Robbie Williams - Candy enters at #1

Robbie Williams gets his seventh solo #1 this week as new single Candy enters at the top, with sales well over 100k in the process. Mr Williams of course first found fame as a member of Take That, before embarking on his massively successful solo career. He has gone on to become the biggest selling British solo artist in the UK, with no less than 6 of his album in the top 100 best sellers of all time. Singles wise, he hit #2 with his debut solo single which was a cover of George Michael's Freedom. This was followed by 3 modestly performing singles (Old Before I Die #2, Lazy Days #8 and South Of The Border #14) before the iconic Angels, which peaked at #4 but sold well over a million and effectively resurrected his solo career. #3 hit Let Me Entertain You followed, then his first solo #1 Millennium. This was followed by a string of top 10 hits including No Regrets, Come Undone and #1s She's The One, Rock DJ, Eternity, Something Studid and Radio. Last seen in the charts alongside Gary Barlow on #2 hit Shame, Robbie has now notched up a total of 29 top 10 hits out of 33 UK releases. Candy is from his new album Take The Crown due out next week. The boy's done OK I guess!

 

Wiley feat Skepta, JME & Ms D - Can You Hear Me (Ayayaya) enters at #3

Entering just a place below last week's #1 from Labrinth and Emeli is East London rapper Richard Kylea Cowie under the name of Wiley with Can You Hear Me. Wiley first came to prominence as a grime artist, having released several singles before becoming mainstream. In 2008 he hit #2 with the massive single Wearing My Rolex, followed by 2 further top 20 hits Wot Do U Call It and Take That (no nothing to do with the aforementioned Robbie Williams). In 2010 he scored a #8 hit with Never Be Your Woman, featuring a certain Emeli Sande on vocals. This year though, he scored his first #1 with Heatwave which features vocals from Ms D. New track Can You Hear Me also features Ms D as well as fellow grime artists Skepta and JME.

 

Fun - We Are Young reenters at #13 and Some Nights climbs to #22

US band "fun." performed their already huge hit We Are Young on last week's X Factor, as a result the former #1 track reenters the top 40 this week at #13. Meanwhile the followup track Some Nights also benefits hugely by climbing from #38 to #23 and the new single Carry On enters the top 200. The band's second album Some Nights hits a new peak of #4 this week as a result too. The aforementioned Robbie Williams was the other guest performer on last week's X Factor, so expect Rita Ora and possibly No Doubt to experience similar rises in sales next week.

 

Calvin Harris feat Tinie Tempah - Drinking From The Bottle enters at #25

Dumfries born dance producer and singer Calvin Harris adds another top 40 hit to his name this week, as album track Drinking From The Bottle enters at #25. This is the forthcoming 6th single to be taken from his #1 album 18 Months, following on from Bounce, Feel So Close, Let's Go, We'll Be Coming Back and Sweet Nothing. Drinking From The Bottle features rapper Tinie Tempah and is his 15th top 40 appearence since his 2010 debut Pass Out. It is also the 15th chart appearence of Calvin Harris, not including his remixing credit of Florence & The Machine's recent #1 Spectrum.

 

Asaf Avidan & The Mojos - One Day / Reckoning Song enters at #3

Asaf Avidan is a singer songwriter from Israel who formed a band called The Mojos in 2006, and together score a #30 hit this week with One Day / Reckoning Song. The track was originally featured on the band's 2008 debut album The Reckoning and has now been remixed by German DJ Wankelmut. The track has already been #1 in Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy and Germany, as well as going top 10 in Czech Republic, Denmark, France and Sweden.

 

Ben Howard - Burgh Island EP enters at #32

25 year old English singer songwriter Ben Howard gets himself a second top 40 entry this week with the Burgh Island EP as #32. This is somewhat unusual as the individual tracks on Ben's new EP have not sold enough to be top 100, but the digital pack has sold enough to debut inside the top 40. Ben Howard released his debut album Every Kingdom last year, which contains the minor top 100 singles The Wolves, Keep Your Head Up, The Fear and Old Pine. His only other top 40 hit was Only Love, which is also taken from the debut album and peaked at #37 in the singles chart. Burgh Island EP therefore is Ben Howard's highest charting single/EP to date.

 

Hot Natured feat Ali Love - Benediction enters at #40

Hot Natured are an electronic/house duo from East London, consisting of Jamie Jones and Lee Foss. The duo have been making music since 2008, having released several singles independently, they now get their UK top 40 debut with Benediction. The track features 32 year old vocalist Ali Love, who also has released several singles independently, but has had chart hits alongside the Chemical Brothers (Do It Again), Justice (Civilisation) and himself (Secret Sunday Lover). This comes from a new Hot Natured album due out next year, entitled Forward Motion.

 

Calvin Harris gets the #1 album

Dance producer and singer songwriter Calvin Harris scores his second UK #1 album as 18 Months debuts atop, containing his last 5 top 3 hits as well as Spectrum. Kylie Minogue comes in at #2 with her Abbey Road Sessions album, featuring orchestral remixes of many of her hits as well as some new material. After her massive wins at the MOBO Awards, Emeli Sande drops to #3 ahead of Fun and Taylor Swift at #4 and #5 respectively. Former Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall debuts at #6 with his covers album American Soul. Formar X Factor winner Matt Cardle gets his second top 10 album with The Fire in at #8, following up #2 debut Leatters. Pop/ska band Madness maintain their 100% top 20 hit rate with studio albums as Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da enters at #10. Mercury music prize winners Alt J get a new peak of #13 for their debut album An Awesome Wave. There are other new entries from Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Peter Andre, Eva Cassidy and The Soldiers.

 

Opinion

I am happy to see Robbie Williams get his 7th solo #1 hit and think that Candy is a true return to form for him, after the last few weren't great, still not better than the classics such as Millennium, She's The One, Angels, Let Me Entertain You and Come Undone. Wiley is absolute rubbish as usual and good to see him not at #1 this time ... I'm glad I can't hear him right now! Always good to see Fun high up in the charts, as I love We Are Young and Some Nights, just hope that Carry On can become a decent sized hit. Whilst I like much of Calvin Harris' output, I really don't like Drinking From The Bottle, mind you that's probably because I hat Tinie Tempah. I really like Ben Howard's new EP and am glad to see it make the top 40, not so keen on that Benediction song or Asaf Avidan's one though.

Edited November 5, 201212 yr by loudjamesbond

Why is this being posted before the positions have been announced by Radio one?

Why is this being posted before the positions have been announced by Radio one?

Sorry my mistake, I hit the post button a bit too early. :D

Only a minor thing, but Fun.'s debut album was Aim and Ignite, not Some Nights. Sadly it just seems to get ignored in general, though.

Only a minor thing, but Fun.'s debut album was Aim and Ignite, not Some Nights. Sadly it just seems to get ignored in general, though.

Ah I didn't actually know that they released an album before Some Nights, might just check it out.