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1) Katy Perry - 'Teenage Dream' 2) Lady GaGa & Beyoncé - 'Telephone' 3) Alicia Keys - 'Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart' 4) Cheryl Cole - 'Parachute' 5) Kelis - 'Acapella' 6) The Script - 'For The First Time' 7) Nicole Scherzinger - 'Poison' 8) Professor Green ft. Ed Drewett - 'I Need You Tonight' 9) Eminem ft. Rihanna - 'Love The Way You Lie' 10) JLS - 'One Shot'

'Billionaire' (which was in a similar situation to 'We R Who We R') was on iTunes for about three/four days before it got removed. Even so, it managed a peak of #11 before it got deleted.

But that's exactly what I mean - people enjoyed the enthralling new "wonky-pop" sound in 2007 - all the eccentric artists and the ones with real potential to progress rose to popularity, but now British music tastes have moved on (and as Thomas has already implied - plummeted in it's ability to spot quality), so artists who aren't producing R&B influenced dance music or aren't in the tabloids enough just don't sell as much. A prime example would be Brandon Flowers - he was the frontman of a hugely adored band and us Brits eagerly awaited his first solo single - we helped him into the Top 10, gave him a #1 album, but after that he had to cancel his second single, 'Only The Young' and replace it with 'Jilted Lovers & Broken Hearts' because there was no interest in him after 'Crossfire' due to the "uncool" genre he performed in. And the real glitch is that he's releasing 'Jilted Lovers & Broken Hearts' (an obvious stand-out from his album 'Flamingo') in February of next year, after having it put back from it's December release - by then, they'll be little more than underground interest in him and unless Radio 1 supports him, it could miss the Top 100 completely.

^This. Mika was part of... say a 'parade' of hugely eccentric, unique pop acts emerging out of the pop scene - Scissor Sisters (with 'Ta-Dah!'), The Hoosiers, etc., but no-one is interested in this kind of music anymore, regardless of the depth of his lyrics, people have moved on to trashier, flash-in-the-pan hits that they can dance to (possibly mirrored by the current economic crisis and music being a form of escapism from that reality?) - they've moved on but some artists saw it coming - the way The Hoosiers and Scissor Sisters evovled to match a dance-pop/electropop sound proves this, leaving Mika to wallow about in the regions of #70-#80, only to be joined by his tabloid-unfriendly, camp peers. Although, I can;t remember the last time a big Hollywood film has ever helped a single. The only time it ever helps is when the single itself gets promoted (á la Nickelbacks' 'Hero') - having it as the soundtrack to a film has nothing to do with it's success - 'Kick Ass (We Are Young)' being a perfect example of this (the song started at the end of the film, but not before a seemingly randomly placed, 5-minute borefest nobody even cared about made everyone leave the cinema). Joe's 'Someone Wake Me Up' or Leona's 'I See You' (from two massive films over the last year) were possible chart hits - but because no-one heard them, no-one bought them. Releasing a soundtrack single does not guarantee chart success, so it can't be held against an artist if they flop with it unless the song itself is promoted - I think I saw one advertisement of 'The Voyage Of The Drawn Treader' which also mentioned 'Someone Wake Me Up'.

Surprised only one person so far has mentioned The Hoosiers. Tbh, they released the best pop album of 2010. Undeserved flops (considering their album efforts): The Hoosiers Robyn Amy MacDonald Adam Lambert HURTS :'( The Pretty Reckless Laura Marling Scissor Sisters The Ting Tings (album released next year, but 'Hands' did flop badly) Gabriella Cilmi Goldfrapp Joe McElderry (Yes, really - a solid pop album only the prejudiced or pop-haters would cast off as rubbish) Gorillaz Brandon Flowers (considering he's the frontman of The Killers, a modestly-selling #1 album and a top ten single, then a cancelled single is not necessarily a success) One Night Only Deserved flops (considering the album): Scouting For Girls Christina Aguilera Ne-Yo Alphabeat ('The Beat Is...' wasn't that good if I'm honest) MGMT (pretentious snobbery in album form) Eliza Doolittle Kelis Mika (released 'The Boy Who Knew Too Much' in 2009, but the bulk of releases came in 2010) Duffy Owl City Kate Nash

Oh okay, sorry for that MK :). Has the release been cancelled completely or just rescheduled?

Actually, most of the big names release in this week are download only - The Wanted, Tinie Tempah, Cee-Lo Green, and Ne-Yo are all download only. Odd.

