UK Charts (05/05/2012)

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[Blondini]

Graham wrote on his Real Chart blog:

You might have noticed that the Artic Monkey's track has shot up again and has now added to it the song Electricity. The reason for this is due to the promotion of the latter track. The Compilers have not simply added that track on this week. It was always included with the sales of the other. However nobody was really bothered about it before the last week, so as the other track was propelling it back up the chart, credit was given to it.

This is incorrect. Electricity was a brand new track. The earlier release of R U Mine? was a one-track single only. Electricity is simply a b-side (released on the Record Store Day vinyl single first). Similar thing happened with Noel Gallagher and Beady Eye recently.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_U_Mine%3F
http://www.discogs.com/Arctic-Monkeys-R ... ter/429371

[Graham76man]

Graham wrote on his Real Chart blog:

You might have noticed that the Artic Monkey's track has shot up again and has now added to it the song Electricity. The reason for this is due to the promotion of the latter track. The Compilers have not simply added that track on this week. It was always included with the sales of the other. However nobody was really bothered about it before the last week, so as the other track was propelling it back up the chart, credit was given to it.

This is incorrect. Electricity was a brand new track. The earlier release of R U Mine? was a one-track single only. Electricity is simply a b-side (released on the Record Store Day vinyl single first). Similar thing happened with Noel Gallagher and Beady Eye recently.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_U_Mine%3F
http://www.discogs.com/Arctic-Monkeys-R ... ter/429371

I-Tunes don't have B-Sides!
It was listed on I-Tunes as being from the album R U Mine. Since two tracks don't make a album on the Real Chart it would be added to sales of the other.

It was in I-Tunes top 100 at 59!
I-Tunes is as far as I'm aware not part of the Record Store thing as it ain't one!

If you are right and the download of Electricty was released only last week. Then I might have wrongly guessed that it was being counted beforehand.

I've said this before the interpretation that I put on my blog of the Real Chart is largely MY thinking. It should not be taken as gospel.

The only known fact is the Compilers consider the two tracks to be linked. They instructed me to put the track with the other.
As for the information about the records on the other sites, that could be just fiddling.

What did that singer once say... "Don't belive the hype"....

[brettyboy]

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Brett’s UK Chart Analysis:

Top 40 Singles:

01(01) Carly Rae Jepson – Call me maybe
02(NE) Calvin Harris & Ne-Yo – Let’s go*
03(03) Fun. & Janelle Monae – We are young
04(02) Conor Maynard – Can’t say no
05(05) Jessie J & David Guetta – Laserlight
06(16) Alex Clare – Too close^
07(06) Gotye & Kimbra – Somebody that I used to know
08(07) B.o.B – So good
09(08) Nicki Minaj – Starships
10(14) Train – Drive by^
11(09) Sean Paul – She doesn’t mind
12(04) John Legend – Ordinary people
13(11) Marina & The Diamonds – Primadonna
14(15) Azealia Banks & Lazy Jay – 212^
15(10) Justin Bieber – Boyfriend
16(13) Jason Mraz – I won’t giveup
17(18) Flo Rida & Sia – Wild ones^
18(17) Sway – Level up
19(19) David Guetta & Sia - Titanium
20(24) Swedish House Mafia – Greyhound^
21(12) Usher - Climax
22(22) David Guetta & Nicki Minaj – Turn me on
23(20) Chris Brown – Turn up the music
24(21) Katy Perry – Part of me
25(33) Drake & Rihanna – Take care^
26(23) Emeli Sande – Next to me
27 (25) Jessie J - Domino
28(31) Olly Murs – Oh my goodness^
29(RE) Stereophonics – Dakota^
30(26) The Script – The man who can’t be moved
31(30) Rizzle Kicks – Mama do the hump
32(32) LMFAO – Sexy and I know it
33(29) Jay Z & Kanye West - Paris
34(RE) The Fray – How to save a life^
35(RE) Kings of Leon – Use somebody^
36(27) Linkin Park – Burn it down
37(36) Kelly Clarkson - Stronger
38(37) LMFAO – Sorry for party rocking
39(RE) Rihanna & Calvin Harris – We found love^
40(RE) Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera – Moves like Jagger^

Top 10 Albums:

01(NE) Jack White – Blunderbuss*
02(01) Adele – 21
03(04) Lana Del Rey – Born to die^
04(03) Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday Roman Reloaded
05(NE) Rufus Wainwright – Out of the game*
06(09) Alabama Shakes – Boys and girls^
07(12) Olly Murs – In case you didn’t know^
08(05) Jessie J – Who you are
09(06) Emeli Sande – Our version of events
10(07) David Guetta – Nothing but the beat

There’s no change at the top of the UK Singles chart as Carly Rae Jepson’s ‘Call me maybe’ plunges on into a fourth week on the throne; it’s now matching the longest consecutive stint at the top this year, that being 4 weeks achieved by Gotye’s ‘Somebody that I used to know’ (though that has totalled 5 weeks at the top, more than any other song in 2012).

