007 Chart Commentary - 22nd Jan 2012

Jessie J stays at #1 with Domino

So Jessie J’s Domino has not fallen down yet as she gets a second week on top of the pile this week. There was not a lot of competition this week, however next week is a different story. There are new releases from Cover Drive, Lana Del Rey and Flo Rida which all stand a chance of setting Jessie’s domino on its way down.

Swedish House Mafia vs Knife Party – Antidote enters at #4

Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso get their fourth top 10 single this week, and joint highest charting to date as Swedish House Mafia’s Antidote enters at #4. The trio first charted last year with their debut single release One (Your Name), peaking at #7. This followed nicely by Miami 2 Ibiza which peaked at #4, alongside Tinie Tempah. After travelling all that way, the trio tried to Save The World and made #10 in the process! Antidote also credits Australian duo Knife Party, essentially a side project of Pendulum members Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen.

Climbs from David Guetta, Pixie Lott, Kelly Clarkson and Pitbull inside the top 20

There is only 1 new entry in this week’s top 20, however there are a number of significant climbs. David Guetta and Sia move up another 5 places with Titanium to #3, and Pixie Lott moves up to #8, with each beating the peak of their previous single. Singles from both Kelly Clarkson (21-11) and Pitbull / Chris Brown (23-13) rise into the top 20.

Cher Lloyd - Want U Back enters at #26

#26 sees a new entry from a UK X Factor contestant, teaming up with a former contestant of the US show. UK contestant Cher Lloyd gets herself a third chart hit this week as new single Want U Back enters at #26. Also featuring on the single is US rapper Astro (Brian Bradley) who coincidentally was a contestant on the US version of the X Factor last year. This follows Ms Lloyds #1 Swagger Jagger and #4 single With Ur Love, all taken from her album Sticks & Stones.

One Direction - One Thing enters at #28

Also coming from 2010’s UK X Factor and scoring a third hit is boy band One Direction, as One Thing enters at #28. The group debuted at #1 with the massive selling What Makes You Beautiful and the not so massive selling #3 hit Gotta Be You. Consisting of members Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, the group’s combined age is 92. Another useless fact about 1D is that their 2011 calendar was Amazon’s biggest selling calendar, beating off competition from JLS and Cheryl Cole.

Skrillex & The Doors - Breakin' A Sweat enters at #33

US electronic producer Sonny Moore makes his chart debut as Skrillex at #33, alongside the remaining members of US 1960’s band The Doors. Skrillex appeared on the BBC Sound of 2012 poll and makes his debut with Breakin’ A Sweat, lifted from his EP entitled Bangarang. The said EP is his fifth in total and made an appearance on the album chart at #31, as a precursor to his debut full album.

M83 - Midnight City enters at #xx and JME enters at #35

French electro band M83 make their debut this week at #35 with new single Midnight City. The band were apparently named after a spiral galaxy called Messier 83. The group have been active since 2002 but not commercially successful until now, having released 12 singles and 6 albums since.

Adele returns to the top of the albums

After returning to #1 2 weeks ago and being knocked off by Bruno Mars, Adele’s 21 is back at #1 for a 20t week now. Once more, the midweek #1 album actually enters at #4, rock band Enter Shikari’s third album A Flash Flood Of Colour well and truly beats their last album’s peak of #16 and equals the debut. Florence & The Machine rebound to #8 and Rizzle Kicks continue to climb to #9. Little else of note in this week’s album chart, however things will get busier in the next 2-3 weeks as new albums are due from the likes of Lana Del Rey, Emeli Sande, Bruce Springsteen and Katy Melua.

Opinion

I am happy to see Jessie J still at #1, as it stops the one week turnover of #1s and it beats Rizzle Kicks. I’m not a fan of Swedish House Mafia or their Antidote song, it is good but just not my thing. Good to see Titanium get as high as #3, I like it and Without You but I haven’t really liked much else from Guetta of late. Glad Pixie gets herself another top 10 hit and Kelly Clarkson looking set to do so next week – 2 of my favourite top 40 hits. Cher Lloyd is still rubbish albeit a little less rubbish with Want U Back and 1D’s new one is forgettable to say the least. I quite like M83’s Midnight City but don’t think much of Skrillex so far.

Edited January 23, 201213 yr by loudjamesbond