JLS – Everybody In Love tops the UK chart continuing the X-Factor theme

JLS of course shot to fame after coming second to Alexandra Burke in last year’s X-Factor. They have since had a #1 hit with Beat Again, which only this week drops of the top 40. That was of course following huge publicity, which they have also enjoyed this time as it seems everybody’s in love with JLS right now. The boys’ debut album is due out next week, in a battle with Robbie … I wonder who will get that then!!!

 

Black Eyed Peas – Meet Me Halfway climbs to #3

Cheryl Cole’s fight is over as she drops to #2 after a fortnight on top. At #3 is Meet Me Halfway by Black Eyed Peas who continue their climb by going from halfway up the top 10 (#6) to halfway up the top 5 (#3), they could well be halfway up the top 3 next week (#2). I do love it when a song lives up to its title!

 

Ke$ha – Tik Tok enters at #6

The US R&B singer with the bizarrely spelled name Ke$ha debuts at #x with her single Tik Tok, following a mid week release. This is the latest track to get an early release due to the presence of a fake cover version. Ke$ha has actually topped the charts this year already, alongside Flo Rida on his Dead Or Alive sampling Right Round.

 

Chase & Status feat Plan B – End Credits enters at #9

There is a new dance/rap collaboration making a strong new entry this week, in the form of End Credits by Chase & Status feat Plan B. Chase & Status are a London based dance/electro production duo, who have never previously had a top 40 hit of their own. The duo have produced and remixed lots of tracks over the past few years, most recently Nneka’s top 20 hit Heartbeat. Plan B is a rapper who also hails from London and has never had a top 40 hit of his own before. The closest he got was in 2006 when Mama Loves A Crackhead fell 1 place short, now both acts can boast a top 10 hit.

 

Lady Gaga – Bad Romance climbs to #10

Lady Gaga gets herself a 4th top 10 hit this week, as Bad Romance continues to slowly rise up the chart. This is bound to rise further in the coming weeks as the video has just been released and the extended version of her album is due out shortly too.

 

Snow Patrol – Just Say Yes enters at #15

Now Snow Patrol return to the top 20 with their new single Just Say Yes, one of the new tracks on their forthcoming hits compilation Up To Now. The band first formed in 1998 and released 2 albums but did not have any top 40 success until 2004’s breakthrough hit Run, the first of 5 top 10 hits. The highest charting one was 2007’s Signal Fire taken from the Spider Man 3 soundtrack, making #4. However the best seller was 2006’s Chasing Cars which peaked at #6 but stayed in the top 100 for a full 2 years (with a short break due to chart rules). Just Say Yes is now their 11th top 40 hit in total … clearly people have been just saying yes when asked to purchase this.

 

Paolo Nutini – Pencil Full Of Lead and Calvin Harris – Flash Back climb to #17 and #18 respectively

Scottish singer songwriter Paolo Nutini gets his 2nd biggest hit to date as Pencil Full Of Lead gets a full release and this week rises to #17. This is surprising as it is the third single from his Sunny Side Up album and follows the flop of his last single Coming Up Easy. Another Scot with a third single from current album is Calvin Harris, whose Flash Backs continue as he rises to #18.

 

Journey – Don’t Stop Believing enters at #19

US rock band Journey make the top 40 for the first time ever as Don’t Stop Believing benefits hugely from an X-Factor performance by one of the contestants. This was first released in 1983 and only peaked at #62 after 4 weeks in the top 75, it has since gone on to become very well known. It has been going up and down in the lower end of the top 200/top 100 for the best part of 2 years now. Now the track at least becomes the top 20 hit its status would indicate by debuting at #19 after 16 years.

 

Bon Jovi – We Weren’t Born To Follow enters at #25

From one US rock band to another, chart veterans Bon Jovi make their return this week in at #25 with new single We Weren’t Born To Follow. It is the first track to be taken from their 11th studio album The Circle, also released this week. The band were formed in 1983 and hail from New Jersey but didn’t have their first top 40 success until 1986 when You Give Love A Bad Name made #14 then the legendard Living On A Prayer hit #4. The band have since had 28 UK top 20 singles but without a #1, the closest they came was with 1994’s Always which peaked at #2. This is their biggest hit since 2006, even if it misses the top 20 after an X-Factor performance.

