UK Charts (26/03/2011)

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TOP 100 SINGLES
TW | LW | Song | Artist | Weeks On Chart



01. (NE) DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH (Nicole Scherzinger) 1 wk
02. (01) SOMEONE LIKE YOU (Adele) 8 wks
03. (NE) GOLD FOREVER (Wanted) 1 wk
04. (02) PRICE TAG (Jessie J feat B.o.B) 7 wks
05. (03) S&M (Rihanna) 13 wks
06. (05) BLACK & YELLOW (Wiz Khalifa) 2 wks
07. (04) BORN THIS WAY (Lady Gaga) 6 wks
08. (09) ROLLING IN THE DEEP (Adele) 9 wks
09. (11) I NEED A DOCTOR (Dr Dre feat Eminem & Skylar Grey) 7 wks
10. (NE) LOUDER (Parade) 1 wk
11. (06) YEAH 3X (Chris Brown) 8 wks
12. (07) GOOD GIRL (Alexis Jordan) 4 wks
13. (10) GRENADE (Bruno Mars) 10 wks
14. (08) CHAMPION (Chipmunk feat Chris Brown) 6 wks
15. (27) JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH (Black Eyed Peas) 2 wks
16. (NE) SWEAT (Snoop Dogg vs David Guetta) 1 wk
17. (12) WONDERMAN (Tinie Tempah feat Ellie Goulding) 10 wks
18. (14) C'MON (CATCH 'EM BY SURPRISE) (Tiesto vs Diplo feat Busta Rhymes) 6 wks
19. (13) DO IT LIKE A DUDE (Jessie J) 17 wks
20. (19) L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. (Noah & The Whale) 8 wks
21. (15) F**KIN' PERFECT (Pink) 8 wks
22. (18) WHO'S THAT CHICK (David Guetta feat Rihanna) 16 wks
23. (17) HIGHER (Taio Cruz feat Travie McCoy & Kylie Minogue) 10 wks
24. (52) BUZZIN' REMIX (Mann feat 50 Cent) 2 wks
25. (22) COMING HOME (Diddy Dirty Money feat Skylar Grey) 9 wks
26. (20) HEART ON MY SLEEVE (Olly Murs) 4 wks
27. (NE) TRUE FAITH (George Michael) 1 wk
28. (26) EYES WIDE SHUT (JLS) 10 wks
29. (25) SKINNY LOVE (Birdy) 2 wks
30. (40) DOWN ON ME (Jeremih feat 50 Cent) 8 wks
31. (16) WHAT THE HELL (Avril Lavigne) 9 wks
32. (66) ALL OF THE LIGHTS (Kanye West feat Drake & Rihanna) 4 wks
33. (24) F**K YOU (Cee-Lo Green) 24 wks
34. (31) KIDZ (Take That) 5 wks
35. (43) TEENAGE DIRTBAG (Wheatus) 22 wks
36. (30) HELLO (Martin Solveig feat Dragonette) 12 wks
37. (33) MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE (Adele) 32 wks
38. (23) WE R WHO WE R (Ke$ha) 8 wks
39. (28) TONIGHT (I'M F**KIN' YOU) (Enrique Iglesias feat Ludacris & DJ Frank E) 7 wks
40. (29) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE (AMAZING) (Bruno Mars) 26 wks
41. (34) ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD) (Rihanna) 21 wks
42. (32) WHAT'S MY NAME (Rihanna feat Drake) 18 wks
43. (39) MOMENT 4 LIFE (Nicki Minaj feat Drake) 8 wks
44. (36) FIREWORK (Katy Perry) 22 wks
45. (RE) REGULATE (Warren G & Nate Dogg)
46. (38) NEVER SAY NEVER (Justin Bieber feat Jaden Smith) 5 wks
47. (68) END CREDITS (Chase & Status feat Plan B) 18 wks
48. (47) LIGHTS ON (Katy B feat Ms Dynamite) 13 wks
49. (64) LIGHTS (Ellie Goulding) 2 wks
50. (73) POISON (Nicole Scherzinger) 11 wks
51. (55) CHASING CARS (Snow Patrol) 100 wks
52. (57) MORNING STAR (N-Dubz) 3 wks
53. (65) DYNAMITE (Taio Cruz) 30 wks
54. (98) BRIGHT LIGHTS BIGGER CITY (Cee Lo Green) 1 wk
55. (21) TILL THE WORLD ENDS (Britney Spears) 3 wks
56. (62) SWEET CHILD O' MINE (Guns N' Roses)
57. (51) BLIND FAITH (Chase & Status feat. Liam Bailey) 8 wks
58. (78) SHAKE ME DOWN (Cage The Elephant) 1 wk
59. (42) ROCKETEER (Far East Movement feat Ryan Tedder) 5 wks
60. (45) HOLD IT AGAINST ME (Britney Spears) 9 wks
61. (44) HAPPINESS (Alexis Jordan) 20 wks
62. (53) TRAKTOR (Wretch 32 feat L) 9 wks
63. (54) THE TIME (DIRTY BIT) (Black Eyed Peas) 19 wks
64. (71) I GOTTA FEELING (Black Eyed Peas) 75 wks
65. (41) MARRY YOU (Bruno Mars) 4 wks
66. (75) PASS OUT (Tinie Tempah) 54 wks
67. (37) HEY SOUL SISTER (Glee Cast) 2 wks
68. (96) ALL TIME LOW (Wanted) 25 wks
69. (NE) IF YOU WANNA (Vaccines) 1 wk
70. (60) HEY SOUL SISTER (Train) 30 wks
71. (56) WRITTEN IN THE STARS (Tinie Tempah feat Eric Turner) 25 wks
72. (70) YOUR SONG (Ellie Goulding) 19 wks
73. (72) LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE (Eminem feat Rihanna) 39 wks
74. (46) YOU'LL BE MINE (Pierces) 2 wks
75. (90) GANGSTA'S PARADISE (Coolio feat LV)
76. (NE) HAPPY NOW (Take That)
77. (87) THE MAN WHO CAN'T BE MOVED (Script)
78. (49) THE LAST DANCE (Clare Maguire)
79. (63) THE SHOW GOES ON (Lupe Fiasco)
80. (88) MORE (Usher)
81. (RE) THE CHAIN (Fleetwood Mac)
82. (NE) GAMBLING MAN (Overtones)
83. (86) LIKE A G6 (Far East Movement feat Cataracts & Dev)
84. (134) CREEP (Radiohead)
85. (69) ROPE (Foo Fighters)
86. (85) RUDE BOY (Rihanna)
87. (122) VIVA LA VIDA (Coldplay)
88. (74) JUST A DREAM (Nelly)
89. (143) ET (Katy Perry feat Kanye West)
90. (80) RAISE YOUR GLASS (Pink)
91. (93) 21ST CENTURY GIRL (Willow)
92. (94) THE FLOOD (Take That)
93. (35) THAT'S THE TRUTH (McFly)
94. (RE) LET THE BASS KICK IN MIAMI BITCH (Chuckie & LMFAO)
95. (97) LOSE YOURSELF (Eminem)
96. (126) LOSE MY MIND (Wanted)
97. (115) DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT (Toploader)
98. (77) YOUNG BLOOD (Naked & Famous)
99. (102) HIGHER (Saturdays feat Flo Rida)
100. (114) ME AND YOU (Nero)

