Found this meh when it first came out, but it's actually pretty good!

16 (from 9) Lady GaGa Feat. R Kelly - Do What U Want [D]

 

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Chart Run: *9-16 [2 wks]

 

*Chart ineligible for 3 weeks before allowed to chart

 

Release date: 21-10-2013

Format: download only single

Label: Interscope Records

 

Sales: 20k+

 

Video here (Live on SNL):

 

Biography

Glamorously gaudy, a self-made post-modern diva stitched together from elements of Madonna, David Bowie, and Freddie Mercury, Lady Gaga was the first true millennial superstar. Mastering the constant connection of the internet era, Gaga generated countless mini sensations through her style, her videos, and her music, cultivating a devoted audience she dubbed "Little Monsters." But it wasn't just a cult that turned her 2008 manifesto The Fame into a self-fulfilling prophecy: Gaga crossed over into the mainstream, ushering out one pop epoch and kick-starting a new one, quickly making such turn-of-the-century stars as Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears seem old-fashioned, quite a trick for any artist to pull off, but especially impressive for an artist who specialized in repurposing the past — particularly the '80s — for present use, creating sustainable pop for a digital world.

 

Perhaps unsurprisingly given her flair for grand gestures, Lady Gaga has deep roots in drama. Born Stefani Germanotta on March 28, 1986, the future Gaga played piano as a child and pursued musical theatre in high school, regularly auditioning for New York-based television shows, notably landing a background role for a 2001 episode of The Sopranos. At the age of 17 she enrolled at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in their Collaborative Arts Project 21. As she studied, she continued to eke her way into show biz, winding up with an appearance on MTV's short-lived post-Punk'd reality show Boiling Points in 2005. Not long afterward, she left school so she could concentrate on her music, fronting a band called SGBand, which released two EPs prior to splitting. Germanotta then teamed with producer Rob Fusari, a collaboration that produced not only her stage name Lady Gaga, but recordings that led to her signing with Def Jam in the fall of 2006. Her association with Def Jam was short-lived: the label dropped her early in 2007. Gaga rebounded by working with performance artist Lady Starlight, the two developing the Lady Gaga & the Starlight Revue, a tongue-in-cheek neo-burlesque act that gained positive press and proved to be her last stop before signing with Interscope later in 2007. While at Interscope she created a bond with Akon, who convinced Interscope head Jimmy Iovine to have her co-sign with his Kon Live imprint, and then Gaga began working with producer/songwriter RedOne, a union that led to the songs that would bring her fame: "Just Dance," "LoveGame," and "Poker Face." These songs formed the foundation of The Fame, the debut album that appeared in August 2008.

 

Initially, Lady Gaga had greater success in Europe, thanks in large part to the "Just Dance" single, which earned club play in the U.S. and chart placement in other territories. Gaga's march toward the top of the American chart was slow but "Just Dance" reached the peak position in January 2009, followed swiftly by "Poker Face," the single that firmly pushed her into the mainstream, its popularity growing so large it often functioned as a punch line on TV in addition to winning a Grammy for Best Dance Recording. "LoveGame" and "Paparazzi" also appeared as singles before Gaga released The Fame Monster in time for the holiday season of 2009. The mini-LP, available separately and as a package with The Fame, contained the single "Bad Romance" whose popularity soon rivaled "Poker Face" and helped kickstart a stellar year for Gaga in 2010. That year, the hit singles "Bad Romance," "Alejandro," and the Beyoncé duet "Telephone," along with the successful Monster Ball Tour, put Lady Gaga front and center with the public as she worked on her sophomore album, announcing the May release of Born This Way on New Year's Day 2011. The steady march to its summer unveiling was preceded by the release of three singles —"Born This Way," "Judas," and "The Edge of Glory"— all leading up to the highly anticipated Born This Way. Arriving to mixed reviews, the album was a hit but didn't quite live up to its high expectations, yet it produced more genuine hits with "Marry the Night." A full remix of the album, naturally called Born This Way: The Remix, appeared at the end of the year, as did a holiday television special called A Very Gaga Thanksgiving and an accompanying EP, A Very Gaga Holiday. - iTunes

