PSY - Gangnam Style rises to #1

To the surprise of virtually nobody, the K-Pop sensation has fully taken off here in the UK as Gangnam Style goes to #1. South Korean rapper PSY rose to #3 last week and has had quite a big lead throughout this week. The United Kingdom is now the 10th country in which the track has gone to #1, largely due to the heavy rotation of its video, also due to increasing airplay. It replaces Hall Of Fame, which drops to #2 for The Script and Will I Am. In the top 15, no less than 6 tracks reach a new peak - Flo Rida's I Cry (#3), Taylor Swift's We Are Never Ever ... (#4), Fun's Some Nights (#7), David Guetta's She Wolf (#8), Connor Maynard's Turn Around (#9) and Mumford's I Will Wait (#12). There is also big competition for next week's #1 from One Direction, Rihanna and Ellie Goulding, as well as Gangnam Style.

 

DJ Fresh feat RaVaughn - The Feeling enters at #13

Due to the high number of climbers and lack of big new releases this week, the highest new entry is way down at #13. DJ Fresh followed up his #1s Louder and Hot Right Now with #6 single The Power, with Dizzee Rascal. Fresh now follows that up with #13 entry The Feeling, all 4 singles coming from his forthcoming album Next Levelism. Previous DJ Fresh singles have featured singers Cecile, Sian Evans, Rita Ora and Dizzee Rascal, this one features one called RaVaughn.

 

Paloma Faith - Never Tear Us Apart enters at #16

Paloma Faith returns to the top 40 this week with her new single Never Tear Us Apart, entering at #16. Never Tear Us Apart was originally a hit for INXS, making #24 in 1988 for the Australian rock group. This cover is a standalone single and is used in the current Marks & Spencer TV adverts. Stone Cold Sober was Paloma's debut single in 2009 making #17, New York got her to #15 but subsequent singles flopped. This year however Picking Up The Pieces made #7 but follow up 30 Minute Love Affair could only stumble to #50. However both of her albums have sold well - Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful and Fall To Grace. Neither of these albums contain Never Tear Us Apart.

 

The Fray - How To Save A Life and Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up re-enter

Originally a huge top 5 debut hit for The Fray in 2003, How To Save A Life is back at #27 following another 59p reduction. I Won’t Give Up was a #13 hit for Jason Mraz at the beginning of this year but had a pretty decent chart run. After being performed on X Factor, it is back at #23. Muse reach a new peak of #28 with Madness, which is likely to be surpassed next week with their album release.

 

Opinion

Whilst it is no surprise nonetheless, I am not happy at that abysmal Gangnam Style thing topping the charts here, top 40 was bad enough. Good to see Taylor Swift get a new peak with only the second song of hers I actually like (Love Story being the other). Not so good to see Flo Rida get into the top 5 with the predictably awful I Cry. The new DJ Fresh song is not great but not as bad as his Dizzee Rascal collaboration, Hot Right Now remains my favourite. Great to see Paloma Faith’s wonderful cover of Never Tear Us Apart get in the top 20. Even better to see The Fray and Jason Mraz’s gorgeous tracks re-enter, also fantastic to see Adele’s version of I Can’t Make You Love Me finally chart. Mumford & Sons are also very welcome atop the album chart.

 

The PSY Single is also the first Asian Language Song to reach

No.1, in the UK. And the first to reach our Top 10, since 1963,

when Kyu Sakamoto took Sukiyaki, to No.6. That was sung in

Japanese, & it was a USA No.1.

 

As Greatest Hits, by Queen, is back in the Top 75,

(No.62), I thought that you may be interested in

these Lists.

 

All Lists go up to W/E 6th October 2012 - Inclusive

 

UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST TOP 75 WEEKS

 

1) Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 450

2) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 440

3) Greatest Hits - Queen - 415

4) Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 388

5) Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 381

 

UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST CHART WEEKS

 

1) Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 493

2) Greatest Hits - Queen - 477

3) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 474

4) Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 450

5) Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 418

 

NOTE - Regarding the above List - from the

W/E 8th August 1981 to W/E 14th January 1989,

the entire Top 100 of the Album Chart was used

for UK Chart Statistics.

 

Here are how many Weeks 4 of these 5 Albums gain,

from that period. Gold by ABBA has no Chart

Positions added in, from that period, as it was

not released until September 1992.

 

The Weeks they gained from No.76 to No.100 Positions

 

(August 1981 to January 1989)

 

1) Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 112 extra Weeks

2) Greatest Hits - Queen - 62 extra Weeks

3) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 34 extra Weeks

4) Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 30 extra Weeks

 

UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST TOP 100 WEEKS

 

1) Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 650

2) Greatest Hits - Queen - 637

3) Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 607

4) Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 528

5) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 506

Edited September 30, 201212 yr by zeus555

Thanks Zeus, that's an interesting list of albums best sellers - all very good albums especially ABBA. :heart:

That'd be 7 tracks in the top 15 reaching a new peak - #1 is still top 15 :P

That'd be 7 tracks in the top 15 reaching a new peak - #1 is still top 15 :P

Oops yes that's true ... #1 is a climber right enough. I guess it could actually be 8 as DJ Fresh has a new entry at #13. :D