I'm amazed at how well Caro Emerald has done, I never could have imagined it when I first heard and was obsessed with A Night Like This in early 2010 :o Love that there's still a market for European acts like that, as long as they get a push, which they usually don't...

Another platinum album from the Minogue. All the Lovers was a really great lead and picked up loads of support but as above I remember thinking at the time though these were her best sales in ages even combined I don't think she'd have seriously challenged for no1. Another no2 would have been fun though and she was 2 in the mids all week shame she slipped. I think here singles no1 days may be behind her now, it was a really strong track and with the ever increasing numbers in the singles market it's becoming harder and harder for fanbase acts to grab no1s even with their leads, on top of that Kylie might be the biggest physical seller left but even with a triple physical she couldn't do it and physicals have since dwindled further, with some record companies reducing to single format or none at all even in established artists.

 

I was also disappointed she couldn't score another top10 off the album, get outta my way was a really strong track (although textbook Kylie) and Better Than Today really grew on me. When you consider her past incredible consecutive top10 runs, its especially sad though those days seem to be gone for all artists now.

 

Hopefully she continues with the platinum albums though. As the album market weakens its an uphill struggle

70. OVERCOME- Alexandra Burke (324,400)

 

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RELEASED: 18:10:09

PEAK POSITION: 18

WKS ON CHART: 41

CHARTING TRACKS:

START WITHOUT YOU (1)

ALL NIGHT LONG (4)

BROKEN HEELS (8)

THE SILENCE (16)

BAD BOYS (27)

TOTAL SALES: 813,700

 

Although it debuted at No 1 on sales of 132k back in 2009 it never made it higher than No 18 in this decade, yet Burke’s debut sales means that her new album has a lot to live up to. Containing a total of 5 top 10 hits it kept the album in the public eye and a deluxe “version” contributed to additional sales.

 

69. BUILD A ROCKET BOYS!- Elbow (327,000)

 

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RELEASED: 04:03:11

PEAK POSITION: 2

WKS ON CHARTS: 37

CHARTING TRACKS: NONE

 

After struggling to making a commercial impact for much of the noughties, Elbow finally broke through with “The Seldom Seen Kid” in 2008. For all that albums success however it never went higher than No 5 in the charts (still, their highest peaking album to that point) but was immediately bettered by this album, it would have made No 1 but for running into Adele (like so many albums in the first half of 2011). It repeated the trick of their previous album by being shortlisted for the Mercury music prize but unlike that album it failed to go home with the trophy.

 

68. I AM....SASHA FIERCE- Beyonce (335,000)

 

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RELEASED: 16:11:08

PEAK POSITION: 15

WKS ON CHART: 41

CHARTING SINGLES:

SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT) (45)

HALO (45)

WHY DON’T YOU LOVE ME? (51)

IF I WERE A BOY (59)

EGO (60)

VIDEOPHONE (64)

TOTAL SALES: 1,469,000

 

Beyonce’s four year old album is still selling in enough force to surpass most later albums. Taking it’s run as a whole the album didn’t peak at No 2 until Aug 2009 when it played second fiddle to Michael Jackson’s “Essential”. Whilst the singles hardly set the charts of 2010 wild she had already secured 4 top 10 hits from it in the noughties and sales of this album had already passed the million mark before the end of that decade. 2011’s follow up “4” is yet to come but in view of overall sales it remains far behind “Sasha” at present, giving birth to her first child obviously proving a distraction from full promotion of the set.

 

I didnt realise 'Overcome' had sold so much. I hope the next one does at least half as well

Alexandra Burke is an odd case, in that when it comes to X-Factor success stories, she is to an extent overlooked, and I think a lot of people would be similarly surprised that her debut album sold so well. She was a victim of JLS' success in a sense; she was very much overshadowed by them, and in some people's heads this didn't just mean that JLS had done very well for themselves but also that Alex hadn't quite met expectations. Which of course is baloney really.