Where is the new host? Surely they should've updated the new release schedule by now? Anyway, does anyone know what's happened to Ne-Yo's ''Cause I Said So'? Is it being released as originally planned?

[bEST] 1) Lady GaGa - 'Alejandro' 2) The Saturdays - 'Ego' 3) The Wanted - All Time Low' 4) Tinie Tempah - 'Pass Out' 5) B.o.B. ft. Hayley Williams - 'Airplanes' 6) Rihanna & Drake - 'What's My Name?' 7) Jason Derulo - 'Ridin' Solo' 8) Alicia Keys - 'Empire State Of Mind, Part II (Broken Down)' 9) Labrinth - 'Let The Sun Shine' 10) Iyaz - 'Replay' [WORST]

LOL.

I'm so glad she's changed the release to 'E.T.' otherwise she would've just reverted back to releasing controversial $h!t just to be recognised. The 'Teenage Dream' era has had so many good singles, but I'd have loved to see 'The One That Got Away' released as the fourth single. Fingers crossed she gets a fifth.

OH VERY DEAR. I think I like this.

Wow! Thanks very much, Manic! I was very pleased with the standard of their second album, particularly the first four tracks and tracks 8 through to 11.

Paloma Faith is at #47 with 'Upside Down'. BUZZIN.

[bEST] 1) Katy Perry - 'Firework' 2) Ellie Goulding - 'Your Song' 3) Kylie Minogue - 'All The Lovers' 4) Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. ft. Q-Tip & MNDR - 'Bang Bang Bang' 5) Train - 'Hey, Soul Sister' 6) Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina - 'Stereo Love' 7) Florence + the Machine & Dizzee Rascal - 'You Got The Dirtee Love' 8) Cee-Lo Green - 'F*** You' 9) Cheryl Cole - 'Promise This' 10) Roll Deep - 'Good Times' [WORST]

Your weekly posts have made my job a whole lot easier Manic! Thanks again for all the work you've put in to these posts. How did you find this information, Manic? I was sure they were going to release 'Unlikely Hero' on October 18, but cancelled it four days before release because they had some big idea they were planning for the new year? Is this it? As much as I prefer 'Bumpy Ride' to 'Unlikely Hero', I confess I'm a little disappointed as leaving the second single this late means it's got flop written all over it.

Is there any way of seeing how many sales it's received so far? Even though it's not chart eligible until next week, can we see how many sales it's totted up and whereabouts in the chart it would be if the slaes were added to iTunes?

On Radio 2? This could mean something!

EW. 'Running Out' has a massive let down of a chorus. 'Night Work' pls. :D

I thought that too! Although, yes, it strikes me as more of a fan release to stay loyal to their fanbase. They need to get some new material out by the end of 2011 at the very latest if they want to regain their popularity circa. 2007.

+5 Willow Smith - 'Whip My Hair' +4 The Black Eyed Peas - 'The Time (Dirty Bit)' +3 Michael Jackson ft. Akon - 'Hold My Hand' +2 Rihanna ft. Drake - 'What's My Name?' +1 N-Dubz - 'Girls' And SO many others.. -shudder.

*#81 :lol: But yeah, it'll flop. Badly.

Be honest: who saw this coming? After 'Any Which Way' underperformed, you'd think they'd have gone for one of the more commercial tracks, like 'Night Work' or 'Skin Tight'? Anyhoo, here's the rather twisted video: http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/musicvideo/9989-...light-boysnoize Your thoughts?

1) Matt Cardle - 'When We Collide' 2) Rihanna ft. Drake - 'What's My Name?' 3) Trashmen - 'Surfin' Bird' 4) Ellie Goulding - 'Your Song' 5) The Black Eyed Peas - 'The Time (Dirty Bit)' 6) Willow Smith - 'Whip My Hair' 7) Rihanna - 'Only Girl (In The World)' 8) Take That - 'The Flood' 9) Far*East Movement ft. The Cataracs & Dev - 'Like A G6' 10) Biffy Clyro - 'Many Of Horror (When We Collide)' 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 40 next week? The Wanted - 'Lose My Mind' 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? Five 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Rihanna - 'LOUD' or Susan Boyle - 'The Gift'? Rihanna - 'LOUD'

The campaigns are indeed annoying, but every time I hear 'When We Collide' I begin to think how 'The Climb' wasn't such a bad winner's single choice after all.