Posted October 24, 201014 yr Bruno Mars – Just The Way You Are goes back to #1 So we have a return to #1 for Bruno Mars with Just The Way You Are, which debuted at #1 4 weeks ago and now finds itself back at the top with its highest weekly sale of around 110k. This as you may have guessed is due to The X Factor, as the track was covered by a contestant last week. This now has a perfectly symmetrical chart run of 1-2-4-2-1, and is likely to be beaten by Cheryl and Rihanna next week. The Wanted – Heart Vacancy enters at #2 The highest new entry this week goes to boy band The Wanted as they fill this week’s vacancy at #2. This is the boys’ second single, following up the chart topping All Time Low, which itself goes back up to #34 this week. The group’s debut self titled album is released next week, expected to make an impact near the top. Katy Perry – Firework enters at #5 Rocketing in to #5 this week is Katy Perry’s new single, following from a performance on X-Factor. This swiftly follows in the footsteps of #1 hit California Gurls and #2 hit Teenage Dream to give Katy a third top 5 hit this year. Firework is now Katy’s 7th top 5 hit in total with only Thinking Of You and Waking Up In Vegas missing out so far. Her Teenage Dream album also occupies the #5 slot in the albums listings. Jay Sean feat Nicki Minaj - 2012 (It Ain't The End) enters at #9 UK singer songwriter, rapper, beatboxer and record producer Kamaljit Singh Jhooti, better known as the rather easier pronounced name of Jay Sean makes a return to the upper reaches of the charts. Rishi Rich Project were an Asian music project showcasing new talent, of which Jay Sean was a member when he made his debut in 2003 with Dance with You (Nachna Tere Naal) which made #12. Under his own name he scored 2 top 10 hits with Eyes On You and Stolen making #6 and #4 respectively, followed by a few minor hits in 2008, last year he had his biggest hit peaking at #3 with Down. Jay was last seen with #13 hit Do You Remember and also featured on Kevin Rudolf's hit I Made It earlier this year. There is a phenomenon that 2012 will see the end of the world, Jay obviously disagrees as 2012 (It Ain't The End) makes #9! N-Dubz - Best Behaviour enters at #10 UK hip hop collective N-Dubz score their 9th top 40 hit this week as Dappy & co's Best Behaviour seems to have paid off! They first came on the scene with 2006's #26 hit You Better Not Waste My Time but did not get a top 10 hit until last year when I Need You made #5 as their own biggest hit to date. They did feature on Tinchy Stryder's Number One earlier last year which hit #1. They were last seen this year when We dance On made #6 taken from the soundtrack of Street Dance. Best Behaviour is taken from their forthcoming 3rd album. Nelly - Just A Dream enters at #11 US rapper Nelly makes his return to the upper reaches of the UK charts this week as his new single enters at #11, but is it just a dream? It seems not, as he gets his 17th top 40 hit since his 2000 debut Country Grammar (Hot S**t)! Last time Nelly had a top 10 hit was in 2005 with #6 peaking N'Dey Say, he has had 2 top 20 hits since, the last being 2008's Body On Me. Just A Dream has been released digitally without any promotion or significant airplay as yet, so expect this to become a massive hit in the weeks to come. Diana Vickers - My Wicked Heart enters at #13 More to follow! Taylor Swift - Mine enters at #30 More to follow! Skepta feat Preeya Kalidas - Cross My Heart enters at #31 More to follow! Kings Of Leon top the albums chart More to follow! Personal opinion More to follow! Edited October 25, 201014 yr by loudjamesbond
October 24, 201014 yr The 2 Beatles Albums are 2 of only 6, (since July 1956), that have reached the UK Top 10 - on 3 or more occasions - in totally different Chart Runs:, 4 TOP 10 ENTRIES 1) ‘Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ - The Beatles (1967) No.1 in 1967 - No.3 in 1987 - No.6 in 1992 - No.5 in 2009 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 2) ‘Gold’ - ABBA (1992) (One of only 2 Albums to reach the Top 5 each time) No.1 in 1992 - No.1 in 1999 - No.4 in 2004 - No.1 in 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 TOP 10 ENTRIES 1) ‘The Beatles - 1962 - 1966’ (‘The Red Album’) (1973) No.3 in 1973 - No.3 in 1993 - No.6 in 2010 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 2) ‘The Beatles - 1967 - 1970’ (‘The Blue Album’) (1973) (One of only 2 Albums to reach the Top 5 each time) No.2 in 1973 - No.4 in 1993 - No.4 in 2010 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 3) ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ - Pink Floyd (1973) No.2 in 1973 - No.7 in 1974 - No.4 in 1993 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 4) ‘Off The Wall’ - Michael Jackson (1979) No.5 in 1979 - No.10 in 1984 - No.3 in 2009 NOTE - The only Album to not reach its Peak Position until its 3rd Top 10 Entry @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Kings Of Leon are only the 7th USA Group to have had more than 2 UK No.1 Albums. Only 16 USA Groups have had more than 1:, USA GROUPS WITH THE MOST UK No.1 ALBUMS (To W/E 30th October 2010) 1) R.E.M. - 8 2) BON JOVI - 5 3)=DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES - 3 (Includes 1 with The Temptations) 3)=METALLICA - 3 3)=RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - 3 3)=KILLERS - 3 3)=KINGS OF LEON - 3 8)=BEACH BOYS - 2 8)=STYLISTICS - 2 8)=NIRVANA - 2 8)=D12 - 2 8)=LINKIN PARK - 2 8)=FOO FIGHTERS - 2 8)=SCISSOR SISTERS - 2 8)=GREEN DAY - 2 8)=MAROON 5 - 2 NOTE - Simon & Garfunkel, (2 No.1 Albums), The Carpenters, (3 No.1’s), & White Stripes, (2 No.1’s), are all Duo’s - not Groups. Fleetwood Mac have had 4 UK No.1 Albums, but they were a UK/USA Group at the time - as were Blondie, when they had 2 UK No.1 Albums. The Monkees had 2 No.1 Albums, but, they too were a UK/USA Group. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ And, as The Beatles have added 2 more Weeks, to their tally of Weeks in the UK Top 10, I've worked out these Lists - all to W/E 30th October:, THE TOP 20 UK ALBUM ACTS (BASED ON WEEKS IN THE TOP 5) (To W/E 30th October 2010) 1) BEATLES - 355 Weeks 2) ELVIS PRESLEY - 316 Weeks 3) SHADOWS - 223 Weeks (Includes 136 Weeks with Cliff Richard) 4) ROLLING STONES - 196 Weeks 5) FRANK SINATRA - 188 Weeks 6) CLIFF RICHARD - 175 Weeks 7) SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 159 Weeks 8) ABBA - 149 Weeks 9) MICHAEL JACKSON - 140 Weeks (Includes 10 Weeks with The Jackson 5 - both Acts credited) 10) ELTON JOHN - 128 Weeks 11) GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS - 116 Weeks 12)=PAUL McCARTNEY/WINGS - 114 Weeks 12)=QUEEN - 114 Weeks 14) ROD STEWART - 111 Weeks 15)=MADONNA - 110 Weeks (NOT including ‘Who’s That Girl’ - Soundtrack - (1987) 5 Top 5 Weeks) 15)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 110 Weeks 17)=BEACH BOYS - 104 Weeks 17)=SIMPLY RED - 104 Weeks 19) BOB DYLAN - 102 Weeks 20) DAVID BOWIE - 100 Weeks NOTE Phil Collins is at No.21 - 92 Top 5 Weeks Take That are on 59 Top 5 Weeks Westlife are also on 59 Top 5 Weeks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ THE TOP 20 UK ALBUM ACTS (BASED ON WEEKS IN THE TOP 10) (To W/E 30th October 2010) 1) ELVIS PRESLEY - 512 Weeks 2) BEATLES - 463 Weeks 3) SHADOWS - 430 Weeks (Includes 235 Weeks with Cliff Richard) 4)=FRANK SINATRA - 337 Weeks 4)=CLIFF RICHARD - 337 Weeks 6) ROLLING STONES - 267 Weeks 7) MICHAEL JACKSON - 257 Weeks (Includes 18 Weeks with The Jackson 5 - both Acts credited) 8) SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 240 Weeks 9) ROD STEWART - 226 Weeks 10) ABBA - 224 Weeks 11) MADONNA - 215 Weeks (NOT including ‘Who’s That Girl’ - Soundtrack - (1987) 6 Top 10 Weeks) 12) ELTON JOHN - 213 Weeks 13) QUEEN - 209 Weeks 14) BOB DYLAN - 193 Weeks 15) PAUL McCARTNEY/WINGS - 189 Weeks 16) GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS - 171 Weeks 17) BEACH BOYS - 169 Weeks 18) SIMPLY RED - 165 Weeks 19) DAVID BOWIE - 163 Weeks 20) ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 162 Weeks NOTE Phil Collins is at No.21 - 154 Top 10 Weeks Take That are on 105 Top 10 Weeks Westlife are on 87 Top 10 Weeks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ THE TOP 20 UK ALBUM ACTS (BASED ON WEEKS ON ENTIRE CHART) (To W/E 30th October 2010) (2010 Weeks - since W/E 16th January - in Brackets) 1) QUEEN - 1441 (13) 2) BEATLES - 1357 (2) 3) ELVIS PRESLEY - 1339 (6) 4) U2 - 1238 5) MICHAEL JACKSON - 1220 (32) 6) MADONNA - 1164 (14) 7) DIRE STRAITS - 1147 (1) 8) SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 1135 9) ROD STEWART - 1048 (44) 10) DAVID BOWIE - 1031 (5) 11) ELTON JOHN - 1013 12) ABBA - 1007 (5) 13) FLEETWOOD MAC - 940 (21) 14) PINK FLOYD - 938 15) FRANK SINATRA - 926 16) PHIL COLLINS - 887 (8) 17) CLIFF RICHARD - 857 (2) 18)=SHADOWS- 840 18)=ROLLING STONES - 840 (6) 20) MEAT LOAF - 832 (11) Edited October 24, 201014 yr by zeus555
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