The song that came closest to toppling Carly from the top is a new entry, ‘Let’s go’; a collaboration between Scottish DJ, singer, songwriter Calvin Harris and US R&B/Pop singer Ne-Yo. It’s Calvin’s 12th UK Top 40 hit, following up ‘Off the record’, his collaboration with Tinchy Stryder which peaked at 24 in November, you could be forgiven for forgetting that one however as it was somewhat over-shadowed by his monster hit collaboration with Rihanna, ‘We found love’ which spent 6 weeks at number 1 and a total of 25 weeks inside the top 40 from last October. ‘Let’s go’ immediately becomes Calvin’s 8th hit to crack the top 3, a total which includes 3 number 1’s. As for Ne-Yo, ‘Let’s go’ raises his UK Top 40 hit count to 13, last on the countdown alongside Pitbull on the number 1 hit ‘Give me everything’ which first entered exactly a year ago. ‘Let’s go’ becomes Ne-Yo’s 8th top 5 hit, a total which includes 4 number 1’s.

There’s no change at number 3; after a climb last week, Fun. And Janelle Monae stay put in third position with ‘We are young’, also not budging is Jessie J and David Guetta’s ‘Laserlight’ which stays at 5 having jumped 21 places up last week.

The highest climber belongs to Alex Clare’s ‘Too close’ which makes significant progress, after jumping 21 places up to number 16 last week, it rises 10 to a new peak of number 6, becoming his first UK Top 10 hit. Also climbing into the top 10 is Train’s ‘Drive by’, rising 4 to number 10, equalling the number 10 peak of their biggest hit to date ‘Drops of Jupiter’ from 2001.

Azealia Banks and Lazy Jay continue to loiter around the bottom half of the top 20, still without reaching the top 10, ‘212’ climbs 1 to number 14 in its 7th charting week. Also climbing back up are Flo Rida’s ‘Wild ones’, up 1 to 17 in week 14, Swedish House Mafia’s ‘Greyhound’ up 4 to 20 in week 7, Drake and Rihanna’s ‘Take care’, rising 8 to 25 in week 20 and Olly Murs’ ‘Oh my goodness’, up 3 to 28 in week 5.

TV Talent shows ‘The Voice’ and ‘Britain’s got talent’ continue to have a major effect on the chart; John Legend’s ‘Ordinary people’ stays in the top 20, The Script’s ‘The man who can’t be moved’ stays in the top 30 and there are several old hits re-entering the countdown; at 29 is Stereophonics 2005 chart topper ‘Dakota’, at 34 is The Fray’s 2007 number 4 hit ‘How to save a life’ (re-entering for a second time) and at 35 is Kings Of Leon’s 2008 number 2 hit ‘Use somebody’ (also on its second re-entry).

Also re-entering the countdown are Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera’s ‘Moves like Jagger’ which pops back in at 40 to notch up a 35th charting week and a place above it is a re-entry for one of the 6 songs that kept it off the top in its 7 week stint at number 2, Rihanna and Calvin Harris’ 6 week 2011 chart topper ‘We found love’ re-entering at 39 now officially having a 6 month cumulative run in the top 40.

The big losers of the week are Conor Maynard’s ‘Can’t say no’ which slides from 2 to 4, B.o.B’s ‘So good’, down a place at 7, Marina and The Diamonds’ ‘Primadonna’ down 2 to 13 and Linkin Park’s ‘Burn it down’, down 9 to 36, all of those slide off their peaks.

Next week’s countdown is likely to include new entries for Cover Drive’s ‘Sparks’, Tulisa’s ‘Young’, Flux Pavilion and Example’s ‘Daydreamer’ and Sub Focus’ ‘Out of the blue’.

It’s all change on the album chart as Adele is denied a 24th week on top by a big new arrival; straight in at number 1 is White Stripes/Raconteurs and Dead Weather front man Jack White’s solo album ‘Blunderbus’’ pushing ‘21’ down a place to number 2.

Lana Del Rey’s ‘Born to die’ continues to climb back up the countdown, rising a place to number 3 and surprisingly after its tumble last week, Alabama Shakes’ ‘Boys and girls’ u-turns 3 places to number 6.

At 5 is new entry for American-Canadian singer Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Out of the game’, it’s Rufus’ 4th album chart hit and immediately matches the peak of his biggest hit album ‘Release the stars’ which peaked at 2 in 2007.

Climbing back into the album top 10 is Olly Murs’ former number 1 ‘In case you didn’t know’, it rises 5 to number 7.

