Here is my month by month summary of the year 2010. Ejoy!

 

On a side note ... Unfortunately you may not be seeing many more weekly commentaries from me in 2011 as I will have less time. However there is always Suedehead's brilliant commentary to keep you going!

 

January

The first week of the year saw a return of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance to #1 as neither Joe McElderry nor Rage could maintain sales to last more than a week at #1 each, despite huge sales. Several songs reached a new peak due to the absence of big new releases - Ke$ha reached #4 with Tik Tok and Florence & The Machine reached #5 with her cover of You've Got the Love, Florence's Lungs album went back to #1 as well. 2 new acts made big selling debuts in the top 2 - #1 went to a new singer from the British Virgin Islands named Iyaz with Replay, ahead of a big dance track Riverside from Sidney Samson. Both tracks are in the top 40 of the year, along with US synth pop project Owl City, brainchild of US singer Adam Young, who spent 3 weeks at #1 with Fireflies. Rapper Example scored his first top 10 hit as he said that he Won't Go Quietly, JLS had One Shot to get another top 10 hit and Canadian teen sensation Justin Bieber debuted with One Time which hit #11. The Glee TV series became a sensation and the music from its cast hit the charts numerous times, most of the tracks entered high and dropped quickly however Don't Stop Believin' became huge, peaking at #2 and staying top 40 for 17 weeks in total.

 

February

February saw Alicia Keys score her biggest selling UK single as a down tempo solo version of the Jay Z collaboration Empire State Of Mind hit #4, subtitled Part 2 (Broken Down), also Alicia's album Element Of Freedom went to #1. Mr Z scored another top 10 hit with a cover of Young Forever, alongside Mr Hudson who also teamed up with N-Dubz for top 20 hit Playing With Fire. Katy Perry was featured on 2 different tracks which peaked at #3 - 3 Oh 3's Starstrukk and Timbaland's If We Ever Meet Again, more on Ms Perry later. Novelty Irish twins and X-Factor contestants Jedward made their chart debut, just missing #1 as their mash-up of Under Pressure / Ice Ice Baby hit #2. Marina & The Diamonds became the first act from the BBC Sound of 2010 poll to score a hit, as Hollywood reached #12, her debut album Family Jewels hit #5. Following the Haiti earthquake disaster a charity single was organised by Simon Cowell, various artists came together to cover REM's Everybody Hurts, which got the year's highest weekly sale of just under 500k. Lemar scored another top 10 hit with The Way Love Goes, and following a Brit Awards performance, Florence & Dizzee Rascal teamed up for You Got The Dirtee Love and hit #2. US singer Jason Derulo hit #1 with In My Head, BBC Sound winner Ellie Goulding made a #4 single debut with Starry Eyed and #1 album with Lights, and Sugababes mark 4.0 hit #7 with Wear My Kiss but flopped with their Sweet 7 album.

 

March

March was the month that rapper Tinie Tempah made his debut at #1 with Pass Out, Tinie would go on to be one of the year's biggest success stories, his album Disc-Overy also went top 5. Rihanna got another #2 hit with Rude Boy, she would also go on to become a huge success in 2010 with her next album and singles. Shortly after the death of Boyzone's Stephen Gately, the group returned to the top 10 with Gave It All Away and had a huge #1 album Brother. Top 20 debuts came from Serbian DJ Gramophonedzie with a Peggy Lee sampling Why Don't We, Daisy Dares You with her Chipmunk featuring Number One Enemy, and R&B singer McLean with My Name. Australian Gabriella Cilmi hit #9 with On A Mission but flopped with her album Ten, Justin Bieber scored a huge #3 hit with Baby and huge top 5 album with My World. Lady Gaga & Beyonce together finally hit #1 with Telephone following the release of its contraversial video, Gaga's album The Fame was a huge #1 also. The comeback from Scouting For Girls surprised many by not only hitting #1 but selling quite well and staying for 2 weeks on top, This Ain't A Love Song. Plan B scored a big hit single with She Said and even bigger album with the chart topping Defamation Of Strickland Banks, another of 2010's big sucesses. Following an online campaign Chritian group Delirious hit #4 with History Makers in time for Easter.

 

April

April saw debuts from rapper Professor Green with his INXS sampling Need You Tonight, Disney star Selena Gomez & The Scene and also Eliza Doolittle with moderate #22 debut Skinny Genes. US star Usher alongside Will I Am finally made #1 with the long enduring hit OMG. Kelis scored another top 5 hit with Acapella, Kate Nash had a moderate #15 hit with Doo Wah Doo, and US country group Lady Antebelum made #21 with Need You Now. The "modfather" Paul Weller made another chart return, hitting #26 with double single No Tears To Cry and title track to his #2 album Wake Up The Nation, beaten by metal rockers AC/DC to #1. Quirky X-Factor contestant Diana Vickers made her debut with a #1 single Once and #1 album Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree, however both were very quick to fade. Urban collaborative Roll Deep scored the first of their 2 #1s in 2010 with Good Times and became only the second act to spend 3 weeks at the top, but thereafter the track was quick to fade. N-Dubz didn't Say It's OVer as they hit #20 with said track, neither did Glee Cast as they continued to score hit after hit with their covers, also Meat Loaf proved his career was not over as his Hang Low Teddy Bear album hit #4.

