Rihanna feat Calvin Harris – We Found Love stays at #1

Rihanna holds off another boy band (and Flo Rida) this week as We Found Love holds on at the top for a fifth week in total. This now makes it the longest running #1 single this year, joint with Adele’s Someone Like You which also managed 5 non-consecutive weeks earlier on this year. After her X Factor performance, Rihanna could well be set for more time at the top as her album’s released on Monday. There’s also her next single entitled You Da One or the Drake song she features on.

 

Flo Rida – Good Feeling enters at #2

US rapper, singer and songwriter Tramar Dillard gets himself another huge UK top 5 hit this week, under the name of Flo Rida and has a good feeling about it! Flo’s debut single was Low, but peaked at a far from low position of #2 in 2007, followed by several smaller hits from his debut album. In 2009, he topped the charts with Right Round (featuring Ke$ha) then followed it with several smaller hits. In 2010, he followed the same pattern by topping the chart with Club Can’t Handle Me (with David Guetta) then following with some lower charting hits. Thus Good Feeling becomes Mr Rida’s 4th top 5 hit and is from his 4th album entitled Only One Rida. This contains a sample from Avicii’s new single Levels, which was released today (Sunday).

 

One Direction – Gotta Be You enters at #3

Another act to have come from the X Factor and having performed on said show is boyband One Direction. Consisting of teenagers Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, the group was put together and managed by Simon Cowell and came third in last year’s contest. Since then they have built up a very dedicated fanbase including plenty of screaming girls! Second single Gotta Be You enters at #3, following their huge chart topping debut What Makes You Beautiful, which is this year’s fastest seller. This is following both an X Factor and a Children In Need performance.

 

Drake feat Rihanna – Take Care enters at #12

Aubery Drake Graham gets his highest charting single to date as he enters at #18 with the title track to his new album Take Care, and not a proper single yet. Drake first made the UK top 50 in 2009 when Forever made #42, followed by #50 single Over the following year, then he hit #25 with Find Your Love. He has released 2 singles so far this year entitled Headlines and Make Me Proud, neither of which have charted in the top 40. However the track Take Care changes this, featuring Rihanna and containing a sample from I’ll Take Care Of You by Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie XX.

 

Saturdays – My Heart Takes Over enters at #15

UK girl band The Saturdays are often associated with the aforementioned Flo Rida. This is not only because they collaborated on a single but because Flo has twice beaten them to #1. This time he is not responsible for keeping the girls out of the top 10 as they are some way short. My Heart Takes Over becomes only their second single to miss top 10 so far, debuting at #15. This follows #8 hit Notorious and #3 hit All Fired Up from this year, and is the girls’ 11th top 20 hit out of 12 releases. New album On Your Radar is due for release this week (Monday).

 

Lady Gaga – Marry The Night enters at #18

US singer songwriter Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta gets her 12th UK top 40 hit (13th including Wale’s Chillin’) this week as Marry The Night beats the #23 peak of previous single You & I by entering at #18. This is following performances on X Factor and Children In Need as well as the full single release. With the forthcoming video release and further promotion, this may well become Gaga’s 10th UK top 10 hit.

 

The Collective – Teardrop enters at #24

This year’s official Children In Need single comes in the form of this cover of Massive Attack’s 1998 #10 hit Teardrop. The “supergroup” was put together by Gary Barlow and consists of Labrinth, Chipmunk, Dot Rotten, Ed Sheeran, Ms. Dynamite, Mz. Bratt, Tulisa, Rizzle Kicks, Tinchy Stryder and Wretch 32. This track was produced by Labrinth and debut at #29 this week, with all proceeds going to help needy children across the nation.

 

Westlife – Lighthouse enters at #32

Another act to debut much lower than otherwise expected is Westlife, missing the top 10 for the first time with a full single release as Lighthouse can only limp in at #32. The Irish boyband debuted in 1999 with Swear It Again and are the only act to debut at #1 with their first 7 releases. Their most recent chart topper is their cover of The Rose from 2006. The boys have recently announced their split and so this is likely to be their last ever single, making a total of 25 top 10 hits with 14 chart toppers in their 12 year career. Ever since 2007 they have released just 1 single and 1 album in the year around November period, with this year being no exception.

 

Slow Moving Millie – Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want enters at #36

Slow Moving Millie may not be a name that most people are familiar with, some may know her as actress Amelia Warner and husband of fellow actor Colin Farrell. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want was originally by The Smiths, a B Side to their 1984 hit William, It Was Really Nothing. This comes from Millie’s forthcoming debut album of 1980’s covers entitled Renditions.

 

Jessie J, Katy Perry and Elbow re-enter at #29, #37 and #38 respectively

In a top 40 chart with 11 new entries, there are also 3 re-entries to be seen. The highest of those is Jessie J at #29 with the title track to her album Who You Are, after debuting at #40 on album release week. Katy Perry entered at #22 with The One That Got Away after a performance on X Factor a few weeks ago, it then did get away for 3 weeks before re-entering this week. Probably the biggest selling non top 30 hit is One Day Like This by Elbow, the track is back at #38 this week after being performed on Children In Need Rocks Manchester. It was first released in 2008 when it debuted at #39, before reappearing at #35 twice over the next 2 years, become something of a classic in the process. Can it reach a new peak next week?

 

Christina Perri – A Thousand Years & Snow Patrol – This Isn’t Everything You Are enter at #39 & #40

Christina Perri gets her second top 40 hit this year as new single A Thousand Years debuts at #39, featuring in the latest Twilight film. This week also sees Jar Of Hearts reclimb into the top 10 once again, this time due to a Strictly Come Dancing performance. Irish / Scottish group Snow Patrol enter at #40 with new single This Isn’t Everything You Are, following #11 hit Called Out In the Dark and becoming the band’s 13th top 40 hit (albeit only just).

 

Michael Buble tops the album charts with his Christmas album

Yes it is only November but already there is a Christmas album at #1, as Michael Buble rises a place to claim his 2nd UK #1 album in 6 releases. JLS enter at #2 with their third album Jukebox and Snow Patrol hit #3 with their fifth album Fallen Empires. Drake has taken care and landed himself a #5 new entry with his second album. Andrea Bocelli enters at #17 with his live album, below him are surprisingly low entries from Pixie Lott and REM with their respective releases.

 

Opinion

Whilst I do like We Found Love, I’m not sure it’s worthy of staying for another week at #1. Still at least it is not Flo Rida or One Direction, who are both rubbish for completely different reasons. I quite like Take Care by Drake and Rihanna, not normally my thing. I think MY Heart Takes Over is one of The Saturdays better songs, certainly better than their last 2. Whilst I’m not the biggest Lady Gaga fan, I do rather like Marry The Night. That CIN cover of Teardrop is awful, I know it’s for a good cause but still they could have done much better. I like Who You Are and Jessie J in general but really don’t like the way she screeches through this song. Westlife’s new one isn’t that great but doesn’t deserve to be such a flop, especially if rubbish like You Raise Me Up and Mandy made #1. That Slow Moving Millie cover is really nice, as are Katy Perry’s and Christina Perri’s new ones.

Edited November 20, 201113 yr by loudjamesbond

I like the subtle way in which you refer to how Westlife had kept up their record by only releasing one single per album for the last few years :lol: