Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe enters at #1

New Canadian singer songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen makes her UK debut at the age of , coming straight in at #1 with the hotly anticipated single Call Me Maybe. The single was due to be released in 2 weeks time but the appearence of several fake cover versions have forced the early release (hopefully a message to record companies to stop holding back releases when there is demand). Carly came 3rd in Canadian Idol in 2007 then released her debut album in Canada, which contained 2 minor hits there. Her first worldwide release is Call Me Maybe, the track has been #1 in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and now United Kingdom.

 

Azealia Banks - 212 climbs to #12, Olly Murs - Oh My Goodness climbs to #13

Hotly tipped US rapper Azealia Amanda Banks continues her climb up the charts this week as her controversial single rises 2 places to 12, coincidentally indicated in the track's title "2 12". Meanwhile, X Factor runner up Olly Murs gets his 6th top 20 hit out of 7 releases to date. Following the single release and several live appearences, Oh My Goodness climbs 15 places to #13. There are also several tracks climbing in this week's chart due to the release of the Now 81 compilation and resultant cherry picks.

 

Alex Day - Lady Godiva enters at #15

23 year old London based singer songwriter Alex Day enters at #15 with his 2nd single Lady Godiva, following up his #4 single Forever Yours from Christmas. Both tracks have so far received very little in the way of airplay, instead Alex Day has promoted the tracks heavily through the likes of YouTube and also by releasing several remixes. This helped get debut single Forever Yours to #4, but followed by an unfortunate drop right out the top 100 the next week. Judging by the track's iTunes position and lack of airplay, Lady Godiva is likely to follow suit. The 2 singles comined have sold over 50,000 copies so that is good for an independent artist.

 

The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved reenters at #18

Irish 4 piece The Script make their return to the charts this week, not with a new single but with their 2008 #2 hit The Man Who Can't Be Moved. Frontman Danny O'Donoghue is one of the 4 vocal coachs on new talent show The Voice, alongside Jessie J, Tom Jones and Will I Am. This is a show which sees conestants singing whilst the judges have their backs turned and if they like what they hear, then they turn their chair around with the contestants having the final say as to who they would like as their coach. One of the contestants on this show performed The Man Who Can't Be Moved, hence the track's reentry at #18 this week.

 

Beyonce - End Of Time enters at #39

US superstar singer Beyonce Knowles gets another UK top 40 hit this week as new single End Of Time becomes her 4th official top 40 single (5th including album track Countdown) from her 4th album entitled 4. Beyonce of course made her name as a member of 3 piece girl group Destiny's Child and has since gone on to score 24 solo top 40 hits. This follows on from #11 Run The World (Girls), #3 Best Thing I Never Had, #35 Countdown and #11 Love On Top, and is another track to benefit from a 59p reduction on iTunes.

 

Nicki Minaj tops the album chart

US rapper and singer Nicki Minaj released her 2nd album this week, which contrary to the title is a brand new album and not an extension of Pink Friday, Pink Friday : Roman Reloaded becomes her first #1 album. Just behind Nicki at #2 is Syco act Labrinth with his debut album Electronic Earth, featuring top 5 hit singles Let The Sun Shine, Earthquake and Last Time. Adele goes back up to #3 with the ever present 21, following a reshowing on TV of her Albert Hall concert. Music Rox is the debut album and essentially the soundtrack from social networking game Moshi Monsters and comes in at #4. Welsh rock band Lostprophets enter at #9 with their 5th studio album Weapons, falling short of the top 5 peak of their last 3. Other new entries come from Orbital, Graham Coxon, Sean Paul and Killing Joke.

 

Personal Opinion

I quite like Carly's Call Me Maybe, it may not be the best or most original song around but it's quite catchy really ... in a good way. I love Olly Murs new song and am happy to see Oh My Goodness get a top 15 peak at least. I really like Alex Day's track Lady Godiva and also love the fact that he can get 2 top 15 hits without anything in the way or airplay or widespread appeal. I really like The Script as well and am glad to see The Man Who Can't Be Moved back in the top 20, looking forward to album #3 now. Finally I really like Beyonce's new track End Of Time, it's a bit different to the other stuff that's around. Also good to see Moves Like Jagger cling on and remain the longest top 40 runner, I'm still not fed up of that song.

I totally agree with you on the subject of held-back releases. Let's hope for more fake versions to force record companies' hands.

I totally agree with you on the subject of held-back releases. Let's hope for more fake versions to force record companies' hands.

 

'Boyfriend' was also pulled forward a couple of weeks, hopefully fun. will follow suit shortly.