 

May

May saw the highest chart placings for Aussie drum & bass group Pendulum - Watercolour made #4 in the singles and Immersion became their first #1 album. Sophie Ellis Bextor's comeback was a bit Bittersweet for her, as her new single could only make #25. Guillemot's lead singer Fyfe Dangerfield scored a top 10 hit with his cover of Billy Joel's She's Always A Woman, from a John Lewis TV advertisement. Jason Derulo scored a third top 5 hit with Ridin' Solo, Taio Cruz a third top 10 hit with Dirty Picture alongside Ke$ha who scored a third top 20 of her own with Your Love Is My Drug. Big dance hit Stereo Love hit #4 for Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina and Rihanna got a moderate top 20 hit with Te Amo. Christina Aguilera's comeback was not as big as expected, Not Myself Tonight made #12 but disappeared quickly and album Bionic hit #1 but dropped faster than a ton of bricks by going 1-28 the following week. Leeds United football team prevented Muse from hitting the top 10 as Leeds Leeds Leeds made #10 and Neutron Star Collision hit #11. Rapper BoB and singer Bruno Mars made their chart debut together as Nothing On You hit #1, both would go on to further huge success. Katie Melua came back with the first of 3 tracks entitled The Flood and top 5 album The House. Dizzee Rascal got himself a 5th UK #1 with Dirtee Disco but was very quick to disappear, becoming a recurring theme for #1s in 2010. Iyaz had a 2nd hit with Solo at #3, Eminem comeback with top 5 single Not Afraid and long running #1 album Recovery, David Guetta got another #1 with Gettin' Over You, also N-Dubz scored their 2nd biggest hit with We Dance On.

 

June

June saw Dizzee Rascal score another #1 hit with Shout For England alongside James Corden, this was for the 2010 football world cup. That track kept both Tinie Tempah's 2nd track Frisky and Wavin' Flag by K'naan at #2. Example scored his biggest hit as he kickstarted his way to #3 with the huge Kickstarts, just ahead of Kylie Minogue's comeback - single All The Lovers made #3 a few weeks later and album Aphrodite hit #1. Swedish singer Robyn had a #8 hit with Dancing On My Own, and released her album Body Talk in 3 stages but still flopped. Katy Perry had a massive hit as her own comeback single California Gurls hit #1 and sold very well indeed, another of 2010's big success stories. Scissor Sisters' comeback was rather more understated as single Fire With Fire made #11 and album Night Work hit #2 but sold moderately. Enrique Iglesias sampled Lionel Richie and told us all how much he liked it, I Like It hit #4 and album Euphoria did not to shabbily either. Lady Gaga hit top 10 with Alejandro and Kelly Rowland hit top 20 with a little help from David Guetta, proclaiming she is the Commander!

 

July

July saw boyband JLS score a 3rd #1 hit with The Club Is Alive, another of the year's #1s to disappear quickly after debuting at the top on big hype. Eliza Doolittle improved massively on her debut as 1940's sampling Pack Up hit #5, along with a top 5 self titled album. There was another huge dance track released this month, foreign language semi-instrumental hit We No Speak Americano by Yolanda Be Cool & D Cup. BoB flew to #1 alongside Hayley Williams of Paramore with massive selling track Airplanes, their wish was granted! Professor green teamed up with Lily Allen for a 2nd top 5 hit Just Be Good To Green, it seemed many people were. Mark Ronson went Bang Bang Bang to score a #6 hit, dubstep artists Swedish House Mafia and Magnetic Man both made top 10 debuts also. Boy band The Wanted hit #1 with their debut single All Time Low, ahead of rapper Travie McCoy & Bruno Mars with their urban hit Billionaire. Tom Jones came very close to scoring a #1 album with Praise & Blame and rockers Avenged Sevenfold hit #5 with album Nightmare. The club may not be able to handle Flo Rida but the charts certainly could as said track went on to #1, with help from David Guetta once more.

 

August

In August there was another flash in the pan number one as Neyo got his third #1 with Beautiful Monster but sold modestly. Hoosiers made a slightly understated comeback as their new electro influenced single Choices hit #11 and album hit #10, but both were quick to go. Jason Derulo got himself another hit as ballad What If made #12, dubstep act DJ Fresh got a long running top 30 hit with Gold Dust, and Drake got his first top 30 hit with Find Your Love. Girl group the Saturdays were beaten to #1 by Flo Rida for the second time, as Missing You hit #3 as lead single from their Headlines mini-album. Tinchy Stryder made a return but not nearly as big as before, lead single In My System stumbled in at #10. Love The Way You Lie by Eminem & Rihanna was initially a cherry pick from Eminem's album with little promotion, but became so big they had to release it as a single. Said song went on to sell 850k+ copies despite peaking at #2 several times, also becoming the best seller of the year in the process. Roll Deep got a second #1 but faded quickly again with Green Light, Dynamite also got Taio Cruz his second #1 however that went on to be a massive hit. Dubstep singer songwriter Katy B debuted at #5 with the massive Katy On A Mission, also Brandon Flowers released his first solo material outside the Killers - single Crossfire made #8 and album Flamingo flew to #1 and sold very well.

 

September

More to follow for the busy last 4 months ...

Edited January 6, 201114 yr by loudjamesbond

Did "Lungs" not go to number 1 for the first time in January? This is quite a good recap, thanks.

Edited January 5, 201114 yr by starryeyed

Did "Lungs" not go to number 1 for the first time in January? This is quite a good recap, thanks.

 

Yes, it previously peaked at #2 for five weeks stuck behind The Essential MJ

Yes, it previously peaked at #2 for five weeks stuck behind The Essential MJ

 

Very glad. It deserves it's success. :dance:

Edited January 5, 201114 yr by starryeyed