Kylie
Minogue went back up three places to no.3 with 'All The Lovers'
while Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull went straight in at no.4
with 'I Like It'. K'naan dropped three to no.5 with 'Wavin' Flag'
and Eminem featuring Rihanna went up a place to no.6 with 'Love
The Way You Lie'. 'Alejandro' also climbed a place to no.7
for Lady Gaga but Example fell four to no.8 with 'Kickstarts'.
Kelly Rowland featuring David Guetta went up four to no.9 with
'Commander' and Eminem concluded proceedings in the top ten with
'Not Afraid' falling five to no.10. There was one new entry and
one climber in what was left of the top twenty. Skepta got a
new entry at no.14 with 'Rescue Me' and Alicia Keys climbed back
up a place to no.19 with 'Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart'.
There
were three new entries and five climbers in the lower half of the
chart. Edward Maya featuring Vika Jigulina climbed back up eight
to no.21 with 'Stereo Love' and Rihanna went up one to no.22 with
'Te Amo'. Alexandra Burke featuring Pitbull climbed back up one to
no.23 with 'All Night Long' and Shakira featuring Freshlyround
went up two to no.25 with 'Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)'.
Marco Calliari got a new entry at no.26 with 'We Speak No
Americano' and Train went up two to no.30 with 'Hey Soul Sister'.
Justin Bieber entered at no.33 with 'Somebody To Love' and Plan B
went straight in at no.36 with 'Prayin''.
"The
club is alive...with the sound of music" may be one of the
worst lines ever used on a record but unfortunately its
the one that sums up the brand new JLS single 'The Club Is Alive'.
Few people could have foretold just how well their career would
have taken off post their X Factor appearance with two
number one singles, another top ten single and a number one
album. This single release precedes the release of their second
album which is due later this year, and they also have a UK tour
planned which will take them well into 2011. They won two Brit
awards last year for British Breakthrough and British Single (for
'Beat Again') and two MOBOs for Best Song ('Beat Again') and Best
Newcomer. This has more than a decent chance of going straight in
at the top next weekend but for me this is not quite at the
standard achieved on their first album.
Former
Blue lead singer Lee Ryan opened his account as a solo artist very
well with his self titled debut album making the top ten with
sales of over 100k. In addition each of the three singles from it
made the top twenty including the biggest hit 'Army Of
Lovers' which made no.3. He has been spending his time recently
working on his second album 'Confessions' which will be released
on the Geffen label. This week sees the release of 'I Am Who I Am
/ Secret Love', the first single to be taken from it and it is
supported by a variety of mixes including Crazy Cousins, Nu
Addiction and Ian Carey. It was written by Mini Viva who
themselves have been searching for a hit since their 'I Left My
Heart In Tokyo' debut. Blue are largely now forgotten and as
such interest in Ryan's solo career won't be what it was.
Overall this still may make the top forty but I don't expect
'Confessions' to repeat the top ten success of its predecessor.
US
r'n'b singer Kelis has already enjoyed one top ten hit earlier
this year in the shape of 'Acapella' which was written about her
son Knight, and is now hoping to add a second with '4th Of July
(Fireworks)'. Both tracks are taken from her highly rated
fifth studio album 'Flesh Tone'. The album runs for just 37
minutes and along with 'Segue 2' the track is the longest on the
album coming in at 5mins 40secs. The video to accompany the song
was shot in the desert just outside Los Angeles and was
co-directed by Kelis herself along with Nicole Ehrlich and John
Rankine Waddell who is better known for his photography work on
subjects such as Tony Blair, Britney Spears and the Spice Girls.
Her career has already seen her notch up six top five hits and
this could well do enough to add another to that tally. Her work
continues to be fresh and innovative, and she deserves to be at
the top of her genre.
'Cosmic
Love' is the sixth single to be taken from Florence & The
Machine's much plundered 'Lungs' album. The previous five have
enjoyed mixed success with 'Kiss With A Fist' and 'Drumming Song'
missing the top forty alltogether while 'You Got The Love' made
the top five twice, the second coming courtesy of a live
performance of the track alongside Dizzee Rascal. The track is
thought by many to be the best on the album and has previously
made the top three in Ireland due to strong digital sales of the
track. I'm still not really understanding the massive success that
she has achieved but few can doubt her popularity. I think
this will give her a sixth top forty success but surely this
should be the last release ahread of some new material. She is due
to play Somerset House, the V Festival and the Latitude
Festival during July before heading down to Australia for a
series of gigs there.
