Taio Cruz remains at #1 with Break Your Heart

In a closed top 4, Taio Cruz is at #1 for a third week with his hit single Break Your Heart. This is now the first single to stay for a third week at the top since Tinchy Stryder/N-Dubz 21 weeks ago. After a surge up to #3 last week, Jay Z & Alicia Keys rise to #2 with Empire State of Mind. David Guetta & Akon swap with them by slipping a place to #3 with Sexy Bitch/Chick and Shakira’s howling wolf holds strong at #4.

 

Temper Trap #7, Pitbull #9 and Dizzee Rascal (Dirtee Cash) #10 climb into the top 10

There are no actual new entries in the top 10, there are 3 climbers though. Dizzee Rascal has returned from Holiday but he has some Ditree Cash at #10. Pitbull requests Hotel Room Service and gets a climb to #9 with his second top 10 hit. Temper Trap climb into the top 10 with slow burner Sweet Disposition.

 

Deadmau5 feat Rob Swire – Ghosts n Stuff enters at #12

Dance producer Deadmau5 gets his 2nd top 20 hit this week by creeping up on us with the full release of Ghosts n Stuff. This beats the peak of I Remember (with Kaskade), which reached #14 earlier in the year.

 

Paloma Faith – New York climbs back up to #15

New York is the 2nd single from singer songwriter Paloma Faith and this week reaches a new peak of #15, beating debut hit Stone Cold Sober. This can be attributed to a series of live performances and also the release of her debut album this week.

 

Veronicas – 4ever enters at #17

Australian twins the Veronicas also get their second top 20 hit this week, just ahead of the release of their debut album. 4ever sounds a bit like Kelly Clarkson or Avril Lavigne, still different from #8 debut hit Untouched. The twins’ Album Hook Me Up is due out shortly and should do well.

 

Jordin Sparks – SOS climbs to #18

An act scoring a third top 20 hit of the year this week is American Idol winner Jordin Sparks. SOS (Let The Music Play) is now her 4th top 20 hit out of 5 releases, only No Air has made the top 10 so far.

 

La Roux – I’m Not Your Toy enters at #27

Electro duo (not solo act) La Roux have been one of 2009's biggest acts. Last year they were in the Quicksand but as this was a limited release it didn’t chart. Next, they went In For The Kill and eventually peaked at #2 then they were Bulletproof with an instant #1 hit. Parent album La Roux debuted at #2 behind MJ’s Essential. Now they manage to toy with the top 30 as I’m Not Your Toy enters at a relatively low #27.

 

Tinchy Stryder – You’re Not alone enters at #32

Tinchy Stryder first broke through with #3 hit Take Me Back, alongside Taio Cruz. Mr Stryder then teamed up with hip-hop collective N-Dubz for Number One, living up to that name by means of a 3 week residence at the top. He then teamed up with Sugababe Amelle for recent #1 Never Leave You. Tinchy now enters at #32 with a cover of You’re Not Alone, originally a #1 hit for dance act Olive in the 1990’s.

 

Naturi Naughton – Fame enters at #33

24 year old actor and singer Naturi Naughton started out a part of pop group 3LW and later quit after alleged bullying from the other 2 girls. She then branched out into acting, appearing in the current remake of hit movie Fame. So the title song from the soundtrack enters at #33 this week, originally a #1 hit for Irene Cara in 1982.

 

Daughtry – What About now enters at #39

Daughtry are a US rock group formed in 2006 by former American Idol finalist Chris Daughtry. The band have enjoyed great success in the US but never before had a UK hit of any size. This all changed earlier on this year when the track What About Now was used in Britain’s Got Talent, which saw it enter the top 100. Now following extensive use in this year’s X Factor, the track finally becomes a top 40 hit.

 

This week’s “flop of the pops”!

1990’s boy band Backstreet Boys attempted a comeback this week with a RedOne produced single entitled Straight Through My Heart but missed out. Dance producer Tiesto released a single called I Will Be Here, obviously not the top 40 they refer to! The Enemy’s new single Be Somebody misses out, as does The Fray’s cover of Heartless and former Catatonia singer Cerys Matthews.

 

Paramore knock Madonna off the top in the albums chart

Well I never saw this coming, UK rock/punk act Paramore storm straight to #1 with their third studio album entitled Brand New Eyes. Newton Faulkner’s second album enters straight in at #3, in 2007 he was Hand Built By Robots now he has been Rebuilt By Humans … next then Redesigned By Computers? A full 46 years since her debut album, Barbra Streisand scores what is only her 7th top 10 album and she reckons Love Is The Answer. Former Stone Roses lead singer Ian Brown released his 6th studio album and gets his 5th top 10 album as My Way goes in at #8. There are also new entries from Basshunter’s second long player and debuts from Paloma Faith, Yeah Yous and Hockey.

 

Next week’s contenders

Taio Cruz’s reign at #1 will be in jeopardy next week as big new releases are due from Chipmunk, Saturdays, Whitney Houston and some others. Albums are due from the likes of Marillion, Andy Williams, Backstreet Boys and Mumford & Sons … will any of them surprise us and enter at #1?

 

Personal opinion of 007 … and not necessarily the opinion of this forum!

Whilst I am happy to see Taio Cruz get a decent run at #1, I would have liked to see a bit more action at the top of the charts. I am very happy that the Temper Trap have finally made top 10 and Paloma Faith’s New York finally becomes the hit it so deserves to be. I really like the new songs from the Veronicas and Jordin, they so deserve top 10. Thank goodness Naturi Naughton’s demolition job on Fame didn’t get high, terrible what she’s done to that classic! I am not happy at Paramore’s album knocking Madonna off. However I invested in no less than 4 new albums this week and love them all after first listen (rare for me) – Newton Faulkner, Paloma Faith, Ian Brown and Yeah Yous. I think they all deserved #1, particularly Ian Brown.

Edited October 4, 200915 yr by loudjamesbond

There was only 1.042k copies between Paramore & Madonna in the end, so i recon she will bounce back to No1 next weekend not much competition this week. Dont think Whitney will hit Top 10 either

Edited October 4, 200915 yr by stevejb4u

MISTAKES! :lol:

 

Untouched was #8, not #7

S.O.S. (LTMP) is Jordin's third top 20 of the year, don't forget One Step At A Time

Quicksand was released last year

It was X-Factor that first brought What About Now to the top 75, it was only #79 from BGT

Tiësto's single is called I Will Be Here

Ian Brown has had a solo album miss the top ten, namely 1999's 'Golden Greats' (#14)

 

Good read though :)

MISTAKES! :lol:

 

Untouched was #8, not #7

S.O.S. (LTMP) is Jordin's third top 20 of the year, don't forget One Step At A Time

Quicksand was released last year

It was X-Factor that first brought What About Now to the top 75, it was only #79 from BGT

Tiësto's single is called I Will Be Here

Ian Brown has had a solo album miss the top ten, namely 1999's 'Golden Greats' (#14)

 

Good read though :)

Ah thanks Brayden ... just checking to see if you were paying attention! <_<

Ah thanks Brayden ... just checking to see if you were paying attention! <_<

 

 

:lol:

Oh, and I thought I'd point out also that surely the main contender for highest album new entry would be Deadmau5 - For Lack Of A Better Name?