Singles
Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream knocks Eminem’s Recovery off the number one slot on the albums chart but her single of the same name comes off second best against Olly Murs’ debut.
Perry has three huge hits already to her credit, with the two major singles off previous album One Of The Boys – I Kissed A Girl and Hot N Cold – selling 604,245 copies, and 569,513 copies, respectively. Teenage Dream’s introductory single, California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) looks likely to beat them both, however, with sales to date of 542,871 including 16,133 in the latest frame, while the title track is itself off to a fast start, with first-week sales of 86,042 earning it a number two debut.
It is the third highest sale for a number two in 35 weeks so far this year, beaten only by the 97,412 copies that Sidney Samson’s Riverside (Let’s Go!) sold in the year’s first week, and the 87,209 copies that Tinie Tempah’s Frisky sold 12 weeks ago to take runners-up slot – but it is not enough to prevent Olly Murs from taking pole position with his debut single, some nine months after finishing second in the sixth season of The X Factor.
The 10th number one in as many weeks, Murs’ Please Don’t Let Me Go, which he penned with American writers Steve Robson and Claude Kelly, makes a strong first impression, selling 93,239 copies. It is the 17th number one thus far by a graduate, or a collection of finalists, from the ITV show.
Previous X Factor number ones have come from Leona Lewis (three) JLS (three), Alexandra Burke (two), Steve Brookstein, Shayne Ward, Chico, Leon Jackson, Joe McElderry, Diana Vickers (one each) and The X Factor Finalists 2008 and 2009 – with Murs being a member of the latter act. The flipside of Murs’ single, This One’s For The Girls, earned enough stand-alone digital sales (2,844) to debut at number 69.
Murs isn’t the only TV reality/talent show discovery to make a big impression this week. Of the five acts who performed in the first semi final of Sky1’s Must Be The Music, four appear in the Top 200, with Pepper & Piano – who were voted through to next Sunday’s final at Wembley Arena – creating by far the biggest impression.
Their song You Took My Heart debuts at number seven (27,211 sales), while Irish violinist and fellow qualifier Daithi O’Dronai’s Carraroe debuts at number 67 (2,961 sales). Although they failed to get through, grime collective Flow Dem’s Get What I Want debuts at number 72 (2,686 sales) and electro group Legion Of Many’s Now We Are Stars debuts at number 98 (2,016 sales). Soul/rap act Chakula Soul’s Love Goodbyes sold 784 copies but fell short of the chart.
Meanwhile, The X Factor also prods Adele’s Bob Dylan cover Make You Feel My Love back into chart action. The fourth and last single from Adele’s number one debut album 19, Make You Feel My Love peaked at number 26 last November. It re-enters the list at number 24 with 9,650 sales lifting its career tally to 104,255.
With the relentless parade of single week chart toppers continuing, last week’s number one, Taio Cruz’s Dynamite dips to number three (63,709 sales). And despite notching sales of more than 36,000 for the 11th straight week, Love The Way You Lie by Eminem feat. Rihanna slips 2-4. The 38,983 copies it sold last week lift its career tally to 583,509.
Power is the first single from Kanye West’s upcoming album Dark Twisted Fantasy. Debuting at number 36 on sales of 6,254 downloads, it’s his 26th singles chart entry in less than six years.
Singles sales fall 1.63% week-on-week to 2,573,419 – 1.90% above same week 2009 sales of 2,525,367.
1 Olly Murs 93239
2 Katy Perry 86042
3 Taio Cruz 63709
4 Eminem/Rihanna 38983 (583,509)
7 Pepper & Piano 27211
15 Katy Perry/Snoop Dogg 16133 (542,871)
24 Adele 9650 (104,255)
36 Kanye West 6254
67 Daithi 2961
69 Olly Murs 2844
73 Flow Dem 2686
98 Legion Of Mary 2016
To Date Singles
Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl 604,245
Katy Perry - Hot & Cold 569,513
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Albums
Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream this week becomes the fourth album to dethrone Eminem’s Recovery on the UK charts.
Kylie Minogue’s Aphrodite, Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs and Iron Maiden’s The Final Frontier have all despatched Eminem’s Recovery from the top of the albums chart and Teenage Dream has no problem matching them, with first-week sales of 54,176 compared to the Eminem album’s 22,749. Perry’s second Virgin album, Teenage Dream, comprehensively eclipses her first, One Of The Boys, which debuted and peaked at number 11 on sales of 18,796 in October 2008, and has since gone on to sell 490,132 copies.
Although unable to match Teenage Dream, six other new albums debut inside the Top 40 this week. Two are first albums, and the other four mark career highs.
Chicago’s heavy rockers The Disturbed are shooting for their fourth straight number one in America with Asylum, but score their first ever Top 10 album in the UK, with the disc debuting at number seven (11,699 sales).
In a career spanning more than 40 years, 61-year-old folk legend Richard Thompson has never had a Top 20 album but breaks his duck with live set Dream Attic, which debuts at number 20 (6,369 sales), beating his the number 23 peak of his previous highest charting solo album, 1994’s Mirror Blue.
Eight years after debut set Beyond The Valley Of The Muderdolls reached number 40, the loose punk aggregation known as Murderdolls are back with a second album, Women And Children Last (number 33, 4,216 sales). New York trio Goo Goo Dolls have seen the release of 12 previous albums in the UK without making the Top 40 but they finally breach the barrier this week, with Something For The Rest Of Us airborne at number 36 (3,896 sales).
After making the singles chart with Make Me Wanna Die and Miss Nothing, New York rock quartet The Pretty Reckless debut at number six (11,916 sales) with first album Light Me Up. Much fancied new UK act Everything Everything were shortlisted for the BBC’s Sound Of 2010 award and their first album, Man Alive, arrives at number 17 (7,087 sales).
Despite the big new influx, Mumford & Sons’ debut album Sigh No More surges to a new peak on its 48th chart appearance. The London folk/rock band’s reputation has escalated of late, and received another major boost when they were the star performers as the bank holiday weekend’s Leeds and Reading festivals. Sigh No More consequently increases sales by 35.9% week-on-week to 14,954, and climbs 7-4. The album debuted at number 11 last October, and has remained in the Top 75 ever since. It climbed as high as number seven in January, February and April, and got to number six in June. Its latest surge lifts overall sales of the album to 632,671.
Biffy Clyro, who were also acclaimed for their Leeds/Reading performances, reap even richer rewards, with their Only Revolutions album rocketing 27-3 (15,092 sales) to beat its number eight debut/peak of last November.
Ten weeks after debuting at number 22, American singer/songwriter Lissie’s debut album, Catching A Tiger, also roars to a new peak. The album dipped as low as number 124 before commencing its recovery three weeks ago, which coincided with new single Cuckoo making a big impression on the airwaves. It now jumps 42-12 (8,768 sales), thanks in part to the singer’s presence in the UK, which has seen her make several radio and TV appearances.
Now! 76 completes its seventh straight week atop the compilation chart (29,015 sales).
Overall, album sales, at 1,767,005, are 3.15% down week-on-week, and 1.68% above same week 2009 sales of 1,737,847.
1 Katy Perry 54176
2 Eminem 22749
3 Biffy Clyro 15092
4 Mumford & Sons 14954 (632,671)
6 Pretty Reckless 11916
7 Disturbed 11699
12 Lisse 8768
17 Everything Everything 7,087
20 Richard Thompson 6369
33 Murderdolls 4216
36 Goo Goo Dolls 3896
To Date Albums
Katy Perry - One For The Boys 490,132