One Direction - Little Things enters at #1

This week has seen one of the closest battles for #1 in the singles chart this year, as we have an all new top 3, led by One Direction. The X Factor born boy band One Direction score their second UK chart topper, despite releasing the single on Monday instead of Sunday. The group first exploded onto the scene with their massive debut What Makes You Beautiful, hitting #1 last year after big pre-orders. They then scored a huge #2 peaking album Up All Night, which like the single can still be found in the chart one year on (single top 75 and album just outside top 20). Second single hit #3 Gotta Be You, then they hit #9 with One Thing. Just 7 weeks ago the boys debuted at #3 with Live While We're Young, beaten by Rihanna's Diamonds and PSY's Gangnam Style. No such problems this week, as they top both the singles and albums chart like Robbie Williams did last week (he falls to #6 with his single and #5 with his album).

 

Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven enters at #2

Leading the pack for all of the week up to and including Friday, Bruno Mars finds himself locked out of another #1 this week. After providing vocals on Travie McCoy's Billionaire and BoB's #1 Nothing On You, Bruno Mars shot to #1 with his debut single Just The Way You Are in 2010 which went on to sell over a million. This was followed by 2 further big selling chart toppers Grenade and The Lazy Song, as well as a huge selling album Doo Wops & Hooligans. 3 further top 20 hits followed #11 Marry You, #19 Runaway Baby and #14 It Will Rain. Now as the lead single to his forthcoming Unorthodox Jukebox album, Locked Out Of Heaven debuts at #2.

 

Little Mix - DNA enters at #3

Completing the top 3 new entries this week are the X Factor winners from last year Little Mix, as they score their third top 3 hit with DNA in at #3. Little Mix debuted at #1 with their winner's single Cannonball, a cover of the Damien Rice track. The girls then hit #1 12 weeks ago with their second single Wings, which dropped out of the top 40 last week but climbs 41-39 this week. The girls' debut album also entitled DNA is released next week, after peforming Change Your Life on Children In Need at the weekend.

 

Gabrielle Aplin - The Power Of Love climbs to #5

This week's highest climber comes from 20 year old singer songwriter Gabrielle Aplin whose cover of The Power Of Love leaps up 31 places to #5. The track is features in the festive John Lewis TV advertisement and is a cover of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's 1984 #1 hit. Gabrielle Aplin first gained an online following with accoustic covers of songs by Paramore, You Me At Six and other rock acts. She then released 3 EPs, one of which was featured as iTunes single of the week - Home. She is now signed to a major record label, with an album and second major label single to follow.

 

McFly - Love Is Easy enters at #10

Another popular boy band to debut inside the top 10 this week is McFly with their 18th top 10 hit out of 20 releases since their 2004 debut, Love Is Easy comes in at #10. The band debuted at #1 with their first 2 singles 5 Colours In Her Hair and Obviously, followed by 2 further top 5 hits from their debut album. Album #2 Wonderland gave them 2 more #1s All About You and I'll Be OK, followed by 2 top 10 hits. Album #3 also opened with 2 #1s Don't Stop Me Now and Star Girl followed by a #3. However a 7th #1 followed in the form Baby's Coming Back / Transylvania, which made the biggest drop from #1 ever to #20 the following week. Their Greatest hits gave them a #3 hit The Heart Never Lies then Radio:Active was the first album not to spawn a #1 for the band, #2 One For The Radio was the closest, followed by #4 Lies and their first non-top 10 hit #16 Do Ya / Stay With Me. Next album got them a #6 hit Party Girl and #4 Shine A Light, which actually sold very well, but was followed by #35 flop That's The Truth. Love Is Easy finds them back in the top 10 ahead of second hits compilation Memory Lane, due next week.

 

Ed Sheeran - Give Me Love enters at #18

UK singer songwriter Ed Sheeran makes a return to the top 20 this week as his 6th single release debuts at #18, after a performance on the X Factor last week. Ed debuted last year with huge #3 hit The A Team, followed by the more modest selling #4 hit You Need Me, I Don't Need You. His third single Lego House made #5 but sold rather better in the long run, followed by #9 hit Drunk. Small Bump could only make #25, however by then his debut album + had sold over a million copies. This year, Ed has featured on Wretch 32's Hush Little Baby and Devlin's top 10 hit Watchtower. Give Me Love is in at #18 this week, also having written Little Things by One Direction which was also performed on said show.

 

Stooshe - Waterfalls enters at #21

Just as 2 UK boy bands have new entries this week so also do 2 UK girl groups, Stooshe debut at #21 with third single release Waterfalls. This is a cover of a track made famous by another UK girl group TLC, they made #3 in 1995 and it remains the group's best seller to date. Stooshe debuted at #5 earlier this year with Love Me and followed it up with huge selling #3 hit Black Heart, so #21 could be seen as a bit of a comedown. Thee girls' debut album was due for release this year but has now aprently been moved to earlier next year.

