80. The Wanted - "Chasing The Sun"

996 points • 16 weeks • #2

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79. Labrinth feat. Emeli Sandé - "Beneath Your Beautiful"

1,006 points • 12 weeks • #1

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78. Tulisa - "Young"

1,010 points • 16 weeks • #1

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77. Mumford & Sons - "I Will Wait"

1,015 points • 16 weeks • #12

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76. Rita Ora - "How We Do (Party)"

1,021 points • 18 weeks • #1

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The Wanted's attempt to follow up their US megahit 'Glad You Came', 'Chasing The Sun' only scraped the top 50 there but it was another reasonably big top 3 hit in the UK, picking up some longevity after a poor start thanks to the release of the film Ice Age 4 - Continental Drift for which is it the theme tune. At #79 is Labrinth who picked up his first #1 with 'Beneath Your Beautiful', the sixth single from his debut album 'Electronic Earth' (a singles run of 3-2-4-12-55-1) thanks to a brilliant performance on The X Factor and the presence of flavour of the year Emeli Sandé on featured vocals (it was her second #1, both as a feature). Two more #1s in this section, Tulisa's career started off on a successful note with 'Young' but subsequent singles and her album have cemented her as a flop. That's at #78, while at #76 is the third #1 of the year from Rita Ora, 'How We Do (Party)' which sounds hilarious on MTV with their insistence to bleep out all alcohol references. Her other two #1s are still to come. Finally at #77 is Mumford & Sons with the lead single from their difficult second album 'Babel'; they seem to be doing alright as the album has been another strong seller in both the UK and the US and 'I Will Wait' became by far their highest peaking single making it all the way to #12 and displaying potential for similar longevity to singles 'Little Lion Man' and 'The Cave' from debut 'Sigh No More'.

Edited January 12, 201312 yr by Bré

75. Maroon 5 - "One More Night"

1,027 points • 14 weeks • #8

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74. Katy Perry - "Part Of Me"

1,040 points • 20 weeks • #1

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73. Justin Bieber - "Boyfriend"

1,058 points • 18 weeks • #2

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72. Wiley feat. Ms D - "Heatwave"

1,076 points • 18 weeks • #1

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71. will.i.am feat. Eva Simons - "This Is Love"

1,094 points • 16 weeks • #1

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I'm surprised at "One More Night" making it into the top 5 amongst these top 2 hits as I thought it was a relative flop (compared to all those weeks it spent at #1 in the US), but sadly not. Probably my least favourite single from Maroon 5. Another song that didn't do as well as it could've done given by the artist is "Part Of Me", the lead single from the Teenage Dream re-release and easily one of Katy's weakest singles from a cracking era. Then we have the amazing "Boyfriend" by Justin Bieber which didn't do as well as I thought with only two weeks within the top 10, but 18 weeks in the top 100 isn't bad going really and his sales never seem to live up to his celebrity. Summer smash "Heatwave" by Wiley and featuring vocals from Dayo Olatunji (how did I not know who that was until yesterday) is up next after having a very good start but appearing to drop quite quickly once the heatwave was out of the way. Finally we have charitable The Voice judge and Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am who enlisted Dutch vocalist Eva Simons to give him a #1 hit. Leagues ahead of "T.H.E. (The Shittest Ever)".

Finally we have charitable The Voice judge and Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am who enlisted Dutch vocalist Eva Simons to give him a #1 hit. Leagues ahead of "T.H.E. (The Shittest Ever)".

