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Cruz's Dynamite to make chart explosion
Source: MW
10:52 | Tuesday August 24, 2010
By Paul Williams
Eminem has been standing in the way of Taio Cruz from scoring a second US number one, but the Brit looks like exacting his revenge on the rapper this weekend by beating him to the top of the UK singles chart.
Singles
Cruz’s Dynamite, which has been sat at number two for a fortnight on the Billboard Hot 100 behind Love The Way You Lie by Eminem featuring Rihanna, is now in a very strong position to debut at one in the UK this coming Sunday, according to OCC figures. If it stays the course it will be Cruz’s second UK number one following Break Your Heart, which was also a US chart-topper.
The 4th & Broadway/Island single is outselling by nearly three to one Polydor’s Eminem/Rihanna single, which is currently the week’s second biggest seller, the same position it held on last Sunday’s chart. Fewer than 1,000 sales behind Love The Way You Lie in third spot sits the Atlantic-issued Club Can’t Handle Me by Flo-Rida featuring David Guetta, while Relentless/Virgin’s Roll Deep single Green Light, which debuted at one on Sunday, is down in fourth place.
Dynamite is one of four brand new releases occupying Top 10 positions at this stage of the week with Rinse Recordings’ Katy B ranked fifth with Katy On A Mission, Vertigo/Mercury’s first Brandon Flowers solo single Crossfire eighth and Atlantic’s hotly-tipped and Radio 2 favourite Rumer 10th with Slow.
The Top 40 should also see the arrival of Major Label/RCA act Hurts’ Wonderful Life, Future Records/Mercury’s Aggro Santos with his follow-up to Candy, Saint Or Sinner, Columbia-handled Kesha with Take It Off and Polydor’s Taylor Momsen-fronted US rock band Pretty Reckless with Miss Nothing.
Albums
While the path to the top of the UK singles chart looks blocked off to him, Eminem could find himself back at the top of the artist albums chart this Sunday with Recovery.
The Polydor album, which has already spent six weeks at the top in three separate runs, is leading the pack at this point in the week by around 2,300 sales with EMI act Iron Maiden’s The Final Frontier second, having debuted at one last Sunday.
Just behind the metal veterans in third spot is 679/Atlantic’s Plan B with The Defamation Of Strickland Banks, while Surfing The Void, Polydor signings the Klaxons’ newly-released follow-up to their Mercury winner Myths Of The New Future is fourth. In fifth spot currently is the brand new album from Eels, the Cooperative Music/V2-handled Tomorrow Morning. Eels have only twice before made the UK Top 10, most successfully with Beautiful Freak, which reached number five in 1997.
In a busy week for new albums also expect new entries this week from Vertigo/Mercury’s One Night Only, AATW/UMTV’s Darren Styles, a Sony Bay City Rollers compilation, Paylo’s Union and Roadrunner’s Black Label Society. Columbia’s Lissie, meanwhile, could climb into the Top 40 with Catching A Tiger.
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Top 40 Only
Singles
1 Taio Cruz
2 Eminem/Rihanna
3 Flo Rida/David Guetta
4 Roll Deep
5 Katy B
Top 10
8 Brandon Flowers
10 Rumer
Top 20
17 Hurts
Aggro Santos
Top 30
30 Ke$ha
Top 40
34 Pretty Reckless
40 Leona Lewis
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Albums
1 Eminem
2 Iron Maiden
3 Plan B
4 Klaxons
5 Eels
Top 15
Ellie Goulding
Florence & The Machine
Top 20
17 One Night Only
Top 30
Lady Antebellum
24 Darren Styles
Bay City Rollers
Union
David Guetta
30 Kings Of Leon
Top 40
Black Label Society
Lisse
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ARTIST UPDATES
Singles
NeYo 4+5
Saturdays 5+6
Eliza 7+7
Inna 9+9
Katy Perry 14+7
Enrique 12+12
Lady GaGa 29+4
Albums
Arcade Fire 3+3
Saturdays 3+4
Lady GaGa 4+4
Mumford & Sons 6+6
XX 7+7
Alcia Keys 14+7
Pixie Lott 14+14
Kylie 17+17
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