Helping Haiti – Everybody Hurts stays at #1

Following on from last week’s huge sales of almost 500k, the Helping Haiti single Everybody Hurts remains at the top of the charts for a second week. This now makes it the biggest selling single of 2010 so far selling more than previous chart toppers Fireflies and Replay.

 

Florence + The Machine & Dizzee Rascal – You Got The Dirtee Love enters at #2

Easily one of the most important dates in the musical event calendar has to be the annual Brit Awards, which took place this week. Most years the resultant sales increases can be seen in the charts, even more this year as can be seen from the highest new entry. One of the standout performances was Dizzee Rascal teaming up with Florence Welsh for a mash-up of Dizzee’s #10 hit Dirtee Cash and Forenace’s top 10 hit You’ve Got The Love. The mash-up is called You Got The Dirtee Love and is simply a live recording of the pair’s performance which was released to download on Wednesday.

 

Lemar – The Way Love Goes enters at #8

UK R&B / soul singer Lemar Obika gets another top 10 hit this week with The Way Love Goes, one of the new tracks to appear on his forthcoming hits album. Known simply as Lemar, he first rose to fame after coming third in the first series of Fame Academy in 2002. Since then he has gone on to have what is now his 7th UK top 10 hit out of 12 full single releases and 4 studio albums to date. His highest charting hit to date remains his #2 debut Dance (With You) however his biggest seller is 2004’s #3 hit If There’s Any Justice. Well that’s the way the chart goes for Lemar!

 

The Brit Awards effect sees several tracks climb back up

The Brits effect can be seen with several tracks rebounding in the top 20. Florence & The Machine rises back up to #12 with her cover of You’ve Got the Love. Lady Gaga performed an acoustic mash-up of album track Dance In The Dark and single Telephone (which climbs to #34 this week), however Bad Romance rises to #15. Jay Z & Alicia Keys performed their version of Alicia’s own Empire State Of Mind, that track rises back up to #16 this week.

 

Courteeners – You Overdid It Doll enters at #28

UK indie band The Courteeners make their comeback this week by entering at #28 with the first single from their second album. The single is the uniquely titled You Overdid It Doll, and marks the band’s fifth top 40 hit out of 7 releases with the biggest being #19 hit Not Nineteen Forever … well it wasn’t! Let’s hope they haven’t over done it too much as their album is out next week!

 

Chris Brown – Crawl enters at #35

US R&B singer Chris Brown crawls his way back into the top 40 with new single entitled Crawl, the second from his latest album. It seems that he has lost popularity since the Rihanna incident last year, as his album has flopped and his last single I Can Transform Ya could only make the top 30.

 

Leona Lewis – I Got You enters at #40

X Factor winner and mega superstar Leona Lewis makes a return to the top 40 this week with her second single from second album I Got You. Having had huge success after winning the X Factor and with the massive selling Bleeding Love, Leona seems to be struggling a little of late. Her album Echo may have topped the charts but has not sold as well as expected up to now, also her last single Happy wasn’t well received despite peaking at #2. However she may yet prove everyone wrong and go on to do well this year.

 

This week’s Flop of the Pops!

Amongst the tracks not quite making the grade this week is Taylor Swift’s new single Today Was A Fairytale, making the top 40 seems to be a fairytale for her! The US Haiti single perhaps surprisingly misses the top 40 altogether, a remake of We Are The World featuring the likes of Justin Bieber, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J Blige, Pink, Usher, Kanye West and Akon as well as a line from Michael Jackson himself. Kasabian miss out again with new single Vlad The Impaler, probably due to their album selling so well. Disney star Demi Lovato flops with her new single Remember December, as do Muse with Resistance.

 

Glee Cast Music vol 1 enters at #1 in the album chart

With the massive success of the TV show and the influx of singles chart entries we have seen, the Glee Cast can now lay claim to a #1 album with The Music vol 1. The Brits effect can also be seen in the albums chart as Lady Gaga rises to #2 and Florence & The Machine rises to #3, just ahead of Alicia Keys at #4. Owl City gets a top 10 new entry with his second album Ocean Eyes, hot on the heals of his massive chart topping single Fireflies. Genesis founder and lead singer Peter Gabriel debuts at #12 with his 8th studio album entitled Scratch My Back, in which he covers 12 songs using no instruments - only orchestra and voice.

 

Next week’s big releases

There are lots of big new releases due next week, many calling it the week of death! Brand new releases are due from the likes of Sugababes, Ellie Goulding, Jason Derulo, Alphabeat, Chiddy Bang and Wolfmother. Whilst tracks already in the chart are due to climb following full release include Leona Lewis, Alicia Keys, Jay Sean etc, Timbaland & Katy Perry, JLS and Rihanna. Big new albums are also due from Marina & The Diamonds, Courteeners, Johnny Cash, Erik Hassle and the Hollies.

 

Personal opinion

I am happy to see the Haiti Relief fund benefitting from the continued success of Everybody Hurts, I didn’t think I’d like this cover at all but I do! For many the Dizzee and Florence collaboration was the highlight of the Brits however I think it was terrible, however that’s probably due to my dislike of Dizzee Rascal’s shoutings! Thank goodness that didn’t make #1 this week, however the threat remains that it might next week. On the other hand I really like Lemar’s new one and am glad it’s returned him to the top 10. Rihanna’s new song Rude Boy has grown on me quite a bit so I’m glad to see it continue to rise. It is still good to see Alicia’s lovely original version of Empire State Of Mind remain top 5, miles above the rubbish Jay Z version. I hate Chris Brown as a person but have to admit to really liking Crawl, way better than his last piece of dirge. Whilst I really like Leona’s new single I can’t help but think it’s not her best so hardly surprising to see it struggle … I do hope it can make top 20 at least next week. The less said about Glee atop the albums chart the better I think!

Edited February 21, 201015 yr by loudjamesbond

Flomac's album is actually #3, and Peter Gabriel's #12... also Owl is a 'he' not a 'they'.

 

Good read though :D