 

But T.H.E. has the best lyrics ever! "I go hard. Statues." :lol:

But T.H.E. has the best lyrics ever! "I go hard. Statues." :lol:

 

"Hard like morning wood in the morning". :lol:

70. Calvin Harris feat. Ne-Yo - "Let's Go"

1,095 points • 18 weeks • #2

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69. Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin - "Don't You Worry Child"

1,102 points • 12 weeks • #1

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68. Usher - "Scream"

1,112 points • 21 weeks • #5

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67. Ne-Yo - "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)"

1,114 points • 16 weeks • #1

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66. Of Monsters And Men - "Little Talks"

1,121 points • 20 weeks • #12

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Calvin Harris' highest entry as the lead artist is 'Let's Go', featuring Ne-Yo on vocals, at #70 but he has one more entry to come as a feature. It's also Ne-Yo's second highest entry and his highest is also in this section, at #67 - 'Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)' continued his pattern of getting a #1 as the lead artist in every even year since 2006. He also went to #1 featuring on Pitbull's 'Give Me Everything' in 2011. Another generic dance-pop song by a male RnB singer is one place below that, namely 'Scream' by Usher. I quite like Ne-Yo's track but Usher's is just awful and it was a real :manson: moment to see it being a much bigger hit than the great 'Climax'. One place below that is Swedish House Mafia who finally got their first #1 with their sixth and, barring a future reunion, final single 'Don't You Worry Child' which features vocals by John Martin. He also sang 'Save The World' but did not get a featured credit on that. SHM had a remarkably consistent chart career for a 'pure' dance act, going 7-4-10-4-13-1 (they also released two albums but due to being a mixture of the SHM singles and tracks and remixes by the individual members Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso they charted on the compilations chart; 'Until Now' reached #1 there). Finally at #66 is the gorgeous 'Little Talks' by Icelandic indie-folk-pop band Of Monsters And Men. Follow-up singles have not made as much of an impact thus far ('Mountain Sound' is #534) but album 'My Head Is An Animal' made #3 and has had decent longevity.

Edited January 12, 201312 yr by Bré

65. Labrinth - "Express Yourself"

1,123 points • 18 weeks • #12

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64. Otto Knows - "Million Voices"

1,126 points • 20 weeks • #14

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63. LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock - "Party Rock Anthem"

1,144 points • 31 weeks • #24 {2011: #1}

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62. Chris Brown - "Don't Wake Me Up"

1,153 points • 17 weeks • #2

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61. Adele - "Skyfall"

1,158 points • 13 weeks • #2

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Here we have the worst single taken from Labrinth's album "Electronic Earth". "Express Yourself" uses an awful sample and his other singles (bar maybe "Treatment") are way ahead in terms of quality. Swedish producer Otto Knows follows with "Million Voices", another track I never got the fuss about, it just seems so average to me. One of the biggest hits of 2011 has made it to #63, what a chart run. :lol: At least this one isn't too awful to say it's LMFAO. Surprisingly the best song of the section comes from Chris Brown. People slag off the autotune but WHO CARES, it's just a great catchy song and one of Chris' best. It's also a good song to make parody lyrics out of (I'm looking at you Lee Wallace). From the best to the worst song of the section (yes I'm serious), we have "Skyfall", the James Bond theme from Adele which puts me to sleep every time I hear it, so dull. Give me "Another Way To Die" anyday. So glad it missed #1.

From the best to the worst song of the section (yes I'm serious), we have "Skyfall", the James Bond theme from Adele which puts me to sleep every time I hear it, so dull. Give me "Another Way To Die" anyday. So glad it missed #1.

 

But Skyfall is an example of an Adele classic, which is why I love it so much! It's so classy as well... :wub:

Edited January 13, 201312 yr by G_R_I_E_F

60. Pitbull feat. Chris Brown - "International Love"

1,165 points • 19 weeks • #10

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59. Christina Perri - "Jar Of Hearts"

1,166 points • 25 weeks • #19 {2011: #4}

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58. Sam And The Womp - "Bom Bom"

1,176 points • 19 weeks • #1

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57. Lloyd feat. André 3000 and Lil Wayne - "Dedication To My Ex (Miss That)"

1,193 points • 17 weeks • #5 {2011: #3}

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56. Jessie J feat. David Guetta - "LaserLight"