 

Lana Del Rey - Ride enters at #32

26 year old American singer songwriter Elizabeth Woolridge Grant gets herself a 4th top 40 hit under the better known name of Lana Del Rey, Ride enters at #32. After releasing several EPs, Lana first came on the scene around a year ago with debut #9 hit single Video Games. Massive #1 debut album Born To Die and #9 title track followed earlier this year. Then she made #32 with Blue Jeans but flopped with National Anthem, however the album had sold in excess of 500k by that time. Said album has been rereleased this week with 8 new tracks, including new single Ride and forthcoming single Cola.

 

Example - Close Enemies enters at #37

30 year old UK singer, rapper and producer Elliot John Gleave gets a new entry this week at #37 with new single Close Enemies under the name of Example. After releasing several independent singles, Example first hit it big in 2010 with album Won't Go Quietly. That album spawned #19 hit Watch The Sun Come Up, #6 Won't Go Quietly and #3 smash Kickstars. Then his first #1 came with Changed The way You Kissed Me last year, followed by second #1 Stay Awake and a few further minor hits. Earlier this year, he hit #2 with Say Nothing but can only make #37 with Close Enemies, from his new album The Evolution Of Man out next week.

 

One Direction - Take Me Home is the #1 album

As mentioned previously, One Direction do the double this week to follow up their #2 debut album Up All Night. As with the singles chart, we have an all new top 3 albums chart this week with Rod Stewart's Merry Christmas Baby in at #2. #3 is another veteran act, the new hits compilation from the Rolling Stones entitled Grrr! Andre Rieu drops to #4, ahead of last weeks #1 from Robbie and a #6 new entry from Alfie Boe with Story Teller. Lana Del Rey's Born To Die is back at #8, after adding an 8 track Paradise EP onto the album. Rockers Green Day have their second album of the year in at #10 this week entitled !Dos!. Other lower new entries come from Steps, Sound Garden, Deftones and The Wkend.

 

Opinion

I am happy to see 1D get a second #1, I think Little Things is a great song and good to hear something a bit different from them. I love Bruno Mars, Locked Out Of Heaven is very good but not quite as good as anything from his brilliant debut album. Little Mix DNA is quite good but I don't like it as much as Wings or the song they did on CIN (Change Your Life). Gabrielle Aplin's cover of The Power Of Love is lovely. I am no fan of McFly at all, only ones I've really liked are All About You and Shine A Light, mind you I do rather like Love Is Easy. I liked Ed Sheeran at the beginning but I've gone off him a bit lately, mind you Give Me Love is quite good. Not overly keen on Shooshe's cover of the brilliant Waterfalls by TLC, it's ok but nothing special I guess. I'm a big fan of Lana Del Rey and really like Ride, not overly keen on Example's flop Close Enemies though. Just hope Olly can beat that awful new Girls Aloud song next week.

Edited November 18, 201212 yr by loudjamesbond

The Robbie Williams + One Direction 'Double Tops', are the 5th time that it has

been achieved in successive Weeks. The Beatles succeeded themselves with Double

Tops on 2 occasions - for 3 Weeks in a row, & for 2 Weeks in a row.

 

So, it has been achieved, by different Acts, on 3 occasions.

 

28/11/1963 (1) The Beatles - Please Please Me // She Loves You

05/12/1963 (1) The Beatles - With The Beatles // She Loves You

12/12/1963 (5) The Beatles - With The Beatles // I Want To Hold Your Hand

 

16/07/1964 (1) The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones // It's All Over Now

23/07/1964 (3) The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (OST) // A Hard Day's Night

 

10/12/1964 (1) The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (OST) // I Feel Fine

17/12/1964 (4) The Beatles - Beatles For Sale // I Feel Fine

 

15/01/2011 (1) Rihanna - Loud // What’s My Name? (Featuring Drake)

22/01/2011 (1) Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans // Grenade

 

17/11/2012 (1) Robbie Williams - Take The Crown // Candy

24/11/2012 (1) One Direction - Take Me Home // Little Things

 

NOTE - I believe that One Direction are the 1st Act to enter at No.1, in

both Charts, on the Week that they've achieved it. Usually a Single has

gone to No.1 before the Album - so they cannot both enter at No.1 in the same

Week. And many Acts did the 'Double Top' with Singles & Albums that climbed

to No.1. Either both Records climbed to the Top, or the Single or the Album

climbed there.

 

 

Stooshe - Waterfalls enters at #21

Just as 2 UK boy bands have new entries this week so also do 2 UK girl groups, Stooshe debut at #21 with third single release Waterfalls. This is a cover of a track made famous by another UK girl group TLC, they made #3 in 1995 and it remains the group's best seller to date. Stooshe debuted at #5 earlier this year with Love Me and followed it up with huge selling #3 hit Black Heart, so #21 could be seen as a bit of a comedown. Thee girls' debut album was due for release this year but has now aprently been moved to earlier next year.

Their best seller is "No Scrubs" :D

Their best seller is "No Scrubs" :D

Which was even worse than Waterfalls :puke2: