There seems to be an abundance of post-album singles under-performing lately. I know 'Team' is still on the ascent, but given how much airplay it's receiving, it really ought to be higher by now.

Keep going up! :cheer:

28 72 02

 

John Legend

All Of Me

Love In The Future | 2013

 

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Chart Run: 72-28

 

Format: download only track

Label: Columbia

 

Sales: 20k+

 

Video here:

 

Biography

John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), better known by his stage name John Legend, is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He has won nine Grammy Awards, and in 2007, Legend received the special Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

 

Prior to the release of his debut album, Legend's career gained momentum through a series of successful collaborations with multiple established artists. Legend added his voice to those of other artists, assisting in them reaching chart-topper hits. He lent his voice to Magnetic Man's "Getting Nowhere," Kanye West's "All of the Lights", on Slum Village's "Selfish" and Dilated Peoples' "This Way". Other artists included Jay-Z's "Encore", and he sang backing vocals on Alicia Keys' 2003 song "You Don't Know My Name", the Kanye West remix of Britney Spears' "Me Against the Music", and Fort Minor's "High Road". Legend played piano on Lauryn Hill's "Everything Is Everything". - Wikipedia

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2005 29 Used To Love U -1-

2005 04 Ordinary People -2-

2005 62 Number One -3-

2008 35 Green Light (John Legend Feat. Andre 3000) -1-

2009 50 Heartbreaker (MSTRKRFT Feat. John Legend)

2010 65 Getting Nowhere (Magnetic Man Feat. John Legend)

2014 28 All Of Me -1-

This week's dropouts:

 

 

31 21 10 Sub Focus Turn Back Time :(

34 25 16 Lorde Royals

37 29 12 Bastille Of The Night

39 35 13 Kid Ink feat. Chris Brown Show Me

 

:cheer:

 

Really like this John Legend track, not as good as Ordinary People but he has such a great voice.

Finally hearing 'All Of Me' for the first time - strange that it's taken it this long to become a hit but it could become properly huge in the next few weeks (or could just fizzle out as it runs out of the boost from the Jonathan Ross performance :P)

 

Quite nice on first listen but not as good as 'Ordinary People' (i.e. I agree with Joseph mostly).

Really love this song, glad to hear it in the UK chart :dance:

 

I hope Radio 1 play it in full! damn :(

Edited February 16, 201412 yr by Rush

Interesting to see this charting now. Has been a colossal hit down under thanks to a TV ad and I wasn't sure how it would go everywhere else.

27 18 04

 

The Vamps

Wild Heart

The Vamps | 2014

 

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Chart Run: 3-12-18-27

 

Release date: 19-01-2014

Format: digital single

Label: Virgin EMI

 

Sales: 100k+

 

Video here:

 

Biography

The Vamps are a British pop band formed in 2012. The band consists of Bradley William Simpson from Birmingham (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), James Daniel McVey from Bournemouth (vocals and guitar), Connor Samuel John Ball from Aberdeen (vocals and bass guitar), and Tristan Oliver Vance Evans from Exeter, (vocals and drums). They signed to Mercury Records in late 2012. The band started to grow a fan base by supporting pop punk band McFly in early 2013 on their Memory Lane Tour. They have also been performing at several festival style events around the UK as supporting acts for several different acts including The Wanted, JLS and Little Mix, Lawson . The Vamps released their debut EP on 29 September 2013. They will also be releasing a full album in 2014. They gained further recognition in September 2013, as they supported Selena Gomez on her Stars Dance Tour at London's Hammersmith Apollo on 7 and 8 September 2013. - Wikipedia

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2013 02 Can We Dance -1-

2014 03 Wild Heart -2-

 

Discussion Thread Here

Nice song, but sounds like the sort of song designed to be the sob story song on X factor/The Voice. Quite a random sudden hit, I didn't know he was still in the public eye.

WILD HEART :heart: Soooo much love for this, best song in the chart right now. Hope it can stabilise now (at least it's not doing an Elyar Fox).

That John Legend track wasn't quite what I expected, but it's nice.

