Source: Music Week

A week after introductory single, the euphoric anthem Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast) peaked at number eight, Welsh quintet Lostprophets debut at number one with their third album Liberation Transmission, writes Alan Jones.

The album sold 55,425 copies last week, and is their first number one. Their 2001 debut Fake Sound Of Progress peaked at number 44 selling 159,643 copies, while 2004’s Start Something reached number four and sold 329,950 copies.

It wasn’t until May 1998 that Catatonia’s International Velvet became the first album by a Welsh band to reach number one - but it’s been done by a further seven albums by Welsh groups since, with Catatonia adding Equally Cursed And Blessed (1999), The Manic Street Preachers scoring with This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours (1998) and The Stereophonics topping the list with four different albums before Lostprophets, whose arrival at the summit coincides with a 3-8 dip in the fortunes of Not Accepted Anywhere, the debut album from another Welsh band with chart-topping potential, The Automatic. Lostprophets are so proud of their roots, they are taking only Welsh bands - Blackout, Kids In Glass Houses and Dopamine - on their UK tour, which kicks off today (3rd).

Despite the release of The Longprophets album, a Top 40 debut for Plan B and seasonal price reductions helping old favourites like The Fugees’ The Score, What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye, The Kinks’ Ultimate Collection and Lou Reed’s Transformer to stage a return to the chart - the latter album making its 40th appearance since its 1973 release - artist album sales were once again affected by hot weather and the World Cup, falling 3.6% week-on-week to 2,002,965.

22 year old rapper/guitarist Ben Drew, aka Plan B, has had mixed reaction to his debut album, Who Needs Actions When You Got Words. With tracks about crack addiction, underage sex, stabbings, muggings and necrophilic sodomy, it’s a tough listen but it stirred up enough interest to sell 8,673 copies last week, and debuts at number 31 as a result. Its controversial nature means it’s not in supermarkets or general high street stockists like Woolworth and WH Smith but it’s the fourth biggest seller in independent stores and the number 13 download album.

After two weeks at number one, Keane’s second album, Under The Iron Sea, dips to number two. The album, which debuts in the US chart at number four, sold 45,419 copies last week to take its 20 day cume to 347,180, and moves into 14th place in the year-to-date sales rankings. Keane’s debut album, Hopes And Fears followed an identical 1-1-2 trajectory following its May 2004 release. Though its third week sales were significantly higher, at 73,380, Hopes And Fears’ 20 day cume was 11.2% lower, at 308,388.

Meanwhile, Burlesque babes The Pussycat Dolls reach a new album chart peak, while registering their fourth straight top three hit, with Buttonz vaulting 11-3 after its physical release. Selling 25,718 copies last week, it follows the number one success of their first two singles, Don’t Cha and StickWitU and the number two hit Beep. The popularity of Buttonz has helped their debut album PCD to increase sales week-on-week for six frames in a row, and it explodes 23-7 this week, beating its previous peak position of eight, achieved on its chart debut 40 weeks ago. Sales of 21,754 increase its cume to 858,070.

The release of Clubland 9, the latest in All Around The World’s popular dance compilation series in conjunction with Universal TV, helped the sector to a 5.2% improvement at 527,353, keeping the overall decline in album sales to 1.9% at 2,539,218. Compared to the same week in 2005, however, overall album sales were down 13.1% .

First week sales of 49,456 for Clubland 9 are slightly up on the 47,916 opening of Clubland 7 in the same week last year, and represent the best first week for the series since Clubland 6 opened with sales of 50,548 in 2004. Overall sales in the Clubland series, which includes two Clubland Xtreme releases and nine regular albums, exceed 3,250,000 since their June 2002 launch - a total beaten among compilation brands only by Now! That’s What I Call Music. Clubland 9’s success is part of a bigger revival in the fortunes of dance compilations, which hold down six of the top eight places in the compilation chart this week - their best tally this century - with the other two positions being held by R&B compilations.

Singles sales were fairly flat last week, with the combined physical/download market falling 3% to 1,124,562.

After three weeks at number one, Nelly Furtado’s Maneater slips to number two, with sales off 18.7% at 28,086. She is replaced at number one by Shakira, featuring Wyclef Jean.

Shakira was denied a number one hit with her debut single Whenever Wherever in 2002 despite first week sales of 109,348 because its release coincided with the first Will Young single Anything Is Possible/Evergreen. She finally lands that number one this week, as her Hips Don’t Lie collaboration with Wyclef Jean takes pole position. Moving 54-3-2-1, it sold 32,584 copies last week to take its cume to 94,949. Shakira’s Oral Fixation Volume 2 album, which re-entered the chart last week at number 14 after Hips Don’t Lie was added, dips to number 17, with sales off 9.3% at 15,121. Shakira is the first Colombian ever to reach number one, while her partner in crime, Wyclef Jean, is a former member of The Fugees, who are the only Haitian act to reach number one.