The Group Chart:

Thanks to last week’s voters, please vote again at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3S3HNLH

01(01) Marina & The Diamonds – Primadonna 77(61)
02(35) Alex Clare – Too close^ 72(7)
03(03) Fun. & Janelle Monáe – We are young 61(39)
04(04) Sean Paul – She doesn’t mind 55(35)
05(31) Train – Drive by^ 50(10)
06(30) Linkin Park – Burn it down^ 49(10)
07(02) Carly Rae Jepson - Call me maybe 45(46)
08(09) Azealia Banks & Lazy Jay – 212^ 44(26)
09(12) Gotye - Somebody that I used to know^ 40(22)
10(07) Jessie J & David Guetta – Laserlight 38(33)
11(NE) Calvin Harris & Ne-Yo – Let’s go* 36
12(13) Swedish House Mafia – Greyhound^ 35(18)
13(NE) B.o.B – So good* 34
14(11) John Legend – Ordinary people 33(24)
15(NE) Train – Drops of Jupiter* 32
16(06) Flo Rida & Sia - Wild Ones 30(35)
17(18) LMFAO – Sexy and I know it^ 27(15)
18(08) Nicki Minaj – Starships 27(27)
19(26) David Guetta & Sia – Titanium^ 26(12)
20(16) Conor Maynard – Can’t say no 24(16)
21(23) Katy Perry – Part of me^ 23(14)
22(37) LMFAO - Sorry For Party Rocking^ 23(6)
23(22) David Guetta & Nicki Minaj - Turn me on 21(14)
24(25) Jason Mraz - I won't give up^ 19(12)
25(17) Kelly Clarkson – Stronger 19(16)
26(38) Script – The man who can’t be moved 17(5)
27(RE) Labrinth – Last time^ 15
28(14) DJ Fresh & Rita Ora - Hot Right Now 13(17)
29(32) Emeli – Sande – Next to me^ 12(10)
30(19) Plan B – Ill manors 11(14)
31(NE) Sway – Level up* 10
32(33) Olly Murs – Oh my goodness^ 8(8)
33(RE) Birdy – Skinny love^ 7
34(28) Chris Brown – Turn up the music 6(11)
35(24) Drake & Rihanna – Take care 5(13)
36(40) Breathe Carolina – Blackout^ 4(2)
37(34) Rizzle Kicks - Mama do the hump 3(7)
38(RE) Jay-Z & Kanye West - N****s In Paris^ 3
39(20) Jessie J – Domino 1(14)
40(28) Justin Bieber – Boyfriend 0(11)

Dropouts:
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Usher – Climax 0(3)
(ineligible)
Alexandra Burke & Erick Morillo – Elephant
Keane - Silenced by the night
Rizzle Kicks – Travellers Chant
Sak Noel – Paso
Norah Jones – Say goodbye
Wheatus – Teenage dirtbag

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Official UK Singles Top 100 - 5th May 2012

1 1 5 Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepsen
2 NE 1 Let's Go Calvin Harris Feat. Ne-yo
3 3 3 We Are Young Fun
4 2 2 Can't Say No Conor Maynard
5 5 3 Laserlight Jessie J Feat. David Guetta
6 16 3 Too Close Alex Clare
7 6 17 Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye Feat. Kimbra
8 7 2 So Good Bob
9 8 11 Starships Nicki Minaj
10 14 2 Drive By Train
11 9 6 She Doesn't Mind Sean Paul
12 4 44 Ordinary People John Legend
13 11 2 Primadonna Marina & The Diamonds
14 15 17 212 Azealia Banks
15 10 3 Boyfriend Justin Bieber
16 13 7 I Won't Give Up Jason Mraz
17 18 14 Wild Ones Flo Rida Feat. Sia
18 17 3 Level Up Sway
19 19 24 Titanium David Guetta Feat. Sia
20 24 7 Greyhound Swedish House Mafia
21 12 3 Climax Usher
22 22 22 Turn Me On David Guetta Feat. Nicki Minaj
23 20 5 Turn Up The Music Chris Brown
24 21 6 Part Of Me Katy Perry
25 33 24 Take Care Drake Feat. Rihanna
26 23 11 Next To Me Emeli Sandé
27 25 21 Domino Jessie J
28 31 9 Oh My Goodness Olly Murs
29 RE 92 Dakota Stereophonics
30 26 94 The Man Who Can't Be Moved The Script
31 30 22 Mama Do The Hump Rizzle Kicks
32 32 34 Sexy & I Know It LMFAO
33 29 12 N****s In Paris Jay-Z & Kanye West
34 42 113 How To Save A Life The Fray
35 60 139 Use Somebody Kings Of Leon
36 27 2 Burn It Down Linkin Park
37 36 18 Stronger Kelly Clarkson
38 37 9 Sorry For Party Rocking LMFAO
39 52 30 We Found Love Rihanna Feat. Calvin Harris
40 43 37 Moves Like Jagger Maroon 5 Feat. Christina Aguilera
41 40 11 Hot Right Now Dj Fresh
42 RE 10 Turn My Swag On Alexa Goddard
43 114 56 With Or Without You U2
44 49 10 End Of Time Beyonce
45 28 58 Skinny Love Birdy
46 46 19 Drunk Ed Sheeran
47 58 149 I Gotta Feeling Black Eyed Peas
48 34 35 Drops Of Jupiter Train
49 50 4 Together In Electric Dreams Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
50 45 13 Blue Jeans Lana Del Rey
51 54 208 I Don't Want To Miss A Thing Aerosmith
52 35 6 Last Time Labrinth
53 38 5 Ill Manors Plan B
54 55 27 Paradise Coldplay
55 189 65 Beggin' Madcon
56 82 19 99 Problems Jay-Z
57 62 23 Dance With Me Tonight Olly Murs
58 51 33 Lego House Ed Sheeran
59 136 23 Hurt Johnny Cash
60 56 24 Good Feeling Flo Rida
61 92 17 Black Velvet Alannah Myles
62 91 17 Son Of A Preacher Man Dusty Springfield
63 66 33 What Makes You Beautiful One Direction
64 57 23 Levels Avicii
65 NE 1 First Of My Kind Miles Kane
66 RE 10 Ironic Alanis Morissette
67 64 14 Born To Die Lana Del Rey
68 70 76 Breakeven The Script
69 53 27 Earthquake Labrinth Feat. Tinie Tempah
70 68 58 Party Rock Anthem LMFAO
71 72 48 Jar Of Hearts Christina Perri
72 86 78 Waka Waka Shakira Feat. Freshly Ground
73 NE 1 How Will I Know Glee Cast
74 73 65 Price Tag Jessie J
75 119 8 A Town Called Malice Jam
76 102 109 Human The Killers
77 75 66 Someone Like You Adele
78 69 28 Video Games Lana Del Rey
79 121 15 True Colours Cyndi Lauper
80 83 66 Set Fire To The Rain Adele
81 88 48 Paint It Black Rolling Stones
82 99 48 Amazed Lonestar
83 130 8 Go Your Own Way Lissie
84 RE 81 Broken Strings James Morrison & Nelly Furtado
85 85 35 Without You David Guetta Feat. Usher
86 149 81 Firework Katy Perry
87 67 47 The A Team Ed Sheeran
88 RE 50 The Edge Of Glory Lady Gaga
89 118 5 Hungry Eyes Eric Carmen
90 94 5 New Age Marlon Roudette
91 39 3 Blackout Breathe Carolina
92 65 13 Alone Again Alyssa Reid
93 48 3 Somebody That I Used To Know Glee Cast
94 61 177 Sex On Fire Kings Of Leon
95 122 53 The Next Episode Dr. Dre
96 80 20 International Love Pitbull Feat. Chris Brown
97 107 11 Friday I'm In Love Cure
98 123 13 Bangarang Skrillex
99 90 28 The One That Got Away Katy Perry
100 77 12 T.h.e. Will.i.am Feat. Mick Jagger & Jennifer Lopez