1,200 points • 18 weeks • #5

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Chris Brown's highest song on the countdown is oddly neither of his top 2 hits but his #10-peaking feature on Pitbull's 'International Love' in 60th place. That's a lot better than his own two hits so I'm pretty happy about that. Christina Perri's hang-on from 2011 'Jar Of Hearts' is 59th, then in 58th is the year's token slightly oddball summer novelty dance #1 from Sam And The Womp with the horrific 'Bom Bom' which I will never understand the appeal of. Lloyd dropped out of the top 10 with top 3 hit 'Dedication To My Ex (Miss That)' feat. André 3000 and Lil Wayne over Christmas 2011 but returned to the top 5 in January, reminiscent of a previous André 3000 song, 'Hey Ya!' by OutKast. Not sure 'Dedication To My Ex (Miss That)' will quite get the same classic status as that, it's okay but I'd forgotten it existed until now. Finally at #56 is Jessie J who pulled out David Guetta for a guaranteed hit and even went as far as completely copying 'Titanium' with 'LaserLight'. Thankfully it wasn't anywhere near as big as 'Titanium' but it was a top 5 hit.

55. Emeli Sandé - "My Kind Of Love"

1,212 points • 21 weeks • #17

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54. Lana Del Rey - "Video Games"

1,223 points • 21 weeks • #13 {2011: #9}

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53. Rihanna - "Diamonds"

1,232 points • 13 weeks • #1

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52. Sean Paul - "She Doesn't Mind"

1,234 points • 18 weeks • #2

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51. Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen - "Good Time"

1,246 points • 18 weeks • #5

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Starting off the final section before advancing to the top 50 where we'll reveal two at a time is the worst single from Emeli's album "Our Version Of Events", there's just something about this one that didn't click with me. Then we have "Video Games" by Lana Del Rey, one of her more bareable songs but that isn't really saying much. "Diamonds", the lead single from "Unapologetic", Rihanna's latest 'effort', has made it to #53 after 13 straight weeks in the top 10, impressive for a song which isn't quite on par with "We Found Love" or "Only Girl (In The World)". Surprise success "She Doesn't Mind" comes close to the top 50 after being at #2 for three straight weeks - an alright track, pleased to see it perform better than "Got 2 Luv U" but I don't quite understand how it did this well. The unlucky song to just miss the top 50 is "Good Time", not that """popstar""" Adam Young should care too much. A great pop track that should've done better - #5 peak and only four weeks top 10? But considering that it's done RATHER WELL to get this far.

Before we head into the top 50 tomorrow here's a quick rundown of the songs that inhabit it, in alphabetical order by artist.

 

Alex Clare - "Too Close"

Avicii - "Levels"

Azealia Banks feat. Lazy Jay - "212"

Carly Rae Jepsen - "Call Me Maybe"

Coldplay - "Paradise"

Coldplay and Rihanna - "Princess Of China"

David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj - "Turn Me On"

David Guetta feat. Sia - "Titanium"

DJ Fresh feat. Rita Ora - "Hot Right Now"

Drake feat. Rihanna - "Take Care"

Ed Sheeran - "Drunk"

Ed Sheeran - "Lego House"

Emeli Sandé - "Next To Me"

Emeli Sandé - "Read All About It (Pt. III)"

Flo Rida - "Good Feeling"

Flo Rida - "I Cry"

Flo Rida - "Whistle"

Flo Rida feat. Sia - "Wild Ones"

Florence + The Machine - "Spectrum"

fun. - "Some Nights"

fun. feat. Janelle Monáe - "We Are Young"

Gotye feat. Kimbra - "Somebody That I Used To Know"

Jason Mraz - "I Won't Give Up"

Jay-Z and Kanye West - "Niggas In Paris"

Jessie J - "Domino"

Katy Perry - "Wide Awake"

Kelly Clarkson - "What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)"

Labrinth feat. Tinie Tempah - "Earthquake"

Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now"

Little Mix - "Wings"

LMFAO - "Sexy And I Know It"

Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera - "Moves Like Jagger"

Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa - "Payphone"

Nicki Minaj - "Pound The Alarm"

Nicki Minaj - "Starships"

Olly Murs - "Dance With Me Tonight"

One Direction - "What Makes You Beautiful"

Paloma Faith - "Picking Up The Pieces"

PSY - "Gangnam Style"

Rihanna - "Where Have You Been"

Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris - "We Found Love"

Rita Ora feat. Tinie Tempah - "R.I.P."

