rappers Dr Dre, Eminem and US Singer-song writer Skylar Grey entitled ‘I need a doctor’. It’s Eminem’s 25th UK hit, he was last in the chart with ‘Love the way you lie’ a duet with Rihanna which clocked up 30 weeks inside the top 40 beginning last summer and ending in January, it peaked at number 2 and became last years bestseller, leaving the single that followed ‘No love’ fade into the background, only peaking at 33. Eminem has had 7 UK chart toppers, most recently ‘Smack that’, a duet with Akon in 2006. ‘I need a doctor’ is Dr Dre’s 12th UK Top 40 hit, he was last in the chart on another collaboration with Eminem, ‘Crack a bottle’ which peaked at 4 in February 2009, his biggest UK hit to date is ‘The next episode’ which peaked at 3 in 2001. As for Skylar Grey, it’s her second UK Top 40 hit, her first being her collaboration with Diddy-Dirty Money ‘Coming home’ which currently resides at number 6.

Climbing the bottom half of chart this week is Noah and the whale’s ‘L.i.f.e.g.o.e.s.o.n.’ After a number 37 debut last week, their second hit keeps its foot in the door of the top 40, rising 7 places to a new number 30 peak.

Fans of Avril Lavigne were no doubt disappointed that her comeback single ‘What the hell’ only peaked at 29 last month, this week however the song returns to the chart, a re-entry at 32.

The unstoppable Adele is climbing the chart again; this week ‘Someone like you’ creeps 3 places up the chart to a new peak of number 33, meanwhile ‘Rolling in the deep’ spends a 5th week inside the top 5 and ‘Make you feel my love’ spends its 22nd charting week at number 23.

This week’s final new entry lands at 39, the chart debut for UK Singer song-writer Yasmin, entitled ‘On my own’.

Can Jessie hold on to number 1 for a second week? Will Bruno, Adele, Enrique, Rihanna, Taio, Tinie or Diddy climb to the top or could Chipmunk’s ‘Champion’, Eric Prydz’ ‘Niton’ Loick Essien & N-Dubz’ ‘Stuttering’ or Modestep’s ‘Feel good’ enter at the top next week?

Also out this week:
Alex Winston - The Sister Wife EP
Bryan Ferry – Alphaville
Cut Copy - Sun God
Danny Byrd feat. Netsky - Tonight
Ela - Butterflies
Emeli Sande - Kill The Boy
Fenech-Soler - Demons
Glenn Aitken - Just No
Gruff Rhys - Sensations In The Dark
Helena Paparizou - An Isouna Agapi
I Blame Coco - Turn Your Back On Love
John Grant - Where Dreams Go To Die
Kerri Chandler & Christopher McCray - Heaven
Lanu & Megan Washington - Lanu
Lewis Floyd Henry - Rickety Ol Rollercoaster
Modestep - Feel Good
Mogwai - Mexican Grand Prix
Okkervil River - Mermaid/Walked Out On A Line
Peter Bjorn and John - Second Chance
PJ Harvey - The Words That Maketh Murder
Rhian Benson - Better Without You
Skepta vs N-Dubz - Alive
Steph - Girls On Film
Sunday Girl - Stop Hey
Tame Impala - Solitude Is Bliss
Teddy Thompson - Looking For A Girl
The Boxer Rebellion - Step Out Of The Car
Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know
Visions Of Trees - Sometimes It Kills/No Flag
We Are The Physics - YoU Can Do The Athletics
Whelan & Di Scala - Nimbus
Wynter Gordon – Dirty Talk
Yellow Wire - Last Breath
Young The Giant - Apartment

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Wayne
02-07-2011, 02:14 PM
TOP 100 SINGLES
TW | LW | Song | Artist | Weeks On Chart

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1. (NEW) PRICE TAG (Jessie J feat B.o.B) 1 wk

2. (2) GRENADE (Bruno Mars) 4 wks

3. (1) WE R WHO WE R (Ke$ha) 2 wks

4. (3) ROLLING IN THE DEEP (Adele) 3 wks

5. (NEW) TONIGHT (I'M F**KIN' YOU) (Enrique Iglesias feat Ludacris & DJ Frank E) 1 wk

