How long do you think it will be before Roberta Flack is back in the charts thanks to Matt's perfomance on X-factor Saturday night.
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How long do you think it will be before Roberta Flack is back in the charts thanks to Matt's perfomance on X-factor Saturday night.
I love that Mike Posner song
Rihanna has fought off competition from Take That's highly-anticipated comeback single to keep 'Only Girl (In The World)' at the top of the UK singles chart.
The 22-year-old singer relegated 'The Flood', Take That's first release with original member Robbie Williams for over 15 years, into the runner-up spot, thereby giving them their sixteenth top five track.
Meanwhile, McFly also make their UK chart return with Taio Cruz collaboration 'Shine A Light', which at four becomes the fifteenth top five hit of their career.
Cheryl Cole slips down the top ten and settles in at seven two weeks after 'Promise This' topped the chart, while Adele's 'Make You Feel My Love', which first entered at 26 in 2008, climbs to nine from last week's 19 following the song's performance by X Factor contender Rebecca Ferguson.
However, an appearance on the talent show fails to lift 2005 winner Shayne Ward into the top ten as his comeback single 'Gotta Be Somebody' debuts at 12, sandwiched between two other new entries in the form of 'The Time (Dirty Bit)' by Black Eyed Peas and Pink's 'Raise Your Glass' at 11 and 13 respectively.
Other new entries on this week's chart include Gyptian's 'Hold You' at 16 and The Royal British Legion's Remembrance Day release 'Two Minute Silence' at 20.
The top ten in full:
1. (1) Rihanna: 'Only Girl (In The World)'
2. (-) Take That: 'The Flood'
3. (4) Katy Perry: 'Firework'
4. (-) McFly ft. Taio Cruz: 'Shine A Light'
5. (3) Alexis Jordan: 'Happiness'
6. (7) Mike Posner: 'Cooler Than Me'
7. (2) Cheryl Cole: 'Promise This'
8. (6) Bruno Mars: 'Just The Way You Are'
9. (19) Adele: 'Make You Feel My Love'
10. (5) Cee Lo Green: 'Forget You'
Source: Official Charts Company
JLS have secured their fourth UK number single with Children In Need track 'Love You More'.
The X Factor boyband soared to pole position after outselling album chart dominators Take That by almost 40%, forcing them into the runner-up spot for the second consecutive week.
"We are so proud to be the official number one with the Children In Need single," JLS member Aston Merrygold declared. "It's actually incredible what's happened these past few weeks and what's really topped it off is that the single has helped to raise loads of money for such a fantastic cause.
"We have to thank Children in Need for letting us get involved in the first place and everyone who has supported the record! Definitely one of our highlights to date and we hope to do a lot more for the charity in the future!"
The biggest climber of the week is Ellie Goulding's cover of Elton John classic 'Your Song', which leaps from 39 to three after being featured in a popular Christmas advertising campaign for department store John Lewis.
Dance anthems also make their mark on the chart as Far East Movement's 'Like A G6' arrives at six, one spot ahead of 'The Time (Dirty Bit)' by Black Eyed Peas, which finally cracks the top ten after clambering four places to seven.
As well as the success of JLS and Take That, the boyband connection continues further down the rankings, as McFly's 'Shine A Light' falls five places to nine and Irish group Westlife score their 25th consecutive top ten single with 'Safe' at ten.
Elsewhere, fallers occupy eight of the ten positions between 11 and 20, with Mike Posner's 'Cooler Than Me' at 13 and Cheryl Cole's 'Promise This' at 17 making the biggest losses after slipping seven and ten places respectively.
Meanwhile, Rihanna grabs a second track within the top 20 with new Drake collaboration 'What's My Name?', which lands at 18 despite not being due for release as a single until January.
The top ten in full:
1. (-) JLS: 'Love You More'
2. (2) Take That: 'The Flood'
3. (39) Ellie Goulding: 'Your Song'
4. (1) Rihanna: 'Only Girl (In The World)'
5. (3) Katy Perry: 'Firework'
6. (-) Far East Movement: 'Like A G6'
7. (11) Black Eyed Peas: 'The Time (Dirty Bit)
8. (5) Alexis Jordan: 'Happiness'
9. (4) McFly: 'Shine A Light'
10. (-) Westlife: 'Safe'
Source:Official Charts Company
I am loving the Black Eyed Peas song!
