Posted October 31, 201014 yr Cheryl Cole – Promise This enters at #1 To the surprise of very few, Cheryl Cole/Tweedy goes straight in at the top with her new single Promise This. This is the second fastest selling single this year (behind Helping Haiti) and the second in a row to have sales of over 100k. Cheryl of course performed this track on the X-Factor, which in case anyone has been living under a rock, she is one of the 4 judges on! It was around this time last year when Fight For This Love hit the top on sales of over 200k, followed by 2 further top 5 hits - 3 Words and Parachute. Cheryl also features on Will.I.Am’s new single, a possible contender for next week’s #1. Rihanna – Only Girl (In The World) enters at #2 So Barbadan superstar Rihanna gets her 8th #2 hit in total this week as she is almost the only girl to sell over 100k and yet only debut at #2! Robyn Rihanna Fenty first came to prominence in 2005 with her debut single Pon De Replay which was the first of her #2s, and has had no less than 16 top 20 hits out of 17 releases to date, a further 3 including collaborations. Umbrella of course was her biggest hit, staying at #1 for 10 weeks in 2007, Take A Bow is her only other UK chart topper so far. Only Girl is the first single release to be taken from her sixth studio album entitled Loud, due out in a fortnight. Tim Berg – Seek Bromance enters at #13 Swedish DJ Tim Berg (aka Avicii) gets his first top 40 hit this week as Seek Bromance seeks a place at #13, unlucky for some! This track is a mashup between Tim Berg’s instrumental Bromance and Amanda Wilson’s dance track What You Seek. Amanda Wilson is a singer with house / dance act Freemasons, with whom she scored 2 top 20 hits - Love On My Mind and Watching, in 2005 and 2006 respectively. Peter Andre – Defender enters at #14 Peter Andre certainly is a Defender this week as he is back in the top 20, despite the CD single only being available in ASDA and not selling great as a download. This is the lead single to come from his upcoming 6th studio album, due out shortly. Peter has recently become better known for his reality TV show appearances and split from Jordan than his music, which first got him noticed. However he first made his musical name with Mysterious Girl which was a #2 hit during the 1990s then #1 in 2004. He was last seen in the top 40 with #4 hit Behind Closed Doors last year. Devlin feat Yasmin – Runaway enters at #15 Grime artist Jimmy Devlin scores his second top 40 hit this week and his biggest to date as Runaway makes #15. Having been a member of the O.T Crew alongside Dogzilla, Deeperman and Syer Bars, Devlin had minor solo success with #31 hit Brainwashed earlier this year. Runaway features vocals from DJ Yasmin. Devlin was also named by the BBC in their "Sound Of" list of the most promising music acts for 2010, alongside the likes of Ellie Goulding and Marina & The Diamonds. Eminem feat Lil Wayne – No Love enters at #35 US superstar rapper Eminem gets himself another top 40 hit this week, alongside serial collaborator Lil Wayne! No Love features a small sample from Haddaway’s 1990’s hit What Is Love, and comes from Eminem’s huge selling Recovery album. This is his 22nd top 40 hit in total, with all but one of these making top 20, expect this track to follow suit in the next few weeks leading up to full release. James Blunt – Stay The Night enters at #37 Former army man James Blunt makes his return at #37 as he invites you to Stay The Night! James Blunt first came to prominence with debut single High in 2004, which made #16 upon rerelease. He is of course best known for the huge #1 hit