6. (4) COMING HOME (Diddy Dirty Money feat Skylar Grey) 3 wks

7. (6) DO IT LIKE A DUDE (Jessie J) 11 wks

8. (17) HIGHER (Taio Cruz feat Travie McCoy & Kylie Minogue) 4 wks

9. (10) YEAH 3X (Chris Brown) 2 wks

10. (5) BLIND FAITH (Chase & Status feat Liam Bailey) 2 wks

11. (21) F**KIN' PERFECT (Pink) 2 wks

12. (7) TRAKTOR (Wretch 32 feat L) 3 wks

13. (13) HELLO (Martin Solveig feat Dragonette) 6 wks

14. (40) WONDERMAN (Tinie Tempah feat Ellie Goulding) 4 wks

15. (9) WHAT'S MY NAME (Rihanna feat Drake) 12 wks

16. (16) WHO'S THAT CHICK (David Guetta feat Rihanna) 10 wks

17. (12) EYES WIDE SHUT (JLS) 4 wks

18. (8) HOLD IT AGAINST ME (Britney Spears) 3 wks

19. (11) LIGHTS ON (Katy B feat Ms Dynamite) 7 wks

20. (51) S&M (Rihanna) 7 wks

21. (NEW) I NEED A DOCTOR (Dr Dre feat Eminem & Skylar Grey) 1 wk

22. (14) LET IT RAIN (Tinchy Stryder feat Melanie Fiona) 4 wks

23. (15) MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE (Adele) 26 wks

24. (19) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE (AMAZING) (Bruno Mars) 20 wks

25. (22) LIKE U LIKE (Aggro Santos feat Kimberley Walsh) 3 wks

26. (24) ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD) (Rihanna) 15 wks

27. (20) THE TIME (DIRTY BIT) (Black Eyed Peas) 13 wks

28. (26) ME & YOU (Nero) 5 wks

29. (18) YOUR SONG (Ellie Goulding) 13 wks

30. (37) L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. (Noah & The Whale) 2 wks

31. (27) FIREWORK (Katy Perry) 16 wks

32. (45) WHAT THE HELL (Avril Lavigne) 3 wks

33. (36) SOMEONE LIKE YOU (Adele) 2 wks

34. (28) LIKE A G6 (Far East Movement feat Cataracts & Dev) 13 wks

35. (33) HAPPINESS (Alexis Jordan) 14 wks

36. (34) RAISE YOUR GLASS (Pink) 13 wks

37. (25) WHEN WE COLLIDE (Matt Cardle) 8 wks

38. (29) F**K YOU (Cee-Lo Green) 18 wks

39. (NEW) ON MY OWN (Yasmin) 1 wk

40. (23) INVINCIBLE (Tinie Tempah feat Kelly Rowland) 9 wks

42. (44) PACK UP (Eliza Doolittle) 27 wks

43. (48) ANIMAL (Neon Trees) 2 wks

45. (NEW) RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH (Glee Cast) 1 wk

46. (50) JUST A DREAM (Nelly) 16 wks

50. (60) UNFAITHFUL (Rihanna) 19 wks

52. (49) SHINE A LIGHT (McFly feat Taio Cruz) 13 wks

54. (46) THE FLOOD (Take That) 13 wks

55. (RE)(135) MOMENT 4 LIFE (Nicki Minaj feat Drake) 2 wks

58. (70) THIS IS THE LIFE (Amy MacDonald) 20 wks

59. (67) DOWN ON ME (Jeremih feat 50 Cent) 2 wks

61. (75) I'LL BE IN THE SKY (B.o.B) 3 wks

62. (RE)(80) DOG DAYS ARE OVER (Florence & The Machine) 31 wks

65. (43) THE FLOOD (Cheryl Cole) 10 wks

66. (68) I LIKE IT (Enrique Iglesias feat Pitbull) 21 wks

67. (NEW) LUCKY (Glee Cast) 1 wk

68. (31) THE ROLLER (Beady Eye) 2 wks

70. (NEW) HYPEST HYPE (Chase & Status feat Tempa T) 1 wk

72. (RE)(94) FIX YOU (Coldplay) 27 wks

73. (RE)(117) TRULY MADLY DEEPLY (Savage Garden)

75. (RE)(85) NOT AFRAID (Eminem) 23 wks

76. (79) BEAUTIFUL MONSTER (Ne-Yo)

77. (NEW) C'MON (CATCH 'EM BY SURPRISE) (Tiesto vs Diplo feat Busta Rhymes)

79. (NEW) DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART (Glee Cast)

81. (98) CANDY (Aggro Santos feat Kimberly Wyatt)