The week’s highest debut comes from Lily Allen. The daughter of comedian Keith Allen, who fronted Fat Les’ Vindaloo hit, Lily debuts at number 13 with 9,605 sales of Smile, all but two of them (leaked CDs) on download. The physical single is officially out today, and must be a contender for chart honours next weekend. It’s already number one on the radio airplay chart, where it vaults 8-1 after commanding an audience of 61.14m from 1,616 plays. Allen was fortunate enough to have massive support from Radio One (22 plays) and Radio Two (19), which provided a combined 63.4% of her audience.

The 20th and last single in Michael Jackson’s dualdisc reissue series, Blood On The Dance Floor debuts at number 19, on sales of 5,421. First released in 1997, when it became Jackson’s last number one, it brings overall sales in the series to 199,130. Aside from Thriller, ineligible to chart because it was housed in a box to accommodate the other releases, the dualdiscs have had chart peaks ranging from 11 for Billie Jean to 34 for Earth Song. Billie Jean is also the biggest seller, with 19,472 sales to date.

14 weeks after his debut single So Sick vaulted 18-1, Ne-Yo’s second single Sexy Love makes its own double digit climb, vaulting 21-5 on sales of 18,984. Although it hasn’t been able to match the success of So Sick, it’s provided a tonic for the 23 year old’s debut album In My Own Words, which has climbed for five weeks in a row, improving 93-79-67-64-49-37. Back in the Top 40 for the first time in 11 weeks, it sold 7,426 copies last week taking its total to 126,009.

Things just keep getting better for Brighton band The Kooks. New single She Moves In Her Own Way jumps 14-7 as physical sales are added to downloads alone, while predecessor Naive - which peaked at number five - climbs 26-25 on its 15th week in the Top 40. The band’s Inside In/Inside Out climbs for the third week in a row, moving 4-3 to equal the peak it scaled 11 weeks ago. Sales last week of 30,958 take its 23 week total to 438,785, consolidating its position at the year’s sixth biggest seller.

First American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson’s quadruple platinum album Breakaway spawns its fifth Top 40 hit as the title track jumps 62-22., on sales of 4,452. Previously, the album spawned the Top 10 hits Since U Been Gone (number five), Behind These Hazel Eyes (number nine) and Because Of You (number seven) and Walk Away, which peaked at number 21. The Breakaway album rebounds 34-20 this week, selling a further 10,978 copies to increase its sales to a massive 1,358,886, making it the 54th biggest seller of the 21st century.

Finally, in a career of more than 40 years, The Rolling Stones have enjoyed enormous success but never managed to have a million selling album in the UK - until now. Their recently reactivated 2002 compilation Forty Licks sailed into seven figure territory on Friday, earning a well deserved first for the band. It’s the 100th artist album to sell upwards of a million copies since 2000. Seven compilations have also reached the target. Forty Licks sold 8,887 copies last week, while dipping 26-29, taking its total to 1,003,040.