You’re Beautiful, also from his debut album Back To Bedlam. The first track from forthcoming album #3 is Stay The Night, his 7th single in total to make the top 40. Kings Of Leon still kings of the album chart After huge sales last week, Come Around Sundown stays at #1 for Kings Of Leon this week. Entering at #3 just behind a climb for Mr Bubble is X-Factor winner Joe McElderry, who finds his Wide Awake album doing better than the single which could only manage #6. Entering at #4 is boyband the Wanted with their self titled debut album, both singles are still in the chart with All Time Low climbing to #28. Another case of album doing better than lead single is Taylor Swift, after Mine could only scrape #30 last week, the album Speak Now enters at #6. After a song entitled Barbra Streisand hit #3, comes the actual singer Barbra Streisand with her Ultimate Collection in at #8 this week, her sixth hits collection in total. Elton John & US singer songwriter Leon Russell enter at #11 with Union, Elton’s 30th studio album in total. The Soldiers get their second hit album with Letters Home in at #10, as does Charlotte Church (second pop album anyway) in at #xx. Opinion Whilst I must admit to liking Cheryl Cole’s Promise This (maybe I’ve been brainwashed), I don’t think it deserves to be a #1 hit. I love Rihanna’s Only Girl and certainly prefer it to anything from her last album, it may even be my favourite yet fro Rihanna. Not particularly keen on Nelly’s Just A Dream, Runaway by Devlin or that Seek Bromance … none of the 3 songs do much for me to be honest. I must confess that Peter Andre’s new song Defender is surprisingly good, given the kack he has released previously! I’ve always really liked James Blunt and this new song Stay The Night hasn’t disappointed me. Not sure about Eminem / Lil Wayne yet, it’s ok but not nearly as good as some of Em’s work in the past.
October 31, 201014 yr Loudjamesbond - Rihanna has been on 3 No.1 Hits - not 2. She was No.1 on 'Run This Town', in 2009 - credited as Jay-Z Featuring Rihanna And Kanye West. Elton John has his first Top 75 Album Week in over 3 Years. He was last in the Top 75 on W/E 20th October 2007, when 'Rocket Man - The Definitive Hits', was at No.73. In the USA, 'The Union' is a No.3 Entry - his biggest Album there since 1976, when 'Blue Moves' was a No.3 Album. It is Leon Russell's 2nd UK Hit Album - over 39 Years after his first - 'Leon Russell And The Shelter People', which reached No.29 on W/E 3rd July 1971, & spent just 1 Week on the Chart. 'Promise This' is the 26th Top 10 Single that Cheryl Cole has Sung on. FEMALE ARTISTS ON THE MOST UK TOP 10 SINGLES 1) Madonna - 63 @@@ 2) Kylie Minogue - 35 £££ 3) Diana Ross - 28 (Includes 8 Supremes Hits, plus USA For Africa) 4) Beyonce - 27 (Includes 12 with Destiny’s Child) 5)=Mariah Carey - 26 (Includes a 2007 Re-Entry, & the Helping Haiti No.1) 5)=Cheryl Cole - 26 (Includes 20 with Girls Aloud, & the Helping Haiti No.1) @@@ = If we include 2 Remixes & a Re-entry. £££ = Includes Band Aid II, (1989), & Helping Haiti (2010) UK FEMALE ARTISTS ON THE MOST UK TOP 10 SINGLES 1) Cheryl Cole - 26 (Includes 20 with Girls Aloud, & the Helping Haiti No.1) 2) Girls Aloud - 20 (Includes 1 with Sugababes) 3) Sugababes - 19 (Includes 1 with Girls Aloud, & Band Aid 20) 4)=Mel C - 17 (Includes 10 with the Spice Girls) 4)=Emma Bunton - 17 (Includes 10 with the Spice Girls) 6) Geri Halliwell - 16 (Includes 8 with the Spice Girls) $$$ $$$ = Although Geri had left the Spice Girls, by the time ‘Viva Forever’ was No.1, (August 1998), her vocals are on that Hit. Hence why I’ve counted it. Edited October 31, 201014 yr by zeus555
