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Well
last weeks chart saw the biggest fall
from grace since Westlife fell from 1 to
8 earlier this year. In fact only a
handful have had a bigger fall from
number one including over the years
Flying Pickets, Harry Belafonte and Iron
Maiden. That won't bother A1
as there can't have been many acts who
have chalked up two number one hits in
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So LeAnn Rimes
triumphed over Daft Punk with the
resiliant Ba-Ha Men holding on in third spot.
It could be all change again this week as two
artists with 100% succesful solo careers go head
to head.
Possibly the favourite due to his
ability to appeal to a wider age range is Ronan Keating.
Ronan is, in my opinion, in major danger of
becoming the new Gary Barlow. Undoubtedly
he is a fine singer and talented songwriter
though his latest effort 'The Way You Make Me Feel' is
really ballading by numbers. He is no fool
though - such music is the reason for his success
with Boyzone. Interestingly enough the b-side
sees him duetting with Maire Brennan of Clannad
on 'Fairytale Of New York'. The lyrics were
hardly x-rated yet Ronan has decided to clean
them up - how dare he touch the lyrics of one of
the finest songs of all time!
Reason enough to make Craig David
number one! He returns after the huge
success of 'Fill Me In' and '7 Days' with 'Walking
Away'. To me 'Fill Me In' was fairly
standard r'n'b fare while '7 Days' oozed class
and was easily one of the finest moments of the
Summer. Unbelievably 'Walking Away' is even
better and certainly deserves to be number one,
though the musical Gods may conspire against him
this week. Even a number two hit
would end a hugely successful year for the young
teenager.
Possibly behind the Backstreet
Boys in popularity here are N-Sync. In fact
their main claim to fame is that lead singer
Justin is famously dating Britney Spears!
That could all be set to change with their new
ballad 'This I Promise To You'. The band
are so popular in the USA that they rarely leave
those shores, a possible stumbling block to
success in the UK and the rest of Europe.
Their new single has received much airplay and
could well crash into the top three, though I don't
expect Craig or Ronan to be looking too concerned
at the competition.
| Destiny's Child
could also enter the charts top five with
their single taken from the new Charlie's
Angels movie. Entitled 'Independant
Woman' it's more of their winning formula
and with closest rivals The Honeyz
bombing out at number 24 with their last
single release this could see them
further increase their claim to be the
premier all girl band in the world at the
moment. |
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Brian Harvey was last in our
charts with E-17. 'Betcha Can't Wait' was
their farewell single, making number 12 last year.
Brian is now back courtesy of the Truesteppers,
guesting on the classy 'True Step Tonight'.
It's unlikely to sell quite as well as Victoria
and Dane's 'Out Of Your Mind' but its bound to
sound ten times better when on the dance floor.
It's not just going to be a one off collaboration
for Brian - it went so well you can expect to see
him on more Truesteppers material in the not too
distant future.
'Operation Blade' by Public Domain
has been in huge demand prior to its release so
it is expected to debut inside the top twenty, if
not the top ten. It samples Pump Panels mix
of New Order's 'Confusion' as seen in the film 'Blade'.
Public Domain have added some serious bassline to
the song and also a sample of Public Enemy's
Flavor Flav yelling 'bass in your face London'.
In might sound a curious mixture but it does work,
and its not hard to see why this record has been
doing the business on dance floors country wide
for the last few months.
Paul Van Dyk should also be seen
fairly high in next weeks chart with his new song
'We Are Alive'. Easily one of the most
innovative makers of dance music around at the
moment this should serve to further enhance his
reputation as first class DJ and first rate music
maker.
Next week sees the return of the
new sexier Britney, the old (but still sexy)
Madonna, Billie Piper and S Club 7 so you can
tell that Christmas is just around the corner!
I'll leave you with my prediction
for this week. It's quality vs quantity,
and while Craig David oozes quality it may be
that Ronan has the quantity of fans required to
win. See you next week for the start of
another year of chart chat!
JHME Music Correspondent
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