I don't like when females take the top spots, especially the Americans :(

That's quite a random comment :unsure:

 

Pleased for George Ezra finally getting to #1, with an album that truly deserves it :)

Singles:

 

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

#7 The Magician feat. Years & Years - Sunlight [1; 1]

#11 Labrinth - Let It Be [12^[A]]

#12 Ella Eyre - Comeback [7]

#19 Gorgon City feat. Zak Abel - Unmissable [4; 1]

#22 Jessie Ware - Say You Love Me [6]

#47 DJ Fresh feat. Ellie Goulding - Flashlight [18^[B]; 16]

#63 The Vamps feat. Shawn Mendes - Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart) [5; 2] ^[C]

#99 Lorde - Yellow Flicker Beat [6]

 

Re-entries:

#67 Maroon 5 - Animals [music video premiere]

#82 Whitney Houston - I Didn't Know My Own Strength [performed on The X Factor]

#94 Ellie Goulding - How Long Will I Love You

#96 Leona Lewis - Run [performed on The X Factor]

 

New peaks within the top 100:

#1 Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass [from #33; digital release]

#6 George Ezra - Blame It On Me [from #7]

#26 Hozier - Take Me To Church [from #28]

#36 Jamie T - Zombie [from #48; release of album 'Carry On The Grudge' / performance on 'Later... with Jools Holland']

#67 Maroon 5 - Animals [from #86; see above]

 

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

#13 Power Music Workout - All About That Bass *

#59 Redlight - 9TS (90s Baby) *

#70 Meghan Tonjes - All About That Bass *

#87 5 Seconds Of Summer - She Looks So Perfect *

#89 alt-J - Hunger Of The Pine

#91 alt-J - Left Hand Free *

#92 James Bay - Let It Go *

#93 Oliver $ and Jimi Jules - Pushing On *

#94 Carrie Underwood - I Know You Won't *

#95 Imagine Dragons - Demons

#99 Pitbull feat. Ke$ha - Timber *

#100 Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up

 

Artists reaching new career peaks this week:

Hozier [28-26]

Jessie Ware [34-22]

The Magician [**-7]

Meghan Trainor [33-1]

Shawn Mendes [99-63]

Years & Years [**-7]

Zak Abel [**-19]

 

Albums:

 

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

#4 Jamie T - Carry On The Grudge [3]

#8 Prince - ART OFFICIAL AGE [18^[D]]

#10 Genesis - R-Kive [24]

#11 Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL - PLECTRUMELECTRUM [1^[E]]

#14 Gerard Way - Hesitant Alien [1^[F]]

#16 SBTRKT - Wonder Where We Land [2]

#18 Lucy Kay - Fantasia [1]

#23 Lucinda Williams - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone [6]

#25 Marmozets - The Weird And Wonderful Marmozets [1]

#30 ABBA - Live At Wembley Arena [21]

#32 Levellers - Greatest Hits [10]

#63 Holly Johnson - Europa [2^[G]]

#64 Marianne Faithfull - Give My Love To London [8]

#70 Robin Gibb - 50 St. Catherine's Drive [2^[H]

#76 Electric Wizard - Time To Die [1]

 

Re-entries:

#7 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? [re-released]

#41 Jamie T - Panic Prevention [99p on Google Play]

#47 Future Islands - Singles [performance on 'Later... with Jools Holland']

#89 Phil Collins - ...Hits [airing of documentary about Genesis]

#90 Passenger - All The Little Lights

#93 Nickelback - The Best Of - Volume 1

#94 Adele - 21

#98 Kylie Minogue - Kiss Me Once [uK touring effect]

 

New peaks within the top 100:

#1 George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage [from #3; performance on 'The Graham Norton Show' / temporary price reduction]

#26 Cilla Black - The Very Best Of [from #37; airing of ITV series 'Cilla']

#47 Future Islands - Singles [from #63; see above]

 

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

#41 Joanne Shaw Taylor - The Dirty Truth *

#47 GOAT - Commune *

#52 Yungen - Project Black + Red *

#58 Paul Simon - Graceland

#63 David Bowie - Sound + Vision *

#67 Tweedy - Sukierae *

#70 Michael Jackson - Xscape

#72 Tim McGraw - Sundown Heaven Town *

#73 Rudimental - Home

#74 HAIM - Days Are Gone

#77 Perfume Genius - Too Bright *

#84 Interpol - El Pintor *

#85 Smokey Robinson - Smokey & Friends *

#87 Paloma Faith - Fall To Grace

#88 Maria Callas - Pure *

#89 Whitney Houston - The Ultimate Collection

#90 Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey - Going Back Home *

#91 Manic Street Preachers - Futurology

#93 Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow

#95 Paloma Faith - Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful?

#97 Kings Of Leon - Mechanical Bull

#98 Avicii - True

#100 La Roux - Trouble In Paradise

 

Artists reaching new career peaks this week:

Electric Wizard [**-76]

Future Islands [63-47]

George Ezra [3-1]

Gerard Way [**-14] ^[I]

Lucinda Williams [30-23]

Lucy Kay [**-18]

Marmozets [**-25]

Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL [**-11] ^[J]

SBTRKT [93-16]

 

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

 

Singles:

1 84wks Bastille - Pompeii

2 61wks OneRepublic - Counting Stars

3 45wks Pharrell - Happy

4 43wks Idina Menzel - Let It Go

5 37wks Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne - Rather Be

6 35wks John Legend - All Of Me

7 33wks Sam Smith - Money On My Mind

8 31wks Route 94 feat. Jess Glynne - My Love

9 30wks Tove Lo feat. Hippie Sabotage - Stay High

10 29wks Duke Dumont feat. Jax Jones - I Got U

 

Dropping out:

Pitbull feat. Ke$ha - Timber [from #5]

 

Albums:

1 104wks Ellie Goulding - Halcyon

2 83wks Bastille - Bad Blood

3 79wks Imagine Dragons - Night Visions

4 57wks The 1975 - The 1975

=5 56wks Arctic Monkeys - AM

=5 56wks London Grammar - If You Wait

7 50wks Katy Perry - PRISM

8 31wks Pharrell - G I R L

9 30wks Paloma Faith - A Perfect Contradiction

=10 25wks Paolo Nutini - Caustic Love

=10 25wks The Vamps - Meet The Vamps

 

Dropping out:

Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey - Going Back Home [from #10]

 

Notes:

^[A] +1 as a member of The Collective

^[B] +2 as a member of Bad Company

^[C] Shawn Mendes version yet to be released, charting on sales of album version

^[D] Includes 3 hits under the pseudonym of an unpronounceable symbol (http://i.imgur.com/EseQqZX.png); +3 as a member of Prince & The New Power Generation; +3 as a member of Prince And The Revolution; +2 as a member of The New Power Generation; +1 as a member of Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL

^[E] Prince has also had 18 hits as a solo artist (including 3 under the pseudonym of an unpronounceable symbol (http://i.imgur.com/EseQqZX.png), 3 as a member of Prince & The New Power Generation, 3 as a member of Prince And The Revolution and 2 as a member of The New Power Generation

^[F] +6 as a member of My Chemical Romance

^[G] +6 as a member of Frankie Goes To Hollywood

^[H] +21 as a member of Bee Gees

^[I] As a solo artist

^[J] Prince has charted higher as a solo artist