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TOP 100 ALBUMS
TW | LW | Album | Artist | Weeks On Chart



01. (01) 21 (Adele) 8 wks
02. (04) 19 (Adele) 78 wks
03. (03) WHO YOU ARE (Jessie J) 3 wks
04. (NE) WHAT DID YOU EXPECT FROM THE VACCINES? (Vaccines) 1 wk
05. (36) GOOD OL' FASHIONED LOVE (Overtones) 19 wks
06. (02) BUILD A ROCKET BOYS! (Elbow) 2 wks
07. (06) LOUD (Rihanna) 18 wks
08. (07) DOO WOPS & HOOLIGANS (Bruno Mars) 9 wks
09. (11) MOON OVER IRELAND (Daniel O'Donnell) 2 wks
10. (NE) HEROES (Michael Ball) 1 wk
11. (08) LAST NIGHT ON EARTH (Noah & The Whale) 2 wks
12. (13) THE DEFAMATION OF STRICKLAND BANKS (Plan B) 49 wks
13. (05) COLLAPSE INTO NOW (REM) 2 wks
14. (NE) BREAD AND CIRCUSES (View) 1 wk
15. (10) DIFFERENT GEAR, STILL SPEEDING (Beady Eye ) 3 wks
16. (14) THE LADY KILLER (Cee-Lo Green) 19 wks
17. (09) GOODBYE LULLABY (Avril Lavigne) 2 wks
18. (17) OLLY MURS (Olly Murs) 16 wks
19. (12) SIGH NO MORE (Mumford & Sons) 76 wks
20. (19) NO MORE IDOLS (Chase & Status) 7 wks
21. (16) SIMPLY EVA (Eva Cassidy) 7 wks
22. (21) GREATEST HITS - SO FAR (Pink) 18 wks
23. (18) DISC-OVERY (Tinie Tempah) 24 wks
24. (20) PROGRESS (Take That) 18 wks
25. (NE) PASSIVE ME AGGRESSIVE YOU (Naked & Famous) 1 wk
26. (15) GLEE - THE MUSIC - SEASON TWO - VOL 4 (Glee Cast) 4 wks
27. (NE) ENDGAME (Rise Against) 1 wk
28. (29) LIGHTS (Ellie Goulding) 45 wks
29. (23) OUTTA THIS WORLD (JLS) 17 wks
30. (26) SEASONS OF MY SOUL (Rumer) 20 wks
31. (28) SCIENCE & FAITH (Script) 27 wks
32. (32) TEENAGE DREAM (Katy Perry) 29 wks
33. (NE) WELCOME HOME ARMAGEDDON (Funeral For A Friend) 1 wk
34. (22) ALEXIS JORDAN (Alexis Jordan) 3 wks
35. (NE) SUBMARINE (OST) (Alex Turner) 1 wk
36. (27) LUNGS (Florence & The Machine) 84 wks
37. (33) THE FAME (Lady Gaga) 114 wks
38. (NE) SCREAMADELICA [REMASTERED] (Primal Scream) 1 wk
39. (39) BRING HIM HOME (Alfie Boe) 12 wks
40. (NE) LAST (Unthanks) 1 wk
41. (30) MAYHEM (Imelda May) 14 wks
42. (37) CRAZY LOVE (Michael Buble) 74 wks
43. (24) LIGHT AFTER DARK (Clare Maguire) 3 wks
44. (35) ELIZA DOOLITTLE (Eliza Doolittle) 36 wks
45. (NE) GUIDING YOU (Four Nurses) 1 wk
46. (41) MY WORLD (Justin Bieber) 59 wks
47. (45) THE WANTED (Wanted) 21 wks
48. (50) THE BEGINNING (Black Eyed Peas) 16 wks
49. (38) COME AROUND SUNDOWN (Kings of Leon) 22 wks
50. (34) THE SUBURBS (Arcade Fire) 28 wks
51. (NE) LAST OF THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN (Josh T Pearson) 1 wk
52. (51) LONG PLAYER LATE BLOOMER (Ron Sexsmith) 3 wks
53. (31) HAPPINESS (Hurts) 11 wks
54. (40) LET ENGLAND SHAKE (PJ Harvey) 5 wks
55. (47) ONLY BY THE NIGHT (Kings Of Leon) 130 wks
56. (49) RECOVERY (Eminem) 39 wks
57. (NE) THE MOST INCREDIBLE THING (Tennant/Lowe) 1 wk
58. (44) NEVER SAY NEVER - THE REMIXES (Justin Bieber) 4 wks
59. (42) PINK FRIDAY (Nicki Minaj) 17 wks
60. (52) GOOD GIRL GONE BAD (Rihanna) 114 wks
61. (57) MOONLIGHT SERENADE (Andre Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra) 18 wks
62. (46) THE SELDOM SEEN KID (Elbow) 87 wks
63. (59) SUNNY SIDE UP (Paolo Nutini) 94 wks
64. (43) I SPEAK BECAUSE I CAN (Laura Marling) 18 wks
65. (53) DO YOU WANT THE TRUTH OR SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL (Paloma Faith) 65 wks
66. (55) XX (XX) 83 wks
67. (61) DANGER DAYS - THE TRUE LIVES OF THE FABULOUS KILLJOYS (My Chemical Romance) 12 wks
68. (58) TURN IT UP (Pixie Lott) 79 wks
69. (69) GREATEST HITS (Bon Jovi) 19 wks
70. (67) GREATEST HITS (Foo Fighters) 50 wks
71. (25) LASERS (Lupe Fiasco) 2 wks
72. (65) RATED R (Rihanna) 65 wks
73. (80) THE SCRIPT (Script) 80 wks
74. (56) THESE STREETS (Paolo Nutini) 142 wks
75. (78) NUMBER ONES (Michael Jackson) 103 wks
76. (62) THE ROKSTARR COLLECTION (Taio Cruz)
77. (54) JAMES BLAKE (James Blake)
78. (133) MY LOVE: THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION (Celine Dion)
79. (77) CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS (Eminem)
80. (81) THE E.N.D. (Black Eyed Peas)
81. (84) ONE LOVE (David Guetta)
82. (NE) SHEER HEART ATTACK [REMASTERED] (Queen)
83. (93) THE ELEMENT OF FREEDOM (Alicia Keys)
84. (66) A THOUSAND SUNS (Linkin Park)
85. (70) TOURIST HISTORY (Two Door Cinema Club)
86. (82) GREATEST HITS (Guns N' Roses)
87. (64) ONLY REVOLUTIONS (Biffy Clyro)
88. (94) IT'S NOT ME IT'S YOU (Lily Allen)
89. (88) ONE OF THE BOYS (Katy Perry)
90. (86) NEVER FORGET - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION (Take That)
91. (99) ALIVE TILL I'M DEAD (Professor Green)
92. (NE) QUEEN II [REMASTERED] (Queen)
93. (63) BEAUTIFUL WORLD (Take That)
94. (NE) QUEEN [REMASTERED] (Queen)
95. (91) IN & OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS GREATEST HITS 1990-2010 (Robbie Williams)
96. (NE) A NIGHT AT THE OPERA [REMASTERED] (Queen)
97. (72) ANIMAL (Ke$ha)
98. (101) SPEAK NOW (Taylor Swift)
99. (92) SOME KIND OF TROUBLE (James Blunt)
100. (106) THIS IS WAR (30 Seconds To Mars)