85. (118) TEARDROP (Massive Attack)

87. (128) END CREDITS (Chase & Status feat Plan B)

88. (99) ONE IN A MILLION (Ne-Yo)

91. (95) STARRY EYED (Ellie Goulding)

93. (129) KISS FROM A ROSE (Seal)

94. (92) RULE THE WORLD (Take That)

95. (69) POISON (Nicole Scherzinger)

98. (87) HIGHER (Saturdays feat Flo Rida)

99. (192) ALL OF THE LIGHTS (Kanye West)

100. (122) SHE MOVES IN HER OWN WAY (Kooks)

[Courtesy of Radio 1/OCC/Music Week]

Wayne
02-07-2011, 02:16 PM
TOP 100 ALBUMS
TW | LW | Album | Artist | Weeks On Chart

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1. (1) 21 (Adele) 2 wks

2. (NEW) NO MORE IDOLS (Chase & Status) 1 wk

3. (2) DOO WOPS & HOOLIGANS (Bruno Mars) 3 wks

4. (4) 19 (Adele) 72 wks

5. (3) LOUD (Rihanna) 12 wks

6. (NEW) SIMPLY EVA (Eva Cassidy) 1 wk

7. (6) LIGHTS (Ellie Goulding) 40 wks

8. (7) MAYHEM (Imelda May) 8 wks

9. (12) SEASONS OF MY SOUL (Rumer) 14 wks

10. (5) THE LADY KILLER (Cee-Lo Green) 13 wks

11. (9) BRING HIM HOME (Alfie Boe) 6 wks

12. (11) DISC-OVERY (Tinie Tempah) 18 wks

13. (15) PROGRESS (Take That) 12 wks

14. (13) SIGH NO MORE (Mumford & Sons) 70 wks

15. (8) ELIZA DOOLITTLE (Eliza Doolittle) 30 wks

16. (10) THE DEFAMATION OF STRICKLAND BANKS (Plan B) 43 wks

17. (19) TEENAGE DREAM (Katy Perry) 23 wks

18. (17) OLLY MURS (Olly Murs) 10 wks

19. (NEW) DOIN' IT AGAIN (Skepta) 1 wk

20. (NEW) LOVE SONGS (Roberta Flack) 1 wk

21. (16) GOOD OL' FASHIONED LOVE (Overtones) 13 wks

22. (RE) ANIMAL (Ke$ha) 24 wks

23. (20) GREATEST HITS - SO FAR (Pink) 12 wks

24. (18) THE FAME (Lady Gaga) 108 wks

25. (21) CRAZY LOVE (Michael Buble) 68 wks

26. (27) SOME KIND OF TROUBLE (James Blunt) 13 wks

27. (22) COME AROUND SUNDOWN (Kings of Leon) 16 wks

28. (23) THE WANTED (Wanted) 15 wks

29. (NEW) FAITH [REMASTERED] (George Michael) 1 wk

30. (25) OUTTA THIS WORLD (JLS) 11 wks

31. (NEW) PALACE (Chapel Club) 1 wk

32. (26) SCIENCE & FAITH (Script) 21 wks

33. (62) TOURIST HISTORY (Two Door Cinema Club) 3 wks

34. (36) THE BEGINNING (Black Eyed Peas) 10 wks

35. (14) RITUAL (White Lies) 3 wks

36. (30) MOONLIGHT SERENADE (Andre Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra) 12 wks

37. (28) LUNGS (Florence & The Machine) 78 wks

38. (51) LOVE TO LOVE (Marti Pellow) 2 wks

39. (41) IN & OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS GREATEST HITS 1990-2010 (Robbie Williams) 17 wks

40. (34) ONLY BY THE NIGHT (Kings Of Leon) 124 wks

42. (42) GREATEST HITS (Bon Jovi) 13 wks

43. (29) MESSY LITTLE RAINDROPS (Cheryl Cole) 14 wks

44. (RE)(79) THE VERY BEST OF (Fleetwood Mac)

45. (48) RECOVERY (Eminem) 33 wks

50. (NEW) ROLLING BLACKOUTS (Go! Team) 1 wk

53. (44) NEVER FORGET - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION (Take That) 141 wks

54. (NEW) IN SEARCH OF ELUSIVE LITTLE COMETS (Little Comets) 1 wk

55. (61) BUD SWEAT & BEERS (Devlin) 7 wks

56. (RE)(78) ENDLESSLY (Duffy) 9 wks

59. (24) LAST TRAIN TO PARIS (Diddy Dirty Money) 2 wks

61. (RE)(94) PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS - THE BEST OF (Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler)