November 1, 201014 yr Author Loudjamesbond - Rihanna has been on 3 No.1 Hits - not 2. She was No.1 on 'Run This Town', in 2009 - credited as Jay-Z Featuring Rihanna And Kanye West. Elton John has his first Top 75 Album Week in over 3 Years. He was last in the Top 75 on W/E 20th October 2007, when 'Rocket Man - The Definitive Hits', was at No.73. In the USA, 'The Union' is a No.3 Entry - his biggest Album there since 1976, when 'Blue Moves' was a No.3 Album. It is Leon Russell's 2nd UK Hit Album - over 39 Years after his first - 'Leon Russell And The Shelter People', which reached No.29 on W/E 3rd July 1971, & spent just 1 Week on the Chart. 'Promise This' is the 26th Top 10 Single that Cheryl Cole has Sung on. FEMALE ARTISTS ON THE MOST UK TOP 10 SINGLES 1) Madonna - 63 @@@ 2) Kylie Minogue - 35 £££ 3) Diana Ross - 28 (Includes 8 Supremes Hits, plus USA For Africa) 4) Beyonce - 27 (Includes 12 with Destiny’s Child) 5)=Mariah Carey - 26 (Includes a 2007 Re-Entry, & the Helping Haiti No.1) 5)=Cheryl Cole - 26 (Includes 20 with Girls Aloud, & the Helping Haiti No.1) @@@ = If we include 2 Remixes & a Re-entry. £££ = Includes Band Aid II, (1989), & Helping Haiti (2010) UK FEMALE ARTISTS ON THE MOST UK TOP 10 SINGLES 1) Cheryl Cole - 26 (Includes 20 with Girls Aloud, & the Helping Haiti No.1) 2) Girls Aloud - 20 (Includes 1 with Sugababes) 3) Sugababes - 19 (Includes 1 with Girls Aloud, & Band Aid 20) 4)=Mel C - 17 (Includes 10 with the Spice Girls) 4)=Emma Bunton - 17 (Includes 10 with the Spice Girls) 6) Geri Halliwell - 16 (Includes 8 with the Spice Girls) $$$ $$$ = Although Geri had left the Spice Girls, by the time ‘Viva Forever’ was No.1, (August 1998), her vocals are on that Hit. Hence why I’ve counted it. Thanks zeus, for some reason I didn't count Run This Town. Thanks also for the additional information, always good to see these sort of things.
November 1, 201014 yr I believe that Leon Russell is the only Act, who has had to wait more than 39 Years for a 2nd Week in the Album Chart. But, he's NOT the Act with the longest gap between a 1st & 2nd Hit Album. Judy Garland is. 'Judy At Carnegie Hall' was a No.13 Album, in March 1962. It spent its 3rd, (& final), Week on Chart on W/E 17th March 1962 - at No.20. She did not have a 2nd Hit Album until W/E 24th April 2010, when 'Over The Rainbow - The Very Best Of Judy Garland' - reached No.66 - spending just 1 Week on the Chart. A gap of just over 48 Years, between her 1st & 2nd Hit Albums. (And her 3rd & 4th Chart Weeks). The Male Act with the longest gap between Hit Albums is Del Shannon. (I believe). He reached No.9, with 'Hats Off To Del Shannon', in June 1963. He then had a 2nd Hit Album, in November 1963 - 'Little Town Flirt'. It reached No.15, & spent its final Week on the Chart, (No.16), on W/E 30th November 1963. He didn't have another Hit Album until THIS Year - when 'Runaway - The Very Best Of Del Shannon', entered, & Peaked, at No.25, in the W/E 6th February Chart. A gap of over 46 Years, between his 2nd & 3rd Hit Albums. If Mel Torme ever has a 2nd Hit Album, he will take those Chart Feats from Judy Garland, & Del Shannon. He had 2 No.3 Albums, in 1956. The 2nd of which left the Chart in September 1956. He's not been in the Album Chart since. Freddy Cannon had a No.1 Album in 1960. 'The Explosive Freddy Cannon' - Freddy Cannon - No.1 in March 1960. He's yet to have a 2nd Hit Album! So, he will also have the:, 'Biggest Gap Between Hit Albums', if he ever has another Hit. (As well as having the biggest gap between a 1st Hit Album & a 2nd).
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