SINGLES

01 Shakira 32,584
02 Nelly Furtado 28,086
03 Pussycat Dolls 25,718
05 Ne-Yo 18,984

13 Lily Allen 9,605
19 Michael Jackson 5,421
22 Kelly Clarkson 4,452

ALBUMS

01 Lostprophets 55,425
02 Keane 45,419
03 The Kooks 30,958

07 Pussycat Dolls 21,754

17 Shakira 15,121
20 Kelly Clarkson 10,978
29 Rolling Stones 8,887
31 Plan B 8,673
37 Ne-Yo 7,426

COMPILATIONS

01 Clubland 9 49,456

UK Top 75 Singles weekending 2nd July 2006

1 (2) Hips Don’t Lie – Shakira ft Wyclef Jean
2 (1) Maneater – Nelly Furtado
3 (11) Buttons – Pussycat Dolls
4 (3) I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker – Sandi Thom
5 (21) Sexy Love – Ne-Yo
6 (5) Monster – The Automatic
7 (14) She Moves In Her Own Way – The Kooks
8 (6) Mas Que Nada – Sergio Mendes ft Black Eyed Peas
9 (7) From Paris To Berlin - Infernal
10 (4) Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
11 (9) Valerie – The Zutons
12 (10) Who Knew - Pink
13 (New) Smile – Lily Allen
14 (8) Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast) - Lostprophets
15 (New) In The Morning - Razorlight
16 (12) My My My ’06 – Armand Van Helden
17 (16) Fill My Little World – The Feeling
18 (13) Faster Kill Pussycat – Oakenfold ft Brittany Murphy
19 (New) Blood On The Dancefloor – Michael Jackson
20 (15) Three Lions – Baddiel/Skinner/Lightning Seeds
21 (20) S.O.S. - Rihanna
22 (62) Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson
23 (New) Made-Up Love Song - Guillemots
24 (17) World At Your Feet - Embrace
25 (26) Naïve – The Kooks
26 (18) Dirty Little Secret – All-American Rejects
27 (23) Somebody’s Watching Me - Beatfreakz
28 (New) We Came Without Make-Up – The Long Blondes
29 (19) Is It Any Wonder - Keane
30 (24) (Is This The Way To The) World Cup? – Tony Christie
31 (33) Control Myself – LL Cool J ft Jennifer Lopez
32 (27) Kick Push – Lupe Fiasco
33 (25) Henrietta - Fratellis
34 (New) Winter - Cord
35 (New) Downing Street Kindling – Larrikin Love
36 (36) Dani California – Red Hot Chili Peppers
37 (29) Why You Wanna – T.I.
38 (28) Fade – Solu Music ft Kimblee
39 (New) That Old Pair Of Jeans – Fatboy Slim
40 (35) Country Girl – Primal Scream
41 (New) Enjoy The Silence – Lacuna Coil
42 (New) Last Request – Paolo Nutini
43 (49) Upside Down – Jack Johnson
44 (34) We Are The Champions (Ding A Dang Dong) – Crazy Frog
45 (New) White Collar Boy – Belle & Sabastian
46 (New) Enough Cryin’ – Mary J Blige
47 (37) Stan’s World Cup Song – Stan Boardman
48 (41) Say I – Christina Milian
49 (40) Bright Idea - Orson
50 (31) Hurry Up England – Sham 69 & The Special Assembly
51 (46) Everybody’s Gone To War – Nerina Pallot
52 (50) Stoned In Love – Chicane ft Tom Jones
53 (55) You’re All I Have – Snow Patrol
54 (32) Who Says You Can’t Go Home – Bon Jovi
55 (57) Pump It – Black Eyed Peas
56 (60) First Time – Sunblock ft Robin Beck
57 (43) Extravaganza – Jamie Foxx ft Kanye West
58 (48) Don’t Mistake Me – Keisha White
59 (63) Steady As She Goes – The Raconteurs
60 (56) No Promises – Shayne Ward
61 (44) Nine2Five – Ordinary Boys & Lady Sovereign
62 (65) Ain’t Got No-I Got Life – Nina Simone vs Groovefinder
63 (51) All Over Again – Ronan Keating & Kate Rusby
64 (New) S.O.S. – A-Studio ft Polina
65 (52) Never Went To Church – The Streets
66 (67) Who Am I – Will Young
67 (68) One – Mary J Blige & U2
68 (73) Dance, Dance – Fallout Boy
69 (58) Hard Rock Hallelujah - Lordi
70 (Re) Bang Bang You’re Dead – Dirty Pretty Things
71 (Re) Don’t Cha – Pussycat Dolls
72 (66) Heartbeats – Jose Gonzalez
73 (Re) Put Your Records On – Corinne Bailey Rae
74 (New) An Easier Affair – George Michael
75 (59) Who Do You Think You’re Kidding Jurgen? – Tonedef Allstars