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TOP 50 AIRPLAY
TW | LW | Artist | Song



01 02 Jessie J feat. B.o.B Price Tag
02 01 Adele Someone Like You
03 03 Lady Gaga Born This Way
04 06 Rihanna S&M
05 05 Bruno Mars Grenade
06 04 Pink F**Kin' Perfect
07 10 Adele Rolling In The Deep
08 18 Wanted Gold Forever
09 11 Cee Lo Green F**k You
10 07 Take That Kidz
11 27 Nicole Scherzinger Don't Hold Your Breath
12 15 Rihanna Only Girl (In The World)
13 19 Pierces You'll Be Mine
14 13 Olly Murs Heart On My Sleeve
15 12 Noah & The Whale L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
16 14 Chris Brown Yeah 3X
17 09 JLS feat Tinie Tempah Eyes Wide Shut
18 25 Wiz Khalifa Black & Yellow
19 21 Bruno Mars Just The Way You Are (Amazing)
20 16 Alexis Jordan Good Girl
21 20 Rihanna feat Drake What's My Name?
22 23 Eliza Doolittle Mr Medicine
23 61 Wonderland Not A Love Song
24 32 Roxette She's Got Nothing On (But The Radio)
25 34 Diddy & Dirty Money feat Skylar Grey Coming Home
26 37 David Guetta feat Rihanna Who's That Chick?
27 08 Taio Cruz feat Travie McCoy & Kylie Minogue Higher
28 22 Katy Perry Firework
29 62 Asa Be My Man
30 17 Jessie J Do It Like A Dude
31 40 Black Eyed Peas Just Can't Get Enough
32 29 Tinie Tempah feat Ellie Goulding Wonderman
33 93 Cee Lo Green Bright Lights Bigger City
34 52 Sick Puppies Maybe
35 65 Jennifer Lopez feat Pitbull On The Floor
36 24 Chipmunk feat Chris Brown Champion
37 30 Pink Raise Your Glass
38 42 Adele Make You Feel My Love
39 41 JLS Love You More
40 49 Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling
41 38 Travie McCoy feat Bruno Mars Billionaire
42 43 McFly feat Taio Cruz Shine A Light
43 33 Mike Posner Cooler Than Me
44 60 Foo Fighters Rope
45 48 Katy Perry feat Snoop Dogg California Gurls
46 45 Dr Dre feat Eminem & Skylar Grey I Need a Doctor
47 31 Olly Murs Thinking Of Me
48 26 Ke$ha We R Who We R
49 44 Matt Cardle When We Collide
50 28 Take That The Flood

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SINGLES

98,091 Nicole Sherzinger (1)
86,584 Adele (2)
82,490 Wanted (3)
60,172 Jessie J (4)
40,759 Rihanna (5)
33,468 Adele (8)
29,721 Parade (10)
20,058 Black Eyed Peas (15)
18,687 Snoop Dogg/David Guetta (16)
10,900 George Michael (27)
8,943 Wheatus (35)
4,925 Britney (55)
2,307 Rebecca Black - Friday (127)
1,336 Cheryl Cole [Flood] (198)

ALBUMS

159,895 Adele (1)
43,806 Adele [19] (2)
37,783 Jessie J (3)
31,574 The Vaccines (4)
29,065 The Overtones (5)
21,421 Rihanna (8)
14,036 Michael Ball (10)
10,235 The View (14)
6,525 THe Naked & Famous (25)
6,157 Rise Against (27)
4,823 Funeral For A Friend (33)
4,571 Alex Turner (35)
4,379 Primal Scream (38)
4,214 The Unthanks (40)

TO DATE SINGLES

920,597 Eminem/Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie
864,799 Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World)
679,127 Rihanna featuring Drake - What's My Name?
678.672 Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
550,250 Adele - Someone Like You
574,281 Jessie J featuring B.o.B - Price Tag
470,273 Take That - The Flood
456,213 Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude
440,586 Adele - Rolling In The Deep
418,933 The Wanted - All Time Low
372,119 David Guetta featuring Rihanna - Who's That Chick?
338,816 Rihanna - S&M
330,277 JLS - Love You More
293,374 Lady GaGa - Born This Way
279,996 The Saturdays featuring Flo Rida - Higher
224,306 JLS featuring Tinie Tempah - Eyes Wide Shut
133,991 Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me
118,912 Cheryl Cole - The Flood
23,234 Britney Spears - Till The World Ends

TO DATE ALBUMS

1,340,426 Adele - 21
1,224,386 Rihanna - Loud
1,075,665 Adele - 19
584,413 JLS - Outta This World
424,553 Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
352,733 The Wanted - The Wanted
295,041 Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite
251,127 Rod Stewart - Fly Me To The Moon: American Songbook 5
171,970 The Saturdays - Headlines
167,222 Overtones - Good Ol' Fashioned Love
135,893 Ronan Keating - Winter Songs
91,471 Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday
55,551 Cage The Elephant - Cage The Elephant
52,550 Chris Brown - Grafitti
41,163 Camilla Kerslake - Camilla Kerslake
36,903 Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment
13,530 Roddy Woomble - My Secret Is My Silence
11,854 Human League - Secrets

YEAR TO DATE TOP 20 SINGLES

01 01 Bruno Mars Grenade
02 02 Jessie J feat. B.o.B Price Tag
03 03 Adele Someone Like You
04 04 Adele Rolling In The Deep
05 05 Jessie J Do It Like A Dude
06 06 Rihanna S&M
07 07 Lady Gaga Born This Way
08 10 Chipmunk feat. Chris Brown Champion
09 12 Chris Brown Yeah 3X
10 08 Ke$ha We R Who We R
11 09 Diddy & Dirty Money feat. Skylar Grey Coming Home
12 11 Rihanna feat. Drake What's My Name?
13 13 David Guetta feat. Rihanna Who's That Chick?
14 14 JLS feat. Tinie Tempah Eyes Wide Shut
15 15 Taio Cruz feat. Travie McCoy & Kylie Minogue Higher
16 17 Pink F**Kin' Perfect
17 16 Katy B feat. Ms Dynamite Lights On
18 18 Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette Hello
19 19 Cee Lo Green Forget You
20 NE Adele Make You Feel My Love