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Official UK Albums Top 100 - 5th May 2012

1 NE 1 Blunderbuss, Jack White
2 1 66 21, Adele
3 4 13 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey
4 3 4 Pink Friday - Roman Reloaded, Nicki Minaj
5 NE 1 Out Of The Game, Rufus Wainwright
6 9 3 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes
7 12 22 In Case You Didn't Know, Olly Murs
8 5 61 Who You Are, Jessie J
9 6 11 Our Version Of Events, Emeli Sande
10 7 35 Nothing But The Beat, David Guetta
11 8 33 +, Ed Sheeran
12 2 2 Love Is A Four Letter Word, Jason Mraz
13 NE 1 Generation Freakshow, Feeder
14 21 159 The Script, Script
15 11 11 Making Mirrors, Gotye
16 17 12 Lonely Are The Brave, Maverick Sabre
17 14 8 Wrecking Ball, Bruce Springsteen
18 20 27 Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay
19 24 26 Stereo Typical, Rizzle Kicks
20 16 163 19, Adele
21 34 63 Science & Faith, Script
22 15 4 Music Rox, Moshi Monsters
23 23 23 Up All Night, One Direction
24 26 21 El Camino, Black Keys
25 NE 1 Voice Of Ages, Chieftains
26 36 4 The Lateness Of The Hour, Alex Clare
27 22 39 Sorry For Party Rocking, LMFAO
28 13 5 MDNA, Madonna
29 10 2 California 37, Train
30 41 21 Heaven, Rebecca Ferguson
31 25 68 Doo-wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars
32 66 168 Best Of - Decade In The Sun, Stereophonics
33 NE 1 Master Of My Make-believe, Santigold
34 28 23 Talk That Talk, Rihanna
35 18 4 Electronic Earth, Labrinth
36 30 87 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry
37 44 21 Number Ones, Bee Gees
38 33 30 Every Kingdom, Ben Howard
39 29 8 Hands Up - The Album, Justin Fletcher
40 27 8 In My Dreams, Military Wives
41 46 75 Pink Friday, Nicki Minaj
42 47 24 Take Care, Drake
43 35 26 Ceremonials, Florence & The Machine
44 42 147 Lungs, Florence & The Machine
45 80 10 Free, Twin Atlantic
46 45 38 Watch The Throne, Jay-Z & Kanye West
47 48 76 Loud, Rihanna
48 NE 1 If You Stay, Julian Ovenden
49 38 7 Home Again, Michael Kiwanuka
50 59 65 No More Idols, Chase & Status
51 32 8 Tuskegee, Lionel Richie
52 39 6 Sonik Kicks, Paul Weller
53 56 755 Legend, Bob Marley & The Wailers
54 43 28 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Noel Gallagher's High Flying
55 NE 3 Electric Warrior, T-rex
56 54 16 Given To The Wild, Maccabees
57 71 34 Playing In The Shadows, Example
58 64 49 Born This Way, Lady Gaga
59 63 348 Greatest Hits, Bruce Springsteen
60 55 27 Stronger, Kelly Clarkson
61 NE 1 Blues For The Modern Daze, Walter Trout
62 NE 1 The Visitors, Abba
63 58 107 The Defamation Of Strickland Banks, Plan B
64 105 21 The Ultimate Collection, Steps
65 37 2 Thousand Mile Stare, Chicane
66 NE 1 A North Country Lass, Lesley Garrett
67 62 59 What Did You Expect From The Vaccines, Vaccines
68 88 172 The Fame, Lady Gaga
69 73 72 Greatest Hits, Bon Jovi
70 75 36 Lovestrong, Christina Perri
71 93 74 Olly Murs, Olly Murs
72 51 4 Weapons, Lostprophets
73 NE 1 Tragic Idol, Paradise Lost
74 31 69 Get Lifted, John Legend
75 78 68 Brothers, Black Keys
76 19 2 Sweet Heart Sweet Light, Spiritualized
77 61 8 Secret Symphony, Katie Melua
78 89 44 4, Beyonce
79 95 132 Crazy Love, Michael Buble
80 79 121 Up To Now, Snow Patrol
81 65 36 Echoes, Will Young
82 68 204 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac
83 83 84 18 Hits, Abba
84 67 60 Last Night On Earth, Noah & The Whale
85 118 8 The Very Best Of, Bread
86 NE 4 Visions, Grimes
87 52 25 Birdy, Birdy
88 168 201 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse
89 84 134 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons
90 120 844 Gold - Greatest Hits, Abba
91 72 7 Gems - The Very Best Of, Michael Bolton
92 114 178 I Am Sasha Fierce, Beyonce
93 90 81 Time Flies - 1994-2009, Oasis
94 94 4 Take Me Home, John Denver
95 92 53 Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room, Caro Emerald
96 91 40 Hands All Over, Maroon 5
97 53 16 Barton Hollow, Civil Wars
98 107 17 Bangarang, Skrillex
99 76 30 Sinners Never Sleep, You Me At Six
100 NE 1 Satchurated - Live In Montreal, Joe Satriani