 

Shame 'Wild Heart' didn't pick up like 'Can We Dance' did, still really like it. Very catchy.

I like that they've gone from 'can we dance?' to 'tonight, we'll dance' :P

OCC have confirmed this.

 

Official Charts @officialcharts · 2 mins

 

This week's highest climber…@johnlegend up 44 places to No.28 with All Of Me. Who caught him on @Wossy show last week?

(40) Nina Nesbitt- Selfies

 

I wonder how big would this song be if it was released 6 months earlier.

Interesting to see this charting now. Has been a colossal hit down under thanks to a TV ad and I wasn't sure how it would go everywhere else.

 

"All of me" has also been huge in Portugal due to a local X-Factor contestant singing it in his first audition.

 

Top 5 Entertainment Stories of the Week

 

1. Little Mix 'Salute' went to #6 in US

2. Samuel L Jackson mistaken for Laurence Fishburne

3. Lee Nelson hosted first ever UK pun championships

4. Auditions for Britain's Got Talent happening

5. George Clooney working on a movie (The Monuments Men)

26 23 28

 

OneRepublic

Counting Stars

Native | 2013

 

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Chart Run: 43-30-20-17-13-2-4-3-1-3-1-3-5-6-11-12-16-17-19-22-10-10-13-14-17-24-23-26

 

Release Date: 22-03-2013

Format: download only track

Label: polydor associated labels

 

Sales: 800k+

 

Video here:

 

Biography

Featuring the anthemic songwriting of Ryan Tedder, OneRepublic rose to prominence in 2007, when "Apologize" began its reign as the most popular digital download in American history. Although the song proved to be a quick success, OneRepublic had spent five years touring the musical minor leagues before its release, with Tedder splitting his time between the band's work and production gigs for other artists. Tedder and Zach Filkins formed the band in 2002 and relocated to Los Angeles shortly thereafter, adding keyboardist Drew Brown, bassist/cellist Brent Kutzle, and drummer Eddie Fisher to the lineup in the process. OneRepublic then signed with Sony BMG's Columbia label in 2003; three years later, however, the bandmates returned from a performance at Coachella to find themselves dropped from Columbia's roster.

 

Nevertheless, OneRepublic's popularity continued to soar on MySpace, and Tedder helped raise the group's profile by penning songs for artists like Blake Lewis and Hilary Duff. Hip-hop producer Timbaland (with whom Tedder had already worked for several years) took notice of the group's audience and signed OneRepublic to his own Mosley Music Group, a joint venture with Interscope Records. Timbaland also remixed one of the group's most promising tracks, "Apologize," and included it on his own album, 2007's Timbaland Presents Shock Value. The song quickly became a platinum-selling single in many countries, breaking airplay records in the U.K. and selling an unprecedented 4.3 million digital downloads in America alone.

 

Later that year, OneRepublic stepped out on their own with Dreaming Out Loud, a debut album filled with piano-fueled songwriting and pop/rock melodies. The album quickly went gold, and "Apologize" continued to top the singles charts in multiple countries. Another Tedder-penned track, Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love," experienced similar success at the same time, thus making Tedder one of the year's most celebrated songwriters. OneRepublic began writing songs for a second album in 2008, and the group later decamped to Colorado Springs to avoid outside distractions. Although initially planned for a summer release, Waking Up wasn't completed until September 2009. "All the Right Moves," the album's lead single, was released to radio that same month, while the entire album followed in November. In 2013, OneRepublic returned with its third studio album, Native, featuring the singles, "Feel Again" and "If I Lose Myself."

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2007 03 Apologize (Timbaland Presents OneRepublic) -1-

2007 04 Stop And Stare -2-

2008 51 Say (All I Need) -3-

2010 30 All The Right Moves -1-

2013 01 Counting Stars -1-

2014 08 If I Lose Myself (Alesso vs. OneRepublic) -2-

'Counting Stars' just won't get old for me, still not bored of it yet.

Were those 'Mixers' taking the p*ss or....?

 

Little Mix's marketing team will we happy anyway.

Edited February 16, 201412 yr by noahspike

Glad Counting Stars is still doing well. Million seller, please!