YEAR TO DATE TOP 20 ALBUMS

01 01 Adele 21
02 02 Rihanna Loud
03 03 Bruno Mars Doo Wops & Hooligans
04 04 Adele 19
05 05 Plan B The Defamation of Strickland Banks
06 08 Jessie J Who You Are
07 06 Mumford & Sons Sigh No More
08 07 Cee Lo Green The Lady Killer
09 09 Tinie Tempah Disc-Overy
10 10 Rumer Seasons Of My Soul
11 11 Take That Progress
12 12 Ellie Goulding Lights
13 13 Chase & Status No More Idols
14 14 Alfie Boe Bring Him Home
15 15 Eliza Doolittle Eliza Doolittle
16 16 Katy Perry Teenage Dream
17 NE Elbow Build A Rocket Boys!
18 17 Eva Cassidy Simply Eva
19 18 Pink Greatest Hits… So Far!!!
20 19 Imelda May Mayhem

MUSICWEEK ARTICLE

Singles

While Adele’s 21 tops the album chart for the eighth time in a row, the 22-year-old loses her singles crown after four weeks in pole position.

Someone Like You – the second single from 21 – slips to number two this week (86,854 sales), falling behind Nicole Scherzinger’s Don’t Hold Your Breath.

Including her hits as a member of The Pussycat Dolls, Don’t Hold Your Breath is Scherzinger’s 16th hit – all of them Top 20 – and her third number one, emulating the first two Pussycat Dolls singles, Don’t Cha and StickWitU. It’s also the third single from Scherzinger’s debut album, Killer Love, which was released today (Monday). Selling 98,090 copies last week, it follows Heartbeat, a number eight collaboration with Enrique Iglesias, and the number three hit Poison.

Expected to chart higher, The Wanted’s fourth chart entry, Gold Forever, was the official Comic Relief single. It benefitted less significantly from a couple of plays during the BBC’s screening of the event last on Friday (18th) than anticipated, and debuts at number three on sales of 82,489 copies.

Royalties from George Michael’s cover of New Order’s True Faith are also destined for Comic Relief. Debuting at number 27 (10,90 sales), it is Michael’s 46th hit – including 10 with Wham! – and seems destined to become the least successful Comic Relief single to date. 18 previous singles released in association with the biennial event between 1985 and 2009 made the Top 10, with 12 going to number one. Smear Campaign’s (I Want To Be) Elected – number nine in 1992 – is the least successful thus far.

New girl group Parade’s debut single, Louder (number 10, 29,721 sales) and Snoop Dogg's Sweat (numer 16, 18,687 sales) also debut inside the Top 20 this week

A number two single in 2000, when it was runner-up to Atomic Kitten’s Whole Again for a fortnight, Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus unexpectedly returned to the chart at number 43 last week, presumably after Channel 4 screened the film Loser, in which it features. Whatever the original reason, Wheatus fans quickly got behind the track via the band’s website, Facebook and Twitter, and it raises its profile again this week, climbing to number 35, Sales of 8,943 copies last week raise its overall sales to 678,672 – the 52nd highest tally of any song in the 21st century, and the eighth highest by a single that did not reach number one.

Meanwhile, Black Eyed Peas rack up their 15th Top 20 hit since 2003, with Just Can’t Get Enough (the second single from their current album, The Beginning) vaulting 27-15 (20,058 sales).

It is the follow-up to The Time (Dirty Bit), which topped the chart in December and became the fifth Black Eyed Peas single to sell more than 500,000 copies. Overall sales of Black Eyed Peas singles since 2000 total 6,080,008 – more than any other group. It’s the third highest tally for any primary act in the 585 weeks of the 21st century, trailing Eminem (6,976,709) and Rihanna, who has just nudged ahead with 7,091,568.

When songs on which they are featured are added in, Eminem has sold 7,899,192 singles, putting him further behind Rihanna, whose total swells to 9,152,614, a tally which, ironically, includes 920,597 sales of Eminem’s Love The Way You Lie. Lady GaGa’s total, in a little over two years, stands at 5,309,327.

Overall singles sales increase 4.90% week-on-week to 3,134,804 - 19.14% above same week 2010 sales of 2,631,148.

Albums

Clearing the 100,000 mark with some ease for the eight week in a row, Adele’s 21 thus sets a new standard for album sales.

Number one continuously since its release, the album sold a further 157,895 copies last week to raise its 55-day tally to 1,340,426, while Adele’s 2008 debut album 19 again returns to number two, with sales of a further 43,806 copies raising its career tally to 1,075,665.

By spending eight consecutive weeks at number one, 21 moves into joint second place with James Blunt’s Back To Bedlam (2005) among 21st century albums, just a week behind the nine-week reign of The Beatles’ 1 in 2000/1. 21 has now spent as long at number one as any album by a female solo artist since 1996, when Alanis Morrisette’s Jagged Little Pill also spent eight weeks at the summit.

The only album by a female solo artist ever to spend more consecutive weeks at the summit is Madonna’s Immaculate Collection, which endured for nine weeks in 1990/1. One record that has already fallen to 21 is that of being the biggest selling album on download. The album passed the previous record holder, The Fame by Lady GaGa on Tuesday. Sales of 29,133 downloads last week lift 21’s overall digital delivery total to 320,339. The Fame follows with 302,836 just ahead of The Kings Of Leon’s Only By The Night which is just shy of becoming the third album to top the 300,000 mark, with sales to date of 299,885. Rihanna’s Loud became the sixth album to exceed 200,000 downloads last week, while 32 albums have now sold more than 100,000 copies in the format.

Third in the BBC’s Sound Of 2011 poll, The Vaccines inoculate the chart with their debut album What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? earning a number four debut on sales of 31,574 copies.

Doo-wop revivalists The Overtones received massive exposure on ITV’s Dancing On Ice a week last Sunday (13th), when they provided the live musical accompaniment to six pairs of skaters, including Torvill & Dean. The result was a huge surge in sales of the band’s debut album, Good Ol’ Fashioned Love, which duly dents the Top 10 for the first time in its 20-week career. The album, which debuted at number 40 last November, previously peaked at number 16 in January, and jumps 36-5 this week, with sales of 29,065 copies lifting its overall tally to 167,222.

It’s more than 15 years since Michael Ball made the Top 10. He has come tantalising close, reaching number 11 in 2001, 2005 and 2009 but he finally makes it this week, with new covers album Heroes debuting at number 10 (14,036 sales).

Dundee band The View topped the chart with their 2007 debut Hats Off To The Buskers and reached number four with 2009 follow-up Which Bitch but third album Bread And Circuses is a bit off the pace, debuting at number 14 (10,235 sales).

