US singer Pink has retained the top spot of the UK singles chart for a second week with new single So What. Kings Of Leon spend their fifth consecutive week inside the top two, staying put at No.2 and British girl group Sugababes jump a place to No.3 with new single Girls. Oasis go straight in at the top of the album chart with anticipated new release Dig Out Your Soul.

 

Pink’s So What, the first single from her fifth studio album Funhouse, due out at the end of the month, has spent a second week at No.1 this week after its 38-1 jump last week. Fellow American’s Kings Of Leon have remained at No.2 with Sex On Fire, now on its fifth chart week, whilst the physical release of Girls by Sugababes has propelled it up a place to a new peak of No.3. Girls, the first single from Sugababes new album Catfights & Spotlights, debuted at No.8 two weeks ago, with a move up to No.4 last week and No.3 this week. It is their first top three single since last year’s huge No.1 About You Now and their fifteenth top ten hit in total. The song is based on Ernie K Doe’s Here Come The Girls, made popular by Boots advertisements.

 

The first of a few hits in the chart making their way back up the chart this week due to large falls from Oasis (3-16) and Boyzone (5-13) is Disturbia by Rihanna. The Barbadian singer’s seventh single from Good Girl Gone Bad Reloaded has been absolutely huge considering it is a download only release. It has peaked at No.3 on two separate occasions and has so far spent ten weeks in the top ten. Rihanna is no stranger to long running top ten hits; Umbrella, Don’t Stop The Music and Take A Bow all spent between two and three months inside the UK top ten. Singles from her Good Girl Gone Bad album have racked up an incredible 47 weeks inside the top ten between them, indeed it is rare to see a UK top ten without Rihanna in it these days. The star also features on the current US No.1, T.I’s Live Your Life, based on a sample of Moldovan trio O-Zone’s 2004 novelty hit Dragostea Din Tei, which is certain to be a huge hit over here when released.

 

The highest new entry goes to one of the most popular British rock groups of the decade, Leeds band the Kaiser Chiefs. New single Never Miss A Beat, which debuts at No.5 this week after a simultaneous physical and digital release, is the first to be taken from their third studio album Off With Their Heads, due out on October 20th. This is the band’s fifth UK top ten hit, their most notable hits being the 2004/2005 anthem I Predict A Riot and the 2007 No.1 hit Ruby. American singer Ne-Yo, climbs five places to a new peak of No.6 this week with new single Miss Independent, another download only release and the second single to be taken from his current album Year Of The Gentleman. Having spent a couple of weeks at No.9 before dropping to No.11 last week, the song finds a second wind this week.

 

Katy Perry’s former No.1 single I Kissed A Girl spends its eleventh week inside the top ten this week staying put in seventh place following its dramatic 2-7 dive last week. Pussycat Dolls are not going anywhere either, sticking at No.8 with the former No.3 hit and comeback single When I Grow up whilst fellow US act Gym Class Heroes jump back up a place to No.9 with Cookie Jar, a former No.6 hit. Iglu & Hartly round up the top ten with In This City, the former No.5 single sliding a place to No.10 on its fifth week inside the top forty. The top ten this week therefore includes a whopping seven US artists, a Barbadian, and once again just two British acts, proving that American acts are the truly dominant force in the singles chart at the moment.

 

Outside the top ten there are a number of notable climbers and new entries. Former American Idol star and award winning actress Jennifer Hudson is back up two places to her current peak of No.11 with the R&B ballad Spotlight. Mancunian garage act Platnum, signed to the successful Hard2Beat record label, leap eight places to No.12 with new single Love Shy (Thinking About You) following its physical release this week. It has now eclipsed the No.22 peak of the original 1998 version by Danish singer Kristine Blond. Kanye West’s new single Love Lockdown finds more fans this week. Having slipped 16-18 last week, it jumps to a new peak of No.14 this week, still a download only release. Northern Irish/Scottish rock band Snow Patrol have had an absolutely mammoth few years. Since 2004, the quintet have had two multi million selling albums, Final Straw and Eyes Open, and a number of huge hit singles, the biggest undoubtedly being the song which has become one of the classic singles of the decade, Chasing Cars. The song still regularly features in the UK top 75 now, despite being well over two years old and has become the soundtrack to many TV shows and still garners huge weekly radio airplay. Despite only peaking at No.6, the song has gone gold, selling well over 400,000 copies in the UK. The first single from the band’s new album, A Hundred Million Suns, is called Take Back The City and makes its entry on download sales at No.15 this week, with next week’s physical release sure to propel the single into the top ten.

 

London based hip-hop trio N-Dubz move up fifteen places to a new peak of No.22 with Ouch, following its physical release this week. It is now officially their biggest hit single to date, beating the No.26 peak of the re-release of You Better Not Waste My Time. Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown’s No Air was a huge former No.3 hit in the summer and jumps back up a couple of places this week to No.23. Although continued huge airplay is no doubt helping the song to stick around, male vocal quartet JLS performed a cover of the song on X Factor last week which could also account for its rebound. Miley Cyrus’ See You Again is another old song going back up this week, moving back up two places to No.28. American Disney star Miley releases her new single 7 Things on November 10th. Coldplay’s Viva La Vida is also moving upwards again, the former UK No.1 single, recovering by three places at No.29 this week. It is by far the British rock group’s most prolific single to date, having spent seventeen weeks inside the top forty now.