Five
piece Merseyside band The Coral release their new single '1000
Years' this week ahead of their fifth studio album 'Butterfly
House'. The album has been produced by former Stone Roses producer
John Leckie and work has been taking place on it for almost two
years now. Their last album 'Roots & Echoes' became the fourth
of their studio albums to make the top ten though it only yielded
one top forty hit in 'Who's Gonna FInd Me'. That was the
eighth of their career with three of those ('Don't Think You're
The First', 'In The Morning' and 'Pass It On') going on to make
the top ten. They don't have a full scale British tour planned
though they are due to undertake a handful of gigs later this
month. They are also due to play at Oxegen in Ireland and T In The
Park in Scotland later this year. I suspect that fans are more
likely to wait for the album and so this single release may
struggle.
Highly
rated Colorado based crunk-core duo 3OH!3 enjoyed massive success
earlier this year with their Katy Perry collaboration 'Starstrukk'
and then narrowly missed out on a top ten hit with Ke$ha on 'Blah
Blah Blah'. Despite reissuing their classic 'Don't Trust Me' it
failed for a second year in a row to make the top twenty and now
they have returned to work with Ke$ha for a second time on their
new single 'My First Kiss'. It's the first official track to
be taken from their new Matt Squire produced studio album 'Streets
Of Gold' which hits the shops next week although a video was
released to accompany the track 'House Party' and Andrew WK has
constructed a rock mix of that track. It's the follow up to their
last album 'Want' which only made no.77 in the UK despite its
hit singles. This should certainly go on and do well for them, and
I expect to see this inside the top twenty on Sunday.
'Pack
Up' is the latest single from twenty two year old singer /
songwriter Eliza Doolittle and is tipped by The Sun newspaper as
being one of the anthems of the Summer. She is the daughter of
renowned singer Frances Ruffelle who represented the UK at the
Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 which was held in Dublin, coming a
respectable 10th in the eventual competition. She is
also the grandaugher of Sylvia Young who owns the most famous
stage school in London. Her debut single 'Skinny Genes' made no.22
earlier this year and sampled Andy Williams 1957 track
'Butterfly'. It was also used in an advertisement by
very.co.uk.. She is due to tour with pianist Jamie Cullum later
this year and is also expected to have her debut album ready for
release. This single is destined to do very well for her and
should see her break into the top twenty for the very first time.
R'n'b
singer Ciara releases her fourth studio album 'Basic Instinct'
this Summer and it is preceded this week by the release of her
much hyped new single 'Ride'. The track features serial
collaborator Ludacris who also appeared on her top five hit 'Oh'
and has also guested with her on three other occasions. It was
co-written with fellow rap / r'n'b star The Dream and was produced
by the highly respected Tricky Stewart. In the UK she has had five
top forty hits in her career so far including her debut
single 'Goodies' which made the top spot way back in 2004. Her
last hit came last year with the Justin Timberlake collaboration
'Love Sex Magic' and Diane Martel directed both that video and
this new release. Curiously the video runs for a minute less than
the official single edit of the track. All in all it should
certainly perform well and will ensure another UK hit is added to
her tally.
Finally
this week is 'Miami' which is the new single release by the
highly rated Oxford based Indie five piece band Foals. It's the
third single to be taken from their current 'Total Life Forever'
album and it's the follow up to their 'This Orient' single which
peaked at no.97. The album made no.8, although that was some five
places below the peak achieved by their 2008 debut release
'Antidotes'. Their biggest hit to date was 'Cassius' which made
no.26 a couple of years ago, with their only other top forty
appearance coming with the 2007 hit 'Balloons'. Last weekend they
played The Roundhouse at Camden while they are now due to
appear in Norway, Germany and Spain before the month is out.
As this is now the third single release, and neither of its
predecessors charted, I don't forsee this making the top forty
next weekend.