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

Lady GaGa

2009 01 Just Dance (Lady GaGa Feat. Colby O'Donis) -1-

2009 01 Poker Face -2- MILLION SELLER

2009 04 Paparazzi -3-

2009 19 LoveGame -4-

2009 12 Chillin' (Wale Feat. Lady GaGa)

2009 01 Bad Romance -1/5- MILLION SELLER

2009 01 Telephone (Lady GaGa Feat. Beyonce) -2/6-

2009 68 Monster -AT-

2009 07 Alejandro -3/7-

2010 58 Video Phone (Beyonce Feat. Lady GaGa)

2011 03 Born This Way -1-

2011 08 Judas -2-

2011 06 The Edge Of Glory -PS/3-

2011 13 Hair -PS-

2011 23 Yoü And I -4-

2011 16 Marry The Night -5-

2013 05 Applause -1-

2013 09 Do What U Want (Lady GaGa Feat. R Kelly) -2-

 

R Kelly

1992 57 She's Got That Vibe (R Kelly & The Public Announcement) -1-

1993 75 Sex Me (R Kelly & The Public Announcement) -1-

1994 19 Your Body's Callin' -2-

1994 23 Summer Bunnies -3-

1994 03 She's Got That Vibe

1995 08 Bump 'N' Grind -4-

1995 23 The 4 Play EP

1995 24 You Remind Me Of Something -1-

1996 23 Down Low (Nobody Has To Know) -2-

1996 14 Thank God It's Friday -3-

1997 01 I Believe I Can Fly -1/OST-

1997 09 Gotham City -2/OST-

1998 07 Be Careful (Sparkle Feat. R Kelly)

1998 16 Half On A Baby -3-

1998 17 Home Alone (R Kelly Feat. Keith Murray) -4-

1998 03 I'm Your Angel (Céline Dion & R Kelly) -5-

1999 20 Did You Ever Think -6-

1999 02 If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time -7-

2000 08 Satisfy You (Puff Daddy Feat. R Kelly)

2000 24 Only The Loot Can Make Me Happy -8-

2000 12 I Wish -1-

2001 18 The Storm Is Over Now -2-

2001 23 Fiesta -3-

2002 04 The World's Greatest -1/OST-

2002 35 Honey (R Kelly & Jay-Z)

2003 01 Ignition (Remix) -2-

2003 10 Snake (R Kelly Feat. Big Trigger) -3-

2003 14 Step In The Name Of Love/Thoia Thoing) -4-

2004 03 Hotel (Cassidy Feat. R Kelly)

2004 06 Happy People/U Saved Me -1-

2004 01 Wonderful (Ja Rule Feat. R Kelly & Ashanti)

2004 28 So Sexy (Twista Feat. R Kelly)

2005 33 Playa's Only (R Kelly Feat. The Game) -1-

2006 38 That's That Shit (Snoop Dogg Feat. R Kelly)

2007 18 I'm A Flirt (R Kelly Feat. T.I. & T-Pain) -1-

2007 26 Same Girl (R Kelly Feat. Usher) -2-

2013 09 Do What U Want (Lady GaGa Feat. R Kelly)

2013 30 PYD (Justin Bieber Feat. R Kelly)

 

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Do What U Want :heart:

 

SUCH a shame about the instant grat thing regarding chart positions!

Lady Gaga really isn't anything special these days. She was really good back in 2009/2010 but not anymore.

 

This isn't that bad though.

DWUW is such a good tune :wub:

A shame it's kind of lost on ARTPOP but I hope it can go top5 at some point !

I really feel that if this had been the first single it would have done so much better than Applause!

Do What U Want :heart:

 

SUCH a shame about the instant grat thing regarding chart positions!

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It totally ruined a worth chart record just like the rush release of "The Edge Of Glory" prevented it from becoming the huge chart hit it deserved to be.

This has really grown on me, its miles better than Applause ever was. A shame that most of its sales dried up before it became inelligible.

15 (from 10) Robbie Williams - Go Gentle [D]

 

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Chart Run: 10-15 [2 wks]

 

Release date: 10-11-2013

Format: download only single

Label: Universal-Island Records

 

Sales: 20k+

 

Video here:

 

Biography

Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer-songwriter, and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That, but has found greater commercial success as a solo artist.

 

Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and group members, Williams left the group in 1995 to launch a hugely successful solo career, which saw his first seven albums each reach number one in the UK. Williams also released seven number-one singles and found similar success across Europe. On 15 July 2010, it was announced he had rejoined Take That. The group's subsequent album became the second fastest-selling album in UK chart history and the fastest-selling record of the century so far. He continues to perform both as a member of Take That and as a solo artist.

 

Williams has sold over 70 million records worldwide, which ranks him among the best-selling music artists worldwide. He is the best-selling British solo artist in the United Kingdom and the best selling non-Latino artist in Latin America. Six of his albums are among the top 100 biggest-selling albums in the United Kingdom, and in 2006 he entered the Guinness Book of World Records for selling 1.6 million tickets of his Close Encounters Tour in a single day. He has also been honoured with seventeen BRIT Awards—more than any other artist—and seven ECHO Awards. In 2004, he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame after being voted as the "Greatest Artist of the 1990s." Williams is married to actress Ayda Field. He has a net worth of £105.2 million. - Wikipedia

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

1996 02 Freedom -NAS-

1997 02 Old Before I Die -1-

1997 08 Lazy Days -2-

1997 14 South Of The Border -3-

1997 04 Angels -4- MILLION SELLER

1998 03 Let Me Entertain You -5-

1998 01 Millennium -1-

1998 04 No Regrets/Antmusic -2-

1999 04 Strong -3-

1999 01 She's The One/It's Only Us -4-

2000 01 Rock DJ -1-

2000 02 Kids (Robbie Williams And Kylie Minogue) -2-

2000 04 Supreme -3-

2001 10 Let Love Be Your Energy -4-

2001 01 Eternity/The Road To Mandalay -5-

2001 01 Somethin' Stupid (Robbie Williams And Nicole Kidman) -1-

2002 09 My Culture (1 Giant Leap Feat. Maxi Jazz And Robbie Williams)

2002 04 Feel -1-

2003 03 Come Undone -2-

2003 03 Something Beautiful -3-

2003 10 Sexed Up -4-

2004 01 Radio -1-

2004 08 Misunderstood -2-

2005 02 Tripping -1-

2005 08 Advertising Space -2-

2006 22 Sin Sin Sin -3-

2006 04 Rudebox -1-

2006 08 Lovelight -2-

2007 16 She's Madonna (Robbie Williams With Pet Shop Boys) -3-

2009 02 Bodies -1-

2009 06 You Know Me -2-

2010 45 Morning Sun -3-

2010 02 Shame (Robbie Williams & Gary Barlow) -1-

2012 01 Candy -1-

2012 64 Different -2-

2013 05 Goin' Crazy (Dizzee Rascal feat. Robbie Williams)

2013 10 Go Gentle -1-

Not even ashamed to admit that I REALLY like this now, the X Factor performance did the song no favours IMO, but the studio version is great!

'Go Gentle' has really grown on me, so much better than his last follow up.

Happy Robbie hasn't suffered the big fall I was expecting this week. Hope it dosen't slip too much next week. Looking forward to seeing his album sales later.

Not into this Robbie's single, which is a shame because I'm a big fan of him.

What a chart history though, it is truly impressive.

14 (from 12) Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball [D]

 

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Chart Run: 1-2-6-10-12-12-14 [7 wks]

 

Release date: 06-10-2013

Format: download only single

Label: RCA Records Label

 

Sales: 200k+

 

Video here:

 

Biography

Miley Cyrus became an overnight sensation in 2006 as the star of Hannah Montana, a popular Disney Channel television series whose success allowed Cyrus to launch her own recording career several years later. Overnight popularity wasn't a new thing for the Cyrus family; Miley's father, country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, went from obscurity to stardom in a few short months in 1992, when "Achy Breaky Heart" became a crossover hit. The success of "Achy Breaky Heart" was hardly the only memorable event for Billy Ray that year, though, as he and his wife welcomed their daughter Destiny Hope Cyrus into the world on November 23, 1992. Destiny's cheerful disposition as a child earned her the nickname Smiley, which stuck when it was shortened to Miley.