Number one in their native New Zealand last year, The Naked & Famous debut at number 25 (6,525 sales) with their debut album, Passive Me, Aggressive You. American punks Rise Against failed to make the Top 40 with their first five albums but their sixth, Endgame, delivers their UK breakthrough, debuting at number 27 (6,157 sales).

Also new to the Top 40, Welsh rockers Funeral For A Friend’s fifth album, Welcome Home Armageddon will also be their least successful unless it can improve on its number 33 debut (4,823 sales); folk band The Unthanks from Northumberland debut at number 40 (4,214 sales) with Last, having reached only number 142 with 2009 debut Here’s The Tender Coming; with a playing time of less than 20 minutes, Arctic Monkeys’ leader Alex Turner’s Submarine soundtrack surfaces at number 35 (4,571 sales); and the most critically acclaimed album of the last 25 years - Primal Scream’s Screamadelica – returns in a new 20th Anniversary deluxe edition, which generates 4,379 sales, and a number 38 debut.

Overall album sales are down 6.40% week-on-week to 1,787,989 - 0.36% below same week 2010 sales of 1,794,530.

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Thanks to OCC, MW, ManicKangaroo and Martin for all the info

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Brett’s UK Top 40 Analysis:

Just 4 songs are climbing from within the top 40 this week, 28 are sliding, there are 7 new entries and 1 re-entry.

01(NE)Nicole Scherzinger – Don’t hold your breath*
02(01)Adele – Someone like you
03(NE)The Wanted – Gold forever*
04(02)Jessie J & B.o.B – Price tag
05(03)Rihanna – S&M
06(05)Wiz Khalifa – Black and yellow
07(04)Lady Gaga – Born this way
08(09)Adele – Rolling in the deep^
09(11)Dr Dre, Eminem & Skylar Grey – I need a doctor^
10(NE)Parade – Louder*
11(06)Chris Brown – Yeah x3
12(07)Alexis Jordan – Good girl
13(10)Bruno Mars – Grenade
14(08)Chipmunk & Chris Brown – Champion
15(27)Black Eyed Peas – Just can’t get enough^
16(NE)Snoop Dogg & David Guetta – Sweat*
17(12)Tinie Tempah & Ellie Goulding – Wonderman
18(14)Tiesto Vs Diplo – C’mon
19(13)Jessie J – Do it like a dude
20(19)Noah and the Whale – L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N
21(15)Pink – F**kin perfect
22(18)David Guetta & Rihanna – Who’s that chick?
23(17)Taio Cruz & Kylie Minogue – Higher
24(NE)Mann & 50 Cent – Buzzin*
25(22)Diddy-Dirty Money & Skylar Grey – Coming home
26(20)Olly Murs – Heart on my sleeve
27(NE)George Michael – True faith*
28(26)JLS & Tinie Tempah – Eyes wide shut
29(25)Birdy – Skinny love
30(40)Jeremih & 50 Cent – Down on me^
31(16)Avril Lavigne – What the hell
32(NE)Kanye West, Rihanna and Drake – All of the lights*
33(24)Cee Lo Green – F**k you
34(31)Take That – Kidz
35(RE)Wheatus – Teenage dirtbag^
36(30)Martin Solveig & Dragonette - Hello
37(33)Adele – Make you feel my love
38(23)Ke$ha – We r who we r
39(28)Enrique Iglesias & Ludacris – Tonight
40(29)Bruno Mars – Just the way you are

Bubbling under:
45(NE)Warren G & Nate Dogg – Regulate*
49(64)Ellie Goulding – Lights^
54(98)Cee Lo Green – Bright lights, bigger city^
69(NE)Vaccines – If you wanna*
76(NE)Take That – Happy now*
89(143)Katy Perry & Kanye West – ET*

After 3 weeks of a static top 3, this week it all changes with the arrival of some major new entries. After 4 weeks on top Adele’s ‘Someone like you’ slides to number 2 in its 7th charting week.

This week’s highest new entry lands straight in at the top, former Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger’s 6th single outside of the group ‘Don’t hold your breath’ becomes her first solo chart topper. Previously her biggest successes outside of the dolls were ‘Baby love’ which peaked at 4 in 2006 and ‘Poison’ which peaked at 3 in December.

The second-highest new entry is right behind; UK Boyband The Wanted’s 4th UK Top 40 hit, ‘Gold forever’, this year’s official comic relief single lands straight in at number 3. It follows up ‘Lose my mind’ which peaked at 19 in January and becomes their 3rd hit to reach the top 3, having peaked at 2 with ‘Heart vacancy’ last October and topped the chart with ‘All time low’ last August.

Also arriving in the top 10 is new UK girl band Parade’s, ‘Louder’ at 10 and a little further down is US rapper Snoop Dogg’s collaboration with French DJ and producer David Guetta ‘Sweat’ at 16, it’s Snoops 25th UK Top 40 hit, he was last in the chart with his biggest UK success, collaborating with Katy Perry on the number 1 hit ‘California gurls’ last summer. It’s Guetta’s 11th UK Top 40 hit, his last being his number 6 hit ‘Who’s that chick’, his collaboration with Rihanna which spends its 16th week inside the top 40 this week; David has indeed had 4 chart toppers, most recently with Flo Rida on ‘Club can’t handle me’ last summer.

Sadly the new traffic at the top end of the chart has put an end to some of last week’s new arrivals and stopped recent climbers hitting new peaks; after 3 weeks at its number 3 peak, Rihanna’s ‘S&M’ slides to number 5, last week’s highest new entry, Wiz Khalifa dips a place to 6, Chris Brown’s ‘Yeah x3’ dips 5 from its number 6 peak down to 11, Tinie Tempah and Ellie Goulding’s ‘Wonderman’ slides 5 from its number 12 peak to 17, Avril Lavigne’s ‘What the hell’ leaves the top 20 as quickly as it arrived, sliding 15 to 31, Noah and the whale’s ‘L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N’ dips a place after jumping up 12 last week, Olly Murs’ ‘Heart on my sleeve’ slides to 26 after just a week in the top 20 and Birdy’s ‘Skinny love’ dips 4 to 29.

It’s not all doom and gloom however; Adele may have lost the top spot, but her recent number 2 hit ‘Rolling in the deep’ has made a surprise chart u-turn, climbing back up a place to 9 in its 9th charting week, Dr Dre, Eminem and Skylar Grey’s ‘I need a doctor’ finally climbs into the top 10, rising 2 to 9 in its 7th charting week, thus becoming Dre’s 9th top 10 hit, Eminem’s 22nd and Skylar’s 2nd.

One of last week’s new arrivals making significant progress is Black Eyed Peas’ ‘Just can’t get enough’, after a number 27 debut, it rises 12 places to number 15 and becomes their 15th UK Top 20 hit.