Rizzle Kicks - "Mama Do The Hump"

Rudimental feat. John Newman - "Feel The Love"

The Script feat. will.i.am - "Hall Of Fame"

Skrillex feat. Sirah - "Bangarang"

Stooshe - "Black Heart"

Swedish House Mafia - "Greyhound"

Taylor Swift - "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"

Train - "Drive By"

 

And the top 50 albums which will also be revealed alongside the top 50 songs:

 

∆ - "An Awesome Wave"

Adele - "19"

Adele - "21"

Amy Macdonald - "Life In A Beautiful Light"

Bee Gees - "Number Ones"

Ben Howard - "Every Kingdom"

The Black Keys - "El Camino"

Bruce Springsteen - "Wrecking Ball"

Bruno Mars - "Doo-Wops & Hooligans"

Chase & Status - "No More Idols"

Coldplay - "Mylo Xyloto"

David Guetta - "Nothing But The Beat"

Drake - "Take Care"

Ed Sheeran - "+"

Emeli Sandé - "Our Version Of Events"

Florence + The Machine - "Ceremonials"

Florence + The Machine - "Lungs"

fun. - "Some Nights"

Gotye - "Making Mirrors"

Jay-Z and Kanye West - "Watch The Throne"

Jessie J - "Who You Are"

Justin Bieber - "Believe"

Katy Perry - "Teenage Dream"

Keane - "Strangeland"

Kelly Clarkson - "Stronger"

Labrinth - "Electronic Earth"

Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now"

Lana Del Rey - "Born To Die"

LMFAO - "Sorry For Party Rocking"

Maroon 5 - "Overexposed"

Maverick Sabre - "Lonely Are The Brave"

Mumford & Sons - "Sigh No More"

Nicki Minaj - "Pink Friday"

Nicki Minaj - "Pink Friday - Roman Reloaded"

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds"

Olly Murs - "In Case You Didn't Know"

One Direction - "Up All Night"

P!nk - "The Truth About Love"

Paloma Faith - "Fall To Grace"

Plan B - "ill Manors"

Rebecca Ferguson - "Heaven"

Rihanna - "Loud"

Rihanna - "Talk That Talk"

Rita Ora - "ORA"

Rizzle Kicks - "Stereo Typical"

The Script - "#3"

The Script - "The Script"

Train - "California 37"

The Vaccines - "What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?"

Will Young - "Echoes"

• SINGLES •

 

50. Katy Perry - "Wide Awake"

1,250 points • 20 weeks • #9

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49. Ed Sheeran - "Drunk"

1,262 points • 25 weeks • #9

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At the bottom end of the top 50 is Katy Perry with what finally proved to be the last single - out of 8 - from her endless 'Teenage Dream' era. It made it seven out of eight top 10 hits and eight out of eight top 20 hits, but #9 could be seen as a bit of an underperformance considering it was only available from the 'Complete Confection' edition of the album, so its release was equivalent to an earlier post-album single. Then at #49 is 'Drunk', the fourth and last top 10 hit from Ed Sheeran's '+' (two later singles have also charted but neither went top 10). 'Drunk' has a great video but sadly TV never played it, instead playing a boring collection of tour clips for a video.

