Very happy for Kimberley Walsh. Very deserved result.

She is my favourite Girls Aloud member.

Really thrilled for Kimberley Walsh getting a top 20 album, she is also my favourite Girls Aloud member and love to see her do well.

100 weeks top 75 this week for Swedish House Mafia (as a group, not including solo or side projects)

 

Further up, Will.I.Am makes 50 weeks top 10 as a named individual, - none of them solo, in fact as far as I can tell he has only had the one minor solo hit

V2 has three debuts in top 75, that's unusual (+ Stereophonics on the singles chart)

100 weeks top 75 this week for Swedish House Mafia (as a group, not including solo or side projects)

 

Further up, Will.I.Am makes 50 weeks top 10 as a named individual, - none of them solo, in fact as far as I can tell he has only had the one minor solo hit

 

Weren't Usher's OMG Feat. Will.I.Am a #1?

 

Four Scottish acts in the album chart top ten - Calvin, Emeli, Biffy Clyro and Frightened Rabbit - is this a new record?

Four Scottish acts in the album chart top ten - Calvin, Emeli, Biffy Clyro and Frightened Rabbit - is this a new record?

 

Oi, no stealing my observations :P

 

40% Scottish top 10 albums this week (Biffy, Emeli, Frightened Rabbit and Calvin)! That must be a record or at least close.

Weren't Usher's OMG Feat. Will.I.Am a #1?

fchd mentioned nothing about #1's. I'm sure 'OMG' contributed to a fair few of those weeks as a named individual. 'I Got I From My Mama' is Will.I.Am's only solo Top 40 hit without a featured artist iirc. (Probably my favourite of his)

Singles:

 

New entries ([#] = number of chart singles for artist(s) in order listed):

#5 Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) [11]

#46 Bruno Mars - When I Was Your Man [15]

#52 Tyler James feat. Kano - Worry About You [6; 12]

#67 Zedd feat. Foxes - Clarity [1; 1]

#71 Drake - Started From The Bottom [15^[A]]

#74 P!nk feat. Nate Ruess - Just Give Me A Reason [27; 1^[B]]

#88 Marina & The Diamonds - How To Be A Heartbreaker [6]

 

Re-entries:

#53 Stereophonics - Indian Summer [more airplay now than on its initial release?]

#57 OutKast - Ms. Jackson [reduced to 59p on iTunes]

#91 Five - Keep On Movin' [reduced to 59p on iTunes + The Big Reunion TV show]

#92 Jake Bugg - Two Fingers [tour boost + appearance on Radio 2 breakfast show?]

#95 Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over [reduced to 59p on iTunes]

#96 Little Mix - Wings [boosted by their appearance on Graham Norton?]

#97 Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way [release of '35th anniversary edition' of 'Rumours' (last week)]

 

New peaks:

#1 Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop [from #2]

#2 Disclosure feat. AlunaGeorge - White Noise [from #28]

#4 Emeli Sandé - Clown [from #8; used on Dancing On Ice]

#10 Dizzee Rascal - Bassline Junkie [from #14]

#12 Little Mix - Change Your Life [from #31; Graham Norton performance]

#13 Lawson - Learn To Love Again [from #15; digital EP release]

#16 Ellie Goulding - Explosions [from #21]

#33 Imagine Dragons - Radioactive [from #35]

#53 Stereophonics - Indian Summer [from #90; see above]

 

Dropping out (* = for the first time since entering):

#60 The Risk - Missiles *

#68 Justin Bieber - Nothing Like Us *

#69 Alex Clare - Too Close

#75 Justin Bieber - Boyfriend

#83 Kid Cudi feat. MGMT and Ratatat - Pursuit Of Happiness (Nightmare)

#84 The 1975 - Chocolate *

#87 Hadouken! - Levitate *

#90 Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait *

#91 Example - Close Enemies

#92 Alicia Keys - Brand New Me *

#95 Glee Cast - Mine *

#97 MGMT - Kids

#98 Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

#99 Little Mix - DNA *

 