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UK Single Downloads Top 40 - 5th May 2012

1 1 5 Call Me Maybe, Carly Rae Jepsen
2 NE 1 Let's Go, Calvin Harris Feat. Ne-Yo
3 3 3 We Are Young, Fun Feat. Janelle Monae
4 2 2 Can't Say No, Conor Maynard
5 5 3 Laserlight, Jessie J Feat. David Guetta
6 15 3 Too Close, Alex Clare
7 6 17 Somebody That I Used To Know, Gotye Feat. Kimbra
8 8 11 Starships, Nicki Minaj
9 7 2 So Good, B.o.B
10 14 2 Drive By, Train
11 9 6 She Doesn't Mind, Sean Paul
12 4 12 Ordinary People, John Legend
13 12 2 Primadonna, Marina & The Diamonds
14 10 3 Boyfriend, Justin Bieber
15 16 18 212, Azealia Banks Feat. Lazy Jay
16 13 7 I Won't Give Up, Jason Mraz
17 17 3 Level Up, Sway
18 18 14 Wild Ones, Flo Rida Feat. Sia
19 19 24 Titanium, David Guetta Feat. Sia
20 22 22 Turn Me On, David Guetta Feat. Nicki Minaj
21 11 3 Climax, Usher
22 20 5 Turn Up The Music, Chris Brown
23 26 7 Greyhound, Swedish House Mafia
24 21 6 Part Of Me, Katy Perry
25 33 24 Take Care, Drake Feat. Rihanna
26 23 11 Next To Me, Emeli Sande
27 24 21 Domino, Jessie J
28 30 9 Oh My Goodness, Olly Murs
29 NE 82 Dakota, Stereophonics
30 25 95 The Man Who Can't Be Moved, Script
31 29 22 Mama Do The Hump, Rizzle Kicks
32 32 34 Sexy And I Know It, LMFAO
33 28 12 N****s In Paris, Jay-Z & Kanye West
34 41 119 How To Save A Life, Fray
35 60 140 Use Somebody, Kings Of Leon
36 36 18 Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You), Kelly Clarkson
37 31 2 Burn It Down, Linkin Park
38 37 9 Sorry For Party Rocking, LMFAO
39 51 30 We Found Love, Rihanna Feat. Calvin Harris
40 44 37 Moves Like Jagger, Maroon 5 Feat. Christina Aguilera

[starshine90]

Call Me Maybe is doing so great in Britain!!

[NorfolkScot]

ALBUMS: Jack White's Blunderbuss blasts its way to the top of the album chart on first week sales of 40,173 copies.

Although it is the 36 year old singer/songwriter's debut solo album, he has placed nine other albums on the Top 75 - five as a member of The White Stripes, two with The Raconteurs and two with The Dead Weather - since 2001, when The White Stripes first made their mark, with White Blood Cells. Two of those albums reached number one - The White Stripes' Elephant, which debuted at number one in 2003 on sales of 64,191 copies, and their last studio album, Icky Thump, which did slightly better in 2007, with sales of 66,249 earning it pole position on debut.

