007 Chart Commentary - 23rd Sept 2012

The Script feat will.i.am - Hall Of Fame stays at #1

So Danny & co stay at #1 this week as Hall Of Fame beats off some stiff competition once again, particularly in the top 3. The last single to spend a fortnight at the top was Wiley’s Heatwave 6 weeks ago, whilst the last to spend 3 weeks was Florence & The Machine Spectrum 8 weeks ago. The Script’s album is at the same position as its name this week as #3 drops a place to #3. Can the single spend 3 weeks at the top, looking very unlikely at this point.

Example – Say Nothing enters at #2

UK singer and rapper Elliot John Gleave gets this week’s highest new entry as he says nothing about entering at #2 and scoring a 6th top 3 hit! Example first made an appearance in the top 40 with first proper single Watch The Sun Come Up, it made #19 in 2009. Next he declared he won’t go quietly, that made #6 ahead of his Kickstarts at #3. In 2011, he scored his first chart topper with Changed The Way You Kiss Me, followed by another #1 as he struggled to Stay Awake. Minor hits Natural Disaster and Midnight Run followed last year. He also featured on Wretch 32’s Unorthodox and Calvin Harris We’ll Be Coming Back – both #2 hits.

PSY – Gangnam Style climbs to #3

Already being massive all over the world thanks to a viral video, Korean rapper PSY shoots up 34 places to #3 this week with Gangnam Style. The track stands a very good chance of going to #1 next week as it is currently at #1 on iTunes and many other digital download sites. The associated music video has had over 253 million views worldwide, making it the most viewed K-Pop video ever. Gangnam in the title refers to a district of the South Korean capital Seoul and the song is a satirical view of life in that suburb, together with some unusual dance moves.

Dappy - Good Intentions enters at #12

UK rapper Costadinos Contostavlos gets another UK top 40 under the name of Dappy as his Good Intentions can only get him to #12. This follows up his #1 hit No Regrets from last year and #2 hit Rockstar from earlier this year, teaming up with Brian May for the latter hit. Dappy also had a UK top 40 hit with freestyle rap track I’m Coming (Tarzan Part 2), as well as featuring on Cover Drive’s recent #29 hit Explode. His debut solo album Bad Intentions comes out later this year, featuring the aforementioned hit singles as well as this one.

Conor Maynard feat Neyo - Turn Around climbs to #18

This week’s second highest climber comes from Brighton based singer Conor Paul Maynard, scoring his third top 20 hit with Turn Around. This follows his #2 debut hit Can’t Say No and #4 peaking Vegas Girl and comes from his #1 album Contrast. This track features Neyo and is one of 3 Neyo tracks in this week’s top 40. Neyo’s own Let Me Love You drops to #4, whilst he features on David Guetta’s album track Play Hard which is a non-mover at #22.

Jessica Wright - Dance All Night

Actress and TV personality Jessica Wright is most famous as a cast member of hit TV series The Only Way Is Essex. Jessica now has a solo top 40 hit to her name as Dance All Night debuts at #35 this week. This is following the Cast Of TOWIE’s previous top 40 appearance with their cover version of Last Christmas … strangely enough last Christmas was the time of its brief chart run!

Killers top the album charts

Just as last week, this week there were 2 big album releases competing for #1, the Killers emerged victorious this week by some way. Battle Born now becomes the US rock band’s 4th successive #1 studio album; following Hot Fuss, Sam’s Town and Day & Age to the top. US singer songwriter Pink enters at #2 with her sixth studio album The Truth About Love, her 5th straight top 3 album in the UK. Michael Jackson’s Bad album has been re-released to commemorate the 25th anniversary of its release, now entitled Bad 25, it comes back in at #6. Carly Rae Jepsen’s debut album Kiss enters at #9, containing million selling single Call Me Maybe and Owl City collaboration Good Time. Other new albums are from Grizzly Bear, Band Of Horses, Skunk Anansie and Nelly Furtado - the latter 2 missed the top 40 completely.

Opinion

I am so happy that The Script have held on to #1 with Hall Of Fame and that Example hasn’t got there, as Hall Of Fame is really good. Say Nothing is ok but not #1 material to me, even worse would be that awful Gangnam Style being #1 … alas it will be next week anyway! I’m also glad that crappy Dappy missed the top 10 as just like Tulisa's Live It Up, the song is pure rubbish. I don’t mind Conor Maynard’s Turn Around, far better than his last 2 forgetable pieces of rubbish. Not keen on Jessica Wright’s song, don’t like TOWIE much either. On the + side, I am glad that the excellent Killers and Pink albums are the top 2 this week, even if I do prefer Pink out of the 2.

Edited September 24, 201212 yr by loudjamesbond