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There
were seven new entires, eight climbers, twenty three songs
going down and two non movers on this weeks chart.
Jason Derulo went straight in at the top with 'In My Head'
and in doing so made sure that Florence And The
Machine & Dizzee Rascal spent a second week in a row
at no.2 with 'You Got The Dirtee Love'.
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Rihanna
climbed three places to no.3 with 'Rude Boy' while the much hyped
Ellie Goulding made her debut at no.4 with 'Starry Eyed'. Alicia
Keys was the only other non mover on the chart with 'Empire State
Of Mind Part II' becoming lodged at no.5 while Timbaland featuring
Katy Perry fell two to no.6 with 'If We Ever Meet Again'.
Sugababes got a new entry at no.7 with 'Wear My Kiss' but Owl City
fell five to no.8 with 'Fireflies'. Helping Haiti saw a
dramatic dip in sales as 'Everybody Hurts' crashed from the top
spot to no.9. JLS completed the top ten picture as 'One Shot' went
back up four places to no.10.
There
were four climbers and one new entry in what remained of the top
twenty. Cheryl Cole advanced eight places to no.11 with
'Parachute' and Chiddy Bang got a new entry at no.12 with
'Opposite Of Adults'. Marina & The Diamonds went back up
nine to no.13 with 'Hollywood' and Leona Lewis was the highest
climber of the week going up twenty six places to no.14 with 'I
Got You'. Jay Sean featuring Sean Paul & Lil Jon were the
final climbers going up two to no.17 with 'Do You Remember'.
The
lower half of the chart saw two climbers and a further three new
entries. Young Money featuring Lloyd climbed five to no.22 with
'Bedrock' and Ke$ha featuring 3OH!3 went up four to no.26 with
'Blah Blah Blah'. Alphabeat went straight in at no.29 with 'Hole
In My Heart' and Pixie Lott made her debut at no.35 with
'Gravity'. The final new entry came at no.38 and went to Muse with
'Resistance'.
Mark
Everett's eclectic band The Eels are back with 'Line In The Dirt'.
It's available on 7" vinyl and is taken from the bands eighth
studio album 'End Times'. The album has already become the seventh
of those to make the top thirty peaking at no.21. You would
have to go all the way back to 2001 to find their last chart hit
with 'Souljacker' though their finest moment came in 1996 when
their 'Beautiful Freak' album yielded the top ten hits 'Novocaine
For The Soul' and 'Susan's House'. The b side is 'Little Bird' and
the sleeve features illustrations from Adrian Tomine. With fans
having already snapped up their copy of the album it is likely
that this will really only appeal to collectors. That in
itself is a shame as this is a half decent pop song.
Daisy
Dares You was named after the feature on the 1990's television
series Zzap and she has already been tipped by The Times, BBC and
The Guardian as one of the ones to watch over the coming year. Her
real name is Daisy Coburn and she is just 16 years of age. This
week finally sees her release her debut single 'Number One Enemy'
with Chipmunk helping out on vocal duties. The follow up
single will be 'Rosie' and that already has a provisional release
date of 17th May. She has just finished a series of UK dates and
is scheduled to play at the Skegness Playaway Festival in April
and the Isle Of Wight Festival in June. Competition
among female vocalists is fierce so it remains to seen how Daisy
will perform.
'Gave
It All Away' is the new single from Boyzone and it was
written by fellow singer / songwriter Mika. The band
achieved seventeen consecutive top ten hits before their last
outing 'Better' dropped short achieving only no.22. Sadly last
year saw the band hit the headlines due to the death of singer
Stephen Gately, and his memory lives on here as he had
already provided some vocals on this track. It's taken from their
forthcoming album 'Brother' which features some of their last work
with Gately although he does not feature on the cover picture.
This reminds us of just how good their ear was for a good tune and
is a fitting tribute to their former bandmate. It should
certainly do enough to see them secure a return to the top ten and
could even get as far as the top five.
The
enigmatic duo Dan Le Sac & Scroobius Pip return this week with
their new single 'Get Better' which is the first track to be taken
from their much anticipated forthcoming album 'The Logic Of
Chance'. To date their only top forty hit remains 'Thou Shalt
Always Kill' which peaked at no.34 though their 'Angles' album got
as far as no.31 spawning the minor hits 'Letter From God To Man',
'Look For The Woman' and 'The Beat That My Heart Skipped' in the
process. The duo formed back in 2006 when Dan booked Scroobius Pip
to play at a gig he was promoting at the Fez Club but it
wasn't until the end of 2007 that they signed to Rob Da
Bank's Sunday Best Recordings label. I loved their
debut album and if the standard of this is anything to go by I
will be enjoying the follow up too.