Only heard it the first time yesterday! Loving it :D
Loving the BEP <3 <3
Take That have rocketed to the top of the UK album chart with Progress, which becomes the fastest-selling album of the century after shifting almost 520,000 copies in its first week.
The boyband's first record with original member Robbie Williams for 15 years is the first album to sell over half a million copies since Oasis mega-hit Be Here Now in 1997.
Martin Talbot of the Official Charts Company commented: "Since their reunion as a four-piece four years ago, Take That have firmly established themselves as the UK’s favourite band.
"Following the return of Robbie Williams to their ranks, that record has been further cemented - and they are now well on course to rule Christmas 2010, just as they dominated Christmas 2006 and 2008."
Settling in behind Take That's record-setting return is Barbadian singer Rihanna, who notches up her third UK top five album with new release Loud.
Also arriving in the top ten this week are André Rieu's Moonlight Serenade at four, Pink's Greatest Hits collection at five and Bruce Springsteen's The Promise at seven.
The mass of new entries pushes several former high-fliers down the chart, with the most significant fallers being James Blunt's Some Kind Of Trouble, which drops nine places to 12 and Rumer's Seasons Of My Soul, which crashes from seven to 17.
Meanwhile, former chart-topping acts Shayne Ward and McFly make somewhat underwhelming comebacks, with their respective albums Obsession and Above The Noise stumbling in at 15 and 20.
The top ten in full:
1. (-) Take That: 'Progress'
2. (-) Rihanna: 'Loud'
3. (1) Susan Boyle: 'The Gift'
4. (-) André Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra: 'Moonlight Serenade'
5. (-) Pink: 'Greatest Hits... So Far!!!'
6. (2) Bon Jovi: 'Greatest Hits'
7. (-) Bruce Springsteen: 'The Promise'
8. (3) Cheryl Cole: 'Messy Little Raindrops'
9. (5) Michael Bublé: 'Crazy Love'
10. (9) Katy Perry: 'Teenage Dream'
Source: Official Charts Company
The X Factor finalists have gone straight in at number one in the UK singles charts with their charity single 'Heroes'.
The David Bowie cover, released in aid of Help For Heroes, knocked last week's chart-toppers JLS down to third position.
One Direction's Zane told Reggie Yates: "It was pretty crazy when we were told we got to number one. Because it's for such a good cause and something we're all really proud about, that makes it so much better."
Of this week's top five, three of the singles are X Factor-related, with last year's runner-up Olly Murs coming in four with his single 'Thinking of Me' and 2008's second-place finishers JLS at three with 'Love You More'.
Rihanna takes two spots within the top ten, with Drake collaboration 'What's My Name' at ten, and 'Only Girl in the World' dropping one place to five.
The Black Eyed Peas, Cee Lo Green and Mike Posner all drop out of the top ten, while The Beatles re-enter the chart with 'Let It Be' at 38.
Other new entries are Gorillaz with 'Doncamatic' at 37, Usher with 'More' at 33, Jessie J with 'Do It Like a Dude' at 25 and Brett Domino's comedy effort 'Gillian McKeith' entering the chart at 29.
The top ten in full:
1. (-) X Factor Finalists: 'Heroes'
2 (3) Ellie Goulding: 'Your Song'
3 (1) JLS: 'Love You More'
4 (-) Olly Murs: 'Thinking of Me'
5 (4) Rihanna: 'Only Girl in the World'
6 (2) Take That: 'The Flood'
7 (6) Far East Movement: 'Like a G6'
8 (5) Katy Perry: 'Firework'
9 (12) Adele: 'Make You Feel My Love'
10 (18) Rihanna ft. Drake: 'What's My Name'
Source: Official Charts Company
Take That have spent their second week at the top of the Official UK Top 40 Albums Chart with The Flood.
The latest album, featuring the return of Robbie Williams, sold an additional 208,000 copies this week, adding to last week's record sales of 520,000.
This achievement, record sales within one week, had not been seen in the UK charts for thirteen years.
In second place were boyband rivals JLS, who sold 152,000 copies in their first week of release, which would have reached number one by most weeks' standards throughout 2010.
Overall, the album that sold the most copies came from the compilation category, with Now That's What I Call Music: Volume 77 selling 334,000.
Westlife claim the third spot with their newest album Gravity, selling 95,000 copies in its debut week.
