Singles:
In May 2007, Maroon 5’s Makes Me Wonder topped the midweek sales flashes and was on schedule to jump 19-1 on the singles chart.
It was prevented from doing so by Rihanna’s Umbrella (feat. Jay-Z), which charged past it at the death to debut at number one – a position it held for 10 weeks, by which time Makes Me Wonder was way out of the running at number 40.
History repeats itself this week, with Maroon 5’s Christina Aguilera collaboration Moves Like Jagger seemingly set fair to move up to number one after five straight weeks at number two - but being cruelly denied at the death by Rihanna’s We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris), the introductory single from her new album Talk That Talk.
Rihanna’s sixth number one (and Harris’ third), We Found Love wasn’t released until Wednesday but racked up four day sales of 87,573, while Moves Like Jagger is bridesmaid for the sixth time in a row, on sales of 82,128 – its second best yet.
Since first hitting the chart a little over six years ago, Rihanna has placed 31 songs on the Top 75, 26 of them reaching the Top 20, and has racked up overall sales of 10,911,982 singles. We Found Love isn’t the only addition to her tally of Top 20 hits this week: Fly – by Nicki Minaj feat. Rihanna – jumps 24-16 (21,377 sales). Before We Found Love was released, a spoiler version by The Cover Girl, climbed as high as number 28 on the midweeks. It eventually sold 5,676 copies to debut at number 54.
Elsewhere in the Top 40, there are new entries for three more female solo artists: Marina & The Diamonds’ Radioactive, the first single from Electra Heart, debuts at number 25 (12,588 sales); Florence + The Machine’s Shake It Out, the second from Ceremonials, debuts at number 27 (11,209 sales); and newcomer Charlene Soraia’s Wherever You Will Go – as used on the soundtrack to the current Twinings Tea TV advert – debuts at number 20 (17,172 sales). The Calling’s original recording of the song – a number three hit in 2003 – jumps 166-57 (5,165 sales).
Sexy And I Know It jumps 20-7 (39,624 sales) for LMFAO. It is the third hit from their album Sorry For Party Rocking, following the number one hit Party Rock Anthem (feat. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock) and Champagne Showers (feat. Natalie Kills), which got to number 32. It sparks a revival in fortunes for the album, which sprints 126-80 (1,945 sales), though after 10 weeks it has sold just 24,664 copies, whereas Party Rock Anthem has sold 920,001 copies.
The Vampire Diaries is back on ITV2 tomorrow (11th) and ahead of its return trailers have been featuring Birdy’s Skinny Love, which was featured in a funeral scene on the show last season. As a result the track –a number 17 hit in May – has made a resurgence. It re-entered the chart last week at number 59 and now climbs to number 46 (6,866 sales).
Last week’s number one, Loca People, dips to number three (56,368 sales) for Sak Noel, while Goo Goo Dolls’ Iris dips 3-5 (41,264 sales).
Overall singles sales are up 3.24% week-on-week at 3,154,889 – 19.20% above same week 2010 sales of 2,646,681. In the first three quarters of 2011, singles sales increased by 11.15% year-on-year to 130,608,660 – their highest ever level
1 Rihanna/Calvin Harris 87573
2 Maroon 5/Christina 82128
3 Sak Noel 56368
5 Goo Goo Dolls 41264
7 LMFAO 39624
16 Nicki Minaj/Rihanna 21377
20 Charlene Soraia 17172
25 Marina & The Diamonds 12588
27 Florence + The Machine 11209
43 Lady Antebellum 7084
46 Birdy 6866
54 Cover Girl 5676
61 Cee Lo Green 4805
80 LMFAO/Natalia Kills 1945
YTDs Singles
LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem 920,001
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Albums:
Being caught napping on the first midweeks by You Me At Six and their album Sinners Never Sleep was a wake-up call for James Morrison’s album The Awakening, which re-established its superiority by week’s end to extend its leadership of the album chart to two weeks.