UK Top 75 Albums weekending 2nd July 2006

1 (New) Liberation Transmission - Lostprophets
2 (1) Under The Iron Sea - Keane
3 (4) Inside In/Inside Out – The Kooks
4 (2) Why Try Harder: The Greatest Hits – Fatboy Slim
5 (8) Tired Of Hanging Around – The Zutons
6 (7) The Very Best Of – Nina Simone
7 (23) PCD – Pussycat Dolls
8 (3) Not Accepted Anywhere – The Kooks
9 (5) Smile It Confuses People – Sandi Thom
10 (19) A Girl Like Me - Rihanna
11 (6) Twelve Stops and Home – The Feeling
12 (12) Eyes Open – Snow Patrol
13 (10) Taking The Long Way – Dixie Chicks
14 (9) Loose – Nelly Furtado
15 (27) Timeless – Sergio Mendes
16 (11) Stadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chili Peppers
17 (14) Oral Fixation Vol.2 - Shakira
18 (13) I’m Not Dead - Pink
19 (15) The Singles - Feeder
20 (34) Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson
21 (16) The Complete Greatest Hits – The Eagles
22 (22) Corinne Bailey Rae – Corinne Bailey Rae
23 (30) Curious George (OST) – Jack Johnson
24 (17) The Hits and Beyond – Dannii Minogue
25 (28) In Between Dreams – Jack Johnson
26 (33) Employment – Kaiser Chiefs
27 (24) The Big Bang – Busta Rhymes
28 (32) Triniti - Triniti
29 (26) Forty Licks – Rolling Stones
30 (New) Who Needs Action When You Got Words – Plan B
31 (21) Bring You Home – Ronan Keating
32 (36) The Very Best Of: The Greatest Hits – George Benson
33 (48) Trouble – Ray Lamontagne
34 (38) Hot Fuss – The Killers
35 (35) Collected: The Best Of – Massive Attack
36 (25) Bright Idea - Orson
37 (49) In My Own Words – Ne-Yo
38 (39) St. Elsewhere – Gnarls Barkley
39 (37) Shayne Ward – Shayne Ward
40 (29) Riot City Blues – Primal Scream
41 (18) Confessions On A Dance Floor - Madonna
42 (20) Surprise – Paul Simon
43 (40) Greatest Hits – Guns ‘n’ Roses
44 (65) The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
45 (--) Move Along – All-American Rejects
46 (--) Billy Talent II – Billy Talent
47 (45) Crossroad: The Best Of – Bon Jovi
48 (58) American Idiot – Green Day
49 (52) Broken Boy Soldiers – The Raconteurs
50 (63) The Breakthrough – Mary J Blige
51 (51) Veneer – Jose Gonzalez
52 (57) Monkey Business – Black Eyed Peas
53 (46) Ring Of Fire: The Legend Of – Johnny Cash
54 (31) The Definitive Collection – Level 42
55 (55) Hopes and Fears - Keane
56 (61) The Immaculate Collection - Madonna
57 (--) The Score – The Fugees
58 (54) Voice: The Best Of – Beverley Knight
59 (53) Fires – Nerina Pallot
60 (--) The La’s – The La’s
61 (59) Keep On – Will Young
62 (--) Wolfmother - Wolfmother
63 (60) The Garden – Zero 7
64 (New) More Crazy Hits – Crazy Frog
65 (64) Whatever People Say I Am – Arctic Monkeys
66 (44) On An Island – David Gilmour
67 (--) What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
68 (62) Greatest Hits – Robbie Williams
69 (--) Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine
70 (--) Forever Faithless: The Greatest Hits - Faithless
71 (--) The Ultimate Collection – The Kinks
72 (69) From Under The Cork Tree – Fallout Boy
73 (--) Transformer – Lou Reed
74 (75) Brushfire Fairytales – Jack Johnson
75 (73) Back To Bedlam – James Blunt

UK Airplay Top 50

1(8): Lily Allen - Smile
2(2): The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way
3(1): The Zutons - Valerie
4(6): Keane - Is It Any Wonder?
5(4): Pink - Who Knew
6(10): Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway
7(5): Nelly Furtado - Maneater
8(22): Razorlight - In The Morning
9(3): The Feeling - Fill My Little World
10(23): Paolo Nutini - Last Request
11(28): James Morrison - You Give Me Something
12(24): Rihanna - Unfaithful
13(9): Jack Johnson - Upside Down
14(21): Bob Sinclar/Steve Edwards - World, Hold On (Children Of The Sky)
15(15): The Pussycat Dolls/Snoop Dogg - Buttons
16(20): Keisha White - Don't Mistake Me
17(11): Armand Van Helden - My My My
18(42): Gnarls Barkley - Smiley Faces
19(17): The Automatic - Monster
20(16): Will Young - Who Am I
21(18): Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair)
22(13): The Webb Sisters - I Still Hear It
23(29): Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man
24(14): Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
25(31): Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
26(19): Sergio Mendes/The Black Eyed Peas - Mas Que Nada
27(35): Ne-Yo - Sexy Love
28(NE): Madonna - Get Together
29(7): George Michael - An Easier Affair
30(36): Lostprophets - Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)
31(25): Snow Patrol - You're All I Have
32(49): Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child
33(33): Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On
34(NE): Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby
35(12): Embrace - World At Your Feet
36(30): Orson - No Tomorrow
37(26): Rihanna - SOS
38(NE): Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
39(NE): Fall Out Boy - A Little Less 16 Candles, A Little More Touch Me
40(32): Robbie Williams - Sin Sin Sin
41(NE): Rooster - Home
42(41): Beverley Knight - Piece Of My Heart
43(NE): Ray Lamontagne - Trouble
44(34): Nerina Pallot - Everybody's Gone To War
45(NE): Supermode - Tell Me Why
46(NE): McFly - Please, Please
47(NE): Shakira/Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie
48(47): Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You
49(NE): Till West/DJ Delicious - Same Man
50(NE): Busta Rhymes/Kelis/Will.I.Am - I Love My Bitch