White's chart-topping debut comes at the expense of XL Recordings labelmate Adele, whose 21 slips to second place, with sales of 15,464 - the lowest of its 66 week chart career.

Number one for two weeks in February, Lana Del Rey's debut album, Born To Die, climbs for the third week in a row. The album hasrecovered from its lowest chart placing to climb 11-6-4-3. It sold 12,523 copies last week to raise its 13 week haul to 405,780. Del Rey performed third single, Blue Jeans, on The Voice UK's first results show on Sunday, so expect sales to be brisk this week both for the album, and for the single, which slips 45-50 (5,440 sales) on the current chart.

Nicki Minaj's second album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded has suffered a one place fall on the chart, while experiencing double digit slides in sales every week so far. Progressing 1-2-3-4, it sold 11,363 copies in its latest frame, raising its overall sales to 91,381.

Canadian singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright's slightly erratic chart career continues, with new album Out Of The Game debuting at number five (11,041 sales) to become only his second Top 10 entry. Wainwright's eponymous 1998 debut never got higher than number 171, 2001's Poses reached number 132 and 2003's Want One peaked at number 88 - but all sold well and paved the way for Want Two, his 2005 album, which reached number 21. Follow-up Release The Stars debuted and peaked at number two in 2007 but Wainwright has slipped since then with a pair of difficult albums - his live Garland tribute Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall and the underpowered piano and voice set All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu - reaching only number 171 and 21, respectively.

With sixth Top 10 hit LaserLight stalling at number five, Jessie J's Who You Are slips 5-8 but the 9,937 copies it sold last week lift cumulative sales of the album - which has thus far spent 61 weeks in the chart without ever falling lower than number 30 - over the million mark. The 186th album to sell a million copies in the 21st century, it is the 44th by a female solo artist. It ends the week on cumulative sales of 1,008,373.

Chart regulars since 1997, Welsh rockers Feeder land their 10th Top 75 entry, but fall short of their seventh Top 10 success with Generation Freakshow (number 13, 7,338 sales). Their 2002 release Comfort In Sound, which reached number six, remains their biggest seller, with a to date tally of 503,706, narrowly beating 2006 compilation The Singles, which got to number two, and has sold 497,700 copies.

Also new to the album chart this week: Voice Of Ages (number 25, 4,686 sales), veteran Irish folk band The Chieftains' sixth chart album in 50 years as a recording act, and their first since 2002; Master Of My Make-Believe (number 33, 3,790 sales), American singer/songwriter Santigold's follow-up to 2008 debut Santogold (sic), which reached number 26; actor/singer Julian Ovenden's debut album If You Stay (number 48, 2,469 sales); Blues For The Modern Daze (number 61, 1,946 sales), the 21st album but first Top 75 entry for 61 year old blues guitarist/singer Walter Trout, who previously came closest in 1994, when Tellin' Stories (credited to The Walter Trout Band) reached number 84; North Country Lass by Lesley Garrett (number 66, 1,788 sales); and Tragic Idol by Paradise Lost (number 73, 1,634 sales).

The Chieftains album actually improved 15 places on its midweek chart placing after the band appeared on the second episode of the new series of Later...With Jools Holland. Jack White's debut solo album wassimilarly aided, and hot new US band Alabama Shakes' introductory album, Boys & Girls enjoyed a 37.30% spike in second week sales (to 10,985) to rise 9-6 following their appearance on the show.

Only 44 sales short of topping the chart on its debut a week ago, Jason Mraz's Love Is A Four Letter Word dives to number 12 (7,907 sales). Train's California 37 suffers an even bigger second week decline - falling 10-29 (4,231 sales), even as first single Drive By improves 14-10(25,456 sales) to match the 2001 peak of their only previous Top 10 single,Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me). Spiritualized's Sweet Heart Sweet Light is off 19-76 on its second frame (1,566 sales).

Two former number one albums return in new incarnations - Abba's final studio album The Visitors and T. Rex's ElectricWarrior - chart-toppers in 1981 and 1971 respectively. Newly remastered, expanded and featuring a DVD of rare performances and interviews, The Visitors re-enters the list atnumber 62 (1,934 sales), making its first appearance in the chart for 30 years, while Electric Warrior - newly available in deluxe 2CD and 3CD sets and on vinyl - ends a 40 year absence by re-entering at number 55 (2,260 sales).



After the number one success of Heart Skips A Beat (feat. Rizzle Kicks) and Dance With Me Tonight - the first two singles from his second album, In Case You Didn't Know - Olly Murs had to settle for a number 13 peak for third offcut, Oh My Goodness, three weeks ago. Said track rallies 31-28 (11,508 sales) this week, while In Case You Didn't Know continues its recent improvement by climbing 12-7 (10,143 sales), to make its first appearance in the Top 10 for 16 weeks.