'Song
Of Your Desire' is the latest release from Ash and stars
as letter K in their A to Z series of singles. That means
its number eleven, so by default there are fifteen releases left
between now and the end on September 27th. To date none have made
the top 100, but six have made the Indie top twenty with 'Tracers'
peaking at no.8. The vinyl subscription of the single series has
now sold out though fans can still purchase downloads of each
track as they get released. It is likely that this will
follow the same pattern as previous releases with a good showing
on the Indie chart coupled with a lower ranking in the mainstream
chart. The band embark on their Spring tour very soon and
hopefully have some more corking tunes up their sleeve for the
remainder of the series.
Ke$ha
follows up her massive hit 'Tik Tok' with her new single 'Blah
Blah Blah'. It features the talents of 3OH!3 who have been
spending plenty of time in the top five lately with their Katy
Perry collaboration 'Starstrukk'. She already has her first
number one under her belt as she guested on Flo Rida's hit 'Right
Round' while she has also established herself through her top ten
album 'Animal'. This single has already made the top ten in the
US, Australia and Canada but the UK release schedule has been
slightly behind. She has formerly provided backing vocals
for Paris Hilton and Britney Spears and has also worked with both
Pitbull and Taio Cruz. This will add another big hit to her
name and provide confirmation that she is one of the artists to
watch this year.
'The
Cave' is the brand new single from London based folk rockers
Mumford & Sons and as with the previous two releases it is
available on a 7" vinyl format. It's taken from their debut
album on Island Records 'Sign No More' which made the top ten at
the end of last year and has previously yielded the top thirty hit
'Little Lion Man'. This week sees them kick off their UK tour with
gigs planned in Glasgow, Manchester, Wolverhampton and Newcastle.
They have capped off what has already been a great year by being
nominated for the Best New Band at the forthcoming NME Awards.
They are just one of a number of bands who are now showing that
you don't have to score big hit singles to ensure decent album
sales and as such don't expect to see this gracing the top forty
next Sunday.
R'n'b
legend Mary J Blige releases her latest single 'I Am' on Polydor
Records this week. It comes released on a CD format this
week. She released her first album 'What's The 411' back in
1992 and has been a consistent performer ever since. This
track is taken from her latest studio album 'Stronger With Each
Tear' and has already made the top ten on the US r'n'b chart. It's
been three years now since her last UK chart appearance with 'Just
Fine' and it was five years ago that she scored her biggest hit
with her U2 collaboration 'One'. The video was directed by Anthony
Mandler and made its debut at the end of last year. If this gets
enough airplay it should become her twenty sixth top forty hit
which is no mean feat.
Dance
act Gramophonedzie hail from Belgrade in Serbia are looking to
score their first hit this weekend with the release of 'Why Don't
You' on both CD and 12" formats. Last week saw them
play at Noctural @ Matter in London while later this month they
are set to play six consecutive nights at WMC in Miami. This track
is a curious mix of 1920's music / vocals and a present day
bassline. It has received over 30,000 plays on their MySpace site
and the iTunes EP features new mixes including Trevor Loveys
Remix, the DJ Sneak Remix, the Bingo Players Remix and
GreenMoney's GramoPhountzied Mix. This sounds like nothing else
around at the moment and deserves to be a top ten hit.
Either this will take off in a big way or it will fall under the
radar completely.
Also
released this week are 'Love Harder' by Ali Love, 'Remedy' by
Crookers featuring Miike Snow, 'Kiss The Sun' by Detroit Social
Club, 'I Met Up With The King' by First Aid Kit, 'Beaches
& Friends' by French Horn Rebellion, 'Blueberry /
Best In Class' by Late Of The Pier, 'Chaos' by New Young Pony
Club, 'Lightspeed' by Twin Atlantic, 'Never Be Your Woman' by
Wiley featuring Emeli Sande and 'Skeletons' by Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Download releases this week include 'Scotland The Brave' by Alex
Cornish, 'And The Boys' by Angus & Julia Stone, 'Run &
Hide' by The Automatic, 'Alice' by Avril Lavigne, 'Swagga' by
Fe-Nix, 'Good Day' by Jukebox The Ghost, 'Lalala' by LMFAO,
'Wishing / Finger On It' by Mama's Gun, 'Never Gonna Give In' by
Michaela Wright, 'I Don't Want To Go Out' by Nerina Pallot and
'Pass Out' by Tinie Tempah.
Next
weeks big new entries look set to come from Tinie Tempah, Boyzone
and Gramophonedzie but I expect Jason Derulo to hold on for a
second week at the top. Don't forget to stop by next week when
artists releasing new singles look set to include Beverley Knight,
Gabriella Cilmi, Goldfrapp and Robbie Williams. Until then
have yourself a good week.
JHME Music Correspondent
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