62. (75) THE KING'S SPEECH (OST) (Alexandre Desplat) 2 wks

64. (RE)(83) ONE LOVE (David Guetta) 42 wks

66. (72) PIECE OF THE ACTION - THE BEST OF (Meat Loaf) 8 wks

67. (70) THE SCRIPT (Script) 77 wks

68. (67) NUMBER ONES (Michael Jackson) 98 wks

69. (66) HEADLINES (Saturdays) 23 wks

70. (71) RAYMOND V RAYMOND (Usher) 18 wks

80. (88) MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY (Kanye West)

81. (80) MY LOVE: THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION (Celine Dion)

83. (150) THE UNION (Elton John/Leon Russell)

86. (106) I SPEAK BECAUSE I CAN (Laura Marling)

88. (161) MORE THAN ALOT (Chase & Status)

89. (RE) LOVE SONGS (UB40)

91. (92) 25 THE GREATEST HITS (Simply Red)

92. (97) GREATEST HITS (Foo Fighters)

93. (107) BLACK KEYS (Brothers)

94. (31) THE BIG ROAR (Joy Formidable)

96. (111) GREATEST HITS (Enrique Iglesias)

97. (127) THIS IS THE LIFE (Amy MacDonald)

98. (105) UP TO NOW (Snow Patrol)

99. (60) APHRODITE (Kylie Minogue)

[Courtesy of Radio 1/OCC/Music Week]

Wayne
02-07-2011, 02:16 PM
TOP 50 AIRPLAY
TW | LW | Artist | Song

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01 01 Bruno Mars Grenade
02 04 Taio Cruz feat Travie McCoy & Kylie Minogue Higher
03 07 JLS feat Tinie Tempah Eyes Wide Shut
04 02 Adele Rolling In The Deep
05 12 Ke$ha We R Who We R
06 06 Katy Perry Firework
07 09 Mike Posner Cooler Than Me
08 03 Rihanna feat Drake What's My Name?
09 08 Olly Murs Thinking Of Me
10 10 Cee Lo Green F**k You
11 11 Britney Spears Hold It Against Me
12 13 Bruno Mars Just The Way You Are (Amazing)
13 05 Jessie J Do It Like A Dude
14 18 Nelly Just A Dream
15 16 Pink Raise Your Glass
16 15 Rihanna Only Girl (In The World)
17 65 Pink F**Kin' Perfect
18 14 JLS Love You More
19 32 Chipmunk feat Chris Brown Champion
20 19 Far East Movement feat Cataracs & Dev Like A G6
21 17 Matt Cardle When We Collide
22 26 Diddy Dirty Money feat Skylar Grey Coming Home
23 20 Take That The Flood
24 21 Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette Hello
25 42 David Guetta feat Rihanna Who's That Chick?
26 94 Script If You Ever Come Back
27 23 Katy B feat Ms Dynamite Lights On
28 28 Eliza Doolittle Skinny Genes
29 24 Wretch 32 feat L Traktor
30 NE Jessie J feat B.o.B Price Tag
31 78 Sara Bareilles King Of Anything
32 25 Chase & Status feat Liam Bailey Blind Faith
33 37 Matisyahu One Day
34 29 Imelda May vs Blue Jay Gonzalez Inside Out
35 27 Wanted All Time Low
36 39 Nero Me & You
37 40 Bryan Ferry Alphaville
38 79 Chris Brown Yeah 3X
39 51 Sugarland Stuck Like Glue
40 35 Saturdays feat Flo-Rida Higher
41 33 Tinie Tempah feat Kelly Rowland Invincible
42 34 Ellie Goulding Your Song
43 49 Adele Make You Feel My Love
44 30 Katy Perry feat Snoop Dogg California Gurls
45 38 McFly feat Taio Cruz Shine A Light
46 52 Beady Eye The Roller
47 45 Michael Buble Hollywood
48 44 Jay Sean feat Nicki Minaj 2012 (It Ain't The End)
49 46 Travie McCoy feat Bruno Mars Billionaire
50 54 Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling

[Courtesy of Music Week/Nielsen]