Also on the climb, after a number 40 debut last week, Jeremih and 50 Cents’ ‘Down on me’ is up 10 places to number 30. 50 Cent now has 2 songs simultaneously on the countdown as his collaboration with US Hip-Hop star Mann ‘Buzzin’ debuts at 24. Mann himself makes his UK Top 40 debut this week.

Another song in aid of comic relief arrives at 27, George Michael’s version of ‘True faith’ a song that peaked at number 4 in 1987 and as a remix peaked at 9 in 1994 for New Order. George’s version becomes his 35th UK Top 40 hit outside of Wham. He was last in the chart with ‘December song’ which peaked at 14 in December 2009. George has had 7 UK number 1 hits, but the most recent was ‘Fast love’ almost 15 years ago.

A little further down is another new arrival; US rapper Kanye West has teamed up with Rihanna and Drake on ‘All of the lights’ debuting at 32. It’s Kanye’s 24th UK Top 40 hit, he was last in the countdown with ‘H*A*M’ which peaked at 30 in January. ‘All of the lights’ brings Rihanna’s UK Top 40 hit count up to 24. As for Drake, ‘All of the lights’ becomes his 5th UK top 40 hit, his biggest previously being ‘What’s my name’, his number 1 hit from January with Rihanna. It’s not the first time Drake and Kanye have worked together, their collaboration ‘Forever’ just missed out on top 40 success in December 2009.

It’s been a bit of an unlucky week for Rihanna and Drake in terms of scoring simultaneous hits; Rihanna’s ‘Only girl’ resides at number 41 and ‘What’s my name’ at 42; had those hung on into the top 40 she would’ve had 5 hits inside the top 40 simultaneously, she has done it before in the Christmas top 40 of 2010 when she had 5 hits in the chart, ‘What’s my name’, ‘Only girl’, ‘Who’s that chick’, ‘Unfaithful’ and ‘Love the way you lie’. As for Drake, he was also on ‘What’s my name’ which is at 42 and he’s on Nicki Minaj’s ‘Moment 4 life’ at 43 therefore just misses out on having a hat trick of simultaneous top 40 hits. In this week’s countdown 9 artists can boast more than 1 hit inside the Top 40, they are Rihanna, 50 Cent, Jessie J, Adele, Skylar Grey, Chris Brown, Bruno Mars, Tinie Tempah and David Guetta.

There’s a re-entry on the countdown for American rock group Wheatus, they were last in the chart back in January 2002 when ‘Wannabe gangster’ peaked at 22, this week the biggest of their 3 UK Top 40 hits returns to the chart, ‘Teenage dirtbag’ re-enters at 35 having originally spent 19 weeks inside the top 40 including 9 weeks inside the top 10, peaking at number 2 in February 2001.

What will happen on next week’s countdown; will Black Eyed Peas’ ‘Just can’t get enough’ become their 14th top 10 hit, will Jeramih’s ‘Down on me’ and Kanye’s ‘All of the lights’ crack the top 20? Most importantly though, will Nicole still be on top in 7 days? She doesn’t just face competition from The Wanted, Adele and Dre, could one of these be next week’s highest new entry and land straight in at the top:

Above & Beyond - Sun & Moon
Anna Calvi - Blackout
ANR - Big Problem
Calvin Harris - Awooga
Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes - Look At Me Now
Cocknbullkid - Asthma Attack
Colleen Green - Green One
Detroit Social Club - I Am Revolution
Dionne Bromfield feat. Diggy Simmons - Yeah Right
Eliza Doolittle - Mr Medicine
Friends - Friend Crush
Funeral For A Friend - Sixteen
Green Day - Cigarettes and Valentines
Grinderman - Palaces Of Montezuma
Interpol - Lights
Jonathan Jeremiah - Happiness
Julian Velard - Love Again For The First Time
Kassidy - I Don’t Know
Kerry Ellis - Defying Gravity
Linkin Park - Burning In The Skies
Madcon - Outrun The Sun
Marianne Faithfull - Why Did We Have To Part
Mike Posner – Please Don't Go
My Chemical Romance - Planetary (Go!)
Panic! At The Disco - The Ballad Of Mona Lisa
Roger Sanchez & Far East Movement - 2gether
Roddy Woomble - Roll Along
SaintSaviour - Anatomy
Susan Boyle & Geraldine McQueen - I Know Him So Well
Terri Walker - So Hard
The Human League - Never Let Me Go
The Vaccines - If You Wanna
Tom Middleton - Gliding
Trey Songz & Nicki Minaj - Bottoms Up
Usher - Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)
White Lies - Strangers
Wolf Gang - Dancing With The Devil


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[Lehmann]

45(NE)Warren G & Nate Dogg – Regulate*

glad for them!

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TOP 100 SINGLES
TW | LW | Weeks On Chart | Song | Artist


