We have another new #1 single from Tinie Tempah with Pass Out

21 year old London rapper Patrick Okogwu scores a number one hit as he debuts under his stage name of Tinie Tempah. Tinie first came to light with a YouTube video named Wifey which went on to become an underground hit. Now with his first proper single he hits the very top of the chart and says he’ll do it until he passes out, he’s not done yet as far as I know!

 

Wiley feat Emile Sandi – Never Be Your Woman enters at #8

Now for another London born rapper but not a new comer, Richard Kylea Cowie scores another top 10 hit under the name of Wiley. This new single is essentially a cover of White Town’s 1997 #1 hit Your Woman, which was the work of one man working from his bedroom and had the subtitle Abort, Retry, Fail … once a common computer error message. This track marks Wiley’s second top 10 hit, he has had 5 top 40 hits as lead artist with the biggest being 2008 #2 hit Wearing My Rolex. Well it certainly is true that Wiley could never be your woman, same for original artist White Town … as both are blokes!

 

Boyzone – Gave It All Away enters at #9

So the first of the big Irish boybands makes a return this week with new single Gave It All Away in at #9. October last year saw the very sad death of member Steven Gately, this track is said to be the last to feature his vocals and as such can be regarded as a tribute song. The band made their UK debut back in 1994 with their cover of Love Me For A Reason and up until their split in 1999, every one of their 16 UK releases made top 5 at least. Then the band reformed in 2008 and scored a further top 5 hit with Love You Anyway, however their cover of Better broke that run by only peaking at #22. Now Gave It All Away makes #9 as the lead track from their new album Brother, due out next week.

 

Gramophonedzie – Why Don’t You enters at #12

This new entry is rather unique in several ways, firstly it is a first chart entry for a Serbian artist going under the name of Gramophonedzie. The song takes a sample of a 1936 US blues and jazz influenced piece of music called Why Don’t You Do Right, first recorded by Lil Green in 1941. Now Serbian producer and DJ Marko Milicevic has given it the house treatment and shortened the name to Why Don’t You. He scores a top 20 hit in the process with the track, entering as it does at #12 this week.

 

Daisy Dares You feat Chipmunk – Number One Enemy enters at #13

Just a place below at #13 comes a new entry from hotly tipped and strangely named female singer Daisy Dares You with Number One Enemy. This track features rapper Chipmunk who has had 3 top 10 hits so far, all with female singers (some uncredited), now a female singer features him. Debut single Number One Enemy is taken from Daisy’s forthcoming debut album which is tipped to do well later on this year.

 

Ke$ha feat 3 Oh 3 – Blah Blah Blah climbs back up to #17

US pop singer Kesha Rose Sebert has fully released her single Blah Blah Blah (featuring hip hop group 3 Oh 3) this week and as such goes back up to #17. The track first entered at #11 immediately following release of the album Animal and then began dropping sharply after reclimbing slightly last week and now returning to the top 20. This of course follows up from top 5 hit Tik Tok which is till in the top 40 this week. Well ... Blah Blah Blah is all I will say to that!

 

Black Eyed Peas – Rock That Body enters at #23

US hip hop collective Black Eyed Peas were one of 2 acts to score 3 #1 hit singles last year alone (the other being a certain Lady Gaga). Boom Boom Pow was first as their comeback single, I Gotta Feeling was next and that track went on to have an incredible 34 week run inside the top 40, most recently was Meet Me Halfway which also did very well. Now the forth single to be taken from The END album enters at #23. Time will tell if Rock That Body can go on to repeat previous success, #1 is doubtful as the album has sold over 1 million and this is the forth single.

 

Mary J Blige – I Am enters at #34

US singer songwriter and sometimes actress Mary J Blige scores another UK top 40 hit this week as she enters at #34 with new single I Am. Blige released her first single back in 1992 You Remind Me and had a string of minor hits until 1997 when she had her commercial breakthrough in the UK. That was with top 10 single Everything followed then by 2 further top 10 hits in 2001/2 with Family Affair and No More Drama. Since then the hits have been sporadic although she did peak at #2 with her cover of U2’s One alongside the band themselves. Now she makes her comeback with new single I Am from her latest album Stronger With Each Tear. To date she has had 27 top 40 hits and 5 top 10’s in this country.

