Posted October 10, 201014 yr Cee Lo Green says FU to a #1 hit! The first of several chart battles this week has been between half of Gnarls Barkley and 2/5 of Take That, contrary to many people’s prediction Cee Lo says a big F**k You to Robbie & Gary, hitting #1. Thomas DeCarlo Callaway is a US hip hop, funk, neo soul and R&B singer, whose biggest commercial success came as the singing part of Gnarls Barkley. The duo scored a massive #1 with Crazy in 2006 as it became the first ever track to debut at #1 on downloads alone. Cee Lo was last seen in collaboration with Kelis on her top 5 hit Lil Star. Now from his upcoming 3rd solo album Lady Killer comes F**k You or Forget You, both combined to make the new #1 single. Robbie Williams & Gary Barlow – Shame enters at #2 Much has of course been made of the recent reunion between former bitter enemies and bandmates Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow. Robbie Williams of course parted company from Take That in 1995 to pursue a solo career, which got him 28 top 10 hits out of 31 single releases with biggest being the million selling Angels, also chart toppers Millennium, She’s The One, Eternity, Something Stupid and Radio. A month ahead of the first 5 piece Take That new material comes this duet entitled Shame, from Robbie’s upcoming hits album In & Out Of Consciousness. Shame enters at #2 complete with its Brokeback Mountain inspired tongue-in-cheek video! Swedish House Mafia feat Tinie Tempah – Miami 2 Ibiza enters at #5 Swedish House Mafia are a 3 piece collective consisting of house DJs Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso. They scored a #7 hit just a few month’s ago with One (Your Name) and now get a second top 10 hit with new track Miami 2 Ibiza. The new single features a certain Tinie Tempah, who drops to #3 this week with his own Written In The Stars and crashes in at #1 with his debut album, on which Miami 2 Ibiza also appears. The Swedes’ new album Until One is due for release at the end of this month. Kings Of Leon – Radioactive enters at #7 The mighty Kings Of Leon return to the charts this week with their long awaited new single Radioactive, in at #7. The US rock band first formed back in 1999 but didn’t chart in the UK until 2003 when debut What I Saw EP made #22, followed by 3 albums with critical acclaim and several minor – mid-table hits. Then in 2008 the kings got their commercial breakthrough as the massive Sex On Fire hit #1 and is indeed still in the top 100 after 108 weeks. This was followed by the massive #2 Use Somebody, both tracks from million selling Only By The Night album. Now they return with the first single from Come Around Sundown, Radioactive gets them their third top 10 single in total. Magnetic Man feat Katy B – Perfect Stranger enters at #16 Another 3 piece collaborative group scoring a second hit this week are Magnetic Man, who once again chart in the same week as Swedish House Mafia. Magnetic Man are a dubstep trio consisting of DJs Scream, Benga and Artwork, whose first hit was #10 I Need Air. Now they follow this up with Perfect Stranger, which also features vocals from Katy B who hit #5 with the still charting Katy On A Mission. Magnetic Man’s debut self titled album is also released this week, featuring the aforementioned hits and more. Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me enters at #22 US singer, songwriter and producer Mike Posner makes his debut on these shores with his single Cooler Than Me at #22. Mike performed the song on America’s Got Tatent recently and also an X-Factor contestant performed it last week here, hence its chart entry. Cooler Than Me has already been a top 10 smash in US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and looks likely to become a sizable hit here too over the weeks leading up to full release. Mike Posner is also the name of an ecomonist, a psychologist, a well renowned US lawyer and an Arabian casino owner … a bit of useless information! Professor Green feat Example – Monster enters at #29 Stephen Paul Manderson (AKA Professor Green) gets his third top 30 hit this week, following up his first 2 hits which both went top 5 thanks to samples of well known songs - by INXS and SOS Band respectively. Like its predecessors Monster features additional vocals, this time from UK rapper Example who has had 4 previous top 30 hits. Plan B – The Recluse enters at #35 UK rapper turned soul singer Plan B scores his 4th straight top 40 hit this week, or his 5th if you include End Credits, on which he features. He hit #9 with Stay Too Long, then #3 with She Said, most recently #16 with Prayin’ and now #35 with The Recluse. Each of these singles and indeed the album depict the story of fictional character Strickland Banks, who finds fame with soul songs then loses it all when he ends up prison for a crime he did not commit. A continuation also to this The Ballad Of Belmarsh is due for release next year, along with similarly themed singles. Tinie Tempah hits #1 with his album Rapper Tinie Tempah has had huge success with Pass Out and Written In The Stars hitting #1 and Frisky #2, now he proves his album credentials as The Disc-overy hits the top. Mumford & Sons reach a new peak of #3 with Sigh No More, almost a year since its initial release. 80’s band Aha come in at #8 with another hits retrospective entitled 25, same title as compilations by George Michael and Simply Red. Metal rockers Bring Me The Horizon debut at #9 with their album There Is A Hell, Believe Me I’ve Been … OK we believe you! Disney actress Selena Gomez returns with her Scene for a second top 20 album A Year Without Rain … if only that was the weather forecast! It would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday this week, and so another hits compilation enters the top 20 this week, entitled Power To The People. The highly opinionated bit! I am both surprised and happy to see Cee Lo Green hit #1 with F**k You as I really love that song, not because it has swearing in it but because it has a good melody. Whilst I do really like Shame by Robbie & Gary, I feel that it could have been much better and is a bit too contrived really. Don’t like Swedish House Mafia / Tinie’s song at all, Magnetic Man’s is not that great either for me. However I absolutely love Kings Of Leon’s new one almost as much as a loved the last album … which is a lot! Mike Posner’s Cooler Than Me is OK but nothing special, have a feeling it may be a grower for me. Don’t like Monster but at least it doesn’t ruin any classic songs the way the first 2 Professor green songs did. I love Plan B’s Strickland Banks album and singles from it, The Recluse is no exception … She Said is still better though.