 

Miley's career as a professional actress began in 2003, when she appeared alongside her father in an episode of the television series Doc. The same year, she landed a small role in the Tim Burton film Big Fish. The budding actress had also developed an interest in writing songs and learning how to sing, and in 2005, she landed a role that allowed her to put her skills in acting and music to work. Miley was cast in the title role of Hannah Montana, in which she played a teenage girl leading a double life: by day, she's Miley Stewart, an ordinary kid dealing with school, friends, siblings, and all the other foibles of life for a 14-year-old, while at night she dons a wig and becomes Hannah Montana, a multi-platinum pop star whose career is guided by her dad, songwriter Robby Stewart. Miley's friends don't know she's also Hannah, however, and keeping this a secret is no simple matter. After debuting in March 2006, Hannah Montana became an immediate success with young viewers and led to the release of a soundtrack CD in October, featuring Miley singing eight songs from the show along with five related tracks (including a duet with her father, Billy Ray, on "I Learned from You").

 

That fall, Miley hit the road as the opening act for another Disney-spawned pop act, the Cheetah Girls. A reissue of the Hannah Montana album followed in March 2007, not long after the show's theme song, "The Best of Both Worlds," was released as a single. A second Hannah Montana record, Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus, was released in summer 2007. That fall, Cyrus embarked on the Best of Both Worlds tour, which stretched into early 2008 and was edited into The Best of Both Worlds Concert film, which was released that spring. By then, Cyrus was busy recording Breakout, her first full-fledged album as herself, as well as shooting Hannah Montana: The Movie, which was slated for release the following year.

 

Breakout arrived in summer 2008. It topped the Billboard charts and quickly went platinum, paving the way for an even more successful year in 2009. Hannah Montana: The Movie was released that March and peaked at number one, while the soundtrack's lead single — a country-pop ballad called "The Climb" — became one of the year's most omnipresent songs, giving Miley her first multi-platinum hit. A short album, The Time of Our Lives, arrived several months later and yielded another hit with "Party in the U.S.A.," which charted inside the Billboard Top Ten for 16 weeks. Cyrus performed the song on the "Wonder World Tour," her first international tour, and also found time to film another movie, The Last Song, which hit theaters in 2010. With acting assuming such a large role in her life, Cyrus announced her decision to take a hiatus from music — but not before the release of her third album, Can't Be Tamed, which appeared that summer. ~ Mark Deming & Andrew Leahey, Rovi / iTunes

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2007 43 The Best Of Both Worlds (as Hannah Montana) -OST-

2008 11 See You Again -1-

2008 25 7 Things -1-

2009 16 Fly On The Wall -2-

2009 11 The Climb -OST-

2009 18 Hoedown Throwdown -OST-

2009 11 Party In The U.S.A. -1-

2010 13 Can't Be Tamed -2-

2013 34 Fall Down (will.i.am Feat. Miley Cyrus)

2013 01 We Can't Stop -1-

2013 01 Wrecking Ball -2-

2013 61 Adore You -AT-

 

Album Discussion Here

Aw, this wasn't #12 for a third week in a row then. :lol:

Edited November 24, 201312 yr by Jade

I wish this Miley track would get lost. Sick of it already!

Not into this Robbie's single, which is a shame because I'm a big fan of him.

What a chart history though, it is truly impressive.

Yeah, Robbie's longevity is incredible. Yet another top 10 hit from him so late into his career. It's pretty good too imo. Not his best though.

Miley may be a state nowadays but Wrecking Ball is really good. As long as there's no video accompanying it, it's great to listen to :P

Yeah, Robbie's longevity is incredible. Yet another top 10 hit from him so late into his career. It's pretty good too imo. Not his best though.

 

Here's hoping he can still nail a Top 10 hit in the future. Probably when he releases his next album now. It's kinda sad to think of 'Go Gentle' as his last ever Top 10 single.