 

American Idol 2007 winner Jordin Sparks’ debut UK single Tattoo was released earlier in the year but missed the top forty. After the huge success of No Air, that single has been reissued with a new video and makes its first top forty appearance this week at No.30, although it is set to stay as a download only release, like many American R&B singles these days. Australian electro-pop singer Sam Sparro’s debut single Black & Gold has been one of 2008’s success stories, selling close to 400,000 copies this year despite only reaching No.2. The song is a re-entry to the top forty this week at No.33, marking its twenty seventh appearance inside the top forty in total.

 

Also on the up following its re-entry last week is Spiralling by Keane, which this week won the Q Award for ‘Best Track’. The trio, from Battle in Sussex, have spent eight weeks in the top forty with Spiralling so far, despite a low peak of No.23 as a result of having been given away to download for free initially. The song is back up two places to No.34 this week. US alternative electronic act MGMT climb four places to No.35 with new single Kids, the third top forty success from current album Oracular Spectacular. Finally this week, Mancunian indie band The Courteeners go in at No.36 with new single That Kiss. The band, who have had two UK top twenty singles and a top five album already this year, are slowly building a name for themselves. This single is not from last album St Jude and seems to be a one-off single, unless they decide to include it on a future studio album.

 

As expected, Mancunian band Oasis storm to the top of the album chart with their seventh studio album, Dig Out Your Soul, which has had a phenomenal opening week sales wise. They are perhaps best known for their first two albums, 1994’s Definitely Maybe and the 1995 follow up What’s The Story (Morning Glory)?, often regarded as the best start to a career by any band. Since then, the band, fronted by brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, had a career dip between 1997-2004 but renewed their popularity with the 2005 album Don’t Believe The Truth, which spawned two UK No.1 singles. Only By The Night, the huge selling album from Kings Of Leon is forced down a place to No.2 after two weeks at the top followed by a one place slide for Will Young’s Let It Go at No.3. Rihanna’s Good Girl Gone Bad continues to sell well, moving back up a spot to No.4 this week, and James Morrison’s Songs For You, Truths For Me is down a couple of places to No.5. Ne-Yo’s Year Of The Gentleman stays put at No.6 this week whilst Bette Midler’s The Best Bette is back up a spot to No.7. Young singer Andrew Johnston, propelled to fame when he finished third in Britain’s Got Talent this year, slides to No.8 with One Voice, Bob Dylan enters at No.9 with Tell Tale Signs - The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 and Duffy’s Rockferry seems to finally be running out of steam, dipping three places to No.10 after thirty two consecutive weeks inside the top ten.

 

Next week’s chart could see a big battle between a number of potentially huge new releases. Pink, Kings Of Leon, Sugababes and Rihanna should all stay high but a number of new singles could push all of these singles down a few places in seven days time. Leon Jackson is the favourite for No.1 as he finally returns with his second single Don’t Call This Love. The 2007 X Factor winner’s new single is in the Michael Buble laidback jazz mould and has already been a considerable airplay hit and could well go straight in at No.1 following his performance on this weekend’s X Factor. German dance act Sash! finally return with their first British single since 2000’s With My Own Eyes. Raindrops is a vocal version of Sash!’s first UK hit, 1997’s Encore Une Fois, and should reach the top ten next week.

 

New British girl group The Saturdays reached the top ten earlier in the year with debut single If This Is Love. New single Up is a highly anticipated follow up and should also reach the top ten next week. Depending on the success of Peter Kay’s new comedy, Britain’s Got the Pop Factor…fictional winner Geraldine McQueen’s The Winner’s Song could make a notable impact on next week’s chart if it follows fellow Peter Kay aided songs from Tony Christie and The Proclaimers to the top of the chart. Other singles that could make an impact next week include new releases from CSS, Kooks, MGMT, MIA, The Ting Tings, Wiley and Snow Patrol who should move into the top ten with Take Back The City. Keane have the biggest new album out next week and it will be interesting to see if their new sound will give them the edge to overtake Oasis at the top with their third album Perfect Symmetry. Two other albums will be aiming for top ten positions next week. The new Boyzone hits collection, Back Again…No Matter What: The Greatest Hits, and Funeral For A Friend’s Memory & Humanity. Other notable albums released on Monday include Ray LaMontagne, Lucinda Williams, Chase & Status, Tilly & The Wall and Robin Thicke.

Thanks to Polyhex, EveryHit, ManicKangaroo and Play.com for various information and resources

 

Great read again Rich :D

:cheer: And he does it... AGAIN! :lol: Good one Rich! :D

thanks Rob and Johnjo, I appreciate the kind words :wub:

You Better Not Waste My Time was #26, not #27.

 

Apart from that, a great read!

You Better Not Waste My Time was #26, not #27.

 

Apart from that, a great read!

 

you have an incredible chart memory, I bet you'd be great at pub quizzes :lol:

 

and thanks, have edited :D