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Labrinth sold almost 108k! MASSIVE!
SINGLES
Labrinth aka Tim McKenzie, has scored his first UK solo Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with Beneath Your Beautiful, the sixth single from his hit album Electronic Earth. The song, which features the vocals of - and is co-written by unofficial woman of the year Emeli Sandé, becomes Labrinth’s premier chart topper as a solo artist, breaking the 100k sales barrier and rocketing to the top spot with a huge sale of nearly 108,000 copies.
The Hackney born producer, songwriter and musician famously co-wrote and co-produced Tinie Tempah’s Number 1 hit Pass Out, and has previously enjoyed three Top 5 singles, including last year’s Tinie Tempah-assisted Earthquake.
Swedish House Mafia deliver a further 86,000 sales this week of previous chart topper Don’t You Worry Child (2), taking its total to date up to 308,000 in just three weeks on sale. Last week’s king and queen Calvin Harris and Florence Welch drop two places to Number 3. Rihanna, who the Official Charts Company this week revealed as the second biggest-selling female singles artist of all time, hangs tight at Number 4 with Diamonds, while Gangnam Style drops two to complete this week’s Official Singles Chart Top 5.
New Entries And Highest Climbers
The highest of three new entries on this week’s Official Singles Chart Top 40, JLS just miss out on a Top 5 placing as new single Hottest Girl In The World charts at Number 6. Watford songwriter/artist Naughty Boy scores his first Top 10 hit as Wonder, which features vocals by – who else - Emeli Sandé, comes in at Number 10.
London quartet Bastille secure their highest-chartin single so far as Flaws, the third outing from forthcoming album Bad Blood enters at Number 21.
As well as Labrinth rocketing up 84 places, Swedish House Mafia see a 50-notch jump as Save The World finishes at Number 36, helped along by its performance by Kye Sones on last weekend’s X Factor. Scream by US R’n’B star Usher leaps 28 places to Number 37, while Ho Hey by American folk rockers Lumineers jumps 22 places to Number 23.
ALBUMS
22-year-old American sweetheart Taylor Swift finally conquers the UK albums market as fourth time lucky offering Red goes all the way to the top of the Official Albums Chart.
The singer, whose previous two albums Fearless and Speak Now peaked at Number 5 and 6 respectively, enlisted master of poppets Max Martin to oversee her lead single We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, which along with a string of swiftly released album tracks, including the Martin-produced I Knew You Were Trouble, helped the former country singer to her first Official UK Number 1 album.
Swift says the album’s title was inspired by the “crazy, insane and intense relationships” she’s had over the past two years. “All those emotions — spanning from intense love, intense frustration, jealousy, confusion, all of that — in my mind, all those emotions are red,” she told US magazine Entrainment Weekly. “You know, there’s nothing in between. There’s nothing beige about any of those feelings."
Emeli Sandé finishes the week at Number 2 with the deluxe version of Our Version Of Events, while last week’s Number 1 Jake Bugg drops two to Number 3 with his self-titled debut album. Helped by a string of Top 10 hits, pop rockers Lawson enter the Official Albums Chart at Number 4 with debut album Chapman Square, while previous chart-toppers Mumford & Sons fall three places to Number 5 with Babel.
New Entries
In addition to Taylor Swift and Lawson, there are six new entries on this week’s Official Albums Chart. Just missing out of the Top 5 is Dappy, whose debut album Bad Intentions finishes the week at Number 6, while Daniel O’Donell follows suit at Number 7 with new compilation Songs From The Movies And More.
At Number 13 is House Of Gold & Bones – Part 1, the fourth album from American metal rockers Stone Sour, while hip-hopper Kendrick Lamar is at 16 with Good Kid M.A.A.D City. UK folk singer Kate Rusby is at Number 22 with 20, and Steve Hackett rounds off this week’s new entries with Genesis Revisited II coming in at Number 24.
SOURCE: OCC
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