 

• ALBUMS •

 

50. The Script - "The Script"

1,320 points • 29 weeks • #14 {2008/2009: #1}

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Charting tracks:

02 "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" {2012: #18}

15 "We Cry"

21 "Breakeven" {2012: #63}

47 "Talk You Down"

96 "Before The Worst"

 

49. The Script - "#3"

1,321 points • 16 weeks • #2

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Charting tracks:

01 "Hall Of Fame" (feat. will.i.am)

32 "Six Degrees Of Separation"

 

Only 5 acts have two entries in the top 50 of the albums countdown and one of those is already out in the first two. The Script's self-titled 2008 debut album, which hit #1 on release and again in the New Year sales of 2009, re-entered the chart around the time of The Voice UK when Danny was a judge and stuck around well enough to make the top 50 here. Their third album, the imaginatively titled '#3', was released in 2012 and became their first album to miss #1, being beaten by The xx's 'Coexist', despite delivering them their first #1 single in the form of will.i.am featuring 'Hall Of Fame'. In 16 weeks on the chart it managed to just sneak ahead of their four-year-old album by a single point. It got its revenge on 'Coexist' which misses the top 50, all the way down at #74. The Script's second album 'Science & Faith' also re-entered due to The Voice UK but didn't do quite as well and is down at 91st on this list.

Edited January 17, 201312 yr by Bré

Could you put the 2012 peaks for singles which charted before last year, as "The Man Who Can't Be Moved"'s peak seems misleading in that context :P

Could you put the 2012 peaks for singles which charted before last year, as "The Man Who Can't Be Moved"'s peak seems misleading in that context :P

 

Why? It makes sense because this is a 2012 countdown, not an all-time countdown...

Why? It makes sense because this is a 2012 countdown, not an all-time countdown...

 

I think you've misunderstood. I have the overall peaks listed, Theo asked for me to add in the 2012 peaks as well where relevant (which I've now done).

I think you've misunderstood. I have the overall peaks listed, Theo asked for me to add in the 2012 peaks as well where relevant (which I've now done).

 

Whoops! :P Sorry for any confusion.

 

I am sure I saw the cat version of "Drunk" on an obscure Freesat music channel. Perhaps there was a cost for the video?

• SINGLES •

 

48. Flo Rida - "I Cry"

1,262 points • 17 weeks • #3

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47. Little Mix - "Wings"

1,291 points • 18 weeks • #1

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At #48 is the fourth single from Flo Rida's most successful era to date, "Wild Ones". "I Cry", which samples the Bingo Players who should be having a hit of their own very soon, started to smash before any kind of airplay, most unusual but it is a great track, his 2nd best behind "Wild Ones". Then we have The X Factor winners Little Mix with their first proper single "Wings" which became a 2nd #1 for the girl group. It's a great "f*** the haterz" type anthem and after listening to the album it was for sure the best single choice imo.

 

• ALBUMS •

 

48. P!nk - "The Truth About Love"

1,334 points • 15 weeks • #2

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Charting tracks:

03 "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)"

08 "Try"

 

47. Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now"

1,341 points • 26 weeks • #20 {2010: #8}

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Charting tracks:

15 "Need You Now"

 

P!nk's sixth studio album and what many see as a weaker effort from the singer, "The Truth About Love", was blocked from #1 by The Killers but "Battle Born" just missed out on the countdown, at #58. It managed to stick around well off the back of "Try" being promoted as a single (and peaking at #8, causing much geekery) and some sales. American country band Lady Antebellum have had mega success off the back of one single, the title track "Need You Now" which re-peaked in the summer due to being used in the Diamond Jubilee coverage and helped the album along the way. See, Cheryl isn't completely useless after all! :P

• SINGLES •

 

46. Paloma Faith - "Picking Up The Pieces"

1,317 points • 24 weeks • #7

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45. fun. - "Some Nights"

1,321 points • 21 weeks • #7

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A pair of #7 hits now. Paloma Faith slightly disappointed with her singles success from her debut album, only reaching as high as #15 with 'New York', but she finally scored a first top 10 hit with 'Picking Up The Pieces', the first single from her second album 'Fall To Grace' which has proven to be a lot more successful than 'Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful?', still at #9 as I type having barely left the top 20 and never the top 40. fun. screamed one hit wonder when they burst onto the scene with 'We Are Young' (feat. Janelle Monáe) so it was somewhat of a surprise that the follow-up 'Some Nights' did as well as it did, giving them a second decent sized top 10 hit and a second huge hit in America. Possibly helped by being a LOT better than 'We Are Young', possibly a bit of Paul Simon 'Graceland' influence in it.