1 NE 1 Don't Hold Your Breath Nicole Scherzinger
2 1 8 Someone Like You Adele
3 NE 1 Gold Forever The Wanted
4 2 7 Price Tag Jessie J
5 3 18 S&M Rihanna
6 5 2 Black & Yellow Wiz Khalifa
7 4 6 Born This Way Lady Gaga
8 9 9 Rolling In The Deep Adele
9 11 7 I Need A Doctor Dr. Dre Feat. Eminem
10 NE 1 Louder Parade
11 6 8 Yeah 3X Chris Brown
12 7 4 Good Girl Alexis Jordan
13 10 10 Grenade Bruno Mars
14 8 6 Champion Chipmunk Feat. Chris Brown
15 27 3 Just Can't Get Enough Black Eyed Peas
16 NE 1 Sweat Snoop Dogg Vs David Guetta
17 12 15 Wonderman Tinie Tempah Feat. Ellie Goulding
18 14 7 C'mon Tiesto
19 13 17 Do It Like A Dude Jessie J
20 19 8 L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. Noah & The Whale
21 15 11 ****' Perfect Pink
22 18 16 Who's That Chick David Guetta Feat. Rihanna
23 17 11 Higher Taio Cruz Feat. Kylie Minogue
24 52 3 Buzzin' Mann Feat. 50 Cent
25 22 9 Comin' Home Diddy
26 20 5 Heart On My Sleeve Olly Murs
27 NE 1 True Faith George Michael
28 26 12 Eyes Wide Shut JLS
29 25 5 Skinny Love Birdy
30 40 16 Down On Me Jeremih Feat. 50 Cent
31 16 9 What The Hell Avril Lavigne
32 66 9 All Of The Lights Kanye West
33 24 24 **** You! Cee Lo Green
34 31 7 Kidz Take That
35 43 23 Teenage Dirtbag Wheatus
36 30 12 Hello Martin Solveig & Dragonette
37 33 50 Make You Feel My Love Adele
38 23 9 We R Who We R Ke$Ha
39 28 7 Tonight (I'm ****' You) Enrique Iglesias Feat. Ludacris
40 29 26 Just The Way You Are Bruno Mars
41 34 31 Only Girl (In The World) Rihanna
42 32 18 What's My Name Rihanna Feat. Drake
43 39 8 Moment 4 Life Nicki Minaj
44 36 23 Firework Katy Perry
45 RE 34 Regulate Warren G & Nate Dogg
46 38 10 Never Say Never Justin Bieber
47 68 65 End Credits Chase & Status
48 47 13 Lights On Katy B Feat. Ms. Dynamite
49 64 6 Lights Ellie Goulding
50 73 16 Poison Nicole Scherzinger
51 55 236 Chasing Cars Snow Patrol
52 57 5 Morning Star N-Dubz
53 65 30 Dynamite Taio Cruz
54 98 3 Bright Lights Bigger City Cee Lo Green
55 21 3 Till The World Ends Britney Spears
56 62 188 Sweet Child O' Mine Guns N Roses
57 51 8 Blind Faith Chase & Status
58 78 5 Shake Me Down Cage The Elephant
59 42 5 Rocketeer Far*east Movement
60 45 9 Hold It Against Me Britney Spears
61 44 20 Happiness Alexis Jordan
62 53 9 Traktor Wretch 32
63 54 19 The Time Black Eyed Peas
64 71 93 I Gotta Feeling Black Eyed Peas
65 41 9 Marry You Bruno Mars
66 75 55 Pass Out Tinie Tempah
67 37 2 Hey Soul Sister Glee Cast
68 96 34 All Time Low The Wanted
69 NE 1 If You Wanna Vaccines
70 60 50 Hey Soul Sister Train
71 56 25 Written In The Stars Tinie Tempah Feat. Eric Turner
72 70 19 Your Song Ellie Goulding
73 72 39 Love The Way You Lie Eminem Feat. Rihanna
74 46 2 You'll Be Mine Pierces
75 90 11 Gangsta's Paradise Coolio
76 NE 1 Happy Now Take That
77 87 84 The Man Who Can't Be Moved The Script
78 49 4 The Last Dance Clare Maguire
79 63 4 The Show Goes On Lupe Fiasco
80 88 21 More Usher
81 RE 5 The Chain (Theme To BBC F1 Coverage) Fleetwood Mac
82 NE 1 Gambling Man Overtones
83 86 19 Like A G6 Far*east Movement
84 134 30 Creep Radiohead
85 69 3 Rope Foo Fighters
86 85 62 Rude Boy Rihanna
87 122 116 Viva La Vida Coldplay
88 74 22 Just A Dream Nelly
89 143 4 Et Katy Perry Feat. Kanye West
90 80 19 Raise Your Glass Pink
91 93 2 21St Century Girl Willow
92 94 19 The Flood Take That
93 35 5 That's The Truth Mcfly
94 RE 23 Kick The Bass Kick In Miami Girl Chuckie
95 97 157 Lose Yourself Eminem
96 126 16 Lose My Mind The Wanted
97 115 37 Dancing In The Moonlight Toploader
98 77 6 Young Blood Naked & Famous
99 102 30 Higher The Saturdays
100 114 11 Me & You Nero

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TOP 100 ALBUMS
TW | LW | Weeks On Chart | Album | Artist


1 1 8 21, Adele
2 4 105 19, Adele
3 3 3 Who You Are, Jessie J
4 NE 1 What Did You Expect From The Vaccines, Vaccines
5 36 20 Good Ol' Fashioned Love, Overtones
6 2 2 Build A Rocket Boys, Elbow
7 6 18 Loud, Rihanna
8 7 10 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars
9 11 2 Moon Over Ireland, Daniel O'Donnell
10 NE 1 Heroes, Michael Ball
11 8 2 Last Night On Earth, Noah & The Whale
12 13 49 The Defamation Of Strickland Banks, Plan B
13 5 2 Collapse Into Now, R.E.M.
14 NE 1 Bread And Circuses, View
15 10 3 Different Gear Still Speeding, Beady Eye
16 14 19 The Lady Killer, Cee Lo Green
17 9 2 Goodbye Lullaby, Avril Lavigne
18 17 16 Olly Murs, Olly Murs
19 12 76 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons
20 19 7 No More Idols, Chase & Status
21 16 7 Simply Eva, Eva Cassidy
22 21 18 Greatest Hits - So Far, P!nk
23 18 24 Disc-Overy, Tinie Tempah
24 20 18 Progress, Take That
25 NE 1 Passive Me Agressive You, Naked & Famous
26 15 4 Glee - The Music - Vol 4, Glee Cast
27 NE 1 Endgame, Rise Against
28 29 55 Lights, Ellie Goulding
29 23 17 Outta This World, JLS
30 26 20 Seasons Of My Soul, Rumer
31 28 27 Science & Faith, Script
32 32 29 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry
33 NE 1 Welcome Home Armageddon, Funeral For A Friend
34 22 3 Alexis Jordan, Alexis Jordan
35 NE 1 Submarine - OST, Alex Turner
36 27 89 Lungs, Florence & The Machine
37 33 114 The Fame, Lady Gaga
38 NE 105 Screamadelica, Primal Scream
39 39 12 Bring Him Home, Alfie Boe
40 NE 1 Last, Unthanks
41 30 19 Mayhem, Imelda May
42 37 74 Crazy Love, Michael Buble
43 24 3 Light After Dark, Clare Maguire
44 35 36 Eliza Doolittle, Eliza Doolittle
45 NE 1 Guiding You, Fournurses
46 41 61 My World, Justin Bieber
47 45 21 The Wanted, Wanted
48 50 16 The Beginning, Black Eyed Peas
49 38 22 Come Around Sundown, Kings Of Leon
50 34 33 The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
51 NE 1 Last Of The Country Gentlemen, Josh T Pearson
52 51 3 Long Player Late Bloomer, Ron Sexsmith
53 31 28 Happiness, Hurts
54 40 5 Let England Shake, PJ Harvey
55 47 130 Only By The Night, Kings Of Leon
56 49 39 Recovery, Eminem
57 NE 1 The Most Incredible Thing, Pet Shop Boys
58 44 5 Never Say Never - The Remixes, Justin Bieber
59 42 17 Pink Friday, Nicki Minaj
60 52 198 Good Girl Gone Bad, Rihanna
61 57 18 Moonlight Serenade, Andre Rieu & Johann Strauss Or
62 46 144 The Seldom Seen Kid, Elbow
63 59 94 Sunny Side Up, Paolo Nutini
64 43 50 I Speak Because I Can, Laura Marling
65 53 77 Do You Want The Truth Or Something, Paloma Faith
66 55 83 XX, XX
67 61 17 Danger Days - The True Lives Of The, My Chemical Romance
68 58 79 Turn It Up, Pixie Lott
69 69 20 Greatest Hits, Bon Jovi
70 67 72 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters
71 25 2 Lasers, Lupe Fiasco
72 65 69 Rated R, Rihanna
73 80 122 The Script, Script
74 56 207 These Streets, Paolo Nutini
75 78 230 Number Ones, Michael Jackson
76 62 22 The Rokstarr Collection, Taio Cruz
77 54 6 James Blake, James Blake
78 133 65 My Love - The Essential Collection, Celine Dion
79 77 142 Curtain Call - The Hits, Eminem
80 81 93 The End, Black Eyed Peas
81 84 75 One Love, David Guetta
82 NE 1 Sheer Heart Attack, Queen
83 93 66 The Element Of Freedom, Alicia Keys
84 66 27 A Thousand Suns, Linkin Park
85 70 49 Tourist History, Two Door Cinema Club
86 82 307 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses
87 64 71 Only Revolutions, Biffy Clyro
88 94 90 It's Not Me It's You, Lily Allen
89 88 127 One Of The Boys, Katy Perry
90 86 256 Never Forget - The Ultimate Collection, Take That
91 99 35 Alive Till I'm Dead, Professor Green
92 NE 1 Queen II, Queen
93 63 170 Beautiful World, Take That
94 NE 1 Queen, Queen
95 91 23 In And Out Of Consciousness - Greatest, Robbie Williams
96 NE 1 A Night At The Opera, Queen
97 72 51 Animal, Ke$ha
98 101 18 Speak Now, Taylor Swift
99 92 19 Some Kind Of Trouble, James Blunt
100 106 66 This Is War, 30 Seconds To Mars