UK TV Airplay Top 40

1(2): The Pussycat Dolls/Snoop Dogg - Buttons
2(6): Nelly Furtado - Maneater
3(1): James Morrison - You Give Me Something
=4(NE): Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man
=4(10): Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby
=4(4): Madonna - Get Together
7(3): Rihanna - Unfaithful
8(7): Chris Brown/Lil' Wayne - Gimme That
9(25): Razorlight - In The Morning
10(8): Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
11(5): Ne-Yo - Sexy Love
12(26): Lily Allen - Smile
13(19): Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind
14(14): Bob Sinclar/Steve Edwards - World, Hold On (Children Of The Sky)
15(18): The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way
16(NE): Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child
17(16): Shakira/Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie
18(=22): Frank - I'm Not Shy
19(9): The All American Rejects - Dirty Little Secret
20(=12): Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway
=21(28): The Automatic - Monster
=21(20): Pink - Who Knew
23(24): Shayne Ward - Stand By Me
24(15): Christina Milian/Young Jeezy - Say I
25(21): The Zutons - Valerie
=26(=12): Sergio Mendes/The Black Eyed Peas - Mas Que Nada
=26(17): Paul Oakenfold/Brittany Murphy - Faster Kill Pussycat
28(NE): Sean Paul - Never Gonna Be The Same
29(NE): Supermode - Tell Me Why
=30(29): McFly - Please, Please
=30(=22): Infernal - From Paris To Berlin
32(32): Busta Rhymes/Kelis/Will.I.Am - I Love My Bitch
33(34): Paolo Nutini - Last Request
34(30): Rihanna - SOS
35(39): Shapeshifters/Chic - Sensitivity
36(=35): Nick Lachey - What's Left Of Me
37(37): Keane - Is It Any Wonder?
38(=35): Rooster - Home
39(27): Beatfreakz - Somebody's Watching Me
40(NE): Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars

The Pussycat Dolls are going to unseat her easily next week. I'm kinda surprised that Ne-Yo's "Sexy Love" is doing so well there and at least Pink's "Who Knew" got Top 10 in the UK?

O.o! NE-YO is heading for #1, too! #5 +16 already!

Cool, her first #1!

Pink's doing well in the UK

Who Knew made the "TOP 5" and it´s falling now

"Buttons" is doing pretty well.

I must say HDL has been Killed by Radio Stations/The World Cup.
Loved it at first.

She will be #1 again after the world cup!!

Ne-Yo

Even better than. "Hips Don't Lie" is fast becoming the most overplayed song this year.

Rihanna

I seriously hate Shakira because her fans annoy the f.uck out of me. Do you Shakira fans have anything else to do but drop her name in every thread

and do you have anything else to do but complain in every ****ing shakira's thread?

Great to see Shakira getting her first #1 single there!! And I'm also very happy that Pink is doing ok with "Who Knew".

Alot of you guys are forgetting that the UK chart doesn't function the same way that the Billboard Hot 100 functions. So PCD, Neyo for #1s next week? HELL NO. Airplay isn't included in the UK charts, thank F*ck.

Lily Allen is most likely going to reach #1 next week. Or Shakira for a second week.

Not really. What; do you expect me to say "omg congrats" on her hit even though she stole a song and couldn't get a hit off being original?

finally, even if I count Whenever, wherever as #1 :P from what I remember she sold massive first week with Whenever wherever but the competition was some UK idol guy

oh well, what i'm saying is...its way too early to say this is her biggest hit in the UK...it can fall fast...WW was pretty big in the UK just didn't reach the #1.

the song was for a movie how could it floped and she didnt steal it ............. wyclef is still in the song isnt he?

yet nobody is calling you or messing with ya...... yet you still come in to every shakira thread bitching

That's my job, Mig

Yeah, I'm so happy for Ne-yo having his second hit in the U.K. I'm pretty sure "Sexy Love" will be prove to be a bigger hit than "So Sick", internationally. Oh and thank the Lord they didn't release "When You're Mad" overseas...

She also had a #1 position in the Netherlands!!

And Maneater has only been 2 weeks on
#1 now