Alexandra Burke feat Laza Morgan - Start Without You

For the 10th week in a row, there is a brand new #1, this week it belongs to X-Factor winner Aleandra Burke who starts at the top with Start Without You. After winning X-Factor in 2008, Alexandra of course gotr the obligitory #1 with her cover of Hallelujah which went on to sell 1 million. Last year she hit #1 alongside Flo Rida with her Bad Boys, then they gave her Broken Heals (#8) but she went on All Night Long (#4 earlier this year). The 4 singles so far are taken from her chart topping debut album Overcome, which is due a re-release to include Start Without You. This stands a very good chance of hanging on at #1 next week and breaking the trend of 1 week #1s after 11 weeks.

 

The Script - For the First Time enters at #5

London based band The Script first charted in 2008 with their #15 hit We Cry, which rather underperformed compared to expectations at the time. However all that changed when The Man Who Can't Be Moved hit #2 and their debut self titled album hit #1 and sold very well. This was followed by #21 peaking Breakeven, this did sell quite respectably though. Now the band can lay claim to a second top 5 hit as it enters For The First Time at #5, from their second album Science & Faith due out next week.

 

McFly - Party Girl enters at #6

UK pop boyband McFly first came on the scene in 2004 with debut #1 single 5 Colours In Her Hair and have since gone on to achieve huge success in the singles chart. They have had a total of 7 #1 hits out of 16 releases in the last 6 years, although most of those have dropped down the charts very quickly from their high debuts. Party Girl marks the return of the quartet with a rather different style which is more suited to the current chart climate, in fact not that different to the likes of JLS and The Wanted. Party Girl enters at #6 to become their 16th top 10 hit, however we will see if the longevity is any better this time around.

 

Emma's Imagination - This Day enters at #10

This week sees a 2nd top 10 hit to come from the Sky 1 talent show Must Be The Music, as Glasgow based singer songwriter Emma Gillespie debuts at #10. Under the stage name of Emma's Imagination, This Day follows in the footsteps of Pepper & Piano's You Took My Heart by making top 10.

 

Alesha Dixon - Drummer Boy enters at #15

Singer, songwriter, dancer and TV personality Alesha Anjanette Dixon first came to light as part of Mis-Teeq who had 7 top 10 hits out of 8 releases between 2000 and 2005, biggest of these being #2 hits All I Want and Scandalous. Alesha then decided to go solo and had a #14 hit with Lipstick then Knockdown certainly was as it missed the top 40 altogether and resulted in Alesha being dropped from her record label and first album not being released. However she came back with 2 big hits in 2008 with #5 hit The Boy Does Nothing and #3 Breathe Slow, and a gold selling album The Alesha song. #13 hit Let's Get Excited and #15 hit To Love Again followed last year also. Now Drummer Boy gets a #15 debut as the first single from her forthcoming second album The Entertainer.

 

Greg Street - Turn My Swag On enters at #17

Turn My Swag On was the third single release from rapper Soulja Boy's second album iSoulja Boy, but never charted in the UK as it was never released as a single. However X-Factor conestant Cher (not to be confused with Sonny Bono's ex-wife of the same name), the track has come to light in a different form. Turn My Swag On was covered by Keri Hilson and it was her version that was sung on X-Factor, however due to Keri's version not being available, another cover version by Greg Street has been downloaded instead. There was doubt over whether it would be chart elligible, however it is and it enters at #17 this week.

 

Pictures - Tears enters at #33

Now for a 3rd Must Be The Music entry, indie band The Pictures make their debut at #33 with another of the performances from the semi-finals of the Sky 1 show. If a Sky 1 talent show can produce 3 top 40 hits then it is very possible the X-Factor could do bigger things if the performances from it were all released online in the same manner.

 

The XX - Islands enters at #39

The XX are a London based band who were originally formed in 2005 and have so far had no commercial success, despite releasing a critically acclaimed album and several singles which failed to chart. After winning the Mercury Music Prize, The XX now finally make the top 40 as Islands climbs to #39 this week.

 

Linkin Park - The Catalyst enters at #40

US rock band Linkin Park first made their mark on these shores in 2000 with debut single One Step Closer which made #24 off the back of critical acclaim. They have since gone on to achieve 5 top 10 hits out of 15 releases, with the highest charting being What I've Done and the biggest selling being Numb/Encore with Jay Z. Now the first single from their 4th studio album enters at a rather lowly #40 The Catalyst, however hopes are high to achieve their 3rd #1 album next week.

