Singles
The first number-one single for the J Records label in its 11-year history (its previous best was number two for Mario’s Let Me Love You in 2005) sold 95,848 copies last week - 78.40% more than its predecessor at the summit, Bruno Mars’ The Lazy Song, which continued at number two on sales of 53,727 copies.
US R&B newcomer Aloe Blacc’s I Need A Dollar completed the top three, movingup from four to three to register its seventh upward move in as many weeks on sales of 51,839 copies. Romanian dance diva Alexandra Stan’s debut hit, Mr Saxobeat, also enjoyed consistent growth, and jumped 14 to five (40,767 sales) on its fourth week in the chart.
Debuting at number eight (30,273 sales), Notorious is The Saturdays’ ninth Top 10 single from 10 releases, and the introductory single from their upcoming third album, which has yet to be named.
Although still struggling for radio support, Beyonce’s Run The World (Girls) nevertheless made a sharp U-turn on the sales chart. Having moved 18-11-19-37-45 since its ‘on air/on sale’ debut in March, the track climbed to number 22, with sales of 15,341 – up 99.80% week-on-week. Credit for stimulating sales must go tothe video, which premiered less than a fortnight ago, and moved from 58 to six on the TV airplay chart.
A number 21 hit for Embrace in 1997, One Big Family is the soundtrack to the current KFC TV advertising campaign in a new version by Templecloud, which debuted this week at number 24 (14,725 sales) – moving ahead of the Cadbury’s Dairy Milk campaign song, We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off by Jermaine Stewart, which dipped from 29 to 35 (9,477 sales).
Former number one Party Rock Anthem slipped three to four for LMFAO, Lauren Bennett and GoonRock but moved past the 600,000 sales mark and into fourth place for the year. Selling 44,703 copies last week, its overall salesnow stand at 605,314, trailing only Bruno Mars’ Grenade (750,638 sales), Price Tag by Jessie J feat. B.o.B. (796,692 sales) and Adele’s Someone Like You (933,982 sales) in the year-to-date rankings.
With the Eurovision effect fading rapidly, Blue’s I Can dived 22 to 80 (4,072 sales) - the three other songs from the competition that were in the Top 75 last week also departed the chart. I Can is thus officially the lowest charting single of Blue’s career. The recently reconvened band released 12 singles between 2001 and 2004, with the least successful peaking at number 11, whereas I Can debuted and peaked at number 16 three weeks ago.
Recovering 9-7 (34,312 sales), Sweat has now spent longer in the Top 10 than any single by Snoop Dogg in his 18-year chart career. The track – which also features David Guetta – has spent eight weeks in the Top 10 to date, eclipsing the seven weeks that California Gurls – credited to Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg – spent in the top tier last summer. Sweat still has some way to go before its Snoop’s biggest seller, however. It currently stands at 361,439 sales, while California Gurls has sold 698,289 copies.
Overall singles sales are up 4.23% week-on-week to 3,305,282 – their highest level for 14 weeks and 17.41% above same week 2010 sales of 2,815,103.
1 Pitbull/Ne-Yo/Afrojack/Nayer 95,848 (262,784)
2 Bruno Mars 53,727 (324,953)
3 Aloe Blacc 51,839
4 LMFAO/Lauren Bennett/GoonRock 44,703 (605,314)
5 Alexandra Stan 40,767
7 Snoop Dogg/David Guetta 34,312 (361,439)
8 Saturdays 30,273
9 Lady Gaga [Judas] 29,895 (177,731)
17 Lady Gaga [BTW] 22.495 (480,366)
18 Lady Gaga [TEOG] 20,377 (97,691)
22 Beyonce 15,341
24 Templecloud 14,725
35 Jermaine Stewart 9,477
68 Lady Gaga [Hair] 4,667 (30,313)
80 Blue 4,072 (55,748)
YTDs - Singles
Adele - Someone Like You 933,982
Jessie J feat. BoB - Price Tag 796,692
Bruno Mars - Grenade 750,638
To Date Singles
Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg - California Gurls 698,289
Albums:
Playing second fiddle for only the second time in its 18-week chart career, Adele’s 21 was dethroned by Lady GaGa’s second album, Born This Way, which became the biggest debut of the year.