Wayne
02-07-2011, 02:19 PM
SALES

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From MW and other sources

SINGLES

84076 Jessie J/BoB
65670 Bruno Mars
51478 Ke$ha
49043 Adele
44836 Enrique Iglesias/Ludacris/DJ Frank E

37594 Jessie J [DILAD] (7)
37437 Taio Cruz/Travie/Kylie (8)
29794 Pink (11)
19025 Tinie Tempah/Ellie Goulding (14)
14482 Rihanna [S&M] (20)
14418 Dr. Dre/Eminem/Skylar Grey (21)
12901 Adele [MYFML] (23)
8162 Yasmin (39)

ALBUMS

135585 Adele
52224 Chase & Status
44493 Bruno Mars
27660 Adele [19]
26464 Rihanna
21778 Eva Cassidy (6)

11187 Tinie Tempah (12)
8753 Skepta (19)
8575 Roberta Flack (20)
8478 Ke$ha (22)
5621 George Michael (29)
5421 Chapel Club (31)
4333 Marti Pellow (33)

YTDs - Singles
410,228 Bruno Mars - Grenade
141,617 Ke$ha - We R Who We R

To Date Singles
314,235 Jesse J - Do It Like A Dude

YTDs - Albums
343,675 Adele - 21
195,717 Bruno Mars - Doo Wops & Hooligans

To Date Albums
82,540 The Streets - Everything Is Borrowed
50,138 Glee Cast - The Christmas Album
37,318 Teddy Thompson - A Piece Of What You Need
7,869 Bob Geldof - Sex, Age & Death
5,277 Sugarland - Love On The Inside

Singles

The new On Air / On Sale initiative launched by Sony and Universal to relieve consumer frustration over lengthy lead-ins – and minimise illegal downloading – is expected to result in more gradual growth and higher sales for singles which currently debut and peak the week that pent-up demand is relieved by their release.

That’s the theory – but one of the first singles to be issued as part of the experiment – Price Tag by Jessie J feat. B.o.B – goes to number one this week, after snaring first-week sales of 84,077.

Its mercurial debut is in contrast to her first hit Do It Like A Dude, which peaked on its eighth week on the chart, gaining vital impetus from J’s success in winning the BBC’s prestigious Sound Of 2011 to complete a rollercoaster 25-30-29-34-21-18-5-2 climb. On its fifth week in the Top 10 it slips a notch to number seven with sales of 37,594 copies, lifting its career tally to 314,235.

Although it is Jessie J’s first number one, Price Tag is the third number one in less than nine months for rapper B.o.B, who topped the list last May with Nothin’ On You (feat. Bruno Mars) and returned to the summit two months later with Airplanes (feat. Hayley Williams).

Mars, of course, was number one a fortnight ago with Grenade, which holds at number two this week (65,671 sales), while Ke$ha’s We R Who We R ebbs 1-3 (51,478 sales).

There’s an outbreak of bad language in the Top 20 this week, the like of which we haven’t seen since 2004, when Eamon’s F**K It (I Don’t Want You Back) was toppled from the top of the chart by Frankie’s answer song F**k U Right Back.

This week’s Tourette’s twosome are connected only by their use of the same expletive. Debuting at number five (44,836 sales), Enrique Iglesias blows his boy next door image with Tonight (I’m F**kin’ You), which also features Ludacris, while Pink’s penchant for profane patter is vented in F***kin’ Perfect, which jumps 21-11 (29,794 sales).


Tonight (I’m F**kin’ You) is Iglesias’ ninth Top 10 hit, and his third in a row – a personal best - following Pitbull collaboration I Like It (number four) and Heartbeat (number eight), with Nicole Scherzinger. F***kin’ Perfect is the second new track lifted from Pink’s Greatest Hits...So Far!!! compilation, following Raise Your Glass, which reached number 13.

It’s only 13 weeks since the first ever Top 40 hit entitled simply Higher peaked at number 10 for The Saturdays feat. Flo-Rida – but this week sees another, completely different song of that title venture even higher for Taio Cruz feat. Kylie Minogue & Travie McCoy.

