The two "One"'s back to back :P

9 :arrowup: (from 10) One Direction - Story Of My Life [P]

 

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Chart Run: 4-5-8-10-3-2-9-10-9 [9 wks]

 

Release date: 28-10-2013 / 11-11-2013

Format: Digital single / CDS

Label: Syco Music

 

Sales: 300k+

 

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CDS track listing

1 Story Of My Life

2 Little Things

 

Biography

Following the success of JLS and the Wanted, X-Factor contestants One Direction were the next group of heartthrobs to help revive the previously dying concept of the boy band. Niall Horan from Mullingar, Ireland; Zayn Malik from Bradford; Harry Styles from Cheshire; Louis Tomlinson from Doncaster, and Liam Payne from Wolverhampton (the latter had previously reached the judge's house stages of The X-Factor as a 14-year-old back in 2008) originally entered the 2010 seventh series of the talent show as individuals, but following a suggestion from guest judge Nicole Scherzinger, they were grouped together to become One Direction. Mentored by Simon Cowell, they soon became one of the favorites to win the show, thanks to renditions of Kelly Clarkson's "My Life Would Suck Without You," Elton John's "Something About the Way You Look Tonight," and Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart." However, despite receiving a standing ovation for their duet with Robbie Williams ("She's the One") in the live final, they eventually finished third behind Rebecca Ferguson and winner Matt Cardle. Spotting the potential of five Justin Bieber-esque teen pinups, Cowell signed them to his Syco label in a £2million deal, and after performing on the X-Factor tour, the quintet began work on their debut album with Savan Kotecha (Britney Spears, Enrique Iglesias). Following a sponsorship deal with Nintendo DS and a book, Forever Young, named after their cover of the Alphaville classic which was intended to be their winner's song, they released their first single, "What Makes You Beautiful," in late 2011. The full-length album, Up All Night, followed soon after. In 2012, One Direction became the first British band to debut on top of the Billboard 200 list when Up All Night sold over 176, 000 copies during its first week of release in America. In late 2012, One Direction released its sophomore album, Take Me Home. Highlighting more of the band's melodic pop, Take Me Home featured songs and production via Sweden's Carl Falk, Rami Yacoub, and Savan Kotecha, who worked on Up All Night, as well as contributions from singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. In August of 2012, the band released the single "Live While We're Young" online. - iTunes

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2011 01 What Makes You Beautiful -1-

2011 03 Gotta Be You -2-

2011 01 Wishing On A Star (2011 Finalists Feat. JLS & One Direction)

2012 09 One Thing -3-

2012 55 I Should Have Kissed You -B side-

2012 03 Live While We're Young -1-

2012 01 Little Things -2-

2012 09 Kiss You -3-

2013 01 One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks) -NAS-

2013 02 Best Song Ever -1-

2013 02 Story Of My Life -IG1/2-

2013 58 Diana -IG2-

2013 49 Midnight Memories -IG3-

2013 48 Strong -IG4-

2013 21 Don't Forget Where You Belong -AT-

2013 19 You & I -AT-

 

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Very surprised to see 'Story Of My Life' only up 1 from the gift card effect but I'm not complaining :P 'Roar' overtaking it as well!

'Story of My Life' :wub: Definitely their best ballad that is a single!

One Direction have quite a strong back catalogue of singles IMO, 'Best Song Ever' is probably my favourite now but 'Story Of My Life' is also really nice. Not too sure on 'Midnight Memories' yet.

(29) Beyoncé-Drunk In Love

 

First tune to hit the single chart from her unexpected new album called "Beyoncé". This tune by the way came more than 10 years after the release of "Crazy In Love"

Eminem is top 8 :D

 

It's was top 5 all week in iTunes lol

Ay humble pie consumed by those of you that 'lolled' at this only getting to number 4 in its first week? 9 weeks top 10 is very impressive!

My ears seem to be picking up all sorts of things I've never noticed today. Are there bagpipes in the background of the chorus to this? :lol:

Superb song from the 1D boys! I actually thought thus would've done better following the giftcard effect!

I laughed when Liam said "it's great to have ALL of our songs in the charts" because it's technically not true :heehee: #instantgrats

Ay humble pie consumed by those of you that 'lolled' at this only getting to number 4 in its first week? 9 weeks top 10 is very impressive!

 

And prob sold a lot more with a no2 peak and 10 week top 10 run compared to debuting at the top after promo and falling quicker!

Ay humble pie consumed by those of you that 'lolled' at this only getting to number 4 in its first week? 9 weeks top 10 is very impressive!

 

Even I didn't think it'd stick around in the top 10 this long! Brilliant run for it.

8 :arrowup: (from 15) Katy Perry - Roar [D]

 

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Chart Run: 1-1-2-2-4-7-6-4-7-11-15-13-18-24-23-15-8 [17 wks]

 

Release date: 01-09-2013

Format: download only single

Label: Capitol Records

 

Sales: 700k+

 

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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) -IG1-

2013 25 Unconditionally -2-

 

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Em is top 7. Getting tense..

After Story's first couple of weeks, I'd never have guessed this song would have managed 9 consecutive weeks in the top 10. It's going to be one of their biggest selling singles.

Edited December 29, 201312 yr by joepassmore

I think Jameela has forgotten 'One Of The Boys'... as Katy has three albums! (well and a re-release)

Another track finally getting its 10th week in the top 10!

It's was top 5 all week in iTunes lol

Awaiting him to say Eminem is top 7 now. :drama: :lol:

 

EDIT: I'm too late! ;)

Edited December 29, 201312 yr by Jason

My ears seem to be picking up all sorts of things I've never noticed today. Are there bagpipes in the background of the chorus to this? :lol:

Now that you mention it...yes I think there is :')