Roll Deep stays at #1 with Good Times

So may the good times roll for the number one single, as Roll Deep remain at the top with their Good Times for a second week running. Roll Deep head up an unchanged top 3 with Usher still in the #2 spot and Plan B remaining at #3 with She Said. They are unlikely to be #1 again next week as Stereo Love is fully released this week as is Crush by Fugative.

 

Pendulum – Watercolour enters at #4

Australian drum & bass / rock group Pendulum get this week’s highest new entry and the biggest hit of their career with new single Watercolour. The band’s sound has been described as “heavy beats accompanied by low, buzzing basslines, overlaid with synthesised leads” … or something like that! Despite having widespread critical acclaim for their albums Hold Your Colour and In Silico as well as their live shows, Propane Nightmares remains their only top 10 hit. That made #9 in 2008, previously only Granite and Slam have made the top 40. All this changes as they hit top 5 with Watercolour, the first single from the forthcoming Immersion album.

 

Aggro Santos & Kimberly Wyatt – Candy enters at #5

This week’s big urban cross over hit comes from Brazilian born rapper Aggro Santos with ex-Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt providing female vocals. The debut single from the pair is entitled Candy which enters straight into the top 10 this week at #5. The song has only really gathered significant airplay and exposure over the past week or 2, rather than being promoted for weeks / months prior to release. This is not to be confused with Paolo Nutini’s Candy, which was due a re-release but appears to have been cancelled now.

 

Fyfe Dangerfield – She’s Always A Woman enters at #14

Best known for being the founder member and lead singer of the Guillemots, Fyfe Dangerfield scores his first solo UK top 40 hit. Earlier this year he released his debut album along with debut single She Needs Me which didn’t chart, same for Faster Than The Setting Sun, released a fortnight ago. Now thanks to its use in the current John Lewis advert, his cover of She’s Always A Woman debuts at #14. This comes just a week after the Billy Joel original entered the top 40 for the very first time at #29.

 

Jason Derulo – Riding Solo rises to #12 and Alexandra Burke – All Night Long rises to #16

2 future hits that entered last week in the lower reaches of the top 40 experience a big rise into the top 20 this week. Jason Derulo is Riding Solo all the way up to #12 this week, and he doesn’t sing his name at the start of the song! Alexandra Burke has been working All Night Long to get her track up to #16 this week, this is now Alex’s forth single and makes the top 20.

 

Train – Hey Soul Sister climbs to #22

Another of last week’s new entries to get a huge rise this week is Train’s Hey Soul Sister, moving 36-22 after full release. This effectively means that Train cannot be considered a one hit wonder group, coming 9 years after Drops Of Jupiter hit #10 here in the UK.

 

Sophie Ellis Bextor – Bittersweet enters at #25

English pop music singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor first came to prominence as lead singer of indie band TheAudience who scored 2 top 40 hits in 1998. In 2000, Sophie provided vocals on Spiller’s massive dance hit Groovejet which topped the charts. Sophie then went on to score 6 top 10 hits from her first 3 studio albums, biggest singles being #2’s Take Me Home and Murder On The Dancefloor. Sophie has since fallen out of favour somewhat, none the less makes her return to the UK top 40 this week with brand new single Bittersweet. The single enters at #25 and precedes the forthcoming release of her forth studio album Straight To The Heart.

 

Rihanna – Te Amo enters at #30

Barbadan superstar Rihanna gets herself another hit this week, Te Amo is the third single to be lifted from her Rated R album. To date Rihanna has scored a total of 10 top 5 hits out of a total of 14 releases, this being the 15th and looking likely to make the top 10 in the course of the next few weeks. The Rated R singles seem to be subject to change – First was originally going to be Wait Your Turn and ended up being Russian Roulette, then Hard was to be single #2 changed to Rude Boy, single #3 was to be Rockstar 101 but ended up being Te Amo.

 

Kevin Rudolf feat Birdman, Lil Wayne & Jay Sean – I Made It enters at #37

US singer, songwriter and producer Kevin Rudolf is another act who can no longer be termed as a one hit wonder this week. Debut single Let It Rock hit #3 in early 2008, however follow up single Welcome To The World flopped as did several guest appearences he made in other songs. Well Kevin Rudolf can indeed say “I Made It” as far as the top 40 goes this week as his new single enters at #37!

 

Biffy Clyro – Bubbles enters at #40

Rock band Biffy Clyro have certainly made a name for themselves over the past 2 years or so, which can be seen as their commercial breakthrough. First formed in 2001, the band did not score their first 20 hit until 2007 and now score 5 straight top 40 from this album, a feat which they also accomplished with last album Puzzle.

 

Diana Vickers tops the album charts with Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree

X Factor finalist Diana Vickers topped the singles chart a fortnight ago with single Once and now gets a #1 album with her debut Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree. US country group Lady Antebellum enter at #8 with their album of the same name as the single which has gone up to #21, Need You Now. Other new entries of note include Adam Lambert’s debut For Your Entertainment and metal rockers Deftones with their sixth studio album entitled Diamond Eyes.

 

Personal opinion of 007!

I still don’t like Good Times by Roll Deep and think it is generic urban rubbish, I’d have much preferred to see Usher reclimb to #1 or Plan B finally make it. I really like Pendulum’s new one, only really liked Propane Nightmares from them in the past … Watercolour does sound quite similar actually. More rap “crossover” rubbish at #5 in the shape of Candy, I’d have much preferred to see Paolo’s song of the same name at #5. I’m really liking Jason Derulo’s Riding Solo and am happy to see it climb up the charts quickly. Fyfe Dangerfield’s version of She’s Always A Woman is really nice, even if it is a note for note cover of the Billy Joel original. Whilst I quite like Sophie Ellis Bextor’s Bittersweet, it is far from her best … same can be said really for Te Amo by Rihanna. I don’t like Kevin Rudolf’s brand of rock / urban cross over, and don’t care too much for I Made It … too much autotune! I am happy to see the brilliant new album from Diana Vickers enter at the top there, fantastic album!

Edited May 9, 201015 yr by loudjamesbond

Agree with most of your opinions this week although I think the Jason Derulo song is dreadful.

 

The Fyfe Dangerfield song is indeed a note perfect cover but with a distinctively different singer. I liked the original and I like this version.

Let It Rock peaked at #5 ^_^