13 (from 15) Katy Perry - Roar [D]

 

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Chart Run: 1-1-2-2-4-7-6-4-7-11-15-13 [12 wks]

 

Release date: 01-09-2013

Format: download only single

Label: Capitol Records

 

Sales: 600k+

 

Video here:

 

Biography

A former Christian artist, Katy Perry rebranded herself as a larger-than-life pop star and rose to prominence during the summer of 2008. Before she topped the charts with songs like "I Kissed a Girl" and "California Gurls," though, she spent the better part of a decade recording music under a different name. Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (or Katy Hudson, as she billed herself on her 2001 gospel album) was born on October 25, 1984, in Santa Barbara, California. Raised in a religious household as the daughter of two pastors, she was forbidden to listen to secular bands as a child, although a childhood slumber party introduced her to the music of Alanis Morissette and Freddie Mercury. Religious music remained at the forefront, however, and Katy released a self-titled Christian album in 2001 under her original name. She would later abandon the genre (and her given surname) in favor of a pop career.

 

At age 17, she began working with hitmaker Glen Ballard, who had produced and co-written Alanis Morissette's chart-topping Jagged Little Pill in 1995. Several years later, she teamed up with the Matrix, a Grammy-nominated production/songwriting team whose résumé included collaborations with Avril Lavigne, Shakira, and Korn. Tired of producing music for other artists, the Matrix had plans to record an album of their own, with Perry serving as one of the group's two singers. The project was ultimately shelved, but not before Perry appeared in a 2004 write-up by Blender magazine, who hailed her as "the Next Big Thing!"

 

With the Matrix's unreleased album sitting in the vaults at Sony Records, Perry went back to the drawing board and began working on a solo album for Columbia. The project was eventually canceled, although two of its songs were later given to Kelly Clarkson, who scored a Top 40 hit with "I Do Not Hook Up" several years later. Perry (who, by this point, had shed her original surname due to its similarity to actress Kate Hudson) then signed with Capitol, who encouraged their new client to write her own music and helped establish her image as a boisterous, tongue-in-cheek pop star. Perry's debut single, "UR So Gay," generated a small buzz with its mischievous lyrics and clever music video, but it was "I Kissed a Girl" that proved to be her breakthrough hit, topping the charts in 20 countries and pushing its accompanying album, 2008's One of the Boys, into the Top Ten in America. Perry supported her debut by joining the Warped Tour that summer, where she toured alongside her boyfriend at the time, Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes. Meanwhile, "Hot N Cold" became her second multi-platinum hit, "Thinking of You" (one of the album's three songs written solely by Perry) cracked the Top 40, and "Waking Up in Vegas" cracked the Top Ten.

 

Such success meant that Katy Perry had officially become one of the industry's biggest pop stars, celebrated as much for her outsized behavior and outrageous fashion choices as the music itself. She continued touring through the summer of 2009 (albeit without McCoy, whose boyfriend status had been revoked earlier that year) and found time to tape an installment of MTV Unplugged, which was released in November. Meanwhile, she worked on a new album and started up a whirlwind romance with comedian Russell Brand, eventually becoming his fiancé. Recording sessions for her album wrapped up in early 2010, and Perry scored her second number one single with "California Gurls," which was released that May. The accompanying album, Teenage Dream, followed in August. The album would be reissued in 2012 as Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection, with the bonus track "Wide Awake" earning Perry a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance. - iTunes

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2008 01 I Kissed A Girl -1-

2008 04 Hot N Cold -2-

2009 27 Thinking Of You -3-

2009 19 Waking Up In Vegas -4-

2009 03 Starstrukk (3OH!3 Feat. Katy Perry)

2010 03 If We Ever Meet Again (Timbaland Featuring Katy Perry)

2010 01 California Gurls (Katy Perry Feat. Snoop Dogg) -1-

2010 02 Teenage Dream -2-

2010 03 Firework -3-

2011 03 E.T. (Katy Perry Feat. Kanye West) -4-

2011 09 Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) -5-

2011 18 The One That Got Away -6-

2012 01 Part Of Me -7-

2012 09 Wide Awake -8-

2013 01 Roar -1-

2013 21 Dark Horse (Katy Perry Feat. Juicy J) -PS-

2013 60 Unconditionally -2-

 

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