Reaching number one with 215,639 copies, Born This Way eclipsed the 208,090 that 21 sold when it entered the chart in January – but not the 257,731 copies it sold in its 10th week - and has the best first week tally of any album by an American female solo artist since Madonna’s Confessions On A Dancefloor opened with sales of 217,610 copies in 2005.
Although it outsold the rest of the Top 10 artist albums combined, Born This Way’s opening week was only the 36th biggest of the 21st century – and its arrival has blunted the impact of the four singles thus far lifted from it: Judas retreats from eight to nine (29,895 sales); Born This Way dropped from 16 to17 (22,495 sales); The Edge Of Glory fell from six to 18 (20,377 sales) and Hair slumped 13 to 68 (4,667 sales).
Nevertheless, overall sales of GaGa songs are heading rapidly towards the 6m mark, with the current total of 5,908,800 including 113,143 last week.
GaGa’s debut album, The Fame, opened at number three on sales of 25,228 copies in January 2009, and had its biggest sales week in the last week of the same year, when it sold 143,252 copies to occupy fourth position in the chart. It reached number one on its 12th week in the chart, eventually spending seven weeks at number one in four separate runs.
It jumped from 11 to seven this week, returning to the Top 10 after an absence of 36 weeks. It was the album’s 72nd week in the Top 10 in total, and its 124th consecutive week in the Top 75, with a lowest position of number 55. It has sold 2,590,468 copies to date, including 14,245 last week.
Adele, inevitably, also had two albums in the Top 10 – indeed, in the top three. 21 sold fewer than 50,000 copies last week for the first time, with 49,611 buyers lifting its 1- week tally to 2,393,853 as it slipped to number two, while debut album 19 continued at number three with a further 21,909 sales, raising its career tally to 1,427,270.
The last five studio albums by The Prodigy all reached number one. Their new set, World’s On Fire: Live is a concert recording/soundtrack set, and on that basis – no such album has topped the chart since Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Live In Hyde Park in 2004 - it acquitted itself well, debuting at number five, though its sales (14,638) were the second lowest for that position this century, beating only Black Kids’ Partie Traumatic, which sold 14,175 copies on its February 2008 debut.
Only three years after reaching number 25 with and selling 158,437 copies of The Very Best Of – Jersey’s Best, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons were back, with their latest compilation, Working My Way Back To You, which debuted at number 12 (11,398 sales). It was their highest charting album since a 1992 Very Best Of set reached number seven. Nine of their 11 chart entries thus far have been compilations – but not the first, Sherry, which made the chart some 48 years ago, reached number 20.
After delivering her 10th Top 10 album from as many releases, Kate Bush’s Director’s Cut made a rapid retreat, falling from two to 11 (12,064 sales).
Jazz singer Caro Emerald’s debut album Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor consolidated its massive gains of the week before, holding at number 10 (12,705 sales). The album has been a huge success for Emerald in her native Netherlands, where it has spent 30 weeks at number one in five separate runs, and finally exited the Top 10 there this week after a 68 weeks residency, falling from 10 to 14.
With Lady GaGa’s Born This Way bringing some cheer to the market, overall album sales last week increased by 19.18% to 1,883,439 – that’s 0.21% below same week 2010 sales of 1,887,320.
1 Lady Gaga 215,639
2 Adele [21] 49,611 (2,393,853)
3 Adele [19] 21,909 (1,427,270)
5 The Prodigy 14,638
7 Lady Gaga [TFM] 14,245 (2,590,468)
10 Caro Emerald 12,705
11 Kate Bush 12,064 (46,819)
12 Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons 11,398
To Date Albums
Frankie Valli - The Best of 158,437
I'm really excited about the upcoming singles and how it all works out. Since there are no "OMG-#1-for-sure-Hits". I agree with that.