Now That's What I Call Music! 81 tops the compilation chart - and the overall album rankings - for the fourth week in a row, selling a further 43,361 copies. Its overall sales of 446,487 put it second in the combined 2012 rankings behind only Adele's 21 (494,917 sales).

Overall album sales are up 5.88% week-on-week at 1,486,846 - 3.95% below same week 2011 sales of 1,547,983.

SINGLES: Carly Rae Jepsen racks up her fourth straight week atop the singles chart with debut hit Call Me Maybe, which shows signs of flagging for the first time. After topping the 100,000 sales mark in each of its three previous weeks at the summit, it just missed the target last week, selling a still sterling 99,569 copies to raise its career sales to 434,430. Canadian Idol alumnus Jepsen is the first female solo singer to open her chart career with four weeks in a row at number one since Leona Lewis' first single, A Moment Like This did likewise following her X Factor victory in 2006.

Jepsen had to fight to retain her leadership of the chart, however - Call Me Maybe trailed Let's Go, the new Calvin Harris/Ne-Yo single in the first two sales flashes. In pursuit of their fourth (Harris) and fifth (Ne-Yo) number one single, the pair have to settle for second spot, albeit with impressive sales of 77,252. It is the only brand new song to sell enough copies to debut inside the Top 40this week.

We Are Young remains at number three for Fun feat. Janelle Monae, while increasing sales to a best-yet 70,581. It's the second highestsales tally for a number three single this year, trailing only the 94,901 copies that Somebody That I Used To Know sold for Gotye feat. Kimbra 10 weeks ago. We Are Young's chances of topping the chart a week hence are lessened by the release of another 'young' record - Tulisa's debut single Young, which was itself promoed as We Are Young but had its title shortened after the Fun song became a hit.

Also static this week, LaserLight by Jessie J feat. David Guetta suffers a 5.85% dip in sales week-on-week to 36,716.

There are four fallers in the Top 10 - Conor Maynard's Can't Say No dips 2-4 (40,941 sales), while Somebody That I Used To Know falls 6-7 (31,929 sales), B.o.B.'s So Good falls 7-8 (30,499 sales), and Nicki Minaj's Starships falls 8-9 (30,215 sales).

Alex Clare's debut hit Too Close continues to benefit from its use as the soundbed for the new Microsoft Internet Explorer TV advert, jumping 16-6 (33,773 sales). His debut album, The Lateness Of The Hour, also continues its climb, improving 36-26 (4,600 sales).

After rushing 27-4 last week following its exposure on The Voice UK, John Legend's 2005 hit Ordinary People subsides to number 12 (21,339 sales) - but several more songs covered in the programme are resurgent, most notably The Stereophonics' 2005 number one hit Dakota (number 29, 10,571 sales), The Kings Of Leon's 2009 number two hit Use Somebody (number 35, 8,112 sales), U2's 1987 number four hit With Or Without You (number 43, 5,734 sales) and Madcon's 2008 number five hit Beggin' (number 55, 5,001 sales).

Overall singles sales are down 0.59% week-on-week at 3,329,685 - 10.56% above same week 2011 sales of 3,011,790.

[NorfolkScot]

SINGLES

99569 Carly Rae Jepsen
77252 Calvin Harris
50581 fun./Janelle Monae
40941 Conor Maynard
36716 Jessie J/David Guetta
33773 Alex Clare (6)
31929 Gotye/Kimbra (7)
30499 B.o.B (8)
30215 Nicki Minaj (9)
25456 Train (10)

21339 John Legend (12)
11508 Olly Murs (28)
10571 Stereophonics [Dakota] (29)
8112 Kings Of Leon [US] (35)

5734 U2 [WOWY] (43)
5440 Lana Del Rey (50)
5001 Madcon (55)

ALBUMS

40173 Jack White
15464 Adele
12523 Lana Del Rey
11363 Nicki Minaj
11041 Rufus Wainwright
10985 Alabama Shakes (6)
10143 Olly Murs (7)
9937 Jessie J (8)

7907 Jason Mraz (12)
7338 Feeder (13)
4686 The Chieftains (25)
4600 Alex Clare (26)
4231 Train (29)
3790 Santigold (33)

2469 Julian Ovenden (48)
2260 T-Rex (55)
1946 Walter Trout (61)
1934 ABBA [Visitors] (62)
1788 Leslie Garrett (66)
1634 Paradise Lost (73)
1566 Spiritualized (76)

[Timmy94]

Call Me Maybe just doesn't slow down ... I don't want it to be another upperly huge hit! Sometimes I wish there would be more medium sized No.-1-hits (like Katy Perry's Part Of Me) and not that everyone turns into such heights...

On the other side, the Albums Chart looks a bit dramatic. I expedcted 15k for the No. 2, although that's of course not a good thing .

[Gambo]

Personally, I find the 4 weeks 'Call Me Maybe' has so-far spent at No 1 in the UK rather refreshing, given that the last 3 years have seen frequent and protracted spells of high turnover at the top. Since 2009 the majority of singles that have made it have only managed a solitary week there, albeit that many have gone on to extended chart runs below No 1 and pretty impressive cumulative sales.