The first album to spend its first two weeks at number one since Beyonce’s 4 in July, it is the first by a British male solo artist so to do since Paul Potts’ debut One Chance spent three weeks at the apex in 2007. On a less positive note, The Wakening sold only 36,411 copies last week – the second lowest tally for a number one this year.
Sinners Never Sleep ultimately debuted at number three (27,013 sales) – Adele’s 21 also passed it, bouncing 4-2 (30,831 sales) – and is You Me At Six’s highest charting album yet: Their 2008 debut Take Off Your Colours debuted and peaked at number 25 (7,184 sales) and 2010’s Hold Me Down opened and peaked at number five (20,193 sales).
Number one in America last month, country trio Lady Antebellum’s third album, Own The Night, debuts at number four (26,434 sales). Their breakthrough album Need You Now debuted and peaked at number eight (13,740 sales) in 2010, and now rebounds 98-33 (4,217 sales), while the title track – which is featured in the TV campaign for the new album – jumps 156-43 (7,082 sales).
Folk/rock singer/songwriter Ben Howard from Devon has released three singles this year, failing to chart with Old Pine, reaching number 97 with The Wolves and number 74 with Keep Your Head Up but his debut album, Every Kingdom – on which all three are featured - has a much warmer reception, and debuts at number seven (14,492 sales).
The week before Katherine Jenkins’ first Warner Brothers album was released in 2009, her former label Decca issued a spoiler compilation. The new album, Believe, won the battle for chart honours, reaching number six, while the compilation, The Ultimate Collection, peaked at number nine. Sales of the two are very close with Believe selling 301,497 copies, and The Ultimate Collection selling 295,438 copies to date. With Jenkins’ second Warner Music album, Daydream, set to drop today (10th), Decca have issued yet another compilation, much to Ms. Jenkins’ chagrin. The new set, One Fine Day, debuts at number 17 (9,718 sales), becoming her ninth Top 40 album since her 2004 debut.
Canadian singer Feist made her UK breakthrough with 2007 release The Reminder, which debuted at number 52 but eventually reached number 28, selling 128,526 copies. Follow-up Metals matches its peak, debuting at number 28 (5,718 sales) this week.
Erasure are a place behind Feist, and also equal the peak of their last album. Still signed to Mute and extending their album chart tenure to more than 25 years, the duo – comprising Vincle Clarke and Andy Bell - enjoy less support than they did when they racked up five straight number one albums between 1988 and 1994, but their latest collection Tomorrow’s World nonetheless debuts at number 29 to give them their 16th Top 75 entry, and exactly match the debut/peak of their last studio album, 2007’s Light At The End Of The World, although its first week sales of 5,094 are 22.71% below its predecessor’s first week tally of 6,590.
Also new to the Top 40 are The Less You Know The Better by DJ Shadow (number 34, 3,971 sales); and Revival by The Answer (number 39, 3,562 sales).
A year to the week after introductory single Forget You (F**k You!) debuted at number one, Cee Lo Green’s album The Lady Killer surrenders its fourth hit, with Cry Baby sprinting 76-61 (4,805 sales). The album, which also contains It’s OK (number 20) and Bright Lights, Bigger City (number 13), responds to its latest hit by rebounding 26-18 (9,599 sales). That’s its highest chart position for nine weeks, and help to lift its career sales to 552,294.
Overall album sales are down 0.74% week-on-week at 1,649,403 – 6.12% below same week 2010 sales of 1,756,775. The first week of the final quarter of the year, it’s the 16th week in a row that sales have been below 2010 levels. In the first three quarters of 2011, overall album sales – at 72,288,527 -were down 5.16% on same stage 2010 sales.
1 James Morrison 36411
2 Adele 30831
3 You Me At Six 27013
4 Lady Antebellum 26434
7 Ben Howard 14495
17 Katherine Jenkins 9718
18 Cee Lo Green 9599 (552,294)
28 Feist 5718
29 Erasure 5094
33 Lady Antebellum [NYN] 4217
34 DJ Shadow 3971
39 The Answer 3971