[Robbie]

Adele still number one on albums chart but loses out to Scherzinger on singles

10:02 | Monday March 21, 2011

By Alan Jones

While Adele’s 21 tops the album chart for the eighth time in a row, the 22-year-old loses her singles crown after four weeks in pole position.

Someone Like You – the second single from 21 – slips to number two this week (86,854 sales), falling behind Nicole Scherzinger’s Don’t Hold Your Breath.

Including her hits as a member of The Pussycat Dolls, Don’t Hold Your Breath is Scherzinger’s 16th hit – all of them Top 20 – and her third number one, emulating the first two Pussycat Dolls singles, Don’t Cha and StickWitU. It’s also the third single from Scherzinger’s debut album, Killer Love, which was released today (Monday). Selling 98,090 copies last week, it follows Heartbeat, a number eight collaboration with Enrique Iglesias, and the number three hit Poison.

Expected to chart higher, The Wanted’s fourth chart entry, Gold Forever, was the official Comic Relief single. It benefitted less significantly from a couple of plays during the BBC’s screening of the event last on Friday (18th) than anticipated, and debuts at number three on sales of 82,489 copies.

Royalties from George Michael’s cover of New Order’s True Faith are also destined for Comic Relief. Debuting at number 27 (10,90 sales), it is Michael’s 46th hit – including 10 with Wham! – and seems destined to become the least successful Comic Relief single to date. 18 previous singles released in association with the biennial event between 1985 and 2009 made the Top 10, with 12 going to number one. Smear Campaign’s (I Want To Be) Elected – number nine in 1992 – is the least successful thus far.

A number two single in 2000, when it was runner-up to Atomic Kitten’s Whole Again for a fortnight, Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus unexpectedly returned to the chart at number 43 last week, presumably after Channel 4 screened the film Loser, in which it features.

Whatever the original reason, Wheatus fans quickly got behind the track via the band’s website, Facebook and Twitter, and it raises its profile again this week, climbing to number 35, Sales of 8,943 copies last week raise its overall sales to 678,672 – the 52nd highest tally of any song in the 21st century, and the eighth highest by a single that did not reach number one.

Overall singles sales increase 4.90% week-on-week to 3,134,804 - 19.14% above same week 2010 sales of 2,631,148.

Clearing the 100,000 mark with some ease for the eight week in a row, Adele’s 21 thus sets a new standard for album sales.

Number one continuously since its release, the album sold a further 157,895 copies last week to raise its 55-day tally to 1,340,426, while Adele’s 2008 debut album 19 again returns to number two, with sales of a further 43,806 copies raising its career tally to 1,075,665.

By spending eight consecutive weeks at number one, 21 moves into joint second place with James Blunt’s Back To Bedlam (2005) among 21st century albums, just a week behind the nine-week reign of The Beatles’ 1 in 2000/1. 21 has now spent as long at number one as any album by a female solo artist since 1996, when Alanis Morrisette’s Jagged Little Pill also spent eight weeks at the summit.

The only album by a female solo artist ever to spend more consecutive weeks at the summit is Madonna’s Immaculate Collection, which endured for nine weeks in 1990/1.

One record that has already fallen to 21 is that of being the biggest selling album on download. The album passed the previous record holder, The Fame by Lady GaGa on Tuesday. Sales of 29,133 downloads last week lift 21’s overall digital delivery total to 320,339. The Fame follows with 302,836 just ahead of The Kings Of Leon’s Only By The Night which is just shy of becoming the third album to top the 300,000 mark, with sales to date of 299,885. Rihanna’s Loud became the sixth album to exceed 200,000 downloads last week, while 32 albums have now sold more than 100,000 copies in the format.

Third in the BBC’s Sound Of 2011 poll, The Vaccines inoculate the chart with their debut album What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? earning a number four debut on sales of 31,574 copies.

Doo-wop revivalists The Overtones received massive exposure on ITV’s Dancing On Ice a week last Sunday (13th), when they provided the live musical accompaniment to six pairs of skaters, including Torvill & Dean. The result was a huge surge in sales of the band’s debut album, Good Ol’ Fashioned Love, which duly dents the Top 10 for the first time in its 20-week career. The album, which debuted at number 40 last November, previously peaked at number 16 in January, and jumps 36-5 this week, with sales of 29,065 copies lifting its overall tally to 167,222.

Overall album sales are down 6.40% week-on-week to 1,787,989 - 0.36% below same week 2010 sales of 1,794,530.


from musicweek.com

[stevyy]

omg at alicia:

83 93 66 The Element Of Freedom, Alicia Keys

[Gambo]

Adele still number one on albums chart but loses out to Scherzinger on singles
from musicweek.com

Thanks Robbie for posting the MW singles and albums sales review articles that their site won't allow non-subscribers to view. That has always been a perennial frustration to me and it is nice not to have to subscribe (or buy the magazine itself) just to see one of a few items of real interest.

[Blondini]

Chasing Cars becomes only the second song to score 100 weeks on the UK top 75. My Way being the first - 124 weeks.

[Robbie]

Adele still number one on albums chart but loses out to Scherzinger on singles
from musicweek.com

Thanks Robbie for posting the MW singles and albums sales review articles that their site won't allow non-subscribers to view. That has always been a perennial frustration to me and it is nice not to have to subscribe (or buy the magazine itself) just to see one of a few items of real interest.

I don't mind posting it every week in the UK charts thread as Alan Jones' chart analysis is always a good read.