67. JUKEBOX- JLS (352,600)

 

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RELEASED: 13:11:11

PEAK POSITION: 2

WKS ON CHART: 7

CHARTING TRACKS:

SHE MAKES ME WANNA (1)

TAKE A CHANCE ON ME (2)

DO YOU FEEL WHAT I FEEL (41)

 

Along with Boyle, JLS place three albums on our rundown proving just what a successful two years of this decade they have had. Their most recent album “Jukebox” ran up enough sales in just 7 weeks to make our chart, housing as it does the chart topper “She Makes Me Wanna” and the midweek chart topper “Take A Chance On Me”. Talking of midweek No 1’s this album had a titanic struggle with Snow Patrol for the No 1 spot back in November taking until Thursday to overcome them only to lose out three days later when Buble narrowly prevented a third No 1 album for them.

 

66. GREATEST HITS- Foo Fighters (353,700)

 

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RELEASED: 01:11:09

PEAK POSITION: 19

WKS ON CHART: 36

CHARTING TRACKS: NONE

TOTAL SALES: 669,700

 

Fast approaching a whopping 20 years as a group it’s incredible to think that the Foo Fighters have only scored 4 top 10 hits ever in the UK. Some controversy surrounded the release, Grohl not wanting the album released until the band had broken up, but the label activated a clause in the contract and decided now was the time, whoever was right the public seemed to like it the album having gone twice platinum already.

 

65. THE BEGINNING- Black Eyed Peas (355,900)

 

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RELEASED: 29:11:10

PEAK POSITION: 8

WKS ON CHART: 29

CHARTING TRACK:

THE TIME (DIRTY BIT) (1)

JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH (3)

DON’T STOP THE PARTY (17)

 

Proving that with this group the public preferred the end to the beginning. After a hugely successful 2009 the BEP’s returned with this album, and despite housing their fifth chart topper in “The Time” the album has underperformed compared to the groups three previous sets which have all crossed the million mark.

 

despite housing their fourth chart topper in “The Time”

 

Fifth. (Where Is The Love?, Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling, Meet Me Halfway, The Time (Dirty Bit)).

Foo Fighters Greatest Hits would've sold so much more at the time had it been following a classic Foos single, not the utter shit they released as lead single. I can't even remember what it was called now, but I certainly don't think I've ever heard a worse song by them. They're such a great and massive band with so many stand-out and well known songs, I always thought that's the type of GH that should be nailed on to sell at least a million copies.

Foo Fighters Greatest Hits would've sold so much more at the time had it been following a classic Foos single, not the utter shit they released as lead single. I can't even remember what it was called now, but I certainly don't think I've ever heard a worse song by them. They're such a great and massive band with so many stand-out and well known songs, I always thought that's the type of GH that should be nailed on to sell at least a million copies.

 

I've always thought 'Wheels' was really underrated. It's far from their best song (which is 'The Pretender' IMO) but it doesn't deserve the hatred it's received. Foo Fighters' GH is a constant seller anyway so I think give it a few more years and it'll pass the million mark.

Bizarre, that none of the singles from "Build a Rocket Boys" charted (not even the glorious "Open Arms") and yet the album sold well over platinum mark.

Bizarre, that none of the singles from "Build a Rocket Boys" charted (not even the glorious "Open Arms") and yet the album sold well over platinum mark.

 

Open Arms briefly went top 100 on iTunes after their performance at Chidlren In Need Rocks. (But of course One Day Like This charted far higher :P)

Fifth. (Where Is The Love?, Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling, Meet Me Halfway, The Time (Dirty Bit)).

And this is the lesson that says don't write a lot of your reviews late at night! Though of course I refuse to recognise "Boom Boom Pow" on ANY level! :lol:

And this is the lesson that says don't write a lot of your reviews late at night! Though of course I refuse to recognise "Boom Boom Pow" on ANY level! :lol:

 

Why not? It's by far their best song IMO!

Why not? It's by far their best song IMO!

Surely the very definition of damning with faint praise! :D If I was made to listen to one of their songs then i'd choose "Meet Me Halfway"

I absolutely hated The Beginning era. :( It was obvious they were trying to cash in on the success of The E.N.D era and i'm glad it underperformed majorly, hopefully it means they'll go away and work on another quality era.

BEP have joined Nickleback in the list of groups that, having released one of the worst singles of all time, go and release one that is even worse.