October 10, 201014 yr Loudjamesbond - the Tinie Tempah Album is just called 'Disc-Overy' - there is no 'The' in the Title. As Tinie Tempah has 2 Top 5 Singles, & the No.1 Album, in the latest UK Charts, I decided to check how many times this has been achieved since the Album Chart began. (July 28th 1956). To my surprise, I found that Tinie Tempah is only the FOURTH Act to achieve it. Also, that it is only the 16th Chart Week that it has been achieved in. John Lennon managed it 9 times - 8 Weeks in The Beatles, & 1 Week as John Lennon. The Shadows now have their Cliff Richard & The Shadows Singles, & Albums, added to their Statistics. As a result of this, they were the 1st Act to achieve it - for a Total of 6 Weeks. 2 TOP 5 SINGLES & THE NUMBER 1 ALBUM - IN THE SAME WEEK (BY THE SAME ACT) 1) THE SHADOWS W/E 17th January to W/E 31st January 1963 (3 WEEKS) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (3 WEEKS) ‘The Next Time/Bachelor Boy’ - No.1 - No.2 - No.2 - Cliff Richard & The Shadows ‘Dance On!’ - No.2 - No.1 - No.4 - The Shadows No.1 ALBUM (2 WEEKS) W/E 17th & 24th January 1963 (2 WEEKS) ‘Out Of The Shadows’ - No.1 - No.1 - The Shadows W/E 31st January 1963 (1 WEEK) No.1 ALBUM (1 WEEK) ‘Summer Holiday’ (Soundtrack) - No.1 - Cliff Richard & The Shadows @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 2) THE SHADOWS W/E 21st March to 4th April 1963 (3 WEEKS) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (3 WEEKS) ‘Summer Holiday’ - No.1 - No.2 - No.1 - Cliff Richard & The Shadows ‘Foot Tapper’ - No.2 - No.1 - No.4 - The Shadows No.1 ALBUM (3 WEEKS) W/E 21st March to 4th April 1963 (3 WEEKS) ‘Summer Holiday’ (Soundtrack) - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - Cliff Richard & The Shadows @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 3) THE BEATLES W/E 12th December 1963 to W/E 16th January 1964 (6 WEEKS) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (6 WEEKS) ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.2 ‘She Loves You’ - No.2 - No.2 - No.2 - No.3 - No.5 - No.5 No.1 ALBUM (6 WEEKS) ‘With The Beatles’ - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 4) THE BEATLES W/E 20th December to 27th December 1967 (2 WEEKS) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (2 WEEKS) ‘Hello Goodbye’ - No.1 - No.1 ‘Magical Mystery Tour (EP) - No.3 - No.2 No.1 ALBUM (2 WEEKS) ‘Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ - No.1 - No.1 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 5) JOHN LENNON W/E 7th February 1981 (1 WEEK) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (1 WEEK) ‘Woman’ - No.1 ‘Imagine’ - No.4 No.1 ALBUM (1 WEEK) ‘Double Fantasy’ - No.1 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 6) TINIE TEMPAH W/E 16th October 2010 (1 WEEK) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (1 WEEK) ‘Written In The Stars’ - No.3 - Tinie Tempah Feat. Eric Turner ‘Miami 2 Ibiza’ - No.5 - Swedish House Mafia Vs Tinie Tempah No.1 ALBUM (1 WEEK) ‘Disc-Overy’ - No.1 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ NOT COUNTING THESE 2 ACTS:, A) JOHN TRAVOLTA W/E 21st October to 18th November 1978 (5 WEEKS) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (5 WEEKS) ‘Summer Nights’ - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.3 - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John ‘Sandy’ - No.4 - No.3 - No.2 - No.3 - No.4 - John Travolta No.1 ALBUM (5 WEEKS) ‘Grease’ (Soundtrack) - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - VARIOUS ARTISTS (So, it does not count) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ B) OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN W/E 11th November to 18th November 1978 (2 WEEKS) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (2 WEEKS) ‘Summer Nights’ - No.1 - No.3 - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John ‘Hopelessly Devoted To You - No.4 - No.2 - Olivia Newton-John No.1 ALBUM (2 WEEKS) ‘Grease’ (Soundtrack) - No.1 - No.1 - VARIOUS ARTISTS (So, it does not count) This post has been edited by zeus555: Today, 07:15 PM Edited October 10, 201014 yr by zeus555
October 10, 201014 yr Loudjamesbond - the Tinie Tempah Album is just called 'Disc-Overy' - there is no 'The' in the Title. As Tinie Tempah has 2 Top 5 Singles, & the No.1 Album, in the latest UK Charts, I decided to check how many times this has been achieved since the Album Chart began. (July 28th 1956). To my surprise, I found that Tinie Tempah is only the FOURTH Act to achieve it. Also, that it is only the 16th Chart Week that it has been achieved in. :lol: The Shadows. The Beatles. John Lennon. Er... Tinie Tempah for some reason. :lol:
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