Susan Boyle's The Gift drops one place to number four, while Rihanna's Loud also plummets three places to five. André Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra are at number six with their version of Moonlight Sonata, with Bon Jovi's Greatest Hits down one at seven.
Finally, towards the bottom of the top ten, Kings of Leon's Come Around Sundown climbs four places to eight, while Pink's Greatest Hits... So Far!!! and Michael Bublé's Crazy Love land at nine and ten respectively.
The top ten in full:
1. (1) Take That: 'Progress'
2. (-) JLS: 'Outta This World'
3. (-) Westlife: 'Gravity'
4. (3) Susan Boyle: 'The Gift'
5. (2) Rihanna: 'Loud'
6. (4) André Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra: 'Moonlight Sonata'
7. (6) Bon Jovi: 'Greatest Hits'
8. (12) Kings of Leon: 'Come Around Sundown'
9. (5) Pink: 'Greatest Hits... So Far!!!'
10. (9) Michael Bublé: 'Crazy Love'
Source: Official Charts Company
This year's X Factor finalists have retained their position atop the UK singles chart with charity track 'Heroes'.
The David Bowie cover, which was released in support of British charity Help For Heroes, fought off competition from former Pussycat Dolls star and X Factor guest judge Nicole Scherzinger, who scores this week's highest new entry with 'Poison' at three.
Rihanna appears on three singles in this week's top ten, with 'What's My Name', her collaboration with Drake, climbing two places to number eight, and David Guetta's 'Who's That Chick', featuring the Barbados-born popstar, landing at nine. Finally, her own 'Only Girl (In The World)' slides down to number seven, making her only the fourth artist in UK chart history to be credited on three singles in the top ten simultaneously.
Elsewhere on the chart, Katy Perry's 'Firework' and Take That's comeback single 'The Flood' both slip out of the top ten for the first time at 11 and 12 respectively, while Coldplay are a festive-themed new entry at 18 with 'Christmas Bells'.
Meanwhile, another Yuletide classic - Mariah Carey's 1994 hit 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' - re-enters the chart at 22, peaking above new entries from N-Dubz, who land at 23 with 'Girls', and The Wanted, whose 'Lose My Mind' reaches number 29.
The top ten in full:
1. (1) X Factor Finalists: 'Heroes'
2 (2) Ellie Goulding: 'Your Song'
3 (-) Nicole Scherzinger: 'Poison'
4 (4) Olly Murs: 'Thinking of Me'
5. (7) Far East Movement: 'Like a G6'
6 (11) The Black Eyed Peas: 'The Time (Dirty Bit)'
7 (5) Rihanna: 'Only Girl in the World'
8 (10) Rihanna ft. Drake: 'What's My Name'
9 (-) David Guetta ft. Rihanna: 'Who's That Chick?'
10 (2) JLS: 'Love You More'
Source: Official Charts Company
Take That have notched up a third week at the top of the album chart with Progress, thereby achieving a career total of 52 weeks at number one across both of the UK music charts.
The five-piece boyband - who are only the eighth act ever to achieve this feat - have sold over 900,000 copies of their latest effort since its release and currently sit at second place on the album chart of the year so far behind Lady GaGa's The Fame.
Last year's X Factor runner-up Olly Murs also makes a record breaking appearance with his self-titled album, which posted the biggest first week sales for a debut artist of 2010 thus far, after shifting over 108,000 copies.
Also arriving in the top ten this week are Camden-based hip-hop group N-Dubz, who settle in at seven with Love Live Life, and Welsh songstress Duffy, whose sophomore effort Endlessly lands at nine.
Elsewhere on this week's rankings, The Black Eyed Peas return with their sixth studio album The Beginning, which debuts at 18, and after three consecutive weeks of falling Rumer's Seasons Of My Soul manages to climb back into the top half of the chart after advancing five spots to 20.
The top ten in full:
1. (1) Take That: 'Progress'
2. (-) Olly Murs: 'Olly Murs'
3. (2) JLS: 'Outta This World'
4. (5) Rihanna: 'Loud'
5. (4) Susan Boyle: 'The Gift'
6. (7) Bon Jovi: 'Greatest Hits'
7. (-) N-Dubz: 'Love Live Life'
8. (10) Michael Bublé : 'Crazy Love'
9. (-) Duffy: 'Endlessly'
10. (6) André Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra: 'Moonlight Serenade'
Source: Official Charts Company