Artists reaching new career peaks this week:

AlunaGeorge

Disclosure

Foxes

Imagine Dragons

Macklemore

Nate Ruess ^[C]

Ryan Lewis

Wanz

Zedd

 

Albums:

 

New entries ([#] = number of chart albums for artist(s) in order listed):

#6 The Courteeners - ANNA [3]

#9 Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse [3]

#13 Richard Clayderman - Romantique [17]

#14 Eels - Wonderful, Glorious [12]

#18 Kimberley Walsh - Centre Stage [1^[D]]

#19 Devlin - A Moving Picture [2]

#37 The Mavericks - In Time [5]

#43 Pure Love - Anthems [1]

#44 Destiny's Child - Love Songs [7]

#51 Ron Sexsmith - Forever Endeavour [2]

#64 Coheed And Cambria - The Afterman: Descension [4]

#79 Glee Cast - Glee: The Music Presents Glease [17]

#93 The Virginmarys - King Of Conflict [1]

 

Re-entries:

#71 Pink Floyd - A Foot In The Door - The Best Of

#73 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon

#76 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

#92 Beyoncé - 4 [performance at the Super Bowl half time show]

 

New peaks:

#7 Andrea Bocelli - Passione [from #9; Valentine's Day approaching]

#66 Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - The Heist [from #98]

 

Dropping out (* = for the first time since entering):

#34 Funeral For A Friend - Conduit *

#58 Local Natives - Hummingbird *

#60 Flux Pavilion - Blow The Roof *

#62 The Notorious B.I.G. - Greatest Hits

#69 Whitney Houston - The Ultimate Collection

#75 Area 11 - All The Lights In The Sky *

#77 Delphic - Collections *

#80 I Am Kloot - Let It All In *

#86 Girls Aloud - Ten *

#87 Bee Gees - Mythology *

#88 Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day *

#90 Alfie Boe - Storyteller *

#91 Rod Stewart - Some Guys Have All The Luck

#92 Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city

#95 Bee Gees - Number Ones

#96 Madness - Complete Madness

#100 Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday - Roman Reloaded *

 

Artists reaching new career peaks this week:

Devlin

Frightened Rabbit

Kimberley Walsh ^[C]

Macklemore

Pure Love

Ryan Lewis

The Virginmarys

 

Longest running entries (with an unbroken top 100 run since entering for the first time):

 

Singles:

1 58wks Gotye feat. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know

2 45wks Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe

3 37wks Rudimental feat. John Newman - Feel The Love

4 31wks Florence + The Machine - Spectrum

5 25wks Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

=6 23wks PSY - Gangnam Style

=6 23wks The Script feat. will.i.am - Hall Of Fame

=8 19wks Adele - Skyfall

=8 19wks Ellie Goulding - Anything Could Happen

=8 19wks One Direction - Live While We're Young

=8 19wks Rihanna - Diamonds

 

Dropping out:

Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait [from #8]

 

Albums:

1 107wks Adele - 21

2 74wks Ed Sheeran - +

3 71wks Ben Howard - Every Kingdom

4 68wks Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto

5 67wks Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials

6 64wks One Direction - Up All Night

7 63wks Olly Murs - In Case You Didn't Know

8 62wks The Black Keys - El Camino

9 54wks Lana Del Rey - Born To Die

10 52wks Emeli Sandé - Our Version Of Events

 

Notes:

^[A] +1 as a member of Young Money

^[B] +2 as a member of fun.

^[C] As a solo artist

^[D] +9 as a member of Girls Aloud

 

Annoying week for mystery re-entries. I think I saw something about Pink Floyd last week which would explain the re-entries but I can't remember what it was and Google is being no help.

Annoying week for mystery re-entries. I think I saw something about Pink Floyd last week which would explain the re-entries but I can't remember what it was and Google is being no help.

A Foot in the Door is £4.99 on iTunes, but that wouldn't explain the other two re-entries which are both £7.99 on iTunes yet still in the Top 100 on there.