BoB feat Bruno Mars - Nothin' On You is the UK’s brand new #1

After 3 weeks at #1 Roll Deep are knocked off by another hotly anticipated new urban / rap track. American rapper, songwriter and producer Bobby Ray Simmons gets this week’s brand new #1 with his debut UK single Nothin’ On You. BoB has been featured in XXL and Vibe magazines recently, widely tipped as the next big thing on the urban scene. As is often the case with rap songs there is a feature vocalist, this time Hawaiian singer Bruno Mars appears on vocals. BoB faces stiff competition next week from Dizzee Rascal, Iyaz, Over The Rainbow winner and several football related songs.

 

Alexandra Burke - All Night Long climbs to #4

Coming in just behind Jason Derulo and Roll Deep is Alexandra Burke, whose single is fully released this week with the addition of a version featuring rapper Pitbull. All Night Long thus jumps 4 places to land at #4, beating the peak of her last single Broken Heals and to land her third top 5 hit (forth top 10) since winning the X-Factor.

 

Leeds United Team & Supporters - Leeds Leeds Leeds (Marching On Together) enters at #10

Now for the first of what will surely be many football related tracks to appear in the charts. This one is not actually an England world cup related song but one from Leeds Utd, as can be seen from the title of the song! Leeds United Football Club released a song in 1972, to which the B Side was an original composition entitled Marching On Together. Now fast forward 38 years and the song has been digitally remastered and re-released to coincide with the team’s promotion back to the Championship this month. The track is essentially a re-entry at #10 under the title of Leeds Leeds Leeds, matching the peak of the original.

 

Muse - Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) enters at #11

UK rockers Muse have a collision course with the top 20 this week as new single Neutron Star Collision enters at #11. Taken from the soundtrack of The Twilight Saga film, this is now the band’s 15th top 20 hit in total since they first formed in 1999. Renowned for their live performances, the band have to date had 25 single releases, 5 studio albums (the last 3 were #1s), a live album and also made appearances on several soundtracks. So they haven’t done much then!!!

 

Pretty Reckless - Make Me Wanna Die enters at #16

US alternative rock band The Pretty Reckless make their chart debut this week with the single Make Me Wanna Die at #16. Formed only last year, the band was originally to be called The Reckless but due to trademark issues had to settle for The Pretty Reckless. This debut single was given away free on the band’s website a few months ago, and now appears on the Kick Ass soundtrack as well as standalone single.

 

Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber - Eenie Meenie enters at #17

Entering at #17 this week is a collaboration between Jamaican-American rapper turned singer Sean Kingston and Canadian teen singer Justin Bieber. Eenie Meenie is the first of 2 songs recorded by the pair, this one is due to be on Kingston’s third album and the other Down To Earth is on Bieber’s My World album. Eenie Meenie is the third top 20 hit for both artists – Beautiful Girls was #1 in 2007 and Fire Burning #12 in 2009 for Kingston, whilst One Time was #11 and Baby #3 for Bieber this year so far.

 

Train - Hey Soul Sister climbs to #18

As is often the case nowadays, here is another example of a track continuing to climb after its official release. Moving 22-18 this week, Hey Soul Sister has now become the second UK top 20 hit for Californian brand Train. The other of course being their #10 debut single Drops Of Jupiter in 2001.

 

The Squad - 3 Lions 2010 enters at #21

And for another football song, a brand new version of the England anthem 3 Lions enters the chart at #21. The song was originally released by the Lightning Seeds with David Baddiel and Frank Skinner in 1996 as the official England anthem. It promptly topped the charts in that year and also hit #1 as a re-recorded version in 1998, then in 2002 the song hit #16 once more and most recently it made #9 in 2006. Now another version has been recorded featuring the likes of Robbie Williams and comedian Russell Brand under the name of The Squad, almost making top 20 once again.

 

Ellie Goulding - Guns & Horses enters at #26

Hotly tipped singer songwriter Ellie Goulding shoots and trots her way to a second top 40 hit this week at #26 with her Guns & Horses! Ellie of course topped the BBC Sound Of 2010 poll and won the Critics Choice Award at the Brits then scored a top 5 hit with Starry Eyed and #1 album with Lights.

 

Glee Cast - Jessie's Girl enters at #33

Out of this week’s Glee releases, the highest entry is perhaps the least well known of all the songs. Jessie’s Girl was originally recorded and released by pop singer Rick Springfield in 1984, but could only get to #43. Now the track enters 10 places higher at #33 to give Glee their 12th top 40 hit this year so far, other tracks released this week include U2’s One, Brandy & Monica’s The Boy Is Mine and The Lady Is A Tramp.

 

Ke$ha - Your Love Is My Drug enters at #34

US singer Ke$ha gets a third top 40 hit as a lead artist this week, as Your Love Is My Drug enters at #34. Ke$ha first featured on Flo Rida’s #1 hit Right Round, then scored a top 5 hit of her own on the mega-hit Tik Tok, which was followed by #11 hit Blah Blah Blah (with 3 Oh 3).

 

Katie Melua - The Flood enters at #35

Georgian born British singer songwriter Katie Melua floods into the top 40 with the first single to be taken from her forthcoming new album The House. The Flood is Katie’s sixth solo top 40 hit, highest charting being Nine Million Bicycles which reached #5 in 2005 but her 2003 debut Closest Thing To Crazy was the biggest seller but only reached #10. In 2007, charity single What A Wonderful World was also a #1 for Katie along with the late Eva Cassidy.