Also, whatever people may tell us about the relative slow-down in chart turnover and increased capacity for tracks to climb over many weeks to reach a peak, the vast majority of chart-toppers here still arrive on the chart at No 1, particularly where they have not previously been available to download as an unbundled album cut which sometimes causes a lower entry point and steadier build to formal single release. Jepsen's offering could technically be discounted from that trend as the song did chart in the Top 200 for a single week back in March before being prematurely pulled from online stores, but by many people's measure the official release didn't arrive until 2 April, 6 days before she re-entered straight at very top.

It's also refreshing to see a track accumulate over 100,000 sales for 3 consecutive weeks - almost 4 as she was only just shy of it in the last frame. Shame really that the song's essentially heard-it-all-before bubblegum teeny pop, but then it's inoffensive enough I suppose.

[Timmy94]

4 weeks is nice, that's what I don't mind... But maybe with more appropriate lower numbers.
So instead of:
106,657 - 110,024 - 114,993 - 99,569

rather:
106,657 - 80,000 - 60,000 - 50,000

Or why not once a small-sales-week for a No. 1-single, while we also know for the Albums Chart (30-50k?)?

[Robbie]

Timmy, it's good rather than bad to read that songs are maintaining sales! There's nothing wrong with a song selling around 100k for four weeks. I just wish album sales could perk up a little, they really are terrible at the moment and will be even worse this week. Marina is currently at number 1 in the midweeks with a sale that will be lucky if it reaches 30k for the week.

[IceAngel]

Call Me Maybe just doesn't slow down ... I don't want it to be another upperly huge hit! Sometimes I wish there would be more medium sized No.-1-hits (like Katy Perry's Part Of Me) and not that everyone turns into such heights...

On the other side, the Albums Chart looks a bit dramatic. I expedcted 15k for the No. 2, although that's of course not a good thing .

I absolutely agree with that. A few years ago artists wouldn't gain a platinum certification that easily and IMO it was better that way. Now you look at some songs that sell 600-700-800k, even a million and think...gosh that song doesn't deserve it!

[Nackar]

Call Me Maybe just doesn't slow down ... I don't want it to be another upperly huge hit! Sometimes I wish there would be more medium sized No.-1-hits (like Katy Perry's Part Of Me) and not that everyone turns into such heights...

On the other side, the Albums Chart looks a bit dramatic. I expedcted 15k for the No. 2, although that's of course not a good thing .

I absolutely agree with that. A few years ago artists wouldn't gain a platinum certification that easily and IMO it was better that way. Now you look at some songs that sell 600-700-800k, even a million and think...gosh that song doesn't deserve it!

...

I'm sorry, it's your opinion, but none of this makes any sense. Sales are higher for ALL singles.

Let's say now you have singles selling 600k all the time.

A couple of years ago, 400k would've been massive. And then you would have songs reaching 400k "all of the time" that you feel wouldn't have deserved.

This element of songs selling a lot and reaching #1 doesn't change no matter how high overall sales, so why complain about it?

[IceAngel]

I'm sorry, it's your opinion, but none of this makes any sense. Sales are higher for ALL singles.

Let's say now you have singles selling 600k all the time.

A couple of years ago, 400k would've been massive. And then you would have songs reaching 400k "all of the time" that you feel wouldn't have deserved.

This element of songs selling a lot and reaching #1 doesn't change no matter how high overall sales, so why complain about it?

I'm not complaining. But having grown up with not many singles reaching the platinum (600k) or 1m mark in the UK I find it a bit weird that many more songs reach that milestone now. And some of those songs that sold 1m recently don't have the 'legendary hit' status that many old 1m sellers have....that's it!!!

[Robbie]

I can understand what you mean IceAngel but it's not always been the case that many singles don't reach the 600k (Platinum) sales mark. Until the mid 80s it wasn't the case and the decision of the BPI in 1988 to lower the Platinum certification level from 1 million to 600,000 was always wrong in my view. In the mid to late 90s many singles reached the 600k mark once again and after a period of lower sales it is now happening again.

I definitely understand what you mean about some singles these days selling a million without having 'legendary status'. But that's more a by-product of downloads which allow singles to sell over a longer period of time. The tracks that do sell a million in a short period are still legendary as they capture the attention of a large number of people in a shorter period of time.

[IceAngel]

I can understand what you mean IceAngel but it's not always been the case that many singles don't reach the 600k (Platinum) sales mark. Until the mid 80s it wasn't the case and the decision of the BPI in 1988 to lower the Platinum certification level from 1 million to 600,000 was always wrong in my view. In the mid to late 90s many singles reached the 600k mark once again and after a period of lower sales it is now happening again.

I definitely understand what you mean about some singles these days selling a million without having 'legendary status'. But that's more a by-product of downloads which allow singles to sell over a longer period of time. The tracks that do sell a million in a short period are still legendary as they capture the attention of a large number of people in a shorter period of time.

Of course, I see what you mean as well.

However there is something called availability, and single tracks now benefit from having HUGE availability. People can buy a single track in a split second online for a couple of bucks. That helps the single market immensely now, that's why the single market is now healthier in countires such as the UK, USA, Australia etc.