 

• ALBUMS •

 

46. Will Young - "Echoes"

1,348 points • 27 weeks • #12 {2011: #1}

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Charting tracks:

05 "Jealousy" {2012: #47}

72 "Losing Myself"

83 "Come On"

 

45. Rita Ora - "ORA"

1,363 points • 18 weeks • #1

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Charting tracks:

01 "Hot Right Now" (DJ Fresh feat. Rita Ora)

01 "How We Do (Party)"

01 "R.I.P." (feat. Tinie Tempah)

10 "Shine Ya Light"

54 "Young, Single & Sexy"

N/A "Radioactive" {2013: #60}

 

Will Young's surprisingly massive 2011 album 'Echoes' continued into 2012 well enough to make the top 50. The lead single 'Jealousy' also spilled into 2012 and he added 'Losing Myself' to the hit tally from 'Echoes' within the year. Sadly the best of the singles from the album and probably his best single overall, 'Come On', was confined to just two weeks in the lower top 100 in 2011. Kosovan-British pop hoe Rita Ora is at #45 with her debut album 'ORA' which, after three straight #1 singles, unsurprisingly went straight to #1 on the albums chart. It didn't exactly have Earth-shattering longevity spending only two weeks in the top 10 to begin with and adding another 2 thanks to price reductions in the New Year. However it has somehow produced a post-album top 10 single and the 4th/5th single 'Radioactive' has charted at #60 thus far in 2013 (so not listed above) and is likely to make the top 40 this week at the time of typing.

Edited January 29, 201312 yr by Bré

• SINGLES •

 

44. Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now"

1,328 points • 25 weeks • #15

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43. DJ Fresh feat. Rita Ora - "Hot Right Now"

1,440 points • 32 weeks • #1

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The title track from "Need You Now" finishes just three places higher than the album did. Re-peaked earlier this year after being used as part of the Jubilee celebrations and then some radio stations started picking up on the track. A great song and I'm very pleased at how big a hit it's been even without it ever going higher than #15. This is followed by one of the earlier #1s of the year, "Hot Right Now", the best thing Rita Ora has and will ever put her name to (along with fighting "Louder" for DJ Fresh's best song). Didn't hang around for ages in the top 10 or top 40 but it did sell 100k+ first week and stuck around for a long time in the lower regions.

 

• ALBUMS •

 

44. Bruce Springsteen - "Wrecking Ball"

1,389 points • 21 weeks • #1

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Charting tracks:

None

 

43. Justin Bieber - "Believe"

1,415 points • 28 weeks • #1

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Charting tracks:

02 "Boyfriend"

16 "Beauty and a Beat" (feat. Nicki Minaj)

22 "As Long As You Love Me" (feat. Big Sean)

30 "All Around The World" (feat. Ludacris)

34 "Die In Your Arms"

 

Here we have a couple of #1 albums that did a great job of sticking around. The first of these is "Wrecking Ball" which got to #1 without needing a hit - the lead single just missed out on a top 100 placing. Can't say I'm interested in Brucie or know much about him. Someone I am interested in, Justin Bieber with my 3rd favourite album of the year, "Believe", beat Cheryl to #1 by a few thousand copies and did better in the long-run too ("A Million Lights" is #64). The album spawned five top 40 singles, both promo and official, what slayage. Only spent two weeks top 10 but it has seen slight boosts around the time of single releases.

You're really showing a lack of a musical education if you don't know much about Springsteen