 

Nas feat Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley - As We Enter enters at #39

US rapper and actor Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones makes an entry into the charts this week, under the shortened name of Nas. His new single is a collaboration with Damian Marley (known as Jr Gong), the youngest son of reggae legend Bob Marley. Welcome To Jamrock was Damian’s first album which spawned the #13 single of the same name and #39 hit Beautiful alongside Bobby Brown. This is now Nas’s tenth UK top 40 hit in total since 1996, when he scored his 2 biggest chart hits If I Ruled The World (feat Lauryn Hill) and Street Dreams #12.

 

The Rolling Stones top the album charts again with Exile On Main Street

To the surprise of many, the Rolling Stones are back at #1 in the album charts with a remastered version of their highly acclaimed 1972 album Exile On Main Street. The Stones enter above Faithless whose sixth studio album The Dance is only physically stocked by Tesco but still manages a #2 placing this week. Rock & roll band The Baseballs enter at #4 with their album Strike, which features alternative covers of the likes of Umbrella and Hot n Cold in a 1950s rock & roll style. Dance / punk band LCD Soundsystem enter the top 10 at #7 with their third and final album This Is Happening, fresh from a Jools Holland appearance. Other new entries this week include Fyfe Dangerfield, Band Of Horses, Rihanna’s box set, Sandi Thom and Train.

 

Personal opinion

I am no fan of urban / R&B / rap type of music, so it will come as no surprise that I don’t like Nothin’ On You by BoB and think it’s no better than Good Times which it replaced at #1. I really like Alexandra Burke’s All Night Long but don’t see the point in the new Pitbull version as he just ruins the song for me. I really like Muse’s new song, although not a huge fan of the band really … this one sounds a bit like Queen who I am a huge fan of anyway. Not keen on the Pretty Reckless song, it’s ok I guess but way better than that football rubbish that’s starting to invade the charts – 3 Lions is a classic but has been overdone too much now. I hate that Eenie Meenie song and think it sounds like a badly sung nursery rhyme … mind you Justin Bieber’s probably not long out of nursery anyway! Glee is rubbish as usual, Ke$ha must be on drugs to sound as bad as that and I don’t care too much for the Nas and Jr Marley song either. One song I do absolutely love is Katie Melua’s The Flood, a bit different style but equally gorgeous and nice to listen to.

 

Agree with most of your opinion this week although I think the B.o.B dross is far worse than Good Times. Don't think much of the Alexandra Burke song either.

In 2005, 3 of the 18 Re-Issued Elvis Presley No.1's returned to No.1. Chart Books,

& The OCC, say they were his 19th, 20th, & 21st No.1 Singles.

 

So - now that 'Exile On Main Street', has returned to No.1, for the Rolling Stones,

surely it should be counted as their 11th No.1 Album - and not just their 7th No.1,

(from 1972), going back to No.1?

 

After all - it is not exactly the same as the 1972 No.1. It has an added Disk, with

10 extra Tracks on it.

 

Here is how I think the 'Most UK No.1 Albums' List should look now.

 

(Weeks AT No.1 in Brackets).

 

1) BEATLES - 15 (174W)

2)=ELVIS PRESLEY - 11 (63W)

2)=ROLLING STONES - 11 (45W)

2)=MADONNA - 11 (29W)

5) U2 - 10 (15W)

6)=ABBA - 9 (57W)

6)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 9 (30W)

6)=QUEEN - 9 (21W)

9)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 8 (28W)

9)=DAVID BOWIE - 8 (22W)

9)=LED ZEPPELIN - 8 (14W)

9)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 8 (14W)

9)=REM - 8 (13W)

 

 

In 2005, 3 of the 18 Re-Issued Elvis Presley No.1's returned to No.1. Chart Books,

& The OCC, say they were his 19th, 20th, & 21st No.1 Singles.

 

So - now that 'Exile On Main Street', has returned to No.1, for the Rolling Stones,

surely it should be counted as their 11th No.1 Album - and not just their 7th No.1,

(from 1972), going back to No.1?

 

After all - it is not exactly the same as the 1972 No.1. It has an added Disk, with

10 extra Tracks on it.

 

Here is how I think the 'Most UK No.1 Albums' List should look now.

 

(Weeks AT No.1 in Brackets).

 

1) BEATLES - 15 (174W)

2)=ELVIS PRESLEY - 11 (63W)

2)=ROLLING STONES - 11 (45W)

2)=MADONNA - 11 (29W)

5) U2 - 10 (15W)

6)=ABBA - 9 (57W)

6)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 9 (30W)

6)=QUEEN - 9 (21W)

9)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 8 (28W)

9)=DAVID BOWIE - 8 (22W)

9)=LED ZEPPELIN - 8 (14W)

9)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 8 (14W)

9)=REM - 8 (13W)

 

Thanks for that good bit of extra information there. I'd say that although it is the same artist and same title, it does have additional tracks and a different generation are buying it now so it should be counted as a new album.

Drops of Jupiter may have been Train's debut hit in this country, but it was not their debut single.

 

--

Richard

 

The OCC tell me that they regard the Stones No.1 as their 1972 No.1 returning

there. They do not count it as their 11th No.1 - they are still on 10. Of course, they

do count its Week at No.1 as additional to the Stones statistics - so they are now on

45 No.1 Album Weeks - not 44.

 

The 3 Elvis No.1 Singles, (2005), are counted as extra No.1's for him. So, there

is one Rule for No.1 Albums that go back to the Top - Decades later - and another

if No.1 Singles do it.

 

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