Taio’s seventh Top 10 hit and Travie’s second, it is Kylie’s 34th. Rising 17-8, the track sold 37,437 copies last week, despite having to battle against more simultaneous covers than any other hit in chart history. Buyers at Amazon and iTunes alone were able to pick from soundalike cash-ins from 29 anonymous acts, namely: #1 Taio Cruz Tribute Band, #1 Taio Cruz & Kylie Minogue Tribute Band, 8 Bit Players, 808 Re-Mix Squad, 2010s Karaoke Band, Arcade Wizards, DJ Ballad, DJ Downtempo, DJ Ex, DJ Gamer, DJ La-La, DJ Tools, Drum And Bass Remixers, Karaoke Essentials, Karaoke Hitts (sic), Master Q, Off The Record, Party Hit Kings, Piano Tribute Kings, Piano Tribute Maestro, Remix Hitmakers, Slow Grind Remixers, Slow It Down, Smash Hit Band, Super Stems Mashups Kit, Taio Cruz For Piano, Tribute Mega Stars, Ultimate Party Jams and Ultimate Piano Players.

Wonderman is the sixth Top 20 single off Tinie Tempah’s debut album Disc-Overy in less than a year. Featuring Ellie Goulding, the track sprints 40-14 (19,025 sales), and follows the number one hits Pass Out and Written In The Stars (feat. Eric Turner), the number two smash Frisky (feat. Labyrinth), the number four Miami 2 Ibiza (Swedish House Mafia Vs. Tinie Tempah) and Invincible, a number 11 hit feat. Kelly Rowland. Disc-Overy itself slips 11-12 (11,187 sales).

10 songs made their Top 40 debut last week but this week there are only five new arrivals – the aforementioned Jessie J and Enrique Iglesias songs; S&M, the spanking new single from Rihanna, which jumps 51-20 (14,482 sales); I Need A Doctor by Dr. Dre feat. Eminem and Skylar Grey (number 21, 14,418 sales); On My Own (number 39, 8,162 sales), the debut solo hit for Yasmin, who sang on Devlin’s number 15 hit, Runaway last year.

Overall singles sales are down 3.04% week-on-week at 3,158,446 – 4.24% above same week 2010 sales of 3,029,919.

Albums

After selling a massive 208,090 copies on its first week in the shops, Adele’s 21 continues to dominate the album market, selling a further 135,585 copies.

That gives it an advantage of more than two to one over nearest challenger, No More Idols by Chase & Status.
21’s continuing strength comes as first single Rolling In The Deep continues its slow decline, falling 3-4 (49,043 sales), while Someone Like You improves 36-33 (9,314 sales).

Meanwhile, Adele’s debut album, 19, strengthens its hold on the number four slot, increasing sales by 8.80% week-on-week to 27,660, as single Make You Feel My Love switches direction for the 12th time since it re-entered the chart 19 weeks ago, falling 15-23 (12,901 sales).

Chase & Status’ second album, No More Idols is home to three Top 15 hits and sold 52,224 copies last week. Their 2008 debut, That Means Alot (sic) debuted and peaked at number 49 in 2008, with first week sales of 3,234. It has, however, sold steadily ever since, racking up overall sales of 115,336 copies.

Eva Cassidy’s seventh posthumous Top 40 album, Simply Eva, is a collection of previously unreleased, alternate, acoustic versions of some of her most popular songs plus the previously unissued San Francisco Bay Blues. It makes a strong initial showing, debuting at number six (21,778 sales). It brings her cumulative UK sales to 3,459,689.

There are also Top 40 debuts this week for grime star Skepta’s first album, Doin’ It Again (number 19, 8,753 sales); Love Songs (number 20, 8,575 sales), a new Roberta Flack compilation aimed at the Valentine’s Day market; Chapel Club’s introductory release, Palace (number 31, 5,421 sales) and Love To Love by Marti Pellow (51-38, 4,333 sales).

Two albums of very different vintages return to the Top 40 after being issued in new editions: Ke$ha’s debut album Animal, now packaged with Cannibal - a second CD of new songs including We R Who We R - re-enters at number 22 (8,478 sales), having debuted and peaked at number eight exactly a year ago; and George Michael’s 1987 debut solo album Faith is back at number 29 (5,621 sales) after being issued in a new deluxe edition.

Newly crowned as their best-selling album, having racked up sales of 27,408 copies in 18 weeks, Bellowhead’s Hedonism has also re-appeared in the Indie Albums Breakers chart for the first time since last October. The third studio album by the eleven member folk act should have been in the chart throughout, with two weeks at number one, but was excluded due to a technical error at OCC.

No change atop the compilation chart, with Now That’s What I Call Music! 77 holding sway for the 12th week in a row (10,970 sales).

Overall album sales declined by 0.47% week-on-week to 1,937,903 – 4.74% below same week 2010 sales of 2,034,416.

SOURCE: MUSIC WEEK

06/02/2011 - Price Tag Suits Jessie J

Twenty-two-year-old Jessie J bags her first Official Singles Chart number one with second single Price Tag featuring US rapper, producer and singer B.o.B, outselling all rivals, the Official Charts Company confirms today.

Price Tag, one of the first wave of new singles to be released under the On Air, On Air initiative, being released to radio and retail on the same day, follows J’s debut single Do It Like A Dude which entered the Official Singles Chart last November at number 25 and went on to peak at number two in January. Do It Like A Dude has spent five week in the Official Singles Chart Top 10 (it’s this week’s number seven) and has sold over 300,000 copies to date. The singer and songwriter has also attracted widespread critical acclaim winning the BBC’s Sound of 2011 poll and being named Critics’ Choice of the Brits 2011.

Price Tag’s success has also given featured artist B.o.B his third Official Singles Chart number one following last year’s Nothin’ On You (May, 2010) and Airplanes (July 2010).

Jessie J’s debut album Who We Are is scheduled for release on 28th February 2011.

There are two other new entries in this week’s Official Singles Chart Top 10; Enrique Iglesias scores his ninth Official Singles Chart Top 10 hit with Tonight (I’m F**kin’ You) featuring rapper Ludacris straight in at number five while Taio Cruz’s Higher featuring Travie McCoy and Kylie Minogue moves up to this week’s number eight from last week’s number 17.

In the Official Albums Chart, Adele’s 21, one of the biggest albums of recent years, stays at number one and posts impressive second week sales of over 135,000 while her debut album, 19, also holds firm in the Official Albums Chart, staying at number four.

The Official Albums Chart Top 10 features two new entries; production duo Chase & Status score their highest ever Official Albums Chart placing with second album No More Idols debuting at number two while Simply Eva, a posthumous collection from acclaimed US vocalist Eva Cassidy, is straight in at number six.

Rumer’s Seasons Of My Soul, which entered the Official Albums Chart at number three in November last year is a re-entry this week moving up to this week’s number nine from last week’s number 12.

Source: OCC

Wayne
02-07-2011, 02:21 PM
And finally, a NEW addition to our weekly UK charts topic, courtesy of VIDCAPPER (Haven) who compiles this every week - a massive thanks for his work! The year-to-date top-selling singles & albums in the UK!!

SINGLES:

Pos YTD Artist Song

1 410200 Bruno Mars Grenade
2 221000 Jessie J Do It Like A Dude
3 195600 Adele Rolling In The Deep
4 174200 Rihanna ft Drake What's My Name
5 151600 Diddy & Dirty Money ft Skylar Coming Home
6 141600 Ke$ha We R Who We R
7 133400 Katy B ft Ms Dynamite Lights On
8 113600 Matt Cardle When We Collide
9 111000 David Guetta ft Rihanna Who's That Chick
10 105000 Black Eyed Peas Time (The Dirty Bit)
11 94000 Ellie Goulding Your Song
12 93400 JLS Eyes Wide Shut
13 92000 Wretch 32 Traktor
14 91600 Far East Movement Like A G6
15 88600 Rihanna Only Girl (In The World)
16 86800 Tinie Tempah ft Kelly Rowland Invincible
17 85400 Adele Make You Feel My Love
18 85200 Martin Solveig Hello
19 84600 Chase & Staus Blind Faith
20 84600 Katy Perry Firework

36>50k (34, 2010)

ALBUMS:

Pos YTD Artist Title

1 343600 Adele 21
2 195800 Bruno Mars Doo-Wops & Hooligans
3 187400 Rihanna Loud
4 125200 Plan B Defamation Of Strickland Banks
5 100600 Adele 19
6 96000 Cee-Lo Green Lady Killer
7 89200 Ellie Goulding Lights
8 78400 Rumer Seasons Of My Soul
9 78000 Tinie Tempah Disc-Overy
10 76600 Mumford & Sons Sigh No More
11 75800 Take That Progress
12 72400 Eliza Doolittle Eliza Doolittle
13 60600 Katy Perry Teenage Dream
14 60000 Alfie Boe Bring Him Home
15 54800 Lady Gaga Fame
16 52200 Chase & Status No More Ido;s
17 51400 Imelda May Mayhem
18 51000 Kings Of Leon Come Around Sundown
19 50200 Wanted Wanted
20 49600 Michael Buble Crazy Love