 

Brandon Flowers flies to the top of the album charts with Flamingo

After a top 10 debut solo single, Killers frontman Brandon Flowers makes a flight to the very top of the album charts this week with Flamingo, originally intended to be a Killers album. Behind Brandon at #2 is last week's #1 from Katy Perry and a massive climb to a new high of #3 for The XX after their Mercury win. Electro duo Hurts debut at a very repectible #4 with their introductory offering Happiness, bringing just that to the group I'd say! US metal group Stone Sour find themselves with a top 10 album as their 3rd album Audio Secrecy is not a secret any more in at #6. Ray Lamontagne, James, Charlatans and Brian Wilson also have new entries with their respective new albums this week.

 

Personal Opinion

I am happy to see Alexandra Burke top the charts, as I am beginning to really like Start Without You, wasn't sure at first but the track is now growing on me. I loved The Script's debut album and whilst For The First Time is not their best, I still rather like it and am happy to see it in the top 5. I've never been a McFly fan in the past, however I'd say this new single is quite good but not brilliant. I really like Emma's Imagination and am pleased to see some different sounding songs hit the top 10, as with Pepper & Piano from last week, I also like The Pictures even if it does sound slightly Killers/KOL like. Not keen on Linkin Park's new one, there again I've never been a fan of their style of music in the past. Islands by The XX is very pleasent and a bit different to most of the songs in the charts, I might just invest in their album.

Surprisingly few UK Female Soloists have had 3 - or more - No.1 Singles.

Alexandra is only the 5th! And, after Sandie Shaw had her 3rd No.1 (1967),

no UK Female Soloist had 3 No.1's until the 2000's! And - as you can see -

Geri Halliwell is the only UK Female Solo Artist to have had more than 3.

 

UK FEMALE SOLO ARTISTS - WITH THE MOST No.1 SINGLES

 

(To W/E 18th September 2010)

 

1) GERI HALLIWELL - 4 No.1 Singles (1999 to 2001) $$$

2)=SANDIE SHAW - 3 No.1 Singles (1964 to 1967)

2)=BILLIE (PIPER) - 3 No.1 Singles (1998 to 2000)

2)=LEONA LEWIS - 3 No.1 Singles (2006 to 2008) @@@

2)=ALEXANDRA BURKE - 3 No.1 Singles (2008 to 2010) £££

 

$$$ = Geri was also on 7 No.1 Singles with Spice Girls. She left that Group

in May 1998, & their 7th No.1 - 'Viva Forever' - was in August 1998. But, it

was from their 1997 Album, 'Spiceworld', & her vocals were on that Single.

 

@@@ = Leona was also No.1 on the Charity Single, 'Everybody Hurts', by

Helping Haiti, in 2010.

 

£££ = Alexandra was also No.1 on the Charity Singles, 'Hero', by X Factor

Finalists, (in 2008), & on 'Everybody Hurts', by Helping Haiti, in 2010.

 

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BEYONCE - 'Why Don't You Love Me' is the 9th UK Top 75 Hit from her, 'I Am...Sasha Fierce' Album.

I believe that only 1 other Artist has had so many UK Hits from the same Album - Michael Jackson

- who had 9 UK Hits off 2 Albums. So Beyonce becomes the 1st Female Artist to achieve it, & no

Group has ever done so.

 

'BAD' (1987)

 

He took 9 UK Singles off his 1987 'Bad' Album, between 1987 & 1989.

 

'I Just Can't Stop Loving You' - No.1, 'Bad' - No.3, 'The Way You Make Me Feel' - No.3 (All in 1987)

 

'Man In The Mirror' - No.21, 'Dirty Diana' - No.4, 'Another Part Of Me' - No.15, 'Smooth Criminal' - No.8

(All in 1988)

 

'Leave Me Alone' - No.2, 'Liberian Girl' - No.13 (Both in 1989)

 

'Man In The Mirror' finally became the 9th Top 20 Single off 'Bad', in 2009, when it reached No.2

 

NOTE - There was almost a 10th Single off 'Bad', in October 1989 - 'Speed Demon'. However, the plan was

abandoned when the Promo Single for it, was not getting a good reception off USA DJ's.

 

'DANGEROUS' (1991)

 

Off 'Dangerous' he had these 9 Hits:,

 

'Black Or White' - No.1 (1991)

 

'Remember The Time - No.3, 'In The Closet' - No.8, 'Who Is It' - No.10, 'Jam' - No.13,

'Heal The World - No.2 (All in 1992)

 

'Give In To Me' - No.2, 'Will You Be There' - No.9, 'Gone Too Soon' - No.33 (All in 1993)

 

NOTE - He also reached No.14, (1992), with a Remix of 'Black Or White', but the Remix was

not actually on the 'Dangerous' Album.

Edited September 13, 201014 yr by zeus555

Isn't Alexandra Burke the first artist to have a number one in 2008, 2009 & 2010?

Isn't Alexandra Burke the first artist to have a number one in 2008, 2009 & 2010?

 

No, that'd be Dizzee Rascal (who had 2 #1s in both 2009 and 2010)