 

Beyonce – Broken Hearted Girl enters at #27

Beyonce finally enters the top 40 with the latest single to be released from her current album I Am Sasha Fierce. She will most certainly be a Broken Hearted Girl, as this is her very first full single release (including those with Destiny’s Child) to miss the top 20, not surprising as it is the 5th single from a very big selling album. This is following on from the #1 If I Were A Boy, and top 10 hits Single Ladies, Halo and Sweet Dreams.

 

Chris Brown feat Lil Wayne & Swizz Beatz – I Can Transform Ya enters at #29

US R&B singer Chris Brown made is debut in 2005 with the #2 hit single Run It and had 2 further top 10 singles With You and Forever. After the controversy surrounding his attack on girlfriend Rihanna, he makes his return at a rather low #29. This is a collaboration with Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz.

 

Laura White – You Should Have Known enters at #32

Now for another X-Factor contestant debuting inside the top 40, this time with rather less promotion and airplay than usual. Laura White was a contestant in last year’s show and now debuts at #32 with You Should Have Known.

 

Cheryl Cole – 3 Words stays at #1 in the albums chart

In a very close battle, Cheryl Cole manages to hold on at #1 in the albums chart only by 285 copies apparently. All week, it looked like Bon Jovi’s 11th studio album would provide them with another #1, in the end The Circle is the band’s 8th consecutive top 2 album. Foo Fighters get a new entry at #4 with their Greatest Hits album. Welsh soprano Katherine Jenkins gets a new entry at #9 with her Ultimate Collection, released just a week after her studio album debuted at #6 last week. Chart veteran Sting gets a new entry at #15 with his appropriately title If On A Winter’s Night.

 

Personal opinion

JLS are quite good even if their new song sounds like their last, however I don’t think they quite deserve to be #1. I am pleasantly surprised by Ke$ha’s Tik Tok, I find it very catchy indeed and would have preferred it at #1 this week. I am a big fan of Snow Patrol but haven’t warmed to their new song much, it’s good but by no means their best. I have always been a huge fan of Bon Jovi and absolutely love their new single, even if it does sound like most of their previous output. I hate Chris Brown with a passion, same for this new “song” of his.

 

Next week’s new releases

Almost certain to be #1 is Happy by Leona Lewis, following an X-Factor performance. Black Eyed Peas, Kesha, Britney, Sugababes and N-Dubz are all likely to be big next week. The albums battle will be interesting with Robbie battling it out with JLS next week.

 

Good read

 

Do you have an opinion on BEAST & Status?

Good read

 

Do you have an opinion on BEAST & Status?

Thanks Bray Fish ... I haven't actually heard the song yet but will certainly take a listen as it is top 10.

 

And - believe it or not - JLS are the first UK Black Group to have more than 1

No.1 Single! It has taken 1112 No.1 Singles, & 57 Years of Singles Charts

for it to happen.

 

Until now, the closest that it came to happening, was in 1976 - Real Thing.

Their 'You To Me Are Everything', was a No.1 that Year, & 'Can't Get By Without

You', was a No.2 Hit, later in 1976.

And - believe it or not - JLS are the first UK Black Group to have more than 1

No.1 Single! It has taken 1112 No.1 Singles, & 57 Years of Singles Charts

for it to happen.

 

Until now, the closest that it came to happening, was in 1976 - Real Thing.

Their 'You To Me Are Everything', was a No.1 that Year, & 'Can't Get By Without

You', was a No.2 Hit, later in 1976.

 

 

BONEY M had 2 number 1 if I remember well

 

But - Boney M were NOT from the UK!

 

JLS are the first UK/British Black Group

to have more than 1 No.1 Single.

But - Boney M were NOT from the UK!

 

JLS are the first UK/British Black Group

to have more than 1 No.1 Single.

ok but I think that very few black groups from all over the world did it in uk