 

Mumford & Sons – The Cave enters at #37

Indie folk band Mumford & Sons get their second top 40 hit this week with The Cave, the third to be taken from their debut album Sigh No More. Well I don’t think they’ll be sighing in their cave any more as the album has repeaked at #7 and this new single improves on their last single Winter Winds which only peaked at #44, Little Lion Man peaked at #24 last year as their debut.

 

Glee Cast – Defying Gravity enters at #38

Glee Cast get yet another top 40 hit this week, their sixth in total with lots more top 100 entries and showing no signs of drying up any time soon. Defying Gravity was originally the main song from the musical Wicked, as originally recorded and performed by Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth. The track had never charted in the UK until last May when the song was used in TV show I’d Do Anything and made a brief appearance at #60. Now the track charts at #38 after being given the Glee treatment in last week's episode. You can bet your bottom dollor (or pound) that there'll be several more Glee hits to come over the next lot of weeks.

 

This week’s Flop of the Pops!

Amongst those missing out his week is Ash again with the latest in their 2 weekly single releases Song Of Your Desire. Ex Mavericks frontman Raul Malo released Midnight Kiss but fails to hit as a solo artist. Indie band The Automatic have somewhat struggled to get another hit after Monster was a top 5 hit for them. Avril Lavigne’s track Alice from the Alice In Wonderland soundtrack doesn’t get off to a good start, missing the top 40 as it does. Same for female singer songwriter Nerina Palot who hasn't gone to war and alternative band Eels whose soul isn't in Susan's house and they don't have the blues!

 

Ellie Goulding Lights up the top of the album charts!

Hotly tipped BBC Sound poll winner and Brit Award winner Ellie Goulding hits playdirt as her debut album enters straight in at #1, Lights features current top 5 hit Starry Eyed and previous limited release Under The Sheets. Jason Derulo debuts at #8 with his self titled debut album, hot on the heals of #3 single Whatcha Say and last week’s #1 In My Head. Very outgoing and flamboyant actor / entertainer John Barrowman gets a new entry at #11 with his self titled album offering. Former Texas lead singer Sharleen Spiteri enters at #13 with her second solo album entitled Movie songbook, which as the name suggests is a collection of covers from movie soundtracks. Also entering are Simply Red with their Tesco exclusive love songs collection, Alphabeat, Carly Simon and another Matt Monro compilation.

 

Next week’s big releases

Potential big hits next week could come from the likes of Justin Bieber, Goldfrapp, Gabriella Cilmi, Amy Macdonald, Steve Aoki, David Guetta, Agnes and Glee Cast again. Whilst albums are due from Amy MacDonald, Boyzone, Gorillaz, Joan Armatrading and Andrew Lloyd Webber … so it really could be anyone’s (my money's on Boyzone).

 

Personal opinion

I don’t like that Tinie Tempah rubbish at the top at all, I would much rather have seen Jason Derulo stay for a second week or Rihanna get there with Rude Boy as they are decent tunes. Still at least it is not that rubbish from Wiley which to me completely ruins the White Town song Your Woman which I really liked back in the day. Boyzone’s new single is not great but there again the only one of theirs I have really liked is No Matter What. The jury’s out on Why Don’t You by Gramophonedzie, it certainly is unusual but not sure if I like it. I do like the Daisy Dares You song but think that Chipmunk slightly ruins it with his few lines near the end. Rock Your Body is ok I guess but not a patch on the last 2 BEP songs, Mary J’s newbie is ok too but not a patch on her previous work either. I really like The Cave and have really liked the 3 singles so far from Mumford and his sons. The less said about the Glee rubbish the better I think, one word … tripe! I really love Ellie Goulding’s album and am glad to see it top the albums listings, and the less said about that John Barrowman drivel the better too!

 

Daisy Dares You, her real name is Daisy Coburn, she is just using the Dares You bit as part of her band name.

 

Nice commentary I agree with you regarding Tinie Tempah.

Daisy Dares You, her real name is Daisy Coburn, she is just using the Dares You bit as part of her band name.

 

Nice commentary I agree with you regarding Tinie Tempah.

Thanks M!key. Well I suppose it goes along the lines of Marina & The Diamonds, Florence & The Machine and so forth, but without the & bit. :rolleyes:

Only 2 of Chipmunk's *4 top 10 hits have female vocals - Emeli Sandé on Diamond Rings, and Dayo Olatunji on Oopsy Daisy. 'Look For Me' featured a male (Talay Riley) and his other top ten hit Tiny Dancer was with Ironik and Elton John.