Gotye feat Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know stays at #1

It is an amazing 5th week for Gotye at the top with Kimbra who is just somebody that he used to know, as the track once again beats off all competition. The last track to stay at the top for longer than 3 consecutive weeks was LMFAO's Party Rock Anthem in April and May last year. This Gotye track has now done the reverse of Adele's Someone Like You a year ago, it stayed at #1 for 4 weeks before returning for a single week, Shakira's Hips Don't Lie had the same run at #1 to this in 2006. There are no less than 4 potentially massive new releases out next week to challenge, from JLS, Katy Perry, Labrinth and Seal Paul.

 

Alexandra Burke - Elephant enters at #3

X factor winner Alexandra Burke gets this week's highest new entry with an Elephant in her room, just behind Nicki Minaj's Starships that fly to #2. Alexandra first came onto the scene in 2008 after winning X Factor and selling over a million copies of her winner's single, a cover of Hallelujah. Her second single release and the one to lead her debut album came around 9 months later, as usual, in the form of #1 Bad Boys. She then scored a #8 hit with Broken Heals, #4 with All Night Long then #1 with Start Without You. Next came The Silence which only made #16, she was also featured on 2 charity #1s - 2008's Hero and 2010's Everybody Hurts. Elephant features Colombian/American producer Erick Morillo, who has also worked with the likes of Jocelyn Brown and Reel 2 Real in the 1990s.

 

Jay Z & Kanye West - Niggas In Paris climbs to #10

Jay Z and Kanye West have now reached the top 10 with their track about certain people in the capital city of France, as it rises to #10. The pair have charted with HAM at #32, Otis at #27 and now this at #10. This is Kanye's 10th top 10 hit in the UK and biggest since 2008's Heartless, it is Jay Z's 6th and biggest since 2010's Young Forever. Another track getting a new peak is Coldplay's Charlie Brown, it rises to #22 following a 59p reduction.

 

Swedish Mouse Mafia - Greyhound enters at #13

Swedish house trio Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso, collectively known as Swedish House Mafia get another top 20 hit this week as instrumental track Greyhound hits #13. This follows up #4 hit Antidote and is the group's 5th hit single but the first to miss the top 10 so far. This comes from their forthcoming second album entitled One Night Stand, as does Antidote and Save The World.

 

Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up enters at #16

This week US singer songwriter Jason Mraz loses his "one hit wonder" tag as he scores a second UK top 40 hit with his new single I Won't Give Up, entering at #16. Jason Thomas Mraz released his first album Waiting For My Rocket To Come in 2002, as well as single Remedy (I Won't Worry), neither of which did much commercially. In Dec 2008 he released I'm Yours which debuted at #78 and slowly rose up the charts to eventually peak at #11 and remeain in the top 100 for most of the year, becoming both the longest running and biggest selling non-top 10 hit ever. His follow ups Make It Mine and Luck (with Colbie Caillat) failed to chart in this country. The lead single from upcoming album Love Is A Four Letter Word debuts at #16 this week showing that he won't give up on getting a 2nd hit.

 

Azealia Banks feat Lazy Jay - 212 enters at #24

US rapper and lyricist Azealia Amanda Banks first came to prominence as a hot tip last year, having gone under the name of Miss Bank$ then becoming Azealia Banks. She then came 3rd in the BBC Sound Of 2012 Poll and released this single entitled 212 in December. The track features rapper Lazy Jay and has been gradually climing the charts, only this week entering the top 40 at #24.

 

LMFAO - Sorry For Party Rocking

US electro / hip hop duo LMFAO get themselves another top 40 hit this week with new single and title track to their album Sorry For Party Rocking. The duo first appeared on the 2008 #9 hit Let The Bass Kick In Miami Bitch, credited to Chuckie vs LMFAO. They also appeared on David Guetta's 2010 #1 hit Getting Over You, before hitting #1 on their own Party Rock Anthem (featuring singer Lauren Bennet and producer Goon Rock). This was followed up with #32 single Champagne Showers (featuring Natalia Kills) then huge #5 hit Sexy & I Know It, the latter is still in the top 20 at #17 after a 30 week run in the top 30.

 

Tyga - Rack City enters at #40

After spending several weeks just outside the top 40, US rapper Tyga enters at the bottom rung of the top 40 with Rack City. Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson first came on the scene in 2008 under the stage name of Tyga, an acronym meaning Thank You God Always. Tyga released his debut independent album No Introduction as well as numerous mix tapes, however it is only now he is starting to gain commercial success. His second album was released entitled Careless World : Rise Of The Last King, containing this track.

 

Military Wives get the #1 album

After entering at #2, the debut album from the Military Wives chior climbs a place to make #1, thanks partly to mother's day gifts and continuing promotion. Highest new entry comes in at #3 for BBC Sound Of 2012 poll winner Michael Kiwinuka with his debut album Home Again, doing far better than the title track which could only make #29 and the follow up I'm Getting Ready which didn't chart at all. Marcus Collins debuts at #6 with his self titled debut album, featuring his current cover of Seven Nation Army along with 9 original tracks. Chart veteran Michael Bolton gets himself another hit album in at #11 with new album + hits collection entitles Gems.

 

Opinionated part!

I am happy to see Gotye remain at #1 for another week, it's always good to see a long running #1 when it's as good as this is. Thank goodness that awful new Alexandra Burke track didn't make it, I've liked some of her past singles but this is way below par. Don't care much for Swedish House Mafia's instrumental track, it's ok but nothing special really. It's far better than that absolutely awful and offensive Jay Z & Kanye track that I'm ashamed to say is at #10, not much better is that awful 212 by Azealia Banks, the dreadful Rack City and equally awful LMFAO track ... at least they say sorry and don't use racist or bad language! To end on a positive note though, I absolutely love I Won't Give Up by Jason Mraz, if his new album is as good as this then I'll be buying it.

 

 

ADELE'S '21' ALBUM

 

A) AS IT NOW HAS ITS 60th UK TOP 10 WEEK

 

It is only the 10th Artist Album to spend 60, (or more), Weeks in the UK Top 10.

 

(If we include Film Soundtracks, & Original Cast Albums, '21' is the 17th Album to achieve 60 Top 10 Weeks)

 

1) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 135 (1970)

2) THE BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS - 120 (1960)

3) THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON - 82 (1982) (Includes 6 Top 10 Weeks with ‘Thriller 25’)

4) TUBULAR BELLS - MIKE OLDFIELD - 74 (1973)

5)=BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE - 72 (2006) (12 Top 10 Weeks with the Deluxe Edition)

5)=THE FAME - LADY GAGA - 72 (2009) (Includes the Sales of The Fame Monster)

7) BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS - 65 (1985)

8) THE SINGLES 1969 - 1973 - THE CARPENTERS - 64 (1974)

9) PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES - 62 (1963)

10) 21 - ADELE - 60 (2011)

 

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B) ALSO - AS '21' IS ALSO IN THE LATEST TOP 5 - AT No.3.....

 

This makes it the Artist Album with the 5th Most Top 5 Weeks

 

1) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1970) - 105

2) THE BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS (1960) - 97

3) PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES (1963) - 56

4) THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON (1982) - 55 (Includes 1 Top 5 Week with ‘Thriller 25’)

5) 21 - ADELE (2011) - 51

 

 

Edited March 19, 201213 yr by zeus555